Jeremiah:31-35
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At the same time ,"
says the LORD , "
I will be the God of all the families of Israel ,
and they shall be My people ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness --
Israel ,
when I went to give him rest ."
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The LORD has appeared of old to me ,
saying : "
Yes ,
I have loved you with an everlasting love ;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you .
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Again I will build you ,
and you shall be rebuilt ,
O virgin of Israel !
You shall again be adorned with your tambourines ,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice .
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You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria ;
The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food .
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For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim , "
Arise ,
and let us go up to Zion ,
To the LORD our God ."'
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For thus says the LORD : "
Sing with gladness for Jacob ,
And shout among the chief of the nations ;
Proclaim ,
give praise ,
and say , "
O LORD ,
save Your people ,
The remnant of Israel !'
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Behold ,
I will bring them from the north country ,
And gather them from the ends of the earth ,
Among them the blind and the lame ,
The woman with child And the one who labors with child ,
together ;
A great throng shall return there .
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They shall come with weeping ,
And with supplications I will lead them .
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters ,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble ;
For I am a Father to Israel ,
And Ephraim is My firstborn .
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Hear the word of the LORD ,
O nations ,
And declare it in the isles afar off ,
and say , "
He who scattered Israel will gather him ,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock .'
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For the LORD has redeemed Jacob ,
And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he .
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Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion ,
Streaming to the goodness of the LORD --
For wheat and new wine and oil ,
For the young of the flock and the herd ;
Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden ,
And they shall sorrow no more at all .
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance ,
And the young men and the old ,
together ;
For I will turn their mourning to joy ,
Will comfort them ,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow .
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I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance ,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness ,
says the LORD ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
A voice was heard in Ramah ,
Lamentation and bitter weeping ,
Rachel weeping for her children ,
Refusing to be comforted for her children ,
Because they are no more ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
Refrain your voice from weeping ,
And your eyes from tears ;
For your work shall be rewarded ,
says the LORD ,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy .
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There is hope in your future ,
says the LORD ,
That your children shall come back to their own border .
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself : "
You have chastised me ,
and I was chastised ,
Like an untrained bull ;
Restore me ,
and I will return ,
For You are the LORD my God .
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Surely ,
after my turning ,
I repented ;
And after I was instructed ,
I struck myself on the thigh ;
I was ashamed ,
yes ,
even humiliated ,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth .'
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Is Ephraim My dear son ?
Is he a pleasant child ?
For though I spoke against him ,
I earnestly remember him still ;
Therefore My heart yearns for him ;
I will surely have mercy on him ,
says the LORD .
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Set up signposts ,
Make landmarks ;
Set your heart toward the highway ,
The way in which you went .
Turn back ,
O virgin of Israel ,
Turn back to these your cities .
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How long will you gad about ,
O you backsliding daughter ?
For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth --
A woman shall encompass a man ."
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Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities ,
when I bring back their captivity : "
The LORD bless you ,
O home of justice ,
and mountain of holiness !'
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And there shall dwell in Judah itself ,
and in all its cities together ,
farmers and those going out with flocks .
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For I have satiated the weary soul ,
and I have replenished every sorrowful soul ."
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After this I awoke and looked around ,
and my sleep was sweet to me .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that as I have watched over them to pluck up ,
to break down ,
to throw down ,
to destroy ,
and to afflict ,
so I will watch over them to build and to plant ,
says the LORD .
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In those days they shall say no more : "
The fathers have eaten sour grapes ,
And the children '
s teeth are set on edge .'
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But every one shall die for his own iniquity ;
every man who eats the sour grapes ,
his teeth shall be set on edge .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah --
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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt ,
My covenant which they broke ,
though I was a husband to them ,
says the LORD .
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But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days ,
says the LORD :
I will put My law in their minds ,
and write it on their hearts ;
and I will be their God ,
and they shall be My people .
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No more shall every man teach his neighbor ,
and every man his brother ,
saying , "
Know the LORD ,'
for they all shall know Me ,
from the least of them to the greatest of them ,
says the LORD .
For I will forgive their iniquity ,
and their sin I will remember no more ."
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Thus says the LORD ,
Who gives the sun for a light by day ,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night ,
Who disturbs the sea ,
And its waves roar (
The LORD of hosts is His name ):
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If those ordinances depart From before Me ,
says the LORD ,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
If heaven above can be measured ,
And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath ,
I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done ,
says the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate .
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The surveyor '
s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb ;
then it shall turn toward Goath .
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And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes ,
and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron ,
to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east ,
shall be holy to the LORD .
It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever ."
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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 .
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For then the king of Babylon '
s army besieged Jerusalem ,
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison ,
which was in the king of Judah '
s house .
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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 hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall take it ;
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and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans ,
but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and shall speak with him face to face ,
and see him eye to eye ;
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then he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon ,
and there he shall be until I visit him ,"
says the LORD ; "
though you fight with the Chaldeans ,
you shall not succeed "'?"
