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| 1 And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out. |
Could not be – Could not be changed. Jeremiah was esteemed a pessimist, and we are now placed in much the same position. R2400:2
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| 2 And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who [are] for death to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity. |
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| 3 And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour. |
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| 4 And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem. |
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| 5 For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem And who doth bemoan for thee And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare |
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| 6 Thou thou hast left Me an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting, |
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| 7 And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back. |
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| 8 Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them against the mother A young man a spoiler at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble. |
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| 9 Languished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah. |
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| 10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me All of them are reviling me. |
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| 11 Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy |
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| 12 Doth one break iron northern iron, and brass |
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| 13 Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders. |
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| 14 And I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn. |
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| 15 Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know I have borne for Thee reproach. |
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| 16 Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts. |
Thy words – Those truths which God designed should, during this Gospel age, be the food to sanctify the Body of Christ. R200:4
Were found – Implying first that the Word of the Lord would be lost and need to be searched for; and secondly, when found, it would avail nothing unless appropriated to our needs. R3609:2
Not only obeying the divine will, but seeking to know it more and more so that one can obey it. R5648:4
Not gained by human skill or labor. R1867:5
After he has found it, every child of God has considerable labor in proving and eating his spiritual food. R1867:6
I did eat them – Diligently appropriated them to the building up of my character. R2146:5, R200:4, R1867:5
We must eat the Word of God if we would derive his spirit. E225
There must be a daily laying up of its treasure of wisdom and counsel in the heart and the working out of its principles in the life. R2093:5, R1867:5, R2146:5, R5431:6
Living upon the divine promises. R3087:2
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt. 4:4) R3087:2
Rejoicing of mine heart – The language of the heart must be expressed in daily life. R1274:5
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| 17 I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, Alone I have sat, For [with] indignation Thou hast filled me. |
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| 18 Why hath my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast. |
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| 19 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them. |
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| 20 And I have made thee to this people For a wall brazen fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee [am] I to save thee, And to deliver thee an affirmation of Jehovah, |
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| 21 And I have delivered thee from the hand of evil doers, And I have ransomed thee From the hand of the terrible! |
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