Hello welcome to
"His Words Are Life."
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I am Kelly Mowrer and
today we will be reading
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together from
the Book of Jeremiah.
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But let's pray together first.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, please be with us now
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as we read these
words from Your book.
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Please send the
Holy Spirit to show us
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how You would have us take
the words that we hear today
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and use them to bear fruit
in our own lives to Your glory.
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We love You so much
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and thank You
for loving us, amen.
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We are beginning today in
Jeremiah Chapter 36 verse 3
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and this is the
King James Version.
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It may be that
the house of Judah
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will hear all the evil
which I purpose to do unto them,
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that they may return
every man from his evil way,
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that I may forgive
their iniquity and their sin.
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Then Jeremiah called
Baruch the son of Neriah,
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and Baruch wrote
from the mouth of Jeremiah
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all the words of the Lord,
which he had spoken unto him,
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upon a roll of a book.
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And Jeremiah commanded
Baruch, saying, I am shut up,
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I cannot go into
the house of the Lord,
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Therefore go thou,
and read in the roll,
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which thou hast
written from my mouth,
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the words of the Lord
in the ears of the people
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in the Lord's house
upon the fasting day,
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and also thou shalt read
them in the ears of all Judah
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that come out of their cities.
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It may be they will
present their supplication
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before the Lord, and
will return every one
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from his evil way,
for great is the anger
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and the fury that
the Lord hath pronounced
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against this people.
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And Baruch the son of Neriah
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did according to all that
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Jeremiah the
prophet commanded him,
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reading in the book
the words of the Lord
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in the Lord's house.
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And it came to pass in
the fifth year of Jehoiakim
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the son of Josiah king of Judah,
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in the ninth month,
that they proclaimed a fast
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before the Lord to all
the people in Jerusalem,
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and to all the people that came
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from the cities of
Judah unto Jerusalem.
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Then read Baruch in the book
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the words of Jeremiah
in the house of the Lord,
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in the chamber of Gemariah
the son of Shaphan the scribe,
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in the higher court,
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at the entry of the new
gate of the Lord's house,
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in the ears of all the people.
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When Michaiah
the son of Gemariah,
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the son of Shaphan,
had heard out of the book
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all the words of the Lord,
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Then he went down
into the king's house,
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into the
scribe's chamber, and, lo,
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all the princes sat
there, even Elishama the scribe,
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and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah,
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and Elnathan the son of Achbor,
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and Gemariah the son of Shaphan,
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and Zedekiah the son of
Hananiah, and all the princes.
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Then Michaiah declared unto them
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all the words that he had heard,
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when Baruch read the book
in the ears of the people.
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Therefore all the princes sent
Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
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the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi,
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unto Baruch, saying,
Take in thine hand the roll
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wherein thou hast read
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in the ears of
the people, and come.
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So Baruch the son of Neriah
took the roll in his hand,
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and came unto them.
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And they said unto him,
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Sit down now, and
read it in our ears.
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So Baruch read it in their ears.
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Now it came to pass, when
they had heard all the words,
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they were afraid
both one and other,
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and said unto Baruch,
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We will surely tell the
king of all these words.
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And they asked
Baruch, saying, tell us now,
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how didst thou write all
these words at his mouth?
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Then Baruch answered them,
He pronounced all these words
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unto me with his mouth,
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and I wrote them
with ink in the book.
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Then said the
princes unto Baruch,
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Go, hide thee,
thou and Jeremiah,
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and let no man know where ye be.
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And they went in to
the king into the court,
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but they laid up the roll
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in the chamber of
Elishama the scribe,
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and told all the words
in the ears of the king.
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So the king sent
Jehudi to fetch the roll,
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and he took it out of
Elishama the scribe's chamber.
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And Jehudi read it
in the ears of the king,
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and in the ears
of all the princes
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which stood beside the king.
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Now the king sat in the
winter house in the ninth month,
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and there was a fire on
the hearth burning before him.
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And it came to pass,
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that when Jehudi had
read three or four leaves,
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he cut it with the penknife,
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and cast it into the
fire that was on the hearth,
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until all the roll
was consumed in the fire
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that was on the hearth.
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Yet they were not
afraid, nor rent their garments,
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neither the king,
nor any of his servants
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that heard all these words.
