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Day 221, 8 August 2024

1) 2 Chronicles 35:20-27, 2 Kings 23:29-30, Jeremiah 7, Jeremiah 8, Jeremiah 9

2 Kings 23:29-30

29 (Jer 46:2; Jdg 5:19; 2Ch 35:20-24) In his days Pharaoh Necho,
king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria to the River Euphrates.
King Josiah went to meet him, but he killed him at Megiddo
when he had seen him.
30 (2Ki 9:28; 2Ch 36:1-4) His servants carried him dead in a chariot
from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.
The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

[29] In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he
slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
[30] And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the
people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and
made him king in his father's stead.

The Death of Josiah

2Ki 23:28-30

20 (2Ki 23:29-30; Isa 10:9) After all this when Josiah had prepared
the temple, Necho king of Egypt went up to war in Carchemish
on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.
21 (2Ki 18:25; 2Ch 25:19) And Necho sent messengers to him saying,
"What is there between you and me, king of Judah?
I am not against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded that I hurry. Refrain from being against God
who is with me so that He does not destroy you."
22 (Jdg 5:19; 2Ch 18:29) But Josiah did not turn away from him for he went
to battle against him disguised. He did not listen to the words of Necho
that came from the mouth of God,
but he came to battle in the plain of Megiddo.
23 (1Ki 22:34) So the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said
to his servants, "Take me away for I am severely wounded."
24 (Zec 12:11) Then his servants took him from the chariot,
and they set him in a second chariot, and they brought him to Jerusalem.
He died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers.
And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25 (Jer 22:10; La 4:20) And Jeremiah composed a dirge for Josiah,
and all the male and female singers speak of Josiah in their laments
to this day. They set them as a statute over Israel.
They are written in the Laments.
26 And the remainder of the acts of Josiah, his deeds and covenant faithfulness, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord,
27 and his acts from beginning to end are written
in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

[20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of
Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
[21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee,
thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
[22] Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
[23] And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
[24] His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died,
and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[25] And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the
singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made
them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the
lamentations.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
[27] And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah.

Jeremiah 7

False Trust in the Temple

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 26:2) Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord
and proclaim there this word:
Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah,
who enter at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 (Jer 18:11; 26:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 (Mic 3:11) Do not trust in lying words, saying,
"The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord."
5 (Isa 1:19; Jer 4:1-2) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 (Dt 8:19; Jer 2:34) if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other gods to your harm,
7 (Dt 4:40; Jer 3:18) then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8 (Jer 7:4) Indeed, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
9 (Ex 20:3; Jer 7:6) Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal,
and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
10 (Jer 32:34; Eze 23:39) and come and stand before Me in this house,
which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered," so that you may
do all these abominations?
11 (Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13) Has this house, which is called by My name,
become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Certainly, even I have seen it, says the Lord.
12 (1Sa 4:10-11; Jos 18:1) But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel.
13 (Isa 65:12; Pr 1:24) And now, because you have done all these works,
says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking,
but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14 (Jer 7:4; 7:10) therefore I will do to this house, which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 (2Ki 17:23; Jer 15:1) I will cast you out of My sight as I have cast out
all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 (Ex 32:10; Jer 11:14) As for you, do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry nor prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me,
for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 (Jer 19:13; 1Ki 14:9) The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
that they may provoke Me to anger.
19 (1Co 10:22) Do they provoke Me to anger? says the Lord. Do they not
provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
20 (Jer 42:18; La 2:3-5) Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger
and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 (Jer 6:20; Hos 8:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
22 (Hos 6:6; 1Sa 15:22) For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 (Ex 15:26; Dt 5:33) But this thing I commanded them, saying,
"Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.
And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you."
24 (Ps 81:11-12; Jer 7:26) But they did not listen, nor incline their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward and not forward.
25 (2Ch 36:15; Jer 25:4) Since the day that your fathers came
out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have even sent to you all
My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 (Jer 16:12; 2Ch 30:8) Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear, but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27 (Isa 50:2; 65:12) Therefore you will speak all these words to them.
But they will not listen to you. You will also call to them,
but they will not answer you.
28 (Isa 59:14-15) You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished, and has been cut off from their mouth.
29 (Job 1:20; Jer 6:30) Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord has rejected
and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30 (Jer 32:34; Eze 7:20) For the sons of Judah have done evil in My sight,
says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which i
s called by My name, to pollute it.
31 (Dt 17:3; Lev 18:21) They have built the high places of Topheth,
which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons a
nd their daughters in the fire, which I did not command them,
nor did it come into My heart.
32 (Jer 19:6; 19:11) Therefore, truly the days are coming, says the Lord,
that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth
because there is no other place.
33 (Dt 28:26; Jer 12:9) The corpses of this people shall be food
for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth;
and no one will frighten them away.
34 (Eze 26:13; Rev 18:23) Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.

