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Jeremiah 40:2-3
New English Translation
Jeremiah 40:2-3
New English Translation
2 The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, “The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster. 3 Now he has brought it about. The Lord has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him.[a]
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- Jeremiah 40:3 tn Heb “Because you [masc. pl.] sinned against the Lord and did not hearken to his voice [a common idiom for “obey him”], this thing has happened to you [masc. pl.].”
Jeremiah 40:2-3
King James Version
Jeremiah 40:2-3
King James Version
2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
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Jeremiah 40:2-3
New King James Version
Jeremiah 40:2-3
New King James Version
2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and (A)said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place. 3 Now the Lord has brought it, and has done just as He said. (B)Because you people have sinned against the Lord, and not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.
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Jeremiah 40:2-3
New International Version
Jeremiah 40:2-3
New International Version
2 When the commander(A) of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The Lord your God decreed(B) this disaster(C) for this place.(D) 3 And now the Lord has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened because you people sinned(E) against the Lord and did not obey(F) him.
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