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8,</c><00:10:23.019><c> Unto</c><00:10:23.240><c> this</c><00:10:23.480><c> people</c><00:10:23.799><c> thou</c><00:10:24.000><c> shalt</c><00:10:24.200><c> say,</c> 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:28.460 Thus<00:10:25.080><c> saith</c><00:10:25.299><c> the</c><00:10:25.559><c> Lord,</c><00:10:26.019><c> Behold</c><00:10:26.419><c> I</c><00:10:26.919><c> set</c><00:10:27.220><c> before</c><00:10:27.720><c> you</c><00:10:28.100><c> the</c><00:10:28.240><c> way</c> 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:30.320 of<00:10:28.679><c> life</c><00:10:29.039><c> and</c><00:10:29.340><c> the</c><00:10:29.460><c> way</c><00:10:29.620><c> of</c><00:10:29.860><c> death.</c> 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:32.600 Now<00:10:30.899><c> again,</c><00:10:31.139><c> no</c><00:10:31.259><c> doubt</c><00:10:31.379><c> you've</c><00:10:31.580><c> got</c><00:10:31.659><c> a</c><00:10:31.799><c> cross</c><00:10:32.000><c>-reference</c><00:10:32.259><c> there.</c> 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:33.840 That's<00:10:33.100><c> 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removed</c><00:11:04.779><c> into</c> 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:08.100 all<00:11:05.559><c> the</c><00:11:05.740><c> kingdoms</c><00:11:06.080><c> of</c><00:11:06.320><c> the</c><00:11:06.539><c> earth</c><00:11:06.899><c> for</c><00:11:07.399><c> their</c><00:11:07.820><c> hurt,</c> 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:12.720 to<00:11:08.600><c> be</c><00:11:08.860><c> a</c><00:11:09.019><c> reproach</c><00:11:09.779><c> and</c><00:11:10.059><c> a</c><00:11:10.320><c> proverb,</c><00:11:11.159><c> a</c><00:11:11.340><c> taunt</c><00:11:11.620><c> and</c><00:11:12.059><c> a</c><00:11:12.320><c> curse</c> 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.080 in<00:11:13.159><c> all</c><00:11:13.460><c> places,</c> 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:15.220 with<00:11:14.360><c> right</c><00:11:14.559><c> shall</c><00:11:14.820><c> drive</c><00:11:15.080><c> them.</c> 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:18.000 Well<00:11:15.419><c> again,</c><00:11:15.740><c> that's</c><00:11:15.919><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:11:16.500><c> 28,</c><00:11:17.159><c> isn't</c><00:11:17.320><c> it?</c> 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:22.059 Where<00:11:18.580><c> God</c><00:11:19.419><c> pronounces</c><00:11:20.159><c> through</c><00:11:20.379><c> Moses</c><00:11:20.840><c> the</c><00:11:21.299><c> blessings</c><00:11:21.799><c> and</c> 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:23.220 the<00:11:22.259><c> curses</c><00:11:22.620><c> for</c><00:11:22.820><c> Israel,</c> 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:26.899 blessings<00:11:23.720><c> if</c><00:11:23.879><c> they</c><00:11:24.080><c> were</c><00:11:24.299><c> obedient,</c><00:11:25.179><c> curses</c><00:11:25.500><c> if</c><00:11:25.679><c> they</c><00:11:25.879><c> were</c><00:11:26.059><c> disobedient.</c> 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:30.679 And<00:11:27.320><c> he</c><00:11:27.500><c> says</c><00:11:27.779><c> there</c><00:11:28.100><c> that</c><00:11:28.259><c> he</c><00:11:28.379><c> would</c><00:11:28.639><c> make</c><00:11:28.899><c> them</c><00:11:29.320><c> a</c><00:11:29.700><c> proverb</c><00:11:30.039><c> and</c><00:11:30.379><c> 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00:13:11.879 But<00:13:08.659><c> spirituality</c><00:13:09.159><c> can</c><00:13:09.440><c> only</c><00:13:09.679><c> be</c><00:13:09.919><c> brought</c><00:13:10.120><c> about</c><00:13:10.620><c> by</c><00:13:11.080><c> the</c><00:13:11.320><c> word</c><00:13:11.460><c> of</c><00:13:11.740><c> God.</c> 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:15.919 That's<00:13:12.220><c> the</c><00:13:12.360><c> only</c><00:13:12.539><c> way</c><00:13:12.720><c> we're</c><00:13:12.940><c> going</c><00:13:13.120><c> to</c><00:13:13.399><c> grow</c><00:13:13.720><c> by</c><00:13:14.379><c> our</c><00:13:14.720><c> association</c><00:13:15.379><c> with</c> 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:19.100 God<00:13:16.320><c> and</c><00:13:16.679><c> God's</c><00:13:17.139><c> word</c><00:13:17.419><c> and</c><00:13:17.799><c> God's</c><00:13:18.279><c> ways.</c> 00:13:19.940 --> 00:13:23.419 Well,<00:13:20.480><c> let's</c><00:13:20.700><c> come</c><00:13:20.879><c> back</c><00:13:21.039><c> to</c><00:13:21.179><c> chapter</c><00:13:21.440><c> one</c><00:13:21.620><c> again</c><00:13:22.059><c> and</c><00:13:22.460><c> see</c><00:13:22.840><c> something</c><00:13:23.220><c> of</c> 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.840 Jeremiah's<00:13:24.000><c> calling.</c> 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:30.179 We've<00:13:25.720><c> seen</c><00:13:25.940><c> how</c><00:13:26.259><c> that</c><00:13:26.519><c> already</c><00:13:27.120><c> he</c><00:13:27.360><c> was</c><00:13:27.779><c> ordained</c><00:13:28.279><c> by</c><00:13:28.639><c> God</c><00:13:29.059><c> long</c><00:13:29.620><c> before</c><00:13:30.019><c> he</c> 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:32.519 was<00:13:30.480><c> born</c><00:13:30.840><c> to</c><00:13:31.240><c> be</c><00:13:31.460><c> a</c><00:13:31.679><c> prophet.</c> 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:34.600 Before<00:13:32.620><c> I</c><00:13:33.000><c> formed</c><00:13:33.220><c> thee</c><00:13:33.360><c> in</c><00:13:33.480><c> the</c><00:13:33.659><c> belly,</c><00:13:34.039><c> I</c><00:13:34.100><c> knew</c><00:13:34.320><c> thee.</c> 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:38.299 Before<00:13:35.220><c> thou</c><00:13:35.460><c> camest</c><00:13:35.860><c> forth</c><00:13:36.139><c> out</c><00:13:36.379><c> of</c><00:13:36.500><c> the</c><00:13:36.659><c> womb,</c><00:13:37.080><c> I</c><00:13:37.399><c> sanctified</c><00:13:38.080><c> thee.</c> 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:41.620 Notice<00:13:38.840><c> that</c><00:13:39.039><c> last</c><00:13:39.340><c> phrase</c><00:13:39.559><c> of</c><00:13:39.740><c> verse</c><00:13:40.019><c> five</c><00:13:40.580><c> of</c><00:13:40.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:13:41.240><c> one.</c> 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.279 I<00:13:42.080><c> ordained</c><00:13:42.440><c> thee</c><00:13:42.679><c> a</c><00:13:42.860><c> prophet</c><00:13:43.360><c> unto</c><00:13:43.899><c> the</c><00:13:44.240><c> nations.</c> 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:48.320 So<00:13:45.820><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:13:46.500><c> work</c><00:13:46.659><c> was</c><00:13:46.860><c> not</c><00:13:47.080><c> going</c><00:13:47.179><c> to</c><00:13:47.340><c> be</c><00:13:47.659><c> restricted</c><00:13:48.080><c> to</c> 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.139 the<00:13:48.440><c> kingdom</c><00:13:48.659><c> of</c><00:13:48.899><c> Judah.</c> 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:52.240 He<00:13:49.740><c> wasn't</c><00:13:50.039><c> just</c><00:13:50.440><c> going</c><00:13:50.720><c> to</c><00:13:50.840><c> talk</c><00:13:51.080><c> to</c><00:13:51.200><c> the</c><00:13:51.379><c> people</c><00:13:51.559><c> in</c><00:13:51.759><c> the</c><00:13:51.919><c> south.</c> 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.740 He<00:13:52.820><c> was</c><00:13:53.059><c> to</c><00:13:53.179><c> be</c><00:13:53.379><c> a</c><00:13:53.559><c> prophet</c><00:13:53.940><c> of</c><00:13:54.440><c> the</c><00:13:54.639><c> nations.</c> 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:59.120 Keep<00:13:56.460><c> a</c><00:13:56.620><c> finger</c><00:13:56.759><c> in</c><00:13:56.980><c> Jeremiah</c><00:13:57.340><c> and</c><00:13:57.500><c> come</c><00:13:57.720><c> over</c><00:13:57.899><c> to</c><00:13:58.059><c> Galatians</c><00:13:58.480><c> one.</c> 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.320 And<00:13:59.600><c> you'll</c><00:13:59.860><c> see</c><00:14:00.080><c> there</c><00:14:00.419><c> that</c><00:14:00.840><c> the</c><00:14:01.039><c> apostle</c><00:14:01.340><c> Paul</c><00:14:01.700><c> had</c><00:14:01.879><c> a</c><00:14:02.039><c> very</c> 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:03.720 similar<00:14:02.659><c> commission.