Jeremiah 7
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed
not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: [7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at
the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. [13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees
of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my
name, to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 8

1 (Eze 6:5) At that time, says the Lord, they will bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his officials, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves.
2 (2Ki 23:5; Jer 9:22) And they will spread them before the sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved
and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked
and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped.
They will not be gathered, nor be buried.
They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.
3 (Rev 9:6; Job 7:15-16) Death will be chosen rather than life
by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family,
which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them,
says the Lord of Hosts.

Jeremiah 8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for
dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Sin and Judgment

4 (Pr 24:16; Am 5:2) Moreover you shall say to them,
Thus says the Lord: Do men fall and not arise?
Do they turn away and not repent?
5 (Jer 9:6; 5:3) Why then is this people of Jerusalem
turned away by a perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 (Ps 14:2; Job 39:19-25) I listened and heard,
but they did not speak what is right.
No man repented of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?"
Everyone turned to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle.
7 (Isa 1:3; SS 2:12; Jer 5:4-5) Indeed, the stork in the sky
knows her appointed times.
And the turtledove and the crane and the swallow
observe the time of their coming.
But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 (Job 5:12-13; Ro 1:22) How do you say, "We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us"?
Certainly the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
9 (Jer 6:15; Isa 19:11) The wise men are ashamed;
they are dismayed and caught.
Indeed, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
and what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 (Jer 6:12-13) Therefore I will give their wives to others,
and their fields to those who shall inherit them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 (Jer 6:14; La 2:14) For they have healed the brokenness
of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.
12 (Jer 3:3; Ps 52:7) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? They were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall;
in the time of their punishment they will be cast down, says the Lord.
13 (Joel 1:7; Mt 21:19) I will surely consume them, says the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine
nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
and the things that I have given them will pass away from them.
14 (Jer 23:15; 9:15; 35:11) Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves,
and let us enter the fortified cities and let us perish there.
For the Lord our God has doomed us and given us water of gall to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 (Jer 14:19) We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of health, but there was trouble!
16 (Jdg 5:22; 18:29) The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan;
the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones.
For they have come and have devoured the land and all that is in it,
the city, and those who dwell in it.
17 (Dt 32:24; Ps 58:4-5) See, I will send serpents against you,
adders, which will not be charmed, and they will bite you,
declares the Lord. Jeremiah Mourns for His People
18 (Isa 22:4; La 1:16-17) My sorrow is beyond healing;
my heart is faint within me.
19 (Isa 39:3; 13:5) Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people
from a far country:
"Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her?"
"Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images,
with foreign vanities?"
20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
21 (Jer 14:17; Joel 2:6) For the brokenness of the daughter of my people
am I broken; I mourn; dismay has taken hold of me.
22 (Ge 37:25; Jer 46:11) Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest
is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast
down, saith the LORD.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put
us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled
at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will
not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king
in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and
with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is
not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 9

