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## Jeremiah 21:17 in Context (Verses 14–14 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/jeremiah/21/14) But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.*
 
[Jeremiah 20](/kjv/jeremiah/20) [Jeremiah 22](/kjv/jeremiah/22)

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