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1482 - Jeremiah 10 part 2

  Jeremiah Chapter 10 part 2 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power. Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed. But the God of Israel* is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin. For this is what the Lord says: “Suddenly, I will fling out, all you who live in this land. I will pour great troubles upon you, and at last you will feel my anger.” My wound is severe, and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it. My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again. The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer...
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1481 - Jeremiah 10 part 1

  Jeremiah Chapter 10 part 1 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel!  This is what the Lord says: “Do not act like the other nations, …who try to read their future, in the stars. Do not be afraid of their predictions, even though other nations are terrified by them. Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol. They decorate it with gold and silver… and then, they fasten it securely, with hammer and nails, so it won’t fall over. Their gods are like helpless scarecrows, in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid, of such gods, for they can neither harm you, nor do you any good.” Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power. Who would not fear you, O King of nations? That title belongs to you alone! Among all the wise people of the earth, and in all the kingdoms of the world, there is no one like you. People who worship...
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1480 - Jeremiah 9 part 2

  Jeremiah Chapter 9 part 2 Who is wise enough to understand all this?  Who has been instructed, by the Lord, and can explain it, to others?  Why has the land been so ruined, that no one dares to travel, through it? The Lord replies,  “This has happened, because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey, what I said.  Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires, and they have worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.  So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:  Look!  I will feed them, with bitterness, and I will give them poison to drink.  I will scatter them around the world, in places, they and their ancestors… never heard of, and even there, I will chase them, with the sword, until I have destroyed them completely.” This is what the Lord, of Heaven’s Armies, says: “Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women, who mourn at funera...
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