Scriptural Phrase Guide: "Thus saith"

Gen. 45: 9

9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Ex. 4: 22

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, ^aIsrael is my ^bson, even my ^cfirstborn:
Ex. 5: 1, 10

  1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ^aLet my people ^bgo, that they may hold a ^cfeast unto me in the wilderness.

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  10 ¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Ex. 7: 17

17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the ^ariver, and they shall be ^bturned to ^cblood.
Ex. 8: 1, 20

  1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may ^aserve me.

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  20 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; ^alo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ex. 9: 1, 13

  1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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  13 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ex. 10: 3

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to ^ahumble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ex. 11: 4

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
Ex. 32: 27

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and ^aslay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Num. 20: 14

14 ¶ And Moses ^asent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Num. 22: 16

16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Josh. 7: 13

13 Up, ^asanctify the people, and say, ^bSanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
Josh. 22: 16

16 Thus saith the whole ^acongregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might ^brebel this day against the Lord?
Josh. 24: 2

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other ^agods.
Judg. 6: 8

8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Judg. 11: 15

15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of ^aMoab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
1 Sam. 2: 27

27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
1 Sam. 10: 18

18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
1 Sam. 15: 2

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which ^aAmalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
2 Sam. 7: 5, 8

  5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an ^ahouse for me to dwell in?

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  8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the ^asheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Sam. 12: 7, 11

  7 ¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I ^aanointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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  11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up ^aevil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Sam. 24: 12

12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
1 Kgs. 2: 30

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
1 Kgs. 11: 31

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ^aten tribes to thee:
1 Kgs. 12: 24

24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your ^abrethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
1 Kgs. 13: 2, 21

  2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the ^ahigh places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be ^bburnt upon thee.

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  21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast ^adisobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
1 Kgs. 14: 7

7 Go, tell ^aJeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
1 Kgs. 17: 14

14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
1 Kgs. 20: 2, 13-14, 28, 42

  2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith ^aBen-hadad,

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  13 ¶ And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

  14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the ^ayoung men of the princes of the ^bprovinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

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  28 ¶ And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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  42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy ^alife shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
1 Kgs. 21: 19

19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
1 Kgs. 22: 11, 27

  11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

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  27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
2 Kgs. 1: 4, 6, 16

  4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely ^adie. And Elijah departed.

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  6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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  16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kgs. 2: 21

21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the ^asalt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these ^bwaters; there shall not be from thence any more death or ^cbarren land.
2 Kgs. 3: 16-17

16 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.

17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2 Kgs. 4: 43

43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
2 Kgs. 7: 1

1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Kgs. 9: 3, 6, 12, 18-19

  3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

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  6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the ^aoil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.

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  12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

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  18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

  19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
2 Kgs. 18: 19, 29, 31

  19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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  29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

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  31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
2 Kgs. 19: 3, 6, 20, 32

  3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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  6 ¶ And ^aIsaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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  20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast ^aprayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

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  32 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
2 Kgs. 20: 1, 5

  1 In those days was ^aHezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt ^bdie, and not live.

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  5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will ^aheal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
2 Kgs. 21: 12

12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall ^atingle.
2 Kgs. 22: 15-16, 18

  15 ¶ And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

  16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the ^abook which the king of Judah hath read:

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  18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
1 Chr. 17: 4, 7

  4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

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  7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
1 Chr. 21: 10-11

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
2 Chr. 11: 4

4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
2 Chr. 12: 5

5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chr. 18: 10, 26

  10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him ^ahorns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

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  26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
2 Chr. 20: 15

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the ^abattle is not yours, but God’s.
2 Chr. 21: 12

12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of ^aAsa king of Judah,
2 Chr. 24: 20

20 And the ^aSpirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot ^bprosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chr. 32: 10

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
2 Chr. 34: 23-24, 26

  23 ¶ And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

  24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the ^acurses that are written in the ^bbook which they have read before the king of Judah:

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  26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
2 Chr. 36: 23

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an ^ahouse in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 1: 2

2 Thus saith ^aCyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an ^bhouse at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Isa. 7: 7

7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isa. 10: 24

24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall ^asmite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of ^bEgypt.
Isa. 22: 15

15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto ^aShebna, which is over the house, and say,
Isa. 28: 16

16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a ^afoundation a ^bstone, a tried stone, a precious ^ccorner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isa. 29: 22

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the ^ahouse of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Isa. 30: 12, 15

  12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

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  15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in ^aquietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isa. 36: 4, 14, 16

  4 ¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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  14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

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  16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Isa. 37: 3, 6, 21, 33

  3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of ^atrouble, and of rebuke, and of ^bblasphemy: for the children are come to ^cthe birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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  6 ¶ And ^aIsaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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  21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

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  33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a ^abank against it.
Isa. 38: 1, 5

  1 In those days was ^aHezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

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  5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will ^aadd unto thy days fifteen years.
Isa. 42: 5

5 ¶ Thus saith God the Lord, he that ^acreated the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth ^bbreath unto the people upon it, and ^cspirit to them that ^dwalk therein:
Isa. 43: 1, 14, 16

  1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have ^aredeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

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  14 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, your ^aredeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

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  16 Thus saith the Lord, which ^amaketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isa. 44: 2, 6, 24

  2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and ^aformed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, ^bJesurun, whom I have chosen.

