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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from Jeremiah chapters

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1 and 2. Chapter 1. The words of Jeremiah, the

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son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anatoth,

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in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of

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the Lord came in the days of Josiah, the son

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of Ammon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year

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of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim,

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the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end

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of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of

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Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away

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of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. Then

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the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Before

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I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before

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you were born, I sanctified you. I ordained you

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a prophet to the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord

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God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.

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But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a youth.

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For you shall go to all to whom I send you, and

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whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not

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be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to

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deliver you, says the Lord. Then the Lord put

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forth his hand and touched my mouth, and the

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Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words

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in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over

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the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out

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and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down,

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to build and to plant. Moreover, the word of

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the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do

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you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond

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tree. Then the Lord said to me, You have seen

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well, for I am ready to perform my word. And

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the word of the Lord came to me the second time,

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saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a

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boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north.

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Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north calamity

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shall break forth on the inhabitants of the land.

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For behold, I am calling all the families of

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the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord. They

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shall come, and each one set his throne at the

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entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all

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its walls all around, and against all the cities

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of Judah. I will utter my judgment against them

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concerning all their wickedness, because they

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have forsaken me, burned incense to other gods,

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and worshipped the works of their own hands.

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Therefore prepare yourself and arise, and speak

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to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed

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before their faces, lest I dismay you before

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them. For behold, I have made you this day. a

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fortified city and an iron pillar, and bronze

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walls against the whole land, against the kings

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of Judah, against its princes, against its priests,

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and against the people of the land. They will

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fight against you, but they shall not prevail

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against you, for I am with you, says the Lord,

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to deliver you. Moreover the word of the Lord

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came to me, saying, Go and cry in the hearing

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of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord, I remember

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you. the kindness of your youth, the love of

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your betrothal, when you went after me in the

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wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holiness

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to the Lord, the firstfruits of his increase.

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All that devour him will offend, disaster will

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come upon them, says the Lord. Hear the word

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of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families

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of the house of Israel. Thus says the Lord, What

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injustice have your fathers found in me, that

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they have gone far from me, have followed idols,

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and have become idolaters? Neither did they say,

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Where is the Lord who brought us up out of the

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land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness,

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through a land of deserts and pits, through a

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land of drought and the shadow of death, through

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a land that no one crossed and where no one dwelt.

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I brought you into a bountiful country to eat

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its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered,

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you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.

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The priest did not say, Where is the Lord? And

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those who handled the law did not know me. The

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rulers also transgressed against me, the prophets

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prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that

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do not profit. Therefore I will yet bring charges

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against you, says the Lord, and against your

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children's children I will bring charges. For

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pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and sea, send

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to Kedar and consider diligently, and see if

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there has been such a thing. Has a nation changed

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its gods, which are not gods? But my people have

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changed their glory, for what does not profit?

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Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly

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afraid. Be very desolate, says the Lord. For

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my people have committed two evils. They have

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forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and

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hewn themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that

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can hold no water. Is Israel a servant? Is he

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a home -born slave? Why is he plundered? The

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young lions roared at him and growled. They made

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his land waste. His cities are burned without

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inhabitant. Also the people of Noph and Toppenes.

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have broken the crown of your head. Have you

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not brought this on yourself, in that you have

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forsaken the Lord your God when he led you in

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the way? And now why take the road to Egypt,

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to drink the waters of Sihur? Or why take the

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road to Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

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Your own wickedness will correct you, and your

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backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore

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and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that

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you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the

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fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of

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hosts. For of old I have broken your yoke and

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burst your bonds, and you said I will not transgress.

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When on every high hill and under every green

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tree you lay down playing the harlot, yet I had

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planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.

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How then have you turned before me into the degenerate

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plant of an alien vine? For though you wash yourself

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with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity

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is marked before me, says the Lord God. how can

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you say i am not polluted i have not gone after

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the bales see your way in the valley know what

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you have done you are a swift dromedary breaking

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loose in her ways a wild donkey used to the wilderness

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that sniffs at the wind in her desire in her

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time of mating who can turn her away all those

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who seek her will not weary themselves in her

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month they will find her withhold your foot from

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being unshod and your throat from thirst but

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you said there is no hope no For I have loved

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aliens, and after them I will go. As the thief

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is ashamed when he is found out, so is the house

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of Israel ashamed. They and their kings and their

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princes and their priests and their prophets,

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saying to a tree, You are my father. And to a

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stone you gave birth to me, for they have turned

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their back to me and not their face. But in the

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time of their trouble they will say, Arise and

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save us. But where are your gods that you have

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made for yourselves? Let them arise. If they

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can save you in the time of your trouble, for

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according to the number of your cities are your

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gods or Judah. Why will you plead with me? You

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all have transgressed against me, says the Lord.

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In vain I have chastened your children. They

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received no correction. Your sword has devoured

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your prophets like a destroying lion. O generation,

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see the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness

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to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do my people

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say, We are lords, we will come no more to you?

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Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride

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her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days

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without number. Why do you beautify your way

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to seek love? Therefore you have also taught

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the wicked women your ways. Also on your skirts

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is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents.

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I have not found it by secret search, but plainly

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on all these things. Yet you say, Because I am

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innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.

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Behold, I will plead my case against you, because

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you say, I have not sinned. Why do you gad about

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so much to change your way? Also you shall be

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ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

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Indeed you will go forth from him. with your

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hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected

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your trusted allies, and you will not prosper

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by them. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as

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much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey. God

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bless you and have a great day.