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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 the book of

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Jeremiah, chapters 9 and 10. Chapter 9 O that

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my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of

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tears, that I might weep day and night for the

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slain of the daughter of my people. O that I

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had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers,

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that I might leave my people and go from them.

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For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous

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men. And like their bow, they have bent their

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tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the

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truth on the earth, for they proceed from evil

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to evil. And they do not know me, says the Lord.

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Everyone take heed to his neighbor, and do not

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trust any brother. For every brother will utterly

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supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanderers.

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Everyone will deceive his neighbor, and will

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not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue

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to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit

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iniquity. Your dwelling place is in the midst

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of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know

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me, says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord

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of hosts, Behold, I will refine them and try

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them. For how shall I deal with the daughter

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of my people? Their tongue is an arrow shot out.

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It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his

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neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he

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lies in wait. Shall I not punish them for these

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things, says the Lord? Shall I not avenge myself

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on such a nation as this? I will take up a weeping

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and wailing for the mountains, and for the dwelling

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places of the wilderness a lamentation, because

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they are burned up, so that no one can pass through,

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nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both

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the birds of the heavens and the beasts have

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fled, they are gone. I will make Jerusalem a

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heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make

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the cities of Judah desolate without an inhabitant.

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Who is the wise man? who may understand this?

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And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has

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spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the

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land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so

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that no one can pass through? And the Lord said,

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Because they have forsaken my law, which I said

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before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor

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walked according to it. But they have walked

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according to the dictates of their own hearts,

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and after the Baals, which their fathers taught

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them. Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts,

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the God of Israel. Behold, I will feed them,

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this people, with wormwood, and give them water

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of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among

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the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers

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have known. And I will send a sword after them

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until I have consumed them. Thus says the Lord

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of hosts, Consider and call for the mourning

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women, that they may come and send for skillful

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wailing women, that they may come, let them make

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haste, and take up a wailing for us. that our

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eyes may run with tears, and our eyelids gush

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with water. For a voice of wailing is heard from

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Zion, how we are plundered, we are greatly ashamed,

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because we have forsaken the land, because we

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have been cast out of our dwellings. Yet hear

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the word of the Lord, O women, and let your ear

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receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters

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wailing, and everyone her neighbor a lamentation.

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For death has come through our windows, has entered

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our palaces, to kill off the children. no longer

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to be outside, and the young men no longer on

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the streets. Speak, thus says the Lord, even

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the carcasses of men shall fall as refuse on

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the open field, like cuttings after the harvester,

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and no one shall gather them. Thus says the Lord,

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let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let

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not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let

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the rich man glory in his riches, but let him

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who glories glory in this, that he understands

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and knows me. That I am the Lord, exercising

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lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in

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the earth, for in these I delight, says the Lord.

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Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that

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I will punish all who are circumcised with the

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uncircumcised, Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people

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of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest

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corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all

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these nations are uncircumcised, and all the

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house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

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Chapter 10 Hear the word which the Lord speaks

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to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the Lord,

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Do not learn the way of the Gentiles. Do not

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be dismayed at the signs of heaven. For the Gentiles

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are dismayed at them, for the customs of the

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peoples are futile. For one cuts a tree from

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the forest, the work of the hands of the workmen,

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with the axe. They decorate it with silver and

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gold. They fasten it with nails and hammers,

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so that it will not topple. They are upright,

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like a palm tree, and they cannot speak. They

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must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves.

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Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do

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evil, nor can they do any good. Inasmuch as there

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is none like you, O Lord, you are great, and

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your name is great in might. Who would not fear

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you, O King of the nations? For this is your

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rightful due. For among all the wise men of the

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nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is

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none like you. but they are altogether dull -hearted

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and foolish. A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.

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Silver is beaten into plates. It is brought from

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Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. The work of the

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craftsmen and of the hands of the metalsmith.

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Blue and purple are their clothing. They are

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all the work of skillful men. But the Lord is

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the true God. He is the living God and everlasting

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King. At His wrath, the earth will tremble. and

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the nations will not be able to endure his indignation.

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Thus you shall say to them, The gods that have

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not made the heavens and the earth shall perish

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from the earth and from under these heavens.

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He has made the earth by his power. He has established

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the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out

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the heavens at his discretion. When he utters

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his voice, there is a multitude of waters in

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the heavens. And he causes the vapors to ascend

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from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning

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for the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.

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Everyone is dull -hearted, without knowledge.

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Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image.

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For his molded image is falsehood, and there

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is no breath in them. They are futile, a work

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of errors. In the time of their punishment, they

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shall perish. The portion of Jacob is not like

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them, for he is the maker of all things, and

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Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The Lord

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of hosts is his name. Gather up your wares from

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the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. For thus

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says the Lord, Behold, I will throw out at this

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time the inhabitants of the land, and will distress

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them, that they may find it so. Woe is me for

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my hurt, my wound is severe. But I say, truly

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this is an infirmity, but I must bear it. My

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tent is plundered, and all my cords are broken.

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My children have gone from me, and they are no

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more. There is no one to pitch my tent any more,

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or set up my curtains. For the shepherds have

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become dull -hearted, and have not sought the

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Lord. Therefore they shall not prosper, and all

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their flocks shall be scattered. Behold, the

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noise of the report has come, and a great commotion

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out of the north country. to make the cities

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of Judah desolate, and then of jackals. O Lord,

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I know the way of man is not in himself, and

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it is not in man who walks to direct his own

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steps. O Lord, correct me, but with justice,

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not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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Pour out your fury on the Gentiles who do not

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know you, and on the families who do not call

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on your name. For they have eaten up Jacob, devoured

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him, and consumed him, and made his dwelling

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place desolate. I hope you enjoyed today's reading

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as much as I did and I look forward to seeing

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you again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.