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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 40 through 42. Chapter 40.

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The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord

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after Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the guard,

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had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken

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him bound in chains among all who were carried

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away captive from Jerusalem and Judah, who were

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carried away captive to Babylon. And the captain

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of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, The

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Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this

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place. Now the Lord has brought it and has done

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just as he said. Because you people have sinned

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against the Lord and not obeyed his voice, therefore

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this thing has come upon you. And now look, I

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free you this day from the chains that were on

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your hand. If it seems good to you to come with

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me to Babylon, come and I will look after you.

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But if it seems wrong for you to come with me

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to Babylon, remain here. See, all the land is

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before you. Wherever it seems good and convenient

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for you to go, go there. Now while Jeremiah had

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not yet gone back, Nebuchadnezzar said, Go back

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to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

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whom the king of Babylon has made governor over

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the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among

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the people. Or go wherever it seems convenient

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for you to go. So the captain of the guard gave

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him rations and a gift and let him go. Then Jeremiah

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went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah,

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and dwelt with him among the people who were

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left in the land. And when all the captains of

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the armies who were in the fields, they and their

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men, heard that the king of Babylon had made

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Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land,

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and had committed to him men, women, children,

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and the poorest of the land, who had not been

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carried away captive to Babylon, then they came

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to Gedaliah at Mizpah, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,

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Joanan and Jonathan the sons of Korea, Sariah

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the son of Tanhumet. the sons of Ifai the Netophatite,

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and Jezaniah the son of Amakatite, they and their

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men. And Gediah the son of Ahikam the son of

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Shaphan took an oath before them and their men,

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saying, Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans.

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Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon,

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and it shall be well with you. As for me, I will

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indeed dwell at Mizpah and serve the Chaldeans

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who come to us. But you gather wine and summer

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fruit and oil. Put them in your vessels, and

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dwell in your cities that you have taken. Likewise,

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when all the Jews who were in Moab, among the

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Ammonites in Edom, and who were in all the countries,

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heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant

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of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah

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the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, then all

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the Jews returned out of all the places where

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they had been driven, and came to the land of

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Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine

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and summer fruit in abundance. moreover joanan

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the son of kareah and all the captains of the

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forces that were in the fields came to gedaliah

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at mizpah and said to him do you certainly know

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that balis the king of the ammonites has sent

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ishmael the son of nithaniah to murder you but

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gedaliah the son of ahikam did not believe them

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Then Joanan the son of Korea spoke secretly to

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Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, Let me go, please,

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and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nathania,

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and no one will know it. Why should he murder

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you, so that all the Jews who are gathered to

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you would be scattered, and the remnant in Judah

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perish? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to

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Joanan the son of Korea, You shall not do this

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thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael.

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Chapter 41 Now it came to pass, in the seventh

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month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the

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son of Elishamah of the royal family and of the

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officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah

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the son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and there they ate

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bread together in Mizpah. Then Ishmael the son

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of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him

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arose and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the

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son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him

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whom the king of Babylon had made governor over

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the land. Ishmael also struck down all the Jews

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who were with him that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah

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and the Chaldeans who were found there the men

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of war. And it happened on the second day after

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he had killed Gedaliah when as yet no one knew

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it that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,

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and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards

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shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves

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with offerings and incense in their hand, to

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bring them to the house of the Lord. Now Ishmael

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the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to

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meet them, weeping as he went along, and it happened

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as he met them that he said to them, Come to

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Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. So it was when they

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came into the midst of the city that Ishmael

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the son of Nethaniah killed them and cast them

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into the midst of a pit, he and the men who were

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with him. But ten men were found among them,

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who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have

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treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in

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the field. So he desisted and did not kill them

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among their brethren. Now the pit into which

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Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men

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whom he had slain because of Gedaliah was the

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same one Asa the king had made for fear of Basha

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king of Israel. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah,

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filled it with the slain. Then Ishmael carried

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away captive all the rest of the people who were

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in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people

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who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuchadnezzar,

