Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to be reading together
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in the book of Jeremiah.
But let's pray before we start.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
again for your love to us, for
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your mercy, for setting us free
from the weight of guilt, from
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the chains of iniquity. Please
be with us now and teach us how
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to walk in freedom through the
hearing of your word. We love
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you so much and thank you for
loving us. Amen. I'm reading in
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the book of Jeremiah in chapter
10 starting with verse 1.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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Hear ye the word which the Lord
speaketh unto you, O house of
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Israel: thus saith the
Lord, Learn not the way of the
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heathen, and be not dismayed
at the signs of heaven; for the
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heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people
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are vain: for one cutteth a tree
out of the forest, the work of
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the hands of the workman,
with the axe. They deck it with
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silver and with gold; they
fasten it with nails and with
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hammers, that it move not. They
are upright as the palm tree,
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but speak not: they must need be
borne, because they cannot go.
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Be not afraid of them; for they
cannot do evil, neither also is
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it in them to do good. Forasmuch
as there is none like unto thee,
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O Lord; thou art great,
and thy name is great in might.
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Who would not fear thee, O King
of nations? for to thee doth it
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appertain; forasmuch as among
all the wise men of the nations,
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and in all their kingdoms, there
is none like unto thee. But they
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are altogether brutish and
foolish: the stock is a doctrine
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of vanities. Silver spread into
plates is brought from Tarshish,
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and gold from Uphaz, the work
of the workman, and of the hands
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of the founder: blue and purple
is their clothing: they are all
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the work of cunning men. But the
Lord is the true God, he is the
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living God, and an everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth
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shall tremble, and the nations
shall not be able to abide his
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indignation. Thus shall ye say
unto them, The gods that have
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not made the heavens and the
earth, even they shall perish
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from the earth, and from under
these heavens. He hath made the
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earth by his power, he hath
established the world by his
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wisdom, and hath stretched out
the heavens by his discretion.
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When he uttereth his voice,
there is a multitude of waters
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in the heavens, and he causeth
the vapors to ascend from the
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ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings with rain, and
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bringeth forth the wind out
of his treasures. Every man is
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brutish in his knowledge: every
founder is confounded by the
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graven image: for his molten
image is falsehood, and there is
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no breath in them. They are
vanity, and the work of errors:
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in the time of their visitation
they shall perish. The portion
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of Jacob is not like them: for
he is the former of all things;
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and Israel is the rod of his
inheritance: The Lord of hosts
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is his name. Gather up thy wares
out of the land, O inhabitant of
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the fortress. For thus saith
the Lord, Behold, I will sling
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out the inhabitants of the land
at this once, and will distress
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them, that they may find it so.
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound
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is grievous; but I said, Truly
this is a grief, and I must bear
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it. My tabernacle is spoiled,
and all my cords are broken:
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my children are gone forth of
me, and they are not: there is
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none to stretch forth my
tent any more, and to set up my
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curtains. For the pastors
are become brutish, and have not
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sought the Lord: therefore they
shall not prosper, and all their
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flocks shall be scattered.
Behold, the noise of the
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bruit is come, and a
great commotion out of the north
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country, to make the cities
of Judah desolate, and a den of
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dragons. O Lord, I know
that the way of man is not in
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himself: it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps.
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O Lord, correct me, but with
judgment; not in thine anger,
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lest thou bring me to nothing.
Pour out thy fury upon the
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heathen that know thee not, and
upon the families that call not
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on thy name: for they have eaten
up Jacob, and devoured him, and
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consumed him, and have
made his habitation desolate.
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Continuing in Jeremiah
chapter 11 and this is the
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King James Version. The
word that came to Jeremiah
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from the Lord saying, Hear ye
the words of this covenant, and
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speak unto the men of Judah, and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
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and say thou unto them, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel;
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Cursed be the man that obeyeth
not the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded your fathers
in the day that I brought them
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forth out of the land of Egypt,
from the iron furnace, saying,
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Obey my voice, and do them,
according to all which I command
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you: so shall ye be my people,
and I will be your God: that I
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may perform the oath which I
have sworn unto your fathers,
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to give them a land flowing with
milk and honey, as it is this
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day. Then answered I, and said,
So be it, O Lord. Then the Lord
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said unto me, Proclaim all these
words in the cities of Judah,
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and in the streets of Jerusalem,
saying, Hear ye the words of
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this covenant, and do them. For
I earnestly protested unto your
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fathers in the day that I
brought them up out of the land
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of Egypt, even unto this day,
rising early and protesting,
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saying, Obey my voice. Yet they
obeyed not, nor inclined their
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ear, but walked every one in the
imagination of their evil heart:
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therefore I will bring upon them
all the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded them to do:
but they did them not. And the
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Lord said unto me, A conspiracy
is found among the men of Judah,
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and among the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. They are turned back
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to the iniquities of their
forefathers, which refused to
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hear my words; and they went
after other gods to serve them:
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the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have broken my
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covenant which I made with their
fathers. Therefore thus saith
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the Lord, Behold, I will bring
evil upon them, which they shall
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not be able to escape; and
though they shall cry unto me,
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I will not hearken unto them.
Then shall the cities of Judah
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and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
go, and cry unto the gods unto
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whom they offer incense: but
they shall not save them at all
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in the time of their trouble.