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Nevertheless Elnathan
and Delaiah and Gemariah
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had made
intercession to the king
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that he would not burn the roll,
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but he would not hear them.
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But the king commanded Jerahmeel
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the son of Hammelech, and
Seraiah the son of Azriel,
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and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel,
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to take Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet,
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but the Lord hid them.
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Then the word of the
Lord came to Jeremiah,
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after that the king
had burned the roll,
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and the words which Baruch wrote
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at the mouth of Jeremiah,
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saying, Take thee
again another roll,
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and write in it
all the former words
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that were in the first roll,
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which Jehoiakim the
king of Judah hath burned.
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And thou shalt say to
Jehoiakim king of Judah,
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Thus saith the Lord,
Thou hast burned this roll,
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saying, Why hast
thou written therein,
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saying, The king of Babylon
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shall certainly come
and destroy this land,
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and shall cause to cease
from thence man and beast?
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Therefore thus saith the
Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
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He shall have none to
sit upon the throne of David,
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and his dead
body shall be cast out
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in the day to the heat,
and in the night to the frost.
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And I will
punish him and his seed
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and his servants
for their iniquity,
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and I will bring upon them
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and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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and upon the men of Judah,
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all the evil that I
have pronounced against them,
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but they hearkened not.
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Then took Jeremiah another roll,
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and gave it to
Baruch the scribe,
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the son of
Neriah, who wrote therein
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from the mouth of Jeremiah
all the words of the book
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which Jehoiakim king of
Judah had burned in the fire,
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and there were added besides
unto them many like words.
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Continuing with
Jeremiah Chapter 37
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And King
Zedekiah the son of Josiah
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reigned instead of
Coniah the son of Jehoiakim,
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whom
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
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made king in the land of Judah.
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But neither he,
nor his servants,
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nor the people of the land,
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did hearken unto
the words of the Lord,
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which he spake by
the prophet Jeremiah.
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And Zedekiah the
king sent Jehucal
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the son of
Shelemiah and Zephaniah
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the son of Maaseiah
the priest to the prophet
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Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
unto the Lord our God for us.
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Now Jeremiah came in and
went out among the people,
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for they had not
put him into prison.
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Then Pharaoh's army was
come forth out of Egypt,
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and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem
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heard tidings of them,
they departed from Jerusalem.
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Then came the word of the
Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah
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saying, Thus saith the
Lord, the God of Israel,
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Thus shall ye say
to the king of Judah,
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that sent you unto
me to enquire of me,
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Behold, Pharaoh's army,
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which is come forth to help you,
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shall return to
Egypt into their own land.
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And the
Chaldeans shall come again,
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and fight against this city,
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and take it, and
burn it with fire.
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Thus saith the Lord,
deceive not yourselves,
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saying, the Chaldeans
shall surely depart from us,
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for they shall not depart.
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For though ye had smitten
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the whole army of the Chaldeans
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that fight against
you, and there remained
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but wounded men among them,
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yet should they rise
up every man in his tent,
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and burn this city with fire.
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And it came to pass,
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that when the army of
the Chaldeans was broken up
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from Jerusalem for
fear of Pharaoh's army,
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Then Jeremiah went
forth out of Jerusalem
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to go into the land of Benjamin,
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to separate himself thence
in the midst of the people.
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And when he was in
the gate of Benjamin,
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a captain of the ward was there,
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whose name was
Irijah, the son of Shelemiah,
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the son of Hananiah, and
he took Jeremiah the prophet,
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saying, Thou fallest
away to the Chaldeans.
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Then said Jeremiah, it is false,
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I fall not away
to the Chaldeans.
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But he hearkened not to
him, so Irijah took Jeremiah,
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and brought him to the princes.
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Wherefore the princes
were wroth with Jeremiah,
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and smote him,
and put him in prison
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in the house of
Jonathan the scribe,
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for they had
made that the prison.
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When Jeremiah was entered
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into the dungeon,
and into the cabins,
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and Jeremiah had
remained there many days,
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Then Zedekiah the king
sent, and took him out,
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and the king asked
him secretly in his house,
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and said, Is there
any word from the Lord?
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And Jeremiah said, there is,
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for, said he,
thou shalt be delivered
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into the hand of
the king of Babylon.
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Moreover Jeremiah
said unto king Zedekiah,
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What have I
offended against thee,
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or against thy servants,
or against this people,
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that ye have put me in prison?
