Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we'll
continue reading together in the
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book of Jeremiah. So
let's pray before we start.
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Dear heaven Father, thank you
so much for your word which is
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a light to our path guiding us
in a safe way to walk. Thank you
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for your word which is wisdom
to us. Please send the Holy
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Spirit now to give us
understanding of what we will
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hear. We love you so much and
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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Reading in Jeremiah chapter 13
beginning in verse 12 and this
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is the King James Version.
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Therefore thou shalt speak unto
them this word; Thus saith the
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Lord God of Israel, Every bottle
shall be filled with wine: and
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they shall say unto thee, Do
we not certainly know that every
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bottle shall be filled with
wine? Then shalt thou say unto
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them, Thus saith the Lord,
Behold, I will fill all the
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inhabitants of this land, even
the kings that sit upon David's
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throne, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the
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inhabitants of Jerusalem, with
drunkenness. And I will dash
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them one against another,
even the fathers and the sons
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together, saith the Lord: I will
not pity, nor spare, nor have
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mercy, but destroy them. Hear
ye, and give ear; be not proud:
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for the Lord hath spoken.
Give glory to the Lord your God,
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before he cause darkness, and
before your feet stumble upon
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the dark mountains, and, while
ye look for light, he turn it
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into the shadow of death, and
make it gross darkness. But if
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ye will not hear it, my soul
shall weep in secret places for
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your pride; and mine eye shall
weep sore, and run down with
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tears, because the Lord's
flock is carried away captive.
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Say unto the king and to the
queen, Humble yourselves, sit
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down: for your principalities
shall come down, even the crown
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of your glory. The cities of the
south shall be shut up, and none
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shall open them: Judah shall be
carried away captive all of it,
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it shall be wholly carried away
captive. Lift up your eyes, and
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behold them that come from the
north: where is the flock that
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was given thee, thy beautiful
flock? What wilt thou say when
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he shall punish thee? for thou
hast taught them to be captains,
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and as chief over thee: shall
not sorrows take thee, as a
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woman in travail? And if thou
say in thine heart, Wherefore
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come these things upon me? For
the greatness of thine iniquity
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are thy skirts discovered,
and thy heels made bare. Can the
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Ethiopian change his skin, or
the leopard his spots? then may
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ye also do good, that
are accustomed to do evil.
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Therefore will I scatter them
as the stubble that passeth away
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by the wind of the wilderness.
This is thy lot, the portion of
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thy measures from me, saith
the Lord; because thou hast
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forgotten me, and trusted
in falsehood. Therefore will I
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discover thy skirts upon thy
face, that thy shame may appear.
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I have seen thine adulteries,
and thy neighings, the lewdness
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of thy whoredom, and thine
abominations on the hills in the
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fields. Woe unto thee, O
Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made
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clean? when shall it once be?
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We're continuing in the book
of Jeremiah and this is chapter
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14 in the King James Version.
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The word of the Lord that
came to Jeremiah concerning the
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dearth. Judah mourneth, and the
gates thereof languish; they are
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black unto the ground; and
the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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And their nobles have sent their
little ones to the waters: they
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came to the pits, and found no
water; they returned with their
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vessels empty; they were
ashamed and confounded, and
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covered their heads. Because
the ground is chapt, for there
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was no rain in the earth,
the plowmen were ashamed, they
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covered their heads. Yea, the
hind also calved in the field,
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and forsook it, because there
was no grass. And the wild asses
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did stand in the high places,
they snuffed up the wind like
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dragons; their eyes did fail,
because there was no grass.