</c> 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:07.659 In<00:14:04.899><c> fact,</c><00:14:05.419><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:05.779><c> is</c><00:14:05.980><c> to</c><00:14:06.139><c> the</c><00:14:06.279><c> Old</c><00:14:06.460><c> Testament</c><00:14:06.919><c> what</c><00:14:07.360><c> Paul</c> 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:10.279 is<00:14:07.879><c> to</c><00:14:08.019><c> the</c><00:14:08.179><c> new</c><00:14:08.440><c> in</c><00:14:08.840><c> many</c><00:14:09.080><c> respects.</c> 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:13.700 Have<00:14:10.580><c> a</c><00:14:10.639><c> look</c><00:14:10.759><c> at</c><00:14:10.899><c> Galatians</c><00:14:11.519><c> chapter</c><00:14:11.980><c> one</c><00:14:12.500><c> and</c><00:14:12.820><c> verses</c><00:14:13.179><c> 15</c> 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:15.059 and<00:14:13.799><c> 16.</c> 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:19.940 Where<00:14:16.059><c> Paul</c><00:14:16.500><c> seems</c><00:14:16.919><c> to</c><00:14:17.639><c> maybe</c><00:14:17.899><c> even</c><00:14:18.379><c> have</c><00:14:18.559><c> the</c><00:14:18.720><c> words</c><00:14:18.919><c> of</c><00:14:19.139><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:19.559><c> in</c> 00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:22.519 mind<00:14:20.659><c> and</c><00:14:21.019><c> certainly</c><00:14:21.480><c> says</c><00:14:21.799><c> that</c><00:14:22.059><c> the</c><00:14:22.240><c> same</c> 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:26.059 that<00:14:22.919><c> was</c><00:14:23.200><c> true</c><00:14:23.360><c> of</c><00:14:23.639><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:24.080><c> is</c><00:14:24.620><c> true</c><00:14:24.799><c> of</c><00:14:25.000><c> him,</c><00:14:25.340><c> is</c><00:14:25.620><c> true</c><00:14:25.820><c> of</c> 00:14:26.059 --> 00:14:27.620 Paul<00:14:26.340><c> also.</c> 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:31.879 So<00:14:28.419><c> verse</c><00:14:28.639><c> 15</c><00:14:29.019><c> of</c><00:14:29.200><c> Galatians</c><00:14:29.659><c> one,</c><00:14:30.299><c> when</c><00:14:30.320><c> it</c><00:14:30.639><c> pleased</c><00:14:30.879><c> God</c><00:14:31.259><c> who</c> 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.919 separated<00:14:32.519><c> me</c><00:14:32.940><c> from</c><00:14:33.200><c> my</c><00:14:33.559><c> mother's</c><00:14:34.080><c> womb</c> 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.279 and<00:14:35.519><c> called</c><00:14:35.820><c> me</c><00:14:36.059><c> by</c><00:14:36.299><c> his</c><00:14:36.600><c> grace</c><00:14:37.059><c> to</c><00:14:37.519><c> reveal</c><00:14:37.860><c> his</c><00:14:38.179><c> son</c><00:14:38.299><c> in</c><00:14:38.519><c> me</c><00:14:38.820><c> that</c><00:14:39.059><c> I</c> 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.259 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their</c><00:15:32.919><c> faces,</c><00:15:33.620><c> for</c><00:15:33.779><c> I</c><00:15:33.980><c> am</c><00:15:34.139><c> with</c><00:15:34.440><c> thee</c><00:15:34.720><c> to</c> 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.740 deliver<00:15:35.259><c> thee,</c><00:15:35.940><c> saith</c><00:15:36.019><c> the</c><00:15:36.279><c> Lord.</c> 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:41.960 And<00:15:37.320><c> the</c><00:15:37.440><c> Lord</c><00:15:37.779><c> put</c><00:15:38.000><c> forth</c><00:15:38.279><c> his</c><00:15:38.500><c> hand</c><00:15:39.019><c> and</c><00:15:39.659><c> touched</c><00:15:40.039><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:15:40.899><c> mouth.</c> 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:49.899 So<00:15:43.259><c> by</c><00:15:43.720><c> that</c><00:15:44.000><c> act,</c><00:15:44.820><c> whatever</c><00:15:45.100><c> age</c><00:15:45.440><c> he</c><00:15:45.620><c> was,</c><00:15:46.120><c> we</c><00:15:46.159><c> don't</c><00:15:46.500><c> know,</c><00:15:47.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:47.899><c> was</c><00:15:48.320><c> made</c><00:15:48.759><c> a</c><00:15:49.100><c> prophet.</c> 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:53.840 And<00:15:50.759><c> unwilling,</c><00:15:51.480><c> reluctant</c><00:15:51.919><c> though</c><00:15:52.200><c> he</c><00:15:52.440><c> was,</c><00:15:53.179><c> that</c><00:15:53.379><c> was</c><00:15:53.639><c> the</c> 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.559 duty<00:15:54.159><c> and</c><00:15:54.379><c> the</c><00:15:54.639><c> responsibility</c><00:15:55.340><c> that</c><00:15:55.639><c> God</c><00:15:55.799><c> gave</c><00:15:56.100><c> him.</c> 00:15:57.019 --> 00:16:00.320 Jeremiah<00:15:57.460><c> had</c><00:15:58.019><c> little</c><00:15:58.480><c> alternative</c><00:15:59.080><c> about</c><00:15:59.399><c> it.</c> 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:03.620 Now<00:16:01.740><c> God</c><00:16:01.940><c> put</c><00:16:02.220><c> forth</c><00:16:02.399><c> his</c><00:16:02.580><c> hand</c><00:16:02.759><c> and</c><00:16:02.919><c> touched</c><00:16:03.159><c> his</c><00:16:03.379><c> mouth.</c> 00:16:03.799 --> 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of</c><00:16:29.139><c> verses</c><00:16:29.379><c> that</c><00:16:29.779><c> show</c><00:16:29.980><c> how</c> 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.100 unpleasant<00:16:31.120><c> his</c><00:16:31.480><c> work</c><00:16:31.679><c> was.</c> 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:34.039 Chapter<00:16:32.419><c> 9</c><00:16:32.779><c> in</c><00:16:32.980><c> verse</c><00:16:33.279><c> 2.</c> 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:40.539 It<00:16:36.440><c> often</c><00:16:36.759><c> made</c><00:16:37.059><c> him</c><00:16:37.779><c> a</c><00:16:38.179><c> figure</c><00:16:38.419><c> of</c><00:16:39.080><c> sadness</c><00:16:39.559><c> and</c><00:16:39.820><c> of</c><00:16:40.080><c> tragedy.</c> 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:45.779 Chapter<00:16:41.220><c> 9</c><00:16:41.759><c> verse</c><00:16:42.059><c> 2</c><00:16:42.340><c> he</c><00:16:42.559><c> says,</c><00:16:44.700><c> verse</c><00:16:44.940><c> 1</c><00:16:45.240><c> for</c><00:16:45.460><c> connection,</c> 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:48.740 O<00:16:46.000><c> that</c><00:16:46.220><c> my</c><00:16:46.480><c> head</c><00:16:46.700><c> were</c><00:16:46.940><c> waters</c><00:16:47.419><c> and</c><00:16:47.659><c> mine</c><00:16:47.860><c> eyes</c><00:16:48.139><c> a</c><00:16:48.360><c> fountain</c> 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.460 of<00:16:49.039><c> tears,</c> 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:52.500 that<00:16:49.639><c> I</c><00:16:49.840><c> might</c><00:16:50.039><c> weep</c><00:16:50.460><c> day</c><00:16:50.799><c> and</c><00:16:50.940><c> night</c><00:16:51.279><c> for</c><00:16:51.659><c> the</c><00:16:51.940><c> slain</c><00:16:52.179><c> of</c><00:16:52.340><c> the</c> 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.500 daughter<00:16:52.720><c> of</c><00:16:52.919><c> my</c><00:16:53.179><c> people.</c> 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.200 O<00:16:53.960><c> that</c><00:16:54.080><c> I</c><00:16:54.279><c> had</c><00:16:54.399><c> in</c><00:16:54.559><c> the</c><00:16:54.720><c> wilderness</c><00:16:55.000><c> a</c><00:16:55.299><c> lodging</c><00:16:55.659><c> place</c><00:16:55.919><c> of</c> 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:57.279 wayfaring<00:16:56.799><c> men,</c> 00:16:57.419 --> 00:17:00.639 that<00:16:57.620><c> I</c><00:16:57.740><c> might</c><00:16:57.960><c> leave</c><00:16:58.399><c> my</c><00:16:58.639><c> people</c><00:16:58.919><c> and</c><00:16:59.080><c> go</c><00:16:59.379><c> from</c><00:16:59.639><c> them,</c><00:17:00.120><c> for</c><00:17:00.279><c> they</c><00:17:00.480><c> be</c> 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.659 all<00:17:00.879><c> adulterers,</c> 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:04.500 an<00:17:02.100><c> assembly</c><00:17:02.480><c> of</c><00:17:02.860><c> treacherous</c><00:17:03.500><c> men.</c> 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.000 That's<00:17:04.839><c> how</c><00:17:05.019><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:05.460><c> found</c><00:17:05.859><c> it.</c> 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:08.039 He<00:17:06.099><c> didn't</c><00:17:06.579><c> feel</c><00:17:06.859><c> that</c><00:17:07.019><c> he</c><00:17:07.200><c> fitted</c><00:17:07.359><c> in.</c> 00:17:08.240 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faith</c><00:17:19.740><c> in</c><00:17:20.059><c> God.