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  6 Thus saith the Lord the ^aKing of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the ^bfirst, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

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  24 Thus saith the Lord, thy ^aredeemer, and he that ^bformed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that ^cmaketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa. 45: 1, 11, 14, 18

  1 Thus saith the Lord to his ^aanointed, to ^bCyrus, whose right hand I have ^cholden, to ^dsubdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the ^etwo leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

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  11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my ^asons, and concerning the ^bwork of my hands ^ccommand ye me.

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  14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of ^aEgypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come ^bafter thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is ^cnone else, there is no God.

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  18 For thus saith the Lord that ^acreated the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be ^binhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Isa. 48: 17

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which ^aleadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isa. 49: 7-8, 22, 25

  7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable ^atime have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a ^bcovenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to ^cinherit the desolate heritages;

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  22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will ^alift up mine hand to the ^bGentiles, and set up my ^cstandard to the people: and they shall bring thy ^dsons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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  25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will ^acontend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isa. 50: 1

1 ^aThus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s ^bdivorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your ^ciniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your ^dmother put away.
Isa. 51: 22

22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that ^apleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Isa. 52: 3-4

3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have ^asold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without ^bmoney.

4 For thus saith the Lord ^aGod, My people went down aforetime into ^bEgypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isa. 56: 1, 4

  1 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do ^ajustice: for my salvation is ^bnear to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

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  4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isa. 57: 15

15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth ^aeternity, whose name is ^bHoly; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a ^ccontrite and ^dhumble spirit, to ^erevive the spirit of the ^fhumble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isa. 65: 8, 13

  8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, As the ^anew wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may ^bnot destroy them all.

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  13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Isa. 66: 1, 12

  1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my ^athrone, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

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  12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her ^alike a river, and the glory of the ^bGentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Jer. 2: 2, 5

  2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, ^awhen thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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  5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jer. 4: 3

3 ¶ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, ^aBreak up your fallow ground, and sow not among ^bthorns.
Jer. 5: 14

14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy ^amouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Jer. 6: 9, 16, 21-22

  9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall ^athroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer ^binto the baskets.

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  16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old ^apaths, where is the good way, and ^bwalk therein, and ye shall find ^crest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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  21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay ^astumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

  22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the ^anorth country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Jer. 7: 3, 20-21

  3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ^aAmend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

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  20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine ^aanger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

  21 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Jer. 8: 4

4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Jer. 9: 7, 15, 17, 22-23

  7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will ^amelt them, and ^btry them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

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  15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

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  17 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning ^awomen, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

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  22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the ^acarcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

  23 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his ^ariches:
Jer. 10: 2, 18

  2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the ^aheathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

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  18 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Jer. 11: 3, 11, 21-22

  3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; ^aCursed be the man that ^bobeyeth not the words of this ^ccovenant,

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  11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring ^aevil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall ^bcry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

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  21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy ^alife, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

  22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Jer. 12: 14

14 ¶ Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
Jer. 13: 1, 9, 12-13

  1 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

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  9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the ^apride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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  12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

  13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with ^adrunkenness.
Jer. 14: 10, 15

  10 ¶ Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not ^arefrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their ^biniquity, and visit their sins.

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  15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I ^asent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be ^bconsumed.
Jer. 15: 2, 19

  2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

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  19 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou ^areturn, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Jer. 16: 3, 5, 9

  3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

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  5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of ^amourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

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  9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of ^amirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Jer. 17: 5, 21

  5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; ^aCursed be the man that ^btrusteth in man, and maketh ^cflesh his arm, and whose heart ^ddeparteth from the Lord.

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  21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the ^asabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Jer. 18: 11, 13

  11 ¶ Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

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  13 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Jer. 19: 1, 3, 11, 15

  1 Thus saith the Lord, Go and get a ^apotter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ^bancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

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  3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall ^atingle.

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  11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

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  15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
Jer. 20: 4

4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them ^acaptive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Jer. 21: 4, 8, 12

  4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you ^awithout the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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  8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of ^alife, and the way of death.

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  12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jer. 22: 1, 3, 6, 11, 18, 30

  1 Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

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  3 Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye ^ajudgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the ^bstranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent ^cblood in this place.