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O Lord, though our iniquities
testify against us, do thou it
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for thy name's sake: for our
backslidings are many; we have
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sinned against thee. O the hope
of Israel, the savior thereof in
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time of trouble, why shouldest
thou be as a stranger in the
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land, and as a wayfaring man
that turneth aside to tarry for
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a night? Why shouldest thou be
as a man astonied, as a mighty
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man that cannot save? yet thou,
O Lord, art in the midst of us,
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and we are called by thy name;
leave us not. Thus saith the
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Lord unto this people, Thus have
they loved to wander, they have
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not refrained their feet,
therefore the Lord doth not
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accept them; he will
now remember their iniquity,
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and visit their sins. Then said
the Lord unto me, Pray not for
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this people for their good. When
they fast, I will not hear their
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cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will
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not accept them: but I
will consume them by the sword,
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and by the famine, and by
the pestilence. Then said I, Ah,
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Lord God! behold, the prophets
say unto them, Ye shall not see
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the sword, neither shall ye
have famine; but I will give you
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assured peace in this place.
Then the Lord said unto me,
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The prophets prophesy lies
in my name: I sent them not,
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neither have I commanded them,
neither spake unto them: they
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prophesy unto you a false vision
and divination, and a thing of
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nought, and the deceit of their
heart. Therefore thus saith the
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Lord concerning the prophets
that prophesy in my name, and
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I sent them not, yet they say,
Sword and famine shall not be
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in this land; By sword and
famine shall those prophets
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be consumed. And the people to
whom they prophesy shall be cast
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out in the streets of Jerusalem
because of the famine and the
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sword; and they shall have none
to bury them, them, their wives,
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nor their sons, nor their
daughters: for I will pour their
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wickedness upon them. Therefore
thou shalt say this word unto
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them; Let mine eyes run down
with tears night and day, and
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let them not cease: for the
virgin daughter of my people is
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broken with a great breach, with
a very grievous blow. If I go
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forth into the field, then
behold the slain with the sword!
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and if I enter into the city,
then behold them that are sick
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with famine! yea, both
the prophet and the priest go
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about into a land that they know
not. Hast thou utterly rejected
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Judah? hath thy soul lothed
Zion? why hast thou smitten us?
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and there is no healing for us?
we looked for peace, and there
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is no good; and for the time
of healing, and behold trouble!
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We acknowledge, O Lord, our
wickedness, and the iniquity of
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our fathers: for we have sinned
against thee. Do not abhor us,
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for thy name's sake, do
not disgrace the throne of thy
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glory: remember, break not thy
covenant with us. Are there any
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among the vanities of the
Gentiles that can cause rain?
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or can the heavens give showers?
art not thou he, O Lord our God?
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therefore we will wait upon
thee: for thou hast made all
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these things.
Continuing in Jeremiah chapter
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15 and this is the
King James Version.
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Then said the Lord unto me,
Though Moses and Samuel stood
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before me, yet my mind could not
be toward this people: cast them
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out of my sight, and let them
go forth. And it shall come to
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pass, if they say unto
thee, Whither shall we go forth?
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then thou shalt tell them, Thus
saith the Lord; Such as are for
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death, to death; and such as are
for the sword, to the sword; and
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such as are for the famine, to
the famine; and such as are for
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the captivity, to the captivity.
And I will appoint over them
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four kinds, saith the Lord: the
sword to slay, and the dogs to
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tear, and the fowls of the
heaven, and the beasts of the
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earth, to devour and destroy.
And I will cause them to be
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removed into all kingdoms of the
earth, because of Manasseh the
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son of Hezekiah king of
Judah, for that which he did in
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Jerusalem. For who shall have
pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or
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who shall bemoan thee? or who
shall go aside to ask how thou
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doest? Thou has forsaken me,
saith the Lord, thou art gone
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backward: therefore will I
stretch out my hand against
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thee, and destroy thee; I am
weary with repenting. And I will
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fan them with a fan in the gates
of the land; I will bereave them
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of children, I will destroy
my people since they return not
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from their ways. Their widows
are increased to me above the
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sand of the seas: I have brought
upon them against the mother of
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the young men a spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to
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fall upon it suddenly, and
terrors upon the city. She that
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hath borne seven languisheth:
she hath give up the ghost; her
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sun is gone down while it was
yet day: she hath been ashamed
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and confounded: and the residue
of them will I deliver to the
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sword before their enemies,
saith the Lord. Woe is me, my
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mother, that thou has born
me a man of strife and a man of
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contention to the whole earth!
