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August 31, 2026, Jeremiah 25:15-38

August 31, 2026, Jeremiah 25:15-38 15  Thus the  Lord , the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.  16  They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.” 17  So I took the cup from the  Lord 's hand, and made all the nations to whom the  Lord  sent me drink it:  18  Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;  19  Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people,  20  and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);  21  Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon;  22  all the kings of...

August 30, 2026, Jeremiah 25:1-14

August 30, 2026, Jeremiah 25:1-14 25  The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),  2  which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:  3  “For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the  Lord  has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.  4  You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the  Lord  persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,  5  saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the  Lord  has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever.  6  Do not go after other...

August 29, 2026, Jeremiah 24:1-10

August 29, 2026, Jeremiah 24:1-10 24  After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the  Lord  showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the  Lord .  2  One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.  3  And the  Lord  said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.” 4  Then the word of the  Lord  came to me:  5  “Thus says the  Lord , the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldea...

August 28, 2026, Jeremiah 23:9-40

August 28, 2026, Jeremiah 23:9-40 9  Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me;      all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man,      like a man overcome by wine, because of the  Lord      and because of his holy words. 10  For the land is full of adulterers;      because of the curse the land mourns,      and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil,      and their might is not right. 11  “Both prophet and priest are ungodly;      even in my house I have found their evil, declares the  Lord . 12  Therefore their way shall be to them      like slippery paths in the darkness,      into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them      in the year of their ...

August 27, 2026, Jeremiah 23:1-8

August 27, 2026, Jeremiah 23:1-8 23  “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the  Lord .  2  Therefore thus says the  Lord , the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the  Lord .  3  Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.  4  I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the  Lord . 5  “Behold, the days are coming, declares the  Lord , when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute ju...

August 26, 2026, Jeremiah 22:11-30

August 26, 2026, Jeremiah 22:11-30 11  For thus says the  Lord  concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,  12  but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.” 13  “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,      and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing      and does not give him his wages, 14  who says, ‘I will build myself a great house      with spacious upper rooms,’ who cuts out windows for it,      paneling it with cedar      and painting it with vermilion. 15  Do you think you are a king      because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink ...

August 25, 2026, Jeremiah 22:1-10

August 25, 2026, Jeremiah 22:1-10 22  Thus says the  Lord : “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,  2  and say, ‘Hear the word of the  Lord , O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.  3  Thus says the  Lord : Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.  4  For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people.  5  But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the  Lord , that this house shall become a desolation.  6  For thus says t...

August 24, 2026, Jeremiah 21:11-14

August 24, 2026, Jeremiah 21:11-14 11  “And to the house of the king of Judah say, ‘Hear the word of the  Lord ,  12  O house of David! Thus says the  Lord : “‘Execute justice in the morning,      and deliver from the hand of the oppressor      him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire,      and burn with none to quench it,      because of your evil deeds.’” 13  “Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,      O rock of the plain, declares the  Lord ; you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us,      or who shall enter our habitations?’ 14  I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the  Lord ;      I will kindle a fire in her forest,      and it shall devour all that is around her.”   Even tho...

August 23, 2026, Jeremiah 21:1-10

August 23, 2026, Jeremiah 21:1-10 21  This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the  Lord , when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,  2  “Inquire of the  Lord  for us, for Nebuchadnezzar [ a ]  king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the  Lord  will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.” 3  Then Jeremiah said to them: “Thus you shall say to Zedekiah,  4  ‘Thus says the  Lord , the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.  5  I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in ...

August 22, 2026, Jeremiah 20:1-18

August 22, 2026, Jeremiah 20:1-18 20  Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the  Lord , heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.  2  Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the  Lord .  3  The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The  Lord  does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.  4  For thus says the  Lord : Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall strike them down with the sword.  5  Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, a...