Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000657
00:15 Hello and welcome to "His Words are Life."
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we are going to be reading 00:20 from the book of Jeremiah. 00:22 But first let's pray together. 00:24 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much 00:27 for your blessings in our lives, 00:29 too many blessings to even list. 00:32 And one of the greatest blessings 00:34 is your truth revealed here in your word. 00:37 And the time that we have right now to read it together. 00:40 Please with us. 00:41 Please send the Holy Spirit so that these words 00:43 will be planted deep in our heart 00:45 to be a fruit to your glory. 00:46 We love you so much 00:47 and thank you for loving us, amen. 00:50 Reading from the book of Jeremiah 00:52 Chapter 25, beginning with verse 30 00:56 and this is the King James Version. 01:00 "Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, 01:04 and say unto them, the Lord shall roar from on high, 01:08 and utter his voice from his holy habitation, 01:12 he shall mightily roar upon his habitation, 01:15 he shall give a shout, 01:16 as they that tread the grapes, 01:18 against all the inhabitants of the earth. 01:21 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth, 01:24 for the Lord hath a controversy 01:26 with the nations, he will plead with all flesh, 01:28 he will give them that are wicked to the sword, 01:31 saith the Lord. 01:33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, 01:36 evil shall go forth from nation to nation, 01:38 and a great whirlwind shall be raised up 01:40 from the coasts of the earth. 01:42 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day 01:45 from one end of the earth 01:46 even unto the other end of the earth, 01:48 they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried, 01:52 they shall be dung upon the ground. 01:55 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, 01:57 and wallow yourselves in the ashes, 01:59 ye principal of the flock, for the days of your slaughter 02:03 and of your dispersions are accomplished, 02:06 and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 02:09 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, 02:12 nor the principal of the flock to escape. 02:15 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, 02:17 and an howling of the principal of the flock, 02:18 shall be heard, for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture. 02:23 And the peaceable habitations are cut down 02:25 because of the fierce anger of the Lord. 02:28 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion, 02:31 for their land is desolate 02:32 because of the fierceness of the oppressor, 02:35 and because of his fierce anger." 02:38 Continuing in Jeremiah Chapter 26 02:41 and this is the King James Version. 02:44 "In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim 02:46 the son of Josiah king of Judah 02:49 came this word from the Lord, saying, 02:52 Thus saith the Lord, 02:53 Stand in the court of the Lord's house, 02:56 and speak unto all the cities of Judah, 02:59 which come to worship in the Lord's house, 03:01 all the words that I command thee to speak unto them, 03:05 diminish not a word if so be they will hearken, 03:09 and turn every man from his evil way, 03:12 that I may repent me of the evil, 03:15 which I purpose to do unto them 03:16 because of the evil of their doings. 03:19 And thou shalt say unto them, thus saith the Lord, 03:22 If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, 03:25 which I have set before you, 03:27 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, 03:31 whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, 03:34 and sending them, but ye have not hearkened, 03:37 then will I make this house like Shiloh, 03:41 and will make this city a curse 03:43 to all the nations of the earth. 03:45 So the priests and the prophets 03:47 and all the people heard Jeremiah 03:50 speaking these words in the house of the Lord. 03:54 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made 03:56 an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him 03:59 to speak unto all the people, 04:02 that the priests and the prophets 04:04 and all the people took him, saying thou shalt surely die. 04:09 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, 04:11 saying, this house shall be like Shiloh, 04:13 and this city shall be desolate 04:15 without an inhabitant? 04:17 And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah 04:21 in the house of the Lord. 04:23 When the princes of Judah heard these things, 04:25 then they came up from the king's house 04:27 unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry 04:29 of the new gate of the Lord's house. 04:32 Then spake the priests and the prophets 04:35 unto the princes and to all the people, saying, 04:37 this man is worthy to die, 04:40 for he hath prophesied against this city, 04:43 as ye have heard with your ears. 04:47 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes 04:49 and to all the people saying, the Lord sent me 04:52 to prophesy against this house 04:54 and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 04:58 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, 05:02 and obey the voice of the Lord your God, 05:04 and the Lord will repent him of the evil 05:06 that he hath pronounced against you. 05:08 As for me, behold, I am in your hand, 05:13 do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. 05:17 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, 05:22 ye shall surely bring innocent blood 05:24 upon yourselves, and upon this city, 05:27 and upon the inhabitants thereof, 05:29 for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you 05:33 to speak all these words in your ears. 05:38 Then said the princes and all the people 05:40 unto the priests and to the prophets 05:43 this man is not worthy to die, 05:45 for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. 05:49 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, 05:52 and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 05:56 Micah the Morasthite prophesied 05:59 in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, 06:01 and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, 06:03 thus saith the Lord of hosts, 06:04 Zion shall be plowed like a field, 06:06 and Jerusalem shall become heaps, 06:08 and the mountain of the house 06:09 as the high places of a forest. 06:12 Did Hezekiah king of Judah 06:13 and all Judah put him at all to death? 06:16 Did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, 06:18 and the Lord repented him of the evil 06:20 which he had pronounced against them? 06:22 Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. 06:27 And there was also a man that prophesied 06:28 in the name of the Lord, 06:30 Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, 06:33 who prophesied against this city and against this land 06:36 according to all the words of Jeremiah 06:38 and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, 06:41 and all the princes, heard his words, 06:44 the king sought to put him to death, 06:46 but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, 06:50 and went into Egypt, 06:52 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, 06:55 namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, 06:59 and certain men with him into Egypt. 07:01 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, 07:03 and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, 07:05 who slew him with the sword, 07:06 and cast his dead bodY 07:07 into the graves of the common people. 07:10 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam 07:13 the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, 07:15 that they should not give him 07:17 into the hand of the people to put him to death." 07:21 Continuing with Jeremiah Chapter 27 07:23 and this is the King James Version. 