I have neither lent on usury,
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nor men have lent to me on usury
yet every one of them doth curse
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me. The Lord said, Verily it
shall be well with thy remnant;
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verily I will cause the enemy to
entreat thee well in the time of
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evil and in the time of
affliction. Shall iron break the
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northern iron and the steel?
Thy substance and thy treasures
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will I give to the spoil without
price, and that for all thy sins
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even in all thy borders. And
I will make thee to pass with
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thine enemies into a land which
thou knowest not: for a fire is
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kindled in mine anger, which
shall burn upon you. O Lord,
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thou knowest: remember me, and
visit me, and revenge me of my
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persecutors; take me not away
in thy longsuffering: know that
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for thy sake I have suffered
rebuke. Thy words were found,
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and I did eat them; and thy
word was unto me the joy and
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rejoicing of mine heart; for
I am called by thy name, O Lord
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God of hosts. I sat not in
the assembly of the mockers, nor
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rejoiced; I sat alone because of
thy hand: for thou hast filled
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me with indignation. Why is
my pain perpetual, and my wound
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incurable, which refuseth to be
healed? wilt thou be altogether
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unto me as a liar, and as waters
that fail? Therefore thus saith
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the Lord, if thou return, then
will I bring thee again, and
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thou shalt stand before me: and
if thou take forth the precious
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from the vile, thou shalt be as
my mouth: let them return unto
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thee; but return not thou unto
them. And I will make thee unto
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this people a fenced brasen
wall: and they shall fight
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against thee, but they shall not
prevail against thee: for I am
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with thee to save thee and
to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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And I will deliver thee out
of the hand of the wicked, and I
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will redeem thee out of
the hand of the terrible.
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Continuing in the
book of Jeremiah chapter 16
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and this is the
King James Version.
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The word of the Lord came also
unto me saying, Thou shalt not
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take thee a wife, neither shalt
thou have sons or daughters in
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this place. For thus saith
the Lord concerning the sons and
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concerning the daughters
that are born in this place, and
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concerning their mothers that
bare them, and concerning their
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fathers that begat them in this
land; they shall die of grievous
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deaths; they shall not be
lamented; neither shall they be
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buried; but they shall be a dung
upon the face of the earth: and
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they shall be consumed by the
sword, and by the famine; and
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their carcases shall be meat for
the fowls of heaven, and for the
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beasts of the earth. For thus
saith the Lord, Enter not into
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the house of mourning, neither
go to lament nor bemoan them:
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for I have taken away my peace
from this people, saith the
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Lord, even lovingkindness and
mercies. Both the great and the
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small shall die in this
land: they shall not be buried,
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neither shall men lament for
them, nor cut themselves, nor
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make themselves bald for
them: Neither shall men tear
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themselves for them in mourning,
to comfort them for the dead;
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neither shall men give them the
cup of consolation to drink for
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their father or for their
mother. Thou shalt not also
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go into the house of feasting,
to sit with them to eat and to
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drink. For thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel;
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Behold, I will cause to cease
out of this place in your eyes,
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and in your days, the voice of
mirth, and the voice of gladness
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the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride.
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And it shall come to pass, when
thou shalt shew this people all
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these words, and they shall say
unto thee, Wherefore hath the
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Lord pronounced all this great
evil against us? or what is our
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iniquity? or what is our sin
that we have committed against
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the Lord our God? Then shalt
thou say unto them, Because your
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fathers have forsaken me, saith
the Lord, and have walked after
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other gods, and have served them
and have worshiped them, and
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have forsaken me, and have not
kept my law; And ye have done
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worse than your fathers; for
behold, ye walk every one after
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the imagination of his
evil heart, that they may not
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hearken unto me: Therefore will
I cast you out of this land into
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a land that ye know not,
neither ye nor your fathers;
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