Day 224 of My 3rd Bible Study Journey - 14 August 2023 reflections
Day 224, 12 August 2023
1) Jeremiah 26, 2 Kings 24:1-4, JEremiah 27,28,29
Jeremiah 26
Jeremiah Threatened With Death
1 (2Ch 36:4-5; Jer 27:1) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying:
2 (Dt 4:2; Jer 19:14) Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the house
of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship
in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them.
Do not diminish a word.
3 (Jer 18:7-10; 36:3) Perhaps they will listen and turn every man
from his evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I purpose to do
to them because of the evil of their deeds.
4 (1Ki 9:6; Isa 1:20) You will say to them: Thus says the Lord:
If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you,
5 (Jer 25:3-4; 2Ki 9:7) to listen to the words of My servants the prophets,
whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them,
but you have not listened,
6 (2Ki 22:19; Jer 24:9) then I will make this house like Shiloh
and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 (Jer 5:31; Mic 3:11) So the priests and the prophets and all the people
heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
8 (La 4:13-14) And when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people,
the priests and the prophets and all the people took hold of him,
saying, "You shall surely die.
9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying,
'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant'?" And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah
in the house of the Lord.
10 (Jer 36:10) When the officials of Judah heard these things,
then they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord
and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord.
11 (Jer 38:4; Dt 18:20) Then the priests and the prophets spoke
to the officials and to all the people, saying,
"This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied against this city,
as you have heard with your ears."
12 (Jer 26:15; Ac 4:19) Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials
and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy
against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
13 (Jer 26:3; Joel 2:14) Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds,
and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent
of the disaster that He has pronounced against you.
14 (Jer 38:5; Jos 9:25) As for me, here I am in your hand.
Do with me as seems good and right to you.
15 (Nu 35:33; Pr 6:17) But know for certain that if you put me to death,
you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city
and upon the inhabitants. For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak
all these words in your ears."
Jeremiah Spared From Death
16 (Ac 5:34-39; 23:9) Then the officials and all the people said
to the priests and to the prophets, "This man is not worthy of death.
For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God."
17 (Ac 5:34) Then certain of the elders of the land rose up
and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
18 (Ne 4:2; Jer 9:11) "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
'Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem shall become heaps,
and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.'
19 (Ex 32:14; 2Sa 24:16) Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him
to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the Lord, and the Lord relented
of the disaster which He had pronounced against them?
Thus we might procure great evil against ourselves."
20 (1Sa 7:2; Jos 9:17) There was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim,
who prophesied against this city and against this land
according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 (Mt 10:23; 2Ch 16:10) And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men
and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death.
But when Uriah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt.
22 (2Ki 22:12; 22:14) And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt: namely,
Elnathan the son of Akbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 (Jer 2:30) They brought Uriah out of Egypt and led him to Jehoiakim
the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
24 (1Ki 18:4; 2Ki 22:12-14) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, with the result that
he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all
the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
[3] If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I
may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the
evil of their doings.
[4] And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[5] To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto
you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
[6] Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse
to all the nations of the earth.
[7] So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
[8] Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that
the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests
and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely
die.
[9] Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house
shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an
inhabitant?
And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
[10] When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from
the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of the LORD's house.
[11] Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all
the
people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against
this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
[12] Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying,
The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all
the words that ye have heard.
[13] Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
[14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
[15] But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely
bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak
all these words in your ears.
[16] Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the
prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the
name of the LORD our God.
[17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the
assembly of the people, saying,
[18] Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the
mountains of the house as the high places of a forest.
[19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did
he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great
evil against our souls.
[20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this
city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
[21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the
princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when
Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
[22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of
Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
[23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into
the graves of the common people.
[24] Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah,
that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to
death.
2 Kings 24:1-4
2 Kings 24
Judah Overrun by Enemies
1 (Jer 25:1; Da 1:1) In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned
and rebelled against him.
2 (Jer 35:11; 2Ki 23:27; 6:23) The Lord sent against him bands of
Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites.
He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word
of the Lord that He spoke by His servants the prophets.
