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Bible Reading for August 13

Jeremiah 27
[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
[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
[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.

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