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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Passage Lookup: Jeremiah 22-26

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Jeremiah 22:1
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This is what the Lord says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.
Jeremiah 22:2
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You are to say: Hear the word of the Lord , king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you, your officers, and your people who enter these gates.
Jeremiah 22:3
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This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.(a) Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor.(b) Don't exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don't shed innocent blood in this place.
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Jeremiah 22:4
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For if you conscientiously carry out this word, then kings sitting on David's throne will enter through the gates of this palace(c) riding on chariots and horses—they, their officers, and their people.
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Jeremiah 22:5
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But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"that this house will become a ruin."(d)
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Jeremiah 22:6
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For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are like Gilead to Me, or the summit of Lebanon, but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.
Jeremiah 22:7
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I will appoint destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
Jeremiah 22:8
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"Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?'
Jeremiah 22:9
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They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant(e) of Yahweh their God and worshiped and served other gods.'"(f)
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Jeremiah 22:10
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Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one[a] who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.
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Jeremiah 22:11
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For this is what the Lord says concerning Shallum(g) son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of his father Josiah: "He has left this place—he will never return here again,
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Jeremiah 22:12
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but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again."
Jeremiah 22:13
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Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness,(h) his upper rooms through injustice, who makes his fellow man serve without pay and will not give him his wages,(i)
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Jeremiah 22:14
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who says, "I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upper rooms." He will cut windows[b] in it, and it will be paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.
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Jeremiah 22:15
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Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness?(j) Then it went well with him.
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Jeremiah 22:16
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He took up the case of the poor and needy, then it went well. Is this not what it means to know Me? This is the Lord 's declaration.
Jeremiah 22:17
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But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.
Jeremiah 22:18
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Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim(k) son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, "Woe, my brother!" or "Woe, my sister!" They will not mourn for him, saying, "Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!"
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Jeremiah 22:19
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He will be buried like a donkey,(l) dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 22:20
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Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim,(m) for all your lovers[c] have been crushed.(n)
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Jeremiah 22:21
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I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, "I will not listen." This has been your way since youth;(o) indeed, you have never listened to Me.
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Jeremiah 22:22
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The wind will take charge of[d] all your shepherds, and your lovers[e] will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated(p) because of all your evil.
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Jeremiah 22:23
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You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan[f] when labor pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.(q)
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Jeremiah 22:24
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"As I live," says the Lord , "though you, Coniah[g](r) son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring(s) on My right hand, I would tear you from it.
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Jeremiah 22:25
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In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread,(t) who want to take your life, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.
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Jeremiah 22:26
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I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth(u) to you into another land,(v) where neither of you were born, and there you will both die.
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Jeremiah 22:27
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They will never return to the land they long to return to."
Jeremiah 22:28
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Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot,(w) a jar no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they have not known?
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Jeremiah 22:29
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Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord !
Jeremiah 22:30
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This is what the Lord says: Record this man as childless,(x) a man who will not be successful in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David(y) or ruling again in Judah.
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Jeremiah 23:1
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"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"(a) This is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:2
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"Therefore, this is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd My people: You have scattered My flock, banished them, and have not attended to them.(b) I will attend to you because of your evil acts"—this is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:3
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"I will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands where I have banished them, and I will return them to their grazing land. They will become fruitful and numerous.(c)
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Jeremiah 23:4
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I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them.(d) They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing." This is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:5
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"The days are coming"(e)—this is the Lord 's declaration— "when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.(f) He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.(g)
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Jeremiah 23:6
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In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely.(h) This is what He will be named: Yahweh Our Righteousness.(i)
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Jeremiah 23:7
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"The days are coming"—the Lord 's declaration—"when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,'(j)
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Jeremiah 23:8
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but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other countries where I[a] had banished them.' They will dwell once more in their own land."(k)
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Jeremiah 23:9
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Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me,(l) and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord , because of His holy words.
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Jeremiah 23:10
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For the land is full of adulterers;(m) the land mourns because of the curse, and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up. Their way of life[b] has become evil, and their power is not rightly used
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Jeremiah 23:11
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because both prophet and priest are ungodly,(n) even in My house I have found their evil. This is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:12
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Therefore, their way will be to them like slippery paths in the gloom.(o) They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:13
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Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by[c] Baal and led My people Israel astray.(p)
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Jeremiah 23:14
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Among the prophets of Jerusalem also I saw a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, and none turns his back on evil. They are all like Sodom(q) to Me; Jerusalem's residents are like Gomorrah.
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Jeremiah 23:15
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Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says concerning the prophets: I am about to feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink,(r) for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness[d] has spread throughout the land.
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Jeremiah 23:16
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This is what the Lord of Hosts says: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are making you worthless. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the Lord 's mouth.
