Psalm 46

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God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of ^(A)the Sons of Korah. According to ^(B)Alamoth.^[a] A Song.

46 God is our ^(C)refuge and strength,
    a very ^(D)present^[b] help in ^(E)trouble.
²Therefore we will not fear ^(F)though the earth gives way,
    though the mountains be moved into ^(G)the heart of the sea,
³though ^(H)its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

⁴There is ^(I)a river whose streams make glad ^(J)the city of God,
    the holy ^(K)habitation of the Most High.
⁵^(L)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
⁶^(M)The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he ^(N)utters his voice, the earth ^(O)melts.
⁷^(P)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁸^(Q)Come, behold the works of the Lord,
    how he has brought desolations on the earth.
⁹^(R)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he ^(S)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    ^(T)he burns the chariots with fire.
¹⁰^(U)“Be still, and know that I am God.
    ^(V)I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth!”
¹¹^(W)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Footnotes

Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 46:1 Or well proved

Jeremiah 22:18-30

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¹⁸Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
¹⁹With the burial of a donkey ^(D)he shall be buried,
    dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
    and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from ^(E)Abarim,
    for all ^(F)your lovers are destroyed.
²¹I spoke to you in your prosperity,
    but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
^(G)This has been your way from ^(H)your youth,
    that you have not obeyed my voice.
²²^(I)The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
    and ^(J)your lovers shall go into captivity;
^(K)then you will be ashamed and confounded
    because of all your evil.
²³O inhabitant of ^(L)Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
    ^(M)pain as of a woman in labor!”

²⁴^(N)“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were ^(O)the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off ²⁵and ^(P)give you ^(Q)into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans. ²⁶^(R)I will hurl you and ^(S)the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die. ²⁷But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return.”

²⁸Is this man ^(T)Coniah a despised, broken pot,
    a ^(U)vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
    into a ^(V)land that they do not know?
²⁹^(W)O land, land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as ^(X)childless,
    a man who shall not succeed in his days,
^(Y)for none of his offspring shall succeed
    ^(Z)in sitting on the throne of David
    and ruling again in Judah.”

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Luke 18:15-17

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Let the Children Come to Me

¹⁵^(A)Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they ^(B)rebuked them. ¹⁶But Jesus called them to him, saying, ^(C)“Let the children come to me, and ^(D)do not hinder them, ^(E)for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ¹⁷^(F)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not ^(G)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”