From: "FamilyNet"
Bible Reading for August 12
Jeremiah 24
[1] The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the
temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah,
with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to
Babylon.
[2] One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and
the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so
bad.
[3] Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs;
the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they
are so evil.
[4] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [5] Thus saith the LORD,
the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are
carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the
land of the Chaldeans for their good. [6] For I will set mine eyes upon them
for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and
not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
[7] And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me
with their whole heart.
[8] And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus
saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes,
and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in
the land of Egypt:
[9] And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth
for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all
places whither I shall drive them.
[10] And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them,
till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their
fathers.
Jeremiah 25
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first
year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; [2] The which Jeremiah the prophet
spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
saying, [3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah,
even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD
hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but
ye have not hearkened.
[4] And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to
hear.
[5] They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the
evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you
and to your fathers for ever and ever: [6] And go not after other gods to
serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of
your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
[7] Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke
me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. [8] Therefore thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
[9] Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them
against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these
nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. [10] Moreover I will
take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the
light of the candle. [11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
[12] And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I
will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their
iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
[13] And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath
prophesied against all the nations. [14] For many nations and great kings
shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to
their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
[15] For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this
fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
[16] And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that
I will send among them.
[17] Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to
drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: [18] To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities
of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a
desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
[19] Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his
people;
[20] And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all
the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron,
and the remnant of Ashdod,
[21] Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, [22] And all the kings of
Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond
the sea, [23] Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost
corners, [24] And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled
people that dwell in the desert,
[25] And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings
of the Medes,
[26] And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all
the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king
of Sheshach shall drink after them. [27] Therefore thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and
spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among
you. [28] And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to
drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink.
[29] For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name,
and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will
call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[30] Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them,
The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy
habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout,
as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
[31] A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a
controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them
that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. [32] Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great
whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
[33] And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth
even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither
gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. [34] Howl, ye
shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the
flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are
accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. [35] And the shepherds
shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
[36] A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of
the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. [37] And
the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
[38] He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate
because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 26
[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.
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