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words</c><00:10:48.340><c> to</c><00:10:48.559><c> writing</c><00:10:48.820><c> before,</c><00:10:49.360><c> they</c> 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:51.519 would<00:10:49.659><c> have</c><00:10:49.820><c> had</c><00:10:50.100><c> scared</c><00:10:50.340><c> respect.</c> 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:59.399 But<00:10:52.279><c> now</c><00:10:52.519><c> we're</c><00:10:52.659><c> going</c><00:10:52.740><c> to</c><00:10:52.820><c> get</c><00:10:52.940><c> a</c><00:10:53.100><c> book</c><00:10:53.240><c> written</c><00:10:53.480><c> by</c><00:10:53.779><c> a</c><00:10:53.960><c> man</c><00:10:54.960><c> whose</c><00:10:55.620><c> words</c><00:10:56.220><c> are</c><00:10:57.379><c> absolutely</c><00:10:57.940><c> proven</c><00:10:58.580><c> by</c><00:10:59.159><c> the</c> 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:02.700 presence<00:10:59.720><c> of</c><00:10:59.940><c> the</c><00:11:00.120><c> Babylonian</c><00:11:00.720><c> ambassadors</c><00:11:01.240><c> in</c><00:11:01.460><c> that</c><00:11:01.740><c> city.</c> 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hear</c><00:11:56.720><c> all</c><00:11:57.200><c> the</c><00:11:57.419><c> evil</c><00:11:57.600><c> which</c><00:11:57.779><c> I</c><00:11:58.080><c> purpose</c><00:11:58.320><c> to</c><00:11:58.519><c> do</c><00:11:58.620><c> unto</c><00:11:58.820><c> them,</c><00:12:00.240><c> that</c><00:12:00.360><c> they</c><00:12:00.580><c> may</c> 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:02.139 return<00:12:01.100><c> every</c><00:12:01.360><c> man</c><00:12:01.559><c> from</c><00:12:01.720><c> his</c><00:12:01.899><c> evil</c> 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:06.340 way,<00:12:03.139><c> that</c><00:12:03.379><c> I</c><00:12:03.539><c> may</c><00:12:03.820><c> forgive</c><00:12:04.080><c> their</c><00:12:04.340><c> iniquity</c><00:12:05.179><c> and</c><00:12:05.820><c> their</c><00:12:06.100><c> sin.</c> 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:12.519 It<00:12:07.159><c> may</c><00:12:07.799><c> be.</c><00:12:10.940><c> Now,</c><00:12:11.299><c> brothers</c><00:12:11.379><c> and</c><00:12:11.559><c> sisters,</c> 00:12:13.259 --> 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have</c><00:12:55.159><c> free</c> 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:59.919 access<00:12:56.059><c> for</c><00:12:56.320><c> whatever</c><00:12:56.700><c> reason.</c><00:12:58.159><c> And</c><00:12:58.379><c> I</c><00:12:58.559><c> believe</c><00:12:58.919><c> it</c><00:12:59.000><c> was</c><00:12:59.299><c> providential</c><00:12:59.759><c> that</c> 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:02.379 he<00:13:00.019><c> didn't</c><00:13:01.259><c> as</c><00:13:01.679><c> the</c><00:13:01.799><c> way</c><00:13:02.019><c> that</c><00:13:02.220><c> things</c> 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:08.200 turned<00:13:02.740><c> out.</c><00:13:03.940><c> And</c><00:13:04.100><c> so</c><00:13:04.220><c> he</c><00:13:04.340><c> employs</c><00:13:04.919><c> Barak,</c><00:13:06.299><c> a</c><00:13:06.500><c> faithful</c><00:13:06.899><c> servant,</c><00:13:08.080><c> to</c> 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.840 write<00:13:08.379><c> these</c><00:13:08.720><c> things</c><00:13:08.940><c> out</c><00:13:09.240><c> for</c><00:13:09.500><c> him.</c> 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:16.299 Who's<00:13:10.360><c> Barak?</c><00:13:12.639><c> Well,</c><00:13:12.860><c> his</c><00:13:13.019><c> name</c><00:13:13.240><c> means</c><00:13:13.899><c> blessed</c><00:13:14.379><c> and</c><00:13:15.960><c> blessed</c> 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:19.879 he<00:13:16.519><c> was.</c><00:13:18.500><c> He</c><00:13:18.639><c> was</c><00:13:18.899><c> a</c><00:13:19.000><c> member,</c><00:13:19.500><c> brothers</c><00:13:19.659><c> and</c> 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:27.440 sisters,<00:13:20.860><c> of</c><00:13:21.059><c> a</c><00:13:21.320><c> princely</c><00:13:21.799><c> family.</c><00:13:24.539><c> He</c><00:13:24.740><c> had</c><00:13:26.620><c> royal</c><00:13:27.000><c> blood</c><00:13:27.299><c> in</c> 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:31.620 him.<00:13:29.340><c> His</c><00:13:29.580><c> father</c><00:13:29.820><c> was</c><00:13:30.299><c> Nariah,</c><00:13:30.940><c> whose</c><00:13:31.080><c> name</c><00:13:31.340><c> means</c> 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:37.480 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in</c><00:14:26.799><c> this</c><00:14:27.000><c> moment</c><00:14:27.200><c> of</c><00:14:27.519><c> time</c><00:14:28.279><c> and</c><00:14:28.840><c> a</c><00:14:28.980><c> good</c><00:14:29.139><c> choice</c><00:14:29.480><c> by</c><00:14:29.720><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:30.220><c> to</c> 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:32.399 take<00:14:30.899><c> the</c><00:14:31.080><c> pen</c><00:14:31.320><c> and</c><00:14:31.480><c> to</c><00:14:31.659><c> write</c><00:14:31.779><c> this</c><00:14:32.059><c> book</c><00:14:32.259><c> at</c> 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:41.779 his<00:14:33.179><c> mouth.</c><00:14:34.320><c> And</c><00:14:34.519><c> he</c><00:14:34.559><c> did</c><00:14:34.779><c> that.</c><00:14:38.240><c> But</c><00:14:38.419><c> he</c><00:14:38.519><c> had</c><00:14:38.740><c> a</c><00:14:38.840><c> problem.</c><00:14:41.659><c> And</c> 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:44.440 you<00:14:41.860><c> know,</c><00:14:42.100><c> brethren</c><00:14:42.279><c> and</c><00:14:42.600><c> sisters,</c><00:14:43.659><c> we've</c><00:14:43.919><c> all</c><00:14:44.159><c> got</c> 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:48.340 problems.<00:14:46.480><c> There</c><00:14:46.679><c> are</c><00:14:46.879><c> a</c><00:14:46.980><c> lot</c><00:14:47.120><c> of</c><00:14:47.360><c> faithful</c><00:14:47.600><c> companions</c><00:14:48.139><c> in</c> 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:52.220 the<00:14:48.539><c> truth.</c><00:14:49.919><c> And</c><00:14:50.120><c> we</c><00:14:50.259><c> confide</c><00:14:50.740><c> and</c><00:14:50.879><c> put</c><00:14:51.039><c> our</c><00:14:51.320><c> trust</c> 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.440 in<00:14:52.879><c> companions</c><00:14:53.320><c> that</c><00:14:53.519><c> we've</c><00:14:53.700><c> grown</c><00:14:53.919><c> up</c><00:14:54.200><c> with</c><00:14:54.299><c> in</c><00:14:54.460><c> the</c><00:14:54.639><c> faith.</c> 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.860 And<00:14:56.100><c> they</c><00:14:56.320><c> rarely</c><00:14:56.519><c> let</c><00:14:56.659><c> 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sitting</c><00:16:03.679><c> there,</c> 00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:08.820 Jeremiah<00:16:04.919><c> pouring</c><00:16:06.659><c> out</c><00:16:07.019><c> of</c><00:16:07.179><c> him</c><00:16:07.539><c> the</c><00:16:07.860><c> judgments</c><00:16:08.240><c> of</c><00:16:08.580><c> Yahweh</c> 00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:11.460 and<00:16:08.960><c> this</c><00:16:09.159><c> man</c><00:16:09.460><c> writing</c><00:16:09.820><c> it</c><00:16:10.100><c> down.</c><00:16:10.879><c> And</c><00:16:11.039><c> as</c><00:16:11.179><c> he</c> 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:16.419 writes<00:16:11.559><c> it</c><00:16:11.720><c> down,</c><00:16:13.039><c> he's</c><00:16:13.320><c> got</c><00:16:13.500><c> a</c><00:16:13.559><c> problem.</c><00:16:15.600><c> And</c><00:16:15.679><c> you</c><00:16:15.720><c> know,</c><00:16:16.120><c> brethren</c><00:16:16.159><c> and</c> 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:18.980 sisters,<00:16:17.360><c> it's</c><00:16:17.659><c> a</c><00:16:17.840><c> human</c><00:16:18.059><c> problem.</c> 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:24.559 And<00:16:19.639><c> we</c><00:16:19.980><c> go</c><00:16:20.220><c> to</c><00:16:20.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:20.840><c> 45</c><00:16:21.700><c> to</c><00:16:22.559><c> learn</c><00:16:22.879><c> what</c><00:16:23.220><c> Barak</c><00:16:23.580><c> was</c><00:16:23.820><c> thinking</c><00:16:24.220><c> while</c><00:16:24.480><c> he</c> 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:26.340 was<00:16:24.799><c> writing</c><00:16:25.019><c> that</c><00:16:25.379><c> scroll.</c> 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:33.240 And<00:16:29.419><c> I</c><00:16:29.539><c> want</c><00:16:29.659><c> you</c><00:16:29.840><c> to</c><00:16:30.000><c> notice</c><00:16:30.600><c> very</c><00:16:31.379><c> carefully</c><00:16:31.899><c> the</c><00:16:32.399><c> record.</c> 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:37.399 You<00:16:34.639><c> know,</c><00:16:35.860><c> the</c><00:16:36.019><c> record</c><00:16:36.200><c> of</c><00:16:36.419><c> the</c><00:16:36.559><c> scripture</c> 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:41.139 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go.</c><00:16:54.679><c> We</c><00:16:54.860><c> read</c><00:16:55.059><c> that</c><00:16:55.240><c> in</c> 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.860 verse<00:16:55.679><c> two.</c> 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:02.019 But<00:16:58.220><c> the</c><00:16:58.500><c> chapter</c><00:16:58.799><c> opens</c><00:16:59.320><c> was</c><00:16:59.659><c> telling</c><00:16:59.860><c> us</c><00:17:00.100><c> that</c><00:17:00.759><c> it</c><00:17:00.860><c> was</c><00:17:01.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:01.639><c> that</c> 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:04.420 went<00:17:02.460><c> with</c><00:17:03.200><c> this</c><00:17:03.519><c> word</c><00:17:03.820><c> that</c><00:17:03.980><c> had</c><00:17:04.160><c> come</c> 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:10.759 from<00:17:04.700><c> Yahweh.</c><00:17:05.440><c> But</c><00:17:05.440><c> it</c><00:17:05.740><c> didn't</c><00:17:06.000><c> say</c><00:17:06.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:06.980><c> commanded</c><00:17:07.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:08.000><c> to</c><00:17:08.319><c> go.</c><00:17:08.839><c> The</c><00:17:08.960><c> chapter</c><00:17:09.299><c> opens</c><00:17:10.099><c> was</c><00:17:10.480><c> as</c><00:17:10.640><c> if</c> 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:16.019 Jeremiah<00:17:11.579><c> instigated</c><00:17:12.319><c> this.</c><00:17:12.759><c> And</c><00:17:12.839><c> in</c><00:17:13.019><c> a</c><00:17:13.119><c> sense,</c><00:17:13.319><c> he</c><00:17:13.500><c> did.</c><00:17:15.420><c> Because</c><00:17:15.660><c> it's</c><00:17:15.880><c> his</c> 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:18.140 best<00:17:16.299><c> friend</c><00:17:16.779><c> at</c><00:17:17.079><c> the</c><00:17:17.220><c> moment.</c> 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.759 And<00:17:18.640><c> he</c><00:17:18.759><c> loves</c><00:17:19.039><c> him.</c><00:17:19.619><c> And</c><00:17:19.759><c> the</c><00:17:19.880><c> man's</c><00:17:20.160><c> got</c><00:17:20.279><c> a</c><00:17:20.460><c> problem</c><00:17:20.859><c> in</c><00:17:21.279><c> writing</c><00:17:21.500><c> out</c> 00:17:21.759 --> 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you</c><00:17:38.160><c> said,</c><00:17:40.180><c> woe</c><00:17:40.400><c> is</c><00:17:40.579><c> me,</c> 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:47.319 for<00:17:43.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:43.440><c> hath</c><00:17:43.700><c> a</c><00:17:43.940><c> grief</c><00:17:44.180><c> to</c><00:17:44.380><c> my</c><00:17:44.660><c> sorrow.</c><00:17:46.059><c> I</c><00:17:46.519><c> fainted</c><00:17:46.859><c> in</c><00:17:47.059><c> my</c> 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.119 sighing<00:17:47.500><c> and</c><00:17:47.619><c> I</c><00:17:47.839><c> find</c><00:17:47.980><c> no</c><00:17:48.240><c> rest.</c> 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:54.420 You<00:17:49.960><c> said</c><00:17:50.160><c> that.</c><00:17:51.819><c> He</c><00:17:52.279><c> probably</c><00:17:52.599><c> never</c><00:17:52.940><c> said</c><00:17:53.099><c> that</c><00:17:53.359><c> audibly.</c> 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:57.920 But<00:17:55.680><c> he</c><00:17:55.880><c> said</c><00:17:56.059><c> that</c><00:17:56.279><c> in</c><00:17:56.440><c> his</c><00:17:56.720><c> heart.</c> 00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:03.660 And<00:17:59.380><c> he</c><00:17:59.500><c> was</c><00:17:59.660><c> depressed.</c><00:18:01.819><c> And</c><00:18:01.900><c> you</c><00:18:01.920><c> know,</c><00:18:02.380><c> brethren</c><00:18:02.380><c> and</c><00:18:02.640><c> sisters,</c><00:18:03.339><c> that's</c><00:18:03.480><c> why</c> 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.779 the<00:18:03.839><c> chapter</c><00:18:04.079><c> opens</c><00:18:04.420><c> like</c><00:18:04.619><c> it</c> 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:09.180 does<00:18:05.039><c> with</c><00:18:05.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:05.740><c> going</c><00:18:06.059><c> to</c><00:18:06.319><c> it.</c><00:18:06.940><c> Because</c><00:18:07.380><c> he</c><00:18:07.980><c> knows</c><00:18:08.240><c> precisely</c><00:18:08.940><c> how</c> 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:11.960 he<00:18:09.359><c> feels.</c><00:18:11.000><c> He</c><00:18:11.160><c> went</c><00:18:11.380><c> through</c><00:18:11.500><c> the</c><00:18:11.700><c> same</c> 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and</c><00:18:26.960><c> he</c><00:18:27.099><c> reached</c> 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:32.099 mine.<00:18:27.960><c> He</c><00:18:28.000><c> knows</c><00:18:28.200><c> what</c><00:18:28.359><c> you</c><00:18:28.559><c> said.</c><00:18:28.819><c> What</c><00:18:28.900><c> did</c><00:18:29.119><c> I</c><00:18:29.119><c> say?</c><00:18:30.420><c> He</c><00:18:30.500><c> said,</c><00:18:31.740><c> woe</c> 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:35.279 is<00:18:32.259><c> me.</c><00:18:34.059><c> It's</c><00:18:34.359><c> getting</c><00:18:34.480><c> to</c><00:18:34.640><c> your</c><00:18:34.920><c> soul.</c> 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:39.200 Yeah,<00:18:35.700><c> it</c><00:18:35.819><c> is.</c><00:18:37.859><c> You</c><00:18:38.220><c> know,</c><00:18:38.220><c> you'd</c><00:18:38.519><c> have</c><00:18:38.680><c> that</c><00:18:38.819><c> in</c><00:18:38.940><c> the</c><00:18:39.059><c> truth,</c> 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.380 don't<00:18:39.420><c> you,</c><00:18:39.619><c> brethren</c><00:18:39.799><c> and</c><00:18:40.000><c> sisters?</c><00:18:40.039><c> It</c><00:18:40.220><c> gets</c> 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:44.440 to<00:18:40.519><c> your</c><00:18:40.740><c> soul.</c><00:18:41.140><c> I</c><00:18:41.359><c> mean,</c><00:18:41.359><c> you</c><00:18:41.619><c> try</c><00:18:41.900><c> it.</c><00:18:42.980><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:43.279><c> had</c><00:18:43.500><c> 23</c><00:18:43.940><c> years</c><00:18:44.259><c> of</c> 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:49.640 it.<00:18:46.440><c> Goodness</c><00:18:46.680><c> me.</c><00:18:47.759><c> 23</c><00:18:48.200><c> years</c><00:18:48.579><c> of</c><00:18:48.759><c> it.</c> 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:53.000 I<00:18:50.779><c> mean,</c><00:18:50.900><c> I've</c><00:18:51.140><c> had</c><00:18:51.259><c> 38</c><00:18:51.819><c> on</c><00:18:52.079><c> the</c><00:18:52.259><c> arranging</c><00:18:52.579><c> brethren.</c><00:18:52.900><c> But</c> 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.680 they<00:18:53.180><c> haven't</c><00:18:53.380><c> all</c><00:18:53.519><c> been</c><00:18:53.640><c> like</c><00:18:53.960><c> that.</c> 00:18:55.019 --> 00:19:00.160 But<00:18:55.460><c> the</c><00:18:55.839><c> last</c><00:18:56.220><c> few</c><00:18:56.440><c> years</c><00:18:56.700><c> have.</c><00:18:57.619><c> And</c><00:18:57.640><c> I'm</c><00:18:57.779><c> sick</c><00:18:58.000><c> of</c><00:18:58.160><c> it.</c><00:18:59.599><c> I</c><00:18:59.779><c> am</c> 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:02.319 sick<00:19:00.559><c> of</c><00:19:00.720><c> it.</c><00:19:01.000><c> I'll</c><00:19:01.160><c> tell</c><00:19:01.240><c> you</c><00:19:01.420><c> straight.</c> 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.740 And<00:19:02.460><c> I'm</c><00:19:02.619><c> ready</c><00:19:02.759><c> to</c><00:19:02.940><c> give</c><00:19:03.039><c> it</c><00:19:03.140><c> away.</c><00:19:03.500><c> I'm</c><00:19:03.740><c> fed</c><00:19:03.960><c> up</c><00:19:04.099><c> with</c><00:19:04.259><c> it.</c><00:19:04.680><c> Because</c><00:19:04.960><c> I'm</c><00:19:05.299><c> sick</c><00:19:05.539><c> to</c> 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:07.599 death<00:19:06.160><c> of</c><00:19:06.980><c> talking</c><00:19:07.259><c> about</c> 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:12.240 what's<00:19:08.000><c> gone</c><00:19:08.160><c> wrong</c><00:19:08.359><c> here</c><00:19:08.640><c> and</c><00:19:08.900><c> what's</c><00:19:09.299><c> gone</c><00:19:09.440><c> wrong</c><00:19:09.640><c> there.</c><00:19:10.059><c> I'm</c><00:19:10.440><c> fed</c><00:19:10.720><c> up</c><00:19:10.940><c> with</c><00:19:11.119><c> that.</c><00:19:12.039><c> And</c><00:19:12.160><c> I</c> 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.920 don't<00:19:12.460><c> mind</c><00:19:12.680><c> telling</c> 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:16.259 you.<00:19:13.380><c> And</c><00:19:13.519><c> if</c><00:19:13.599><c> it</c><00:19:13.740><c> wasn't</c><00:19:13.920><c> for</c><00:19:14.400><c> a</c><00:19:14.700><c> lovely</c><00:19:15.019><c> group</c><00:19:15.259><c> of</c><00:19:15.579><c> companions</c><00:19:15.819><c> that</c><00:19:16.039><c> I've</c> 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:17.500 got<00:19:16.380><c> in</c><00:19:16.500><c> my</c><00:19:16.759><c> ecclesia,</c><00:19:17.160><c> who</c><00:19:17.279><c> I</c> 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:21.019 love<00:19:17.819><c> dearly,</c><00:19:18.559><c> I</c><00:19:18.839><c> don't</c><00:19:19.079><c> know</c><00:19:19.259><c> where</c><00:19:19.420><c> I'd</c><00:19:19.640><c> be</c><00:19:19.740><c> today.</c><00:19:20.259><c> And</c><00:19:20.460><c> they</c><00:19:20.660><c> ring</c><00:19:20.819><c> me</c> 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:22.640 up<00:19:21.140><c> and</c><00:19:21.240><c> they</c><00:19:21.380><c> say,</c><00:19:21.599><c> John,</c><00:19:21.819><c> I'm</c><00:19:22.200><c> fed</c><00:19:22.460><c> up</c> 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.380 with<00:19:22.819><c> that.</c><00:19:23.640><c> And</c><00:19:23.819><c> we've</c><00:19:23.940><c> only</c><00:19:24.119><c> had</c><00:19:24.259><c> the</c><00:19:24.420><c> last</c><00:19:24.680><c> few</c><00:19:24.920><c> years</c><00:19:25.200><c> of</c> 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:28.460 it.<00:19:26.519><c> We've</c><00:19:26.920><c> got</c><00:19:27.039><c> 23</c><00:19:27.559><c> of</c><00:19:27.700><c> it.</c><00:19:27.799><c> And</c><00:19:27.940><c> we've</c><00:19:28.119><c> got</c><00:19:28.220><c> to</c><00:19:28.339><c> learn</c> 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:31.299 the<00:19:28.660><c> same</c><00:19:28.880><c> lesson.</c><00:19:30.039><c> But</c><00:19:30.160><c> if</c><00:19:30.240><c> we've</c><00:19:30.519><c> been</c><00:19:30.660><c> weary</c><00:19:30.859><c> by</c><00:19:31.079><c> running</c> 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:33.039 with<00:19:31.599><c> footmen,</c><00:19:31.920><c> how</c><00:19:32.119><c> are</c><00:19:32.259><c> we</c><00:19:32.400><c> going</c><00:19:32.500><c> to</c><00:19:32.700><c> contend</c><00:19:32.880><c> with</c> 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:36.380 horses?<00:19:34.319><c> We've</c><00:19:34.579><c> got</c><00:19:34.660><c> to</c><00:19:34.740><c> learn</c><00:19:34.859><c> that</c><00:19:35.059><c> lesson.</c><00:19:35.599><c> And</c><00:19:35.920><c> Barak</c><00:19:36.220><c> had</c> 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:38.380 to<00:19:36.519><c> learn</c><00:19:36.599><c> that</c><00:19:36.839><c> lesson.</c><00:19:37.539><c> And</c><00:19:37.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:38.039><c> went</c><00:19:38.279><c> to</c> 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:41.000 his<00:19:38.619><c> poor</c><00:19:38.839><c> friend</c><00:19:39.099><c> and</c><00:19:39.240><c> he</c><00:19:39.319><c> said,</c><00:19:39.400><c> I</c><00:19:39.579><c> can</c><00:19:39.799><c> understand</c><00:19:40.220><c> you</c><00:19:40.400><c> being</c><00:19:40.660><c> sick</c><00:19:40.960><c> of</c> 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.960 it.<00:19:41.900><c> And</c><00:19:42.119><c> all</c><00:19:42.299><c> the</c><00:19:42.480><c> things</c><00:19:42.619><c> that</c><00:19:42.759><c> he's</c> 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.480 writing<00:19:43.200><c> there,</c><00:19:44.019><c> of</c><00:19:44.200><c> the</c><00:19:44.440><c> evils</c><00:19:44.660><c> that</c><00:19:44.779><c> are</c><00:19:44.799><c> in</c><00:19:44.859><c> that</c><00:19:45.119><c> nation,</c> 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.339 when<00:19:45.779><c> he</c><00:19:45.880><c> would</c><00:19:45.980><c> have</c><00:19:46.200><c> loved</c><00:19:46.359><c> to</c><00:19:46.559><c> have</c><00:19:46.660><c> written,</c> 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:50.599 of<00:19:47.900><c> the</c><00:19:48.119><c> common</c><00:19:48.299><c> salvation</c><00:19:48.940><c> and</c><00:19:49.339><c> the</c><00:19:49.559><c> wonderful</c><00:19:49.859><c> things</c><00:19:50.279><c> of</c> 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:52.160 the<00:19:50.759><c> word</c><00:19:50.920><c> of</c><00:19:51.140><c> God</c><00:19:51.319><c> and</c><00:19:51.480><c> the</c><00:19:51.640><c> scintillating</c> 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.339 expressions<00:19:52.700><c> of</c><00:19:53.059><c> wonders</c><00:19:53.460><c> that</c><00:19:53.759><c> will</c><00:19:53.940><c> come,</c><00:19:54.500><c> like</c><00:19:54.