Psalm 119:161-168

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Sin and Shin

¹⁶¹^(A)Princes persecute me ^(B)without cause,
    but my heart ^(C)stands in awe of your words.
¹⁶²I ^(D)rejoice at your word
    like one who ^(E)finds great spoil.
¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood,
    but I love ^(F)your law.
¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise you
    for your ^(G)righteous rules.
¹⁶⁵Great ^(H)peace have those who love your law;
    ^(I)nothing can make them stumble.
¹⁶⁶I ^(J)hope for your salvation, O Lord,
    and I do your commandments.
¹⁶⁷My soul keeps your testimonies;
    I ^(K)love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸I keep your precepts and testimonies,
    ^(L)for all my ways are before you.

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Matthew 11:20-24

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Woe to Unrepentant Cities

²⁰^(A)Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. ²¹^(B)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^(C)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²^(D)But I tell you, it will be more bearable on ^(E)the day of judgment for ^(F)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³And you, ^(G)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to ^(H)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴^(I)But I tell you that ^(J)it will be more tolerable on ^(K)the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

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Jeremiah 18:1-11

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The Potter and the Clay

18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ²“Arise, and go down to ^(A)the potter's house, and there I will let you hear^[a] my words.” ³So I went down to ^(B)the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. ⁴And the vessel he was making of clay was ^(C)spoiled in the potter's hand, and ^(D)he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

⁵Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁶“O house of Israel, ^(E)can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. ^(F)Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. ⁷If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(G)pluck up and break down and destroy it, ⁸and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(H)turns from its evil, ^(I)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. ⁹And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will ^(J)build and plant it, ¹⁰and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it. ¹¹Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. ^(K)Return, every one from his evil way, and ^(L)amend your ways and your deeds.’