</c> 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.859 And<00:17:20.779><c> he</c><00:17:20.940><c> wished</c><00:17:21.119><c> that</c><00:17:21.279><c> he</c><00:17:21.339><c> could</c><00:17:21.500><c> leave</c><00:17:21.759><c> them.</c> 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:23.420 He<00:17:22.019><c> wished</c><00:17:22.119><c> he</c><00:17:22.200><c> didn't</c><00:17:22.420><c> have</c><00:17:22.759><c> to</c><00:17:22.900><c> preach</c><00:17:23.140><c> to</c><00:17:23.319><c> them.</c> 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:26.839 He'd<00:17:24.019><c> love,</c><00:17:24.240><c> he</c><00:17:24.460><c> says,</c><00:17:24.720><c> for</c><00:17:24.880><c> a</c><00:17:25.019><c> lodging</c><00:17:25.420><c> place</c><00:17:25.859><c> of</c><00:17:26.400><c> wayfaring</c> 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.660 men<00:17:27.039><c> in</c><00:17:27.200><c> the</c><00:17:27.339><c> wilderness.</c> 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.259 And<00:17:28.160><c> sometimes</c><00:17:28.440><c> we</c><00:17:28.660><c> feel</c><00:17:28.839><c> like</c><00:17:29.119><c> that.</c> 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.859 I've<00:17:29.460><c> no</c><00:17:29.559><c> doubt</c><00:17:29.700><c> some</c><00:17:29.900><c> of</c><00:17:30.039><c> you</c><00:17:30.180><c> felt</c><00:17:30.359><c> like</c><00:17:30.660><c> that.</c> 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:32.440 Certainly<00:17:31.180><c> I</c><00:17:31.400><c> have.</c> 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.859 Certainly<00:17:32.980><c> you</c><00:17:33.299><c> think</c><00:17:33.559><c> sometimes</c><00:17:34.079><c> the</c><00:17:34.299><c> truth</c><00:17:34.420><c> will</c><00:17:34.599><c> be</c><00:17:34.759><c> all</c> 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:36.519 right<00:17:35.000><c> if</c><00:17:35.099><c> it</c><00:17:35.200><c> wasn't</c><00:17:35.420><c> for</c><00:17:35.599><c> the</c><00:17:35.740><c> people</c><00:17:35.940><c> in</c><00:17:36.099><c> it.</c> 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:40.299 And<00:17:37.180><c> you'd</c><00:17:37.400><c> 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isn't</c><00:17:59.859><c> it?</c> 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:02.680 It's<00:18:00.160><c> not</c><00:18:00.339><c> just</c><00:18:00.799><c> the</c><00:18:01.099><c> things</c><00:18:01.259><c> we</c><00:18:01.480><c> believe</c><00:18:01.819><c> in</c><00:18:01.980><c> our</c><00:18:02.220><c> heads.</c> 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:05.720 It's<00:18:03.299><c> putting</c><00:18:03.559><c> those</c><00:18:03.859><c> beliefs</c><00:18:04.140><c> into</c><00:18:04.440><c> practice.</c> 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.220 So<00:18:06.079><c> the</c><00:18:06.259><c> truth</c><00:18:06.380><c> has</c><00:18:06.640><c> to</c><00:18:06.819><c> be</c><00:18:06.940><c> lived</c><00:18:07.059><c> out.</c> 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:09.400 And<00:18:07.380><c> it</c><00:18:07.440><c> has</c><00:18:07.619><c> to</c><00:18:07.779><c> be</c><00:18:07.859><c> lived</c><00:18:07.940><c> out</c><00:18:08.160><c> amongst</c><00:18:08.380><c> people.</c> 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:12.839 And<00:18:10.200><c> we</c><00:18:10.359><c> can't</c><00:18:10.640><c> in</c><00:18:10.779><c> all</c><00:18:11.019><c> good</c><00:18:11.200><c> conscience</c><00:18:11.740><c> leave</c><00:18:12.259><c> people</c><00:18:12.599><c> and</c> 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.759 go<00:18:12.940><c> into</c><00:18:13.140><c> isolation</c> 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.960 or<00:18:14.079><c> live</c><00:18:14.299><c> in</c><00:18:14.400><c> little</c><00:18:14.619><c> monasteries</c><00:18:15.099><c> and</c><00:18:15.259><c> nunneries</c> 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:18.460 because<00:18:16.460><c> that's</c><00:18:16.759><c> not</c><00:18:17.039><c> the</c><00:18:17.140><c> way</c><00:18:17.319><c> God</c><00:18:17.539><c> has</c><00:18:17.819><c> ordained</c><00:18:18.140><c> it.</c> 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:21.200 We<00:18:19.059><c> have</c><00:18:19.240><c> to</c><00:18:19.420><c> live</c><00:18:19.559><c> the</c><00:18:19.819><c> truth</c><00:18:20.079><c> in</c><00:18:20.460><c> the</c><00:18:20.700><c> world.</c> 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he</c><00:18:33.400><c> had</c><00:18:33.680><c> to</c><00:18:34.019><c> say.</c> 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:40.319 He<00:18:34.839><c> was</c><00:18:35.079><c> commanded</c><00:18:35.519><c> by</c><00:18:35.859><c> God</c><00:18:36.259><c> to</c><00:18:36.680><c> say</c><00:18:36.920><c> things</c><00:18:37.279><c> that</c><00:18:37.420><c> were</c><00:18:37.759><c> unpleasant</c><00:18:38.339><c> and</c><00:18:38.920><c> unpopular.</c> 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:44.480 We<00:18:41.599><c> looked</c><00:18:41.980><c> at</c><00:18:42.160><c> verse</c><00:18:42.599><c> 10</c><00:18:43.039><c> of</c><00:18:43.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:43.500><c> 15</c><00:18:43.920><c> already.</c> 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.819 That<00:18:44.880><c> was</c><00:18:45.059><c> the</c><00:18:45.180><c> one</c><00:18:45.359><c> where</c><00:18:45.480><c> he</c><00:18:45.599><c> said,</c> 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:48.859 Worry<00:18:46.240><c> me,</c><00:18:46.579><c> my</c><00:18:46.839><c> mother,</c><00:18:47.140><c> that</c><00:18:47.240><c> thou</c><00:18:47.420><c> hast</c><00:18:47.680><c> borne</c><00:18:48.000><c> me</c><00:18:48.240><c> a</c><00:18:48.319><c> man</c><00:18:48.500><c> of</c> 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:50.680 strife<00:18:49.319><c> and</c><00:18:49.599><c> a</c><00:18:49.640><c> man</c><00:18:49.859><c> of</c><00:18:50.140><c> contention.</c> 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:53.799 He<00:18:51.119><c> wished</c><00:18:51.279><c> sometimes</c><00:18:51.799><c> that</c><00:18:51.940><c> he</c><00:18:52.039><c> hadn't</c><00:18:52.220><c> even</c><00:18:52.500><c> been</c><00:18:52.839><c> born</c><00:18:53.200><c> at</c><00:18:53.460><c> all.</c> 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.740 He<00:18:54.220><c> said</c><00:18:54.319><c> it</c><00:18:54.400><c> would</c><00:18:54.579><c> have</c><00:18:54.720><c> been</c><00:18:54.900><c> better</c><00:18:55.160><c> for</c><00:18:55.319><c> him</c><00:18:55.440><c> if</c><00:18:55.539><c> he'd</c> 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.480 never<00:18:55.960><c> existed.</c> 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:00.940 His<00:18:56.940><c> life</c><00:18:57.299><c> was</c><00:18:57.759><c> at</c><00:18:57.940><c> times</c><00:18:58.319><c> so</c><00:18:58.660><c> difficult</c><00:18:59.200><c> and</c><00:18:59.559><c> so</c><00:18:59.880><c> unpleasant.</c> 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:04.039 And<00:19:01.599><c> have</c><00:19:01.720><c> a</c><00:19:01.759><c> look</c><00:19:01.880><c> at</c><00:19:02.019><c> chapter</c><00:19:02.319><c> 20</c><00:19:02.720><c> in</c><00:19:02.960><c> verse</c><00:19:03.279><c> 7</c> 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:10.500 where<00:19:06.240><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:06.759><c> is</c><00:19:07.240><c> actually</c><00:19:07.980><c> sitting</c><00:19:09.039><c> in</c><00:19:09.319><c> the</c><00:19:09.559><c> stocks.</c> 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.079 And<00:19:11.019><c> we'll</c><00:19:11.240><c> talk</c><00:19:11.460><c> about</c><00:19:11.720><c> that</c><00:19:12.099><c> one</c><00:19:12.259><c> of</c><00:19:12.380><c> the</c><00:19:12.500><c> days</c><00:19:12.680><c> this</c><00:19:12.920><c> week,</c> 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.640 God<00:19:13.299><c> willing.</c> 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.539 Verse<00:19:14.220><c> 7</c><00:19:14.500><c> of</c><00:19:14.680><c> chapter</c><00:19:14.900><c> 20,</c><00:19:15.380><c> he</c><00:19:15.380><c> says,</c> 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.519 O<00:19:15.740><c> Lord,</c><00:19:16.500><c> thou</c><00:19:16.619><c> hast</c><00:19:16.900><c> deceived</c><00:19:17.440><c> me</c><00:19:17.660><c> and</c><00:19:17.720><c> I</c><00:19:17.900><c> was</c><00:19:18.099><c> deceived.