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the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah,

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the son of Ahikam. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah

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carried them away captive and departed to go

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over to the Ammonites. But when Johanan the son

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of Korea and all the captains of the forces that

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were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael

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the son of Nethaniah had done, they took all

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the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son

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of Nethaniah, and they found him by the great

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pool that is in Gibeon. So it was when all the

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people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the

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son of Korea and all the captains of the forces

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who were with him. that they were glad. Then

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all the people whom Ishmael had carried away

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captive from Mizpah turned around and came back,

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and went to Johanan the son of Korea. But Ishmael

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the son of Nathania escaped from Johanan with

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eight men and went to the Ammonites. Then Joanan

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the son of Korea, and all the captains of the

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forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all

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the rest of the people whom he had recovered

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from Ishmael the son of Nethania, after he had

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murdered Gedalia the son of Ahikam, the mighty

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men of war, and the women and the children, and

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the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

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And they departed and dwelt in the habitation

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of Shemham, which is near Bethlehem, as they

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went on their way to Egypt, because of the Chaldeans,

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for they were afraid of them. Because Ishmael

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the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the

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son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made

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governor in the land. Chapter 42 Now all the

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captains of the forces, Joanan the son of Korea,

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Jezaniah the son of Hoshiah, and all the people,

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from the least to the greatest, came near and

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said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our

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petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us,

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to the Lord your God. for all this remnant, since

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we are left but a few of many, as you can see,

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that the Lord your God may show us the way in

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which we should walk and the thing we should

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do. Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I

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have heard, indeed, I will pray to the Lord your

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God according to your words, and it shall be

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that whatever the Lord answers you, I will declare

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it to you, I will keep nothing back from you.

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So they said to Jeremiah, Let the Lord be a true

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and faithful witness between us, if we do not

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do according to everything which the Lord your

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God sends us by you. Whether it is pleasing or

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displeasing, we will obey the voice of the Lord

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our God to whom we send you, that it may be well

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with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our

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God. And it happened after ten days that the

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word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. Then he called

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Joanan the son of Korea. all the captains of

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the forces which were with him, and all the people

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from the least even to the greatest, and said

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to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,

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to whom you sent me to present your petition

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before him. If you will still remain in this

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land, then I will build you and not pull you

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down, and I will plant you and not pluck you

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up, for I relent concerning the disaster that

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I have brought upon you. Do not be afraid of

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the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid.

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Do not be afraid of him. says the lord for i

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am with you to save you and deliver you from

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his hand and i will show you mercy that he may

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have mercy on you and cause you to return to

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your own land but if you say we will not dwell

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in this land disobeying the voice of the lord

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your god saying, No, but we will go to the land

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of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear

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the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread,

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and there we will dwell. Then hear now the word

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of the Lord, or remnant of Judah. Thus says the

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Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, If you wholly

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set your faces to enter Egypt and go to dwell

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there, then it shall be that the sword which

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you feared shall overtake you there in the land

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of Egypt. The famine of which you were afraid

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shall follow close after you there in Egypt,

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and there you shall die. So shall it be with

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all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt

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to dwell there. They shall die by the sword,

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by famine, and by pestilence, and none of them

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shall remain or escape from the disaster that

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I will bring upon them. For thus says the Lord

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of hosts, the God of Israel, As my anger and

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my fury have been poured out on the inhabitants

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of Jerusalem, so will my fury be poured out on

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you when you enter Egypt. And you shall be an

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oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach,

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and you shall see this place no more. The Lord

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has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah,

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Do not go to Egypt. Know certainly that I have

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admonished you this day. For you were hypocrites

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in your hearts when you sent me to the Lord your

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God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God,

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and according to all that the Lord your God says,

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so declare to us and we will do it. And I have

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this day declared it to you, but you have not

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obeyed the voice of the Lord your God or anything

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which he has sent you by me. Now therefore know

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certainly that you shall die by the sword, by

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famine, and by pestilence in the place where

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you desire to go to dwell. I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.