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37 And King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned instead of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, made king in the land of Judah.
2 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land would obey the Words of the LORD which He spoke by the ministry of the Prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the Priest, to the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to the LORD our God for us.”
4 Now Jeremiah went in and out among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
5 Then Pharaoh’s army came out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who besieged Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the Word of the LORD to the Prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me, “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which came forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, into their own land.
8 “And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.”’
9 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us.” For they shall not depart.
10 ‘For even if you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans that fights against you, and there only remained wounded men among them, every man would still rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”
11 When the army of the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem because they feared Pharaoh’s army,
12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to claim property there among the people.
13 And when he was at the gate of Benjamin, there was a chief officer whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he took Jeremiah the Prophet, saying, “You flee to the Chaldeans!”
14 Then Jeremiah said, “That is false. I do not flee to the Chaldeans.” But he would not listen to him. So, Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.
15 Therefore, the princes were angry with Jeremiah and struck him and put him in prison in the house of Jehonathan the scribe (for they had made that the prison).
16 After Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the prisons, and had remained there a long time,
17 then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. And the king asked him secretly, in his house, and said, “Is there any Word from the LORD?” And Jeremiah said, “Indeed.” he said. “For you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babel.
18 Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What offense have I committed against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
19 “Where are your prophets, now, who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babel shall not come against you or against this land?’
20 “Therefore, please hear now, O my lord the king. Let my prayer be acceptable before you, so that you cause me not to return to the house of Jehonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should put Jeremiah in the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of daily bread out of the baker’s street until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
38 Then Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, heard the Words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,
2 “Thus says the LORD: ‘He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine and by the pestilence. But he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live. For his life shall be as a prize, and he shall live.’
3 “Thus says the LORD: ‘This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babel’s army, which shall take it.’”
4 Therefore the princes said to the king, “We implore you, let this man be put to death. For thus he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the wealth of this people, but the hurt.”
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hands. For the king can deny you nothing.”
6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah, the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 Now when Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the Eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon and that the king sat in the gate of Benjamin,
8 Ebed-Melech went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying,
9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the Prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. And he dies of hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.”
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take Jeremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.”
11 So, Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, under the treasury, and took old rotten rags there, and old worn clothes, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon, to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Put these old rags and worn clothes under your arm pits, in the place of the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with ropes and took him up out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent and brought Jeremiah the Prophet to him, into the third entry of the House of the LORD. And the king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.”
15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not kill me? And if I give you counsel, you will not hear me.”
16 So the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, Who made us these souls, I will not kill you or give you into the hands of those men who seek your life.”
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you will go forth to the king of Babel’s princes, then your soul shall live. And this city shall not be burnt up with fire. And you and your House shall live.
18 ‘But if you will not go forth to the king of Babel’s princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans. And they shall burn it with fire. And you shall not escape out of their hands.’”
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen before the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands, and they mock me.”
20 But Jeremiah said, “They shall not deliver you. Please listen to the Voice of the LORD which I speak to you. So shall it go well with you, and your soul shall live.
21 “But if you will refuse to go forth, this is the Word that the LORD has shown me:
22 ‘And behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babel’s princes. And those women shall say, “Your friends have misled you and have overcome you. Your feet were sunken in the mire. They have turned back.”
23 ‘So they shall bring out all your wives, and your children, to the Chaldeans. And you shall not escape from their hands, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babel. And you shall cause this city to be burnt with fire.’”
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
25 “But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you, ‘Declare to us, now, what you have said to the king and also what the king said to you. Do not hide it from us, and we will not kill you,’
26 “then you shall say to them, ‘I humbly petitioned the king not to make me return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’”
27 Then all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So, they stopped speaking with him. For the matter was not heard.
28 So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
6 Let as many servants who are under the yoke count their masters worthy of all honor, so that the Name of God and His doctrine are not blasphemed.
2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them (because they are brothers). But instead serve them, because they are faithful and beloved and partakers of the benefit. Teach and encourage these things.
3 If anyone teaches otherwise - and does not consent to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine according to godliness -
4 he is puffed up and knows nothing, but is obsessed with disputing and arguing over words; from which comes envy, strife, coarse language, evil suspicions,
5 meaningless disputations of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who think that gain is godliness. Separate yourself from such.
6 But godliness is great gain if one is content with what he has.
7 For we brought nothing into the world. And it is certain that we can carry nothing out.
8 Therefore, when we have food and clothing, let us be content with that.
9 For those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown man in perdition and destruction.
10 For the desire of money is the root of all evil, for which some - while lusting after it - have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things! And pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you are also called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
13 I charge you in the sight of God Who quickens all things, and before Jesus Christ Who witnessed a good confession under Pontius Pilate,
14 that you keep this commandment spotless and irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
15 which He Who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, shall show in due time.
16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, Whom no man ever saw nor can see, and to whom be honor and power everlasting, Amen.
17 Charge those who are rich in this world not to be high-minded, and not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God Who abundantly gives us all things to enjoy;
18 to do good and be rich in good works. And be generous and ready to share,
19 laying up in treasure for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, so that they may obtain eternal life.
20 O Timothy, keep that which was entrusted to you. And avoid profane and empty babblings and so-called oppositions of “science”.
21 By professing it, some have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
(The first Epistle to Timothy, written from Laodicea, the chief city of Phrygia Pacatiana)
38 But You have rejected and abhorred. You have been angry with Your anointed.
39 You have broken the Covenant of Your servant and profaned his crown, casting it on the ground.
40 You have broken down all his walls. You have laid his fortresses in ruin.
41 All who go by the way, plunder him. He is a rebuke to his neighbors.
42 You have set up the right hand of his enemies and made all his adversaries rejoice.
43 You have also turned the edge of his sword and have not made him stand in the battle.
44 You have caused his dignity to decay and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth and covered him with shame. Selah.
46 LORD, how long will You hide Yourself? Forever? Shall Your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is. Why should You create all the children of men in vain?
48 What man lives and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 LORD, where are Your former mercies You swore to David in Your truth?
50 Remember, O LORD, the rebuke of Your servants, which I bear in my bosom, of all the mighty people.
51 For Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, because they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
52 Praise the LORD forevermore! So be it. Even so be it. A prayer of Moses, the man of God
28 A man who does not refrain his appetites is like a city which is broken down and without walls.
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