3 (2Ki 18:25) Surely at the decree of the Lord this came upon Judah,
to remove them from before Him, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all
that he had done,
4 (2Ki 21:16) and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he
filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.
2 Kings 24
[1] In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became
his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
[2] And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by his servants the prophets.
[3] Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove
them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
[4] And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Jeremiah 27
Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar
1 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre,
and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem
to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 And command them to go to their masters, saying:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters:
5 (Ps 115:15-16; Isa 45:12) I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts
which are on the ground by My great power and by My outstretched arm,
and have given it to whom it seemed good to Me.
6 (Jer 28:14; 25:9; Eze 29:18-20) Now I have given all these lands
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant.
And also I have given to him the beasts of the field to serve him.
7 (Isa 14:4-6; Jer 52:31) All nations shall serve him and his son
and his son's son until the time of his own land comes;
and then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
8 (Jer 24:10; 38:17-19) It shall come to pass that I will punish the nation
and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
says the Lord. I will punish that nation with the sword, and with famine,
and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 (Isa 8:19; Jer 14:14) Therefore do not listen to your prophets,
or to your diviners, or to your dreamers, or to your enchanters,
or to your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve
the king of Babylon."
10 (Jer 32:31) For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far
from your land. And I will drive you out, and you shall perish.
11 (Jer 21:9; 27:2) But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still
in their own land, says the Lord, and they shall till it and dwell in it.
12 (Jer 28:1; 38:17) I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according
to all these words, saying: Bring your necks under the yoke of the
king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.
13 (Eze 18:31; Jer 27:8) Why will you die, you and your people,
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken
against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 (Jer 14:14; 23:21) Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets
who speak to you, saying, "You will not serve the king of Babylon,"
because they prophesy a lie to you.
15 (Jer 27:10; 2Ch 25:16) For I have not sent them, says the Lord,
yet they prophesy a lie in My name, so that I might drive you out
and that you might perish, you and the prophets that prophesy to you.
16 (2Ki 24:13; Jer 28:3) I also spoke to the priests and to all this people:
Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy
to you, saying, "The vessels of the house of the Lord will now soon be brought
again from Babylon." For they prophesy a lie to you.
17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live.
Why should this city be laid waste?
18 (1Sa 7:8; 12:19) But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord
is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that
the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord
and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not go to Babylon.
19 (2Ki 25:13; Jer 52:17-23) For thus says the Lord of Hosts concerning
the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases,
and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 (Jer 24:1; 2Ch 36:10) which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
did not take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
21 Indeed, thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord and in the house
of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:
22 (Jer 29:10; Ezr 7:19; Jer 32:5) They will be carried to Babylon
and they will be there until the day that I visit them, says the Lord.
Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon
thy neck,
[3] And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the
king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon,
by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of
Judah;
[4] And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
[5] I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground,
by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto
whom it seemed meet unto me.
[6] And now have I given all these lands unto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.
[7] And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until
the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall
serve themselves of him.
[8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put
their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish,
saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the
pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
[9] Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to
your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
[10] For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and
that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
[11] But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land,
saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
[12] I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,
saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve
him and his people, and live.
[13] Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon?
[14] Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie
unto you.
[15] For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my
name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
[16] Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith
the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you,
saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought
again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
[17] Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore
should this city be laid waste?
[18] But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let
them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are
left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah,
and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
[19] For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning
the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels
that remain in this city,
[20] Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to
Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
[21] Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the
vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king
of Judah and of Jerusalem;
[22] They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day
that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore
them to this place.
Jeremiah 28
The False Prophet Hananiah
1 (Jer 27:1; Jos 9:3) In that same year, at the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year
and in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet,
who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) Within two full years I will bring back into
this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
4 (Jer 22:24; 24:1) And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah
the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah
who went into Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke
of the king of Babylon."
5 (Jer 28:1) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah
in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of the Lord,
6 (1Ki 1:36; Ps 41:13) even the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen. May the Lord
do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied,
to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all that was carried
away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7 (1Ki 22:28) Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your ears
and in the ears of all the people.