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And Jeremiah said , "
The word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Behold ,
Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you ,
saying , "
Buy my field which is in Anathoth ,
for the right of redemption is yours to buy it ."'
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Then 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 that is in Anathoth ,
which is in the country of Benjamin ;
for the right of inheritance is yours ,
and the redemption yours ;
buy it for yourself .'
Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD .
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So I bought the field from Hanamel ,
the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth ,
and weighed out to him the money--seventeen shekels of silver .
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And I signed the deed and sealed it ,
took witnesses ,
and weighed the money on the scales .
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So I took the purchase deed ,
both that which was sealed according to the law and custom ,
and that which was open ;
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and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah ,
son of Mahseiah ,
in the presence of Hanamel my uncle '
s son ,
and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed ,
before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison .
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Then I charged Baruch before them ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Take these deeds ,
both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open ,
and put them in an earthen vessel ,
that they may last many days ."
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For thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land ."'
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Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah ,
I prayed to the LORD ,
saying :
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Ah ,
Lord GOD !
Behold ,
You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm .
There is nothing too hard for You .
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You show lovingkindness to thousands ,
and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them--the Great ,
the Mighty God ,
whose name is the LORD of hosts .
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You are great in counsel and mighty in work ,
for your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men ,
to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings .
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You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt ,
to this day ,
and in Israel and among other men ;
and You have made Yourself a name ,
as it is this day .
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You have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders ,
with a strong hand and an outstretched arm ,
and with great terror ;
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You have given them this land ,
of which You swore to their fathers to give them --"
a land flowing with milk and honey ."
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And they came in and took possession of it ,
but they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law .
They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do ;
therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them .
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Look ,
the siege mounds !
They have come to the city to take it ;
and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it ,
because of the sword and famine and pestilence .
What You have spoken has happened ;
there You see it !
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And You have said to me ,
O Lord GOD , "
Buy the field for money ,
and take witnesses "!--
yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans ."'
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Behold ,
I am the LORD ,
the God of all flesh .
Is there anything too hard for Me ?
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Therefore thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans ,
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ,
and he shall take it .
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And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it ,
with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods ,
to provoke Me to anger ;
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because the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth .
For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands ,'
says the LORD .
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For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it ,
even to this day ;
so I will remove it from before My face
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because of all the evil of the children of Israel and 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 .
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And they have turned to Me the back ,
and not the face ;
though I taught them ,
rising up early and teaching them ,
yet they have not listened to receive instruction .
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But they set their abominations in the house which is called by My name ,
to defile it .
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And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of 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 this abomination ,
to cause Judah to sin .'
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Now therefore ,
thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
concerning this city of which you say , "
It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword ,
by the famine ,
and by the pestilence :
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Behold ,
I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger ,
in My fury ,
and in great wrath ;
I will bring them back to this place ,
and I will cause them to dwell safely .
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They shall be My people ,
and I will be their God ;
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then I will give them one heart and one way ,
that they may fear Me forever ,
for the good of them and their children after them .
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And I will make an everlasting covenant with them ,
that I will not turn away from doing them good ;
but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me .
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Yes ,
I will rejoice over them to do them good ,
and I will assuredly plant them in this land ,
with all My heart and with all My soul .'
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For thus says the LORD : "
Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people ,
so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them .
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And fields will be bought in this land of which you say , "
It is desolate ,
without man or beast ;
it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans ."
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Men will buy fields for money ,
sign deeds and seal them ,
and take witnesses ,
in the land of Benjamin ,
in the places around Jerusalem ,
in the cities of Judah ,
in the cities of the mountains ,
in the cities of the lowland ,
and in the cities of the South ;
for I will cause their captives to return ,'
says the LORD ."
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time ,
while he was still shut up in the court of the prison ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD who made it ,
the LORD who formed it to establish it (
the LORD is His name ):
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Call to Me ,
and I will answer you ,
and show you great and mighty things ,
which you do not know .'
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For thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah ,
which have been pulled down to fortify against the siege mounds and the sword :
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They come to fight with the Chaldeans ,
but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury ,
all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city .
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Behold ,
I will bring it health and healing ;
I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth .
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And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return ,
and will rebuild those places as at the first .
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I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me ,
and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me .
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Then it shall be to Me a name of joy ,
a praise ,
and an honor before all nations of the earth ,
who shall hear all the good that I do to them ;
they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it .'
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Thus says the LORD : "
Again there shall be heard in this place--of which you say , "
It is desolate ,
without man and without beast "--
in the cities of Judah ,
in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate ,
without man and without inhabitant and without beast ,
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the voice of joy and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ,
the voice of those who will say : "
Praise the LORD of hosts ,
For the LORD is good ,
For His mercy endures forever "--
and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD .
For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first ,'
says the LORD .
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Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
In this place which is desolate ,
without man and without beast ,
and in all its cities ,
there shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down .
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In the cities of the mountains ,
in the cities of the lowland ,
in the cities of the South ,
in the land of Benjamin ,
in the places around Jerusalem ,
and in the cities of Judah ,
the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them ,'
says the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days are coming ,'
says the LORD , "
that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah :
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In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness ;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth .
