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Jeremiah 42:12

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And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

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  1. Jeremiah 42:10

    If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

  2. Jeremiah 42:11

    Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

  3. Jeremiah 42:13

    But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

  4. Jeremiah 42:14

    Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

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