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Jeremiah 14:21

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For the sake of your name, don’t despise us. Don’t dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your promise  to us; don’t break it.

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The Lord burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.

He remembered his promise  to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

Everyone will talk about the glory of your kingdom and will tell the descendants of Adam about your might

For the sake of your name, O Lord, remove my guilt, because it is great.

Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their permanent possession.’ ”

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on the Lord, do not give yourselves any rest,

Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there’s only terror.

Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.

Our holy place is a glorious throne, highly honored from the beginning.

At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of the Lord will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.

The enemies laid their hands on all of the city’s treasures. Jerusalem has seen the nations enter the holy place. ‘O Lord, they are the same people you have forbidden to enter your congregation.’

“O Lord, look and consider: Have you ever treated anyone like this? Should women eat their own children, the children they have nursed? Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord’s holy place?

But I didn’t use my power so that my name would not be dishonored among the nations who had watched me bring the Israelites out ⌞of Egypt⌟.

‘Tell the nation of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to dishonor my holy place. You brag that my holy place gives you strength. It’s the thing you love the most. It’s your hearts’ desire. So the sons and daughters that you left behind will die in battle.

“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Now I will bring back Jacob’s captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.

The voice said to me, “Son of man, this is the place where my throne is and the place where my feet rest. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. Then the people of Israel and their kings will no longer dishonor my holy name by acting like prostitutes, nor will they dishonor it with the dead bodies of their kings.

You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.

“I will put my tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust.

The Almighty Lord has sworn an oath on himself. The Lord God of Armies declares: I am disgusted with Jacob’s pride, and I hate his palaces. So I will hand over the city and everything in it.

He has shown his mercy to our ancestors and remembered his holy promise,

Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.

He did this through Christ Jesus out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come.

The Lord saw this and rejected them, because his own sons and daughters had made him angry.

But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not abandon his people, because the Lord wants to make you his people.




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