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Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there,’(A)

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The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
    and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in faith,
    you shall not stand at all.”(A)

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

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In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.5 Or of those who are older

But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

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Look at the proud!
    Their spirit is not right in them,
    but the righteous live by their faithfulness.(A)
Moreover, wealth[a] is treacherous;
    the arrogant do not endure.
They open their throats wide as Sheol;
    like Death they never have enough.
They gather all nations for themselves
    and collect all peoples as their own.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.5 Q mss: MT wine

Taken to Egypt, Jeremiah Warns of Judgment

43 When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words,(A)

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Jeremiah Advises Survivors Not to Migrate

42 Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached(A)

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they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan[a] son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ophai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their troops.(A)

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  1. 40.8 Gk: Heb Johanan, Jonathan

Exile Threatened

15 Hear and give ear; do not be haughty,
    for the Lord has spoken.(A)

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12 They have spoken falsely of the Lord
    and have said, “He will do nothing.
No evil will come upon us,
    and we shall not see sword or famine.”(A)
13 The prophets are nothing but wind,
    for the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!(B)

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18 Pride goes before destruction
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, they will not go unpunished.(A)

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

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  1. 41.16 Heb he
  2. 41.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 Now Johanan son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah(A) 14 and said to him, “Are you at all aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.(B) 15 Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one else will know. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered around you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?”(C) 16 But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael.”(D)

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and all the people knew it—
    Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—
    but in pride and arrogance of heart they said:(A)
10 “The bricks have fallen,
    but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
    but we will put cedars in their place.”

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

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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and perverted speech I hate.(A)

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17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
    and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)

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Our soul has had more than its fill
    of the scorn of those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of the proud.(A)

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21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
    who wander from your commandments;(A)

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May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes great boasts,(A)

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In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
    all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”(A)

Their ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
    as for their foes, they scoff at them.

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17 You are still exalting yourself against my people by not letting them go.

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But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”(A)

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