</c> 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:21.240 Thou<00:19:18.859><c> art</c><00:19:19.180><c> stronger</c><00:19:19.640><c> than</c><00:19:19.799><c> I</c><00:19:20.039><c> and</c><00:19:20.240><c> hast</c><00:19:20.500><c> prevailed.</c> 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.940 I<00:19:21.579><c> am</c><00:19:21.839><c> in</c><00:19:22.039><c> derision</c><00:19:22.480><c> daily.</c> 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:25.160 Everyone<00:19:23.640><c> mocketh</c><00:19:24.220><c> me.</c> 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:28.059 That's<00:19:25.740><c> how</c><00:19:26.119><c> unpleasant</c><00:19:26.740><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:19:27.579><c> task</c><00:19:27.740><c> was.</c> 00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:31.359 It<00:19:28.299><c> wasn't</c><00:19:28.480><c> made</c><00:19:28.759><c> easier</c><00:19:29.160><c> by</c><00:19:29.440><c> the</c><00:19:29.599><c> fact</c><00:19:29.819><c> that</c><00:19:30.319><c> God</c><00:19:30.740><c> made</c><00:19:31.000><c> him</c><00:19:31.279><c> a</c> 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.720 prophet<00:19:31.599><c> or</c><00:19:31.799><c> touched</c><00:19:32.119><c> his</c><00:19:32.359><c> mouth.</c> 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:36.319 Jeremiah<00:19:33.539><c> still</c><00:19:33.880><c> had</c><00:19:34.079><c> to</c><00:19:34.359><c> suffer</c><00:19:34.619><c> the</c><00:19:34.920><c> consequences</c><00:19:35.539><c> of</c><00:19:36.079><c> what</c> 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.539 he<00:19:36.640><c> said,</c> 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:40.380 speaking<00:19:38.119><c> the</c><00:19:38.299><c> word</c><00:19:38.480><c> of</c><00:19:38.619><c> the</c><00:19:38.779><c> Lord</c><00:19:39.160><c> and</c><00:19:39.539><c> of</c><00:19:39.720><c> being</c><00:19:39.900><c> a</c><00:19:40.140><c> prophet.</c> 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:43.559 And<00:19:40.799><c> sometimes</c><00:19:41.200><c> that</c><00:19:41.539><c> brought</c><00:19:41.740><c> him</c><00:19:41.920><c> into</c><00:19:42.519><c> great</c><00:19:42.980><c> mockery,</c> 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.720 great<00:19:44.160><c> derision.</c> 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.519 He<00:19:45.160><c> was</c><00:19:45.480><c> a</c><00:19:45.599><c> figure</c><00:19:45.799><c> of</c><00:19:46.160><c> fun,</c><00:19:46.720><c> and</c><00:19:47.200><c> we</c><00:19:47.319><c> shall</c><00:19:47.480><c> talk</c><00:19:47.720><c> about</c><00:19:47.920><c> that</c><00:19:48.140><c> later.</c> 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.359 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week,</c><00:20:00.200><c> God</c><00:20:00.400><c> willing.</c> 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:03.299 Come<00:20:01.759><c> back</c><00:20:01.940><c> again</c><00:20:02.240><c> to</c><00:20:02.460><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.720><c> 1</c> 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:06.279 and<00:20:04.039><c> let's</c><00:20:04.279><c> see</c><00:20:04.460><c> how</c><00:20:04.700><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:05.119><c> received</c><00:20:05.619><c> his</c><00:20:05.839><c> commission,</c> 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:08.059 see<00:20:06.759><c> what</c><00:20:06.980><c> God</c><00:20:07.240><c> said</c><00:20:07.500><c> to</c><00:20:07.720><c> him,</c> 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:12.099 see<00:20:08.519><c> how</c><00:20:08.759><c> God</c><00:20:09.420><c> sets</c><00:20:09.799><c> the</c><00:20:10.160><c> stage</c><00:20:10.599><c> for</c><00:20:11.019><c> the</c><00:20:11.220><c> work</c><00:20:11.420><c> that</c><00:20:11.680><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.400 has<00:20:12.400><c> to</c><00:20:12.640><c> do.</c> 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have</c><00:20:28.220><c> this</c><00:20:28.539><c> day</c><00:20:28.900><c> set</c><00:20:29.259><c> thee</c><00:20:29.440><c> over</c><00:20:29.700><c> the</c><00:20:29.960><c> nations</c><00:20:30.400><c> and</c> 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.799 over<00:20:31.039><c> the</c><00:20:31.259><c> kingdoms,</c> 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:35.940 to<00:20:32.380><c> root</c><00:20:32.619><c> out</c><00:20:33.200><c> and</c><00:20:33.420><c> to</c><00:20:33.660><c> pull</c><00:20:33.859><c> down</c><00:20:34.319><c> and</c><00:20:34.539><c> to</c><00:20:34.720><c> destroy</c><00:20:35.299><c> and</c><00:20:35.680><c> to</c> 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.539 throw<00:20:36.059><c> down,</c> 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:39.000 to<00:20:36.900><c> build</c><00:20:37.319><c> and</c><00:20:37.839><c> to</c><00:20:38.119><c> plant.</c> 00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.779 Now<00:20:40.000><c> that's</c><00:20:40.099><c> interesting,</c><00:20:40.519><c> isn't</c><00:20:40.660><c> it?</c> 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:44.420 That's<00:20:41.079><c> what</c><00:20:41.279><c> God</c><00:20:41.559><c> says</c><00:20:42.019><c> his</c><00:20:42.359><c> purpose</c><00:20:42.720><c> with</c><00:20:42.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:43.359><c> is.</c> 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:48.259 Jeremiah<00:20:45.119><c> is</c><00:20:45.640><c> over</c><00:20:45.900><c> the</c><00:20:46.119><c> nations</c><00:20:46.559><c> for</c><00:20:47.119><c> a</c><00:20:47.440><c> particular</c><00:20:47.819><c> work,</c> 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:51.140 a<00:20:48.539><c> particular</c><00:20:48.900><c> purpose</c><00:20:49.339><c> that</c><00:20:49.619><c> God</c><00:20:49.839><c> has.</c> 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:54.299 And<00:20:51.440><c> what</c><00:20:51.660><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:52.140><c> has</c><00:20:52.460><c> to</c><00:20:52.700><c> do,</c><00:20:53.259><c> you</c><00:20:53.380><c> will</c><00:20:53.599><c> notice</c><00:20:53.940><c> there,</c> 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.539 is<00:20:54.579><c> both</c><00:20:55.140><c> negative</c><00:20:55.720><c> and</c><00:20:56.339><c> positive.</c> 00:20:57.619 --> 00:21:00.700 And<00:20:57.799><c> it's</c><00:20:58.059><c> more</c><00:20:58.500><c> negative</c><00:20:59.039><c> than</c><00:20:59.259><c> it</c><00:20:59.339><c> is</c><00:20:59.539><c> positive.</c> 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.299 Verse<00:21:02.460><c> 10</c><00:21:02.779><c> says,</c> 00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:06.319 I've<00:21:03.859><c> set</c><00:21:03.980><c> thee</c><00:21:04.099><c> over</c><00:21:04.319><c> the</c><00:21:04.500><c> nations</c><00:21:04.980><c> to</c><00:21:05.500><c> root</c><00:21:05.779><c> out,</c> 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:09.759 pull<00:21:06.880><c> down,</c><00:21:07.740><c> destroy</c><00:21:08.319><c> and</c><00:21:08.900><c> throw</c><00:21:09.299><c> down.</c> 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.720 Four<00:21:10.539><c> negatives</c><00:21:11.079><c> there.</c> 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.279 Jeremiah<00:21:12.539><c> is</c><00:21:12.720><c> going</c><00:21:12.880><c> to</c><00:21:13.019><c> root</c><00:21:13.160><c> up</c><00:21:13.480><c> and</c><00:21:13.720><c> destroy,</c> 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:16.460 pull<00:21:14.900><c> down</c><00:21:15.160><c> and</c><00:21:15.319><c> throw</c><00:21:15.579><c> down.</c> 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:19.359 Because<00:21:17.160><c> that</c><00:21:17.380><c> was</c><00:21:17.579><c> necessary</c><00:21:18.180><c> at</c><00:21:18.400><c> this</c><00:21:18.640><c> stage</c><00:21:18.859><c> in</c><00:21:19.160><c> Judah.</c> 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:23.779 Other<00:21:19.920><c> prophets</c><00:21:20.359><c> had</c><00:21:20.680><c> had</c><00:21:21.019><c> perhaps</c><00:21:21.559><c> in</c><00:21:21.799><c> some</c><00:21:22.019><c> ways</c><00:21:22.240><c> an</c><00:21:22.440><c> easy</c><00:21:22.700><c> role.