8 (1Ki 17:1; Am 1:2) The prophets of old who have been before me
and before you prophesied both against many countries
and against great kingdoms, of war and disaster and pestilence.
9 (Dt 18:22; Jer 6:14) As for the prophet who prophesies of peace,
when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet shall be
known as one whom the Lord has truly sent."
10 (Jer 27:2) Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying,
"Thus says the Lord: Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space
of two full years." Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 (Jer 1:2) Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet,
after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord: You have broken
the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.
14 (Dt 28:48; Jer 27:6-7) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations,
that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15 (La 2:14; Eze 13:22) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah
the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah. The Lord has not sent you,
and you make this people trust in a lie.
16 (Jer 29:32; Ge 7:4) Therefore thus says the Lord: I am about to cast you
from off the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have
taught rebellion against the Lord."
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 28
[1] And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that
Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in
the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people,
saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have
broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[3] Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels
of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this
place, and carried them to Babylon:
[4] And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the
LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[5] Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence
of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the
house of the LORD,
[6] Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform
thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the
LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this
place.
[7] Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in
the ears of all the people;
[8] The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied
both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of
evil, and of pestilence.
[9] The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath
truly sent him.
[10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's
neck, and brake it.
[11] And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.
And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
[12] Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that
Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken
the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
[14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke
of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given
him the beasts of the field also.
[15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust
in a lie.
[16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the
face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught
rebellion against the LORD.
[17] So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
1 (Est 9:20) Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah
the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the captivity,
and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 (Jer 22:24-28; 2Ki 24:12-16) (This was after Jeconiah the king,
and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the officials of Judah and Jerusalem,
and the carpenters, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)
3 It was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying:
4 (Jer 24:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
to all who have been carried away captive whom I have caused
to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 (Jer 29:28) Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens
and eat their fruit.
6 (Jer 16:2-4) Take wives and beget sons and daughters;
and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands,
so that they may bear sons and daughters; so that you may increase
there and not diminish.
7 (Ezr 6:10; 1Ti 2:1-2) Seek the peace of the city where I have caused
you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it;
for in its peace you will have peace.
8 (Jer 5:31; 14:14) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you,
and do not listen to the dreams which they dream.
9 (Jer 27:15; 29:31) For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I have not
sent them, says the Lord.
10 (Jer 25:12; 27:22) For thus says the Lord: When seventy years have been
completed for Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you,
in causing you to return to this place.
11 (Ps 40:5; Jer 30:18-22) For I know the plans that I have for you,
says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
12 (Jer 33:3; Ps 50:15) Then you shall call upon Me, and you shall come
and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 (Jer 24:7; 2Ch 22:9) You shall seek Me and find Me, when you shall search
for Me with all your heart.
14 (Jer 30:3; Ps 32:6) I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will turn
away your captivity and gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord,
and I will bring you back into the place from
where I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because you have said, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us
in Babylon,"
16 (Jer 38:2-3; 38:17-23) thus says the Lord concerning the king
who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people
who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,
17 (Jer 24:8-10; 29:18) thus says the Lord of Hosts:
I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
and will make them like vile figs that cannot be eaten, they are so rotten.
18 (2Ch 29:8; Jer 15:4) I will pursue them with the sword, with famine,
and with pestilence; and will make them a terror to all the kingdoms
of the earth, to be a curse and an astonishment,
a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
19 (Jer 6:19; 26:5) because they have not listened to My words, says the Lord,
which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them. But you would not listen, says the Lord.
20 (Jer 24:5; Mic 4:10) Therefore hear the word of the Lord,
all you in captivity
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 (Jer 14:14-15; 29:8-9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son
of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name:
I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and he shall slay them before your eyes.
22 (Da 3:6; Isa 65:15) And because of them a curse shall be taken up
by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,
"May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,"
23 (Jer 23:14; Mal 3:5) because they have committed folly in Israel,
and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives,
and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them.
Indeed, I know and am a witness, says the Lord.
A Message to Shemaiah
24 (Jer 29:31-32) Thus you shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
saying:
25 (Jer 29:29; 37:3) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people
who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
and to all the priests, saying,
26 (Jer 20:1-2; 2Ki 9:11; Hos 9:7) The Lord has made you priest instead
of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the Lord,
for every man that is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you should
put him in the stocks and in prison.
