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They're a bunch of liars preaching lies - and claiming I sent them! I never sent them, believe me." God's Decree!
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This is God's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home.
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I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out - plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
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"When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.