</c> 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:26.579 They'd<00:21:24.619><c> been</c><00:21:24.799><c> able</c><00:21:25.039><c> to</c><00:21:25.240><c> speak</c><00:21:25.480><c> more</c><00:21:26.019><c> constructively,</c> 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:29.019 more<00:21:26.920><c> positively,</c><00:21:27.500><c> to</c><00:21:27.700><c> build</c><00:21:28.000><c> up.</c> 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:33.160 Jeremiah<00:21:30.000><c> now</c><00:21:30.559><c> preaches</c><00:21:31.359><c> very</c><00:21:31.920><c> nearly</c><00:21:32.140><c> at</c><00:21:32.380><c> the</c><00:21:32.559><c> end</c><00:21:32.880><c> of</c><00:21:33.079><c> the</c> 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.920 kingdom<00:21:33.460><c> of</c><00:21:33.700><c> Judah,</c> 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:37.240 and<00:21:34.339><c> things</c><00:21:34.599><c> have</c><00:21:34.799><c> reached</c><00:21:35.059><c> such</c><00:21:35.420><c> a</c><00:21:35.640><c> pitch,</c><00:21:36.299><c> such</c><00:21:36.500><c> a</c><00:21:36.960><c> state,</c> 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:40.319 that<00:21:37.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:38.380><c> has</c><00:21:38.660><c> a</c><00:21:38.680><c> lot</c><00:21:38.880><c> of</c><00:21:39.220><c> undoing</c><00:21:39.640><c> to</c><00:21:39.880><c> do.</c> 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.960 There<00:21:40.880><c> is</c><00:21:41.119><c> so</c><00:21:41.359><c> much</c><00:21:41.619><c> wickedness</c><00:21:42.119><c> here</c><00:21:42.559><c> that</c><00:21:42.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:43.339><c> has</c><00:21:43.640><c> to</c> 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.680 undo<00:21:44.259><c> it.</c> 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.640 Before<00:21:45.039><c> ever</c><00:21:45.220><c> he</c><00:21:45.359><c> can</c><00:21:45.519><c> be</c><00:21:45.720><c> positive</c><00:21:46.180><c> and</c><00:21:46.500><c> build</c><00:21:46.740><c> up.</c> 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.400 There<00:21:47.920><c> are</c><00:21:48.160><c> two</c><00:21:48.380><c> positive</c><00:21:48.799><c> things</c><00:21:49.119><c> at</c><00:21:49.319><c> the</c><00:21:49.440><c> end</c><00:21:49.660><c> of</c><00:21:49.859><c> verse</c><00:21:50.059><c> 10</c> 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.200 to<00:21:50.839><c> build</c><00:21:51.240><c> and</c><00:21:51.640><c> to</c><00:21:51.900><c> plant.</c> 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:54.680 So<00:21:52.799><c> four</c><00:21:53.079><c> negatives,</c><00:21:53.880><c> two</c><00:21:54.200><c> positives.</c> 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:57.400 Jeremiah<00:21:55.339><c> has</c><00:21:55.759><c> his</c><00:21:56.000><c> work</c><00:21:56.180><c> cut</c><00:21:56.460><c> out</c><00:21:56.700><c> with</c><00:21:56.920><c> this</c><00:21:57.160><c> people</c> 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:00.380 who<00:21:57.559><c> are</c><00:21:57.799><c> so</c><00:21:58.019><c> wicked</c><00:21:58.339><c> and</c><00:21:58.940><c> so</c><00:21:59.200><c> wayward</c><00:21:59.500><c> by</c><00:21:59.799><c> this</c><00:22:00.099><c> stage</c> 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:02.359 in<00:22:00.880><c> the</c><00:22:01.019><c> history</c><00:22:01.319><c> of</c><00:22:01.519><c> the</c><00:22:01.599><c> kingdom</c><00:22:01.880><c> of</c><00:22:02.099><c> Judah</c> 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.319 that<00:22:03.400><c> God</c><00:22:03.779><c> appoints</c><00:22:04.319><c> him</c><00:22:04.660><c> to</c><00:22:05.259><c> that</c><00:22:05.640><c> kind</c><00:22:06.079><c> of</c><00:22:06.420><c> work.</c> 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:10.099 And<00:22:07.619><c> you</c><00:22:07.720><c> can</c><00:22:07.920><c> see,</c><00:22:08.259><c> can't</c><00:22:08.319><c> you,</c><00:22:08.559><c> that</c><00:22:08.740><c> that</c><00:22:08.960><c> also</c><00:22:09.339><c> would</c><00:22:09.619><c> be</c> 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.319 unpleasant,<00:22:11.259><c> really.</c> 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:16.819 Not<00:22:11.940><c> nice,</c><00:22:12.420><c> is</c><00:22:12.460><c> it,</c><00:22:12.579><c> to</c><00:22:12.759><c> have</c><00:22:12.980><c> to</c><00:22:13.559><c> continually</c><00:22:14.259><c> be</c><00:22:14.920><c> criticising</c><00:22:15.720><c> and</c><00:22:16.079><c> saying</c><00:22:16.559><c> that,</c> 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.819 look,<00:22:16.940><c> what</c><00:22:17.079><c> you're</c><00:22:17.240><c> doing</c><00:22:17.420><c> is</c><00:22:17.680><c> wrong,</c><00:22:18.059><c> it's</c><00:22:18.240><c> wrong,</c><00:22:18.660><c> it's</c> 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.920 wrong,<00:22:19.220><c> stop</c><00:22:19.500><c> it.</c> 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:22.660 That<00:22:20.480><c> was</c><00:22:20.700><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:22:21.299><c> work</c><00:22:21.539><c> and</c><00:22:21.660><c> it</c><00:22:21.839><c> was</c><00:22:22.039><c> unpleasant,</c><00:22:22.559><c> it</c> 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.039 was<00:22:22.859><c> difficult</c><00:22:23.380><c> for</c><00:22:23.660><c> him.</c> 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:28.319 But<00:22:24.420><c> it</c><00:22:24.500><c> was</c><00:22:24.720><c> necessary</c><00:22:25.500><c> at</c><00:22:26.240><c> that</c><00:22:26.500><c> stage</c><00:22:26.759><c> in</c><00:22:27.019><c> Judah's</c><00:22:27.400><c> history.</c> 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:31.039 Okay,<00:22:29.420><c> verse</c><00:22:29.599><c> 11</c><00:22:29.859><c> of</c><00:22:30.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:30.400><c> 1</c><00:22:30.599><c> then,</c> 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:35.619 where<00:22:31.500><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:32.160><c> receives</c><00:22:33.059><c> his</c><00:22:33.599><c> instructions</c><00:22:34.299><c> from</c><00:22:34.660><c> God.</c> 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:39.059 Notice<00:22:36.539><c> that</c><00:22:36.980><c> chapter</c><00:22:37.319><c> 1</c><00:22:37.579><c> is</c><00:22:37.799><c> not</c><00:22:38.019><c> a</c><00:22:38.240><c> prophecy.</c> 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:43.359 Jeremiah<00:22:39.900><c> isn't</c><00:22:40.240><c> told</c><00:22:40.799><c> to</c><00:22:41.319><c> tell</c><00:22:41.619><c> anything</c><00:22:42.079><c> in</c><00:22:42.519><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.880><c> 1</c><00:22:43.180><c> to</c> 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.279 the<00:22:43.559><c> people.</c> 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:47.559 Chapter<00:22:44.880><c> 1</c><00:22:45.079><c> is</c><00:22:45.259><c> for</c><00:22:45.480><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:22:46.160><c> own</c><00:22:46.400><c> instruction.</c> 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:51.099 God<00:22:49.460><c> instructs</c><00:22:49.900><c> and</c><00:22:49.960><c> teaches</c><00:22:50.299><c> him</c><00:22:50.619><c> first.</c> 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:54.200 Later,<00:22:52.140><c> God</c><00:22:52.380><c> will</c><00:22:52.599><c> tell</c><00:22:52.819><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:53.319><c> to</c><00:22:53.480><c> go</c><00:22:53.619><c> out</c><00:22:53.759><c> to</c><00:22:53.839><c> the</c><00:22:54.000><c> people</c> 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.839 and<00:22:54.380><c> you</c><00:22:54.519><c> tell</c><00:22:54.619><c> him</c><00:22:54.700><c> what</c><00:22:54.880><c> to</c><00:22:55.079><c> say</c><00:22:55.200><c> to</c><00:22:55.380><c> the</c><00:22:55.579><c> people.</c> 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:59.579 But<00:22:56.420><c> these</c><00:22:56.660><c> visions</c><00:22:57.039><c> here</c><00:22:57.539><c> are</c><00:22:57.900><c> just</c><00:22:58.119><c> for</c><00:22:58.279><c> his</c><00:22:58.500><c> own</c><00:22:58.799><c> instruction</c><00:22:59.279><c> there,</c> 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.720 for<00:22:59.740><c> his</c><00:22:59.859><c> own</c><00:23:00.039><c> education.