27 Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth
who prophesies to you?
28 (Jer 29:5) For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying,
"This captivity will be long; build houses and dwell in them,
and plant gardens and eat their fruit."
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
31 (Jer 29:9; 14:14-15)Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says the Lord
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied
to you though I did not send, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
32 (Jer 28:16; 17:6) therefore thus says the Lord: I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite and his seed. He will not have a man to dwell among t
his people, nor will he see the good that I will do for My people,
says the Lord, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.
Jeremiah 29
[1] Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away
captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
[2] (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jerusalem;)
[3] By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon) saying,
[4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem
unto Babylon;
[5] Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
[6] Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
[7] And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried
away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
[8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your
prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,
neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
[9] For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the LORD.
[10] For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing
you to return to this place.
[11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[12] Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with
all your heart.
[14] And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the
places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again
into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
[15] Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
[16] Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne
of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword,
the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that
cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
[18] And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the
pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the
earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach,
among all the nations whither I have driven them:
[19] Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I
sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
[20] Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you
in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
[22] And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah
which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
[23] Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my
name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith
the LORD.
[24] Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
[25] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because
thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at
Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the
priests, saying,
[26] The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,
that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is
mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison,
and in the stocks.
[27] Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
[28] For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them.
[29] And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet.
[30] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[31] Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied
unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this
people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,
saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 August 2023 Titled Forever Faithful God
Psalm 33:1-11
PSALMS 33
The Sovereignty of the Lord.
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
for praise is fitting for the upright.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 )Give thanks to the Lord with the harp;
make music to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Sing to Him a new song;
play an instrument skillfully with a joyful shout.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all His work is done in truth.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and all their host by the breath of His mouth.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He puts the depths in storehouses.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2 ) For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He restrains the purposes of the people.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Psalm 33
[1] Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
[2] Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
[3] Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
[4] For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
[5] He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness
of the LORD.
[6] By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
[7] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
[8] Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
[9] For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
[10] The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the
devices of the people of none effect.
[11] The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his
heart to all generations.
When Xavier was an elementary student, I drove him to and from school. One
day, things didn't go according to plan. I was late to pick him up. I parked
the car, praying frantically as I ran toward his classroom. I found him
hugging his backpack as he sat on a bench next to a teacher. "I'm so sorry,
Mijo. Are you okay?" He sighed. "I'm fine, but I’m mad at you for being late."
How could I blame him? I was mad at myself too. I loved my son, but I knew
there would be many times when I'd disappoint him. I also knew he might feel
disappointed with God one day. So I worked hard to teach him that God never
has and never will break a promise.
Psalm 33 encourages us to celebrate God's faithfulness with joyful praises
(vv. 1-3) because "the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in
all he does" (v. 4). Using the world God created as tangible proof of His
power and dependability (vv. 5-7), the psalmist calls on the "people of the
world" to worship God (v.
.
When plans fail or people let us down, we can be tempted to be disappointed
in God. However, we can rely on God's trustworthiness because His plans
"stand firm forever" (v. 11). We can praise God, even when things go wrong
because our loving Creator sustains everything and everyone.
God is forever faithful.
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
Why is it hard to praise God when your plans fail or people disappoint you?
How has He used the world He created to prove His enduring trustworthiness?
Dear God, please remind me
of Your past faithfulness as I walk by faith today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange
2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.
Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been
accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member
of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,
but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.
"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.
And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship
with that church will never be the same again."
We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,
rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,
irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.
We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,
but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.
Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,
yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:
he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.
Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt
from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject
to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,
just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit
to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,
obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection
for us so that we might live in him.
Application
a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?
b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater
depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He exists
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh
to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9-13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,
will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things
to them that ask him?
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to speak the Word of the Lord with boldness!
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please remind me
of Your past faithfulness as I walk by faith today."
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember the Lord's sacrifice on the Cross.
