Psalm 46

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Psalm 46^[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.^[b] A song.

¹God is our refuge^(A) and strength,^(B)
    an ever-present^(C) help^(D) in trouble.^(E)
²Therefore we will not fear,^(F) though the earth give way^(G)
    and the mountains fall^(H) into the heart of the sea,^(I)
³though its waters roar^(J) and foam^(K)
    and the mountains quake^(L) with their surging.^[c]

⁴There is a river^(M) whose streams^(N) make glad the city of God,^(O)
    the holy place where the Most High^(P) dwells.^(Q)
⁵God is within her,^(R) she will not fall;^(S)
    God will help^(T) her at break of day.
⁶Nations^(U) are in uproar,^(V) kingdoms^(W) fall;
    he lifts his voice,^(X) the earth melts.^(Y)

⁷The Lord Almighty^(Z) is with us;^(AA)
the God of Jacob^(AB) is our fortress.^(AC)

⁸Come and see what the Lord has done,^(AD)
    the desolations^(AE) he has brought on the earth.
⁹He makes wars^(AF) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(AG) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[d] with fire.^(AH)
¹⁰He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(AI)
    I will be exalted^(AJ) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob^(AK) is our fortress.^(AL)

Footnotes

Psalm 46:1 In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 46:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.
Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

Jeremiah 22:18-30

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¹⁸Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mourn^(A) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
¹⁹He will have the burial^(B) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown^(C)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰“Go up to Lebanon and cry out,^(D)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,^(E)
cry out from Abarim,^(F)
    for all your allies^(G) are crushed.
²¹I warned you when you felt secure,^(H)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;^(I)
    you have not obeyed^(J) me.
²²The wind^(K) will drive all your shepherds^(L) away,
    and your allies^(M) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced^(N)
    because of all your wickedness.
²³You who live in ‘Lebanon,^[a]^(O)’
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain^(P) like that of a woman in labor!

²⁴“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin^[b]^(Q) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring^(R) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. ²⁵I will deliver^(S) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^[c] ²⁶I will hurl^(T) you and the mother^(U) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. ²⁷You will never come back to the land you long to return^(V) to.”

²⁸Is this man Jehoiachin^(W) a despised, broken pot,^(X)
    an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled^(Y) out,
    cast into a land^(Z) they do not know?
²⁹O land,^(AA) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,^(AB)
    a man who will not prosper^(AC) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring^(AD) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne^(AE) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
Jeremiah 22:25 Or Chaldeans

Luke 18:15-17

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The Little Children and Jesus^(A)

¹⁵People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. ¹⁶But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁷Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child^(B) will never enter it.”

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