</c> 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:03.680 Jeremiah<00:23:01.619><c> has</c><00:23:01.920><c> to</c><00:23:02.119><c> know</c><00:23:02.339><c> the</c><00:23:02.519><c> situation</c><00:23:03.079><c> first</c> 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:05.640 before<00:23:04.259><c> he</c><00:23:04.400><c> can</c><00:23:04.559><c> go</c><00:23:04.740><c> and</c><00:23:04.940><c> tell</c><00:23:05.039><c> other</c><00:23:05.279><c> people.</c> 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.140 Just<00:23:06.039><c> as</c><00:23:06.180><c> we</c><00:23:06.400><c> do</c><00:23:06.500><c> in</c><00:23:06.660><c> our</c><00:23:06.859><c> preaching.</c> 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.839 No<00:23:07.440><c> good</c><00:23:07.900><c> trying</c><00:23:08.160><c> to</c><00:23:08.319><c> preach</c><00:23:08.500><c> to</c><00:23:08.640><c> people</c> 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.519 if<00:23:08.960><c> we</c><00:23:09.099><c> haven't</c><00:23:09.400><c> understood</c><00:23:09.859><c> the</c><00:23:10.099><c> truth</c><00:23:10.240><c> ourselves.</c> 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:15.079 So<00:23:12.220><c> this</c><00:23:12.480><c> is</c><00:23:12.880><c> for</c><00:23:13.119><c> the</c><00:23:13.400><c> prophet's</c><00:23:13.900><c> education.</c> 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.160 Jeremiah<00:23:15.720><c> 1</c><00:23:15.980><c> and</c><00:23:16.140><c> verse</c><00:23:16.380><c> 11.</c> 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.400 Moreover,<00:23:18.440><c> the</c><00:23:18.440><c> word</c><00:23:18.619><c> of</c><00:23:18.759><c> the</c><00:23:18.920><c> Lord</c><00:23:19.220><c> came</c><00:23:19.480><c> unto</c><00:23:19.640><c> me</c><00:23:19.900><c> saying,</c> 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.539 Jeremiah,<00:23:21.319><c> what</c><00:23:21.660><c> seest</c><00:23:22.039><c> thou?</c> 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:26.819 And<00:23:23.099><c> I</c><00:23:23.279><c> said,</c><00:23:23.779><c> I</c><00:23:24.000><c> see</c><00:23:24.259><c> a</c><00:23:24.440><c> rod</c><00:23:24.640><c> of</c><00:23:25.019><c> an</c><00:23:25.359><c> almond</c><00:23:25.700><c> tree.</c> 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:28.380 Then<00:23:27.160><c> said</c><00:23:27.339><c> the</c><00:23:27.519><c> Lord</c><00:23:27.779><c> unto</c><00:23:28.000><c> me,</c> 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:33.660 thou<00:23:28.619><c> hast</c><00:23:28.859><c> well</c><00:23:29.319><c> seen,</c><00:23:29.920><c> for</c><00:23:30.099><c> I</c><00:23:30.440><c> will</c><00:23:30.720><c> hasten</c><00:23:31.140><c> my</c><00:23:31.519><c> word</c><00:23:31.819><c> to</c><00:23:32.299><c> perform</c><00:23:32.759><c> it.</c> 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.099 Now,<00:23:34.099><c> if</c><00:23:34.140><c> you</c><00:23:34.279><c> have</c><00:23:34.460><c> a</c><00:23:34.640><c> margin,</c><00:23:34.960><c> it</c><00:23:35.099><c> will</c><00:23:35.339><c> tell</c><00:23:35.519><c> you</c><00:23:35.779><c> there</c> 00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:39.940 how<00:23:36.640><c> closely</c><00:23:37.420><c> those</c><00:23:38.119><c> phrases</c><00:23:38.539><c> are</c><00:23:39.180><c> in</c><00:23:39.480><c> the</c><00:23:39.720><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:42.160 They're<00:23:40.420><c> almost</c><00:23:40.900><c> identical.</c> 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:44.900 In<00:23:42.759><c> the</c><00:23:42.940><c> English,</c><00:23:43.140><c> it</c><00:23:43.339><c> doesn't</c><00:23:43.640><c> come</c><00:23:43.940><c> across.</c> 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:47.700 In<00:23:45.180><c> the</c><00:23:45.380><c> Hebrew,</c><00:23:46.059><c> what</c><00:23:46.319><c> God</c><00:23:46.559><c> said</c><00:23:46.779><c> to</c><00:23:47.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:47.400><c> was,</c> 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.859 what<00:23:47.920><c> do</c><00:23:48.099><c> you</c><00:23:48.160><c> see,</c><00:23:48.380><c> Jeremiah?</c> 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.859 And<00:23:49.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:49.500><c> said,</c><00:23:50.160><c> Shaked.</c> 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:53.220 And<00:23:51.380><c> God</c><00:23:51.599><c> said,</c><00:23:52.380><c> Shaked.</c> 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.660 And<00:23:53.799><c> it's</c><00:23:54.079><c> just</c><00:23:54.299><c> like</c><00:23:54.500><c> that.</c> 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.839 The<00:23:54.900><c> words</c><00:23:55.059><c> are</c><00:23:55.299><c> so</c><00:23:55.599><c> close.</c> 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:58.019 Shaked<00:23:56.559><c> and</c><00:23:57.039><c> Shaked.</c> 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.839 Right? 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.680 What<00:23:59.339><c> do</c><00:23:59.440><c> you</c><00:23:59.500><c> see,</c><00:23:59.720><c> Jeremiah?</c> 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.960 Shaked. 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:05.819 And<00:24:02.759><c> God's</c><00:24:03.559><c> response</c><00:24:03.920><c> to</c><00:24:04.119><c> that</c><00:24:04.299><c> is</c><00:24:04.680><c> Shaked.</c> 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:09.440 What<00:24:06.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:24:07.220><c> saw</c><00:24:07.579><c> was</c><00:24:07.839><c> an</c><00:24:08.259><c> almond</c><00:24:08.559><c> tree.</c> 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:14.019 And<00:24:10.079><c> the</c><00:24:10.319><c> almond</c><00:24:10.559><c> is,</c><00:24:10.980><c> in</c><00:24:11.160><c> Israel,</c><00:24:11.819><c> the</c><00:24:11.960><c> first</c><00:24:13.099><c> herald</c><00:24:13.480><c> of</c><00:24:13.740><c> spring.</c> 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:17.539 It's<00:24:14.319><c> the</c><00:24:14.619><c> first</c><00:24:15.440><c> plant</c><00:24:15.859><c> to</c><00:24:16.480><c> awaken</c><00:24:16.920><c> in</c><00:24:17.140><c> the</c><00:24:17.400><c> spring.</c> 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.599 It's<00:24:17.920><c> one</c><00:24:18.119><c> of</c><00:24:18.240><c> those</c><00:24:18.460><c> that</c><00:24:18.720><c> buds</c><00:24:18.980><c> first.</c> 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.039 In<00:24:19.980><c> England,</c><00:24:20.259><c> it's</c><00:24:20.440><c> the</c><00:24:20.640><c> snow</c><00:24:20.859><c> drop.</c> 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:23.099 We<00:24:21.359><c> always</c><00:24:21.579><c> talk</c><00:24:21.779><c> about</c><00:24:22.000><c> the</c><00:24:22.259><c> snow</c><00:24:22.440><c> drop</c><00:24:22.619><c> as</c><00:24:22.819><c> being</c> 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:25.039 the<00:24:23.460><c> first</c><00:24:23.720><c> of</c><00:24:23.880><c> our</c><00:24:24.160><c> flowers</c><00:24:24.400><c> after</c><00:24:24.720><c> the</c><00:24:24.880><c> winter.</c> 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.460 Once<00:24:25.319><c> the</c><00:24:25.579><c> snow</c><00:24:25.740><c> drops</c><00:24:25.920><c> are</c><00:24:26.220><c> through,</c> 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:29.279 that's<00:24:27.220><c> a</c><00:24:27.319><c> sign</c><00:24:27.559><c> that</c><00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.900><c> worst</c><00:24:28.079><c> of</c><00:24:28.240><c> the</c><00:24:28.380><c> winter</c><00:24:28.559><c> is</c><00:24:28.900><c> past</c> 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.940 and<00:24:29.660><c> spring</c><00:24:29.960><c> is</c><00:24:30.180><c> on</c><00:24:30.279><c> its</c><00:24:30.539><c> way.</c> 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.859 The<00:24:31.559><c> snow</c><00:24:31.779><c> drop</c><00:24:31.940><c> is</c><00:24:32.119><c> our</c><00:24:32.380><c> emblem</c><00:24:32.700><c> of</c><00:24:33.079><c> reawakening.</c> 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:36.000 I<00:24:34.160><c> don't</c><00:24:34.299><c> know</c><00:24:34.400><c> what</c><00:24:34.500><c> it</c><00:24:34.539><c> is</c><00:24:34.720><c> in</c><00:24:34.859><c> this</c><00:24:35.039><c> country.</c> 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.839 But<00:24:36.640><c> in</c><00:24:36.839><c> Israel,</c><00:24:37.279><c> it's</c><00:24:37.380><c> the</c><00:24:37.619><c> almond.