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Jeremiah 32:3

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Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy as you do? You say, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

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In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.

But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!”

“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

But Jeremiah answered them, “Tell Zedekiah,

“ ‘ “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand.

“I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you.

Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it both man and beast?”

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.

But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from them.’ ”

And this is what the Lord says: ‘This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’ ”

Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him,

Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

“My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”

“Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”




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