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  6 For thus saith the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

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  11 For thus saith the Lord touching ^aShallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

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  18 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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  30 Thus saith the Lord, ^aWrite ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jer. 23: 2, 15-16, 38

  2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not ^avisited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

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  15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ^aprofaneness gone forth into all the land.

  16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that ^aprophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a ^bvision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

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  38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
Jer. 24: 5, 8

  5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their ^agood.

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  8 ¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the ^aresidue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
Jer. 25: 8, 15, 27-28, 32

  8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not ^aheard my words,

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  15 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine ^acup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the ^bnations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

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  27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be ^adrunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

  28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to ^adrink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

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  32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great ^awhirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jer. 26: 2, 4, 18

  2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; ^adiminish not a word:

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  4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not ^ahearken to me, to ^bwalk in my ^claw, which I have set before you,

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  18 ^aMicah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be ^bplowed like a field, and ^cJerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Jer. 27: 2, 4, 16, 19, 21

  2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and ^ayokes, and put them upon thy neck,

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  4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

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  16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the ^avessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

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  19 ¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the ^apillars, and concerning the ^bsea, and concerning the ^cbases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,

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  21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
Jer. 28: 11, 13-14, 16

  11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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  13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

  14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a ^ayoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve ^bNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the ^cbeasts of the field also.

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  16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt ^adie, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.
Jer. 29: 4, 8, 10, 16-17, 21, 31-32

  4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

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  8 ¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your ^adiviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your ^bdreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

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  10 ¶ For thus saith the Lord, That after ^aseventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and ^bperform my good word toward you, in causing you to ^creturn to this place.

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  16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

  17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so ^aevil.

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  21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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  31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a ^alie:

  32 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.
Jer. 30: 5, 12, 18

  5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

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  12 For thus saith the Lord, ^aThy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

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  18 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have ^amercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and ^bthe palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Jer. 31: 2, 7, 15-16, 23, 35, 37

  2 Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

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  7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, ^asave thy people, the remnant of Israel.

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  15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in ^aRamah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  16 Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be ^arewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

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  23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

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  35 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the ^asun for a light by ^bday, and the ^cordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

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  37 Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
Jer. 32: 3, 14-15, 28, 36, 42

  3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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  14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these ^aevidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

  15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

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  28 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

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  36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

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  42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
Jer. 33: 2, 4, 10, 12, 17, 20, 25

  2 Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;

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  4 For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

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  10 Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

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  12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to ^alie down.

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  17 ¶ For thus saith the Lord; David shall never ^awant a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

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  20 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and ^anight in their season;

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  25 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Jer. 34: 2, 4, 13, 17

  2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of ^aBabylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

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  4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

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  13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

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  17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming ^aliberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jer. 35: 13, 17-19

  13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.

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  17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not ^aheard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

  18 ¶ And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

  19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jer. 36: 29-30

29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jer. 37: 7, 9

  7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s ^aarmy, which is come forth to help you, shall return to ^bEgypt into their own land.

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  9 Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Jer. 38: 2-3, 17

  2 Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

  3 Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of ^aBabylon’s army, which shall take it.

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  17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
Jer. 39: 16

16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Jer. 42: 9, 15, 18

  9 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

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  15 And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your ^afaces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

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  18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an ^aexecration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
Jer. 43: 10

10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take ^aNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jer. 44: 2, 7, 11, 25, 30

  2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the ^aevil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a ^bdesolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

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  7 Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great ^aevil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

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  11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my ^aface against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

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  25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

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  30 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give ^aPharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave ^bZedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Jer. 45: 2

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
Jer. 47: 2

2 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, ^awaters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Jer. 48: 1, 40

  1 Against ^aMoab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

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  40 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an ^aeagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Jer. 49: 1, 7, 12, 28, 35

  1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

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  7 ¶ Concerning ^aEdom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the ^bprudent? is their wisdom vanished?

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  12 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to ^adrink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

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  28 ¶ Concerning ^aKedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

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  35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Jer. 50: 18, 33

  18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

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  33 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Jer. 51: 1, 33, 36, 58

  1 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against ^aBabylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying ^bwind;

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  33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her ^aharvest shall come.

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  36 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will ^adry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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  58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in ^avain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Ezek. 2: 4

4 For they are impudent children and ^astiffhearted. I do ^bsend thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.
Ezek. 3: 11, 27

  11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith ^athe Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

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  27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy ^amouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus ^bsaith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek. 5: 5, 7-8

  5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the ^amidst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

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  7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ^ajudgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

  8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the ^asight of the nations.
Ezek. 6: 3, 11

  3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

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  11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek. 7: 2, 5

  2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An ^aend, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

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  5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an ^aonly evil, behold, is ^bcome.
Ezek. 11: 5, 7, 16-17

  5 And the ^aSpirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I ^bknow the things that come into your ^cmind, every one of them.