Pray to the Lord and pray to continually find Him in Faith.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be persistent in His Will.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that the government of Turkmenistan will legally recognise
the Turkmen-language Bible.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1) Jeremiah 26, 2 Kings 24:1-4, JEremiah 27,28,29
Jeremiah 26
Jeremiah Threatened With Death
1 (2Ch 36:4-5; Jer 27:1) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying:
2 (Dt 4:2; Jer 19:14) Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the house
of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship
in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them.
Do not diminish a word.
3 (Jer 18:7-10; 36:3) Perhaps they will listen and turn every man
from his evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I purpose to do
to them because of the evil of their deeds.
4 (1Ki 9:6; Isa 1:20) You will say to them: Thus says the Lord:
If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you,
5 (Jer 25:3-4; 2Ki 9:7) to listen to the words of My servants the prophets,
whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them,
but you have not listened,
6 (2Ki 22:19; Jer 24:9) then I will make this house like Shiloh
and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 (Jer 5:31; Mic 3:11) So the priests and the prophets and all the people
heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
8 (La 4:13-14) And when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people,
the priests and the prophets and all the people took hold of him,
saying, "You shall surely die.
9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying,
'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant'?" And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah
in the house of the Lord.
10 (Jer 36:10) When the officials of Judah heard these things,
then they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord
and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord.
11 (Jer 38:4; Dt 18:20) Then the priests and the prophets spoke
to the officials and to all the people, saying,
"This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied against this city,
as you have heard with your ears."
12 (Jer 26:15; Ac 4:19) Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials
and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy
against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
13 (Jer 26:3; Joel 2:14) Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds,
and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent
of the disaster that He has pronounced against you.
14 (Jer 38:5; Jos 9:25) As for me, here I am in your hand.
Do with me as seems good and right to you.
15 (Nu 35:33; Pr 6:17) But know for certain that if you put me to death,
you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city
and upon the inhabitants. For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak
all these words in your ears."
Jeremiah Spared From Death
16 (Ac 5:34-39; 23:9) Then the officials and all the people said
to the priests and to the prophets, "This man is not worthy of death.
For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God."
17 (Ac 5:34) Then certain of the elders of the land rose up
and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
18 (Ne 4:2; Jer 9:11) "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
'Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem shall become heaps,
and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.'
19 (Ex 32:14; 2Sa 24:16) Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him
to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the Lord, and the Lord relented
of the disaster which He had pronounced against them?
Thus we might procure great evil against ourselves."
20 (1Sa 7:2; Jos 9:17) There was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim,
who prophesied against this city and against this land
according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 (Mt 10:23; 2Ch 16:10) And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men
and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death.
But when Uriah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt.
22 (2Ki 22:12; 22:14) And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt: namely,
Elnathan the son of Akbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 (Jer 2:30) They brought Uriah out of Egypt and led him to Jehoiakim
the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
24 (1Ki 18:4; 2Ki 22:12-14) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, with the result that
he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all
the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
[3] If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I
may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the
evil of their doings.
[4] And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[5] To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto
you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
[6] Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse
to all the nations of the earth.
[7] So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
[8] Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that
the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests
and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely
die.
[9] Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house
shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an
inhabitant?
And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
[10] When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from
the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of the LORD's house.
[11] Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all
the
people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against
this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
[12] Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying,
The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all
the words that ye have heard.
[13] Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
[14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
[15] But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely
bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak
all these words in your ears.
[16] Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the
prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the
name of the LORD our God.
[17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the
assembly of the people, saying,
[18] Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the
mountains of the house as the high places of a forest.
[19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did
he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great
evil against our souls.
[20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this
city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
[21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the
princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when
Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
[22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of
Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
[23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into
the graves of the common people.
[24] Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah,
that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to
death.
2 Kings 24:1-4
2 Kings 24
Judah Overrun by Enemies
1 (Jer 25:1; Da 1:1) In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned
and rebelled against him.
2 (Jer 35:11; 2Ki 23:27; 6:23) The Lord sent against him bands of
Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites.
He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word
of the Lord that He spoke by His servants the prophets.
3 (2Ki 18:25) Surely at the decree of the Lord this came upon Judah,
to remove them from before Him, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all
that he had done,
4 (2Ki 21:16) and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he
filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.