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Where are now your prophets
which prophesied unto you,
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saying, The king of Babylon
shall not come against you,
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nor against this land?
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Therefore hear now, I pray thee,
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O my Lord the king,
let my supplication,
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I pray thee, be
accepted before thee,
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that thou cause me not
to return to the house of
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Jonathan the
scribe, lest I die there.
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Then Zedekiah the king commanded
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that they should commit Jeremiah
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into the court of the prison,
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and that they should give
him daily a piece of bread
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out of the bakers' street,
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until all the bread
in the city were spent.
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andThus Jeremiah remained
in the court of the prison.
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Continuing in
Jeremiah Chapter 38
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Then Shephatiah
the son of Mattan,
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and Gedaliah the son of Pashur,
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and Jucal the son of Shelemiah,
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and Pashur the son of Malchiah,
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heard the words
that Jeremiah had spoken
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unto all the people,
saying, Thus saith the Lord,
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He that remaineth in this
city shall die by the sword,
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by the famine,
and by the pestilence,
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but he that goeth forth
to the Chaldeans shall live,
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for he shall have his life
for a prey, and shall live.
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Thus saith the Lord,
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This city shall surely
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be given into the hand of
the king of Babylon's army,
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which shall take it.
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Therefore the
princes said unto the king,
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We beseech thee, let
this man be put to death,
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for thus he weakeneth
the hands of the men of war
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that remain in this city,
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and the hands of all the people,
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in speaking
such words unto them,
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for this man seeketh not
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the welfare of this
people, but the hurt.
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Then Zedekiah the king said,
Behold, he is in your hand,
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for the king is not he that
can do any thing against you.
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Then took they Jeremiah,
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and cast him into the dungeon
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of Malchiah the
son of Hammelech,
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that was in the
court of the prison,
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and they let down
Jeremiah with cords.
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And in the dungeon
there was no water,
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but mire, so
Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
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Now when
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
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one of the eunuchs
which was in the king's house,
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heard that they had put
Jeremiah in the dungeon,
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the king then sitting
in the gate of Benjamin,
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Ebedmelech went forth
out of the king's house,
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and spake to the king
saying, My Lord the king,
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these men have done evil in all
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that they have done
to Jeremiah the prophet,
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whom they have
cast into the dungeon,
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and he is like to die for hunger
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in the place where he is,
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for there is no
more bread in the city.
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Then the king commanded
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
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saying, Take from
hence thirty men with thee,
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and take up Jeremiah the prophet
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out of the
dungeon, before he die.
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So Ebedmelech
took the men with him,
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and went into
the house of the king
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under the
treasury, and took thence
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old cast clouts
and old rotten rags,
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and let them down by cords
into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
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And Ebedmelech the
Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah,
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Put now these old cast clouts
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and rotten rags under
thine armholes under the cords.
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And Jeremiah did so.
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So they drew up
Jeremiah with cords,
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and took him up
out of the dungeon,
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and Jeremiah remained
in the court of the prison.
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Then Zedekiah the king sent,
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and took Jeremiah the prophet
unto him into the third entry
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that is in the
house of the Lord,
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and the king said unto Jeremiah,
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I will ask thee a
thing, hide nothing from me.
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Then Jeremiah
said unto Zedekiah,
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If I declare it unto thee,
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wilt thou not
surely put me to death?
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And if I give thee counsel,
wilt thou not hearken unto me?
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So Zedekiah the king
sware secretly unto Jeremiah,
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saying, As the Lord
liveth, that made us this soul,
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I will not put thee to
death, neither will I give thee
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into the hand of these
men that seek thy life.
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Then said
Jeremiah unto Zedekiah,
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Thus saith the
Lord, the God of hosts,
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the God of Israel,
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If thou wilt assuredly go forth
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unto the king of
Babylon's princes,
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then thy soul shall live,
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and this city shall
not be burned with fire,
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and thou shalt
live, and thine house,
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But if thou wilt not go forth
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to the king of
Babylon's princes,
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then shall this city be given
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into the hand of the Chaldeans,
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and they shall
burn it with fire,
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and thou shalt not
escape out of their hand.
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Thank you for joining with me
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and please join me
again next time to read
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the word of God
together. Good bye.
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