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  7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

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  16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little ^asanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

  17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even ^agather you from the ^bpeople, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the ^cland of Israel.
Ezek. 12: 10, 19, 23, 28

  10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

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  19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with ^aastonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the ^bviolence of all them that dwell therein.

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  23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the ^aeffect of every vision.

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  28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.
Ezek. 13: 3, 8, 13, 18, 20

  3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the ^afoolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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  8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken ^avanity, and seen ^blies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

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  13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great ^ahailstones in my fury to consume it.

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  18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew ^apillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

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  20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your ^apillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them ^bfly.
Ezek. 14: 4, 6, 21

  4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the ^astumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

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  6 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

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  21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the ^asword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Ezek. 15: 6

6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the ^avine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of ^bJerusalem.
Ezek. 16: 3, 36, 59

  3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy ^abirth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy ^bmother an Hittite.

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  36 Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy ^afilthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy ^babominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

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  59 For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the ^aoath in breaking the covenant.
Ezek. 17: 3, 9, 19, 22

  3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great ^aeagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

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  9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

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  19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

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  22 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest ^abranch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young ^btwigs a tender one, and will ^cplant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
Ezek. 20: 3, 5, 27, 30, 39, 47

  3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be ^aenquired of by you.

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  5 ¶ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I ^achose Israel, and ^blifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the ^cLord your God;

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  27 ¶ Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have ^ablasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

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  30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

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  39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but ^apollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your ^bidols.

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  47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
Ezek. 21: 3, 9, 24, 26, 28

  3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my ^asword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

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  9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also ^afurbished:

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  24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your ^atransgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be ^btaken with the hand.

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  26 Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the ^adiadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is ^blow, and abase him that is high.

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  28 ¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the ^aAmmonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is ^bfurbished, to consume because of the glittering:
Ezek. 22: 3, 19, 28

  3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city ^asheddeth ^bblood in the midst of it, that her ^ctime may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

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  19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

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  28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered ^amorter, seeing vanity, and ^bdivining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
Ezek. 23: 22, 28, 32, 35, 46

  22 ¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, ^afrom whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them ^bagainst thee on every side;

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  28 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou ^ahatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

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  32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

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  35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast ^aforgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore ^bbear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

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  46 For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
Ezek. 24: 3, 6, 9, 21

  3 And utter a parable unto the ^arebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a ^bpot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

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  6 ¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the ^abloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose ^bscum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; ^clet no lot fall upon it.

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  9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

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  21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my ^asanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul ^bpitieth; and your ^csons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
Ezek. 25: 3, 6, 8, 12-13, 15-16

  3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

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  6 For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy ^adespite against the land of Israel;

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  8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Because that ^aMoab and ^bSeir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the ^cheathen;

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  12 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Because that ^aEdom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

  13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon ^aEdom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it ^bdesolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

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  15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Because the ^aPhilistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

  16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the ^asea coast.
Ezek. 26: 3, 7, 15, 19

  3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up ^aagainst thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

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  7 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon ^aTyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the ^bnorth, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

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  15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the ^aisles ^bshake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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  19 For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a ^adesolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the ^bdeep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
Ezek. 27: 3

3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect ^abeauty.
Ezek. 28: 2, 6, 12, 22, 25

  2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine ^aheart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a ^bman, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

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  6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

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  12 Son of man, take up a ^alamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in ^bbeauty.

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  22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

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  25 Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have ^agathered the house of ^bIsrael from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the ^cheathen, then shall they dwell in their ^dland that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Ezek. 29: 3, 8, 13, 19

  3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great ^adragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, ^bMy river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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  8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

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  13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I ^agather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

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  19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Ezek. 30: 2, 6, 10, 13, 22

  2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, ^aWoe worth the day!

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  6 Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: ^afrom the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.

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  10 Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

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  13 Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the ^aidols, and I will cause their images to cease out of ^bNoph; and there shall be no more a ^cprince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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  22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Ezek. 31: 10, 15

  10 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his ^aheart is lifted up in his height;

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  15 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
Ezek. 32: 3, 11

  3 Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore ^aspread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

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  11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezek. 33: 25, 27

  25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the ^ablood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

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  27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the ^asword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Ezek. 34: 2, 10-11, 17, 20

  2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the ^ashepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds ^bfeed the flocks?

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  10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will ^arequire my flock at their hand, and cause them to ^bcease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

  11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both ^asearch my sheep, and seek them out.