Failures of Judah

1 (Jer 13:17; Isa 22:4) Oh, that my head were waters
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 (Jer 5:7-8; 23:10) Oh, that I had in the wilderness
a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people
and go from them! For they all are adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3 (Jdg 2:10; Jer 4:22) They bend their tongues like their bow;
lies and not truth prevail upon the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.
4 (Jer 6:28; 12:6) Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
and do not trust in any brother; for every brother supplants,
and every neighbor walks about with slanders.
5 (Mic 6:12) Everyone deceives his neighbour and does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves in committing iniquity.
6 (Job 21:14-15; Pr 1:24 )Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;
through deceit they refuse to know Me, says the Lord.
7 (Isa 1:25; Jer 6:27) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Now, I will refine them and assay them; for what else shall I do
for the daughter of My people?
8 (Ps 28:3; Jer 9:3 ) Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart he lies in wait.
9 (Jer 5:9; 5:29) Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 (Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3; Jer 7:29) For the mountains I will take up
a weeping and wailing,
and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation,
because they are burned up so that no one can pass through them;
nor can men hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.
11 (Isa 25:2; 34:13) I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant.
12 (Ps 107:43; Hos 14:9) Who is the wise man who may understand this?
And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may
declare it? Why is the land ruined and burned up like a wilderness,
so that no one passes through?
13 (2Ch 7:19; Jer 22:9) And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken
My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice,
nor walked in it,
14 (Jer 7:24; 3:17) but have walked after the imagination of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.
15 (Jer 8:14; Ps 80:5) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood
and give them water of gall to drink.
16 (Lev 26:33; Dt 28:64) I will scatter them also among the nations,
whom neither they nor their fathers have known.
And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.
17 (2Ch 35:25; Ecc 12:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
and send for wailing women, that they may come.
18 (Jer 14:17; 9:1) And let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 (Jer 4:13; Dt 28:29) For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
"How devastated we are! We are greatly humiliated,
because we have forsaken the land,
because our dwellings have cast us out."
20 (Isa 32:9-13) Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
and let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 6:11) "For death has come up into our windows;
and has entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets,
and the young men from the squares."
22 (Jer 8:2; Ps 83:10) Speak, Thus says the Lord:
"The carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field,
and as the sheaf after the harvester, and no one shall gather them."
23 (Ecc 9:11; 1Ki 20:10-11) Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 (Mic 7:18; 1Co 1:31) but let him who glories glory in this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight,
says the Lord.
25 (Ro 2:8-9) The days are surely coming, says the Lord,
that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised-
26 (Lev 26:41; Jer 4:4) Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon,
Moab, and all who dwell in the wilderness who clip the hair on their temples; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel
are uncircumcised of heart.

Jeremiah 9
[1] Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
[3] And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any
brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will
walk with slanders.
[5] And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
[6] Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse
to know me, saith the LORD.
[7] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and
try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
[9] Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the
cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. [11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make
the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13] And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
[14] But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall
to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
[18] And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
[21] For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces,
to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
[23] Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither
let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
[24] But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. [25] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them
which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and
all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all
these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.

2) Our Daily Bread for 8 August 2025 Titled <a href=" https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/ devotional-category/caring-for-the-oppressed"> Caring for the Oppressed</a>
by Amy Boucher Pye

Jeremiah 22:1-5

Impending Judgment

1 Thus says the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Judah,
and speak this word there,
2 (Lk 1:32; Isa 9:7a) nd 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 by these gates.
3 (Jer 21:12; 22:17) Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness,
and deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor.
And do no wrong or violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4 (Jer 17:25) For if you indeed do these things, then kings sitting
on the throne of David will enter by the gates of this house,
riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people.
5 (Heb 6:13; Ge 22:16) But if you will not obey these words,
I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation.

[1] Thus saith 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, that sittest upon
the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
[3] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed
innocent blood in this place.
[4] For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates
of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and
on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
[5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Josephine Butler, a prominent minister's wife, found herself campaigning
for the rights of women accused (often unjustly) of being "ladies of the night," those seen in society as the "least desirables." Spurred on by her deep faith in God, she fought for years against the British Contagious Diseases Acts of the 1860s, which subjected women to cruel and invasive "medical" exams.

