Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today to
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read the word of God together.
Let's pray together before we
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start. Dear Heavenly Father,
thank you for this time to spend
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hearing your word to us. Please
send your Holy Spirit to show
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each one of us in the things
that we are facing in our lives
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right now how your words have
the power to help us. Please
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guide us and be with us, I pray
in the name of your Son Jesus,
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thank you, Amen
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We're reading in Jeremiah
chapter 4 beginning in verse 31.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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For I have heard a voice as
of a woman in travail, and the
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anguish as of her that bringeth
forth her first child, the voice
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of the daughter of Zion,
that bewaileth herself, that
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spreadeth her hands saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul is
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wearied because of murderers.
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Continuing in Jeremiah chapter 5
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Run ye to and fro through the
streets of Jerusalem, and see
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now, and know, and seek in the
broad places thereof, if ye can
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find a man, if there be any that
executeth judgment, that seeketh
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the truth; and I will pardon it.
And though they say, The Lord
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liveth; surely they swear
falsely. O Lord, are not thine
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eyes upon the truth? thou hast
stricken them, but they have not
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grieved; thou hast consumed them
but they have refused to receive
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correction: they have made their
faces harder than a rock; they
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have refused to return.
Therefore I said, Surely these
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are poor; they are foolish:
for they know not the way of the
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Lord, nor the judgment of their
God. I will get me unto the
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great men, and will speak unto
them; for they have known the
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way of the Lord, and
the judgment of their God:
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but these have
altogether broken the yoke,
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and burst the
bonds. Wherefore a lion
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out of the forest shall
slay them, and a wolf of the
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evenings shall spoil them, a
leopard shall watch over their
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cities: every one that goeth out
thence shall be torn in pieces:
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because their transgressions are
many, and their backslidings are
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increased. How shall I pardon
thee for this? thy children have
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forsaken me, and sworn by them
that are no gods: when I had fed
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them to the full, they
then committed adultery, and
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assembled themselves by
troops in the harlots' houses.
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They were as fed horses in the
morning: every one neighed after
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his neighbor's wife. Shall I not
visit for these things? saith
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the Lord: and shall not my soul
be avenged on such a nation as
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this? Go ye up upon her walls,
and destroy; but make not a full
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end: take away her battlements;
for they are not the Lord's.
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For the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have dealt very
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treacherously against me, saith
the Lord. They have belied the
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Lord, and said, It is not he;
neither shall evil come upon us;
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neither shall we see sword nor
famine: And the prophets shall
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become wind, and the word is not
in them: thus shall it be done
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unto them. Wherefore thus saith
the Lord God of hosts, Because
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ye speak this word, behold, I
will make my words in thy mouth
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fire, and this people wood, and
it shall devour them. Lo, I will
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bring a nation upon you from
far, O house of Israel, saith
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the Lord: it is a mighty
nation, it is an ancient nation,
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a nation whose language
thou knowest not, neither
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understandest what they
say. Their quiver is as an open
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sepulcher, they are all mighty
men. And they shall eat up thine
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harvest, and thy bread,
which thy sons and thy daughters
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should eat: they shall eat up
thy flocks and thine herds: they
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shall eat up thy vines and thy
fig trees: they shall impoverish
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thy fenced cities, wherein
thou trustedst, with the sword.
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Nevertheless in those days,
saith the Lord, I will not make
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a full end with you. And
it shall come to pass, when ye
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shall say, Wherefore doeth the
Lord our God all these things
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unto us? then shalt thou answer
them, Like as ye have forsaken
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me, and served strange gods
in your land, so shall ye serve
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strangers in a land that is not
yours. Declare this in the house
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of Jacob, and publish it in
Judah, saying, Hear now this, O
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foolish people, and without
understanding; which have eyes,
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and see not; which have ears,
and hear not: Fear ye not me?
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saith the Lord: will ye not
tremble at my presence, which
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have placed the sand for the
bound of the sea by a perpetual
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decree, that it cannot pass
it: and though the waves thereof
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toss themselves, yet can they
not prevail; though they roar,
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yet can they not pass over it?
But this people hath a revolting
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and a rebellious heart; they are
revolted and gone. Neither say
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they in their heart, Let us
now fear the Lord our God, that
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giveth rain, both the former and
the latter, in his season: he
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reserveth unto us the appointed
weeks of the harvest. Your
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iniquities have turned away
these things, and your sins have
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withholden good things from you.
For among my people are found
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wicked men: they lay wait, as
he that setteth snares; they set
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a trap, they catch men. As a
cage is full of birds, so are
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their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great
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and waxen rich. They are
waxen fat, they shine: yea, they
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overpass the deeds of the wicked
they judge not the cause, the
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cause of the fatherless, yet
they prosper; and the right of
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the needy do they not judge.
Shall I not visit for these
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things? saith the Lord: shall
not my soul be avenged on such a
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nation as this? A wonderful and
horrible thing is committed in
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the land; the prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear
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rule by their means; and my
people love to have it so: and
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what will ye do
in the end thereof?
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Continuing in
Jeremiah chapter 6.
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and this is the
King James Version.
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O ye children of Benjamin,
gather yourselves to flee out
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of the midst of Jerusalem, and
blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and
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set up a sign of fire
in Bethhaccerem: for evil
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appeareth out of the north,
and great destruction. I have
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likened the daughter of Zion
to a comely and delicate woman.
