Warning Against Going to Egypt

42 Then (A)all the commanders of the forces, and (B)Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of (C)Hoshaiah, and all the people (D)from the least to the greatest, came near

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11 But when (A)Johanan the son of Kareah and (B)all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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13 Now (A)Johanan the son of Kareah and (B)all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

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13 (A)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
    everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (C)prophet to priest,
    everyone deals falsely.

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12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have (A)set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. (B)In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine (C)they shall be consumed. (D)From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, (E)and they shall become an oath, a horror, (F)a curse, and a taunt.

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Then he summoned (A)Johanan the son of Kareah and (B)all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people (C)from the least to the greatest,

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they went to Gedaliah at (A)Mizpah—(B)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, (C)Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, (D)Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, (A)“This man is the power of God that is called (B)Great.”

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10 (A)Therefore I will give their wives to others
    and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
    everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
    everyone deals falsely.

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(A)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;

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31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

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Israel's Continuing Rebellion

20 (A)In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of (B)the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, (C)and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me: (D)“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? (E)As I live, declares the Lord God, (F)I will not be inquired of by you.

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(A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, (D)I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols,

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Judgment on Wicked Counselors

11 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to (B)the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were (C)twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah (D)the son of Azzur, and (E)Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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11 And before them stood (A)seventy men of (B)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of (C)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and (D)the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.

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So (A)Johanan the son of Kareah and all (B)the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took (C)all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven—

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20 that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. (A)For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, (B)‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and (C)whatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’

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16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah and (A)all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, (B)women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from (C)Gibeon.

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Then I said, “These are only the poor;
    they have no sense;
(A)for they do not know the way of the Lord,
    the justice of their God.
I will go to the great
    and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
    the justice of their God.”
(B)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
    they had burst the bonds.

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True and False Fasting

58 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
    (A)lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(B)declare to my people their transgression,
    to the house of Jacob their sins.
(C)Yet they seek me daily
    and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
    and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
    they delight to draw near to God.

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Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    (A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.

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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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23 (A)Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at (B)Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite.

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