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In those days Judah will be saved ,
And Jerusalem will dwell safely .
And this is the name by which she will be called :
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS .'
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For thus says the LORD : "
David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel ;
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nor shall the priests ,
the Levites ,
lack a man to offer burnt offerings before Me ,
to kindle grain offerings ,
and to sacrifice continually ."'
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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD : "
If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night ,
so that there will not be day and night in their season ,
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then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant ,
so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne ,
and with the Levites ,
the priests ,
My ministers .
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As the host of heaven cannot be numbered ,
nor the sand of the sea measured ,
so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me ."'
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Have you not considered what these people have spoken ,
saying , "
The two families which the LORD has chosen ,
He has also cast them off
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Thus says the LORD : "
If My covenant is not with day and night ,
and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ,
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then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant ,
so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob .
For I will cause their captives to return ,
and will have mercy on them ."'
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army ,
all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion ,
and all the people ,
fought against Jerusalem and all its cities ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel : "
Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall burn it with fire .
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And you shall not escape from his hand ,
but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand ;
your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon ,
he shall speak with you face to face ,
and you shall go to Babylon .""
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Yet hear the word of the LORD ,
O Zedekiah king of Judah !
Thus says the LORD concerning you : "
You shall not die by the sword .
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You shall die in peace ;
as in the ceremonies of your fathers ,
the former kings who were before you ,
so they shall burn incense for you and lament for you ,
saying , "
Alas ,
lord !"
For I have pronounced the word ,
says the LORD ."'
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Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem ,
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when the king of Babylon '
s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left ,
against Lachish and Azekah ;
for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah .
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them :
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that every man should set free his male and female slave--a Hebrew man or woman--that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage .
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Now when all the princes and all the people ,
who had entered into the covenant ,
heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves ,
that no one should keep them in bondage anymore ,
they obeyed and let them go .
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But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return ,
whom they had set free ,
and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves .
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Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel : "
I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
out of the house of bondage ,
saying ,
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At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother ,
who has been sold to him ;
and when he has served you six years ,
you shall let him go free from you ."
But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear .
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Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight--every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor ;
and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name .
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Then you turned around and profaned My name ,
and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves ,
whom he had set at liberty ,
at their pleasure ,
and brought them back into subjection ,
to be your male and female slaves .'
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Therefore thus says the LORD : "
You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty ,
every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor .
Behold ,
I proclaim liberty to you ,'
says the LORD --"
to the sword ,
to pestilence ,
and to famine !
And I will deliver you to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth .
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And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant ,
who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me ,
when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it --
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the princes of Judah ,
the princes of Jerusalem ,
the eunuchs ,
the priests ,
and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf --
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I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life .
Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth .
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And I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies ,
into the hand of those who seek their life ,
and into the hand of the king of Babylon '
s army which has gone back from you .
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Behold ,
I will command ,'
says the LORD , "
and cause them to return to this city .
They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire ;
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant ."'
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
saying ,
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Go to the house of the Rechabites ,
speak to them ,
and bring them into the house of the LORD ,
into one of the chambers ,
and give them wine to drink ."
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah ,
the son of Habazziniah ,
his brothers and all his sons ,
and the whole house of the Rechabites ,
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and I brought them into the house of the LORD ,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah ,
a man of God ,
which was by the chamber of the princes ,
above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum ,
the keeper of the door .
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Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine ,
and cups ;
and I said to them , "
Drink wine ."
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But they said , "
We will drink no wine ,
for Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
our father ,
commanded us ,
saying , "
You shall drink no wine ,
you nor your sons ,
forever .
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You shall not build a house ,
sow seed ,
plant a vineyard ,
nor have any of these ;
but all your days you shall dwell in tents ,
that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners .'
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Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
our father ,
in all that he charged us ,
to drink no wine all our days ,
we ,
our wives ,
our sons ,
or our daughters ,
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nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in ;
nor do we have vineyard ,
field ,
or seed .
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But we have dwelt in tents ,
and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us .
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But it came to pass ,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land ,
that we said , "
Come ,
let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians .'
So we dwell at Jerusalem ."
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Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , "
Will you not receive instruction to obey My words ?"
says the LORD .
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
which he commanded his sons ,
not to drink wine ,
are performed ;
for to this day they drink none ,
and obey their father '
s commandment .
But although I have spoken to you ,
rising early and speaking ,
you did not obey Me .
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I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets ,
rising up early and sending them ,
saying , "
Turn now everyone from his evil way ,
amend your doings ,
and do not go after other gods to serve them ;
then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers .'
But you have not inclined your ear ,
nor obeyed Me .
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Surely the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father ,
which he commanded them ,
but this people has not obeyed Me ."'
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Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Behold ,
I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the doom that I have pronounced against them ;
because I have spoken to them but they have not heard ,
and I have called to them but they have not answered ."'
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And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites , "
Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father ,
and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you ,
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therefore thus says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel : "
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me forever .""'
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Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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