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:55.039><c> was</c><00:19:55.240><c> given</c><00:19:55.440><c> the</c><00:19:55.640><c> privilege</c><00:19:55.859><c> to</c><00:19:56.119><c> write,</c> 00:19:56.779 --> 00:20:01.619 of<00:19:57.059><c> streams</c><00:19:57.319><c> in</c><00:19:57.500><c> the</c><00:19:57.599><c> desert,</c><00:19:58.559><c> of</c><00:19:58.680><c> the</c><00:19:58.880><c> soaring</c><00:19:59.299><c> mountains</c><00:19:59.720><c> that</c><00:19:59.880><c> are</c><00:19:59.980><c> like</c><00:20:00.200><c> the</c><00:20:00.299><c> righteousness</c><00:20:00.640><c> of</c><00:20:01.000><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:04.819 of<00:20:01.980><c> the</c><00:20:02.200><c> ray</c><00:20:02.339><c> man</c><00:20:02.539><c> living</c><00:20:02.900><c> as</c><00:20:03.140><c> the</c><00:20:03.400><c> heart,</c><00:20:03.960><c> of</c><00:20:04.119><c> the</c><00:20:04.359><c> highway</c><00:20:04.599><c> in</c> 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:06.500 the<00:20:04.880><c> desert</c><00:20:05.180><c> leading</c><00:20:05.500><c> to</c><00:20:05.720><c> the</c><00:20:05.819><c> gates</c><00:20:06.059><c> of</c><00:20:06.319><c> Zion,</c> 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:10.220 and<00:20:06.819><c> people</c><00:20:07.099><c> putting</c><00:20:07.400><c> up</c><00:20:07.740><c> stones</c><00:20:08.039><c> and</c><00:20:08.380><c> putting</c><00:20:08.599><c> the</c><00:20:08.819><c> landmarks</c><00:20:09.240><c> there</c><00:20:09.339><c> saying,</c><00:20:09.759><c> this</c><00:20:09.920><c> is</c> 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.779 the<00:20:10.339><c> way,</c> 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:14.700 walk<00:20:11.180><c> here.</c><00:20:11.519><c> What</c><00:20:11.859><c> a</c><00:20:12.059><c> wonderful</c><00:20:12.579><c> vision.</c><00:20:13.220><c> No,</c><00:20:13.940><c> day</c><00:20:14.279><c> after</c> 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:19.480 day,<00:20:15.619><c> hypocrites,</c><00:20:17.039><c> mongrels,</c><00:20:18.359><c> immoral</c><00:20:18.940><c> priests,</c> 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:24.220 foolish<00:20:20.400><c> people.</c><00:20:21.880><c> And</c><00:20:22.019><c> 23</c><00:20:22.619><c> years</c><00:20:22.980><c> of</c><00:20:23.180><c> that</c><00:20:23.420><c> had</c><00:20:23.660><c> nearly</c><00:20:23.960><c> worn</c> 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.940 Jeremiah<00:20:24.680><c> to</c><00:20:24.900><c> the</c><00:20:25.119><c> ground.</c><00:20:25.359><c> And</c><00:20:25.440><c> here's</c><00:20:25.700><c> poor</c> 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:30.579 Barak<00:20:26.599><c> writing</c><00:20:27.000><c> it</c><00:20:27.279><c> page</c><00:20:27.680><c> after</c><00:20:28.079><c> page</c><00:20:28.480><c> after</c><00:20:28.759><c> page</c><00:20:29.039><c> and</c><00:20:29.240><c> saying,</c><00:20:29.420><c> oh,</c><00:20:30.039><c> I</c> 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:33.819 am<00:20:31.200><c> sick</c><00:20:31.519><c> of</c><00:20:31.799><c> this.</c><00:20:32.940><c> I'm</c><00:20:33.460><c> fainting,</c> 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:38.859 he<00:20:34.059><c> said.</c><00:20:34.579><c> But</c><00:20:34.680><c> you</c><00:20:34.799><c> see,</c><00:20:35.119><c> brothers</c><00:20:35.240><c> and</c><00:20:35.519><c> sisters,</c><00:20:35.779><c> he</c><00:20:36.000><c> had</c><00:20:36.279><c> other</c><00:20:36.700><c> reasons</c><00:20:37.220><c> for</c><00:20:37.480><c> being</c><00:20:37.720><c> sick</c><00:20:37.980><c> of</c><00:20:38.079><c> that.</c> 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:43.140 And<00:20:40.759><c> then</c><00:20:40.859><c> we</c><00:20:41.000><c> read</c><00:20:41.119><c> about</c><00:20:41.299><c> those</c><00:20:41.559><c> reasons</c><00:20:41.920><c> in</c><00:20:42.119><c> verse</c><00:20:42.380><c> 4.</c> 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:53.799 Thus,<00:20:47.099><c> shalt</c><00:20:47.700><c> they</c><00:20:47.839><c> say</c><00:20:48.079><c> unto</c><00:20:48.299><c> him,</c><00:20:50.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:50.779><c> said</c><00:20:51.119><c> thus,</c><00:20:53.240><c> behold,</c><00:20:53.539><c> that</c> 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.359 which<00:20:53.980><c> I</c><00:20:54.140><c> have</c><00:20:54.359><c> built,</c> 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:01.319 I<00:20:56.059><c> will</c><00:20:56.220><c> break</c><00:20:56.599><c> down.</c><00:20:58.960><c> And</c><00:20:59.079><c> that</c><00:20:59.200><c> which</c><00:20:59.359><c> I</c><00:20:59.539><c> have</c><00:20:59.779><c> planted,</c><00:21:01.259><c> I</c> 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:08.319 will<00:21:01.579><c> pluck</c><00:21:01.779><c> up,</c><00:21:03.700><c> even</c><00:21:04.140><c> the</c><00:21:05.900><c> whole</c><00:21:06.160><c> land.</c><00:21:07.460><c> Ah,</c><00:21:08.000><c> you</c><00:21:08.119><c> see,</c> 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:12.440 brothers<00:21:08.599><c> and</c><00:21:08.599><c> sisters,</c><00:21:09.980><c> it</c><00:21:10.059><c> wasn't</c><00:21:10.440><c> just</c><00:21:10.799><c> depression</c><00:21:11.440><c> about</c> 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.539 what<00:21:12.599><c> other</c><00:21:12.859><c> people</c><00:21:13.039><c> were</c><00:21:13.220><c> doing</c><00:21:13.440><c> wrong.</c> 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:20.000 But<00:21:15.900><c> as</c><00:21:16.099><c> Barak's</c><00:21:16.779><c> pen</c><00:21:17.539><c> painfully</c><00:21:18.480><c> went</c><00:21:18.660><c> across</c><00:21:18.960><c> that</c><00:21:19.259><c> page</c> 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.920 and<00:21:21.359><c> writing</c><00:21:21.599><c> about</c><00:21:22.059><c> the</c> 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:27.539 decimation<00:21:24.039><c> of</c><00:21:24.220><c> the</c><00:21:24.400><c> whole</c><00:21:24.740><c> land,</c><00:21:25.980><c> the</c><00:21:26.140><c> whole</c><00:21:26.680><c> land,</c><00:21:27.319><c> even,</c> 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:31.220 even<00:21:28.079><c> the</c><00:21:28.299><c> whole</c><00:21:28.720><c> land,</c><00:21:30.039><c> the</c><00:21:30.259><c> whole</c><00:21:30.619><c> land,</c> 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:40.759 he's<00:21:31.680><c> a</c><00:21:31.819><c> prince.</c><00:21:34.180><c> He</c><00:21:34.660><c> had</c><00:21:34.819><c> buildings.</c><00:21:37.680><c> He</c><00:21:37.839><c> had</c><00:21:38.099><c> gardens.</c><00:21:40.720><c> And</c> 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.839 Yahweh<00:21:41.000><c> says,</c><00:21:41.359><c> you</c><00:21:41.400><c> go</c><00:21:41.579><c> and</c><00:21:41.720><c> tell</c><00:21:41.839><c> him,</c> 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:48.980 I'm<00:21:43.839><c> going</c><00:21:43.940><c> to</c><00:21:44.059><c> pull</c><00:21:44.180><c> them</c><00:21:44.339><c> all</c><00:21:44.539><c> over,</c><00:21:45.880><c> not</c><00:21:46.039><c> some</c><00:21:46.279><c> of</c><00:21:46.380><c> them.</c><00:21:48.019><c> And</c><00:21:48.500><c> I'm</c><00:21:48.660><c> going</c><00:21:48.799><c> to</c> 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.119 pluck<00:21:49.099><c> up</c><00:21:49.339><c> all</c><00:21:49.559><c> the</c><00:21:49.740><c> gardens,</c> 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:54.519 not<00:21:50.519><c> some</c><00:21:50.779><c> of</c><00:21:50.880><c> them,</c><00:21:51.140><c> the</c><00:21:51.299><c> whole</c><00:21:51.640><c> land,</c><00:21:53.359><c> including</c><00:21:53.920><c> Barak,</c> 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:58.279 yours.<00:21:56.299><c> That's</c><00:21:56.779><c> what</c><00:21:56.940><c> worried</c><00:21:57.180><c> him.</c> 00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:04.619 That's<00:21:59.359><c> what</c><00:21:59.519><c> got</c><00:21:59.740><c> to</c><00:21:59.859><c> him</c><00:22:00.079><c> above</c><00:22:00.420><c> other</c><00:22:00.779><c> things.</c><00:22:02.539><c> And</c><00:22:02.539><c> it</c><00:22:02.799><c> worried</c><00:22:03.039><c> him.</c><00:22:04.539><c> And</c> 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.359 you<00:22:04.779><c> see,</c> 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:09.140 Yahweh<00:22:05.779><c> knew</c><00:22:05.960><c> that.</c><00:22:06.160><c> And</c><00:22:06.200><c> he</c><00:22:06.279><c> said</c><00:22:06.420><c> in</c><00:22:06.579><c> verse</c><00:22:06.799><c> 5,</c><00:22:08.579><c> and</c><00:22:08.660><c> seek</c><00:22:08.960><c> us</c> 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:11.480 out<00:22:09.259><c> great</c><00:22:09.559><c> things</c><00:22:09.779><c> for</c><00:22:09.940><c> yourself,</c><00:22:10.779><c> Barak.</c> 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.819 You<00:22:12.299><c> know,</c><00:22:12.839><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> Hebrew,</c><00:22:13.420><c> as</c><00:22:13.539><c> Robbahan</c><00:22:13.940><c> has</c><00:22:14.200><c> it,</c><00:22:14.359><c> says,</c><00:22:15.680><c> are</c> 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:18.180 you<00:22:15.940><c> going</c><00:22:16.119><c> to</c><00:22:16.319><c> secure</c><00:22:16.579><c> for</c><00:22:16.740><c> yourself</c><00:22:17.160><c> great</c><00:22:17.460><c> things,</c> 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:21.799 Barak?<00:22:19.380><c> Are</c><00:22:19.500><c> you</c><00:22:19.559><c> going</c><00:22:19.680><c> to</c><00:22:19.839><c> secure</c><00:22:20.079><c> that</c><00:22:20.259><c> for</c><00:22:20.460><c> yourself?</c><00:22:21.640><c> And</c> 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:23.400 so<00:22:21.960><c> you</c><00:22:22.059><c> see,</c><00:22:22.460><c> brothers</c><00:22:22.539><c> and</c><00:22:22.819><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:27.579 faithful<00:22:24.039><c> as</c><00:22:24.240><c> he</c><00:22:24.319><c> was,</c><00:22:24.740><c> and</c><00:22:24.900><c> I'm</c><00:22:25.019><c> not</c><00:22:25.160><c> here</c><00:22:25.500><c> to</c><00:22:26.220><c> deprecate</c><00:22:26.819><c> Barak.</c><00:22:27.380><c> I'm</c> 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.619 here<00:22:27.700><c> to</c><00:22:27.819><c> tell</c><00:22:27.900><c> you</c><00:22:28.000><c> the</c><00:22:28.240><c> truth</c> 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:34.579 about<00:22:29.420><c> people,</c><00:22:30.740><c> what</c><00:22:30.900><c> makes</c><00:22:31.140><c> them</c><00:22:31.400><c> tick,</c><00:22:32.539><c> even</c><00:22:32.839><c> good</c><00:22:33.099><c> men.</c><00:22:33.819><c> And</c><00:22:33.920><c> you</c><00:22:34.059><c> see,</c><00:22:34.420><c> he</c> 00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.519 was<00:22:34.779><c> writing</c><00:22:35.019><c> these</c><00:22:35.319><c> things.</c> 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.119 And<00:22:35.779><c> what</c><00:22:35.900><c> he</c><00:22:35.940><c> would</c><00:22:36.099><c> have</c><00:22:36.259><c> liked</c><00:22:36.400><c> to</c><00:22:36.579><c> have</c><00:22:36.720><c> written</c><00:22:36.839><c> was,</c><00:22:37.960><c> I</c> 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:42.200 will<00:22:38.680><c> pull</c><00:22:39.019><c> down</c><00:22:39.339><c> every</c><00:22:39.839><c> building,</c><00:22:40.400><c> except</c><00:22:41.240><c> some.</c> 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:45.940 I<00:22:43.160><c> will</c><00:22:43.460><c> pluck</c><00:22:43.660><c> up</c><00:22:43.880><c> every</c><00:22:44.119><c> garden</c><00:22:44.440><c> and</c><00:22:44.720><c> destroy</c><00:22:45.279><c> every</c><00:22:45.640><c> fence</c> 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:49.140 field,<00:22:46.460><c> except</c><00:22:47.119><c> some.</c><00:22:48.200><c> But</c><00:22:48.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:48.619><c> said,</c> 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:56.680 no,<00:22:50.299><c> all</c><00:22:50.619><c> the</c><00:22:50.839><c> land,</c><00:22:51.440><c> including</c><00:22:51.640><c> yours.</c><00:22:53.740><c> Barak,</c><00:22:56.079><c> do</c><00:22:56.279><c> you</c><00:22:56.500><c> seek</c> 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:01.359 to<00:22:56.920><c> secure</c><00:22:57.319><c> great</c><00:22:57.720><c> things</c><00:22:57.940><c> for</c><00:22:58.140><c> yourself?</c><00:22:59.259><c> Don't</c><00:22:59.599><c> do</c><00:22:59.839><c> it.</c> 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:05.799 What<00:23:02.900><c> is</c><00:23:03.019><c> going</c><00:23:03.119><c> to</c><00:23:03.240><c> happen,</c><00:23:03.539><c> brothers</c><00:23:03.640><c> and</c><00:23:03.779><c> sisters?</c><00:23:05.519><c> What's</c> 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:07.019 going<00:23:05.920><c> to</c><00:23:06.140><c> happen</c> 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:10.759 if<00:23:08.579><c> in</c><00:23:08.759><c> the</c><00:23:08.940><c> scheme</c><00:23:09.140><c> of</c><00:23:09.500><c> prophecy,</c><00:23:09.920><c> we're</c><00:23:10.180><c> here</c><00:23:10.279><c> a</c><00:23:10.339><c> little</c><00:23:10.559><c> bit</c> 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.599 longer<00:23:11.000><c> than</c><00:23:11.259><c> we</c><00:23:11.500><c> anticipate,</c> 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:22.960 and<00:23:13.960><c> we</c><00:23:14.160><c> see</c><00:23:14.359><c> our</c><00:23:14.700><c> go.</c><00:23:17.839><c> What</c><00:23:18.240><c> about</c><00:23:20.299><c> that?</c><00:23:22.420><c> And</c><00:23:22.539><c> we</c><00:23:22.700><c> read</c><00:23:22.819><c> in</c> 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.500 God's<00:23:23.359><c> word</c><00:23:23.559><c> about</c><00:23:23.880><c> this</c><00:23:24.160><c> and</c><00:23:24.380><c> that,</c> 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:27.160 and<00:23:24.579><c> what's</c><00:23:24.799><c> going</c><00:23:24.900><c> to</c><00:23:25.119><c> happen,</c><00:23:25.940><c> that</c><00:23:26.059><c> the</c><00:23:26.339><c> slain</c><00:23:26.619><c> of</c><00:23:26.920><c> Yahweh</c> 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.220 will<00:23:27.319><c> be</c><00:23:27.480><c> from</c><00:23:27.660><c> one</c><00:23:27.799><c> end</c><00:23:27.920><c> of</c><00:23:28.000><c> the</c><00:23:28.119><c> earth</c> 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:32.559 under<00:23:28.400><c> the</c><00:23:28.599><c> other.</c><00:23:30.700><c> As</c><00:23:30.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:31.339><c> says,</c><00:23:31.720><c> the</c><00:23:31.859><c> fortress,</c><00:23:32.420><c> the</c> 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:34.339 cities,<00:23:32.900><c> and</c><00:23:33.079><c> all</c><00:23:33.200><c> the</c><00:23:33.420><c> walls</c><00:23:33.599><c> will</c><00:23:33.799><c> come</c><00:23:33.980><c> toppling</c> 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:38.700 down.<00:23:35.960><c> And</c><00:23:36.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:36.299><c> will</c><00:23:36.500><c> make</c><00:23:36.599><c> a</c><00:23:36.900><c> short</c><00:23:37.119><c> work</c><00:23:37.420><c> in</c><00:23:37.599><c> the</c><00:23:37.759><c> earth.</c> 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:41.579 Are<00:23:39.859><c> we</c><00:23:40.000><c> saying</c><00:23:40.220><c> to</c><00:23:40.420><c> ourselves,</c> 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:49.980 accept<00:23:43.559><c> what</c><00:23:44.099><c> belongs</c><00:23:44.460><c> to</c><00:23:44.680><c> me?</c><00:23:48.000><c> You</c><00:23:48.339><c> know,</c><00:23:49.140><c> I</c><00:23:49.319><c> often</c><00:23:49.559><c> wonder</c> 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.740 what<00:23:50.339><c> the</c><00:23:50.660><c> circumstances</c><00:23:51.059><c> of</c><00:23:51.259><c> those</c><00:23:51.440><c> last</c> 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:56.880 days<00:23:51.980><c> will</c><00:23:52.279><c> bring.</c><00:23:52.900><c> You</c><00:23:53.140><c> may</c><00:23:53.299><c> say,</c><00:23:53.880><c> haha,</c><00:23:54.839><c> I've</c><00:23:55.000><c> got</c><00:23:55.059><c> that</c><00:23:55.319><c> covered.</c><00:23:56.319><c> Because</c><00:23:56.700><c> you</c> 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.940 see,<00:23:57.059><c> you</c><00:23:57.160><c> may</c><00:23:57.319><c> think</c><00:23:57.500><c> to</c><00:23:57.619><c> yourself,</c> 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:02.559 well,<00:23:58.819><c> if</c><00:23:59.019><c> I'm</c><00:23:59.220><c> honest</c><00:23:59.599><c> and</c><00:24:00.299><c> search</c><00:24:00.559><c> my</c><00:24:00.880><c> soul,</c><00:24:01.980><c> I</c><00:24:02.019><c> do</c><00:24:02.259><c> think</c><00:24:02.480><c> a</c> 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:04.279 lot<00:24:02.680><c> about</c><00:24:02.900><c> material</c><00:24:03.380><c> things.</c> 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:10.079 Being<00:24:04.960><c> honest,</c><00:24:05.339><c> I</c><00:24:05.519><c> do.</c><00:24:07.200><c> I</c><00:24:07.359><c> love</c><00:24:07.559><c> a</c><00:24:07.720><c> clean</c><00:24:07.859><c> motor</c><00:24:08.180><c> car.</c><00:24:08.299><c> I</c><00:24:08.480><c> do.</c><00:24:09.940><c> I</c> 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.720 like<00:24:10.259><c> a</c><00:24:10.420><c> nice</c><00:24:10.640><c> home.</c><00:24:11.380><c> I</c><00:24:11.500><c> like</c><00:24:11.740><c> things.</c> 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:15.160 Got<00:24:13.200><c> to</c><00:24:13.299><c> be</c><00:24:13.460><c> honest.</c><00:24:13.880><c> And</c><00:24:13.980><c> we</c><00:24:14.119><c> may</c><00:24:14.259><c> think</c><00:24:14.440><c> to</c><00:24:14.579><c> ourselves,</c><00:24:15.099><c> that</c> 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.920 when<00:24:15.380><c> Christ</c><00:24:15.660><c> comes,</c><00:24:15.960><c> it's</c><00:24:16.099><c> so</c><00:24:16.299><c> obvious</c><00:24:16.559><c> that</c><00:24:16.759><c> He's</c> 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:22.900 here,<00:24:18.039><c> that</c><00:24:18.140><c> that</c><00:24:18.299><c> problem</c><00:24:18.519><c> won't</c><00:24:18.759><c> arise.</c><00:24:19.539><c> I</c><00:24:19.660><c> wonder.</c><00:24:22.039><c> We</c><00:24:22.299><c> don't</c><00:24:22.500><c> know,</c><00:24:22.900><c> do</c> 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:25.799 we?<00:24:24.539><c> We</c><00:24:24.980><c> just</c><00:24:25.200><c> don't</c><00:24:25.420><c> know</c><00:24:25.619><c> what</c> 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:28.099 circumstances,<00:24:26.539><c> how</c><00:24:26.819><c> they'll</c><00:24:27.119><c> come,</c><00:24:27.299><c> and</c><00:24:27.400><c> what</c><00:24:27.519><c> will</c><00:24:27.740><c> happen.</c><00:24:27.980><c> We're</c> 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:30.519 not<00:24:28.279><c> exactly</c><00:24:28.599><c> told.</c><00:24:29.940><c> We've</c><00:24:30.140><c> got</c><00:24:30.279><c> some</c> 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:35.319 indications<00:24:31.039><c> here</c><00:24:31.420><c> or</c><00:24:31.779><c> there.</c><00:24:33.319><c> But</c><00:24:33.500><c> remember</c><00:24:34.019><c> that's</c><00:24:34.539><c> life.</c> 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:42.160 Remember<00:24:39.460><c> it.</c><00:24:41.099><c> And</c><00:24:41.240><c> that</c><00:24:41.380><c> man</c><00:24:41.599><c> had</c><00:24:41.740><c> a</c><00:24:41.920><c> reminder,</c> 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:50.380 didn't<00:24:42.400><c> he?</c><00:24:44.099><c> Barak,</c><00:24:46.240><c> don't</c><00:24:46.980><c> seek</c><00:24:47.299><c> to</c><00:24:47.619><c> secure</c><00:24:47.839><c> for</c><00:24:47.960><c> yourself</c><00:24:48.319><c> anything.</c><00:24:50.099><c> I</c> 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.720 will<00:24:50.559><c> bring</c><00:24:50.779><c> evil</c><00:24:50.940><c> upon</c><00:24:51.220><c> all</c><00:24:51.500><c> flesh,</c> 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.380 Barak<00:24:52.240><c> said</c><00:24:52.460><c> to</c><00:24:52.640><c> Yahweh.</c><00:24:53.880><c> But</c><00:24:53.940><c> look</c><00:24:54.019><c> what</c><00:24:54.099><c> he</c><00:24:54.220><c> says</c><00:24:54.460><c> about</c><00:24:54.720><c> Barak</c><00:24:55.220><c> at</c> 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.619 the<00:24:55.460><c> end</c><00:24:55.640><c> of</c><00:24:55.660><c> verse</c><00:24:55.880><c> 5.</c> 00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:02.559 But<00:24:58.400><c> thy</c><00:24:58.680><c> life</c><00:24:59.079><c> will</c><00:24:59.299><c> I</c><00:24:59.480><c> give</c><00:24:59.619><c> unto</c><00:24:59.880><c> thee</c><00:25:00.039><c> for</c><00:25:00.279><c> a</c><00:25:00.480><c> prey.</c><00:25:02.400><c> Have</c> 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.579 you<00:25:02.759><c> ever</c><00:25:03.079><c> pondered</c><00:25:03.400><c> that</c><00:25:03.640><c> expression?</c> 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:08.319 It's<00:25:05.319><c> very</c><00:25:05.579><c> often</c><00:25:05.880><c> used</c><00:25:06.160><c> in</c><00:25:06.380><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:25:06.819><c> Quite</c><00:25:07.099><c> frequently</c><00:25:07.619><c> that's</c><00:25:07.960><c> spoken</c><00:25:08.180><c> of</c> 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.819 in<00:25:08.440><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:17.119 Jeremiah<00:25:09.339><c> had</c><00:25:09.500><c> that</c><00:25:09.779><c> same</c><00:25:10.039><c> promise.</c><00:25:11.940><c> God</c><00:25:12.160><c> never</c><00:25:12.500><c> said,</c><00:25:14.339><c> I</c><00:25:14.400><c> will</c><00:25:14.579><c> save</c><00:25:14.799><c> your</c><00:25:15.039><c> life.</c><00:25:16.140><c> Okay?</c><00:25:16.960><c> If</c> 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.480 you'd<00:25:17.240><c> have</c><00:25:17.279><c> said,</c> 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.980 I'll<00:25:17.819><c> save</c><00:25:18.079><c> your</c><00:25:18.319><c> life,</c><00:25:18.539><c> you'd</c><00:25:18.720><c> think,</c><00:25:18.920><c> oh,</c><00:25:19.259><c> miraculous.