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Bible Reading for August 18

Jeremiah 43
[1] And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD
their God had sent him to them, even all these words, [2] Then spake
Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God
hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: [3] But
Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into
the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us
away captives into Babylon. [4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the
LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
[5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took
all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they
had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; [6] Even men, and women,
and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
[7] So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of
the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. [8] Then came the word of the
LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, [9] Take great stones in thine
hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of
Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he
shall spread his royal pavilion over them. [11] And when he cometh, he
shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death;
and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword
to the sword. [12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of
Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall
array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;
and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
[13] He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Jeremiah 44
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph,
and in the country of Pathros, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
[3] Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom
they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. [4] Howbeit I sent unto
you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying,
Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. [5] But they hearkened not,
nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense
unto other gods. [6] Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and
was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and
they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you
man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
remain;
[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth? [9] Have ye forgotten the
wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and
the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness
of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem? [10] They are not humbled even unto this day, neither
have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set
before you and before your fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. [12] And I
will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the
land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in
the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the
famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword
and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach. [13] For I will punish them that dwell in the
land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence: [14] So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that
they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire
to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
[15] Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto
other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all
the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah,
saying,
[16] As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD,
we will not hearken unto thee.
[17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own
mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and
our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for
then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. [18] But
since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed
by the sword and by the famine. [19] And when we burned incense to the
queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her
cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our
men? [20] Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the
women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, [21]
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the
people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into
his mind?
[22] So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your
doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore
is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
[23] Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the
LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor
in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened
unto you, as at this day.
[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: [25] Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have
both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will
surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of
heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish
your vows, and surely perform your vows. [26] Therefore hear ye the word of
the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn
by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in
the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord
GOD liveth. [27] Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good:
and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by
the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. [28] Yet a
small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt
into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into
the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or theirs.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish
you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand
against you for evil:
[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt
into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;
as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

Jeremiah 45
[1] The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, [2] Thus
saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; [3] Thou didst say,
Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my
sighing, and I find no rest. [4] Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD
saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that
which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
[5] And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold,
I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give
unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Jeremiah 46
[1] The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
[2] Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which
was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah.
[3] Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. [4] Harness
the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets;
furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. [5] Wherefore have I seen
them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down,
and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the
LORD.
[6] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall
stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. [7] Who is this
that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
[8] Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers;
and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the
city and the inhabitants thereof.
[9] Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come
forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the
Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. [10] For this is the day of the Lord
GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his
adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made
drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the
north country by the river Euphrates. [11] Go up into Gilead, and take
balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many
medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. [12] The nations have heard of thy
shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled
against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
[13] The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
[14] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in
Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour
round about thee.
[15] Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD
did drive them.
[16] He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said,
Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our
nativity, from the oppressing sword.
[17] They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath
passed the time appointed.
[18] As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as
Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
[19] O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. [20]
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of
the north.
[21] Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for
they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their
visitation.
[22] The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with
an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. [23] They shall
cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because
they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. [24] The daughter
of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the
people of the north. [25] The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith;
Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with
their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
[26] And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of
his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old,
saith the LORD.
[27] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel:
for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of
their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and
none shall make him afraid.
[28] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee;
for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee:
but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet
will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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