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Hear, O sons, the ainstruction of a father, And bgive attention that you may gain understanding,For I give you sound ateaching; bDo not abandon my instruction.When I was a son to my father, aTender and bthe only son in the sight of my mother,Then he ataught me and said to me, "Let your heart bhold fast my words; cKeep my commandments and live;aAcquire wisdom! bAcquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Feb 12

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highlighted Jeremiah 24:10 NASB

'I will send the asword, the famine and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.'"

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 24:6-9 NASB

'For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will abring them again to this land; and I will bbuild them up and not overthrow them, and I will cplant them and not pluck them up.'I will give them a aheart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be bMy people, and I will be their God, for they will creturn to Me with their whole heart.'But like the abad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness--indeed, thus says the Lord--so I will abandon bZedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the cremnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of dEgypt.'I will amake them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a breproach and a proverb, a taunt and a ccurse in all places where I will scatter them.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 24:1-5 NASB

After aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two bbaskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord!One basket had very good figs, like afirst-ripe figs, and the other basket had bvery bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness.Then the Lord said to me, "aWhat do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness."Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,"Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'Like these good figs, so I will regard aas good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:40 NASB

"I will put an everlasting areproach on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten."

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:35-39 NASB

"Thus will each of you say to his neighbor and to his brother, 'aWhat has the Lord answered?' or, 'What has the Lord spoken?'"For you will no longer remember the oracle of the Lord, because every man's own word will become the oracle, and you have aperverted the words of the bliving God, the Lord of hosts, our God."Thus you will say to that prophet, 'What has the Lord answered you?' and, 'What has the Lord spoken?'"For if you say, 'The oracle of the Lord!' surely thus says the Lord, 'Because you said this word, "The oracle of the Lord!" I have also sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The oracle of the Lord!'"'"Therefore behold, aI will surely forget you and cast you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:32-34 NASB

"Behold, I am against those who have prophesied afalse dreams," declares the Lord, "and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and breckless boasting; yet cI did not send them or command them, nor do they dfurnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the Lord."Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, 'What is the aoracle of the Lord?' then you shall say to them, 'What oracle?' The Lord declares, 'I will babandon you.'"Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, 'The aoracle of the Lord,' I will bring punishment upon that man and his household.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:27-31 NASB

who intend to amake My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers bforgot My name because of Baal?"The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has aMy word speak My word in truth. bWhat does straw have in common with grain?" declares the Lord."Is not My word like afire?" declares the Lord, "and like a bhammer which shatters a rock?"Therefore behold, aI am against the prophets," declares the Lord, "who steal My words from each other."Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the Lord, "who use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares.'

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:21-26 NASB

"aI did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied."But if they had astood in My council, Then they would have bannounced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds."Am I a God who is anear," declares the Lord, "And not a God far off?"Can a man ahide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?" declares the Lord. "bDo I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the Lord."I have aheard what the prophets have said who bprophesy falsely in My name, saying, 'I had a cdream, I had a dream!'"How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the adeception of their own heart,

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:17-20 NASB

"They keep saying to those who adespise Me, 'The Lord has said, "bYou will have peace"'; And as for everyone who walks in the cstubbornness of his own heart, They say, 'dCalamity will not come upon you.'"But awho has stood in the council of the Lord, That he should see and hear His word? Who has given bheed to His word and listened?"Behold, the astorm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked."The aanger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has bperformed and carried out the purposes of His heart; cIn the last days you will clearly understand it.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:13-16 NASB

"Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an aoffensive thing: They bprophesied by Baal and cled My people Israel astray."Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a ahorrible thing: The committing of badultery and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of cevildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become to Me like dSodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah."Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets, 'Behold, I am going to afeed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Pollution has gone forth into all the land.'"Thus says the Lord of hosts, "aDo not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are bleading you into futility; They speak a cvision of their own imagination, Not dfrom the mouth of the Lord.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:9-12 NASB

For the land is full of aadulterers; For the land bmourns because of the curse. The cpastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right."For aboth prophet and priest are polluted; Even in My house I have found their wickedness," declares the Lord."Therefore their way will be like aslippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the bgloom and fall down in it; For I will bring ccalamity upon them, The year of their punishment," declares the Lord.As for the prophets: My aheart is broken within me, All my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, Even like a man overcome with wine, Because of the Lord And because of His holy words.

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:5-8 NASB

"Behold, the adays are coming," declares the Lord, "When I will raise up for David a righteous bBranch; And He will creign as king and act wisely And ddo justice and righteousness in the land."In His days Judah will be saved, And aIsrael will dwell securely; And this is His bname by which He will be called, 'The cLord our righteousness.'"aTherefore behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord, "when they will no longer say, 'As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,'abut, 'As the Lord lives, who bbrought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.' Then they will live on their own soil."

Feb 11

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:1-4 NASB

"aWoe to the shepherds who are bdestroying and scattering the csheep of My pasture!" declares the Lord.Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: "You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to aattend to you for the bevil of your deeds," declares the Lord."Then I Myself will agather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply."I will also raise up ashepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will bnot be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, cnor will any be missing," declares the Lord.

Feb 11

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:22-23 NASB

At that time I also said to the people, "Let each man with his servant spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day."So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.

Feb 10

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:17-21 NASB

Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me.I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another."At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. aOur God will fight for us."So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.

Feb 10

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:13-16 NASB

then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I astationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows.When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: "aDo not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and bfight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses."When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that aGod had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows and the breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah.

Feb 10

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:10-12 NASB

Thus in Judah it was said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubbish; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall."Our enemies said, "They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work."When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, "They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,"

Feb 10

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:5-9 NASB

Do not aforgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.All of them aconspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.But we prayed to our God, and because of them we aset up a guard against them day and night.

Feb 10

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highlighted Nehemiah 4:1-4 NASB

Now it came about that when aSanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.He spoke in the presence of his brothers and athe wealthy men of Samaria and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the bdusty rubble even the burned ones?"Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, "Even what they are building--aif a fox should jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!"aHear, O our God, how we are despised! bReturn their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.

Feb 10

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