2 Kings 24
[1] In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became
his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
[2] And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by his servants the prophets.
[3] Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove
them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
[4] And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Jeremiah 27
Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar
1 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre,
and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem
to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 And command them to go to their masters, saying:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters:
5 (Ps 115:15-16; Isa 45:12) I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts
which are on the ground by My great power and by My outstretched arm,
and have given it to whom it seemed good to Me.
6 (Jer 28:14; 25:9; Eze 29:18-20) Now I have given all these lands
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant.
And also I have given to him the beasts of the field to serve him.
7 (Isa 14:4-6; Jer 52:31) All nations shall serve him and his son
and his son's son until the time of his own land comes;
and then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
8 (Jer 24:10; 38:17-19) It shall come to pass that I will punish the nation
and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
says the Lord. I will punish that nation with the sword, and with famine,
and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 (Isa 8:19; Jer 14:14) Therefore do not listen to your prophets,
or to your diviners, or to your dreamers, or to your enchanters,
or to your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve
the king of Babylon."
10 (Jer 32:31) For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far
from your land. And I will drive you out, and you shall perish.
11 (Jer 21:9; 27:2) But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still
in their own land, says the Lord, and they shall till it and dwell in it.
12 (Jer 28:1; 38:17) I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according
to all these words, saying: Bring your necks under the yoke of the
king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.
13 (Eze 18:31; Jer 27:8) Why will you die, you and your people,
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken
against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 (Jer 14:14; 23:21) Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets
who speak to you, saying, "You will not serve the king of Babylon,"
because they prophesy a lie to you.
15 (Jer 27:10; 2Ch 25:16) For I have not sent them, says the Lord,
yet they prophesy a lie in My name, so that I might drive you out
and that you might perish, you and the prophets that prophesy to you.
16 (2Ki 24:13; Jer 28:3) I also spoke to the priests and to all this people:
Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy
to you, saying, "The vessels of the house of the Lord will now soon be brought
again from Babylon." For they prophesy a lie to you.
17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live.
Why should this city be laid waste?
18 (1Sa 7:8; 12:19) But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord
is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that
the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord
and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not go to Babylon.
19 (2Ki 25:13; Jer 52:17-23) For thus says the Lord of Hosts concerning
the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases,
and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 (Jer 24:1; 2Ch 36:10) which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
did not take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
21 Indeed, thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord and in the house
of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:
22 (Jer 29:10; Ezr 7:19; Jer 32:5) They will be carried to Babylon
and they will be there until the day that I visit them, says the Lord.
Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.
[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon
thy neck,
[3] And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the
king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon,
by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of
Judah;
[4] And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
[5] I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground,
by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto
whom it seemed meet unto me.
[6] And now have I given all these lands unto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.
[7] And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until
the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall
serve themselves of him.
[8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put
their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish,
saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the
pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
[9] Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to
your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
[10] For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and
that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
[11] But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land,
saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
[12] I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,
saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve
him and his people, and live.
[13] Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon?
[14] Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie
unto you.
[15] For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my
name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
[16] Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith
the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you,
saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought
again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
[17] Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore
should this city be laid waste?
[18] But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let
them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are
left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah,
and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
[19] For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning
the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels
that remain in this city,
[20] Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to
Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
[21] Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the
vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king
of Judah and of Jerusalem;
[22] They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day
that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore
them to this place.
Jeremiah 28
The False Prophet Hananiah
1 (Jer 27:1; Jos 9:3) In that same year, at the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year
and in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet,
who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) Within two full years I will bring back into
this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
4 (Jer 22:24; 24:1) And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah
the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah
who went into Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke
of the king of Babylon."
5 (Jer 28:1) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah
in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of the Lord,
6 (1Ki 1:36; Ps 41:13) even the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen. May the Lord
do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied,
to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all that was carried
away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7 (1Ki 22:28) Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your ears
and in the ears of all the people.
8 (1Ki 17:1; Am 1:2) The prophets of old who have been before me
and before you prophesied both against many countries
and against great kingdoms, of war and disaster and pestilence.