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  17 And as for you, O my ^aflock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I ^bjudge ^cbetween cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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  20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Ezek. 35: 3, 14

  3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

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  14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

Ezek. 36: 2-7, 13, 22, 33, 37

  2 Thus saith the Lord God; Because the ^aenemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in ^bpossession:

  3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

  4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the ^arivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate ^bwastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and ^cderision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

  5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my ^ajealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all ^bIdumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

  6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the ^ashame of the heathen:

  7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

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  13 Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast ^abereaved thy nations;

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  22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your ^asakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy ^bname’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

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  33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

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  37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be ^aenquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Ezek. 37: 5, 9, 12, 19, 21

  5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause ^abreath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

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  9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the ^awind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four ^bwinds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

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  12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your ^agraves, and cause you to ^bcome up out of your graves, and ^cbring you into the ^dland of Israel.

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  19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of ^aJoseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

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  21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the ^aheathen, whither they be gone, and will ^bgather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Ezek. 38: 3, 10, 14, 17

  3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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  10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy ^amind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

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  14 ¶ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

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  17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
Ezek. 39: 1, 17, 25

  1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against ^aGog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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  17 ¶ And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every ^abeast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

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  25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I ^abring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of ^bIsrael, and will be jealous for my holy name;
Ezek. 43: 18

18 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to ^asprinkle blood thereon.
Ezek. 44: 6, 9

  6 And thou shalt say to the ^arebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

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  9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, ^auncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
Ezek. 45: 9, 18

  9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and ^ajustice, take away your ^bexactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

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  18 Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
Ezek. 46: 1, 16

  1 Thus saith the Lord God; The ^agate of the inner court that ^blooketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the ^csabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new ^dmoon it shall be opened.

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  16 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
Ezek. 47: 13

13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve ^atribes of Israel: ^bJoseph shall have two portions.
Amos 1: 3, 6, 9, 11, 13

  3 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ^athreshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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  6 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

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  9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of ^aTyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the ^bbrotherly covenant:

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  11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of ^aEdom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

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  13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos 2: 1, 4, 6

  1 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of ^aMoab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

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  4 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ^adespised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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  6 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they ^asold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Amos 3: 11-12

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

12 Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Amos 5: 3-4

3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

4 ¶ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, ^aSeek ye me, and ye shall live:
Amos 7: 11, 17

  11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

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  17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and ^aIsrael shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Obad. 1: 1

1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning ^aEdom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Micah 2: 3

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Micah 3: 5

5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the ^aprophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, ^bPeace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare ^cwar against him.
Nahum 1: 12

12 Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Hag. 1: 5, 7

  5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^aConsider your ways.

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  7 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^aConsider your ^bways.
Hag. 2: 6, 11

  6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will ^ashake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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  11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
Zech. 1: 3-4, 14, 16-17

  3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^aTurn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

  4 Be ye not as your ^afathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did ^bnot hear, nor ^chearken unto me, saith the Lord.

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  14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am ^ajealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

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  16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my ^ahouse shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a ^bline shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

  17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet ^acomfort Zion, and shall yet ^bchoose Jerusalem.
Zech. 2: 8

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zech. 3: 7

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt ^awalk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my ^bcharge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among ^cthese that stand by.
Zech. 8: 2-4, 6-7, 9, 14, 19-20, 23

  2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was ^ajealous for her with great fury.

  3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and ^aJerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the ^bmountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

  4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet ^aold men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

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  6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

  7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will ^asave my people from the east country, and from the west country;

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  9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the ^aprophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

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  14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I ^arepented not:

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  19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

  20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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  23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with ^ayou.
Zech. 11: 4

4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Mal. 1: 4

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.
Acts 21: 11

11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the ^aHoly Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
1 Ne. 20: 17

17 And thus saith the Lord, thy ^aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who ^bleadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.
1 Ne. 21: 7-8, 22, 25

  7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

  8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee ^amy servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

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  22 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the ^aGentiles, and set up my ^bstandard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their ^carms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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  25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
1 Ne. 22: 17

17 Wherefore, he will ^apreserve the ^brighteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.
2 Ne. 3: 7

7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice ^aseer will I ^braise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the ^cknowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
2 Ne. 5: 22

22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be ^aloathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.
2 Ne. 6: 6, 11, 17

  6 And now, these are the words: ^aThus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my ^bstandard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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  11 Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be suffered to ^aperish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they shall be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them, that ^bwhen they shall come to the ^cknowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be ^dgathered together again to the ^elands of their inheritance.

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  17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; ^afor the ^bMighty God shall ^cdeliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with thee—
2 Ne. 7: 1

1 ^aYea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the ^bbill of your mother’s ^cdivorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my ^dcreditors have I ^esold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Ne. 8: 22

22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God ^apleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
2 Ne. 10: 7, 18

  7 But behold, thus saith the ^aLord God: ^bWhen the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be ^crestored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the ^dlands of their inheritance.

