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Jeremiah 21:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 21:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Prophecies concerning the Kings
11 To the royal houses of Judah, say:
Listen to the word of the Lord.
12 O house of David,
thus says the Lord:
Dispense justice each morning
and deliver the victim from his oppressor,
lest my wrath burst forth like fire
that burns and cannot be quenched
because of your evil deeds.
13 [a]Beware! I am against you,
O residents of the valley,
O rock of the plain, says the Lord,
you who say, “Who can possibly attack us and penetrate our places of refuge?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 21:13 Jerusalem is built on a seemingly impregnable hill. Forests is a picturesque name for a great gallery of cedar columns in the royal palace; the gallery was known as the “Forest of Lebanon” (see 1 Ki 7:2).