Jeremiah 23:17
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They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said: You will have peace.'(s) They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.'"
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Jeremiah 23:18
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For who has stood in the council(t) of the Lord to see and hear His word? Who has paid attention to His word and obeyed?
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Jeremiah 23:19
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Look, a storm from the Lord !(u) Wrath has gone out, a whirling storm. It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
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Jeremiah 23:20
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The Lord 's anger will not turn back until He has completely fulfilled the purposes of His heart. In time to come you will understand it clearly.(v)
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Jeremiah 23:21
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I did not send these prophets,(w) yet they ran with a message. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
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Jeremiah 23:22
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If they had really stood in My council, they would have enabled My people to hear My words and would have turned them back from their evil ways and their evil deeds.
Jeremiah 23:23
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"Am I a God who is only near"(x)—this is the Lord 's declaration—"and not a God who is far away?
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Jeremiah 23:24
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Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?"(y)—the Lord 's declaration. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"(z)—the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:25
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"I have heard what the prophets who prophesy a lie in My name have said, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!'
Jeremiah 23:26
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How long will this continue in the minds of the prophets prophesying lies, prophets of the deceit of their own minds?
Jeremiah 23:27
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Through their dreams that they tell one another, they plan to cause My people to forget My name as their fathers forgot My name through Baal worship.(aa)
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Jeremiah 23:28
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The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?"—this is the Lord 's declaration.
Jeremiah 23:29
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"Is not My word like fire"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"and like a hammer that pulverizes rock?
Jeremiah 23:30
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Therefore, take note! I am against the prophets"(ab)—the Lord 's declaration—"who steal My words from each other.
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Jeremiah 23:31
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I am against the prophets"—the Lord 's declaration—"who use their own tongues to make a declaration.
Jeremiah 23:32
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I am against those who prophesy false dreams"(ac)—the Lord 's declaration—"telling them and leading My people astray with their falsehoods and their boasting. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all(ad) to these people"—this is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 23:33
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"Now when these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord ?' you will respond to them: What is the burden? I will throw you away"—this is the Lord 's declaration.
Jeremiah 23:34
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"As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord ,' I will punish that man and his household.
Jeremiah 23:35
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This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?' or ‘What has the Lord spoken?'
Jeremiah 23:36
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But no longer refer to[e] the burden of the Lord , for each man's word becomes his burden and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of Hosts, our God.
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Jeremiah 23:37
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You must say to the prophet: What has the Lord answered you? and What has the Lord spoken?
Jeremiah 23:38
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But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord ,' then this is what the Lord says: Because you have said, ‘The burden of the Lord ,' and I specifically told you not to say, ‘The burden of the Lord ,'
Jeremiah 23:39
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I will surely forget you[f] and throw away from My presence both you and the city that I gave you and your fathers.
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Jeremiah 23:40
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I will bring on you everlasting shame and humiliation(ae) that will never be forgotten."
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Jeremiah 24:1
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After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah[a] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths(a) from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs(b) placed before the temple of the Lord .
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Jeremiah 24:2
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One basket contained very good figs, like early figs,(c) but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.
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Jeremiah 24:3
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The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible."
Jeremiah 24:4
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The word of the Lord came to me:
Jeremiah 24:5
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"This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 24:6
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I will keep My eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.(d)
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Jeremiah 24:7
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I will give them a heart to know Me,(e) that I am Yahweh. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.(f)
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Jeremiah 24:8
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"But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible,(g) this is what the Lord says: in this way I will deal with king Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.(h)
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Jeremiah 24:9
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I will make them an object of horror(i) and disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule,(j) and cursing, wherever I have banished them.
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Jeremiah 24:10
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I will send the sword, famine, and plague(k) against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors."
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Jeremiah 25:1
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(a) son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).
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Jeremiah 25:2
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The prophet Jeremiah spoke concerning all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
Jeremiah 25:3
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"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon,(b) king of Judah, until this very day—23 years—the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you time and time again,[a](c) but you have not obeyed.
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Jeremiah 25:4
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The Lord sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again,[b] but you have not obeyed or even paid attention.[c](d)
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Jeremiah 25:5
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He announced, ‘Turn, each of you, from your[d] evil way of life and from your evil deeds.(e) Live in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever.
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Jeremiah 25:6
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Do not follow other gods to serve them and to worship them,(f) and do not provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands.(g) Then I will do you no harm.
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Jeremiah 25:7
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"‘But you would not obey Me'—this is the Lord 's declaration—‘in order that you might provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands and bring disaster on yourselves.'