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  18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will ^asoften the hearts of the ^bGentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be ^cblessed and ^dnumbered among the house of Israel.
2 Ne. 17: 7

7 Thus saith the Lord God: ^aIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
2 Ne. 20: 24

24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, ^abe not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the ^bmanner of Egypt.
2 Ne. 26: 17-18

17 For thus saith the Lord God: They shall ^awrite the things which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and ^bsealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in ^cunbelief shall not have them, for they ^dseek to destroy the things of God.

18 Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their ^aterrible ones shall be as ^bchaff that passeth away—yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly—
2 Ne. 27: 33

33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall ^anot now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
2 Ne. 28: 30

30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon ^aprecept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn ^bwisdom; for unto him that ^creceiveth I will give ^dmore; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.
2 Ne. 29: 4

4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a ^aBible; and it shall proceed forth from the ^bJews, mine ancient covenant people. And what ^cthank they the ^dJews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
2 Ne. 31: 20

20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a ^asteadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of ^bhope, and a ^clove of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and ^dendure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have ^eeternal life.
Jacob 2: 23, 25, 28

  23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing ^awhoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

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  25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a ^arighteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.

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  28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the ^achastity of women. And ^bwhoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.
Jacob 5: 3

3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of ^aIsrael, like unto a tame ^bolive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his ^cvineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to ^ddecay.
Mosiah 3: 24

24 And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every man according to his ^aworks, whether they be good, or whether they be evil.
Mosiah 11: 20, 25

  20 And it came to pass that there was a man among them whose name was ^aAbinadi; *and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying, Go forth, and say unto this people, thus saith the Lord—Wo be unto this people, for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and their whoredoms; and except they repent I will ^bvisit them in mine anger.

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  25 And except they repent in ^asackcloth and ashes, and cry mightily to the Lord their God, I will not ^bhear their prayers, neither will I deliver them out of their afflictions; and thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me.
Mosiah 12: 2

2 Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into ^abondage, and shall be smitten on the ^bcheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their ^cflesh.
Mosiah 23: 7

7 But he said unto them: Behold, it is not expedient that we should have a king; for thus saith the Lord: Ye shall ^anot esteem one flesh above another, or one man shall not think himself above another; therefore I say unto you it is not expedient that ye should have a king.
Alma 5: 50

50 Yea, thus saith the Spirit: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God cometh in his ^aglory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion. Yea, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the Spirit saith: Behold the glory of the ^bKing of all the earth; and also the King of heaven shall very soon shine forth among all the children of men.
Alma 8: 17, 29

  17 For behold, they do study at this time that they may destroy the liberty of thy people, (for thus saith the Lord) which is contrary to the ^astatutes, and judgments, and commandments which he has given unto his people.

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  29 And the word came to Alma, saying: Go; and also say unto my servant ^aAmulek, go forth and prophesy unto this people, saying—Repent ye, for thus saith the Lord, except ye repent I will visit this people in mine anger; yea, and I will not turn my ^bfierce anger away.
Alma 30: 8

8 For thus saith the scripture: ^aChoose ye this day, whom ye will serve.
Alma 45: 16

16 And he said: Thus saith the Lord God—^aCursed shall be the land, yea, this land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do ^bwickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the ^cblessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the ^dleast degree of allowance.
Hel. 7: 23

23 For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be ^abetter for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent.
Hel. 10: 11, 14

  11 And now behold, I command you, that ye shall go and declare unto this people, that thus saith the Lord God, who is the Almighty: Except ye repent ye shall be smitten, even unto ^adestruction.

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  14 Therefore Nephi did declare unto them the word of the Lord, saying: Except ye repent, thus saith the Lord, ye shall be ^asmitten even unto destruction.
Hel. 13: 8, 11

  8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Because of the hardness of the hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will take away my word from them, and I will ^awithdraw my Spirit from them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn the hearts of their brethren against them.

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  11 But if ye will repent and ^areturn unto the Lord your God I will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo unto him that repenteth not.
3 Ne. 20: 38

38 For thus saith the Lord: Ye have sold yourselves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
D&C 21: 7, 12

  7 For thus saith the Lord God: Him have I inspired to move the cause of ^aZion in mighty power for good, and his diligence I know, and his prayers I have heard.

