(A)that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’

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The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.
(A)If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”

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13 And he also (A)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (B)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

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“Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the (A)just shall live by his faith.

Woe to the Wicked

“Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he (B)enlarges his desire as [a]hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:5 Or Sheol

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

43 Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the (A)words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words,

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The Flight to Egypt Forbidden

42 Now all the captains of the forces, (A)Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, came near

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then they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—(A)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, (B)Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and (C)Jezaniah[a] the son of a (D)Maachathite, they and their men.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 40:8 Jaazaniah, 2 Kin. 25:23

Pride Precedes Captivity

15 Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.

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12 (A)They have lied about the Lord,
And said, (B)It is not He.
(C)Neither will [a]evil come upon us,
Nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 And the prophets become wind,
For the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:12 disaster

18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the [b]spoil with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:18 stumbling
  2. Proverbs 16:19 plunder

(A)Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join [a]forces, none will go unpunished.

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  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit. hand to hand

16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all the (A)rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

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13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, 14 and said to him, [a]“Do you certainly know that (A)Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to murder you?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go, please, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he murder you, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered, and the (B)remnant in Judah perish?”

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 40:14 Or Certainly you know that

All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”

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(A)Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.

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17 (A)A[a] proud look,
(B)A lying tongue,
(C)Hands that shed innocent blood,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:17 Lit. Haughty eyes

Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

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21 You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.

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May the Lord [a]cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks [b]proud things,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:3 destroy
  2. Psalm 12:3 great

The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
[a]God is in none of his (A)thoughts.

His ways [b]are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

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  1. Psalm 10:4 Or All his thoughts are, “There is no God”
  2. Psalm 10:5 Lit. are strong

17 As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go.

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And Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (B)nor will I let Israel go.”

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