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Jeremiah 42:12-15 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

12. I will take pity on you, so that he will have pity on you and let you return to your land.

13. But if you keep saying, “We will not stay in this land,” thus disobeying the voice of the Lord, your God,

14. and saying, “No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, nor hear the trumpet alarm, nor hunger for bread. There we will live!”

15. then listen to the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you are set on going to Egypt and settling down there once you arrive,

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