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  12 And the first ^apreacher of this church unto the church, and before the world, yea, before the Gentiles; yea, and thus saith the Lord God, lo, lo! to the ^bJews also. Amen.
D&C 36: 1

1 Thus saith the Lord God, the ^aMighty One of Israel: Behold, I say unto you, my servant ^bEdward, that you are blessed, and your sins are forgiven you, and you are called to preach my gospel as with the voice of a trump;
D&C 38: 1

1 Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great ^aI Am, Alpha and Omega, the ^bbeginning and the end, the ^csame which looked upon the ^dwide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic ^ehosts of heaven, ^fbefore the world was ^gmade;
D&C 44: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, it is expedient in me that the elders of my church should be ^acalled together, from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, by letter or some other way.
D&C 49: 5

5 Thus saith the Lord; for I am God, and have ^asent mine ^bOnly Begotten Son into the world for the ^credemption of the world, and have decreed that he that receiveth him shall be saved, and he that receiveth him not shall be ^ddamned—
D&C 50: 6

6 But wo unto them that are ^adeceivers and hypocrites, for, thus saith the Lord, I will bring them to judgment.
D&C 52: 1, 11

  1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders whom he hath called and chosen in these last days, by the ^avoice of his Spirit—

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  11 For thus saith the Lord, I will cut my work short in ^arighteousness, for the days come that I will send forth ^bjudgment unto victory.
D&C 54: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord, even ^aAlpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, even he who was ^bcrucified for the sins of the world—
D&C 55: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant William, yea, even the Lord of the whole ^aearth, thou art called and chosen; and after thou hast been ^bbaptized by water, which if you do with an eye single to my glory, you shall have a remission of your sins and a reception of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of ^chands;
D&C 56: 14

14 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my people—you have many things to do and to repent of; for behold, your ^asins have come up unto me, and are not ^bpardoned, because you seek to ^ccounsel in your own ways.
D&C 57: 3

3 And thus saith the Lord your God, if you will receive wisdom here is wisdom. Behold, the place which is now called Independence is the ^acenter place; and a spot for the ^btemple is lying westward, upon a lot which is not far from the courthouse.
D&C 60: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders of his church, who are to return speedily to the land from whence they came: Behold, it pleaseth me, that you have come up hither;
D&C 61: 2

2 Behold, verily thus saith the Lord unto you, O ye elders of my church, who are assembled upon this spot, whose sins are now forgiven you, for I, the Lord, ^aforgive sins, and am ^bmerciful unto those who ^cconfess their sins with humble hearts;
D&C 64: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord your God unto you, O ye elders of my ^achurch, hearken ye and hear, and receive my will concerning you.
D&C 66: 1, 13

  1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant ^aWilliam E. McLellin—Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have ^bturned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the ^cSavior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.

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  13 Verily, thus saith the Lord your ^aGod, your Redeemer, even Jesus Christ. Amen.
D&C 70: 2

2 For I give unto them a commandment; wherefore hearken and hear, for thus saith the Lord unto them—
D&C 71: 1, 9

  1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in ^aproclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the ^bmysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even as I will.

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  9 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you—there is no ^aweapon that is formed against you shall prosper;
D&C 72: 2

2 For verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient in me for a ^abishop to be appointed unto you, or of you, unto the church in this part of the Lord’s vineyard.
D&C 73: 1

1 For verily, thus saith the Lord, it is expedient in me that ^athey should continue preaching the gospel, and in exhortation to the churches in the regions round about, until conference;
D&C 75: 13, 23

  13 And again, verily thus saith the Lord, let my servant Orson Hyde and my servant Samuel H. Smith take their journey into the eastern countries, and proclaim the things which I have commanded them; and inasmuch as they are faithful, lo, I will be ^awith them even unto the end.

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  23 And again, thus saith the Lord unto you, O ye elders of my church, who have ^agiven your names that you might know his will concerning you—
D&C 76: 5, 31

  5 For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am ^amerciful and gracious unto those who ^bfear me, and delight to honor those who ^cserve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end.

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  31 Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and ^asuffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power—
D&C 78: 8

8 And now, verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient that all things be done unto my ^aglory, by you who are joined together in this ^border;
D&C 80: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant ^aStephen Burnett: Go ye, go ye into the world and preach the gospel to every ^bcreature that cometh under the sound of your voice.
D&C 83: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the ^alaws of the church concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who have ^blost their husbands or fathers:
D&C 85: 6

6 Yea, thus saith the ^astill small voice, which whispereth through and ^bpierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying:
D&C 86: 1, 8

  1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the ^aparable of the ^bwheat and of the tares:

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  8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the ^apriesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers—
D&C 87: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord concerning the ^awars that will ^bshortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion of ^cSouth Carolina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many souls;
D&C 88: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you who have assembled yourselves together to receive his will concerning you:
D&C 89: 4

4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of ^aevils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of ^bconspiring men in the last days, I have ^cwarned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—
D&C 90: 1

