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16 ‘Behold,’ says the LORD, ‘I will send out many fishermen, and they shall fish for them. And afterward, I will send out many hunters. And they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the caves of the rocks.
17 ‘For My Eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hidden from My Face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My Eyes.
18 ‘And first, I will repay their iniquity and their sin double, because they have defiled My land, and have filled My inheritance with their filthy carcasses and their abominations.’”
19 O LORD, my fortress and my strength and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the world, and shall say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, in which there was no profit.”
20 Shall a man make gods for himself, and they are not gods?
21 “Behold, therefore, I will teach them this once. I will show them My Hand and My Power. And they shall know that My Name is the LORD.”
17 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraved upon the tablet of their heart and upon the horns of your altars.
2 “They remember their altars as their children, with their groves by the green trees, upon the high hills.
3 “O, My mountain in the field! I will give your substance, all your treasures, to be plundered, for the sin of your high places, throughout all your borders.
4 “And you, even you, shall release your heritage that I gave you. And I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land, which you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in My anger, which shall burn forever.”
5 Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and withdraws his heart from the LORD.
6 “For he shall be like the heath in the wilderness, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8 “For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not feel when the heat comes. But her leaf shall be green and shall not care for the year of drought. Nor shall it cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The heart is deceitful and wicked above all things, who can know it?
10 “I, the LORD, search the heart, test the inner core, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his works.
11 “As the partridge gathers those which she has not brought forth, he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days. And at his end, he shall be a fool.”
12 As a glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary!
13 O LORD! The hope of Israel, whoever forsakes You shall be confounded! Those who depart from you shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the Fountain of Living Waters.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be whole! Save me, and I shall be saved! For You are my praise!
15 Behold, they say to me, “Where is the Word of the LORD? Let it come now.”
16 But I, myself, have not run away from being a shepherd after You. Nor have I desired the day of misery. You know. That which came out of my lips was before You.
17 Do not be terrible to me. You are my hope in the day of adversity.
18 Let those who persecute me be confounded. But do not let me be confounded. Let them be afraid, but do not let me be afraid. Bring upon them the day of adversity and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Thus has the LORD said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,
20 “and say to them, ‘Hear the Word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter in by these gates!
21 ‘Thus says the LORD: “Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem
22 “or carry forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work. But sanctify the Sabbath, as I Commanded your Fathers.”
23 ‘But they did not obey, nor did they incline their ears, but made their necks stiff and would not hear or receive correction.
24 “Nevertheless, if you will hear Me,” says the LORD, “and bear no burden through the gates of the city on the Sabbath day, but sanctify the Sabbath day, so that you do no work on it,
25 “then shall the kings and the princes enter in at the gates of this city, and shall sit upon the throne of David, and shall ride upon chariots and upon horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall remain forever.
26 “And they shall come — from the cities of Judah, and from around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the South — who shall bring Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices and Meat Offerings and incense, shall bring sacrifices of praise into the House of the LORD.
27 “But if you will not hear Me, to sanctify the Sabbath day and not bear a burden or go through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates. And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. And it shall not be quenched.”’”
18 The Word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Arise, and go down into the potter’s house, and there shall I show you My Words.”
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house. And behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was broken in the hand of the potter. So he returned and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.
5 Then the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6 “O House of Israel! Cannot I do with you as this potter,” says the LORD? “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so you are in My Hand, O House of Israel.
7 “I will speak suddenly against a nation, or against a kingdom, to pluck it up and to root it out and to destroy it.
8 “But if this nation against whom I have pronounced turns from their wickedness, I will turn from the plague that I had thought to bring upon them.
9 “And I will speak suddenly concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build it and to plant it.
10 “But if it does evil in My sight, and does not hear My Voice, I will turn from the good that I had thought to do for them.
11 “Speak now, therefore, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I prepare a plague for you, and plan something against you. Therefore, every one of you return from his evil way, and make your ways and your works good.”
12 ‘But they said desperately, “Surely we will walk after our own imaginations. And every man will follow the stubbornness of his wicked heart.”
13 ‘Therefore, thus says the LORD: “Ask now who has heard such things among the heathen. The virgin of Israel has done very filthily.
14 “Will a man forsake the snow of Lebanon, which comes from the rock of the field? Or shall the cold, flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15 “Because My people have forgotten Me and have burnt incense to worthless idols, causing them to stumble in their ways from the ancient ways and to walk in the pathway that is not built up,
16 “and making their land desolate and a perpetual derision, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and wag his head.
17 “I will scatter them with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them My Back, and not My Face, in the day of their destruction.”
18 ‘Then they said, “Come, and let us imagine some device against Jeremiah! For the Law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the Word from the Prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue! And let us not consider any of his words!”’”
19 Listen to me, O LORD, and hear the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You, to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them.
21 Therefore, deliver up their children to famine, and let them drop away by the force of the sword. Let their wives be robbed of their children and be widows. And let their husbands be put to death. Let their young men be killed by the sword in the battle.
22 Let the cry be heard from their houses when You shall suddenly bring an army upon them. For they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Yet, LORD, You know all their deadly counsel against me. Do not forgive their iniquity or blot out their sin from Your sight. But let them be overthrown before You. Deal with them in the time of Your anger!
4 Furthermore, we urge and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, brothers, that you increase more and more in how you ought to walk and to please God (as you have received from us).
2 For you know what Commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification. And that you should abstain from fornication;
4 so that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in holiness and honor,
5 not in the passion of lust (as the Gentiles do, who do not know God),
6 so that no one oppresses or defrauds his brother in any matter. For the Lord is Avenger of all such things, as we also have told you previously, and testified.
7 For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
8 Therefore, the one who ignores these things, does not ignore man, but God (Who has also given His Holy Spirit).
9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need me to write to you. For you are taught by God to love one another.
10 And, indeed, you do so to all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to increase more and more
11 and to earnestly endeavor to be quiet and mind your own business; and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 so that you may behave honorably toward those who are outside, and that you lack nothing.
13 Brothers, I would not have you be ignorant concerning those who are asleep, lest you mourn as others who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus is dead and is risen, so also will God bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
15 For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord: that we who live - and remain until the coming of the Lord - shall not precede those who sleep.
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first.
17 Then shall we who live and remain be caught up with them also in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
5 But of the times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for me to write to you.
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say “Peace and safety”, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as labor upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.
81 Sing joyfully to God our strength! Sing loud to the God of Jacob!
2 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the viol.
3 Blow the trumpet on the New Moon, in the time appointed at our Feast day.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, a Law of the God of Jacob.
5 He set this in Joseph for a testimony. When He came out of the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I did not understand.
6 “I have withdrawn his shoulder from the burden. His hands have left the pots.
7 “You called in affliction and I delivered you, answered you in the secret of the thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 “Hear, O My people, and I will testify to you, O Israel, if you will listen to me
9 “and will have no strange god in you or worship any strange god
10 “(for I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt). Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!
11 “But My people would not hear My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.
12 “So, I gave them up to the hardness of their heart, and they have walked in their own counsels.
13 “Oh that My people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in My ways!
14 “I would soon have humbled their enemies and turned My hand against their adversaries.
15 “The haters of the LORD will feign subjection to Him, but their time would endure forever.
16 “And I would have fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock would I have sufficed you.” A Psalm committed to Asaph
6 Do not boast before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men.
7 For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here”, than for you to be lowered in the presence of the Prince whom your eyes have seen.
8 Do not go forth hastily to strife, lest you do not know what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
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