In 1883, during the parliamentary debate over a bill to repeal the Acts, she joined women in Westminster to pray. She was moved by the sight of the "most ragged and miserable women from the slums" alongside "ladies of high rank,"
all weeping and asking God for protection of the vulnerable. To their joy,
the bill passed.

Josephine's call to act justly echoes the words of the prophet Jeremiah, who delivered God's message to evil kings. Jeremiah said, "Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed."
And "do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow" (Jeremiah 22:3). God wanted to shield those who couldn't defend themselves against the powerful.

God can spur us to action too, helping us to discern inequalities
and to speak and take measures against them. He who hates abuse empowers us
to uphold justice and defend the weak.

Reflect & Pray

How does following God affect how you treat the weak and vulnerable?
How might God use you to defend someone who's oppressed?

Gracious God, You love and care for the weak
and the powerful. Please help me to share Your love and grace.

<a href="https://www.odbm.org/en/spiritual-living/life-issues-struggles/ walk-with-me-traveling-with-jesus-and-others-on-lifes-road">
For further study, read
Walk with Me: Traveling with Jesus and Others on Life's Road.</a>

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 6 - Eternal Life, Beginning now

John 10:28 - I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,
nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.

28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, one of the Spirits in heaven, identifying himself as George MacDonald, makes some startling statements on the nature of eternal life. Depending upon the individual's choice for or against Christ, MacDonald says, everything in life takes on the character of haven or hell.
"At the end of ALL THINGS, when the sun rises here (in heaven) and the twilight turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.'
And both will speak truly" - From the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.
Lewis was not trying to make a theological case, but to demonstrate
a principle: eternal life begins now.
The choices that we make for or against obedience to God, the life we live,
the patterns we establish, all move us in one direction of the other.
And when we have decided to choose obedience to God (the forsakeness of sin), when we give ourselves fully into his hands, he is able to take the worst of circumstances and redeem them for our good, use them to mature us in his image. Again Jesus says in John 10:28
"I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,
nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. "
In Christ is a very secure place to be. No experience is lost, no pain is wasted. Everything in our lives is redeemed by God for our benefit.

Application

a) How have I experienced the truth that "eternal life begins now"?

b) How can this verse help me put life in perspective during times
of stress and anxiety?

c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Is 55:11

11 (Isa 45:23; 46:10) so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:

When you are ill or injured

James 5:13-16

13 (Ps 50:15; Eph 5:19) Is anyone among you suffering?
Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.
14 (Mk 6:13; 16:18; Ac 14:23) Is anyone sick among you?
Let him call for the elders of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil
in the name of the Lord.
15 (Isa 33:24; Jas 1:6) And the prayer of faith will save
the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.
And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
16 (Ge 20:17; 18:23-32) Confess your faults to one another
and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque, has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and, of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other, "What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs. God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .


7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

8th Day of the Month

a) Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment to prayer
and never cease to call upon God

(
Is 62:6

6 (Isa 52:8; Ps 74:2) I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,
who shall never hold their peace day nor night.
You who remind the Lord, do not keep silent;

6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold
their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

Ps 5:3

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord, in the morning You will hear my voice;
in the morning I will direct my prayer to You, and I will watch expectantly.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Ps 55:17

17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will make my complaint and murmur,
and He will hear my voice.

17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:
And he shall hear my voice.

)

b) Pray for the province of Manitoba

I) Pray for the leaders of Manitoba, that God's Spirit would influence them
to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings
and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life
in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth.

1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus .

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to intervene for your nation and world.

Pray to the Lord: "Gracious God, You love and care for the weak
and the powerful. Please help me to share Your love and grace."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know eternity starts now.

Pray to the Lord and pray to His word will not return void.

Pray to the Lord and pray for those who need healing.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment to prayer
and never cease to call upon God

Pray that despite Moroccon governmental restrictions, followers of Jesus
will find ways to meet for fellowship .

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
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