Hello and welcome to
"His Words Are Life."
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I am Kelly Mowrer and
today we are going to be
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reading together
from the Book of Jeremiah.
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But let's pray
together before we start.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you again
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for this time in Your
presence with Your word.
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Please send the Holy
Spirit, to show us the message
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that You have for us today.
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And that we may obey and
walk in Your ways and live.
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We love You so much
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and thank You
for loving us, amen.
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When we were last together,
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we were reading in
the Book of Jeremiah
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and the King Zedekiah is
consulting with Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah is telling him
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that the Chaldeans are
going to come against you.
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And if you will go out to them
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and basically surrender
to them, then you will live.
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You will be spared,
the city will not be burnt.
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But if you don't go out,
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then you will die and
the city will be burnt.
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We are gonna
pick up the story now
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with Jeremiah and the
king consulting together.
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In Jeremiah 38 verse 19
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And Zedekiah the
king said unto Jeremiah,
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I am afraid of the Jews
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that are fallen
to the Chaldeans,
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lest they deliver
me into their hand,
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and they mock me.
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But Jeremiah said,
they shall not deliver thee.
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Obey, I beseech thee,
the voice of the Lord,
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which I speak unto thee,
so it shall be well unto thee,
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and thy soul shall live.
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But if thou refuse to go forth,
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this is the word that
the Lord hath shewed me,
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And, behold, all
the women that are left
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in the king of Judah's house
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shall be brought forth to
the king of Babylon's princes,
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and those women shall say,
Thy friends have set thee on,
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and have prevailed against thee,
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thy feet are sunk in the mire,
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and they are turned away back.
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So they shall
bring out all thy wives
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and thy children
to the Chaldeans,
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and thou shalt not
escape out of their hand,
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but shalt be taken by the
hand of the king of Babylon,
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and thou shalt cause this
city to be burned with fire.
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Then said
Zedekiah unto Jeremiah,
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Let no man know of these words,
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and thou shalt not die.
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But if the princes hear
that I have talked with thee,
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and they come unto
thee, and say unto thee,
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Declare unto us now what
thou hast said unto the king,
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hide it not from us,
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and we will not
put thee to death,
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also what the
king said unto thee,
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Then thou shalt say unto them,
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I presented my
supplication before the king,
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that he would not cause me
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to return to
Jonathan's house, to die there.
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Then came all the princes
unto Jeremiah, and asked him,
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and he told them
according to all these words
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that the king had commanded.
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So they left off
speaking with him,
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for the matter
was not perceived.
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So Jeremiah abode in
the court of the prison
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until the day that
Jerusalem was taken,
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and he was there
when Jerusalem was taken.
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Continuing the story
now in Jeremiah Chapter 39
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and this is the
King James Version.
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In the ninth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah,
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in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
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and all his army
against Jerusalem,
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and they besieged it.
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And in the
eleventh year of Zedekiah,
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in the fourth month,
the ninth day of the month,
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the city was broken up.
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And all the princes of
the king of Babylon came in,
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and sat in the middle
gate, even Nergalsharezer,
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Samgarnebo, Sarsechim,
Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer,
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Rabmag, with all the residue
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of the princes of
the king of Babylon.
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And it came to pass,
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that when Zedekiah the
king of Judah saw them,
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and all the men of
war, then they fled,
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and went forth out
of the city by night,
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by the way of the king's garden,
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by the gate
betwixt the two walls,
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and he went out
the way of the plain.
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But the Chaldeans'
army pursued after them,
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and overtook Zedekiah
in the plains of Jericho,
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and when they had taken
him, they brought him up
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to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
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to Riblah in the land of Hamath,
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where he gave judgment upon him.
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Then the king of Babylon
slew the sons of Zedekiah
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in Riblah before his eyes,
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also the king of Babylon
slew all the nobles of Judah.
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Moreover he put
out Zedekiah's eyes,
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and bound him with
chains, to carry him to Babylon.
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And the Chaldeans
burned the king's house,
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and the houses of
the people, with fire,
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and brake down the
walls of Jerusalem.
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard carried away
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captive into Babylon
the remnant of the people
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that remained in the city,
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and those that fell
away, that fell to him,
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with the rest of the
people that remained.
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But Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard
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left of the poor of the people,
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which had nothing,
in the land of Judah,
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and gave them vineyards
and fields at the same time.
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Now
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
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gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan
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the captain of
the guard, saying,
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Take him, and look well to him,
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and do him no
harm, but do unto him
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even as he shall say unto thee.
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So Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard sent,
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and Nebushasban, Rabsaris,
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and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag,
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and all the king
of Babylon's princes,
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Even they sent,
and took Jeremiah
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out of the court of the prison,
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and committed him unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
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the son of Shaphan, that
he should carry him home,
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so he dwelt among the people.
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Now the word of the
Lord came unto Jeremiah,
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while he was shut up in
the court of the prison,
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saying, Go and speak to
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
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saying, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel,
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Behold, I will bring my
words upon this city for evil,
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and not for good,
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and they shall be accomplished
in that day before thee.
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But I will
deliver thee in that day,
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saith the Lord, and
thou shalt not be given
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into the hand of the
men of whom thou art afraid.
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For I will surely deliver thee,
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and thou shalt
not fall by the sword,
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but thy life shall
be for a prey unto thee,
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because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith the Lord.
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Continuing in
Jeremiah Chapter 40
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and this is the
King James Version.
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The word that came to
Jeremiah from the Lord,
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after that Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard
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had let him go from Ramah,
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when he had taken
him being bound in chains
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among all that were
carried away captive
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of Jerusalem and Judah,
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which were carried
away captive unto Babylon.
