Jeremiah 16:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The word of the Lord came to me:

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The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,

to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.

You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.