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Jeremiah 4:10-5:31
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Jeremiah 4:10-5:31
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10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(A) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(B) when the sword is at our throats!”
11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(C) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; 12 a wind(D) too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments(E) against them.”
13 Look! He advances like the clouds,(F)
his chariots(G) come like a whirlwind,(H)
his horses(I) are swifter than eagles.(J)
Woe to us! We are ruined!(K)
14 Jerusalem, wash(L) the evil from your heart and be saved.(M)
How long(N) will you harbor wicked thoughts?
15 A voice is announcing from Dan,(O)
proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.(P)
16 “Tell this to the nations,
proclaim concerning Jerusalem:
‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land,(Q)
raising a war cry(R) against the cities of Judah.(S)
17 They surround(T) her like men guarding a field,
because she has rebelled(U) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
18 “Your own conduct and actions(V)
have brought this on you.(W)
This is your punishment.
How bitter(X) it is!
How it pierces to the heart!”
19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(Y)
I writhe in pain.(Z)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
My heart pounds(AA) within me,
I cannot keep silent.(AB)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(AC)
I have heard the battle cry.(AD)
20 Disaster follows disaster;(AE)
the whole land lies in ruins.(AF)
In an instant my tents(AG) are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard(AH)
and hear the sound of the trumpet?(AI)
22 “My people are fools;(AJ)
they do not know me.(AK)
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.(AL)
They are skilled in doing evil;(AM)
they know not how to do good.”(AN)
23 I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;(AO)
and at the heavens,
and their light(AP) was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,
and they were quaking;(AQ)
all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;
every bird in the sky had flown away.(AR)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(AS)
all its towns lay in ruins(AT)
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(AU)
27 This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,(AV)
though I will not destroy(AW) it completely.
28 Therefore the earth will mourn(AX)
and the heavens above grow dark,(AY)
because I have spoken and will not relent,(AZ)
I have decided and will not turn back.(BA)”
29 At the sound of horsemen and archers(BB)
every town takes to flight.(BC)
Some go into the thickets;
some climb up among the rocks.(BD)
All the towns are deserted;(BE)
no one lives in them.
30 What are you doing,(BF) you devastated one?
Why dress yourself in scarlet
and put on jewels(BG) of gold?
Why highlight your eyes with makeup?(BH)
You adorn yourself in vain.
Your lovers(BI) despise you;
they want to kill you.(BJ)
31 I hear a cry as of a woman in labor,(BK)
a groan as of one bearing her first child—
the cry of Daughter Zion(BL) gasping for breath,(BM)
stretching out her hands(BN) and saying,
“Alas! I am fainting;
my life is given over to murderers.”(BO)
Not One Is Upright
5 “Go up and down(BP) the streets of Jerusalem,
look around and consider,(BQ)
search through her squares.
If you can find but one person(BR)
who deals honestly(BS) and seeks the truth,
I will forgive(BT) this city.
2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(BU)
still they are swearing falsely.(BV)”
3 Lord, do not your eyes(BW) look for truth?
You struck(BX) them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them, but they refused correction.(BY)
They made their faces harder than stone(BZ)
and refused to repent.(CA)
4 I thought, “These are only the poor;
they are foolish,(CB)
for they do not know(CC) the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
5 So I will go to the leaders(CD)
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.(CE)
6 Therefore a lion from the forest(CF) will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage(CG) them,
a leopard(CH) will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.(CI)
7 “Why should I forgive you?
Your children have forsaken me
and sworn(CJ) by gods that are not gods.(CK)
I supplied all their needs,
yet they committed adultery(CL)
and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(CM)
8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for another man’s wife.(CN)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”(CO)
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(CP) myself
on such a nation as this?
10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
but do not destroy them completely.(CQ)
Strip off her branches,
for these people do not belong to the Lord.
11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah
have been utterly unfaithful(CR) to me,”
declares the Lord.
12 They have lied(CS) about the Lord;
they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;(CT)
we will never see sword or famine.(CU)
13 The prophets(CV) are but wind(CW)
and the word is not in them;
so let what they say be done to them.”
14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:
“Because the people have spoken these words,
I will make my words in your mouth(CX) a fire(CY)
and these people the wood it consumes.(CZ)
15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
“I am bringing a distant nation(DA) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
a people whose language(DB) you do not know,
whose speech you do not understand.
16 Their quivers(DC) are like an open grave;
all of them are mighty warriors.
17 They will devour(DD) your harvests and food,
devour(DE) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(DF) your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.(DG)
With the sword(DH) they will destroy
the fortified cities(DI) in which you trust.(DJ)
18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(DK) you completely. 19 And when the people ask,(DL) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(DM) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(DN) in a land not your own.’
20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob
and proclaim(DO) it in Judah:
21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,(DP)
who have eyes(DQ) but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear:(DR)
22 Should you not fear(DS) me?” declares the Lord.
“Should you not tremble(DT) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,(DU)
an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
they may roar,(DV) but they cannot cross it.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious(DW) hearts;
they have turned aside(DX) and gone away.
24 They do not say to themselves,
‘Let us fear(DY) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains(DZ) in season,
who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’(EA)
25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
your sins have deprived you of good.(EB)
26 “Among my people are the wicked(EC)
who lie in wait(ED) like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps(EE) to catch people.
27 Like cages full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;(EF)
they have become rich(EG) and powerful
28 and have grown fat(EH) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(EI)
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(EJ)
29 Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(EK) myself
on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 4:10-5:31
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Jeremiah 4:10-5:31
King James Version
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
5 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Philippians 3:1-4
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Philippians 3:1-4
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No Confidence in the Flesh
3 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(A) and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision,(C) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(D) and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(E)
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised(F) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(G) of the tribe of Benjamin,(H) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(I) 6 as for zeal,(J) persecuting the church;(K) as for righteousness based on the law,(L) faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(M) for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(N) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(O) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(P) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(Q) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(R) 10 I want to know(S) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(T) becoming like him in his death,(U) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(V) from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(W) but I press on to take hold(X) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(Y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(Z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(AA) toward the goal to win the prize(AB) for which God has called(AC) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Following Paul’s Example
15 All of us, then, who are mature(AD) should take such a view of things.(AE) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AF) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example,(AG) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AH) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AI) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AJ) 19 Their destiny(AK) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AL) and their glory is in their shame.(AM) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AN) 20 But our citizenship(AO) is in heaven.(AP) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AQ) 21 who, by the power(AR) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AS) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AT)
Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity
4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for,(AU) my joy and crown, stand firm(AV) in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
Footnotes
- Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of
Philippians 3:1-4
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Philippians 3:1-4
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3 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Psalm 116:1-11
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Psalm 116:1-11
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Psalm 116
1 I love the Lord,(A) for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry(B) for mercy.(C)
2 Because he turned his ear(D) to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The cords of death(E) entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name(F) of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!(G)”
5 The Lord is gracious and righteous;(H)
our God is full of compassion.(I)
6 The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low,(J) he saved me.(K)
Psalm 116:1-11
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Psalm 116:1-11
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116 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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