Jeremiah 15:2-3

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2} If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ you must tell them: This is what the Lord says:

Those destined for death,^(A) to death;
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.

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3} “I will ordain four kinds^(a) of judgment for them”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away,^(B) and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land^(C) to devour and destroy.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 15:3: Lit families

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 15:2: Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 43:11; Ezekiel 5:12

B. Jeremiah 15:3: Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 49:20-50

C. Jeremiah 15:3: Isaiah 18:6; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 19:7