9 (Dt 18:22; Jer 6:14) As for the prophet who prophesies of peace,
when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet shall be
known as one whom the Lord has truly sent."
10 (Jer 27:2) Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying,
"Thus says the Lord: Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space
of two full years." Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 (Jer 1:2) Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet,
after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord: You have broken
the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.
14 (Dt 28:48; Jer 27:6-7) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations,
that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15 (La 2:14; Eze 13:22) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah
the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah. The Lord has not sent you,
and you make this people trust in a lie.
16 (Jer 29:32; Ge 7:4) Therefore thus says the Lord: I am about to cast you
from off the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have
taught rebellion against the Lord."
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 28
[1] And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that
Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in
the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people,
saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have
broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[3] Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels
of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this
place, and carried them to Babylon:
[4] And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the
LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[5] Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence
of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the
house of the LORD,
[6] Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform
thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the
LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this
place.
[7] Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in
the ears of all the people;
[8] The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied
both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of
evil, and of pestilence.
[9] The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath
truly sent him.
[10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's
neck, and brake it.
[11] And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.
And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
[12] Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that
Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken
the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
[14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke
of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given
him the beasts of the field also.
[15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust
in a lie.
[16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the
face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught
rebellion against the LORD.
[17] So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
1 (Est 9:20) Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah
the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the captivity,
and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 (Jer 22:24-28; 2Ki 24:12-16) (This was after Jeconiah the king,
and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the officials of Judah and Jerusalem,
and the carpenters, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)
3 It was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying:
4 (Jer 24:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
to all who have been carried away captive whom I have caused
to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 (Jer 29:28) Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens
and eat their fruit.
6 (Jer 16:2-4) Take wives and beget sons and daughters;
and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands,
so that they may bear sons and daughters; so that you may increase
there and not diminish.
7 (Ezr 6:10; 1Ti 2:1-2) Seek the peace of the city where I have caused
you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it;
for in its peace you will have peace.
8 (Jer 5:31; 14:14) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you,
and do not listen to the dreams which they dream.
9 (Jer 27:15; 29:31) For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I have not
sent them, says the Lord.
10 (Jer 25:12; 27:22) For thus says the Lord: When seventy years have been
completed for Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you,
in causing you to return to this place.
11 (Ps 40:5; Jer 30:18-22) For I know the plans that I have for you,
says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
12 (Jer 33:3; Ps 50:15) Then you shall call upon Me, and you shall come
and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 (Jer 24:7; 2Ch 22:9) You shall seek Me and find Me, when you shall search
for Me with all your heart.
14 (Jer 30:3; Ps 32:6) I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will turn
away your captivity and gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord,
and I will bring you back into the place from
where I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because you have said, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us
in Babylon,"
16 (Jer 38:2-3; 38:17-23) thus says the Lord concerning the king
who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people
who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,
17 (Jer 24:8-10; 29:18) thus says the Lord of Hosts:
I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
and will make them like vile figs that cannot be eaten, they are so rotten.
18 (2Ch 29:8; Jer 15:4) I will pursue them with the sword, with famine,
and with pestilence; and will make them a terror to all the kingdoms
of the earth, to be a curse and an astonishment,
a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
19 (Jer 6:19; 26:5) because they have not listened to My words, says the Lord,
which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them. But you would not listen, says the Lord.
20 (Jer 24:5; Mic 4:10) Therefore hear the word of the Lord,
all you in captivity
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 (Jer 14:14-15; 29:8-9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son
of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name:
I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and he shall slay them before your eyes.
22 (Da 3:6; Isa 65:15) And because of them a curse shall be taken up
by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,
"May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,"
23 (Jer 23:14; Mal 3:5) because they have committed folly in Israel,
and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives,
and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them.
Indeed, I know and am a witness, says the Lord.
A Message to Shemaiah
24 (Jer 29:31-32) Thus you shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
saying:
25 (Jer 29:29; 37:3) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people
who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
and to all the priests, saying,
26 (Jer 20:1-2; 2Ki 9:11; Hos 9:7) The Lord has made you priest instead
of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the Lord,
for every man that is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you should
put him in the stocks and in prison.