</c> 00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:42.039 The<00:24:38.180><c> almond</c><00:24:38.359><c> is</c><00:24:38.539><c> the</c><00:24:38.759><c> first</c><00:24:38.940><c> to</c><00:24:39.220><c> bud</c><00:24:39.559><c> and</c><00:24:40.319><c> to</c><00:24:40.599><c> produce</c><00:24:40.859><c> its</c><00:24:41.119><c> blossoms.</c> 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:44.680 So<00:24:42.400><c> when</c><00:24:42.599><c> God</c><00:24:42.799><c> says</c><00:24:43.000><c> to</c><00:24:43.200><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:24:43.839><c> what</c><00:24:43.880><c> do</c><00:24:44.059><c> you</c><00:24:44.299><c> see?</c> 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.619 And<00:24:45.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:24:45.559><c> says,</c><00:24:46.119><c> an</c><00:24:46.259><c> almond.</c> 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:49.700 God<00:24:47.079><c> responds</c><00:24:47.619><c> to</c><00:24:47.859><c> that</c><00:24:48.019><c> by</c><00:24:48.339><c> saying,</c><00:24:48.559><c> well,</c><00:24:48.740><c> I'm</c><00:24:49.019><c> waking</c><00:24:49.339><c> up</c> 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.980 my<00:24:50.000><c> word.</c> 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.500 Just<00:24:52.440><c> like</c><00:24:52.799><c> spring</c><00:24:53.140><c> is</c><00:24:53.539><c> wakened</c><00:24:53.859><c> up</c><00:24:54.119><c> by</c><00:24:54.380><c> the</c><00:24:54.660><c> almond</c><00:24:54.940><c> blossom</c> 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:59.980 coming<00:24:56.160><c> into</c><00:24:56.480><c> flower,</c><00:24:57.140><c> I'm</c><00:24:57.460><c> waking</c><00:24:57.779><c> up</c><00:24:58.059><c> my</c><00:24:58.339><c> word,</c><00:24:58.779><c> God</c><00:24:59.039><c> says.</c> 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:02.400 So<00:25:00.519><c> that's</c><00:25:00.700><c> what</c><00:25:00.799><c> he's</c><00:25:01.000><c> saying</c><00:25:01.359><c> in</c><00:25:01.759><c> verse</c><00:25:02.019><c> 12.</c> 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:04.920 Then<00:25:02.579><c> said</c><00:25:02.839><c> the</c><00:25:03.019><c> Lord</c><00:25:03.259><c> unto</c><00:25:03.480><c> me,</c><00:25:04.099><c> thou</c><00:25:04.099><c> hast</c><00:25:04.259><c> well</c><00:25:04.680><c> seen.</c> 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.019 I<00:25:05.359><c> will</c><00:25:05.660><c> hasten</c><00:25:06.259><c> my</c><00:25:06.619><c> word.</c> 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.660 The<00:25:07.539><c> revised</c><00:25:07.900><c> version</c><00:25:08.180><c> says,</c><00:25:08.599><c> I</c><00:25:08.640><c> will</c><00:25:08.880><c> watch</c><00:25:09.279><c> over.</c> 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:11.440 The<00:25:10.059><c> word</c><00:25:10.160><c> really</c><00:25:10.380><c> means</c><00:25:10.579><c> to</c><00:25:10.819><c> waken</c><00:25:11.039><c> up.</c> 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.279 I'll<00:25:12.119><c> watch</c><00:25:12.339><c> over</c><00:25:12.640><c> my</c><00:25:13.019><c> word</c><00:25:13.539><c> to</c><00:25:13.980><c> perform</c><00:25:14.420><c> it.</c> 00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:19.400 In<00:25:15.460><c> other</c><00:25:15.640><c> words,</c><00:25:16.299><c> my</c><00:25:16.440><c> word,</c><00:25:16.859><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:25:17.519><c> is</c><00:25:17.720><c> certain</c><00:25:18.099><c> of</c><00:25:18.380><c> fulfillment.</c> 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:22.660 Just<00:25:20.079><c> like</c><00:25:20.359><c> the</c><00:25:20.680><c> almond</c><00:25:21.019><c> sleeps</c><00:25:21.660><c> all</c><00:25:22.019><c> through</c><00:25:22.220><c> the</c><00:25:22.380><c> winter</c> 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:25.579 and<00:25:23.059><c> then</c><00:25:23.299><c> wakens</c><00:25:23.559><c> up</c><00:25:23.759><c> in</c><00:25:23.920><c> the</c><00:25:24.160><c> spring,</c><00:25:24.720><c> so</c><00:25:24.880><c> my</c><00:25:25.220><c> word,</c> 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:28.839 it<00:25:25.940><c> might</c><00:25:26.279><c> lie</c><00:25:26.640><c> dormant</c><00:25:27.119><c> for</c><00:25:27.319><c> a</c><00:25:27.480><c> long</c><00:25:27.779><c> time.</c> 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:31.599 You<00:25:29.480><c> may</c><00:25:29.819><c> think</c><00:25:30.200><c> that</c><00:25:30.480><c> I've</c><00:25:30.779><c> forgotten</c><00:25:30.980><c> my</c><00:25:31.319><c> promises</c> 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:33.359 and<00:25:31.779><c> they're</c><00:25:31.839><c> not</c><00:25:32.019><c> going</c><00:25:32.180><c> to</c><00:25:32.259><c> come</c><00:25:32.440><c> true.</c> 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.680 But<00:25:33.819><c> God</c><00:25:34.039><c> says,</c><00:25:34.319><c> I'm</c><00:25:34.579><c> watching</c><00:25:34.940><c> over</c><00:25:35.299><c> my</c><00:25:35.660><c> word</c><00:25:36.000><c> all</c><00:25:36.519><c> the</c><00:25:36.720><c> time.</c> 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:40.380 And<00:25:38.279><c> at</c><00:25:38.400><c> the</c><00:25:38.559><c> right</c><00:25:38.819><c> time,</c><00:25:39.140><c> I</c><00:25:39.339><c> shall</c><00:25:39.559><c> waken</c><00:25:39.880><c> it</c><00:25:40.119><c> up</c> 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.920 so<00:25:41.019><c> that</c><00:25:41.119><c> it</c><00:25:41.240><c> will</c><00:25:41.380><c> come</c><00:25:41.640><c> true.</c> 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.059 It<00:25:42.079><c> will</c><00:25:42.240><c> come</c><00:25:42.400><c> to</c><00:25:42.619><c> pass.</c> 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.619 And<00:25:43.680><c> the</c><00:25:43.819><c> things,</c><00:25:44.079><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:25:44.579><c> that</c><00:25:44.740><c> I'm</c><00:25:44.940><c> going</c><00:25:45.039><c> to</c><00:25:45.220><c> tell</c><00:25:45.339><c> you</c> 00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:49.319 to<00:25:45.839><c> say</c><00:25:45.980><c> to</c><00:25:46.160><c> this</c><00:25:46.380><c> people</c><00:25:46.900><c> won't</c><00:25:47.339><c> always</c><00:25:47.740><c> come</c><00:25:48.460><c> true</c><00:25:48.559><c> immediately.</c> 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:51.640 But<00:25:49.960><c> although</c><00:25:50.259><c> they</c><00:25:50.599><c> sleep</c><00:25:50.779><c> for</c><00:25:51.019><c> a</c><00:25:51.099><c> long</c><00:25:51.319><c> time,</c> 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.980 ultimately<00:25:52.160><c> they'll</c><00:25:52.519><c> waken</c><00:25:52.700><c> up.</c> 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.619 I'm<00:25:53.279><c> watching</c><00:25:53.680><c> over</c><00:25:54.019><c> my</c><00:25:54.339><c> word</c><00:25:54.559><c> to</c><00:25:54.819><c> make</c><00:25:55.119><c> sure</c> 00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:59.420 that<00:25:56.039><c> it</c><00:25:56.200><c> will</c><00:25:56.460><c> come</c><00:25:56.740><c> to</c><00:25:57.000><c> pass</c><00:25:57.359><c> in</c><00:25:57.819><c> its</c><00:25:58.019><c> right</c><00:25:58.339><c> time.</c> 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:01.420 It<00:25:59.880><c> will</c><00:26:00.500><c> come</c><00:26:00.819><c> to</c><00:26:01.000><c> fruition.</c> 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.759 Come<00:26:02.279><c> to</c><00:26:02.460><c> its</c><00:26:02.640><c> fulfillment.</c> 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:07.220 So<00:26:04.359><c> that's</c><00:26:04.700><c> what's</c><00:26:05.019><c> involved</c><00:26:05.400><c> here</c><00:26:05.660><c> in</c><00:26:05.859><c> this</c><00:26:06.200><c> first</c><00:26:06.839><c> vision</c> 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.480 of<00:26:07.440><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.220 He<00:26:08.720><c> doesn't</c><00:26:09.000><c> tell</c><00:26:09.240><c> the</c><00:26:09.460><c> people</c><00:26:09.680><c> about</c><00:26:09.960><c> this.</c> 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.720 He<00:26:10.339><c> doesn't</c><00:26:10.599><c> tell</c><00:26:10.819><c> them</c><00:26:11.019><c> what</c><00:26:11.180><c> he's</c><00:26:11.480><c> seen.</c> 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:14.579 It's<00:26:12.259><c> for</c><00:26:12.359><c> his</c><00:26:12.559><c> own</c><00:26:12.799><c> education,</c><00:26:13.400><c> as</c><00:26:13.559><c> we</c><00:26:13.779><c> said.