For according to the number of
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thy cities were thy gods,
O Judah; and according to the
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number of the streets
of Jerusalem have ye set up
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altars to that shameful thing,
even altars to burn incense
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unto Baal. Therefore pray not
thou for this people, neither
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lift up a cry or prayer for
them: for I will not hear them
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in the time that they cry unto
me for their trouble. What hath
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my beloved to do in mine house,
seeing she hath wrought lewdness
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with many, and the holy flesh
is passed from thee? when thou
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doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
The Lord called thy name, A
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green olive tree, fair, and of
goodly fruit: with the noise of
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a great tumult he hath kindled
fire upon it, and the branches
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of it are broken. For the Lord
of hosts, that planted thee,
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hath pronounced evil against
thee, for the evil of the house
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of Israel and of the house
of Judah, which they have done
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against themselves to provoke
me to anger in offering incense
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unto Baal. And the Lord hath
given me knowledge of it, and
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I know it: then thou shewedst me
their doings. But I was like a
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lamb or an ox that is brought
to the slaughter; and I knew not
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that they had devised devices
against me, saying, Let us
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destroy the tree with the fruit
thereof, and let us cut him off
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from the land of the living,
that his name may be no more
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remembered. But, O Lord of hosts
that judgest righteously, that
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triest the reins and the heart,
let me see thy vengeance on
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them: for unto thee have I
revealed my cause. Therefore
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thus saith the Lord of the men
of Anathoth, that seek thy life,
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saying, Prophesy not in the name
of the Lord, that thou die not
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by out hand: therefore thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Behold,
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I will punish them: the young
men shall die by the sword;
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their sons and their daughters
shall die by famine: And there
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shall be no remnant of them:
for I will bring evil upon the
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men of Anathoth, even
the year of their visitation.
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Continuing to read in the
book of Jeremiah chapter 12.
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This is the King James Version.
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Righteous art thou, O Lord, when
I plead with thee: yet let me
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talk with thee of thy judgments:
Wherefore doth the way of the
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wicked prosper? wherefore are
all they happy that deal very
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treacherously? Thou has planted
them, yea, they have taken root:
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they grow, yea, they bring forth
fruit: thou art near in their
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mouth, and far from their reins.
But thou, O Lord, knowest me:
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thou hast seen me, and tried
mine heart toward thee: pull
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them out like sheep for the
slaughter, and prepare them for
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for the day of slaughter. How
long shall the land mourn, and
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the herbs of every field wither,
for the wickedness of them that
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dwell therein? the beasts are
consumed, and the birds; because
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they said, He shall not see our
last end. If thou hast run with
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the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how canst
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thou contend with horses? and
if in the land of peace, wherein
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thou trustedst, they wearied
thee, then how wilt thou do in
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the swelling of Jordan? For even
thy brethren, and the house of
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thy father, even they have dealt
treacherously with thee; yea,
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they have called a multitude
after thee: believe them not,
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though they speak fair words
unto thee. I have forsaken mine
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house, I have left mine heritage
I have given the dearly beloved
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of my soul into the hand of her
enemies. Mine heritage is unto
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me as a lion in the forest;
it crieth out against me:
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therefore have I hated it.
Mine heritage is unto me as a
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speckled bird, the birds round
about are against her; come ye,
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assemble all the beasts
of the field, come to devour.
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Many pastors have destroyed my
vineyard, they have trodden my
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portion under foot, they
have made my pleasant portion a
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desolate wilderness. They
have made it desolate, and being
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desolate it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate,
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because no man layeth it to
heart. The spoilers are come
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upon all high places through the
wilderness: for the sword of the
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Lord shall devour from the
one end of the land even to the
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other end of the land: no flesh
shall have peace. They have sown
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wheat, but shall reap thorns:
they have put themselves to pain
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but shall not profit: and
they shall be ashamed of your
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revenues because of the fierce
anger of the Lord. Thus saith
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the Lord against all mine
evil neighbors, that touch the
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inheritance which I have caused
my people Israel to inherit;
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Behold, I will pluck them out
of their land, and pluck out the
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house of Judah from among them.
And it shall come to pass, after
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that I have plucked them out I
will return, and have compassion
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on them, and will bring them
again, every man to his heritage
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and every man to his land. And
it shall come to pass, if they
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will diligently learn the ways
of my people, to swear by my
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name, The Lord liveth; as they
taught my people to swear by
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Baal; then shall they be built
in the midst of my people. But
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if they will not obey, I will
utterly pluck up and destroy
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that nation, saith the Lord.
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Continuing with
Jeremiah chapter 13
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go
and get thee a linen girdle, and
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put it upon thy loins, and
put it not in water. So I got a
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girdle according to the word
of the Lord, and put it on my
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loins. And the word of the Lord
came unto me the second time,
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saying, take the girdle that
thou hast got, which is upon thy
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loins, and arise, go to
Euphrates, and hide it there in
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a hole of the rock. So I went,
and hid it by Euphrates, as the
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Lord commanded me. And it came
to pass after many days, that
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Lord said unto me, Arise, go to
Euphrates, and take the girdle
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from thence, which I commanded
thee to hide there. Then I went
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to Euphrates, and digged, and
took the girdle from the place
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where I had hid it: and, behold
the girdle was marred, it was
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profitable for nothing. Then the
word of the Lord came unto me,
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saying, thus saith the Lord,
After this manner will I mar
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the pride of Judah, and
the great pride of Jerusalem.
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This evil people, which refuse
to hear my words, which walk in
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the imagination of their heart,
and walk after other gods, to
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serve them, and to worship them,
shall even be as this girdle,
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which is good for nothing. For
as the girdle cleaveth to the
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loins of a man, so have I caused
to cleave unto me the whole
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house of Israel and the whole
house of Judah, saith the Lord;
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that they might be unto me for
a people, and for a name, and
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for a praise, and for a
glory: but they would not hear.
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Thank you for joining with me.
Please join me again next time
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to continue reading the
word of God together. Good bye.
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