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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 chapter 24 and the book of Daniel chapter

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1. The book of Jeremiah chapter 24. The Lord

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showed me, and there were two baskets of figs

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set before the temple of the Lord. After Nebuchadnezzar,

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king of Babylon, had carried away captive Jeconiah,

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the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the

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princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths

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from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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One basket had very good figs, like the figs

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that are first ripe. Another basket had very

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bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were

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so bad. Then the Lord said to me, What do you

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see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs, the good figs,

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very good. And the bad, very bad, which cannot

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be eaten, they are so bad. Again the word of

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the Lord came to me, saying, Thus says the Lord,

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the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will

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I acknowledge those who are carried away captive

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from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place

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for their own good into the land of the Chaldeans.

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For I will set my eyes on them for good, and

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I will bring them back to this land. I will build

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them and not pull them down, and I will plant

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them and not pluck them up. Then I will give

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them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord,

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and they shall be my people, and I will be their

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God, for they shall return to me with their whole

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heart. And as the bad figs which cannot be eaten,

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they are so bad. Surely thus says the Lord, so

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will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his

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princes, the residue of Jerusalem, who remain

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in this land, and those who dwell in the land

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of Egypt. I will deliver them to trouble into

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all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm.

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to be a reproach, and a byword, a taunt, and

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a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

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And I will send the sword, the famine, and the

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pestilence among them, till they are consumed

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from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.

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In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king

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of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came

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to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave

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Jehoiakim king of Judah, into his hand with some

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of the articles of the house of god which he

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carried into the land of shinar to the house

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of his god and he brought the articles into the

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treasure house of his god then the king instructed

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ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs to bring some

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of the children of israel and some of the king's

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descendants and some of the nobles young men

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in whom there was no blemish but good looking

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gifted in all wisdom possessing knowledge and

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quick to understand who had ability to serve

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in the king's palace, and whom they might teach

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the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

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And the king appointed for them a daily provision

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of the king's delicacies and of the wine which

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he drank, and three years of training for them,

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so that at the end of that time they might serve

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before the king. Now from among those of the

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sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,

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and Azariah. To them the chief of the eunuchs

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gave names. He gave Daniel the name Belshazzar,

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to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach, and

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to Azariah Abednego. But Daniel purposed in his

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heart that he would not defile himself with the

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portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the

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wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of

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the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile

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himself. Now God had brought Daniel into the

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favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.

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And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel,

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I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your

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food and drink. For why should he see your faces

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looking worse than the young men who are your

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age? Then you would endanger my head before the

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king. so daniel said to the steward whom the

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chief of the eunuchs had set over daniel hananiah

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mishael and azariah please test your servants

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for ten days and let them give us vegetables

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to eat and water to drink then let our appearance

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be examined before you and the appearance of

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the young men who eat the portion of the king's

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delicacies and as you see fit so deal with your

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servants so he consented with them in this matter

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and tested them ten days and at the end of ten

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days their features appeared better and fatter

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in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion

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of the king's delicacies thus the steward took

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away their portion of delicacies and the wine

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that they were to drink and gave them vegetables

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as for these four young men god gave them knowledge

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and skill in all literature and wisdom and daniel

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had understanding in all visions and dreams Now

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at the end of the days, when the king had said

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that they should be brought in, the chief of

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the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

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Then the king interviewed them, and among them

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all, none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,

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and Azariah. Therefore they served before the

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king, and in all matters of wisdom and understanding

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about which the king examined them, he found

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them ten times better than all the magicians

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and astrologers who were in all his realm. Thus

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Daniel continued until the first year of King

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Cyrus. 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.