</c><00:25:19.859><c> The</c> 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.980 angel<00:25:20.160><c> will</c><00:25:20.420><c> come,</c><00:25:20.900><c> his</c><00:25:21.059><c> arms</c><00:25:21.279><c> will</c><00:25:21.420><c> go</c><00:25:21.599><c> around</c><00:25:21.799><c> us,</c> 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:24.220 protect<00:25:22.319><c> us</c><00:25:22.460><c> from</c><00:25:22.619><c> all</c><00:25:22.779><c> the</c><00:25:22.920><c> enemy,</c><00:25:23.279><c> and</c><00:25:23.359><c> we'll</c><00:25:23.519><c> be</c><00:25:23.680><c> in</c><00:25:23.779><c> the</c><00:25:23.920><c> bosom</c><00:25:24.059><c> of</c> 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.759 the<00:25:24.380><c> Father.</c><00:25:24.619><c> Not</c><00:25:24.779><c> a</c><00:25:24.980><c> problem.</c> 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.059 No.<00:25:26.339><c> He</c><00:25:26.539><c> said,</c><00:25:27.039><c> I'll</c><00:25:27.279><c> give</c><00:25:27.380><c> your</c><00:25:27.619><c> life</c><00:25:27.799><c> for</c><00:25:28.019><c> a</c><00:25:28.160><c> prey.</c><00:25:28.539><c> A</c><00:25:28.740><c> prey.</c> 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:32.619 A<00:25:29.579><c> prey.</c><00:25:31.420><c> And</c><00:25:31.579><c> the</c><00:25:31.740><c> picture</c><00:25:31.920><c> is,</c><00:25:32.220><c> brethren</c><00:25:32.380><c> and</c> 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:38.359 sisters,<00:25:33.640><c> of</c><00:25:33.799><c> a</c><00:25:34.039><c> lion</c><00:25:34.579><c> racing</c><00:25:35.240><c> after</c><00:25:35.980><c> the</c><00:25:36.579><c> defenseless</c><00:25:37.019><c> little</c><00:25:37.359><c> deer.</c> 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:40.619 And<00:25:38.700><c> with</c><00:25:38.920><c> a</c><00:25:39.140><c> swipe,</c><00:25:39.660><c> perhaps,</c> 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:44.259 scratching<00:25:41.180><c> him</c><00:25:41.420><c> along</c><00:25:41.599><c> the</c><00:25:41.799><c> sides,</c><00:25:42.000><c> and</c><00:25:42.079><c> nearly</c><00:25:42.359><c> balding</c><00:25:42.680><c> him</c><00:25:42.940><c> over,</c><00:25:43.380><c> but</c><00:25:43.539><c> rescued</c><00:25:44.059><c> at</c> 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.039 the<00:25:44.400><c> last</c><00:25:44.640><c> minute</c><00:25:44.839><c> out</c><00:25:44.940><c> of</c> 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.079 his<00:25:45.279><c> teeth.</c><00:25:46.400><c> I'll</c><00:25:46.559><c> give</c><00:25:46.660><c> your</c><00:25:46.859><c> life</c><00:25:47.079><c> for</c><00:25:47.380><c> a</c><00:25:47.460><c> prey.</c><00:25:48.579><c> That's</c><00:25:48.960><c> the</c> 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:52.359 promise.<00:25:50.579><c> Paul</c><00:25:50.839><c> Barak</c><00:25:51.140><c> said</c><00:25:51.359><c> to</c><00:25:51.480><c> be</c><00:25:51.680><c> shaking</c><00:25:51.980><c> like</c><00:25:52.200><c> a</c> 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:56.180 leaf<00:25:52.519><c> writing</c><00:25:52.799><c> that</c><00:25:53.019><c> book,</c><00:25:54.220><c> knowing</c><00:25:54.480><c> that</c><00:25:54.619><c> he</c><00:25:54.700><c> would</c><00:25:54.920><c> be</c><00:25:55.119><c> protected,</c><00:25:56.059><c> but</c> 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:58.140 it<00:25:56.240><c> would</c><00:25:56.440><c> be</c><00:25:56.920><c> a</c><00:25:56.940><c> desperate</c><00:25:57.579><c> protection.</c> 00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:05.660 It<00:25:58.500><c> would</c><00:25:58.720><c> be</c><00:25:59.019><c> a</c><00:25:59.019><c> desperate</c><00:25:59.599><c> escape.</c><00:26:01.619><c> So</c><00:26:01.880><c> Barak,</c><00:26:03.359><c> don't</c><00:26:03.920><c> put</c><00:26:04.339><c> yourself</c><00:26:04.960><c> in</c><00:26:05.440><c> a</c> 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.920 situation<00:26:06.319><c> of</c><00:26:06.619><c> having</c><00:26:06.880><c> any</c><00:26:07.259><c> security</c> 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:12.220 whatever<00:26:08.480><c> in</c><00:26:08.819><c> this</c><00:26:09.200><c> world.</c><00:26:09.680><c> And</c><00:26:09.799><c> when</c><00:26:09.960><c> the</c><00:26:10.180><c> time</c><00:26:10.400><c> comes,</c><00:26:10.839><c> Barak,</c><00:26:11.700><c> you're</c><00:26:11.980><c> going</c><00:26:12.099><c> to</c> 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:15.019 get<00:26:12.359><c> out</c><00:26:12.579><c> of</c><00:26:12.660><c> this</c><00:26:12.859><c> by</c><00:26:13.119><c> the</c> 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:17.680 day,<00:26:15.400><c> brethren</c><00:26:15.440><c> and</c><00:26:15.680><c> sisters.</c><00:26:16.480><c> Yes,</c><00:26:16.839><c> it</c><00:26:16.859><c> might</c><00:26:17.079><c> have</c><00:26:17.400><c> scared</c> 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:20.019 the<00:26:17.839><c> living</c><00:26:18.119><c> daylocks</c><00:26:18.500><c> out</c><00:26:18.720><c> of</c><00:26:18.819><c> him,</c><00:26:19.720><c> but</c><00:26:19.819><c> I'll</c> 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:25.160 tell<00:26:20.099><c> you</c><00:26:20.140><c> what</c><00:26:20.240><c> it</c><00:26:20.400><c> also</c><00:26:20.680><c> did.</c><00:26:21.880><c> It</c><00:26:22.059><c> got</c><00:26:22.259><c> rid</c><00:26:22.420><c> of</c><00:26:22.519><c> any</c><00:26:22.720><c> materialistic</c><00:26:23.440><c> thinking,</c><00:26:24.779><c> and</c><00:26:24.880><c> it</c> 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:26.220 made<00:26:25.480><c> in</c><00:26:25.839><c> him,</c> 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:29.700 it<00:26:26.740><c> built</c><00:26:26.920><c> up</c><00:26:27.160><c> in</c><00:26:27.259><c> him</c><00:26:27.440><c> an</c><00:26:27.799><c> enormous</c><00:26:28.500><c> confidence</c><00:26:29.160><c> in</c><00:26:29.319><c> his</c><00:26:29.519><c> God,</c> 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.839 because<00:26:30.059><c> what</c><00:26:30.579><c> else</c><00:26:30.839><c> could</c><00:26:31.019><c> he</c><00:26:31.200><c> do</c><00:26:31.339><c> under</c><00:26:31.500><c> those</c> 00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:35.779 circumstances?<00:26:32.619><c> It's</c><00:26:32.859><c> like</c><00:26:33.079><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:33.680><c> you</c><00:26:33.680><c> know.</c><00:26:35.319><c> When</c><00:26:35.500><c> Peter</c> 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:39.819 said<00:26:36.000><c> unto</c><00:26:36.220><c> him,</c><00:26:36.700><c> Lord,</c><00:26:37.559><c> this</c><00:26:37.799><c> will</c><00:26:38.160><c> not</c><00:26:38.380><c> be</c><00:26:38.559><c> unto</c><00:26:38.779><c> you.</c> 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:42.339 Pity<00:26:40.259><c> yourself,</c><00:26:40.740><c> Lord.</c><00:26:41.200><c> When</c><00:26:41.359><c> the</c><00:26:41.539><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.680><c> was</c><00:26:41.880><c> telling</c><00:26:42.119><c> them</c> 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:44.059 he<00:26:42.480><c> was</c><00:26:42.640><c> going</c><00:26:42.759><c> to</c><00:26:42.880><c> go</c><00:26:42.980><c> to</c><00:26:43.140><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.160 he<00:26:44.380><c> would</c><00:26:44.519><c> be</c><00:26:44.700><c> taken</c><00:26:44.920><c> by</c><00:26:45.160><c> wicked</c><00:26:45.380><c> hands,</c><00:26:46.400><c> he'd</c><00:26:46.500><c> be</c><00:26:46.660><c> crucified</c> 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.160 and<00:26:47.480><c> slain.</c><00:26:48.259><c> Peter</c><00:26:48.339><c> says,</c><00:26:48.660><c> no,</c><00:26:48.859><c> no,</c><00:26:48.920><c> no,</c><00:26:49.119><c> no,</c><00:26:50.160><c> no.</c> 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:53.220 This<00:26:50.660><c> shall</c><00:26:50.900><c> not</c><00:26:51.099><c> be</c><00:26:51.279><c> unto</c><00:26:51.460><c> thee,</c><00:26:51.779><c> Lord.</c><00:26:52.380><c> And</c><00:26:52.700><c> the</c><00:26:52.819><c> Lord</c><00:26:53.000><c> said,</c> 00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.900 get<00:26:53.480><c> behind</c><00:26:53.900><c> me,</c><00:26:54.279><c> Satan.</c> 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:58.079 And<00:26:55.579><c> we</c><00:26:55.740><c> think</c><00:26:55.839><c> the</c><00:26:56.039><c> record</c><00:26:56.200><c> ends</c><00:26:56.480><c> there,</c><00:26:57.279><c> but</c><00:26:57.460><c> Jesus</c><00:26:57.740><c> went</c><00:26:57.940><c> on</c> 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.380 to<00:26:58.240><c> say</c><00:26:58.380><c> this.</c> 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:06.579 He<00:27:00.740><c> that</c><00:27:00.980><c> seeks</c><00:27:01.259><c> to</c><00:27:01.559><c> save</c><00:27:01.740><c> his</c><00:27:02.000><c> life</c><00:27:02.900><c> shall</c><00:27:03.680><c> lose</c><00:27:03.960><c> it,</c><00:27:05.240><c> and</c><00:27:06.400><c> he</c> 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.319 that<00:27:06.799><c> loses</c><00:27:07.039><c> his</c><00:27:07.400><c> life</c><00:27:07.640><c> shall</c><00:27:07.940><c> save</c><00:27:08.279><c> it.</c> 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:16.839 So<00:27:09.700><c> you</c><00:27:09.799><c> see,</c><00:27:10.319><c> brethren</c><00:27:10.319><c> and</c><00:27:10.559><c> sisters,</c><00:27:11.839><c> behind</c><00:27:12.420><c> Peter's</c><00:27:14.240><c> kindly</c><00:27:15.039><c> thoughts</c><00:27:15.660><c> concerning</c><00:27:16.079><c> our</c><00:27:16.380><c> Lord</c> 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:25.420 was<00:27:17.660><c> a</c><00:27:17.839><c> little</c><00:27:18.220><c> bit</c><00:27:18.460><c> of</c><00:27:18.759><c> self</c><00:27:19.019><c>-preservation,</c><00:27:21.839><c> wasn't</c><00:27:22.099><c> it?</c><00:27:23.980><c> Peter,</c><00:27:25.119><c> he</c> 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.440 that<00:27:25.680><c> seeks</c><00:27:25.960><c> to</c><00:27:26.279><c> save</c><00:27:26.460><c> his</c><00:27:26.740><c> life</c><00:27:26.940><c> will</c><00:27:27.180><c> lose</c> 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:33.900 it.<00:27:28.559><c> There</c><00:27:28.720><c> was</c><00:27:28.900><c> a</c><00:27:29.000><c> little</c><00:27:29.299><c> bit</c><00:27:29.599><c> of</c><00:27:29.740><c> self</c><00:27:30.000><c>-preservation</c><00:27:30.559><c> in</c><00:27:30.759><c> that,</c><00:27:32.279><c> because</c><00:27:32.500><c> Peter</c><00:27:32.759><c> would</c><00:27:33.059><c> reason</c><00:27:33.240><c> it</c><00:27:33.480><c> out.</c> 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:39.759 If<00:27:34.559><c> he's</c><00:27:34.880><c> got</c><00:27:35.000><c> to</c><00:27:35.180><c> die,</c><00:27:36.359><c> so</c><00:27:36.579><c> do</c><00:27:36.799><c> we.</c><00:27:38.779><c> And</c><00:27:38.940><c> Peter</c><00:27:39.140><c> was</c><00:27:39.339><c> reminded,</c> 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.339 brethren<00:27:40.099><c> and</c><00:27:40.339><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:46.819 that<00:27:41.980><c> in</c><00:27:42.079><c> order</c><00:27:42.220><c> to</c><00:27:42.480><c> save</c><00:27:42.660><c> his</c><00:27:42.940><c> life,</c><00:27:44.079><c> he's</c><00:27:45.240><c> got</c><00:27:45.420><c> to</c><00:27:45.680><c> lose</c><00:27:45.940><c> it.</c> 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:49.500 In<00:27:47.839><c> effect,</c><00:27:48.859><c> his</c><00:27:49.000><c> life</c><00:27:49.220><c> would</c><00:27:49.380><c> be</c> 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:54.920 given<00:27:49.660><c> to</c><00:27:49.839><c> him</c><00:27:49.980><c> for</c><00:27:50.200><c> a</c><00:27:50.380><c> prey.</c><00:27:52.359><c> It</c><00:27:52.500><c> would</c><00:27:52.680><c> be</c><00:27:52.900><c> a</c><00:27:53.000><c> desperate</c><00:27:53.400><c> escape,</c><00:27:53.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:54.039><c> it?</c> 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.180 That<00:27:55.240><c> was</c><00:27:55.460><c> the</c><00:27:55.619><c> message</c><00:27:55.960><c> for</c> 00:27:56.180 --> 00:28:03.299 Barak.<00:27:57.799><c> Such</c><00:27:58.000><c> is</c><00:27:58.220><c> God.</c><00:28:00.660><c> I'll</c><00:28:00.940><c> be</c><00:28:01.099><c> with</c><00:28:01.220><c> you,</c><00:28:01.519><c> he</c><00:28:01.519><c> said,</c><00:28:02.920><c> in</c><00:28:03.099><c> all</c> 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.839 places<00:28:03.599><c> where</c><00:28:03.819><c> you</c><00:28:04.000><c> go.</c> 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:09.779 That's<00:28:07.099><c> a</c><00:28:07.220><c> wonderful</c><00:28:08.299><c> comfort,</c><00:28:08.940><c> brothers</c><00:28:09.039><c> and</c><00:28:09.299><c> sisters,</c><00:28:09.500><c> but</c> 00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:13.740 when<00:28:10.779><c> you</c><00:28:10.859><c> look</c><00:28:11.119><c> at</c><00:28:11.339><c> the</c><00:28:11.400><c> subsequent</c><00:28:12.059><c> life</c><00:28:12.519><c> of</c><00:28:12.680><c> Barak,</c> 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:17.799 my<00:28:14.859><c> word,</c><00:28:16.220><c> there</c><00:28:16.440><c> would</c><00:28:16.640><c> be</c><00:28:16.839><c> time</c><00:28:17.019><c> when</c><00:28:17.160><c> you'd</c><00:28:17.339><c> be</c><00:28:17.559><c> saying</c><00:28:17.660><c> to</c> 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:21.799 yourself,<00:28:18.579><c> where</c><00:28:19.019><c> is</c><00:28:19.359><c> he?</c><00:28:20.799><c> But</c><00:28:21.019><c> God</c><00:28:21.160><c> was</c><00:28:21.400><c> there.</c> 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.259 No<00:28:22.279><c> question</c><00:28:22.660><c> at</c><00:28:22.859><c> the</c><00:28:23.000><c> birth</c><00:28:23.119><c> of</c><00:28:23.220><c> the</c><00:28:23.299><c> elect</c><00:28:23.440><c> promise.</c><00:28:25.000><c> And</c><00:28:25.079><c> in</c> 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:27.200 the<00:28:25.420><c> end,</c><00:28:25.660><c> you</c><00:28:25.680><c> know,</c><00:28:26.079><c> Barak</c><00:28:26.299><c> went</c><00:28:26.500><c> down</c><00:28:26.700><c> to</c><00:28:26.819><c> Egypt</c> 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:30.279 with<00:28:27.420><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:28:28.059><c> He</c><00:28:28.180><c> went</c><00:28:28.339><c> out</c><00:28:28.519><c> of</c><00:28:28.579><c> history</c><00:28:28.940><c> with</c><00:28:29.140><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.180 At<00:28:30.880><c> the</c><00:28:30.960><c> last,</c><00:28:31.180><c> we</c><00:28:31.319><c> landed,</c><00:28:31.640><c> the</c><00:28:31.720><c> two</c><00:28:31.880><c> of</c><00:28:31.940><c> them</c><00:28:32.000><c> were</c> 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:41.779 together,<00:28:34.180><c> but</c><00:28:34.240><c> God</c><00:28:34.460><c> was</c><00:28:34.660><c> with</c><00:28:34.839><c> him.</c><00:28:36.460><c> But</c><00:28:36.660><c> it</c><00:28:36.799><c> wasn't</c><00:28:37.059><c> that</c><00:28:37.740><c> easy,</c><00:28:38.559><c> comfortable</c><00:28:40.119><c> set</c><00:28:41.240><c> of</c> 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.660 circumstances<00:28:42.339><c> and</c> 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.920 providence<00:28:42.920><c> which</c><00:28:43.119><c> sometimes</c><00:28:43.599><c> we</c><00:28:44.019><c> imagine,</c><00:28:44.500><c> brethren</c><00:28:44.680><c> and</c> 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:47.140 sisters,<00:28:45.099><c> that</c><00:28:45.240><c> we</c><00:28:45.559><c> save</c><00:28:45.799><c> from</c><00:28:46.000><c> our</c><00:28:46.180><c> troubles.</c> 00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:51.299 And<00:28:48.299><c> very</c><00:28:48.559><c> often,</c><00:28:49.900><c> we</c><00:28:50.039><c> are</c><00:28:50.240><c> extricated</c><00:28:50.579><c> from</c><00:28:50.759><c> our</c><00:28:50.940><c> troubles</c> 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:53.039 in<00:28:51.799><c> desperate</c><00:28:52.279><c> circumstances,</c> 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:56.720 and<00:28:53.539><c> I</c><00:28:53.740><c> suppose</c><00:28:53.940><c> we</c><00:28:54.160><c> think</c><00:28:54.359><c> to</c><00:28:54.519><c> ourselves,</c><00:28:55.259><c> well,</c><00:28:55.279><c> God</c><00:28:55.500><c> flipped</c><00:28:55.779><c> up</c><00:28:56.019><c> somewhere</c><00:28:56.380><c> and</c> 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.500 we<00:28:56.859><c> got</c><00:28:56.980><c> out</c><00:28:57.140><c> of</c><00:28:57.180><c> that</c><00:28:57.299><c> by</c> 00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:00.000 the<00:28:57.619><c> skin</c><00:28:57.740><c> of</c><00:28:57.900><c> our</c><00:28:58.099><c> teeth</c><00:28:58.480><c> by</c><00:28:58.859><c> our</c><00:28:59.019><c> own</c><00:28:59.140><c> ingenuity,</c><00:28:59.640><c> but</c><00:28:59.779><c> we</c> 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:03.539 didn't.<00:29:01.819><c> And</c><00:29:02.019><c> when</c><00:29:02.180><c> God</c><00:29:02.420><c> saves,</c><00:29:03.000><c> brethren</c><00:29:03.099><c> and</c><00:29:03.319><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.799 in<00:29:03.980><c> heaven</c><00:29:04.119><c> above,</c><00:29:04.539><c> it's</c><00:29:04.619><c> a</c><00:29:04.700><c> surety,</c><00:29:05.420><c> but</c><00:29:05.579><c> in</c><00:29:05.799><c> our</c><00:29:06.119><c> mind,</c><00:29:06.559><c> it</c><00:29:06.759><c> hangs</c><00:29:06.940><c> upon</c><00:29:07.400><c> a</c> 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.480 slender<00:29:08.039><c> thread,</c><00:29:08.339><c> doesn't</c><00:29:08.559><c> it,</c><00:29:08.720><c> often?</c> 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:14.480 And<00:29:10.059><c> so</c><00:29:10.200><c> there</c><00:29:10.319><c> was</c><00:29:10.539><c> poor</c><00:29:10.779><c> Barak,</c><00:29:12.799><c> riding</c><00:29:12.960><c> out</c><00:29:13.279><c> the</c><00:29:13.480><c> scroll,</c> 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.539 and<00:29:14.859><c> the</c><00:29:15.059><c> whole</c><00:29:15.400><c> time,</c><00:29:15.980><c> you</c><00:29:16.160><c> know,</c> 00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:20.940 thinking<00:29:17.059><c> to</c><00:29:17.220><c> himself,</c><00:29:18.279><c> oh,</c><00:29:18.920><c> gee,</c><00:29:19.599><c> oh,</c><00:29:19.920><c> it's</c><00:29:20.099><c> terrible.</c><00:29:20.680><c> I'm</c> 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.799 getting<00:29:21.099><c> depressed,</c><00:29:21.900><c> and</c><00:29:22.140><c> oh,</c><00:29:22.519><c> dear,</c> 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:29.940 I'm<00:29:23.539><c> going</c><00:29:23.660><c> to</c><00:29:23.779><c> lose</c><00:29:24.059><c> some</c><00:29:24.359><c> land.</c><00:29:25.980><c> I'm</c><00:29:26.440><c> going</c><00:29:26.579><c> to</c><00:29:26.759><c> lose</c><00:29:27.039><c> my</c><00:29:27.500><c> security.</c><00:29:29.819><c> You</c> 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.839 know,<00:29:30.079><c> you</c><00:29:30.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:30.359><c> believe,</c> 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:33.240 would<00:29:31.019><c> you,</c><00:29:31.099><c> that</c><00:29:31.240><c> was</c><00:29:31.400><c> in</c><00:29:31.539><c> the</c><00:29:31.660><c> mind</c><00:29:31.839><c> of</c><00:29:32.099><c> Barak,</c><00:29:32.460><c> and</c><00:29:32.640><c> we</c><00:29:32.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:32.980><c> have</c> 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:35.259 known<00:29:33.559><c> that</c><00:29:34.220><c> if</c><00:29:34.519><c> we</c><00:29:34.579><c> didn't</c><00:29:34.859><c> have</c> 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:41.400 Jeremiah<00:29:35.759><c> 45,</c><00:29:36.980><c> but</c><00:29:37.160><c> we've</c><00:29:37.460><c> got</c><00:29:37.660><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:38.099><c> 45.</c><00:29:39.579><c> And</c><00:29:39.759><c> so,</c><00:29:40.059><c> brethren</c><00:29:40.160><c> and</c><00:29:40.440><c> sisters,</c><00:29:41.200><c> it's</c><00:29:41.299><c> a</c> 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.079 little<00:29:41.619><c> insight,</c> 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:47.779 into<00:29:42.359><c> the</c><00:29:43.380><c> weakness</c><00:29:43.779><c> of</c><00:29:44.539><c> human</c><00:29:44.759><c> nature,</c><00:29:46.380><c> and</c><00:29:46.380><c> everybody</c><00:29:46.819><c> here,</c><00:29:47.180><c> I</c><00:29:47.380><c> know,</c><00:29:47.599><c> is</c> 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.660 saying,<00:29:48.980><c> poor</c><00:29:49.059><c> old</c><00:29:49.279><c> Barak,</c> 00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:54.500 because<00:29:50.259><c> nobody</c><00:29:50.579><c> would</c><00:29:51.019><c> dare</c><00:29:51.339><c> lift</c><00:29:51.579><c> a</c><00:29:51.740><c> finger</c><00:29:51.920><c> of</c><00:29:52.200><c> condemnation,</c><00:29:52.799><c> because</c><00:29:53.420><c> every</c><00:29:54.200><c> one</c><00:29:54.359><c> of</c> 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.859 us<00:29:54.700><c> would</c> 00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:58.720 be<00:29:55.059><c> in</c><00:29:55.160><c> that</c><00:29:55.359><c> situation.</c><00:29:56.140><c> Now</c><00:29:56.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:56.740><c> we?</c><00:29:57.799><c> You</c><00:29:58.000><c> know</c><00:29:58.160><c> exactly</c><00:29:58.539><c> that</c> 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.220 we<00:29:58.920><c> would.</c><00:30:00.400><c> And</c><00:30:00.519><c> when</c><00:30:00.619><c> we</c><00:30:00.700><c> come</c><00:30:00.880><c> back</c><00:30:01.039><c> to</c> 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:14.759 Jeremiah<00:30:01.480><c> 36,</c><00:30:10.420><c> we</c><00:30:10.420><c> read</c><00:30:10.660><c> in</c><00:30:10.859><c> verse</c><00:30:11.119><c> 6,</c><00:30:14.079><c> that</c><00:30:14.119><c> when</c><00:30:14.339><c> the</c><00:30:14.559><c> scroll</c> 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:17.019 was<00:30:14.960><c> written,</c><00:30:15.660><c> he</c><00:30:15.819><c> was</c><00:30:16.039><c> told,</c><00:30:16.440><c> Go</c><00:30:16.740><c> thou,</c> 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.380 and<00:30:17.240><c> read</c><00:30:17.359><c> in</c><00:30:17.519><c> the</c><00:30:17.700><c> roll</c><00:30:17.900><c> which</c><00:30:18.119><c> thou</c><00:30:18.319><c> hast</c><00:30:18.539><c> written</c><00:30:18.819><c> from</c><00:30:19.079><c> my</c> 00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:23.279 mouth<00:30:19.920><c> the</c><00:30:20.460><c> words</c><00:30:20.799><c> of</c><00:30:21.