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Jeremiah 12:5
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Jeremiah 12:5
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The Lord’s Reply to Jeremiah
5 “If racing against mere men makes you tired,
how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
Jeremiah 12:5
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Jeremiah 12:5
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God’s Answer
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- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of
1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
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1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Proverbs 24:10
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Proverbs 24:10
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10 If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Proverbs 24:10
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Proverbs 24:10
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Saying 25
10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
how small is your strength!(A)
Hebrews 12:3-4
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Hebrews 12:3-4
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3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;[a] then you won’t become weary and give up. 4 After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.
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- 12:3 Some manuscripts read Think of how people hurt themselves by opposing him.
Hebrews 12:3-4
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Hebrews 12:3-4
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3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(B)
Jeremiah 50:44
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Jeremiah 50:44
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44 “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”
Jeremiah 50:44
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Jeremiah 50:44
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Jeremiah 49:19
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”
Jeremiah 49:19
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Jeremiah 49:19
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Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”
1 Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
2 Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69[a]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.
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- Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
Psalm 42:7
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Psalm 42:7
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7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
Psalm 42:7
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Psalm 42:7
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Proverbs 3:11
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Proverbs 3:11
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11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
Proverbs 3:11
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Proverbs 3:11
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Joshua 3:15
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Joshua 3:15
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15 It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge,
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Joshua 3:15
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Joshua 3:15
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15 Now the Jordan(A) is at flood stage(B) all during harvest.(C) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
Jeremiah 36:26
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Jeremiah 36:26
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26 Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the Lord had hidden them.
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Jeremiah 36:26
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Jeremiah 36:26
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26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest(A) Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden(B) them.
Jeremiah 26:8
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Jeremiah 26:8
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8 But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the Lord had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.
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Jeremiah 26:8
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Jeremiah 26:8
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8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded(A) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized(B) him and said, “You must die!(C)
Jeremiah 38:4-6
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Jeremiah 38:4-6
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4 So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people. This man is a traitor!”
5 King Zedekiah agreed. “All right,” he said. “Do as you like. I can’t stop you.”
6 So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
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Jeremiah 38:4-6
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Jeremiah 38:4-6
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4 Then the officials(A) said to the king, “This man should be put to death.(B) He is discouraging(C) the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”
5 “He is in your hands,”(D) King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing(E) to oppose you.”
6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard.(F) They lowered Jeremiah by ropes(G) into the cistern; it had no water in it,(H) only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.(I)
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