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2 Kings 22:13

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“Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people – for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do.”

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Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.”

For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him.

“Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!”

For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the lord their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins and worshiping the lord their God.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.

Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people.”

Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

We have not obeyed the lord our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments –

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”




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