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:21.660><c> in</c><00:30:22.539><c> the</c><00:30:22.759><c> years</c> 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:27.220 of<00:30:24.079><c> all</c><00:30:24.359><c> the</c><00:30:24.519><c> people</c><00:30:25.119><c> in</c><00:30:25.440><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:25.960><c> house</c><00:30:26.220><c> upon</c><00:30:26.500><c> the</c><00:30:26.819><c> fasting</c> 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:30.460 day.<00:30:28.779><c> And</c><00:30:29.079><c> also</c><00:30:29.359><c> thou</c><00:30:29.579><c> shalt</c><00:30:29.880><c> read</c><00:30:30.180><c> them</c><00:30:30.359><c> in</c> 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:35.019 years<00:30:30.740><c> of</c><00:30:30.900><c> all</c><00:30:31.119><c> Judah</c><00:30:31.440><c> that</c><00:30:32.440><c> come</c><00:30:32.599><c> out</c><00:30:32.799><c> of</c><00:30:32.819><c> their</c><00:30:33.039><c> cities.</c><00:30:34.900><c> So</c> 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:37.079 they<00:30:35.119><c> were</c><00:30:35.180><c> waiting</c><00:30:35.480><c> for</c><00:30:35.680><c> this</c><00:30:35.839><c> particular</c><00:30:36.660><c> fasting</c> 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.460 day.<00:30:37.480><c> It</c><00:30:37.480><c> came,</c><00:30:37.920><c> you</c><00:30:37.920><c> know,</c><00:30:38.200><c> brethren</c><00:30:38.359><c> and</c><00:30:38.559><c> sisters,</c><00:30:38.799><c> this</c><00:30:39.019><c> was</c><00:30:39.200><c> in</c> 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.039 the<00:30:39.680><c> fourth</c><00:30:39.960><c> year</c><00:30:40.180><c> of</c><00:30:40.359><c> Jehoiakim.</c><00:30:40.900><c> The</c> 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:44.059 actual<00:30:41.420><c> fasting</c><00:30:41.859><c> day</c><00:30:42.119><c> came</c><00:30:42.400><c> in</c><00:30:42.599><c> the</c><00:30:42.720><c> next</c><00:30:43.140><c> year.</c><00:30:43.420><c> We</c><00:30:43.579><c> read</c><00:30:43.700><c> that</c><00:30:43.940><c> in</c> 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:46.960 verse<00:30:44.299><c> 9,</c><00:30:44.819><c> and</c><00:30:45.000><c> it</c><00:30:45.180><c> came</c><00:30:45.380><c> to</c><00:30:45.680><c> pass</c><00:30:46.079><c> in</c><00:30:46.519><c> the</c><00:30:46.720><c> fifth</c> 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:49.279 year<00:30:47.200><c> of</c><00:30:47.339><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:30:47.920><c> the</c><00:30:47.960><c> son</c><00:30:48.140><c> of</c><00:30:48.319><c> Josiah,</c><00:30:48.700><c> king</c><00:30:48.880><c> of</c><00:30:49.099><c> Judah,</c> 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.700 in<00:30:49.700><c> the</c><00:30:49.920><c> ninth</c><00:30:50.160><c> month</c><00:30:50.460><c> that</c><00:30:50.740><c> they</c><00:30:50.980><c> proclaimed</c><00:30:51.380><c> a</c> 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:54.779 fast<00:30:52.039><c> before</c><00:30:52.460><c> Yahweh.</c><00:30:53.180><c> And</c><00:30:53.339><c> so</c><00:30:53.519><c> it</c><00:30:53.700><c> really</c><00:30:54.160><c> came</c><00:30:54.420><c> into</c><00:30:54.619><c> the</c> 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:57.539 next<00:30:55.220><c> year</c><00:30:55.619><c> before</c><00:30:56.119><c> that</c><00:30:56.480><c> scroll</c><00:30:56.720><c> was</c><00:30:57.039><c> ready</c><00:30:57.319><c> and</c> 00:30:57.539 --> 00:31:01.200 completed<00:30:57.980><c> to</c><00:30:58.180><c> be</c><00:30:58.400><c> read.</c><00:30:59.339><c> 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Israel</c><00:31:25.539><c> for</c><00:31:25.740><c> the</c><00:31:25.900><c> Word</c><00:31:26.099><c> of</c> 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.940 God<00:31:26.539><c> to</c><00:31:26.720><c> be</c><00:31:26.960><c> absorbed.</c> 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:32.559 I<00:31:29.099><c> won't</c><00:31:29.359><c> turn</c><00:31:29.539><c> this</c><00:31:29.779><c> reference</c><00:31:30.079><c> up,</c><00:31:30.619><c> because</c><00:31:30.720><c> it</c><00:31:31.839><c> would</c><00:31:31.960><c> probably</c><00:31:32.319><c> take</c> 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.700 a<00:31:32.599><c> little</c><00:31:32.880><c> time,</c><00:31:33.119><c> but</c><00:31:33.380><c> you'll</c><00:31:33.920><c> know</c><00:31:33.980><c> it.</c> 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.700 But<00:31:35.200><c> when</c><00:31:35.339><c> Moses</c><00:31:35.700><c> wrote</c><00:31:36.019><c> the</c><00:31:36.119><c> book</c><00:31:36.319><c> of</c><00:31:36.500><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:31:37.019><c> and</c><00:31:37.200><c> he</c> 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in</c><00:31:52.400><c> the</c><00:31:52.559><c> record</c><00:31:52.720><c> of</c> 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:55.400 Deuteronomy<00:31:53.640><c> that</c><00:31:54.700><c> they</c><00:31:54.880><c> would</c><00:31:55.099><c> do</c><00:31:55.220><c> it</c> 00:31:55.400 --> 00:32:01.799 in<00:31:55.799><c> the</c><00:31:56.140><c> solemnity</c><00:31:57.680><c> of</c><00:31:59.359><c> the</c><00:31:59.579><c> feast</c><00:31:59.819><c> of</c><00:32:00.099><c> tabernacles</c><00:32:00.720><c> in</c><00:32:01.619><c> the</c> 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:06.279 year<00:32:02.099><c> of</c><00:32:02.380><c> release.</c><00:32:04.440><c> Think</c><00:32:04.779><c> that</c><00:32:05.180><c> through.</c> 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:11.140 The<00:32:07.259><c> feast</c><00:32:07.500><c> of</c><00:32:07.700><c> tabernacles</c><00:32:08.279><c> was</c><00:32:08.519><c> the</c><00:32:08.759><c> feast</c><00:32:09.559><c> that</c><00:32:10.099><c> celebrated</c><00:32:10.599><c> the</c><00:32:10.900><c> whole</c> 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.460 harvest.<00:32:12.640><c> Passover</c><00:32:12.920><c> celebrated</c> 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:19.599 the<00:32:13.759><c> barley.</c><00:32:15.720><c> Pentecost</c><00:32:16.160><c> celebrated</c><00:32:16.640><c> the</c><00:32:16.940><c> wheat.</c><00:32:18.240><c> But</c><00:32:18.460><c> tabernacles</c><00:32:18.900><c> celebrated</c><00:32:19.319><c> the</c> 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.200 in<00:32:19.900><c>-gathering,</c> 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:22.880 both<00:32:20.559><c> barley,</c><00:32:21.200><c> wheat,</c><00:32:21.400><c> and</c><00:32:21.599><c> all</c><00:32:21.799><c> the</c><00:32:22.000><c> summer</c><00:32:22.180><c> fruits,</c><00:32:22.640><c> the</c> 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.579 dates,<00:32:23.339><c> the</c><00:32:23.519><c> figs,</c><00:32:23.819><c> the</c><00:32:23.980><c> pomegranates,</c> 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:28.099 and<00:32:25.119><c> finally,</c><00:32:25.539><c> of</c><00:32:25.720><c> course,</c><00:32:25.960><c> the</c><00:32:26.099><c> vintage.</c><00:32:27.440><c> And</c><00:32:27.500><c> so</c><00:32:27.619><c> when</c><00:32:27.819><c> the</c> 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.380 feast<00:32:28.339><c> of</c><00:32:28.599><c> tabernacles</c><00:32:29.000><c> came,</c> 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:35.579 it<00:32:29.799><c> was</c><00:32:30.059><c> the</c><00:32:30.279><c> great</c><00:32:30.599><c> picnic</c><00:32:31.019><c> feast,</c><00:32:31.960><c> a</c><00:32:32.099><c> groundlock.</c><00:32:33.599><c> And</c><00:32:33.740><c> if</c><00:32:33.880><c> you</c><00:32:33.980><c> walked</c><00:32:34.119><c> around</c><00:32:34.420><c> this</c><00:32:34.799><c> place,</c><00:32:35.140><c> as</c><00:32:35.359><c> I</c> 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.180 have<00:32:35.740><c> done,</c> 00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:41.220 and<00:32:36.839><c> I</c><00:32:36.960><c> got</c><00:32:37.099><c> invited</c><00:32:37.420><c> out</c><00:32:37.680><c> to</c><00:32:37.839><c> dinner</c><00:32:38.039><c> today,</c><00:32:40.279><c> and</c><00:32:40.559><c> I</c><00:32:40.799><c> tell</c><00:32:40.900><c> you,</c><00:32:41.119><c> the</c> 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.839 feast<00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:41.640><c> tabernacles</c><00:32:42.019><c> had</c><00:32:42.380><c> nothing</c> 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:50.759 on<00:32:43.119><c> what</c><00:32:43.220><c> we</c><00:32:43.539><c> had.</c><00:32:46.059><c> I</c><00:32:46.299><c> am</c><00:32:46.539><c> going</c><00:32:46.660><c> to</c><00:32:46.779><c> blame</c><00:32:47.140><c> Nick</c><00:32:47.519><c> Mitzos</c><00:32:47.940><c> for</c><00:32:48.240><c> having</c><00:32:48.539><c> a</c> 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:53.440 sleepless<00:32:51.160><c> night.</c><00:32:52.819><c> You've</c><00:32:52.980><c> never</c><00:32:53.240><c> seen</c> 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:55.599 anything<00:32:53.720><c> like</c><00:32:54.140><c> it.</c><00:32:54.819><c> And</c><00:32:54.980><c> that's</c><00:32:55.200><c> what</c><00:32:55.200><c> it</c><00:32:55.259><c> would</c><00:32:55.359><c> have</c><00:32:55.460><c> been</c> 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:57.319 like<00:32:55.759><c> in</c><00:32:55.940><c> Israel</c><00:32:56.160><c> on</c><00:32:56.400><c> the</c><00:32:56.519><c> feast</c><00:32:56.720><c> of</c><00:32:56.940><c> tabernacles.</c> 00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:00.720 But<00:32:57.980><c> this</c><00:32:58.599><c> is</c><00:32:58.799><c> in</c><00:32:58.960><c> the</c><00:32:59.119><c> solemnity</c><00:32:59.640><c> of</c><00:32:59.839><c> the</c><00:33:00.000><c> year</c><00:33:00.200><c> of</c><00:33:00.519><c> release.</c> 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:03.380 What's<00:33:01.180><c> that?</c><00:33:02.339><c> Well,</c><00:33:02.539><c> the</c><00:33:02.619><c> year</c><00:33:02.839><c> of</c><00:33:03.079><c> release</c> 00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:06.059 was<00:33:03.519><c> when</c><00:33:03.779><c> you</c><00:33:03.980><c> had</c><00:33:04.119><c> to</c><00:33:04.240><c> release</c><00:33:04.460><c> people</c><00:33:04.759><c> from</c><00:33:04.960><c> their</c><00:33:05.220><c> debts.</c> 00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:09.839 Why?<00:33:07.839><c> Because</c><00:33:08.180><c> it</c><00:33:08.319><c> was</c><00:33:08.539><c> the</c><00:33:08.700><c> sabbatical</c><00:33:09.319><c> year.</c> 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:13.240 And<00:33:10.319><c> because</c><00:33:10.640><c> nobody</c><00:33:11.160><c> brought</c><00:33:11.420><c> any</c><00:33:11.720><c> crops</c><00:33:11.980><c> in,</c><00:33:12.579><c> nobody</c><00:33:13.039><c> had</c> 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.880 any<00:33:13.500><c> income.</c><00:33:14.900><c> And</c><00:33:15.019><c> because</c><00:33:15.180><c> they</c><00:33:15.259><c> didn't</c><00:33:15.500><c> have</c><00:33:15.640><c> any</c> 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:20.000 income,<00:33:16.380><c> so</c><00:33:16.500><c> the</c><00:33:16.640><c> year</c><00:33:16.819><c> of</c><00:33:17.079><c> release</c><00:33:17.259><c> from</c><00:33:17.539><c> debts</c><00:33:17.779><c> had</c><00:33:18.160><c> to</c><00:33:18.339><c> naturally</c><00:33:18.759><c> follow.</c><00:33:19.779><c> And</c> 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.000 so<00:33:20.119><c> the</c><00:33:20.279><c> year</c><00:33:20.500><c> of</c><00:33:20.700><c> release</c> 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:25.000 was<00:33:21.279><c> the</c><00:33:21.460><c> sabbatical</c><00:33:22.079><c> year.</c><00:33:23.099><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:23.519><c> puts</c><00:33:23.740><c> them</c><00:33:23.940><c> together.</c> 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:27.480 And<00:33:25.619><c> so</c><00:33:25.720><c> that</c><00:33:25.859><c> happened.</c><00:33:26.420><c> For</c><00:33:26.619><c> six</c><00:33:26.920><c> years,</c> 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:30.319 Israel<00:33:27.920><c> fed</c><00:33:28.279><c> sumptuously</c><00:33:29.079><c> in</c><00:33:29.400><c> the</c><00:33:29.559><c> feast</c><00:33:29.759><c> of</c><00:33:30.000><c> tabernacles.</c> 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.500 Come<00:33:30.720><c> the</c><00:33:30.940><c> seventh</c><00:33:31.180><c> year,</c> 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:34.839 the<00:33:31.880><c> tables</c><00:33:32.180><c> are</c><00:33:32.359><c> very</c><00:33:32.740><c> sparse.</c><00:33:33.759><c> And</c><00:33:33.940><c> out</c><00:33:34.099><c> comes</c><00:33:34.319><c> the</c><00:33:34.519><c> word</c><00:33:34.640><c> of</c> 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.519 God,<00:33:34.980><c> and</c><00:33:35.119><c> they</c><00:33:35.259><c> learn</c><00:33:35.519><c> what</c><00:33:35.759><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:36.160><c> said,</c> 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:42.039 man<00:33:37.180><c> shall</c><00:33:37.400><c> not</c><00:33:37.660><c> live</c><00:33:38.640><c> by</c><00:33:40.019><c> bread</c><00:33:40.240><c> alone.</c><00:33:40.920><c> What</c><00:33:41.079><c> a</c><00:33:41.259><c> day</c><00:33:41.579><c> to</c><00:33:41.819><c> do</c> 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:46.140 that.<00:33:43.680><c> And</c><00:33:43.799><c> so</c><00:33:44.059><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:33:45.259><c> understanding</c> 00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:50.299 that<00:33:46.900><c> principle,</c><00:33:47.740><c> thought,</c><00:33:48.119><c> what</c><00:33:48.319><c> a</c><00:33:48.500><c> better</c><00:33:48.660><c> way.</c><00:33:49.839><c> On</c><00:33:50.000><c> the</c> 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:54.519 fasting<00:33:50.779><c> day,</c><00:33:52.039><c> when</c><00:33:52.180><c> natural</c><00:33:52.619><c> food</c><00:33:52.900><c> was</c><00:33:53.119><c> denied</c><00:33:53.480><c> them,</c> 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:56.779 and<00:33:54.779><c> they</c><00:33:54.900><c> had</c><00:33:55.099><c> gnawing</c><00:33:55.480><c> feelings</c><00:33:55.779><c> in</c><00:33:55.880><c> their</c><00:33:56.160><c> stomachs,</c><00:33:56.539><c> what</c> 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:59.660 a<00:33:57.619><c> better</c><00:33:57.640><c> feed</c><00:33:58.000><c> of</c><00:33:58.240><c> the</c><00:33:58.380><c> word</c><00:33:58.559><c> of</c><00:33:58.880><c> God.</c> 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:04.680 Mind<00:34:00.799><c> you,</c><00:34:02.299><c> if</c><00:34:02.420><c> the</c><00:34:02.640><c> diet</c><00:34:02.799><c> would</c><00:34:02.980><c> have</c><00:34:03.140><c> been</c><00:34:03.299><c> bitter</c><00:34:03.559><c> herbs,</c> 00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:09.500 nothing<00:34:05.460><c> very</c><00:34:05.900><c> sweet</c><00:34:06.180><c> in</c><00:34:06.420><c> there,</c><00:34:07.500><c> nothing</c><00:34:07.819><c> sweet</c><00:34:08.199><c> at</c><00:34:08.579><c> all.</c> 00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:12.320 But<00:34:10.119><c> a</c><00:34:10.360><c> necessary</c><00:34:10.820><c> meal,</c><00:34:11.420><c> brethren</c><00:34:11.519><c> and</c><00:34:11.800><c> sisters,</c><00:34:12.019><c> that</c><00:34:12.199><c> they</c> 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.639 might<00:34:12.599><c> learn</c><00:34:12.960><c> that</c><00:34:13.159><c> man</c><00:34:13.380><c> does</c><00:34:13.739><c> not</c><00:34:13.980><c> live</c><00:34:14.199><c> by</c><00:34:14.480><c> bread</c> 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:22.280 alone.<00:34:15.820><c> And</c><00:34:16.019><c> so</c><00:34:16.199><c> the</c><00:34:16.440><c> fasting</c><00:34:16.880><c> day</c><00:34:17.159><c> was</c><00:34:17.460><c> chosen</c><00:34:17.920><c> for</c><00:34:18.500><c> that</c><00:34:18.780><c> reading.</c><00:34:20.480><c> Where</c><00:34:20.739><c> would</c><00:34:20.860><c> they</c><00:34:21.099><c> read</c><00:34:21.340><c> it?</c> 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.039 Well,<00:34:23.739><c> we</c><00:34:23.900><c> read</c> 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:33.780 verse<00:34:24.360><c> 10.</c><00:34:30.460><c> Then</c><00:34:30.980><c> read</c><00:34:31.360><c> Barak</c><00:34:31.940><c> in</c><00:34:32.219><c> the</c><00:34:32.380><c> book,</c><00:34:33.119><c> the</c><00:34:33.300><c> words</c><00:34:33.519><c> of</c> 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.420 Jeremiah,<00:34:34.340><c> in</c><00:34:34.480><c> the</c><00:34:34.619><c> house</c><00:34:34.860><c> of</c><00:34:35.159><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:41.219 in<00:34:35.579><c> the</c><00:34:35.840><c> chamber</c><00:34:36.159><c> of</c><00:34:36.500><c> who?</c><00:34:39.619><c> Gemariah,</c><00:34:40.360><c> the</c><00:34:40.460><c> son</c><00:34:40.639><c> of</c><00:34:40.840><c> Sheaf</c><00:34:41.099><c> and</c> 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:45.000 the<00:34:41.440><c> scribe.</c><00:34:41.980><c> Where</c><00:34:42.400><c> else?</c><00:34:44.019><c> And</c><00:34:44.239><c> so</c><00:34:44.420><c> here's</c><00:34:44.659><c> another</c> 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:51.519 one,<00:34:45.900><c> another</c><00:34:46.659><c> member</c><00:34:47.019><c> of</c><00:34:47.219><c> that</c><00:34:47.539><c> wonderful</c><00:34:48.139><c> family,</c><00:34:49.699><c> Gemariah.</c><00:34:51.119><c> Yahweh</c> 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:54.519 has<00:34:51.900><c> perfected</c><00:34:53.260><c> a</c><00:34:53.699><c> son</c><00:34:53.900><c> of</c><00:34:54.239><c> Sheaf,</c> 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:58.079 and<00:34:54.679><c> brethren</c><00:34:54.900><c> and</c><00:34:55.159><c> sisters,</c><00:34:56.159><c> another</c><00:34:56.579><c> one</c><00:34:56.820><c> of</c><00:34:56.960><c> them.</c><00:34:57.619><c> And</c><00:34:57.800><c> so</c> 00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.039 he<00:34:58.340><c> has</c><00:34:58.539><c> got</c><00:34:58.659><c> a</c><00:34:58.780><c> little</c><00:34:58.960><c> home,</c><00:34:59.440><c> hasn't</c><00:34:59.500><c> he?</c><00:34:59.679><c> He's</c> 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:05.099 a<00:35:00.260><c> scribe.</c><00:35:01.840><c> He's</c><00:35:02.239><c> a</c><00:35:02.420><c> Bible</c><00:35:02.719><c> marker.</c><00:35:03.900><c> He's</c><00:35:04.219><c> a</c><00:35:04.300><c> member</c><00:35:04.519><c> of</c><00:35:04.699><c> this</c> 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:07.360 marvelous<00:35:05.619><c> family</c><00:35:06.099><c> that</c><00:35:06.380><c> was</c><00:35:06.699><c> ever</c><00:35:07.000><c> a</c><00:35:07.139><c> comfort</c> 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.219 to<00:35:07.619><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:35:08.239><c> And</c><00:35:08.400><c> when</c><00:35:08.539><c> the</c><00:35:08.699><c> time</c><00:35:08.880><c> came</c><00:35:09.139><c> for</c><00:35:09.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:09.900><c> to</c> 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:12.519 send<00:35:10.380><c> Barak</c><00:35:10.719><c> to</c><00:35:10.940><c> read</c><00:35:11.099><c> that</c><00:35:11.480><c> scroll,</c><00:35:11.920><c> he</c><00:35:12.079><c> wanted</c><00:35:12.260><c> to</c> 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.480 use<00:35:12.739><c> a</c><00:35:12.940><c> strategic</c><00:35:13.619><c> position.</c><00:35:14.380><c> It</c><00:35:14.440><c> had</c><00:35:14.599><c> to</c><00:35:14.699><c> be</c><00:35:14.840><c> a</c><00:35:15.059><c> time</c><00:35:15.260><c> when</c> 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.920 the<00:35:15.619><c> people</c><00:35:15.760><c> were</c><00:35:15.980><c> hungry,</c><00:35:16.800><c> fasting,</c><00:35:17.340><c> and</c><00:35:17.440><c> looking</c><00:35:17.639><c> for</c> 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:21.119 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place.</c> 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.760 What<00:35:30.219><c> a</c><00:35:30.460><c> wonderful</c><00:35:30.840><c> family</c><00:35:31.239><c> that</c><00:35:31.539><c> was.</c><00:35:32.000><c> What</c><00:35:32.219><c> a</c><00:35:32.360><c> marvelous</c> 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:34.239 family.<00:35:33.219><c> You</c><00:35:33.360><c> know,</c><00:35:33.619><c> brethren</c><00:35:33.840><c> and</c><00:35:34.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.619 we<00:35:34.500><c> have</c><00:35:34.719><c> those</c><00:35:35.019><c> families,</c><00:35:35.460><c> don't</c><00:35:35.699><c> we?</c><00:35:36.019><c> There</c><00:35:36.179><c> are</c><00:35:36.260><c> not</c><00:35:36.360><c> many</c> 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:39.280 of<00:35:36.800><c> them.</c><00:35:37.760><c> We've</c><00:35:37.960><c> got</c><00:35:38.099><c> a</c><00:35:38.159><c> lot</c><00:35:38.380><c> of</c><00:35:38.599><c> wonderful</c><00:35:38.920><c> people,</c> 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:42.300 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J</c><00:35:51.360><c>.S.</c><00:35:51.460><c> Aniah,</c><00:35:52.000><c> but</c><00:35:52.139><c> leave</c><00:35:52.300><c> him</c><00:35:52.519><c> aside.</c><00:35:54.500><c> Half</c><00:35:54.619><c> a</c><00:35:54.780><c> dozen</c><00:35:54.980><c> more</c><00:35:55.300><c> sons</c><00:35:55.579><c> than</c><00:35:55.780><c> a</c><00:35:55.960><c> grandson.</c> 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:03.099 In<00:35:57.840><c> the</c><00:35:58.019><c> three</c><00:35:58.239><c> generations,</c><00:35:59.099><c> that</c><00:35:59.460><c> family</c><00:35:59.900><c> was</c><00:36:00.219><c> always</c><00:36:00.539><c> reliable.