27 Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth
who prophesies to you?
28 (Jer 29:5) For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying,
"This captivity will be long; build houses and dwell in them,
and plant gardens and eat their fruit."
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
31 (Jer 29:9; 14:14-15)Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says the Lord
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied
to you though I did not send, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
32 (Jer 28:16; 17:6) therefore thus says the Lord: I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite and his seed. He will not have a man to dwell among t
his people, nor will he see the good that I will do for My people,
says the Lord, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.
Jeremiah 29
[1] Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away
captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
[2] (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jerusalem;)
[3] By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon) saying,
[4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem
unto Babylon;
[5] Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
[6] Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
[7] And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried
away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
[8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your
prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,
neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
[9] For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the LORD.
[10] For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing
you to return to this place.
[11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[12] Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with
all your heart.
[14] And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the
places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again
into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
[15] Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
[16] Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne
of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword,
the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that
cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
[18] And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the
pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the
earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach,
among all the nations whither I have driven them:
[19] Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I
sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
[20] Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you
in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
[22] And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah
which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
[23] Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my
name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith
the LORD.
[24] Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
[25] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because
thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at
Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the
priests, saying,
[26] The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,
that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is
mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison,
and in the stocks.
[27] Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
[28] For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them.
[29] And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet.
[30] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[31] Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied
unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this
people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,
saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 August 2023 Titled Forever Faithful God
Psalm 33:1-11
PSALMS 33
The Sovereignty of the Lord.
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
for praise is fitting for the upright.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 )Give thanks to the Lord with the harp;
make music to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Sing to Him a new song;
play an instrument skillfully with a joyful shout.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all His work is done in truth.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and all their host by the breath of His mouth.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He puts the depths in storehouses.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2 ) For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He restrains the purposes of the people.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Psalm 33
[1] Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
[2] Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
[3] Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
[4] For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
[5] He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness
of the LORD.
[6] By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
[7] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
[8] Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
[9] For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
[10] The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the
devices of the people of none effect.
[11] The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his
heart to all generations.
When Xavier was an elementary student, I drove him to and from school. One
day, things didn't go according to plan. I was late to pick him up. I parked
the car, praying frantically as I ran toward his classroom. I found him
hugging his backpack as he sat on a bench next to a teacher. "I'm so sorry,
Mijo. Are you okay?" He sighed. "I'm fine, but I’m mad at you for being late."
How could I blame him? I was mad at myself too. I loved my son, but I knew
there would be many times when I'd disappoint him. I also knew he might feel
disappointed with God one day. So I worked hard to teach him that God never
has and never will break a promise.
Psalm 33 encourages us to celebrate God's faithfulness with joyful praises
(vv. 1-3) because "the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in
all he does" (v. 4). Using the world God created as tangible proof of His
power and dependability (vv. 5-7), the psalmist calls on the "people of the
world" to worship God (v.
.When plans fail or people let us down, we can be tempted to be disappointed
in God. However, we can rely on God's trustworthiness because His plans
"stand firm forever" (v. 11). We can praise God, even when things go wrong
because our loving Creator sustains everything and everyone.
God is forever faithful.
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
Why is it hard to praise God when your plans fail or people disappoint you?
How has He used the world He created to prove His enduring trustworthiness?
Dear God, please remind me
of Your past faithfulness as I walk by faith today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange
2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.
Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been
accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member
of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,
but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.
"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.
And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship
with that church will never be the same again."
We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,
rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,
irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.
We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,
but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.
Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,
yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:
he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.
Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt
from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject
to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,
just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit
to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,
obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection
for us so that we might live in him.
Application
a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?
b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater
depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He exists
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh
to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9-13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,
will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things
to them that ask him?
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to speak the Word of the Lord with boldness!
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please remind me
of Your past faithfulness as I walk by faith today."
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember the Lord's sacrifice on the Cross.
Pray to the Lord and pray to continually find Him in Faith.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be persistent in His Will.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that the government of Turkmenistan will legally recognise
the Turkmen-language Bible.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.