Jeremiah 31:21-40

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²¹^(A)“Set up road markers for yourself;
    make yourself guideposts;
^(B)consider well the highway,
    ^(C)the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
    return to these your cities.
²²^(D)How long will you waver,
    ^(E)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
    a woman encircles a man.”

²³Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, ^(F)when I restore their fortunes:

^(G)“‘The Lord bless you, ^(H)O habitation of righteousness,
^(I)O holy hill!’

²⁴^(J)And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and ^(K)the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. ²⁵For I will ^(L)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

²⁶At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

²⁷^(M)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when ^(N)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with ^(O)the seed of man and the seed of beast. ²⁸And it shall come to pass that ^(P)as I have watched over them ^(Q)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, ^(R)so I will watch over them ^(S)to build and to plant, declares the Lord. ²⁹In those days they shall no longer say:

^(T)“‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.’

³⁰^(U)But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

The New Covenant

³¹^(V)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make ^(W)a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, ³²not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when ^(X)I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, ^(Y)though I was their husband, declares the Lord. ³³^(Z)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: ^(AA)I will put my law within them, and I will write it ^(AB)on their hearts. ^(AC)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ ^(AD)for they shall all know me, ^(AE)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For ^(AF)I will forgive their iniquity, and ^(AG)I will remember their sin no more.”

³⁵Thus says the Lord,
who ^(AH)gives the sun for light by day
    and ^(AI)the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    ^(AJ)the Lord of hosts is his name:
³⁶^(AK)“If this fixed order departs
    from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
    from being a nation before me forever.”

³⁷Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
^(AL)then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”

³⁸^(AM)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord ^(AN)from the Tower of Hananel to ^(AO)the Corner Gate. ³⁹^(AP)And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. ⁴⁰^(AQ)The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the ^(AR)brook Kidron, to the corner of ^(AS)the Horse Gate toward the east, ^(AT)shall be sacred to the Lord. ^(AU)It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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Psalm 119:81-88

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Kaph

⁸¹My soul ^(A)longs for your salvation;
    I ^(B)hope in your word.
⁸²My ^(C)eyes long for your promise;
    I ask, ^(D)“When will you comfort me?”
⁸³For I have ^(E)become like a ^(F)wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
⁸⁴^(G)How long must your servant endure?^[a]
    ^(H)When will you judge those who persecute me?
⁸⁵^(I)The insolent have ^(J)dug pitfalls for me;
    they do not live according to your law.
⁸⁶All your commandments are ^(K)sure;
    they persecute me ^(L)with falsehood; ^(M)help me!
⁸⁷They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.
⁸⁸In your steadfast love ^(N)give me life,
    that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

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Footnotes

Psalm 119:84 Hebrew How many are the days of your servant?

2 Timothy 4:1-8

English Standard Version

Preach the Word

4 ^(A)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ^(B)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^(C)his appearing and his kingdom: ²preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(D)reprove, rebuke, and ^(E)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. ³^(F)For the time is coming when people will not endure ^(G)sound^[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴and ^(H)will turn away from listening to the truth and ^(I)wander off into myths. ⁵As for you, ^(J)always be sober-minded, ^(K)endure suffering, do the work of ^(L)an evangelist, ^(M)fulfill your ministry.

⁶For ^(N)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^(O)departure has come. ⁷^(P)I have fought the good fight, ^(Q)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Henceforth there is ^(R)laid up for me ^(S)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^(T)the righteous judge, will award to me on ^(U)that day, and not only to me but also to all ^(V)who have loved his appearing.