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on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your sin[a] throughout all your territory. By your own act you shall lose the heritage that I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled[b] that shall burn forever.

Thus says the Lord:
Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals
    and make mere flesh their strength,
    whose hearts turn away from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:3 Cn: Heb spoil your high places for sin
  2. Jeremiah 17:4 Two Mss Theodotion: you kindled

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