07:27 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim 07:29 the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word 07:33 unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 07:36 thus saith the Lord to me, Make thee bonds 07:40 and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 07:44 and send them to the king of Edom, 07:45 and to the king of Moab, 07:47 and to the king of the Ammonites, 07:48 and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, 07:50 by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem 07:53 unto Zedekiah king of Judah, 07:55 And command them to say unto their masters, 07:57 thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, 08:00 Thus shall ye say unto your masters, 08:04 I have made the earth, the man and the beast 08:07 that are upon the ground, by my great power 08:10 and by my outstretched arm, and have given it 08:13 unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 08:17 And now have I given all these lands into the hand 08:21 of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, 08:23 my servant, and the beasts of the field 08:26 have I given him also to serve him. 08:28 And all nations shall serve him, 08:30 and his son, and his son's son, 08:33 until the very time of his land come: 08:37 and then many nations 08:38 and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 08:42 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom 08:45 which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar 08:48 the king of Babylon, and that will not put 08:50 their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 08:53 that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, 08:56 with the sword, and with the famine, 08:58 and with the pestilence, 09:00 until I have consumed them by his hand. 09:04 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, 09:08 nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, 09:11 nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, 09:15 which speak unto you, saying, ye shall not serve 09:17 the king of Babylon for they prophesy a lie unto you, 09:23 to remove you far from your land, 09:26 and that I should drive you out, 09:27 and ye should perish. 09:29 But the nations that bring their neck 09:32 under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 09:34 and serve him, those will I let remain 09:38 still in their own land, saith the Lord, 09:41 and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 09:45 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah 09:48 according to all these words, saying, 09:51 bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 09:54 and serve him and his people, and live. 09:58 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, 10:00 by the sword, by the famine, 10:02 and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken aganist 10:05 the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 10:08 Therefore hearken not unto the words 10:10 of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, 10:12 ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10:14 for they prophesy a lie unto you. 10:17 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, 10:19 yet they prophesy a lie in my name, 10:22 that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, 10:25 and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 10:28 Also I spake to the priests 10:29 and to all this people, saying, thus saith the Lord, 10:32 Hearken not to the words of your prophets 10:35 that prophesy unto you, saying, 10:36 behold, the vessels of the Lord's house 10:38 shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon, 10:41 for they prophesy a lie unto you. 10:44 Hearken not unto them, serve the king of Babylon, 10:47 and live, wherefore should this city be laid waste? 10:52 But if they be prophets, 10:54 and if the word of the Lord be with them, 10:56 let them now make intercession 10:58 to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels 11:00 which are left in the house of the Lord, 11:02 and in the house of the king of Judah, 11:04 and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 11:07 For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars 11:09 and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, 11:12 and concerning the residue of the vessels 11:14 that remain in this city, which Nebuchadnezzar 11:17 king of Babylon took not, 11:18 when he carried away captive Jeconiah 11:21 the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah 11:23 from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles 11:25 of Judah and Jerusalem, 11:27 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 11:30 concerning the vessels that remain 11:32 in the house of the Lord, 11:33 and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem, 11:37 They shall be carried to Babylon, 11:39 and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, 11:43 saith the Lord, then will I bring them up, 11:46 and restore them to this place." 11:50 Continuing in the book of Jeremiah Chapter 28 11:53 and this is the King James Version. 11:57 "And it came to pass the same year, 11:59 in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, 12:02 in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, 12:04 that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, 12:07 which was of Gibeon, spake unto me 12:10 in the house of the Lord, in the presence 12:12 of the priests and of all the people, saying, 12:14 thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 12:16 the God of Israel, saying, 12:18 I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 12:21 Within two full years will I bring again 12:25 into this place all the vessels 12:26 of the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar 12:29 king of Babylon took away from this place, 12:31 and carried them to Babylon. 12:33 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah 12:36 the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, 12:38 with all the captives of Judah, 12:39 that went into Babylon, saith the Lord, 12:41 for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 12:46 Then the prophet Jeremiah said 12:49 unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, 12:52 and in the presence of all the people 12:54 that stood in the house of the Lord, 12:56 even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen, 13:00 the Lord do so, the Lord perform thy words 13:03 which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels 13:06 of the Lord's house, 13:07 and all that is carried away captive, 13:09 from Babylon into this place. 13:12 Nevertheless hear thou now this word 13:15 that I speak in thine ears, 13:16 and in the ears of all the people, 13:19 The prophets that have been before me 13:21 and before thee of old prophesied both 13:25 against many countries, and against great kingdoms, 13:28 of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 13:32 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, 13:35 when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, 13:37 then shall the prophet be known, 13:40 that the Lord hath truly sent him. 13:43 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke 13:45 from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and brake it. 13:49 And Hananiah spake in the presence 13:50 of all the people, saying, thus saith the Lord, 13:53 Even so will I break the yoke 13:55 of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 13:57 from the neck of all nations 13:59 within the space of two full years. 14:02 And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 14:06 Then the word of the Lord came 14:08 unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah 14:11 the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck 14:13 of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, go and tell 14:17 Hananiah saying, thus saith the Lord, 14:20 Thou hast broken the yokes of wood, 14:23 but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 14:26 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 14:29 I have put a yoke of iron 14:30 upon the neck of all these nations, 14:33 that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 14:36 and they shall serve him, 14:38 and I have given him the beasts of the field also". |
Revised 2014-12-17