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OCTOBER 16
“Which also effectively works in you who believe.”The work of God’s Word includes:
saving (Rom. 10:17; 1 Pet. 1:23); sanctifying (John 17:17);
teaching and training (2 Tim. 3:16,17); freeing (John 8:31,32);
guiding (Ps. 119:105); enriching (Col. 3:16);
counseling (Ps. 119:24); protecting (Ps. 119:11);
reviving (Ps. 119:154); strengthening (Ps. 119:28);
restoring (Ps. 19:7); making wise (Ps. 119:17–100);
warning and rewarding (Ps. 19:11); rejoicing the heart (Ps. 19:8);
nourishing (1 Pet. 2:2); and prospering (Josh. 1:8,9).
judging (Heb. 4:12);

OCTOBER 16 And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the LORD.
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For he shall be like a shrub in the
desert,
Jeremiah 17:1–18:23
And shall not see when good comes,
17 “The sin of Judah is written But shall inhabit the parched places in
the wilderness,
with a pen of iron;
With the point of a diamond it is In a salt land which is not inhabited.
engraved 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the
On the tablet of their heart, LORD,
And on the horns of your altars,
And whose hope is the LORD.
For he shall be like a tree planted by
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the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the
17:1 The sin of Judah. Reasons for the judg- river,
ment continue here: 1) idolatry (vv. 1–4), 2) And will not fear when heat comes;
relying on the flesh (v. 5), and 3) dishonesty in But its leaf will be green,
amassing wealth (v. 11). pen of iron. The And will not be anxious in the year of
names of idols were engraved on the horns of drought,
their altars with such a tool. The idea is that Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Judah’s sin was permanent, etched in them as
if into stone. How much different to have 9 “The heart is deceitful above all things,
God’s word written on the heart. And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
I, the LORD, search the heart,
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2 While their children remember I test the mind,
Their altars and their wooden images Even to give every man according to
By the green trees on the high hills. his ways,
3 O My mountain in the field, According to the fruit of his doings.
I will give as plunder your wealth, all
11 “As a partridge that broods but does not
your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all hatch,
your borders. So is he who gets riches, but not by
4 And you, even yourself, right;
Shall let go of your heritage which I It will leave him in the midst of his
gave you; days,
And I will cause you to serve your And at his end he will be a fool.”
enemies 12 A glorious high throne from the
In the land which you do not know; beginning
For you have kindled a fire in My Is the place of our sanctuary.
anger which shall burn forever.” 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel,
5 All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
Thus says the LORD:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man “Those who depart from Me

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