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27 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will sow the House of Israel, and the House of Judah, with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
28 “And just as I have watched against them to pluck up and to root out and to throw down and to destroy and to plague, so will I watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.
29 “In those days, they shall no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 “But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will make a new Covenant with the House of Israel, and with the House of Judah —
32 “not according to the Covenant that I made with their Fathers, when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My Covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.
33 “But this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel: After those days, says the LORD, I will put My Law in their core, and write it on their hearts, and will be their God. And they shall be My people.
34 “And they shall no longer teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer remember their sins.”
35 Thus says the LORD, Who gives the Sun for a light to the day, the courses of the Moon and of the stars for a light to the night, Who breaks the sea when its waves roar. His Name is The LORD of Hosts:
36 “If these ordinances depart out of My sight,” says the LORD, “then shall the seed of Israel cease from being a nation before Me, forever.”
37 Thus says the LORD: “If the heavens can be measured, or the foundations of the Earth be searched out beneath, then will I cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD.
38 “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city shall be built to the LORD, from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
39 “And the line of the measure shall go straight forward over the hill Gareb and shall turn to Goath.
40 “And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD. It shall neither be plucked up nor destroyed anymore, forever.”
32 The Word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 For then, the king of Babel’s host besieged Jerusalem. And Jeremiah the Prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
3 For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will give this city into the hands of the king of Babel, and he shall take it.
4 “And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hands of the king of Babel, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth. And his eyes shall behold his face,
5 “And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babel. And there he shall be until I visit him,” says the LORD. “Though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.”’?”
6 And Jeremiah said, “The Word of the LORD came to me, saying,
7 “Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your uncle, shall come to you and say, ‘Buy my field for yourself, which is in Anathoth. For the right of redemption is yours, to buy it.’
8 “So Hanamel, my uncle’s son, came to me in the court of the prison, according to the Word of the LORD, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field which is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin. For the right of the possession is yours, and the purchase yours. Buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the Word of the LORD.
9 “And I bought the field from Hanamel, my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and measured out to him the silver: seventeen shekels.
10 “And I wrote it in the book and signed it, and took witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
11 “So I took the deed of purchase, being sealed according to the Law and custom, with the deed that was open.
12 “And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel, my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses written in the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
13 “And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
14 ‘Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Take the writings, this deed of purchase that is sealed and the deed that is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, so that they may last a long time.”
15 ‘For the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says thus: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”’
16 “Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
17 ‘Ah, LORD God, behold. You have made the heaven and the earth by Your great power, and by Your outstretched Arm. And there is nothing hard for You.
18 ‘You show mercy to thousands and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. O, God! The great and mighty! Whose Name is the LORD of Hosts,
19 ‘great in counsel and mighty in work, (for Your Eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works)
20 ‘Who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt to this day and in Israel and among all men and has made Yourself a Name, as it is this day,
21 ‘and has brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and an outstretched Arm, and with great terror.
22 ‘And You have given them this land which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land that flows with milk and honey.
23 ‘And they came in and possessed it. But they did not obey Your Voice or walk in Your Law. All that You Commanded them to do, they have not done. Therefore, You have caused this whole plague to come upon them.
24 ‘Behold the siege mounts. They have come into the city, to take it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it by means of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence. And what You have spoken has come to pass. And behold, You see it.
25 ‘And You have said to me, O LORD God: “Buy the field for silver, and take witnesses.” For the city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’”
26 Then came the Word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying:
27 “Behold, I am the LORD, God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?”
28 Therefore thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel. And he shall take it.
29 “And the Chaldeans shall come and fight against this city and set fire to this city and burn it with the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.
30 “For the children of Israel, and the children of Judah, have surely done evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have surely provoked Me to anger with the works of their hands,” says the LORD.
31 “Therefore this city has been to Me as a provocation of My anger, and of My wrath, from the day that they built it until this day, so that I should remove it out of My sight
32 “because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger — they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their Prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 “And they have turned the back to Me and not the face. Though I taught them, rising up early and instructing them, still they were not obedient to receive doctrine.
34 “But they set their abominations in the House upon which My Name was called, to defile it.
35 “And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them. Nor did it come into My mind that they should do such abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 “And now, therefore, thus has the LORD God of Israel spoken concerning this city, of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babel by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.’
37 “Behold, I will gather them out of all countries to which I have scattered them in My anger, and in My wrath, and in great indignation. And I will bring them back to this place. And I will cause them to dwell safely.
38 “And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
39 “And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and of their children after them.
40 “And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them: that I will never turn away from them to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they shall not depart from Me.
41 “Yea, I will delight in them, to do them good. And I will assuredly plant them in this land with My whole Heart, and with all My Soul.
42 “For thus says the LORD: ‘Just as I have brought all this great plague upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
43 “And the fields shall be possessed in this land of which you say, ‘It is desolate, without man or beast, and shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’
44 “Men shall buy fields for silver, and make writings and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and all around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the South. For I will cause their captivity to return,’ says the LORD.”
3 This is a true saying: If anyone desires the office of an overseer, he desires a worthy work.
2 Therefore, an overseer must be blameless - the husband of one wife, sober, temperate, modest, a lover of strangers, able to teach -
3 neither a drunkard nor a brawler nor given to greed, but gentle, peace-loving and without avarice.
4 One who rules his own house well, having obedient children under him with all respect.
5 For if anyone cannot rule his own house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
6 He may not be a young scholar, lest he (being puffed up) falls into the condemnation of the devil.
7 He must also be of good reputation, even among outsiders, lest he fall into rebuke and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise, deacons must be honorable—not duplicitous or given to much wine or to greed—
9 holding to the mystery of the faith in pure conscience.
10 And let them be tested first, then let them minister (if they are found blameless).
11 Likewise, their wives must also be honorable (not slanderers), sober, and faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children and their own households well.
13 For those who have ministered well gain a good standing for themselves, and great liberty in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you very shortly;
15 but if I am delayed, so that you may still know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God (which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth).
16 And admittedly, the mystery of godliness is great: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up in Glory.
88 O LORD, God of My Salvation, I cry day and night before You.
2 Let my prayer enter into Your presence. Incline Your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is filled with evils and my life draws near to the grave.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; and am as a man without strength,
5 Free among the dead, like the fatally wounded laying in the grave when You remember no more; and they are cut off from Your hand.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deep.
7 Your indignation lies upon me; and You have troubled me with all Your waves. Selah.
8 You have put away my acquaintances far from me and made me to be abhorred by them. I am shut up and cannot get out.
9 My eye is sorrowful through my affliction. LORD, I call daily upon You. I stretch out my hands to You.
10 Will You show a miracle to the dead? Or shall the dead rise and praise You? Selah.
11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, or Your faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall Your wondrous works be known in the dark; and Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 But to You I have cried, O LORD, and my prayer shall come before You early.
14 LORD, why do You reject my soul and hide Your face from me?
15 I am afflicted and at the point of death. From youth I have doubted, suffering Your terrors.
16 Your indignations go over me and Your fear has cut me off.
17 They came all around me daily like water and encircled me altogether.
18 You have put away my lovers and friends from me. My acquaintances hid themselves. A Psalm to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite
20 He who takes away a garment in the cold is like pouring vinegar on soda, or like him who sings songs to a heavy heart.
21 If he who hates you is hungry, give him bread to eat. And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 For you shall lay coals upon his head. And the LORD shall repay you.
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