</c><00:36:02.440><c> Every</c><00:36:02.920><c> time</c> 00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.280 there<00:36:03.219><c> was</c><00:36:03.440><c> trouble</c><00:36:03.699><c> or</c><00:36:03.980><c> strife,</c> 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:08.920 every<00:36:04.920><c> time</c><00:36:05.179><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:05.579><c> sought</c><00:36:05.940><c> an</c><00:36:06.079><c> opportunity,</c><00:36:06.860><c> it</c><00:36:06.860><c> was</c><00:36:07.079><c> that</c><00:36:07.460><c> family</c><00:36:08.000><c> that</c><00:36:08.440><c> helped</c><00:36:08.679><c> him</c> 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:10.019 out.<00:36:09.360><c> When</c><00:36:09.480><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:12.119 wrote<00:36:10.320><c> a</c><00:36:10.519><c> letter,</c><00:36:10.659><c> which</c><00:36:10.820><c> we</c><00:36:11.000><c> were</c><00:36:11.139><c> having</c><00:36:11.239><c> our</c><00:36:11.539><c> last</c><00:36:11.860><c> study,</c> 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.880 and<00:36:12.440><c> he</c><00:36:12.599><c> sent</c><00:36:12.800><c> that</c><00:36:13.039><c> letter</c><00:36:13.179><c> to</c><00:36:13.340><c> Babel,</c><00:36:13.500><c> how</c><00:36:13.800><c> did</c> 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:18.820 he<00:36:14.000><c> get</c><00:36:14.139><c> it</c><00:36:14.360><c> there?</c><00:36:16.079><c> Because</c><00:36:16.420><c> the</c><00:36:16.699><c> chap</c><00:36:16.920><c> that</c><00:36:17.119><c> went</c><00:36:17.199><c> to</c><00:36:17.460><c> Zedekiah</c><00:36:17.960><c> happened</c><00:36:18.340><c> to</c><00:36:18.579><c> be</c> 00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:21.260 what?<00:36:19.619><c> A</c><00:36:19.659><c> son</c><00:36:20.099><c> of</c><00:36:20.480><c> Sheafan.</c> 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:25.280 Every<00:36:22.719><c> time</c><00:36:23.000><c> he</c><00:36:23.179><c> wanted</c><00:36:23.400><c> something</c><00:36:23.800><c> done,</c><00:36:24.820><c> when</c><00:36:25.000><c> there</c><00:36:25.260><c> was</c> 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:27.380 something<00:36:25.539><c> to</c><00:36:25.699><c> be</c><00:36:25.719><c> done</c><00:36:25.880><c> in</c><00:36:26.059><c> the</c><00:36:26.239><c> truth,</c><00:36:26.519><c> that</c><00:36:26.900><c> family</c> 00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:35.079 was<00:36:27.579><c> there.</c><00:36:29.579><c> You've</c><00:36:29.840><c> got</c><00:36:29.920><c> a</c><00:36:30.079><c> family</c><00:36:30.280><c> up</c><00:36:30.539><c> here</c><00:36:30.699><c> like</c><00:36:30.960><c> that,</c><00:36:33.320><c> just</c><00:36:33.460><c> doing</c><00:36:33.619><c> everything</c><00:36:33.960><c> for</c><00:36:34.199><c> everybody.</c> 00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:38.519 It's<00:36:36.159><c> marvelous.</c><00:36:36.860><c> It's</c><00:36:37.099><c> wonderful</c><00:36:37.519><c> to</c><00:36:37.719><c> have</c><00:36:37.860><c> families</c><00:36:38.199><c> like</c> 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.219 that.<00:36:38.960><c> There</c><00:36:39.039><c> are</c><00:36:39.119><c> families</c><00:36:39.440><c> all</c><00:36:39.699><c> over</c><00:36:39.880><c> the</c><00:36:40.039><c> world</c> 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:43.199 like<00:36:40.500><c> that.</c><00:36:41.639><c> You</c><00:36:41.800><c> see,</c><00:36:42.019><c> the</c><00:36:42.139><c> mum</c><00:36:42.260><c> and</c><00:36:42.420><c> dad</c><00:36:42.599><c> are</c><00:36:42.820><c> faithful</c><00:36:43.019><c> in</c> 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lips.</c><00:36:57.500><c> Their</c> 00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:01.820 feet<00:36:58.079><c> are</c><00:36:58.340><c> moving</c><00:36:58.599><c> and</c><00:36:59.019><c> doing</c><00:36:59.440><c> something</c><00:36:59.880><c> to</c><00:37:00.280><c> help</c><00:37:00.559><c> somebody.</c> 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.880 Faithful<00:37:02.480><c> families,</c><00:37:03.260><c> worth</c><00:37:03.380><c> their</c><00:37:03.719><c> weight</c> 00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:06.320 in<00:37:04.219><c> gold,</c><00:37:04.639><c> that's</c><00:37:04.780><c> what</c><00:37:04.920><c> they</c><00:37:05.159><c> are,</c><00:37:05.539><c> and</c><00:37:05.659><c> here's</c><00:37:05.900><c> another</c><00:37:06.139><c> one</c> 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.300 of<00:37:06.420><c> them.</c><00:37:07.019><c> Get</c><00:37:07.119><c> a</c><00:37:07.380><c> life.</c><00:37:07.739><c> Read</c><00:37:07.880><c> it</c><00:37:08.039><c> in</c><00:37:08.179><c> my</c><00:37:08.420><c> house.</c> 00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:16.139 My<00:37:10.079><c> word.</c><00:37:10.739><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:11.039><c> would</c><00:37:11.199><c> have</c><00:37:11.380><c> appreciated</c><00:37:11.900><c> that.</c><00:37:12.480><c> And</c><00:37:12.699><c> where</c><00:37:12.840><c> was</c><00:37:13.079><c> he?</c><00:37:13.820><c> Well,</c><00:37:14.920><c> the</c><00:37:15.039><c> chamber</c><00:37:15.380><c> of</c><00:37:15.699><c> Gedimiah,</c> 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:21.199 the<00:37:16.579><c> scribe</c><00:37:16.699><c> we</c><00:37:16.840><c> read</c><00:37:17.039><c> here,</c><00:37:17.780><c> was</c><00:37:17.920><c> in</c><00:37:18.039><c> the</c><00:37:18.320><c> higher</c><00:37:18.739><c> court</c><00:37:19.300><c> at</c> 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:25.940 the<00:37:21.440><c> entry</c><00:37:22.079><c> of</c><00:37:22.579><c> the</c><00:37:22.820><c> new</c><00:37:23.199><c> gate</c><00:37:23.800><c> of</c><00:37:24.500><c> Yahweh's</c><00:37:25.039><c> house.</c> 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:32.500 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00:37:42.260 people,<00:37:39.579><c> where</c><00:37:39.639><c> they</c><00:37:39.940><c> all</c><00:37:40.400><c> filed</c><00:37:40.639><c> in</c><00:37:40.860><c> there,</c><00:37:41.480><c> that</c><00:37:41.599><c> it</c><00:37:41.659><c> was</c><00:37:41.820><c> like</c><00:37:42.119><c> a</c> 00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:44.239 balcony<00:37:42.539><c> over</c><00:37:42.860><c> the</c><00:37:43.059><c> top</c><00:37:43.280><c> which</c><00:37:43.639><c> could</c><00:37:43.840><c> look</c><00:37:44.019><c> out</c> 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:50.500 sides.<00:37:46.460><c> Ideal</c><00:37:47.059><c> for</c><00:37:47.239><c> the</c><00:37:47.420><c> place</c><00:37:47.639><c> to</c><00:37:47.880><c> read</c><00:37:48.099><c> that</c><00:37:48.360><c> law.</c><00:37:49.300><c> Absolutely</c><00:37:49.880><c> superb.</c> 00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:52.059 Right<00:37:51.059><c> in</c><00:37:51.320><c> front</c><00:37:51.440><c> of</c><00:37:51.639><c> Yahweh's</c> 00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:55.059 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people,</c><00:38:06.800><c> swallowing</c><00:38:07.280><c> bitter</c><00:38:07.579><c> herbs,</c><00:38:08.699><c> and</c> 00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:10.400 listening<00:38:09.039><c> to</c><00:38:09.260><c> against</c><00:38:09.860><c> Israel,</c> 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:15.380 against<00:38:11.380><c> Judah,</c><00:38:12.199><c> against</c><00:38:12.699><c> the</c><00:38:12.920><c> nations.</c><00:38:14.179><c> And</c><00:38:14.320><c> he</c><00:38:14.519><c> stood</c><00:38:14.699><c> there,</c><00:38:15.039><c> brothers</c><00:38:15.139><c> and</c> 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.800 sisters,<00:38:16.559><c> and</c><00:38:16.699><c> read</c><00:38:16.960><c> that.</c> 00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:25.039 This<00:38:22.860><c> balcony</c><00:38:22.980><c> with</c><00:38:23.179><c> the</c><00:38:23.340><c> people</c><00:38:23.500><c> all</c><00:38:23.860><c> around</c><00:38:24.139><c> him,</c><00:38:24.639><c> reading</c> 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:28.440 this<00:38:25.719><c> law,</c><00:38:27.000><c> this</c><00:38:27.280><c> wonderful</c><00:38:27.800><c> discourse,</c> 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:32.360 this<00:38:29.219><c> bitter</c><00:38:29.500><c> discourse,</c><00:38:30.260><c> to</c><00:38:30.400><c> a</c><00:38:30.460><c> hungry</c><00:38:30.820><c> people,</c><00:38:31.900><c> swallowing</c> 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.380 bitter<00:38:32.639><c> herbs,</c><00:38:33.820><c> and</c><00:38:33.940><c> listening</c><00:38:34.139><c> to</c> 00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:38.980 against<00:38:34.960><c> Israel,</c><00:38:36.019><c> against</c><00:38:36.519><c> Judah,</c><00:38:37.320><c> against</c><00:38:37.800><c> the</c><00:38:38.019><c> nations.</c> 00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:41.400 And<00:38:39.440><c> he</c><00:38:39.619><c> stood</c><00:38:39.820><c> there,</c><00:38:40.179><c> brothers</c><00:38:40.260><c> and</c><00:38:40.519><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:46.619 and<00:38:41.840><c> read</c><00:38:42.079><c> that.</c><00:38:43.360><c> Verse</c><00:38:43.619><c> 12,</c><00:38:45.539><c> that</c><00:38:45.679><c> he</c><00:38:45.760><c> went</c><00:38:45.980><c> down</c><00:38:46.239><c> into</c><00:38:46.420><c> the</c> 00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:49.199 king's<00:38:46.960><c> house,</c><00:38:48.059><c> into</c><00:38:48.159><c> the</c><00:38:48.460><c> scribe's</c><00:38:49.000><c> chamber.</c> 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:53.460 You<00:38:49.619><c> know,</c><00:38:49.739><c> that</c><00:38:49.960><c> was</c><00:38:50.440><c> almost</c><00:38:50.780><c> next</c><00:38:51.159><c> door.</c><00:38:53.119><c> And</c><00:38:53.239><c> the</c><00:38:53.400><c> thing,</c> 00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:55.519 the<00:38:53.739><c> drama</c><00:38:54.059><c> about</c><00:38:54.320><c> that</c><00:38:54.559><c> was</c><00:38:54.840><c> that</c><00:38:55.059><c> as</c> 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:59.619 Barak<00:38:55.880><c> stood</c><00:38:56.159><c> there,</c><00:38:57.619><c> the</c><00:38:57.760><c> man</c><00:38:57.920><c> who</c><00:38:58.079><c> was</c><00:38:58.320><c> blessed,</c><00:38:59.199><c> reading</c> 00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.860 these<00:39:00.059><c> things,</c> 00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:04.920 stride<00:39:01.820><c> the</c><00:39:02.159><c> court,</c><00:39:02.820><c> over</c><00:39:03.079><c> the</c><00:39:03.579><c> higher</c><00:39:03.920><c> court</c><00:39:04.199><c> there,</c><00:39:04.719><c> stride</c> 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.099 that<00:39:05.179><c> balcony</c><00:39:05.519><c> with</c><00:39:05.940><c> people</c><00:39:06.320><c> both</c><00:39:06.619><c> sides,</c> 00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:10.559 the<00:39:07.739><c> next</c><00:39:07.980><c> building</c><00:39:08.239><c> on,</c><00:39:09.760><c> that</c><00:39:09.840><c> there</c><00:39:09.960><c> was</c><00:39:10.079><c> the</c><00:39:10.239><c> meeting</c><00:39:10.400><c> of</c> 00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.920 the<00:39:10.719><c> Sanhedrin.</c> 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.699 That<00:39:13.500><c> is</c><00:39:13.639><c> 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Nobody<00:40:49.420><c> writes</c><00:40:49.699><c> books.</c><00:40:50.019><c> We</c><00:40:50.219><c> do</c><00:40:50.360><c> that.</c><00:40:51.159><c> What's</c><00:40:51.519><c> he</c><00:40:51.519><c> doing?</c><00:40:52.880><c> And</c> 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.519 Maikaiya<00:40:53.579><c> would</c><00:40:53.579><c> tell</c><00:40:53.820><c> them,</c> 00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:58.420 they're<00:40:54.880><c> the</c><00:40:54.980><c> words</c><00:40:55.179><c> of</c><00:40:55.460><c> Yahweh.</c><00:40:56.360><c> Are</c><00:40:56.440><c> they?</c><00:40:58.019><c> And</c><00:40:58.179><c> you</c><00:40:58.300><c> see,</c> 00:40:58.579 --> 00:41:00.239 brothers<00:40:58.679><c> and</c><00:40:58.900><c> sisters,</c><00:40:59.159><c> now</c> 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:04.019 there's<00:41:01.000><c> a</c><00:41:01.119><c> new</c><00:41:01.360><c> tone,</c><00:41:01.639><c> isn't</c><00:41:01.760><c> there?</c><00:41:02.019><c> You</c><00:41:02.260><c> notice</c><00:41:02.579><c> this</c><00:41:02.760><c> as</c><00:41:02.880><c> we</c><00:41:03.059><c> move</c><00:41:03.219><c> on.</c><00:41:03.699><c> There's</c><00:41:03.900><c> a</c> 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.340 new<00:41:04.219><c> tone</c><00:41:04.440><c> here.</c> 00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:07.659 This<00:41:05.739><c> has</c><00:41:05.900><c> got</c><00:41:05.960><c> to</c><00:41:06.079><c> be</c><00:41:06.199><c> taken</c><00:41:06.420><c> notice</c><00:41:06.699><c> of.</c><00:41:06.980><c> Is</c><00:41:07.139><c> it</c><00:41:07.300><c> or</c><00:41:07.420><c> isn't</c><00:41:07.559><c> it</c> 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:09.579 the<00:41:07.760><c> word</c><00:41:07.920><c> of</c><00:41:08.119><c> Yahweh?</c><00:41:08.739><c> There's</c><00:41:09.000><c> now</c><00:41:09.119><c> a</c><00:41:09.300><c> question</c> 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:13.199 about<00:41:09.860><c> that.</c><00:41:11.219><c> And</c><00:41:11.420><c> among</c><00:41:11.599><c> that</c><00:41:11.820><c> group,</c><00:41:12.280><c> we</c><00:41:12.420><c> find,</c><00:41:12.900><c> is</c><00:41:12.900><c> a</c><00:41:13.000><c> man</c> 00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:17.920 called<00:41:14.380><c> Elishema.</c><00:41:16.440><c> And</c><00:41:16.559><c> you</c><00:41:16.659><c> know</c><00:41:16.760><c> who</c><00:41:16.880><c> he</c><00:41:17.000><c> was?</c> 00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:24.940 He<00:41:18.980><c> had</c><00:41:19.159><c> a</c><00:41:19.360><c> grandson,</c><00:41:20.179><c> too.</c><00:41:21.900><c> His</c><00:41:22.159><c> grandson</c><00:41:22.619><c> was</c><00:41:22.880><c> Ishmael.</c><00:41:24.719><c> Not</c> 00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.119 Abraham's<00:41:25.860><c> Ishmael.</c><00:41:26.139><c> He'd</c><00:41:26.320><c> been</c><00:41:26.500><c> dead</c><00:41:26.659><c> for</c><00:41:26.900><c> years.</c> 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:31.199 But<00:41:27.420><c> he</c><00:41:27.539><c> had</c><00:41:27.679><c> a</c><00:41:27.840><c> grandson</c><00:41:28.159><c> called</c><00:41:28.420><c> Ishmael.</c><00:41:30.199><c> And</c><00:41:30.320><c> it</c><00:41:30.400><c> was</c><00:41:30.519><c> Ishmael,</c><00:41:31.000><c> his</c> 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.860 grandson,<00:41:31.900><c> that</c><00:41:32.099><c> slew</c> 00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.820 Gedaliah,<00:41:35.159><c> who</c><00:41:35.300><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:41:35.900><c> had</c><00:41:36.039><c> left</c><00:41:36.239><c> governor</c><00:41:36.559><c> in</c><00:41:36.679><c> the</c> 00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:39.559 land<00:41:37.000><c> when</c><00:41:37.119><c> he</c><00:41:37.340><c> sacked</c><00:41:37.579><c> and</c><00:41:37.679><c> took</c><00:41:37.920><c> the</c><00:41:38.360><c> people</c><00:41:38.599><c> of</c> 00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:44.099 the<00:41:39.820><c> last</c><00:41:40.079><c> time.</c><00:41:42.139><c> So</c><00:41:42.380><c> his</c><00:41:42.719><c> family</c><00:41:43.039><c> didn't</c><00:41:43.300><c> turn</c><00:41:43.500><c> out</c><00:41:43.659><c> too</c><00:41:43.920><c> hot,</c> 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:46.719 did<00:41:44.360><c> they?</c><00:41:45.420><c> And</c><00:41:45.579><c> among</c><00:41:46.099><c> those</c><00:41:46.460><c> scribes,</c> 00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:49.639 brothers<00:41:46.980><c> and</c><00:41:47.079><c> sisters,</c><00:41:47.480><c> we</c><00:41:47.559><c> also</c><00:41:48.019><c> find</c><00:41:48.460><c> El</c><00:41:48.920><c> Nathan,</c><00:41:49.420><c> the</c><00:41:49.519><c> son</c> 00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:55.420 of<00:41:49.900><c> Achor.</c><00:41:51.159><c> Who's</c><00:41:51.500><c> he?</c><00:41:52.900><c> He's</c><00:41:53.219><c> Jehoiakim's</c> 00:41:55.800 --> 00:42:02.079 father<00:41:56.260><c>-in</c><00:41:56.440><c>-law.</c><00:41:57.900><c> That's</c><00:41:58.260><c> who</c><00:41:58.340><c> he</c><00:41:58.460><c> is.</c><00:42:00.219><c> But</c><00:42:00.340><c> to</c><00:42:00.519><c> his</c><00:42:00.820><c> credit,</c> 00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.579 he's<00:42:03.280><c> had</c><00:42:03.420><c> second</c><00:42:03.659><c> thoughts</c><00:42:03.980><c> about</c><00:42:04.320><c> what</c><00:42:04.599><c> happened.</c> 00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:09.579 He's<00:42:06.300><c> the</c><00:42:06.360><c> one,</c><00:42:06.559><c> you</c><00:42:06.699><c> know,</c><00:42:08.280><c> that</c><00:42:08.320><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:42:08.960><c> had</c><00:42:09.219><c> sent</c><00:42:09.380><c> down</c> 00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:12.880 to<00:42:09.760><c> Egypt</c><00:42:10.099><c> to</c><00:42:10.460><c> drag</c><00:42:10.940><c> Uriah</c><00:42:11.440><c> back</c><00:42:11.699><c> by</c><00:42:12.440><c> the</c><00:42:12.639><c> ears</c> 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:18.579 to<00:42:13.039><c> be</c><00:42:13.300><c> killed.</c><00:42:13.880><c> Remember</c><00:42:13.920><c> that?</c><00:42:15.800><c> And</c><00:42:15.940><c> the</c><00:42:16.059><c> hints</c><00:42:16.219><c> in</c><00:42:16.360><c> this</c><00:42:16.599><c> record</c><00:42:16.880><c> are</c><00:42:17.639><c> that</c><00:42:18.420><c> El</c> 00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:20.019 Nathan<00:42:18.800><c> didn't</c><00:42:19.039><c> like</c><00:42:19.260><c> that.</c> 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:25.300 And<00:42:21.400><c> he</c><00:42:21.719><c> feared</c><00:42:22.019><c> for</c><00:42:22.280><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:42:24.239><c> He'd</c><00:42:24.420><c> had</c><00:42:24.619><c> second</c><00:42:24.840><c> thoughts</c> 00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:26.480 about<00:42:25.559><c> what</c><00:42:25.840><c> about</c><00:42:26.039><c> that.</c><00:42:26.159><c> But</c><00:42:26.260><c> he</c><00:42:26.320><c> would</c> 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:29.699 never<00:42:26.659><c> have</c><00:42:26.880><c> forgotten</c><00:42:27.179><c> that</c><00:42:27.440><c> experience,</c><00:42:28.920><c> bringing</c><00:42:29.280><c> Uriah</c> 00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:33.199 back<00:42:30.159><c> and</c><00:42:30.420><c> finding</c><00:42:30.619><c> him</c><00:42:31.000><c> slain.</c><00:42:32.619><c> And</c><00:42:32.900><c> now</c><00:42:33.059><c> he's</c> 00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:36.719 speaking<00:42:33.679><c> up</c><00:42:34.400><c> and</c><00:42:34.659><c> trying</c><00:42:34.920><c> to</c><00:42:35.039><c> prevent</c><00:42:35.260><c> another</c><00:42:35.559><c> disaster.</c> 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.400 Those<00:42:37.440><c> scribes,</c><00:42:38.039><c> brethren</c><00:42:38.219><c> and</c><00:42:38.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:44.880 were<00:42:39.980><c> impressed.</c><00:42:42.719><c> There</c><00:42:42.739><c> was</c><00:42:43.000><c> not</c><00:42:43.659><c> a</c><00:42:43.820><c> straight</c><00:42:44.000><c>-out</c><00:42:44.139><c> rejection</c><00:42:44.579><c> here.</c> 00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:46.619 They<00:42:45.159><c> are</c><00:42:45.340><c> impressed.</c> 00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:51.119 And<00:42:47.900><c> they</c><00:42:48.179><c> seek</c><00:42:48.380><c> some</c><00:42:48.659><c> way</c><00:42:49.199><c> to</c><00:42:50.239><c> bring</c><00:42:50.420><c> this</c><00:42:50.619><c> to</c><00:42:50.739><c> the</c><00:42:50.920><c> attention</c> 00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:54.420 of<00:42:51.280><c> the</c><00:42:51.500><c> king</c><00:42:52.019><c> in</c><00:42:52.920><c> a</c><00:42:53.159><c> favourable</c><00:42:53.519><c> manner.</c> 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:57.400 Now<00:42:55.199><c> the</c><00:42:55.260><c> fact</c><00:42:55.579><c> that</c><00:42:55.780><c> I</c><00:42:55.940><c> say</c><00:42:56.159><c> that,</c><00:42:56.440><c> why</c><00:42:56.739><c> would</c><00:42:56.920><c> I</c><00:42:57.079><c> say</c><00:42:57.239><c> that?</c> 00:42:57.500 --> 00:43:00.139 Because,<00:42:58.079><c> you</c><00:42:58.239><c> see,</c><00:42:58.360><c> they</c><00:42:58.659><c> suggested</c><00:42:59.139><c> in</c><00:42:59.320><c> verse</c><00:42:59.599><c> 19</c> 00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:04.380 that<00:43:00.559><c> Barak</c><00:43:00.960><c> and</c><00:43:01.139><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:01.579><c> go</c><00:43:01.860><c> into</c><00:43:02.099><c> hiding.</c><00:43:02.599><c> And</c><00:43:02.619><c> don't</c><00:43:02.719><c> tell</c><00:43:02.840><c> anybody</c><00:43:03.079><c> where</c><00:43:03.260><c> you</c><00:43:03.460><c> are.</c> 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:09.519 And<00:43:06.219><c> they</c><00:43:06.519><c> put</c><00:43:06.760><c> that</c><00:43:07.219><c> scroll,</c><00:43:07.579><c> brothers</c><00:43:07.860><c> and</c><00:43:08.119><c> sisters,</c><00:43:09.320><c> they</c> 00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:12.519 put<00:43:09.739><c> it</c><00:43:10.639><c> in</c><00:43:11.019><c> verse</c><00:43:11.260><c> 20.</c><00:43:11.739><c> They</c><00:43:11.739><c> went</c><00:43:11.960><c> into</c><00:43:12.159><c> the</c><00:43:12.380><c> king</c> 00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:16.980 of<00:43:12.659><c> the</c><00:43:12.800><c> court,</c><00:43:13.059><c> but</c><00:43:13.139><c> they</c><00:43:13.480><c> laid</c><00:43:13.619><c> up</c><00:43:13.860><c> the</c><00:43:14.099><c> scroll</c><00:43:14.260><c> in</c><00:43:14.420><c> the</c><00:43:14.639><c> chamber</c><00:43:14.880><c> of</c><00:43:15.099><c> Elisha</c><00:43:15.380><c> with</c><00:43:15.539><c> a</c><00:43:15.739><c> scribe.