1 Thus saith the Lord, verily, verily I say unto you my son, thy sins are ^aforgiven thee, according to thy petition, for thy prayers and the prayers of thy brethren have come up into my ears.
D&C 91: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning the ^aApocrypha—There are many things contained therein that are true, and it is mostly translated correctly;
D&C 92: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I give unto the ^aunited order, organized agreeable to the commandment previously given, a revelation and commandment concerning my servant ^bFrederick G. Williams, that ye shall receive him into the order. What I say unto one I say unto all.
D&C 93: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who ^aforsaketh his ^bsins and cometh unto me, and ^ccalleth on my name, and ^dobeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall ^esee my ^fface and ^gknow that I am;
D&C 95: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I ^alove I also chasten that their sins may be ^bforgiven, for with the ^cchastisement I prepare a way for their ^ddeliverance in all things out of ^etemptation, and I have loved you—
D&C 97: 21

21 Therefore, verily, thus saith the Lord, let Zion rejoice, for this is ^aZion—THE PURE IN HEART; therefore, let Zion rejoice, while all the wicked shall mourn.
D&C 99: 1

1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant John Murdock—thou art ^acalled to go into the eastern countries from house to house, from village to village, and from city to city, to proclaim mine everlasting gospel unto the inhabitants thereof, in the midst of ^bpersecution and wickedness.
D&C 100: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my friends Sidney and Joseph, your families are well; they are in ^amine hands, and I will do with them as seemeth me good; for in me there is all power.
D&C 108: 1

1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Lyman: Your sins are forgiven you, because you have obeyed my ^avoice in coming up hither this morning to receive counsel of him whom I have appointed.
D&C 112: 1

1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Thomas: I have heard thy prayers; and thine ^aalms have come up as a ^bmemorial before me, in behalf of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name and to ^csend it abroad among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, and ordained through the instrumentality of my servants,
D&C 113: 2, 4, 6

  2 Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.

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  4 Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of ^aEphraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much ^bpower.

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  6 Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a ^adescendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the ^bpriesthood, and the ^ckeys of the kingdom, for an ^densign, and for the gathering of my people in the ^elast days.
D&C 114: 1-2

1 Verily thus saith the Lord: It is wisdom in my servant David W. Patten, that he settle up all his business as soon as he possibly can, and make a disposition of his merchandise, that he may ^aperform a mission unto me next spring, in company with others, even twelve including himself, to testify of my name and bear glad tidings unto all the world.

2 For verily thus saith the Lord, that inasmuch as there are those among you who ^adeny my name, others shall be ^bplanted in their ^cstead and receive their ^dbishopric. Amen.
D&C 115: 1

1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and also my servant Sidney Rigdon, and also my servant Hyrum Smith, and your ^acounselors who are and shall be appointed hereafter;
D&C 117: 1

1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto my servant ^aWilliam Marks, and also unto my servant Newel K. Whitney, let them settle up their business speedily and journey from the land of Kirtland, before I, the Lord, ^bsend again the snows upon the earth.
D&C 118: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord: Let a conference be held immediately; let the Twelve be organized; and let men be appointed to ^asupply the place of those who are fallen.
D&C 119: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I require all their ^asurplus property to be put into the hands of the bishop of my church in Zion,
D&C 120: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, the time is now come, that ^ait shall be ^bdisposed of by a council, composed of the First Presidency of my Church, and of the bishop and his council, and by my high council; and by mine own voice unto them, saith the Lord. Even so. Amen.
D&C 124: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, I am well pleased with your ^aoffering and acknowledgments, which you have made; for unto this end have I raised you up, that I might show forth my ^bwisdom through the ^cweak things of the earth.
D&C 125: 2

2 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who ^acall themselves by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph, and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that which is in store for a time to come.
D&C 126: 1

1 Dear and well-beloved brother, ^aBrigham Young, verily thus saith the Lord unto you: My servant Brigham, it is ^bno more required at your hand to leave your family as in times past, for your offering is acceptable to me.
D&C 127: 4, 6

  4 And again, verily thus saith the Lord: Let the work of my ^atemple, and all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not cease; and let your ^bdiligence, and your perseverance, and patience, and your works be redoubled, and you shall in nowise lose your reward, saith the Lord of Hosts. And if they ^cpersecute you, so persecuted they the prophets and righteous men that were before you. For all this there is a reward in heaven.

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  6 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of you are ^abaptized for your dead, let there be a ^brecorder, and let him be eye-witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth, saith the Lord;
D&C 132: 1

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many ^awives and ^bconcubines—
D&C 133: 15

15 But verily, thus saith the Lord, let not your flight be in ^ahaste, but let all things be prepared before you; and he that goeth, let him ^bnot look back lest sudden destruction shall come upon him.
Moses 6: 27

27 And he heard a ^avoice from heaven, saying: ^bEnoch, my son, ^cprophesy unto this people, and say unto them—Repent, for thus saith the Lord: I am ^dangry with this people, and my fierce anger is kindled against them; for their hearts have waxed ^ehard, and their ^fears are dull of hearing, and their eyes ^gcannot see afar off;

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