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And the captain of
the guard took Jeremiah,
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and said unto him,
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The Lord thy God hath pronounced
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this evil upon this place.
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Now the Lord hath brought it,
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and done
according as he hath said,
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because ye have
sinned against the Lord,
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and have not obeyed his voice,
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therefore this
thing is come upon you.
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And now, behold, I loose
thee this day from the chains
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which were upon thine hand.
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If it seem good unto thee
to come with me into Babylon,
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come, and I will
look well unto thee,
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but if it seem ill unto thee
to come with me into Babylon,
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forbear, behold, all
the land is before thee,
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whither it seemeth good
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and convenient for
thee to go, thither go.
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Now while he was
not yet gone back,
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he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
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the son of Shaphan,
whom the king of Babylon
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hath made governor
over the cities of Judah,
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and dwell with
him among the people,
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or go whosesoever it seemeth
convenient unto thee to go.
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So the captain of the guard
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gave him victuals and
a reward, and let him go.
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Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah
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the son of Ahikam to Mizpah,
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and dwelt with
him among the people
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that were left in the land.
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Now when all the
captains of the forces
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which were in the
fields, even they and their men,
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heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah
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the son of Ahikam
governor in the land,
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and had committed unto him men,
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and women, and children,
and of the poor of the land,
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of them that
were not carried away
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captive to Babylon,
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Then they came to
Gedaliah to Mizpah,
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even Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah,
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and Johanan and
Jonathan the sons of Kareah,
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and Seraiah the
son of Tanhumeth,
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and the sons of
Ephai the Netophathite,
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and Jezaniah the
son of a Maachathite,
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they and their men.
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And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
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the son of
Shaphan sware unto them
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and to their men, saying,
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Fear not to serve the Chaldeans,
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dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon,
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and it shall be well with you.
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As for me, behold, I
will dwell at Mizpah,
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to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us,
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but ye, gather ye wine,
and summer fruits, and oil,
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and put them in your vessels,
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and dwell in your
cities that ye have taken.
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Likewise when all the
Jews that were in Moab,
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and among the
Ammonites, and in Edom,
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and that were in
all the countries,
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heard that the king of Babylon
had left a remnant of Judah,
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and that he had set over them
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Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
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Even all the Jews
returned out of all places
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whither they were driven,
and came to the land of Judah,
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to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah,
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and gathered wine and
summer fruits very much.
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Moreover Johanan
the son of Kareah,
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and all the
captains of the forces
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that were in the fields,
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
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And said unto him, dost
thou certainly know that Baalis
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the king of the
Ammonites hath sent Ishmael
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the son of
Nethaniah to slay thee?
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But Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam believed them not.
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah
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spake to Gedaliah in
Mizpah secretly saying,
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Let me go, I pray thee,
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and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
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and no man shall know it,
wherefore should he slay thee,
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that all the Jews
which are gathered unto thee
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should be scattered,
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and the remnant in Judah perish?
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But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
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said unto Johanan
the son of Kareah,
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Thou shalt not do this thing,
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for thou speakest
falsely of Ishmael.
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Continuing now in
Jeremiah Chapter 41
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Now it came to pass
in the seventh month,
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that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama,
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of the seed royal, and
the princes of the king,
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even ten men with him,
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came unto Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam to Mizpah,
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and there they did eat
bread together in Mizpah.
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Then arose Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah,
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and the ten men
that were with him,
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and smote
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
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the son of
Shaphan with the sword,
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and slew him, whom
the king of Babylon
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had made governor over the land.
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Ishmael also slew all
the Jews that were with him,
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even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah,
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and the Chaldeans
that were found there,
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and the men of war.
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And it came to
pass the second day
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after he had slain
Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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That there came
certain from Shechem,
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from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
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even fourscore men,
having their beards shaven,
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and their clothes rent,
and having cut themselves,
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with offerings and
incense in their hand,
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to bring them to
the house of the Lord.
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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
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went forth from
Mizpah to meet them,
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weeping all along as he
went, and it came to pass,
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as he met them,
he said unto them,
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Come to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam.
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And it was so, when they
came into the midst of the city,
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that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah slew them,
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and cast them into
the midst of the pit,
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he, and the men
that were with him.
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But ten men
were found among them
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that said unto
Ishmael, Slay us not,
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for we have
treasures in the field,
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of wheat, and of barley,
and of oil, and of honey.
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So he forbare, and slew
them not among their brethren.
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Now the pit wherein
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Ishmael had cast all
the dead bodies of the men,
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whom he had slain
because of Gedaliah,
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was it which Asa
the king had made
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for fear of
Baasha king of Israel,
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and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
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filled it with
them that were slain.
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Then Ishmael carried away
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captive all the
residue of the people
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that were in Mizpah,
even the king's daughters,
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and all the people
that remained in Mizpah,
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whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard
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had committed to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
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and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
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carried them away captive,
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and departed to go
over to the Ammonites.
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But when Johanan
the son of Kareah,
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and all the captains of
the forces that were with him,
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heard of all the
evil that Ishmael
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the son of Nethaniah had done,
Then they took all the men,
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and went to fight with
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
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and found him
by the great waters
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that are in Gibeon.
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Now it came to pass,
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that when all the
people which were with Ishmael
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saw Johanan the son of Kareah,
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and all the captains of
the forces that were with him,
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then they were glad.
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So all the people that
Ishmael had carried away
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captive from Mizpah
cast about and returned,
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and went unto
Johanan the son of Kareah.
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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
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escaped from
Johanan with eight men,
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and went to the Ammonites.
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Then took Johanan
the son of Kareah,
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and all the captains of
the forces that were with him,
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all the remnant of the people
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whom he had recovered from
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
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from Mizpah,
after that he had slain
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Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
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