</c> 00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:20.440 That's<00:43:17.579><c> where</c><00:43:17.699><c> they</c><00:43:17.880><c> put</c><00:43:18.079><c> it.</c><00:43:19.460><c> And</c><00:43:19.619><c> so</c><00:43:19.699><c> they</c><00:43:19.900><c> got</c><00:43:20.019><c> the</c><00:43:20.280><c> scroll</c> 00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:22.039 of<00:43:20.679><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:43:21.139><c> They</c><00:43:21.139><c> said,</c><00:43:21.260><c> look,</c><00:43:21.380><c> we</c><00:43:21.559><c> want</c><00:43:21.760><c> to</c> 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:25.480 show<00:43:22.139><c> this</c><00:43:22.320><c> to</c><00:43:22.460><c> the</c><00:43:22.599><c> king.</c><00:43:22.780><c> Now</c><00:43:22.900><c> you</c><00:43:23.019><c> better</c><00:43:23.159><c> disappear.</c><00:43:25.280><c> This</c> 00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:29.159 is<00:43:25.739><c> hot</c><00:43:25.960><c> property.</c><00:43:27.360><c> And</c><00:43:27.579><c> they</c><00:43:27.679><c> took</c><00:43:27.860><c> that</c><00:43:28.199><c> scroll</c> 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:34.940 and<00:43:29.880><c> they</c><00:43:30.039><c> went</c><00:43:30.260><c> and</c><00:43:30.480><c> put</c><00:43:30.579><c> it</c><00:43:31.480><c> among</c><00:43:31.940><c> the</c><00:43:32.280><c> archives</c><00:43:32.940><c> of</c><00:43:34.260><c> the</c><00:43:34.440><c> Word</c><00:43:34.639><c> of</c> 00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:38.960 God<00:43:35.519><c> in</c><00:43:37.300><c> the</c><00:43:37.539><c> scribe's</c><00:43:38.099><c> chamber.</c> 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:44.059 They<00:43:40.199><c> treated</c><00:43:40.440><c> it</c><00:43:40.619><c> with</c><00:43:40.800><c> respect</c><00:43:41.780><c> because</c><00:43:43.420><c> the</c><00:43:43.639><c> Babylonian</c> 00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:45.579 was<00:43:44.219><c> there,</c><00:43:44.480><c> were</c><00:43:44.539><c> they?</c> 00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:49.760 And<00:43:46.599><c> this</c><00:43:46.820><c> man</c><00:43:46.940><c> had</c><00:43:47.159><c> proven</c><00:43:47.320><c> to</c><00:43:47.480><c> be</c><00:43:47.659><c> right.</c><00:43:49.199><c> And</c><00:43:49.340><c> there</c><00:43:49.440><c> was</c><00:43:49.599><c> a</c> 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:52.119 ring<00:43:49.880><c> of</c><00:43:50.199><c> authority</c><00:43:50.599><c> about</c><00:43:50.940><c> that</c><00:43:51.260><c> scroll.</c> 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:54.940 And<00:43:53.179><c> when</c><00:43:53.260><c> it</c><00:43:53.380><c> was</c><00:43:53.559><c> finally</c><00:43:53.900><c> burnt,</c><00:43:54.380><c> brethren</c><00:43:54.539><c> and</c><00:43:54.800><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:56.739 they<00:43:55.260><c> stood</c><00:43:55.460><c> there</c><00:43:55.840><c> bitterly</c><00:43:56.320><c> protesting</c> 00:43:56.739 --> 00:44:00.300 about<00:43:57.039><c> that.</c><00:43:58.400><c> You</c><00:43:58.539><c> 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good.</c><00:44:11.019><c> But</c><00:44:11.260><c> certainly</c> 00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:15.119 now,<00:44:12.320><c> you</c><00:44:12.420><c> don't</c><00:44:12.699><c> dismiss</c><00:44:13.039><c> this</c><00:44:13.380><c> man</c><00:44:14.019><c> lightly.</c> 00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:22.039 All<00:44:16.800><c> right.</c><00:44:18.300><c> So</c><00:44:18.559><c> we</c><00:44:18.719><c> read</c><00:44:19.340><c> in</c><00:44:19.639><c> verse</c><00:44:19.880><c> 13,</c><00:44:20.400><c> then</c><00:44:20.519><c> Micah</c><00:44:20.960><c> had</c><00:44:21.099><c> declared</c><00:44:21.380><c> unto</c><00:44:21.599><c> them</c><00:44:21.800><c> all</c> 00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:23.639 the<00:44:22.219><c> words</c><00:44:22.420><c> that</c><00:44:22.559><c> he</c><00:44:23.539><c> had</c> 00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:26.039 read<00:44:23.880><c> the</c><00:44:24.039><c> book</c><00:44:24.219><c> and</c><00:44:24.400><c> the</c><00:44:24.539><c> years</c><00:44:24.619><c> of</c><00:44:24.780><c> the</c><00:44:24.940><c> people.</c><00:44:25.639><c> Therefore</c> 00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:28.440 all<00:44:26.420><c> the</c><00:44:26.559><c> princes</c><00:44:26.860><c> sent</c><00:44:27.199><c> Jehudi,</c> 00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:32.940 the<00:44:29.199><c> son</c><00:44:29.380><c> of</c><00:44:29.519><c> Nephaniah,</c><00:44:30.219><c> the</c><00:44:30.300><c> son</c><00:44:30.500><c> of</c><00:44:30.679><c> Shilomiah,</c><00:44:32.460><c> the</c><00:44:32.659><c> son</c> 00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:39.500 of<00:44:33.199><c> an</c><00:44:33.380><c> Ethiopian.</c><00:44:35.340><c> Goodness</c><00:44:35.719><c> me!</c><00:44:37.880><c> An</c><00:44:38.119><c> Ethiopian</c> 00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:46.840 to<00:44:41.119><c> the</c><00:44:41.280><c> third</c><00:44:41.599><c> generation.</c><00:44:44.260><c> An</c><00:44:44.440><c> Ethiopian,</c><00:44:45.280><c> Kushai,</c><00:44:46.440><c> to</c><00:44:46.599><c> the</c> 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:50.760 third<00:44:47.199><c> generation.</c><00:44:49.039><c> And</c><00:44:49.360><c> it</c><00:44:49.500><c> was</c><00:44:49.760><c> said</c> 00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:54.780 in<00:44:51.380><c> the</c><00:44:51.500><c> book</c><00:44:51.659><c> of</c><00:44:51.860><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:44:53.019><c> that</c><00:44:53.820><c> the</c><00:44:54.159><c> Ethiopian</c><00:44:54.539><c> could</c> 00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:56.579 enter<00:44:54.940><c> into</c><00:44:55.119><c> the</c><00:44:55.280><c> congregation</c><00:44:55.699><c> of</c><00:44:55.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:56.280><c> in</c> 00:44:56.579 --> 00:45:02.159 the<00:44:57.019><c> third</c><00:44:57.340><c> generation.</c><00:44:59.599><c> And</c><00:44:59.780><c> what's</c><00:45:00.159><c> more,</c><00:45:01.480><c> this</c><00:45:01.659><c> Ethiopian</c> 00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:04.400 who<00:45:02.320><c> had</c><00:45:02.440><c> come</c><00:45:02.579><c> to</c><00:45:02.699><c> the</c><00:45:02.800><c> third</c><00:45:03.079><c> generation</c> 00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:10.260 was<00:45:05.159><c> called</c><00:45:05.500><c> Jehudi,</c><00:45:06.940><c> which</c><00:45:07.199><c> put</c><00:45:07.400><c> in</c><00:45:07.539><c> the</c><00:45:07.659><c> vernacular</c><00:45:08.559><c> a</c><00:45:09.400><c> Jew.</c> 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:15.260 He's<00:45:12.460><c> the</c><00:45:12.559><c> one</c><00:45:12.699><c> that</c><00:45:12.820><c> got</c><00:45:12.940><c> the</c><00:45:13.119><c> message.</c><00:45:13.340><c> It</c><00:45:13.400><c> was</c><00:45:13.579><c> a</c><00:45:13.679><c> go</c><00:45:13.860><c>-between</c><00:45:14.199><c> between</c><00:45:14.760><c> the</c> 00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:20.239 Sanhedrin<00:45:15.880><c> and</c><00:45:20.239><c> the</c> 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:24.039 who<00:45:20.800><c> was</c><00:45:21.199><c> an</c><00:45:21.300><c> Ethiopian</c><00:45:21.920><c> to</c><00:45:22.199><c> the</c><00:45:22.340><c> third</c><00:45:22.539><c> generation.</c><00:45:23.860><c> Isn't</c><00:45:23.860><c> that</c><00:45:23.960><c> a</c> 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:26.619 link,<00:45:24.380><c> brothers</c><00:45:24.519><c> and</c><00:45:24.699><c> sisters?</c><00:45:26.460><c> Isn't</c> 00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:30.659 that<00:45:26.820><c> a</c><00:45:26.900><c> link?</c><00:45:27.300><c> Look</c><00:45:27.659><c> at</c><00:45:27.940><c> the</c><00:45:28.179><c> panorama</c><00:45:28.639><c> of</c><00:45:28.920><c> that.</c><00:45:30.320><c> You</c><00:45:30.440><c> know,</c> 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.900 the<00:45:31.019><c> sparkling</c><00:45:31.699><c> Sanhedrin.</c> 00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:36.199 The<00:45:34.000><c> men</c><00:45:34.219><c> who</c><00:45:34.440><c> wrote</c><00:45:34.639><c> so</c><00:45:34.920><c> eloquent,</c><00:45:35.380><c> so</c><00:45:35.599><c> wonderfully,</c><00:45:36.199><c> were</c> 00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:38.840 described<00:45:36.719><c> with</c><00:45:37.039><c> their</c><00:45:37.340><c> pens</c><00:45:37.639><c> and</c><00:45:38.239><c> inscribed</c> 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:43.639 the<00:45:39.059><c> words</c><00:45:39.260><c> of</c><00:45:39.599><c> God.</c><00:45:40.420><c> You</c><00:45:40.699><c> know,</c><00:45:41.000><c> the</c><00:45:41.320><c> sparkling</c><00:45:42.019><c> Sanhedrin.</c> 00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:45.639 The<00:45:44.320><c> men</c><00:45:44.619><c> who</c><00:45:44.820><c> wrote</c><00:45:44.980><c> so</c><00:45:45.239><c> eloquent,</c> 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:49.920 so<00:45:45.860><c> wonderfully,</c><00:45:46.659><c> were</c><00:45:46.659><c> described</c><00:45:47.059><c> with</c><00:45:47.400><c> their</c><00:45:47.699><c> pens</c><00:45:48.000><c> and</c><00:45:48.599><c> inscribed</c><00:45:49.179><c> the</c><00:45:49.380><c> words</c><00:45:49.599><c> of</c> 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.659 God,<00:45:50.400><c> stood</c> 00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:54.519 for<00:45:51.039><c> Jewishness.</c><00:45:52.300><c> And</c><00:45:52.500><c> the</c><00:45:52.719><c> court</c><00:45:52.860><c> of</c><00:45:53.039><c> the</c><00:45:53.260><c> king,</c><00:45:53.559><c> all</c><00:45:53.659><c> the</c><00:45:54.039><c> nobles</c><00:45:54.340><c> of</c> 00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:56.860 Israel<00:45:54.900><c> were.</c><00:45:56.199><c> And</c><00:45:56.420><c> there's</c><00:45:56.659><c> a</c> 00:45:56.860 --> 00:46:00.179 testimony<00:45:57.239><c> between</c><00:45:57.719><c> them</c><00:45:58.539><c> being</c><00:45:58.980><c> carried</c><00:45:59.360><c> there</c><00:45:59.840><c> and</c><00:45:59.960><c> hither</c> 00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:03.739 and<00:46:00.300><c> thither</c><00:46:00.420><c> by</c><00:46:00.679><c> a</c><00:46:00.900><c> Jew</c><00:46:01.340><c> who</c><00:46:02.360><c> was</c><00:46:02.519><c> an</c><00:46:02.659><c> Ethiopian.</c> 00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:08.119 Isn't<00:46:04.619><c> that</c><00:46:04.860><c> an</c><00:46:05.039><c> eloquent</c><00:46:05.400><c> testimony</c><00:46:05.840><c> of</c><00:46:06.340><c> the</c><00:46:06.559><c> prophecy</c><00:46:06.820><c> of</c><00:46:07.079><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:46:07.940><c> a</c> 00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:09.639 prophet<00:46:08.280><c> under</c><00:46:08.440><c> the</c><00:46:08.679><c> nations?</c> 00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:12.340 There's<00:46:11.039><c> a</c><00:46:11.159><c> lot</c><00:46:11.239><c> in</c><00:46:11.400><c> that,</c><00:46:11.780><c> brothers</c><00:46:11.800><c> and</c><00:46:11.960><c> sisters,</c><00:46:12.039><c> when</c><00:46:12.199><c> you</c> 00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:15.199 think<00:46:12.539><c> about</c><00:46:12.780><c> it.</c><00:46:13.280><c> And</c><00:46:13.539><c> this</c><00:46:13.780><c> Jehudi</c><00:46:14.219><c> had</c><00:46:14.599><c> the</c><00:46:14.840><c> job</c> 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:19.000 of<00:46:15.840><c> conveying</c><00:46:16.360><c> the</c><00:46:16.639><c> scroll</c><00:46:16.960><c> from</c><00:46:17.460><c> one</c><00:46:17.780><c> place</c><00:46:18.079><c> to</c><00:46:18.260><c> another.</c><00:46:18.760><c> And</c><00:46:18.820><c> in</c> 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:22.599 verse<00:46:19.159><c> 16,</c><00:46:20.760><c> or</c><00:46:20.860><c> verse</c><00:46:21.119><c> 15,</c><00:46:21.579><c> they</c><00:46:21.780><c> said</c><00:46:21.920><c> unto</c> 00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:30.400 Baruch,<00:46:23.920><c> sit</c><00:46:24.139><c> down</c><00:46:24.679><c> now</c><00:46:25.059><c> and</c><00:46:25.460><c> read</c><00:46:25.659><c> it</c><00:46:25.820><c> in</c><00:46:25.920><c> our</c><00:46:26.119><c> ears.</c><00:46:27.340><c> Note</c><00:46:27.519><c> that.</c><00:46:29.780><c> You</c><00:46:29.980><c> know,</c><00:46:30.239><c> we</c> 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.960 are<00:46:30.920><c> slovenly</c><00:46:31.420><c> readers</c><00:46:31.760><c> if</c> 00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:37.860 we<00:46:32.099><c> miss</c><00:46:32.260><c> these</c><00:46:32.559><c> things.</c><00:46:33.659><c> Sit</c><00:46:34.059><c> down.</c><00:46:36.139><c> It</c><00:46:36.400><c> was</c><00:46:36.800><c> a</c><00:46:36.940><c> noted</c><00:46:37.340><c> custom</c> 00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:41.539 among<00:46:38.219><c> the</c><00:46:38.539><c> Jews</c><00:46:39.059><c> that</c><00:46:40.400><c> when</c><00:46:40.719><c> one</c><00:46:41.019><c> had</c><00:46:41.280><c> something</c> 00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:45.000 to<00:46:41.719><c> say</c><00:46:42.039><c> of</c><00:46:42.300><c> import</c><00:46:42.840><c> and</c><00:46:43.719><c> respect</c><00:46:44.179><c> that</c><00:46:44.320><c> was</c><00:46:44.420><c> to</c><00:46:44.619><c> be</c><00:46:44.619><c> given</c><00:46:44.800><c> to</c> 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:48.820 them,<00:46:46.099><c> they</c><00:46:46.320><c> were</c><00:46:46.579><c> invited</c><00:46:46.940><c> to</c><00:46:47.260><c> sit</c><00:46:47.559><c> down</c><00:46:47.940><c> and</c><00:46:48.099><c> read</c> 00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:55.619 it.<00:46:50.920><c> Baruch</c><00:46:51.119><c> was</c><00:46:51.400><c> given</c><00:46:51.940><c> pride</c><00:46:52.280><c> of</c><00:46:52.500><c> place.</c><00:46:53.639><c> Come</c><00:46:53.880><c> in.</c><00:46:55.239><c> Take</c><00:46:55.460><c> a</c> 00:46:55.619 --> 00:47:00.639 seat.<00:46:57.019><c> Let's</c><00:46:57.300><c> hear</c><00:46:57.440><c> your</c><00:46:57.699><c> role.</c><00:46:59.960><c> And</c><00:47:00.099><c> they</c><00:47:00.219><c> heard</c><00:47:00.400><c> the</c> 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:07.219 role.<00:47:01.380><c> Verse</c><00:47:01.599><c> 16.</c><00:47:03.539><c> They</c><00:47:03.619><c> came</c><00:47:03.800><c> to</c><00:47:04.019><c> pass,</c><00:47:05.380><c> and</c><00:47:06.920><c> they'd</c><00:47:07.119><c> heard</c> 00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:09.519 all<00:47:07.460><c> the</c><00:47:07.619><c> words.</c><00:47:07.840><c> They</c><00:47:07.960><c> were</c><00:47:08.199><c> afraid</c><00:47:08.599><c> both</c><00:47:09.039><c> one</c> 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:18.239 other.<00:47:11.639><c> Rotherham</c><00:47:12.139><c> hits</c><00:47:12.420><c> it</c><00:47:12.599><c> on</c><00:47:12.699><c> the</c><00:47:12.820><c> head</c><00:47:12.940><c> when</c><00:47:13.099><c> he</c><00:47:13.219><c> says,</c><00:47:14.719><c> they</c><00:47:14.780><c> turned</c><00:47:15.119><c> with</c><00:47:15.460><c> fear</c><00:47:16.019><c> one</c><00:47:17.019><c> to</c><00:47:17.260><c> another.</c> 00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:22.820 Jeremiah's<00:47:19.960><c> exposition,</c><00:47:20.579><c> brothers</c><00:47:20.780><c> and</c><00:47:20.940><c> sisters,</c><00:47:22.360><c> struck</c><00:47:22.599><c> a</c> 00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:26.659 chord.<00:47:24.679><c> I</c><00:47:24.739><c> like</c><00:47:25.000><c> to,</c><00:47:25.219><c> you</c><00:47:25.320><c> know,</c> 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:31.460 one<00:47:26.920><c> of</c><00:47:27.119><c> my</c><00:47:27.380><c> pure</c><00:47:27.599><c> delights</c><00:47:28.300><c> in</c><00:47:28.739><c> Bible</c><00:47:29.059><c> study,</c><00:47:29.800><c> and</c><00:47:30.059><c> I</c><00:47:30.139><c> don't</c><00:47:30.300><c> do</c><00:47:30.400><c> this</c><00:47:30.559><c> for</c><00:47:30.760><c> you,</c><00:47:31.280><c> I</c> 00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:32.320 do<00:47:31.619><c> it</c><00:47:31.880><c> for</c><00:47:31.980><c> myself,</c> 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:38.139 but<00:47:32.480><c> I</c><00:47:32.639><c> share</c><00:47:32.780><c> it</c><00:47:32.940><c> with</c><00:47:33.039><c> you,</c><00:47:34.539><c> is</c><00:47:34.659><c> to</c><00:47:35.000><c> see</c><00:47:35.139><c> it.</c><00:47:37.559><c> Can</c><00:47:37.719><c> you</c><00:47:37.900><c> see</c> 00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:42.719 it?<00:47:40.119><c> Open</c><00:47:40.340><c> the</c><00:47:40.559><c> door,</c><00:47:41.260><c> scroll</c><00:47:41.519><c> under</c><00:47:41.739><c> his</c><00:47:42.000><c> arm.</c> 00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:48.719 Baruch,<00:47:44.800><c> sit</c><00:47:44.920><c> down.</c><00:47:46.199><c> You</c><00:47:46.360><c> sure?</c><00:47:46.780><c> Yes,</c><00:47:47.159><c> yes,</c><00:47:47.460><c> sit</c><00:47:47.539><c> down.</c><00:47:48.539><c> Thank</c> 00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:50.119 you<00:47:48.940><c> very</c><00:47:49.159><c> much.</c><00:47:49.679><c> Respectfully,</c> 00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:56.840 here<00:47:50.480><c> are</c><00:47:50.639><c> the</c><00:47:50.800><c> scribes.</c><00:47:52.920><c> These</c><00:47:53.179><c> are</c><00:47:53.340><c> the</c><00:47:53.500><c> Bible</c><00:47:53.800><c> markers.</c><00:47:56.280><c> We'd</c><00:47:56.599><c> like</c><00:47:56.679><c> to</c> 00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.639 hear<00:47:56.960><c> what</c><00:47:57.059><c> you've</c><00:47:57.219><c> got</c><00:47:57.260><c> to</c><00:47:57.440><c> say,</c> 00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:05.099 what<00:47:57.780><c> to</c><00:47:58.039><c> read.</c><00:47:59.099><c> Really?</c><00:47:59.480><c> Yeah,</c><00:47:59.619><c> really.</c><00:48:01.400><c> Way</c><00:48:01.500><c> we</c><00:48:01.699><c> go.</c><00:48:03.019><c> Against</c><00:48:03.420><c> Israel.</c><00:48:04.719><c> That's</c> 00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:05.559 fair<00:48:05.219><c> enough.</c> 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:09.619 They<00:48:05.920><c> don't</c><00:48:06.119><c> belong</c><00:48:06.239><c> to</c><00:48:06.360><c> Israel.</c><00:48:08.800><c> Against</c><00:48:09.039><c> the</c><00:48:09.300><c> nations,</c> 00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:13.579 perhaps.<00:48:10.079><c> That's</c><00:48:10.539><c> fair</c><00:48:10.699><c> enough.</c><00:48:12.059><c> Against</c><00:48:12.519><c> Judah.</c> 00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:18.059 And<00:48:15.500><c> the</c><00:48:15.699><c> scribes</c><00:48:16.099><c> sitting</c><00:48:16.380><c> there.</c><00:48:16.659><c> Men,</c><00:48:17.199><c> brothers</c><00:48:17.360><c> and</c><00:48:17.599><c> sisters,</c><00:48:17.880><c> who</c> 00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:20.139 are<00:48:18.219><c> not</c><00:48:18.539><c> easily</c><00:48:18.960><c> moved.</c> 00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:25.039 They're<00:48:21.440><c> not</c><00:48:21.639><c> fools,</c><00:48:21.980><c> these</c><00:48:22.280><c> people.</c><00:48:23.559><c> Not</c><00:48:23.780><c> easily</c><00:48:24.139><c> moved.</c><00:48:24.500><c> Men</c><00:48:24.760><c> of</c> 00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:27.119 great<00:48:25.360><c> notoriety</c><00:48:25.900><c> and</c><00:48:26.159><c> position.</c> 00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:32.380 But<00:48:27.579><c> now,</c><00:48:29.400><c> looking</c><00:48:29.500><c> sideways</c><00:48:29.900><c> at</c><00:48:30.079><c> each</c><00:48:30.260><c> other,</c><00:48:30.940><c> shaking</c><00:48:31.159><c> their</c><00:48:31.420><c> head,</c><00:48:32.239><c> one</c> 00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:35.719 to<00:48:32.539><c> another.</c><00:48:33.659><c> Hey,</c><00:48:35.280><c> hey,</c><00:48:35.519><c> quivering</c> 00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:39.860 and<00:48:36.039><c> shaking</c><00:48:36.280><c> and</c><00:48:36.539><c> listening</c><00:48:36.860><c> as</c><00:48:37.179><c> Jeremiah</c><00:48:37.719><c> and</c><00:48:37.900><c> Baruch</c><00:48:38.440><c> thundering</c><00:48:39.019><c> out,</c> 00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:43.280 thus<00:48:39.900><c> saith</c><00:48:40.219><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:41.719><c> thus</c><00:48:42.079><c> saith</c><00:48:42.400><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:49.320 thus<00:48:44.280><c> saith</c><00:48:44.480><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:45.119><c> go</c><00:48:45.340><c> to</c><00:48:45.639><c> Shiloh,</c><00:48:46.840><c> go</c><00:48:47.159><c> to</c><00:48:47.440><c> Shiloh.</c><00:48:48.900><c> This</c> 00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:56.599 place,<00:48:50.260><c> this</c><00:48:50.579><c> place</c><00:48:50.820><c> will</c><00:48:50.980><c> be</c><00:48:51.079><c> given</c><00:48:51.199><c> to</c><00:48:51.340><c> the</c> 00:48:56.599 --> 00:49:00.280 scribes.<00:48:56.699><c> Shaking</c><00:48:56.719><c> like</c><00:48:57.019><c> a</c><00:48:57.099><c> fool,</c><00:48:57.920><c> like</c><00:48:57.980><c> an</c><00:48:58.159><c> ass.</c><00:48:59.500><c> Shaking</c><00:48:59.940><c> like</c><00:49:00.199><c> a</c> 00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:04.659 leaf.<00:49:03.039><c> What's</c><00:49:03.400><c> he</c><00:49:03.500><c> talking</c><00:49:03.760><c> about?</c> 00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:08.699 But<00:49:05.440><c> nobody</c><00:49:05.860><c> dared</c><00:49:06.219><c> to</c><00:49:06.440><c> suggest,</c><00:49:06.920><c> did</c><00:49:06.920><c> they,</c><00:49:08.199><c> that</c><00:49:08.340><c> there</c><00:49:08.519><c> was</c> 00:49:08.699 --> 00:49:10.639 no<00:49:09.079><c> substance</c><00:49:09.500><c> in</c><00:49:09.679><c> it?