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The shepherds with their flocks
shall come unto her; they shall
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pitch their tents against
her round about; they shall feed
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every one in his place. Prepare
ye war against her; arise, and
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let us go up at noon. Woe unto
us! for the day goeth away, for
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the shadows of the evening are
stretched out. Arise, and let us
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go by night, and let us destroy
her palaces. For thus hath the
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Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down
trees, and cast a mount against
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Jerusalem: this is the city
to be visited; she is wholly
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oppression in the midst of her.
As a fountain casteth out her
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waters, so she casteth out her
wickedness: violence and spoil
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is heard in her; before me
continually is grief and wounds.
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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem,
lest my soul depart from thee;
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lest I make thee desolate, a
land not inhabited. Thus saith
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the Lord of hosts, They shall
thoroughly glean the remnant of
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Israel as a vine: turn back
thine hand as a grapegatherer
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into the baskets. To whom shall
I speak, and give warning, that
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they may hear? behold, their
ear is uncircumcised, and they
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cannot hearken: behold, the
word of the Lord is unto them a
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reproach; they have no delight
in it. Therefore I am full of
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the fury of the Lord; I am weary
with holding in: I will pour it
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out upon the children abroad,
and upon the assembly of young
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men together; for even the
husband with the wife shall be
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taken, the aged with him that is
full of days. And their houses
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shall be turned unto others,
with their fields and wives
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together: for I will stretch out
my hand upon the inhabitants of
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the land, saith the Lord. For
from the least of them even unto
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the greatest of them every one
is given to covetousness; and
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from the prophet even unto
the priest every one dealeth
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falsely. They have healed also
the hurt of the daughter of my
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people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace.
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Were they ashamed when they had
committed abomination? nay, they
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were not at all ashamed, neither
could they blush: therefore they
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shall fall among them that fall:
at the time that I visit them
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they shall be cast down, saith
the Lord. Thus saith the Lord,
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Stand ye in the ways, and see,
and ask for the old paths, where
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is the good way, and walk
therein, and ye shall find rest
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for your souls. But they said,
We will not walk therein. Also I
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set watchmen over you, saying,
Hearken to the sound of the
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trumpet. But they said, we will
not hearken. Therefore hear, ye
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nations, and know, O
congregation, what is
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among them. Hear, O earth:
behold, I will bring evil upon
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this people, even the fruit
of their thoughts, because they
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have not hearkened unto my words
nor to my law, but rejected it.
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To what purpose cometh there to
me incense from Sheba, and the
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sweet cane from a far country?
your burnt offerings are not
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acceptable, nor your sacrifices
sweet unto me. Therefore thus
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saith the Lord, Behold, I will
lay stumblingblocks before this
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people, and the fathers and the
sons together shall fall upon
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them; the neighbor and his
friend shall perish. Thus saith
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the Lord, Behold, a people
cometh from the north country,
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and a great nation shall be
raised from the sides of the
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earth. They shall lay hold on
bow and spear; they are cruel,
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and have no mercy; their voice
roareth like the sea; and they
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ride upon horses, set in array
as men for war against thee,
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O daughter of Zion. We
have heard the fame thereof: our
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hands wax feeble: anguish hath
taken hold of us, and pain, as
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of a woman in travail. Go not
forth into the field, nor walk
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by the way; for the sword of the
enemy and fear is on every side.
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O daughter of my people, gird
thee with sackcloth, and wallow
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thyself in ashes: make thee
mourning, as for an only son,
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most bitter lamentation: for
the spoiler shall suddenly come
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upon us. I have set thee for
a tower and a fortress among my
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people, that thou mayest know
and try their way. They are all
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grievous revolters, walking with
slanders: they are brass and
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iron; they are all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the
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lead is consumed of the fire;
the founder melteth in vain: for
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the wicked are not plucked away.
Reprobate silver shall men call
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them, because the
Lord hath rejected them.
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We're continuing to
read in Jeremiah chapter 7.
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This is the King James Version.
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The word that came to Jeremiah
from the Lord, saying, Stand in
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the gate of the Lord's house,
and proclaim there this word,
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and say, Hear the word of
the Lord, all ye of Judah, that
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enter in at these gates to
worship the Lord. Thus saith
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the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel, Amend your ways and your
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doings, and I will cause you
to dwell in this place. Trust ye
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not in lying words, saying, The
temple of the Lord, the temple
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of the Lord, are these. For
if ye thoroughly amend your ways
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and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man
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and his neighbor; if ye oppress
not the stranger, the fatherless
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and the widow, and shed not
innocent blood in this place,
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neither walk after other gods to
your hurt: then will I cause you
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to dwell in this place, in the
land that I gave to your fathers
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for ever and ever. Behold,
ye trust in lying words, that
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cannot profit. Will ye steal,
murder, and commit adultery, and
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swear falsely, and burn incense
unto Baal, and walk after other
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gods whom ye know not; and
come and stand before me in this
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house, which is called by my
name, and say, We are delivered
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to do all these abominations?
Is this house, which is called
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by my name, become a den of
robbers in your eyes? Behold
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even I have seen it, saith
the Lord. But go ye now unto my
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place which was in Shiloh, where
I set my name at the first, and
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see what I did to it for the
wickedness of my people Israel.
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And now, because ye have done
all these works, saith the Lord,
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and I spake unto you, rising up
early and speaking, but ye heard
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not; and I called you but ye
answered not; therefore will I
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do unto this house, which is
called by my name, wherein ye
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trust, and unto the place
which I gave to you and to your
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fathers, as I have done to
Shiloh. And I will cast you out
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of my sight, as I have cast
out all your brethren, even the
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whole seed of Ephraim.
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