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Jeremiah 17-18
Chapter 17
The Deceitful Heart
1 The (C1)sin of Judah is written with an (C2)iron stylus;
With a diamond point it is (C3)engraved on the tablet of their hearts
And on the horns of (F1)their altars,
2 As they remember their (C1)children,
So they remember their altars and their (F1)(C2)Asherim
By (C3)green trees on the high hills.
3 (C1)Mountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will (C2)turn over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.
4 And you will, even of yourself, (C1)let go of your inheritance
That I gave you;
And I will make you serve your (C2)enemies
In the (C3)land which you do not know;
For you have (C4)kindled a fire in My anger
Which will burn forever.
5 This is what the LORD says:
"(C1)Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes (C2)flesh his (F1)strength,
And whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 "For he will be like a (C1)bush in the desert,
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A (C2)land of salt that is not inhabited.
7 "(C1)Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose (C2)trust is the LORD.
8 "For he will be like a (C1)tree planted by the water
That extends its roots by a stream,
And does not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of (C2)drought,
Nor cease to yield fruit.
9 "The (C1)heart is more (C2)deceitful than all else
And is desperately (C3)sick;
Who can understand it?
10 "I, the LORD, (C1)search the heart,
I test the (F1)mind,
(C2)To give to each person according to his ways,
According to the (F2)results of his deeds.
11 "As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is a person who (C1)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
And in (F1)the end he will be a (C2)fool."
12 (C1)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 LORD, the (C1)hope of Israel,
All who (C2)abandon You will be put to shame.
Those who turn (F1)away on earth will be (C3)written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the LORD.
14 (C1)Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed;
(C2)Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my (C3)praise.
15 Look, they keep (C1)saying to me,
"Where is the word of the LORD?
Let it come now!"
16 But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd following after You,
Nor have I longed for the disastrous day;
(C1)You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
17 Do not be a (C1)terror to me;
You are my (C2)refuge in a day of disaster.
18 Let those who persecute me be (C1)put to shame, but as for me, (C2)let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
(C3)Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with double destruction!
The Sabbath Must Be Kept
19 This is what the LORD said to me: "Go and stand at the (F1)public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem;20 and say to them, '(C1)Listen to the word of the LORD, you (C2)kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates.21 'This is what the LORD says: "(C1)Take care for yourselves, and (C2)do not carry any (F1)load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.22 "You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day (C1)nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I (C2)commanded your (F1)forefathers.23 "Yet they (C1)did not listen or incline their ears, but (C2)stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.
24 "But it will come about, if you (C1)give your attention to Me," declares the LORD, "to (C2)bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, (C3)but to keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,25 (C1)then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and officials (C2)sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this (C3)city will be inhabited forever.26 "They will come in from the (C1)cities of Judah and from the areas surrounding Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the (C2)lowland, from the hill country, and from the (C3)Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD.27 "But (C1)if you do not listen to Me, to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then (C2)I will set fire to its gates, and it will (C3)devour the palaces of Jerusalem and (C4)not go out."'"
Chapter 18
The Potter and the Clay
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2 "Arise and (C1)go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you."3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.4 But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,6 "Am I not able, house of Israel, to deal with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the (C1)clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.7 "At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (C1)uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;8 (C1)if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will (C2)relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.9 "Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (C1)build up or to plant it;10 if it does (C1)evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will (C2)relent of the good with which I said (F1)that I would bless it.11 "So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am (C1)forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now (C2)turn back, each of you from his evil way, and (F1)correct your ways and your deeds!"'12 "But (C1)they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will (F1)persist in the (C2)stubbornness of his evil heart.'
13 "Therefore this is what the LORD says:
'(C1)Just ask among the nations,
Who ever heard anything like (F1)this?
The (C2)virgin of Israel
Has done a most (C3)appalling thing.
14 'Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the open country alone?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever dried up?
15 'For (C1)My people have forgotten Me,
(C2)They burn incense (F1)to worthless gods.
And they (F2)have stumbled in their ways,
In the (C3)ancient roads,
To walk on paths,
Not on a (C4)highway,
16 To make their land a (C1)desolation,
An object of perpetual (C2)hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And (C3)shake his head.
17 'Like an (C1)east wind I will (C2)scatter them
Before the enemy;
I will (F1)show them (C3)My back and not My face
(C4)In the day of their disaster.'"
18 Then they said, "Come and let's (C1)devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the (C2)Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor (C3)advice by the wise, nor the divine (C4)word by the prophet! Come, and let's (C5)strike at him with our tongue, and let's (C6)pay no attention to any of his words."
19 Give Your attention to me, LORD,
And listen to (F1)what my opponents are saying!
20 (C1)Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have (C2)dug a pit for (F1)me.
Remember how I (C3)stood before You
To speak good in their behalf,
So as to turn Your wrath away from them.
21 Therefore, (C1)give their children over to famine
And turn them over to the (F1)power of the sword;
And let their wives become (C2)childless and (C3)widowed.
Let their men also be slaughtered to death,
Their (C4)young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.
22 May a (C1)cry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(C2)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (C3)hidden snares for my feet.
23 But You, LORD, know
All their (F1)deadly schemes against me;
(C1)Do not (F2)forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be (F3)(C2)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (C3)time of Your anger!
Psalms 127
Chapter 127
Prosperity Comes from the LORD.
1 Unless the LORD (C1)builds a house,
They who build it labor in vain;
Unless the LORD (C2)guards a city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is futile for you to rise up early,
To (F1)stay up late,
To (C1)eat the bread of painful labor;
This is how He gives to His (C2)beloved (C3)sleep.
3 Behold, (C1)children are a (F1)gift of the LORD,
The (C2)fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a (C1)warrior,
So are the children of one's youth.
5 (C1)Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
(C2)They will not be ashamed
When they (C3)speak with their enemies (C4)in the gate.
Titus 3
Chapter 3
Godly Living
1 (C1)Remind them (C2)to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be (C3)ready for every good deed,2 to slander no one, (C1)not to be contentious, to be (C1)gentle, (C2)showing every consideration for all people.3 (C1)For we too were once foolish, (C2)disobedient, (C3)deceived, (C4)enslaved to (C5)various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in (C6)malice and (C6)envy, hateful, hating one another.4 But when the (C1)kindness of (C2)God our Savior and His love for mankind (C3)appeared,5 (C1)He saved us, (C2)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but (C3)in accordance with His mercy, by the (C4)washing of regeneration and (C5)renewing by the Holy Spirit,6 (C1)whom He (C2)richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made (C1)heirs (F1)according to the hope of eternal life.8 (C1)This statement is trustworthy; and concerning these things I (C2)want you to speak confidently, so that those who have (C3)believed God will be careful to (C4)engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.9 But (C1)avoid (C2)foolish controversies and (C3)genealogies and strife and (C4)disputes about the Law, for they are (C5)useless and worthless.10 (C1)Reject a (F1)(C2)divisive person (C3)after a first and second warning,11 knowing that such a person has (C1)deviated from what is right and is sinning, being self-condemned.
Personal Concerns
12 When I send Artemas or (C1)Tychicus to you, (C2)make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to (C3)spend the winter there.13 Diligently help Zenas the (C1)lawyer and (C2)Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.14 (C1)Our people must also learn to (C2)engage in good (F1)deeds to meet (C3)pressing needs, so that they will not be (C4)unproductive.
15 (C1)All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us (C2)in the faith.
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