</c> 00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:13.960 Nobody<00:49:11.980><c> suggested</c><00:49:12.420><c> that.</c><00:49:13.019><c> In</c><00:49:13.219><c> the</c><00:49:13.380><c> end,</c><00:49:13.500><c> when</c><00:49:13.599><c> the</c><00:49:13.780><c> reading</c> 00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:16.519 was<00:49:14.260><c> over,</c><00:49:15.400><c> they</c><00:49:15.579><c> said,</c><00:49:15.820><c> give</c><00:49:15.840><c> us</c><00:49:15.960><c> that</c><00:49:16.219><c> scroll.</c> 00:49:16.860 --> 00:49:19.300 What<00:49:17.000><c> are</c><00:49:17.079><c> you</c><00:49:17.099><c> going</c><00:49:17.199><c> to</c><00:49:17.199><c> do</c><00:49:17.300><c> with</c><00:49:17.380><c> it?</c><00:49:18.420><c> Oh,</c><00:49:18.679><c> look,</c><00:49:19.019><c> we're</c><00:49:19.159><c> going</c><00:49:19.280><c> to</c> 00:49:19.300 --> 00:49:20.380 put<00:49:19.420><c> it</c><00:49:19.559><c> in</c><00:49:19.619><c> the</c><00:49:19.900><c> archives,</c> 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:24.019 in<00:49:20.900><c> the</c><00:49:21.039><c> scribes'</c><00:49:21.940><c> chamber.</c><00:49:22.980><c> And</c><00:49:23.340><c> we'll</c><00:49:23.480><c> think</c><00:49:23.699><c> about</c><00:49:23.880><c> what</c> 00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:25.440 we're<00:49:24.199><c> going</c><00:49:24.260><c> to</c><00:49:24.320><c> do</c><00:49:24.500><c> about</c><00:49:24.719><c> that.</c> 00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:28.840 Well,<00:49:26.719><c> they</c><00:49:26.840><c> thought</c><00:49:27.039><c> about</c><00:49:27.280><c> it,</c><00:49:27.500><c> brethren</c><00:49:27.619><c> and</c><00:49:27.840><c> sisters,</c><00:49:28.019><c> and</c><00:49:28.159><c> they</c><00:49:28.280><c> said,</c><00:49:28.420><c> we've</c><00:49:28.539><c> got</c><00:49:28.619><c> to</c> 00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:29.960 tell<00:49:28.840><c> the</c><00:49:29.119><c> king.</c> 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:34.380 We<00:49:30.519><c> will</c><00:49:30.739><c> surely</c><00:49:30.960><c> tell</c><00:49:31.159><c> the</c><00:49:31.380><c> king,</c><00:49:31.739><c> they</c><00:49:31.880><c> said.</c><00:49:33.800><c> Surely</c><00:49:34.159><c> tell</c> 00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:36.880 the<00:49:34.579><c> king.</c><00:49:35.880><c> But</c><00:49:36.019><c> you</c><00:49:36.099><c> know,</c><00:49:36.300><c> brethren</c><00:49:36.460><c> and</c><00:49:36.639><c> sisters,</c> 00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:41.300 before<00:49:37.599><c> they</c><00:49:38.019><c> said</c><00:49:38.260><c> that</c><00:49:38.420><c> they</c><00:49:38.539><c> would</c><00:49:38.760><c> surely</c><00:49:39.019><c> tell</c><00:49:39.280><c> the</c><00:49:39.539><c> king,</c><00:49:41.119><c> look</c> 00:49:41.300 --> 00:49:43.039 at<00:49:41.420><c> the</c><00:49:41.639><c> questions</c><00:49:42.019><c> that</c><00:49:42.340><c> Barak</c><00:49:42.559><c> gets</c><00:49:42.820><c> in</c> 00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:50.400 verse<00:49:43.239><c> 17.</c><00:49:46.300><c> They</c><00:49:46.539><c> asked</c><00:49:46.760><c> Barak,</c><00:49:47.400><c> saying,</c><00:49:48.760><c> how</c><00:49:49.880><c> did</c><00:49:50.039><c> you</c><00:49:50.260><c> write</c> 00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:52.800 all<00:49:50.599><c> these</c><00:49:50.780><c> words</c><00:49:51.000><c> at</c><00:49:51.139><c> his</c><00:49:51.340><c> mouth?</c><00:49:52.199><c> Now,</c><00:49:52.440><c> what</c><00:49:52.579><c> was</c> 00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:55.920 the<00:49:53.059><c> meaning</c><00:49:53.059><c> of</c><00:49:53.239><c> that?</c><00:49:53.559><c> You</c><00:49:53.639><c> see,</c><00:49:54.280><c> it</c><00:49:54.360><c> was</c><00:49:54.539><c> like</c><00:49:55.099><c> John</c><00:49:55.340><c> the</c><00:49:55.519><c> Baptist</c><00:49:55.739><c> in</c> 00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:59.019 the<00:49:56.059><c> wilderness.</c><00:49:58.320><c> He's</c><00:49:58.440><c> only</c><00:49:58.619><c> a</c><00:49:58.840><c> hermit,</c> 00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:08.280 isn't<00:49:59.280><c> he?</c><00:50:01.159><c> We</c><00:50:01.420><c> would</c><00:50:01.639><c> say,</c><00:50:02.579><c> he's</c><00:50:02.940><c> a</c><00:50:03.059><c> nutcase.</c><00:50:05.780><c> A</c><00:50:05.980><c> chap</c><00:50:05.980><c> out</c><00:50:06.280><c> there</c><00:50:07.340><c> gets</c><00:50:07.699><c> around</c><00:50:07.900><c> with</c><00:50:08.099><c> a</c> 00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:11.159 camel<00:50:08.519><c> skin.</c><00:50:09.840><c> What</c><00:50:10.059><c> an</c><00:50:10.260><c> idiot.</c> 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:15.840 And<00:50:12.559><c> someone</c><00:50:12.820><c> would</c><00:50:13.039><c> say,</c><00:50:13.300><c> you</c><00:50:13.380><c> know</c><00:50:13.519><c> what</c><00:50:13.639><c> he</c><00:50:13.820><c> does?</c><00:50:14.599><c> No.</c><00:50:15.639><c> He</c> 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:19.400 eats<00:50:16.000><c> grass</c><00:50:16.420><c> off</c><00:50:16.659><c> us.</c><00:50:17.920><c> He's</c><00:50:18.239><c> a</c><00:50:18.420><c> joke.</c> 00:50:19.659 --> 00:50:24.480 Until<00:50:20.059><c> he</c><00:50:20.179><c> opened</c><00:50:20.420><c> his</c><00:50:20.659><c> mouth.</c><00:50:23.699><c> And</c><00:50:23.820><c> when</c><00:50:23.940><c> he</c><00:50:24.179><c> opened</c><00:50:24.239><c> his</c> 00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.539 mouth,<00:50:25.760><c> people</c><00:50:25.980><c> were</c><00:50:26.239><c> thunderstruck.</c> 00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:31.659 They<00:50:29.159><c> were</c><00:50:29.159><c> absolutely</c><00:50:29.679><c> thunderstruck,</c><00:50:30.639><c> because</c><00:50:30.880><c> there'd</c><00:50:31.079><c> never</c><00:50:31.280><c> been</c><00:50:31.480><c> a</c> 00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:32.539 voice<00:50:31.820><c> in</c><00:50:32.000><c> the</c><00:50:32.179><c> world,</c> 00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:37.199 ever,<00:50:33.280><c> like</c><00:50:33.559><c> that.</c><00:50:35.340><c> One</c><00:50:35.599><c> came</c><00:50:35.880><c> greater</c><00:50:36.199><c> later,</c><00:50:36.739><c> but</c><00:50:36.920><c> often</c><00:50:37.059><c> to</c> 00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:38.519 that<00:50:37.320><c> point,</c><00:50:37.559><c> there</c><00:50:37.679><c> never</c><00:50:37.900><c> had</c><00:50:38.039><c> been</c><00:50:38.159><c> a</c><00:50:38.340><c> greater.</c> 00:50:38.780 --> 00:50:40.519 They<00:50:38.980><c> said,</c><00:50:39.179><c> what</c><00:50:39.260><c> are</c><00:50:39.360><c> you?</c><00:50:39.480><c> He</c><00:50:39.500><c> said,</c><00:50:39.599><c> I'm</c><00:50:39.719><c> nothing.</c><00:50:40.019><c> I'm</c><00:50:40.139><c> just</c><00:50:40.400><c> a</c> 00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:42.179 voice.<00:50:40.760><c> But</c><00:50:40.900><c> what</c><00:50:41.119><c> a</c><00:50:41.300><c> voice.</c> 00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:45.559 And<00:50:42.820><c> when</c><00:50:42.940><c> he</c><00:50:43.119><c> spoke,</c><00:50:43.539><c> brethren</c><00:50:43.639><c> and</c><00:50:43.800><c> sisters,</c><00:50:43.840><c> what</c><00:50:44.039><c> happened?</c><00:50:44.679><c> The</c><00:50:45.019><c> Pharisees</c><00:50:45.360><c> got</c> 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.219 together<00:50:45.739><c> and</c><00:50:45.900><c> said,</c> 00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:53.000 hey,<00:50:47.980><c> he's</c><00:50:48.059><c> not</c><00:50:48.239><c> a</c><00:50:48.340><c> nutcase.</c><00:50:50.300><c> And</c><00:50:50.460><c> hey,</c><00:50:50.800><c> there's</c><00:50:51.000><c> perhaps</c><00:50:51.199><c> some</c><00:50:51.420><c> nutriment</c><00:50:51.699><c> in</c><00:50:51.900><c> grasshoppers.</c> 00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:57.760 And<00:50:54.440><c> so</c><00:50:54.599><c> they</c><00:50:54.719><c> got</c><00:50:54.940><c> together</c><00:50:55.539><c> and</c><00:50:56.059><c> they</c><00:50:56.260><c> got</c><00:50:56.400><c> a</c><00:50:56.639><c> delegation.</c> 00:50:58.179 --> 00:50:59.699 And<00:50:58.219><c> they</c><00:50:58.360><c> went</c><00:50:58.480><c> down</c><00:50:58.679><c> and</c><00:50:58.820><c> they</c><00:50:58.980><c> said,</c> 00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:06.880 are<00:51:01.900><c> you</c><00:51:02.039><c> the</c><00:51:02.159><c> Messiah?</c><00:51:04.539><c> Fancy</c><00:51:04.900><c> that.</c><00:51:06.139><c> See,</c><00:51:06.320><c> there's</c><00:51:06.519><c> a</c><00:51:06.639><c> new</c> 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:09.199 status.<00:51:07.440><c> Why?</c><00:51:08.079><c> Because</c><00:51:08.360><c> those</c><00:51:08.699><c> words</c><00:51:08.900><c> were</c> 00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:14.139 compelling<00:51:09.599><c> words.</c><00:51:10.079><c> Now,</c><00:51:10.260><c> it's</c><00:51:10.420><c> similar</c><00:51:10.659><c> here.</c><00:51:11.719><c> What</c><00:51:11.880><c> was</c><00:51:12.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:51:12.460><c> before</c><00:51:12.840><c> this?</c><00:51:13.920><c> A</c> 00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.820 little<00:51:14.340><c> fella</c><00:51:14.559><c> from</c> 00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:19.460 one<00:51:15.340><c> of</c><00:51:15.460><c> the</c><00:51:15.679><c> young</c><00:51:16.099><c> apprentice</c><00:51:16.539><c> priests</c><00:51:17.059><c> up</c><00:51:17.300><c> there.</c><00:51:18.079><c> And</c><00:51:18.239><c> nobody.</c><00:51:19.280><c> Not</c> 00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:21.579 now.<00:51:20.719><c> And</c><00:51:20.860><c> they</c><00:51:21.000><c> say</c><00:51:21.159><c> to</c><00:51:21.400><c> Barak,</c> 00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:25.840 now<00:51:21.960><c> listen,</c><00:51:22.760><c> tell</c><00:51:22.920><c> us</c><00:51:23.239><c> exactly</c><00:51:23.760><c> what</c><00:51:23.980><c> did</c><00:51:24.139><c> happen.</c><00:51:25.340><c> What</c><00:51:25.739><c> did</c> 00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:27.719 he<00:51:25.960><c> do</c><00:51:26.360><c> when</c><00:51:26.679><c> he</c><00:51:26.900><c> spoke</c><00:51:27.099><c> with</c><00:51:27.300><c> you?</c><00:51:27.539><c> How</c> 00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:29.480 did<00:51:27.840><c> you</c><00:51:27.980><c> write</c><00:51:28.119><c> this</c><00:51:28.340><c> down?</c><00:51:28.800><c> Now,</c><00:51:28.920><c> you</c><00:51:28.940><c> see,</c><00:51:29.079><c> what</c><00:51:29.199><c> they</c><00:51:29.360><c> were</c> 00:51:29.480 --> 00:51:30.400 trying<00:51:29.619><c> to</c><00:51:29.820><c> say</c><00:51:29.940><c> is,</c> 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:35.559 if<00:51:30.900><c> they</c><00:51:31.139><c> could</c><00:51:31.300><c> show</c><00:51:31.599><c> that</c><00:51:31.739><c> it</c><00:51:31.860><c> was</c><00:51:32.019><c> a</c><00:51:32.420><c> composition.</c><00:51:34.619><c> Not</c><00:51:34.840><c> that</c><00:51:34.940><c> they</c><00:51:35.099><c> wanted</c><00:51:35.300><c> to</c> 00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:36.119 prove<00:51:35.679><c> this,</c><00:51:35.860><c> but</c><00:51:35.960><c> they</c> 00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:38.000 wanted<00:51:36.320><c> to</c><00:51:36.559><c> know.</c><00:51:37.059><c> If</c><00:51:37.119><c> they</c><00:51:37.320><c> were</c><00:51:37.460><c> thinking</c><00:51:37.599><c> to</c><00:51:37.739><c> themselves,</c> 00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:39.519 now,<00:51:38.320><c> this</c><00:51:38.519><c> is</c><00:51:38.739><c> a</c><00:51:38.920><c> composite</c><00:51:39.239><c> thing.</c> 00:51:39.820 --> 00:51:43.400 If<00:51:40.079><c> Barak</c><00:51:40.380><c> has</c><00:51:40.639><c> got</c><00:51:40.880><c> some</c><00:51:41.260><c> import</c><00:51:41.659><c> into</c><00:51:41.840><c> this,</c><00:51:42.440><c> ah,</c><00:51:42.460><c> well,</c><00:51:42.599><c> then</c><00:51:42.719><c> that</c><00:51:42.900><c> weakens</c><00:51:43.179><c> the</c> 00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:44.659 case,<00:51:43.659><c> doesn't</c><00:51:43.900><c> it?</c> 00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:49.219 Because<00:51:45.699><c> when</c><00:51:45.900><c> you</c><00:51:46.000><c> get</c><00:51:46.119><c> the</c><00:51:46.300><c> import</c><00:51:46.599><c> of</c><00:51:46.780><c> two</c><00:51:47.059><c> people</c><00:51:47.380><c> like</c><00:51:47.659><c> that,</c><00:51:48.719><c> well,</c><00:51:48.860><c> then</c><00:51:49.000><c> of</c> 00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:50.579 course,<00:51:49.579><c> there</c><00:51:49.679><c> is</c><00:51:50.219><c> a</c> 00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:53.519 suggestion,<00:51:51.159><c> isn't</c><00:51:51.500><c> there,</c><00:51:52.139><c> that</c><00:51:52.260><c> the</c><00:51:52.559><c> inspiration</c><00:51:53.159><c> comes</c> 00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:55.340 from<00:51:53.780><c> one</c><00:51:54.059><c> to</c><00:51:54.260><c> the</c><00:51:54.420><c> other</c><00:51:54.619><c> and</c><00:51:54.760><c> one</c><00:51:55.000><c> to</c><00:51:55.179><c> the</c><00:51:55.239><c> other.</c> 00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:58.619 That's<00:51:55.639><c> the</c><00:51:55.840><c> point.</c><00:51:56.340><c> That</c><00:51:56.460><c> they</c><00:51:56.599><c> wanted</c><00:51:56.699><c> to</c><00:51:56.920><c> know</c><00:51:57.320><c> how</c><00:51:57.840><c> he</c><00:51:58.099><c> wrote</c><00:51:58.320><c> the</c> 00:51:58.619 --> 00:51:59.840 words<00:51:58.800><c> at</c><00:51:58.960><c> his</c><00:51:59.260><c> mouth.</c><00:51:59.480><c> In</c><00:51:59.599><c> other</c><00:51:59.719><c> words,</c> 00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:01.940 did<00:52:00.000><c> they</c><00:52:00.199><c> say</c><00:52:00.380><c> that,</c><00:52:00.760><c> oh,</c><00:52:00.980><c> look,</c><00:52:01.280><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:52:01.440><c> don't</c><00:52:01.659><c> you</c><00:52:01.739><c> think</c><00:52:01.800><c> we</c> 00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:03.360 ought<00:52:02.039><c> to</c><00:52:02.159><c> say</c><00:52:02.340><c> this?</c><00:52:02.760><c> Oh,</c><00:52:03.000><c> yes,</c><00:52:03.179><c> that's</c> 00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:05.719 not<00:52:03.579><c> a</c><00:52:03.699><c> bad</c><00:52:03.840><c> idea,</c><00:52:04.360><c> Barak.</c><00:52:04.900><c> Oh,</c><00:52:05.179><c> well,</c><00:52:05.320><c> that's</c><00:52:05.519><c> good.</c><00:52:05.659><c> We'll</c> 00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:07.079 put<00:52:05.820><c> that</c><00:52:06.019><c> in.</c><00:52:06.300><c> Now,</c><00:52:06.500><c> if</c><00:52:06.599><c> that</c><00:52:06.699><c> ever</c><00:52:06.840><c> happened,</c> 00:52:07.260 --> 00:52:08.900 brethren<00:52:07.400><c> and</c><00:52:07.659><c> sisters,</c><00:52:07.940><c> the</c><00:52:08.119><c> whole</c><00:52:08.340><c> thing</c><00:52:08.539><c> would</c><00:52:08.659><c> have</c><00:52:08.800><c> fell</c> 00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:12.480 to<00:52:09.019><c> the</c><00:52:09.199><c> ground.</c><00:52:11.139><c> Look</c><00:52:11.320><c> at</c><00:52:11.440><c> the</c><00:52:11.599><c> answer.</c> 00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:16.920 He<00:52:13.800><c> pronounced</c><00:52:14.179><c> all</c><00:52:14.480><c> these,</c><00:52:14.760><c> verse</c><00:52:15.059><c> 18,</c><00:52:16.079><c> he</c><00:52:16.219><c> pronounced</c><00:52:16.679><c> all</c> 00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:18.579 these<00:52:17.159><c> words</c><00:52:17.420><c> under</c><00:52:17.659><c> me</c><00:52:17.739><c> with</c><00:52:17.940><c> his</c><00:52:18.159><c> mouth,</c> 00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:24.719 and<00:52:19.139><c> I</c><00:52:19.360><c> wrote</c><00:52:19.500><c> them</c><00:52:19.679><c> with</c><00:52:19.840><c> ink</c><00:52:19.940><c> in</c><00:52:20.139><c> the</c><00:52:20.340><c> book.</c><00:52:21.960><c> Oh,</c><00:52:22.380><c> that's</c><00:52:23.280><c> pretty</c><00:52:23.559><c> straightforward.</c><00:52:24.199><c> I</c><00:52:24.219><c> mean,</c> 00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:27.940 he<00:52:25.019><c> just</c><00:52:25.179><c> could</c><00:52:25.300><c> have</c><00:52:25.360><c> said,</c><00:52:25.619><c> no,</c><00:52:25.900><c> they're</c><00:52:26.079><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:52:26.579><c> words,</c><00:52:27.619><c> but</c> 00:52:27.940 --> 00:52:30.099 he<00:52:29.139><c> would</c><00:52:29.239><c> have</c><00:52:29.400><c> looked</c><00:52:29.539><c> them</c><00:52:29.679><c> in</c><00:52:29.820><c> the</c><00:52:30.000><c> eye.</c> 00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:32.639 He<00:52:30.340><c> knew</c><00:52:30.500><c> exactly</c><00:52:31.039><c> what</c><00:52:31.179><c> they're</c><00:52:31.360><c> getting</c><00:52:31.619><c> at.</c><00:52:32.280><c> And</c><00:52:32.480><c> he</c><00:52:32.500><c> would</c> 00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:33.780 have<00:52:32.719><c> looked</c><00:52:32.840><c> them</c><00:52:32.940><c> in</c><00:52:33.059><c> the</c><00:52:33.119><c> eye</c><00:52:33.199><c> and</c><00:52:33.280><c> he</c><00:52:33.380><c> said,</c> 00:52:33.780 --> 00:52:41.119 uh,<00:52:35.539><c> he</c><00:52:36.179><c> said</c><00:52:36.659><c> everything.</c><00:52:38.639><c> I</c><00:52:38.840><c> just</c><00:52:39.059><c> wrote</c><00:52:39.199><c> it</c><00:52:39.420><c> down</c><00:52:39.940><c> in</c><00:52:40.320><c> ink.</c> 00:52:41.300 --> 00:52:45.360 That's<00:52:41.639><c> all.</c><00:52:42.579><c> Oh.</c><00:52:44.239><c> You</c><00:52:44.460><c> see,</c> 00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:50.760 no<00:52:45.739><c> complicity</c><00:52:46.300><c> between</c><00:52:46.599><c> the</c><00:52:46.780><c> two</c><00:52:46.900><c> of</c><00:52:47.000><c> them.</c><00:52:48.300><c> So</c><00:52:48.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:52:49.039><c> is</c> 00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:54.500 a<00:52:51.019><c> prophet.</c><00:52:53.099><c> See,</c><00:52:53.320><c> brethren</c><00:52:53.559><c> and</c><00:52:53.780><c> sister,</c> 00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:58.420 that's<00:52:55.179><c> where</c><00:52:55.360><c> the</c><00:52:55.619><c> quiz</c><00:52:55.820><c> came.</c><00:52:56.119><c> That's</c><00:52:56.300><c> why</c><00:52:56.480><c> the</c><00:52:56.719><c> query</c><00:52:56.920><c> came.</c><00:52:58.260><c> And</c> 00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:59.099 so<00:52:58.539><c> they</c><00:52:58.739><c> said,</c> 00:52:59.099 --> 00:53:03.340 you<00:52:59.760><c> better</c><00:52:59.920><c> run</c><00:53:00.099><c> away</c><00:53:00.280><c> and</c><00:53:00.500><c> hide.</c><00:53:02.619><c> What</c><00:53:02.800><c> did</c><00:53:02.900><c> they</c><00:53:03.019><c> do?</c><00:53:03.199><c> They</c> 00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:06.099 laid<00:53:03.500><c> up</c><00:53:03.679><c> that</c><00:53:03.960><c> scroll</c><00:53:04.179><c> in</c><00:53:04.400><c> verse</c><00:53:04.639><c> 20</c><00:53:04.900><c> and</c><00:53:05.000><c> 21,</c> 00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:09.980 and<00:53:07.099><c> they</c><00:53:07.320><c> finally</c><00:53:07.559><c> sent</c><00:53:07.840><c> the</c><00:53:07.960><c> king</c><00:53:08.860><c> through</c><00:53:09.300><c> Jehuda,</c><00:53:09.760><c> verse</c> 00:53:09.980 --> 00:53:12.659 21.<00:53:10.500><c> So</c><00:53:10.579><c> the</c><00:53:10.679><c> king</c><00:53:10.940><c> sent</c><00:53:11.219><c> Jehuda</c><00:53:11.639><c> to</c><00:53:12.099><c> fetch</c><00:53:12.380><c> the</c> 00:53:12.659 --> 00:53:17.079 roll.<00:53:13.800><c> And</c><00:53:13.940><c> he</c><00:53:14.019><c> took</c><00:53:14.199><c> it</c><00:53:14.300><c> out</c><00:53:14.420><c> of</c><00:53:14.539><c> the</c><00:53:14.679><c> Elisha</c><00:53:14.920><c> with</c><00:53:15.079><c> the</c><00:53:15.260><c> scribe's</c><00:53:15.699><c> chamber.</c><00:53:16.860><c> And</c> 00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:18.239 the<00:53:17.300><c> Jew</c><00:53:17.500><c> read</c><00:53:17.719><c> it</c><00:53:17.900><c> in</c><00:53:17.980><c> the</c><00:53:18.139><c> ears</c> 00:53:18.239 --> 00:53:21.079 of<00:53:18.420><c> the</c><00:53:18.599><c> king</c><00:53:18.860><c> and</c><00:53:19.079><c> in</c><00:53:19.219><c> the</c><00:53:19.340><c> ears</c><00:53:19.460><c> of</c><00:53:19.639><c> the</c><00:53:19.780><c> princes,</c><00:53:20.079><c> which</c><00:53:20.239><c> stood</c><00:53:20.440><c> before</c><00:53:20.840><c> the</c> 00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:24.260 king.<00:53:22.460><c> Verse</c><00:53:22.739><c> 24</c><00:53:23.239><c> said,</c> 00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:29.360 they<00:53:24.840><c> were</c><00:53:24.980><c> not</c><00:53:25.159><c> impressed.</c><00:53:27.239><c> They</c><00:53:27.260><c> were</c><00:53:27.460><c> not</c><00:53:27.619><c> afraid.</c><00:53:29.239><c> They</c> 00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:30.900 didn't<00:53:29.639><c> rent</c><00:53:29.800><c> their</c><00:53:30.039><c> garments.</c> 00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:34.420 The<00:53:31.659><c> king</c><00:53:31.980><c> nor</c><00:53:32.199><c> his</c><00:53:32.460><c> servants</c><00:53:32.679><c> who</c><00:53:32.940><c> heard</c><00:53:33.019><c> all</c><00:53:33.219><c> these</c><00:53:33.460><c> words.</c> 00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:37.360 Now<00:53:34.619><c> picture</c><00:53:34.760><c> the</c><00:53:35.039><c> scene.