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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 27 and 28. Chapter 27 In the

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beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of

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Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah

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from the Lord, saying, Thus says the Lord to

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me, Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and

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put them on your neck. And send them to the king

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of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites,

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the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the

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hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem

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to Zedekiah king of Judah, and command them to

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say to their masters, Thus says the Lord of hosts,

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the God of Israel, Thus you shall say to your

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masters, I have made the earth, the man, and

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the beast that are on the ground by my great

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power and by my outstretched arm, and have given

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it to whom it seemed proper to me. And now I

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have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar

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the king of Babylon, my servant. And the beasts

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of the field I have also given him to serve him.

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So all nations shall serve him and his son and

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his son's son until the time of his land comes.

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And then many nations and great kings shall make

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him serve them. And it shall be that the nation

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and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar

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the king of Babylon and which will not put its

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neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that

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nation I will punish, says the Lord, with the

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sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until

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I have consumed them by his hand. Therefore do

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not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your

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dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers,

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who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve

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the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie

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to you, to remove you far from your land, and

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I will drive you out, and you will perish. But

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the nations that bring their necks under the

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yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I

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will let them remain in their own land, says

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the Lord, and they shall till it and dwell in

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it. I also spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according

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to all these words, saying, Bring your necks

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under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve

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him and his people and live. Why will you die,

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you and your people, by the sword, by the famine,

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and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken

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against the nation that will not serve the king

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of Babylon? Therefore do not listen to the words

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of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You

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shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they

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prophesy a lie to you, for I have not sent them,

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says the Lord. Yet they prophesy a lie in my

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name, that I may drive you out, and that you

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may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy

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to you. Also I spoke to the priests, and to all

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these people, saying, Thus says the Lord, Do

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not listen to the words of your prophets, who

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prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels

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of the Lord's house will now shortly be brought

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back from Babylon, for they prophesy a lie to

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you. Do not listen to them. Serve the king of

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Babylon and live. Why should this city be laid

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waste? But if they are prophets, and if the word

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of the Lord is with them, let them now make intercession

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to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which

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are left in the house of the Lord in the house

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of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem do not

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go to Babylon. For thus says the Lord of hosts

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concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning

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the carts, and concerning the remainder of the

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vessels that remain in this city, which Nebuchadnezzar

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king of Babylon did not take when he carried

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away a captive. Jeconiah the son of Jehoakim

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king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all

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the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem yes thus says

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the Lord of hosts the God of Israel concerning

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the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord

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and in the house of the king of Judah and of

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Jerusalem they shall be carried to Babylon and

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there they shall be until the day that I visit

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them says the Lord then I will bring them up

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and restore them to this place chapter 28 And

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it happened in the same year, at the beginning

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of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the

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fourth year and in the fifth month, that Hananiah

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the son of Azur the prophet, who was from Gibeon,

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spoke to me in the house of the Lord in the presence

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of the priests and of all the people, saying,

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Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

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saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of

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Babylon. Within two full years I will bring back

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to this place all the vessels of the Lord's house

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that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away

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from this place and carried to Babylon. And I

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will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son

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of Jehoiakim king of Judah with all the captives

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of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord.

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For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet

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Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in

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the presence of all the people who stood in the

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house of the Lord. And the prophet Jeremiah said,

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Amen. The Lord do so. The Lord perform your words

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which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels

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of the Lord's house and all who were carried

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away captive from Babylon to this place. Nevertheless,

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hear now this word that I speak in your hearing

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and in the hearing of all the people. the prophets

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who have been before me and before you of old

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prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms

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of war and disaster and pestilence as for the

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prophet who prophesies of peace when the word

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of the prophet comes to pass the prophet will

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be known as one whom the lord has truly sent

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then hananiah the prophet took the yoke of the

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prophet jeremiah's neck and broke it and hananiah

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spoke in the presence of all the people saying

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Thus says the Lord, Even so, I will break the

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yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the

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neck of all nations within the space of two full

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years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after

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Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from

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the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go

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and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord,

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You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have

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made in their place yokes of iron. For thus says

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the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have

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put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations,

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that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,

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and they shall serve him. I have given him the

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beasts of the field also. Then the prophet Jeremiah

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said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah,

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the Lord has not sent you, but you make this

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people trust in a lie. Therefore, thus says the

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Lord, Behold, I will cast you from the face of

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the earth. This year you shall die, because you

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have taught rebellion against the Lord. So Hananiah

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the prophet died the same year in the seventh

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month. 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.