Jeremiah 25:8
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"Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
Jeremiah 25:9
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I am going to send for all the families of the north'(h)—this is the Lord 's declaration—‘and send for My servant(i) Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation,(j) a derision, and ruins forever.
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Jeremiah 25:10
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I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride,(k) the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
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Jeremiah 25:11
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This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.(l)
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Jeremiah 25:12
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When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation'—this is the Lord 's declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.(m)
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Jeremiah 25:13
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I will bring on that land all My words I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
Jeremiah 25:14
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For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds(n) and the work of their hands.'"
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Jeremiah 25:15
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This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, said to me: "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and make all the nations I am sending you to, drink from it.(o)
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Jeremiah 25:16
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They will drink, stagger,[e] and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them."
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Jeremiah 25:17
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So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand and made all the nations drink from it, everyone the Lord sent me to.
Jeremiah 25:18
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These included: Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of scorn and cursing—as it is today;
Jeremiah 25:19
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Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,
Jeremiah 25:20
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and all the mixed peoples; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines—Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Jeremiah 25:21
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Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
Jeremiah 25:22
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all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
Jeremiah 25:23
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Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who shave their temples;[f](p)
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Jeremiah 25:24
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all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;
Jeremiah 25:25
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all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
Jeremiah 25:26
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all the kings of the north, both near and far from one another; that is, all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Finally, the king of Sheshach[g] will drink after them.
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Jeremiah 25:27
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"Then you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink,(q) get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.
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Jeremiah 25:28
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If[h] they refuse to take the cup from you and drink, you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: You must drink!
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Jeremiah 25:29
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For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name,(r) so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth"—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.(s)
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Jeremiah 25:30
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"As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them: The Lord roars from heaven; He raises His voice from His holy dwelling.(t) He roars loudly over His grazing land; He calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
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Jeremiah 25:31
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The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the Lord brings a case against(u) the nations. He enters into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword— this is the Lord 's declaration.
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Jeremiah 25:32
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"This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Pay attention! Disaster spreads from nation to nation. A great storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth."(v)
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Jeremiah 25:33
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Those slain by the Lord (w) on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned,(x) gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the surface of the ground.
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Jeremiah 25:34
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Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust,[i](y) you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
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Jeremiah 25:35
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Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock.
Jeremiah 25:36
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Hear the sound of the shepherds' cry, the wail of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
Jeremiah 25:37
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Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless because of the Lord 's burning anger.(z)
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Jeremiah 25:38
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He has left His den like a lion, for their land has become a desolation because of the sword[j] of the oppressor,(aa) because of His burning anger.
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Jeremiah 26:1
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At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim(a) son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord :
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Jeremiah 26:2
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"This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard of the Lord 's temple and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all Judah's cities that are coming to worship there. Do not hold back a word.(b)
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Jeremiah 26:3
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Perhaps they will listen and return—each from his evil way of life—so that I might relent(c) concerning the disaster that I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.
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Jeremiah 26:4
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You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to Me by living according to My instruction that I set before you(d)
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Jeremiah 26:5
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and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets(e) I have been sending you time and time again,[a] though you did not listen,
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Jeremiah 26:6
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I will make this temple like Shiloh.(f) I will make this city an object of cursing for all the nations of the earth."
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Jeremiah 26:7
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The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the Lord .
Jeremiah 26:8
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He finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, "You must surely die!
Jeremiah 26:9
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How dare you prophesy in the name of Yahweh, ‘This temple will become like Shiloh and this city will become an uninhabited ruin'!" Then all the people assembled against Jeremiah at the Lord 's temple.
Jeremiah 26:10
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When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went from the king's palace to the Lord 's temple and sat at the entrance of the New Gate.[b](g)
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Jeremiah 26:11
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Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, "This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears."(h)
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Jeremiah 26:12
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Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and the people, "The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.
Jeremiah 26:13
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So now, correct your ways and deeds(i) and obey the voice of the Lord your God so that He might relent concerning the disaster that He warned about.
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Jeremiah 26:14
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As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
Jeremiah 26:15
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But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood(j) on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you."
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Jeremiah 26:16
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Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, "This man doesn't deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!"
Jeremiah 26:17
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Some of the elders of the land stood up(k) and said to all the assembled people,
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Jeremiah 26:18
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"Micah the Moreshite(l) prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah(m) and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple mount a forested hill.'(n)
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Jeremiah 26:19
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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord 's favor,[c](o) and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster He had pronounced against them?(p) We are about to bring great harm on ourselves!"
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Jeremiah 26:20
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Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim.(q) He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 26:21
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King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
Jeremiah 26:22
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But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor(r) and certain other men with him went to Egypt.
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Jeremiah 26:23
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They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.[d]
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Jeremiah 26:24
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But Ahikam(s) son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
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