</c><00:53:36.539><c> The</c><00:53:36.639><c> princes</c><00:53:36.880><c> go</c><00:53:37.139><c> in</c> 00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:40.179 and<00:53:37.739><c> the</c><00:53:37.840><c> scribes</c><00:53:38.139><c> and</c><00:53:38.260><c> they</c><00:53:38.480><c> say,</c><00:53:38.940><c> not</c><00:53:39.119><c> the</c><00:53:39.300><c> princes,</c><00:53:39.639><c> the</c><00:53:39.840><c> scribes</c><00:53:40.039><c> go</c> 00:53:40.179 --> 00:53:42.199 in<00:53:40.280><c> and</c><00:53:40.400><c> they</c><00:53:40.519><c> say,</c><00:53:41.119><c> your</c><00:53:41.179><c> majesty,</c> 00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:47.699 we<00:53:43.639><c> feel</c><00:53:43.900><c> that</c><00:53:44.119><c> they</c><00:53:44.639><c> ought</c><00:53:44.800><c> to</c><00:53:44.920><c> be</c><00:53:45.099><c> brought</c><00:53:45.199><c> to</c><00:53:45.360><c> your</c><00:53:45.539><c> attention</c><00:53:46.079><c> 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--> 00:54:15.480 got<00:54:12.219><c> it.</c><00:54:12.760><c> He</c><00:54:12.940><c> reads</c><00:54:13.179><c> it.</c><00:54:14.139><c> Look</c><00:54:14.280><c> at</c><00:54:14.420><c> the</c><00:54:14.619><c> scene.</c> 00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:20.260 King<00:54:16.519><c> slumped</c><00:54:17.119><c> back</c><00:54:17.119><c> in</c><00:54:17.179><c> his</c><00:54:17.380><c> big</c><00:54:17.599><c> easy</c><00:54:17.900><c> chair.</c><00:54:19.800><c> Like</c><00:54:19.880><c> you</c><00:54:20.059><c> see</c> 00:54:20.260 --> 00:54:23.079 around<00:54:20.519><c> the</c><00:54:20.840><c> campfire</c><00:54:21.360><c> there,</c><00:54:21.659><c> the</c><00:54:21.880><c> fire</c><00:54:22.179><c> blazing,</c> 00:54:23.820 --> 00:54:27.840 Colin<00:54:24.139><c> Jeffers,</c><00:54:24.659><c> you</c><00:54:24.659><c> know,</c><00:54:25.920><c> Craig</c><00:54:26.199><c> Hill</c><00:54:26.559><c> and</c><00:54:27.179><c> Barry</c><00:54:27.519><c> Horwood</c> 00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:29.300 across<00:54:28.199><c> from</c><00:54:28.480><c> me,</c><00:54:28.980><c> just</c><00:54:29.119><c> like</c> 00:54:29.300 --> 00:54:34.420 Joachim<00:54:30.019><c> and</c><00:54:30.360><c> toasting</c><00:54:30.860><c> marshmallows.</c><00:54:32.579><c> And</c><00:54:32.920><c> slumped</c><00:54:33.320><c> back</c><00:54:33.400><c> like</c><00:54:33.679><c> this,</c><00:54:33.920><c> the</c><00:54:34.019><c> king</c><00:54:34.119><c> with</c><00:54:34.300><c> a</c> 00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:35.280 big<00:54:34.739><c> leering</c><00:54:35.119><c> look</c> 00:54:35.280 --> 00:54:40.960 on<00:54:35.400><c> his</c><00:54:35.679><c> face</c><00:54:36.139><c> and</c><00:54:36.800><c> all</c><00:54:36.980><c> these</c><00:54:37.219><c> servants</c><00:54:37.519><c> there</c><00:54:37.860><c> smirking,</c><00:54:39.340><c> not</c><00:54:39.539><c> afraid.</c><00:54:40.739><c> No</c> 00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:42.579 one<00:54:41.079><c> renting</c><00:54:41.400><c> their</c><00:54:41.639><c> garments.</c> 00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:49.559 And<00:54:43.699><c> the</c><00:54:43.980><c> scribes</c><00:54:44.460><c> looking</c><00:54:44.739><c> on,</c><00:54:46.840><c> quaking</c><00:54:47.099><c> in</c><00:54:47.300><c> their</c><00:54:47.460><c> boots.</c><00:54:49.019><c> What</c><00:54:49.280><c> a</c> 00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:51.099 scene<00:54:49.760><c> that</c><00:54:50.159><c> was.</c> 00:54:52.219 --> 00:54:56.539 The<00:54:52.340><c> word</c><00:54:52.539><c> of</c><00:54:52.800><c> God</c><00:54:53.019><c> is</c><00:54:53.340><c> quick</c><00:54:53.559><c> and</c><00:54:53.920><c> powerful.</c><00:54:55.940><c> Sharper</c><00:54:56.380><c> than</c> 00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:58.599 any<00:54:56.760><c> two</c><00:54:56.960><c>-edged</c><00:54:57.199><c> sword.</c> 00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:05.320 Dividing<00:54:59.920><c> us</c><00:55:00.099><c> under</c><00:55:00.400><c> soul</c><00:55:01.219><c> and</c><00:55:02.199><c> spirit.</c><00:55:04.179><c> There's</c><00:55:04.320><c> a</c><00:55:04.519><c> discerner</c><00:55:04.900><c> of</c><00:55:05.099><c> the</c> 00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:07.179 thoughts<00:55:05.559><c> and</c><00:55:05.800><c> the</c><00:55:06.019><c> intents</c><00:55:06.219><c> of</c><00:55:06.420><c> the</c><00:55:06.659><c> heart.</c> 00:55:07.179 --> 00:55:15.219 Reveals<00:55:08.079><c> all</c><00:55:08.559><c> sorts</c><00:55:08.960><c> of</c><00:55:09.199><c> attitudes.</c><00:55:11.079><c> Some</c><00:55:11.340><c> mock,</c><00:55:12.539><c> some</c><00:55:12.880><c> laugh,</c><00:55:14.920><c> some</c> 00:55:15.219 --> 00:55:18.900 fear,<00:55:17.460><c> others</c><00:55:17.719><c> respect,</c> 00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:23.219 some<00:55:19.340><c> obey,</c><00:55:19.760><c> some</c><00:55:20.099><c> don't.</c><00:55:21.599><c> And</c><00:55:21.739><c> the</c><00:55:21.920><c> word</c><00:55:22.159><c> sounds</c><00:55:22.500><c> out,</c><00:55:23.019><c> brethren</c><00:55:23.019><c> and</c> 00:55:23.219 --> 00:55:24.559 sisters,<00:55:23.480><c> and</c><00:55:23.639><c> reactions</c><00:55:24.059><c> are</c><00:55:24.340><c> everywhere</c> 00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:32.000 different.<00:55:25.699><c> And</c><00:55:25.860><c> in</c><00:55:25.920><c> that</c><00:55:26.239><c> room,</c><00:55:26.619><c> there</c><00:55:26.719><c> was</c><00:55:27.059><c> absolutely</c><00:55:28.320><c> divided</c><00:55:29.139><c> interests</c><00:55:29.739><c> about</c><00:55:30.039><c> that</c><00:55:30.280><c> book.</c><00:55:31.820><c> And</c> 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:32.400 in<00:55:32.159><c> the</c><00:55:32.260><c> end,</c> 00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:36.940 the<00:55:32.619><c> king</c><00:55:32.760><c> says,</c><00:55:34.460><c> read</c><00:55:34.619><c> it.</c><00:55:35.719><c> As</c><00:55:35.900><c> this</c><00:55:36.119><c> fellow</c><00:55:36.280><c> starts</c><00:55:36.619><c> reading</c> 00:55:36.940 --> 00:55:39.039 it,<00:55:37.440><c> he's</c><00:55:37.820><c> contemptuously</c><00:55:38.539><c> listening</c><00:55:38.840><c> to</c><00:55:38.960><c> it,</c> 00:55:39.059 --> 00:55:45.619 and<00:55:39.179><c> he</c><00:55:39.199><c> read</c><00:55:39.360><c> one</c><00:55:39.840><c> page,</c><00:55:41.519><c> two</c><00:55:41.960><c> pages.</c><00:55:44.219><c> That</c><00:55:44.579><c> stops</c><00:55:45.000><c> three,</c><00:55:45.300><c> give</c><00:55:45.460><c> us</c> 00:55:45.619 --> 00:55:48.320 him.<00:55:47.159><c> Whips</c><00:55:47.440><c> out</c><00:55:47.659><c> his</c><00:55:47.840><c> penknife,</c> 00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:52.420 we<00:55:48.599><c> say</c><00:55:48.780><c> in</c><00:55:48.920><c> verse</c><00:55:49.159><c> 23.</c><00:55:50.840><c> In</c><00:55:51.019><c> the</c><00:55:51.099><c> past,</c><00:55:51.699><c> when</c><00:55:51.820><c> Jehuda</c><00:55:52.099><c> had</c><00:55:52.239><c> read</c> 00:55:52.420 --> 00:55:53.400 three<00:55:52.699><c> or</c><00:55:52.880><c> four</c><00:55:53.099><c> leaves,</c> 00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:55.980 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used</c><00:56:09.340><c> to</c><00:56:09.599><c> write</c><00:56:09.760><c> with</c><00:56:09.980><c> a</c><00:56:10.300><c> stylus,</c><00:56:10.840><c> a</c><00:56:11.079><c> sharp</c><00:56:11.380><c> stylus.</c><00:56:11.940><c> They</c><00:56:12.059><c> didn't</c><00:56:12.340><c> have</c><00:56:13.860><c> parker</c><00:56:14.340><c> pens</c><00:56:14.579><c> and</c> 00:56:14.900 --> 00:56:15.619 shapers<00:56:15.260><c> in</c><00:56:15.360><c> those</c> 00:56:15.619 --> 00:56:19.679 days,<00:56:15.860><c> brethren</c><00:56:16.079><c> and</c><00:56:16.300><c> sisters.</c><00:56:17.159><c> They</c><00:56:17.260><c> had</c><00:56:17.380><c> the</c><00:56:17.679><c> sharp</c><00:56:18.119><c> stylus,</c><00:56:19.559><c> which</c> 00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:21.380 they<00:56:19.840><c> would</c><00:56:20.079><c> inscribe</c><00:56:20.659><c> the</c><00:56:20.960><c> parchments</c> 00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:24.440 in<00:56:21.539><c> the</c><00:56:21.760><c> ink.</c><00:56:22.480><c> And</c><00:56:22.679><c> they</c><00:56:22.780><c> had</c><00:56:22.860><c> to</c><00:56:23.039><c> keep</c><00:56:23.139><c> that</c><00:56:23.639><c> sharp</c><00:56:23.940><c> all</c><00:56:24.199><c> the</c> 00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:26.300 time.<00:56:24.840><c> And</c><00:56:25.000><c> that's</c><00:56:25.300><c> the</c><00:56:25.400><c> little</c><00:56:25.619><c> knife</c><00:56:26.000><c> that</c> 00:56:26.300 --> 00:56:30.239 Hoyakim<00:56:26.940><c> had,</c><00:56:27.400><c> the</c><00:56:27.500><c> one</c><00:56:27.639><c> that</c><00:56:28.039><c> sharpened</c><00:56:28.639><c> the</c><00:56:28.840><c> stylus.</c><00:56:30.039><c> And</c> 00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:33.079 there's<00:56:30.480><c> all</c><00:56:30.760><c> the</c><00:56:31.039><c> scribes.</c><00:56:32.280><c> Can</c><00:56:32.440><c> you</c><00:56:32.599><c> imagine</c><00:56:32.880><c> it?</c> 00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:37.059 As<00:56:33.239><c> he</c><00:56:33.460><c> whipped</c><00:56:33.659><c> out</c><00:56:33.940><c> this</c><00:56:34.199><c> knife,</c><00:56:34.500><c> it</c><00:56:34.599><c> all</c><00:56:34.840><c> wimps.</c><00:56:36.780><c> Because</c> 00:56:37.059 --> 00:56:39.659 that's<00:56:37.559><c> the</c><00:56:37.699><c> knife,</c><00:56:38.340><c> that's</c><00:56:38.679><c> the</c><00:56:38.860><c> type</c><00:56:38.980><c> of</c><00:56:39.119><c> knife</c><00:56:39.280><c> they</c> 00:56:39.659 --> 00:56:45.260 used<00:56:40.320><c> to</c><00:56:40.960><c> write</c><00:56:41.260><c> the</c><00:56:41.440><c> word</c><00:56:41.699><c> of</c><00:56:41.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:42.440><c> exactly</c><00:56:43.239><c> out</c><00:56:44.900><c> of</c><00:56:45.039><c> his</c> 00:56:45.260 --> 00:56:47.219 mouth.<00:56:46.079><c> And</c><00:56:46.219><c> they'd</c><00:56:46.400><c> learned</c><00:56:46.559><c> from</c><00:56:46.780><c> Barak.</c> 00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:50.579 How<00:56:47.659><c> did</c><00:56:47.780><c> he</c><00:56:47.840><c> do</c><00:56:47.980><c> it?</c><00:56:48.099><c> What</c><00:56:48.300><c> happened?</c><00:56:48.739><c> Did</c><00:56:48.860><c> you</c><00:56:49.019><c> have</c><00:56:49.079><c> an</c><00:56:49.219><c> input?</c><00:56:49.599><c> No.</c> 00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:53.619 He<00:56:50.980><c> said</c><00:56:51.139><c> it</c><00:56:51.360><c> all.</c><00:56:52.699><c> And</c><00:56:52.940><c> it</c><00:56:53.039><c> was</c><00:56:53.340><c> straight</c> 00:56:53.619 --> 00:56:56.539 from<00:56:53.800><c> Yahweh.</c><00:56:54.500><c> And</c><00:56:54.599><c> they</c><00:56:54.760><c> believed</c><00:56:55.079><c> it.</c><00:56:55.699><c> Or</c><00:56:55.940><c> half</c><00:56:56.139><c> believed</c> 00:56:56.539 --> 00:57:00.300 it.<00:56:58.199><c> And</c><00:56:58.340><c> they</c><00:56:58.480><c> watched</c><00:56:58.699><c> this</c><00:56:58.960><c> king</c><00:56:59.139><c> with</c><00:56:59.320><c> this</c><00:56:59.559><c> knife</c> 00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:04.719 hack<00:57:01.239><c> at</c><00:57:01.420><c> the</c><00:57:01.599><c> ribbons</c><00:57:02.119><c> and</c><00:57:02.920><c> fling</c><00:57:03.159><c> it</c><00:57:03.300><c> in</c><00:57:03.440><c> the</c><00:57:03.559><c> fire.</c><00:57:04.519><c> Read</c> 00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:09.039 three<00:57:05.059><c> more</c><00:57:05.340><c> pages.</c><00:57:07.239><c> Get</c><00:57:07.719><c> under</c><00:57:07.960><c> there,</c><00:57:08.659><c> hack</c><00:57:08.840><c> that</c> 00:57:09.039 --> 00:57:12.380 to<00:57:09.179><c> pieces,</c><00:57:09.820><c> fling</c><00:57:10.059><c> that</c><00:57:10.260><c> in</c><00:57:10.420><c> the</c><00:57:10.579><c> fire.</c><00:57:11.639><c> And</c><00:57:11.800><c> how</c><00:57:11.920><c> many</c><00:57:12.059><c> pages</c> 00:57:12.380 --> 00:57:15.059 there<00:57:12.659><c> were</c><00:57:12.780><c> we</c><00:57:12.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:57:13.219><c> know.</c><00:57:14.280><c> But</c><00:57:14.539><c> by</c><00:57:14.800><c> three</c> 00:57:15.059 --> 00:57:18.780 and<00:57:15.199><c> four</c><00:57:15.539><c> pages</c><00:57:16.059><c> at</c><00:57:16.400><c> a</c><00:57:16.599><c> time,</c><00:57:17.500><c> it</c><00:57:17.500><c> was</c><00:57:17.860><c> flooding</c><00:57:18.099><c> that</c><00:57:18.420><c> blaze.</c> 00:57:19.019 --> 00:57:20.760 So<00:57:19.159><c> you</c><00:57:19.260><c> see,</c><00:57:19.599><c> brothers</c><00:57:19.719><c> and</c><00:57:20.000><c> sisters,</c><00:57:20.300><c> it</c><00:57:20.519><c> wasn't</c> 00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:26.360 a<00:57:21.059><c> rash</c><00:57:21.280><c> act.</c><00:57:23.360><c> It</c><00:57:23.480><c> wasn't</c><00:57:23.780><c> an</c><00:57:23.980><c> act</c><00:57:24.119><c> in</c><00:57:24.219><c> which</c><00:57:24.400><c> there</c><00:57:24.519><c> was</c><00:57:24.679><c> no</c><00:57:24.940><c> thought</c><00:57:25.159><c> about</c><00:57:25.420><c> it.</c><00:57:26.239><c> It</c> 00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:27.559 was<00:57:26.619><c> deliberate</c><00:57:26.940><c> with</c><00:57:27.219><c> intent.</c> 00:57:27.860 --> 00:57:30.139 And<00:57:28.039><c> three</c><00:57:28.179><c> to</c><00:57:28.320><c> four</c><00:57:28.599><c> pages</c><00:57:28.820><c> at</c><00:57:29.039><c> a</c><00:57:29.159><c> time,</c><00:57:29.480><c> one</c><00:57:29.599><c> after</c><00:57:29.860><c> another,</c> 00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:32.360 they<00:57:30.300><c> went</c><00:57:30.400><c> in</c><00:57:30.500><c> that</c><00:57:30.679><c> fire.</c><00:57:31.960><c> Until</c><00:57:32.099><c> it</c><00:57:32.219><c> was</c> 00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:35.480 all<00:57:32.579><c> consumed.</c><00:57:33.019><c> And</c><00:57:33.139><c> every</c><00:57:33.420><c> time</c><00:57:33.739><c> he'd</c><00:57:34.159><c> stop</c><00:57:34.300><c> and</c><00:57:34.440><c> say,</c><00:57:34.760><c> that'll</c><00:57:34.920><c> be</c><00:57:35.039><c> enough,</c><00:57:35.300><c> give</c><00:57:35.380><c> me</c> 00:57:35.480 --> 00:57:37.019 that.<00:57:36.460><c> And</c><00:57:36.659><c> fling</c><00:57:36.820><c> it</c><00:57:36.940><c> in</c> 00:57:37.019 --> 00:57:42.679 the<00:57:37.159><c> fire.</c><00:57:37.880><c> They'd</c><00:57:38.239><c> wimps</c><00:57:38.500><c> when</c><00:57:38.639><c> they</c><00:57:38.880><c> see</c><00:57:39.039><c> that</c><00:57:39.360><c> burn.</c><00:57:41.260><c> You</c><00:57:41.340><c> know,</c><00:57:42.360><c> it's</c><00:57:42.579><c> a</c> 00:57:42.679 --> 00:57:50.739 funny<00:57:42.840><c> thing,</c><00:57:43.159><c> isn't</c><00:57:43.219><c> it,</c><00:57:43.360><c> about</c><00:57:43.519><c> the</c> 00:57:50.739 --> 00:57:52.780 bibles<00:57:50.980><c> I've</c><00:57:51.199><c> ever</c><00:57:51.440><c> used</c><00:57:51.659><c> in</c><00:57:51.800><c> my</c><00:57:52.019><c> life.</c><00:57:52.360><c> And</c><00:57:52.440><c> there's</c><00:57:52.579><c> several</c> 00:57:52.780 --> 00:57:54.280 of<00:57:52.980><c> them.</c><00:57:53.460><c> You</c><00:57:53.460><c> know,</c><00:57:53.800><c> you</c><00:57:53.880><c> sum</c><00:57:54.000><c> them</c><00:57:54.099><c> through</c> 00:57:54.280 --> 00:58:00.199 them<00:57:54.380><c> and</c><00:57:54.460><c> you</c><00:57:54.599><c> go</c><00:57:54.739><c> through</c><00:57:54.900><c> a</c><00:57:55.019><c> few</c><00:57:55.199><c> bibles.</c><00:57:56.699><c> I</c><00:57:56.960><c> still</c><00:57:57.219><c> got</c><00:57:57.420><c> them.</c><00:57:58.119><c> I</c><00:57:58.300><c> can</c><00:57:58.559><c> never</c><00:57:58.800><c> bring</c><00:57:59.059><c> myself</c><00:57:59.480><c> to</c><00:57:59.679><c> throw</c><00:57:59.840><c> a</c><00:57:59.960><c> Bible</c> 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:07.860 out.<00:58:01.800><c> I</c><00:58:01.980><c> can't</c><00:58:02.320><c> do</c><00:58:02.500><c> it.</c><00:58:03.900><c> So</c><00:58:04.099><c> I</c><00:58:04.199><c> get</c><00:58:04.500><c> stuck</c><00:58:04.659><c> on</c><00:58:04.880><c> top</c><00:58:05.059><c> of</c><00:58:05.239><c> the</c><00:58:06.239><c> bookcase.</c><00:58:07.619><c> Half</c> 00:58:07.860 --> 00:58:09.360 a<00:58:07.980><c> dozen</c><00:58:08.159><c> of</c><00:58:08.300><c> them</c><00:58:08.380><c> up</c><00:58:08.539><c> there.</c> 00:58:09.780 --> 00:58:12.900 And<00:58:10.079><c> I</c><00:58:10.239><c> just</c><00:58:10.440><c> can't</c><00:58:10.679><c> bring</c><00:58:10.880><c> myself</c><00:58:11.260><c> to</c><00:58:11.440><c> throw</c><00:58:11.519><c> that</c><00:58:11.719><c> Bible</c><00:58:11.980><c> out.</c><00:58:12.420><c> That's</c><00:58:12.820><c> the</c> 00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:14.000 way<00:58:13.039><c> I</c><00:58:13.159><c> feel</c><00:58:13.260><c> it.</c><00:58:13.360><c> And</c><00:58:13.480><c> I</c><00:58:13.599><c> suppose</c><00:58:13.760><c> they</c> 00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:16.920 were<00:58:14.139><c> like</c><00:58:14.340><c> that.</c><00:58:14.460><c> You</c><00:58:14.639><c> see,</c><00:58:15.179><c> there</c><00:58:15.300><c> was</c><00:58:15.480><c> a</c><00:58:15.579><c> sort</c><00:58:15.699><c> of</c><00:58:16.420><c> a</c><00:58:16.699><c> half</c> 00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:19.500 belief<00:58:17.280><c> here</c><00:58:17.519><c> that</c><00:58:17.619><c> this</c><00:58:17.900><c> was</c><00:58:18.099><c> the</c><00:58:18.239><c> word</c><00:58:18.380><c> of</c><00:58:18.599><c> God.</c> 00:58:19.719 --> 00:58:23.360 And<00:58:20.000><c> there</c><00:58:20.139><c> was</c><00:58:20.519><c> a</c><00:58:20.900><c> sensitivity.</c><00:58:21.900><c> And</c><00:58:21.980><c> we</c><00:58:22.079><c> read</c><00:58:22.260><c> that</c><00:58:22.659><c> El</c><00:58:22.900><c>-Nathan</c><00:58:23.159><c> in</c> 00:58:23.360 --> 00:58:26.659 verse<00:58:23.619><c> 25,</c><00:58:25.179><c> El</c><00:58:25.519><c>-Nathan</c><00:58:25.900><c> and</c><00:58:26.139><c> Gamalaiah</c> 00:58:26.659 --> 00:58:29.440 and<00:58:26.820><c> Gamalaiah</c><00:58:28.019><c> made</c><00:58:28.440><c> intercessions</c><00:58:28.880><c> to</c><00:58:29.039><c> the</c><00:58:29.159><c> king</c><00:58:29.280><c> that</c><00:58:29.380><c> he</c> 00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:31.199 would<00:58:29.659><c> not</c><00:58:29.860><c> burn</c><00:58:29.980><c> the</c><00:58:30.239><c> roll.</c> 00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:35.920 But<00:58:32.139><c> he</c><00:58:32.239><c> wouldn't</c><00:58:32.460><c> hear</c><00:58:32.719><c> them.</c><00:58:34.079><c> Imagine</c><00:58:34.320><c> those</c><00:58:34.599><c> men.</c><00:58:35.239><c> You</c><00:58:35.579><c> take</c><00:58:35.820><c> it,</c> 00:58:36.059 --> 00:58:38.199 brethren<00:58:36.179><c> and</c><00:58:36.440><c> sisters.</c><00:58:36.840><c> Look,</c><00:58:37.699><c> you</c><00:58:37.860><c> can</c><00:58:38.059><c> say</c> 00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:40.260 what<00:58:38.360><c> you</c><00:58:38.599><c> like,</c><00:58:38.780><c> but</c><00:58:38.960><c> these</c><00:58:39.260><c> people</c><00:58:39.500><c> were</c><00:58:39.659><c> risking</c><00:58:39.960><c> their</c> 00:58:40.260 --> 00:58:44.900 lives.<00:58:41.699><c> It's</c><00:58:41.980><c> not</c><00:58:42.179><c> like</c><00:58:42.460><c> today.</c><00:58:43.539><c> It's</c><00:58:43.719><c> not</c><00:58:44.019><c> like</c><00:58:44.519><c> people</c> 00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:48.320 can<00:58:45.179><c> go</c><00:58:45.539><c> out</c><00:58:45.699><c> today</c><00:58:45.960><c> and</c><00:58:46.219><c> they</c><00:58:46.320><c> can</c><00:58:46.559><c> call</c><00:58:46.820><c> the</c><00:58:47.619><c> Prime</c><00:58:47.940><c> Minister</c> 00:58:48.320 --> 00:58:50.679 Keating<00:58:48.699><c> and</c><00:58:49.119><c> President</c><00:58:49.539><c> Bush.</c><00:58:50.059><c> You</c><00:58:50.239><c> can</c><00:58:50.519><c> call</c> 00:58:50.679 --> 00:58:53.039 them<00:58:50.840><c> any</c><00:58:51.099><c> name</c><00:58:51.360><c> you</c><00:58:51.500><c> like</c><00:58:51.659><c> under</c><00:58:51.900><c> the</c><00:58:52.139><c> sun.</c><00:58:52.340><c> You</c><00:58:52.420><c> can</c><00:58:52.719><c> swear</c> 00:58:53.039 --> 00:58:54.880 about<00:58:53.340><c> them.</c><00:58:53.599><c> They</c><00:58:53.760><c> can</c><00:58:53.920><c> write</c><00:58:54.179><c> cartoons</c><00:58:54.639><c> about</c> 00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:57.880 them<00:58:55.039><c> in</c><00:58:55.119><c> the</c><00:58:55.320><c> paper.</c><00:58:55.739><c> They</c><00:58:55.900><c> can</c><00:58:56.099><c> make</c><00:58:56.260><c> them</c><00:58:56.519><c> buffoons</c><00:58:57.280><c> in</c><00:58:57.659><c> the</c> 00:58:57.880 --> 00:58:59.420 paper.<00:58:58.320><c> And</c><00:58:58.500><c> nothing</c><00:58:58.719><c> happens</c><00:58:59.000><c> to</c><00:58:59.139><c> them.</c><00:58:59.239><c> You</c> 00:58:59.420 --> 00:59:03.519 wouldn't<00:58:59.860><c> do</c><00:59:00.199><c> that</c><00:59:00.460><c> in</c><00:59:00.639><c> the</c><00:59:00.800><c> days</c><00:59:01.039><c> of</c><00:59:01.320><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:59:03.179><c> And</c><00:59:03.360><c> when</c> 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for</c><01:07:11.780><c> you.</c><01:07:11.940><c> I</c><01:07:12.079><c> don't</c><01:07:12.179><c> want</c><01:07:12.280><c> him</c><01:07:12.400><c> from</c><01:07:12.559><c> you.</c><01:07:12.699><c> I'll</c><01:07:12.980><c> give</c><01:07:13.099><c> him.</c><01:07:14.900><c> They</c><01:07:15.099><c> said,</c><01:07:15.179><c> we</c> 01:07:15.239 --> 01:07:16.559 don't<01:07:15.420><c> want</c><01:07:15.500><c> him.</c> 01:07:17.199 --> 01:07:20.940 He<01:07:17.639><c> broke</c><01:07:17.960><c> their</c><01:07:18.219><c> neck,</c><01:07:18.440><c> didn't</c><01:07:18.659><c> he?</c><01:07:19.840><c> His</c><01:07:20.059><c> blood</c><01:07:20.320><c> be</c><01:07:20.480><c> upon</c><01:07:20.699><c> us</c> 01:07:20.940 --> 01:07:22.199 and<01:07:21.059><c> his</c><01:07:21.199><c> children,</c><01:07:21.780><c> our</c><01:07:21.980><c> children.</c> 01:07:22.239 --> 01:07:24.260 And<01:07:22.400><c> in</c><01:07:22.539><c> the</c><01:07:22.739><c> streets</c><01:07:22.940><c> 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