Jeremiah 44:24-47:7
New King James Version
24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt! 25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, “We will surely keep our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” You will surely keep your vows and perform your vows!’ 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, (A)I have sworn by My (B)great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that (C)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 lives.” 27 Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt (D)shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them. 28 Yet (E)a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs. 29 And this shall be a sign to you,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that My words will surely (F)stand against you for adversity.’
30 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, (G)I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave (H)Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.’ ”
Assurance to Baruch
45 The (I)word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (J)Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book [a]at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the (K)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I (L)fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’
4 “Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, (M)what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, (N)I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your (O)life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.” ’ ”
Judgment on Egypt
46 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against (P)the nations. 2 Against (Q)Egypt.
(R)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (S)defeated in the (T)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3 “Order[b] the [c]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(U)Put on the armor!
5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (V)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
6 “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will (W)stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.
7 “Who is this coming up (X)like a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?
8 Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’
9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
[d]The Ethiopians and [e]the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians (Y)who handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is (Z)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(AA)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [f]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (AB)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.
11 “Go(AC) up to Gilead and take balm,
(AD)O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
(AE)You shall not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your (AF)shame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”
Babylonia Will Strike Egypt
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and (AG)strike the land of Egypt.
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (AH)Migdol;
Proclaim in [g]Noph and in (AI)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
15 Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
16 He made many fall;
Yes, (AJ)one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
(AK)Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’
17 They cried there,
‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise.
He has passed by the appointed time!’
18 “As I live,” says the King,
(AL)Whose name is the Lord of hosts,
“Surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.
19 O (AM)you daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself (AN)to go into captivity!
For [h]Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a very pretty (AO)heifer,
But destruction comes, it comes (AP)from the north.
21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like [i]fat bulls,
For they also are turned back,
They have fled away together.
They did not stand,
For (AQ)the day of their calamity had come upon them,
The time of their punishment.
22 (AR)Her noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
23 “They shall (AS)cut down her forest,” says the Lord,
“Though it cannot be searched,
Because they are innumerable,
And more numerous than (AT)grasshoppers.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of (AU)the people of the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on [j]Amon of (AV)No,[k] and Pharaoh and Egypt, (AW)with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who (AX)trust in him. 26 (AY)And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. (AZ)Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.
God Will Preserve Israel(BA)
27 “But(BB) do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will (BC)save you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make (BD)a complete end of you.
I will rightly (BE)correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
Judgment on Philistia
47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (BF)against the Philistines, (BG)before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (BH)waters rise (BI)out of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
3 At the (BJ)noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
[l]Lacking courage,
4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the (BK)Philistines,
To cut off from (BL)Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines,
(BM)The remnant of the country of (BN)Caphtor.[m]
5 (BO)Baldness has come upon Gaza,
(BP)Ashkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O you (BQ)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [n]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (BR)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (BS)appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 45:1 Lit. from Jeremiah’s mouth
- Jeremiah 46:3 Set in order
- Jeremiah 46:3 A small shield
- Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Cush
- Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Put
- Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full
- Jeremiah 46:14 Ancient Memphis
- Jeremiah 46:19 Ancient Memphis
- Jeremiah 46:21 Lit. calves of the stall
- Jeremiah 46:25 A sun god
- Jeremiah 46:25 Ancient Thebes
- Jeremiah 47:3 Lit. From sinking hands
- Jeremiah 47:4 Crete
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
2 Timothy 2:22-3:17
New King James Version
22 (A)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. 24 And (B)a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, (C)able to teach, (D)patient, 25 (E)in humility correcting those who are in opposition, (F)if God perhaps will grant them repentance, (G)so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and (H)escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
3 But know this, that (I)in the last days [a]perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, [b]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 (J)traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 (K)having a form of godliness but (L)denying its power. And (M)from such people turn away! 6 For (N)of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able (O)to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 (P)Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: (Q)men of corrupt minds, (R)disapproved concerning the faith; 9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, (S)as theirs also was.
The Man of God and the Word of God
10 (T)But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me (U)at Antioch, (V)at Iconium, (W)at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And (X)out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yes, and (Y)all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 (Z)But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you must (AA)continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known (AB)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 (AC)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, (AD)and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [c]instruction in righteousness, 17 (AE)that the man of God may be complete, (AF)thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Footnotes
- 2 Timothy 3:1 times of stress
- 2 Timothy 3:3 irreconcilable
- 2 Timothy 3:16 training, discipline
Psalm 94
New King James Version
God the Refuge of the Righteous
94 O Lord God, (A)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O (B)Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.
3 Lord, (C)how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?
4 They (D)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7 (E)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob [b]understand.”
8 Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
9 (F)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10 He who [c]instructs the [d]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lord (G)knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom You (H)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
13 That You may give him [e]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not [f]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
18 If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall (I)the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn (J)innocent blood.
22 But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall [g]cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.
Footnotes
- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
- Psalm 94:7 pay attention
- Psalm 94:10 disciplines
- Psalm 94:10 Gentiles
- Psalm 94:13 relief
- Psalm 94:14 abandon
- Psalm 94:23 destroy them
Proverbs 26:6-8
New King James Version
6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limp
Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling
Is he who gives honor to a fool.
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