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OCTOBER 16
21 Therefore deliver up their children to
the famine,
And pour out their blood
18:12 That is hopeless! Jeremiah brought the By the force of the sword;
inhabitants of Jerusalem to the point where Let their wives become widows
they actually stated their condition honestly. And bereaved of their children.
The prophet’s threats were useless because Let their men be put to death,
they were so far gone—abandoned to their Their young men be slain
sins and the penalty. All hypocrisy was aban- By the sword in battle.
doned in favor of honesty,without repentance. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses,
Repentance was not in Israel (v. 18; 19:15).This When You bring a troop suddenly upon
explains a seeming paradox, that Israel can them;
repent and avert judgment,yet Jeremiah is not For they have dug a pit to take me,
to pray for Israel (7:16; 11:14). It would do no And hidden snares for my feet.
good to pray for their change since they 23
steeled themselves against any change. Yet, LORD, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
14 Will a man leave the snow water of
Lebanon, But let them be overthrown before You.
Which comes from the rock of the field? Deal thus with them
In the time of Your anger.
Will the cold flowing waters be
forsaken for strange waters? Psalm 118:25–29
“Because My people have forgotten Me,
15 25 Save now, I pray, O LORD;
They have burned incense to O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.
worthless idols. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name
And they have caused themselves to of the LORD!
stumble in their ways, We have blessed you from the house of
From the ancient paths, the LORD.
27 God is the LORD,
To walk in pathways and not on a
highway, And He has given us light;
16 To make their land desolate and a Bind the sacrifice with cords to the
perpetual hissing; horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will praise You;
Everyone who passes by it will be
astonished You are my God, I will exalt You.
And shake his head. 29 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind good!
before the enemy; For His mercy endures forever.
I will show them the back and not the Proverbs 27:11–12
face
In the day of their calamity.” 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart
glad,
18 Then they said, “Come and let us devise
plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not That I may answer him who
reproaches me.
perish from the priest, nor counsel from the
wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come 12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides
and let us attack him with the tongue, and let himself;
us not give heed to any of his words.” The simple pass on and are punished.
Give heed to me, O LORD,
19 1 Thessalonians 3:1–13
And listen to the voice of those who Therefore, when we could no longer endure
contend with me! 3 it, we thought it good to be left in Athens
Shall evil be repaid for good? alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and min-
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For they have dug a pit for my life. ister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel
Remember that I stood before You of Christ, to establish you and encourage you
To speak good for them, concerning your faith, that no one should be
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To turn away Your wrath shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves
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from them. know that we are appointed to this. For, in fact,
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