</c> 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:17.500 But<00:26:15.059><c> what</c><00:26:15.220><c> he</c><00:26:15.519><c> sees</c><00:26:15.700><c> there</c><00:26:16.019><c> is,</c><00:26:17.220><c> first</c><00:26:17.240><c> of</c><00:26:17.420><c> all,</c> 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.400 a<00:26:17.759><c> reassurance</c><00:26:18.380><c> for</c><00:26:18.599><c> himself</c><00:26:19.079><c> that</c><00:26:19.420><c> whatever</c><00:26:19.819><c> he's</c><00:26:20.180><c> bidden</c> 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.440 by<00:26:20.720><c> God</c><00:26:20.900><c> to</c><00:26:21.200><c> preach</c> 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.819 is<00:26:21.900><c> God's</c><00:26:22.480><c> word</c><00:26:22.720><c> and</c><00:26:22.819><c> it's</c><00:26:23.200><c> absolutely</c><00:26:23.619><c> sure</c><00:26:24.160><c> of</c><00:26:24.400><c> fulfillment.</c> 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:26.880 It's<00:26:25.420><c> certain</c><00:26:25.619><c> to</c><00:26:25.839><c> come</c><00:26:26.119><c> true.</c> 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.059 Even<00:26:27.460><c> though</c><00:26:27.740><c> sometimes</c><00:26:28.140><c> it</c><00:26:28.259><c> may</c><00:26:28.460><c> take</c><00:26:28.640><c> a</c><00:26:28.740><c> long</c><00:26:28.980><c> time,</c> 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.440 it<00:26:30.799><c> will</c><00:26:31.059><c> not</c><00:26:31.339><c> fail.</c> 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:35.539 So<00:26:33.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:33.500><c> is</c><00:26:33.759><c> given</c><00:26:33.920><c> that</c><00:26:34.240><c> assurance</c><00:26:34.839><c> first.</c> 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:38.619 Whatever<00:26:36.160><c> he's</c><00:26:36.460><c> bidden</c><00:26:36.680><c> to</c><00:26:37.039><c> speak</c><00:26:37.380><c> of</c><00:26:37.720><c> God,</c> 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.799 that<00:26:39.059><c> word</c><00:26:39.480><c> will</c><00:26:40.160><c> certainly</c><00:26:40.680><c> be</c><00:26:41.279><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.180 God<00:26:42.140><c> will</c><00:26:42.500><c> see</c><00:26:42.740><c> to</c><00:26:42.900><c> it.</c> 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:46.980 I<00:26:43.759><c> will</c><00:26:44.019><c> watch</c><00:26:44.339><c> over</c><00:26:44.619><c> my</c><00:26:44.960><c> word</c><00:26:45.299><c> to</c><00:26:45.759><c> perform</c><00:26:46.140><c> it.</c> 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.519 So<00:26:48.619><c> that's</c><00:26:48.920><c> the</c><00:26:49.059><c> first</c><00:26:49.319><c> bit.</c> 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:51.319 That's<00:26:50.160><c> the</c><00:26:50.599><c> almond</c><00:26:50.920><c> tree.</c> 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.839 The<00:26:51.920><c> idea</c><00:26:52.319><c> there</c><00:26:52.660><c> being</c><00:26:52.900><c> to</c><00:26:53.240><c> raise</c><00:26:53.579><c> up.</c> 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.660 Just<00:26:54.180><c> come</c><00:26:54.339><c> to</c><00:26:54.500><c> chapter</c><00:26:54.779><c> 30</c><00:26:55.160><c> for</c><00:26:55.359><c> a</c><00:26:55.480><c> minute.</c> 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.440 We're<00:26:56.119><c> coming</c><00:26:56.319><c> back</c><00:26:56.579><c> to</c><00:26:56.720><c> chapter</c><00:26:56.940><c> one</c><00:26:57.119><c> again,</c> 00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:00.559 but<00:26:57.720><c> come</c><00:26:57.980><c> to</c><00:26:58.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.400><c> 30</c><00:26:58.740><c> and</c><00:26:58.900><c> you'll</c><00:26:59.160><c> see</c><00:26:59.579><c> a</c><00:26:59.880><c> demonstration</c> 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.579 of<00:27:01.039><c> what</c><00:27:01.240><c> was</c><00:27:01.500><c> meant</c><00:27:01.720><c> in</c><00:27:01.880><c> this</c><00:27:02.160><c> first</c><00:27:02.400><c> chapter</c><00:27:02.799><c> by</c><00:27:03.039><c> the</c><00:27:03.359><c> almond</c> 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:05.400 and<00:27:03.819><c> the</c><00:27:04.079><c> awakening</c><00:27:04.339><c> of</c><00:27:04.619><c> God's</c><00:27:05.039><c> word.</c> 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:08.759 Here<00:27:05.799><c> in</c><00:27:06.000><c> chapter</c><00:27:06.299><c> 30,</c><00:27:07.599><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:07.900><c> speaks</c><00:27:08.299><c> something</c> 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:11.400 that<00:27:09.220><c> reminds</c><00:27:09.519><c> us</c><00:27:09.779><c> very</c><00:27:10.099><c> much</c><00:27:10.380><c> of</c><00:27:10.599><c> that.</c> 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:18.579 Chapter<00:27:12.880><c> 30</c><00:27:13.339><c> and</c><00:27:13.579><c> verse</c><00:27:13.880><c> 24,</c><00:27:17.099><c> the</c><00:27:17.240><c> last</c><00:27:17.440><c> verse</c><00:27:17.880><c> of</c><00:27:18.079><c> the</c><00:27:18.220><c> chapter.</c> 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:22.279 The<00:27:19.119><c> fierce</c><00:27:19.579><c> anger</c><00:27:20.160><c> of</c><00:27:20.420><c> the</c><00:27:20.680><c> Lord</c><00:27:21.000><c> shall</c><00:27:21.319><c> not</c><00:27:21.720><c> return</c> 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.500 until<00:27:22.980><c> he</c><00:27:23.299><c> have</c><00:27:23.599><c> done</c><00:27:23.839><c> it</c><00:27:24.279><c> and</c><00:27:24.740><c> until</c><00:27:25.099><c> he</c><00:27:25.440><c> have</c><00:27:25.700><c> performed</c> 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:30.299 the<00:27:27.200><c> intents</c><00:27:27.619><c> of</c><00:27:27.839><c> his</c><00:27:28.180><c> heart</c><00:27:28.640><c> in</c><00:27:29.220><c> the</c><00:27:29.460><c> latter</c><00:27:29.700><c> days,</c> 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.960 ye<00:27:30.859><c> shall</c><00:27:31.240><c> consider</c><00:27:31.880><c> it.</c> 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:36.240 So<00:27:33.839><c> God's</c><00:27:34.420><c> word</c><00:27:34.700><c> would</c><00:27:35.099><c> sleep,</c> 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:39.480 but<00:27:37.059><c> ultimately</c><00:27:37.740><c> it</c><00:27:38.519><c> would</c><00:27:38.779><c> waken</c><00:27:39.039><c> up.</c> 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:44.599 God's<00:27:40.099><c> anger</c><00:27:40.279><c> would</c><00:27:40.539><c> return</c><00:27:41.119><c> and</c><00:27:42.000><c> God</c><00:27:42.440><c> would</c><00:27:42.779><c> not</c><00:27:43.420><c> rest.</c> 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:47.279 He'd<00:27:44.960><c> not</c><00:27:45.200><c> stop</c><00:27:45.559><c> until</c><00:27:45.880><c> he'd</c><00:27:46.259><c> finished</c><00:27:46.519><c> his</c><00:27:46.859><c> work,</c> 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:51.460 until<00:27:47.940><c> he</c><00:27:48.220><c> have</c><00:27:48.440><c> performed</c><00:27:49.180><c> the</c><00:27:49.839><c> intents</c><00:27:50.380><c> of</c><00:27:50.640><c> his</c><00:27:50.980><c> heart.</c> 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:54.119 Now,<00:27:52.339><c> it</c><00:27:52.519><c> might</c><00:27:52.799><c> be</c><00:27:53.039><c> a</c><00:27:53.140><c> very</c><00:27:53.500><c> long</c><00:27:53.779><c> time.</c> 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:56.359 It<00:27:54.299><c> might</c><00:27:54.559><c> be</c><00:27:54.819><c> long</c><00:27:55.019><c> after</c><00:27:55.319><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:27:56.099><c> day.</c> 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:59.940 Here<00:27:56.779><c> it</c><00:27:56.920><c> says,</c><00:27:57.500><c> in</c><00:27:57.519><c> the</c><00:27:57.759><c> latter</c><00:27:58.039><c> days,</c><00:27:58.700><c> ye</c><00:27:58.920><c> shall</c><00:27:59.140><c> consider</c><00:27:59.599><c> it.</c> 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.039 And<00:28:00.519><c> a</c><00:28:00.579><c> lot</c><00:28:00.619><c> of</c><00:28:00.819><c> what</c><00:28:00.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:01.500><c> said,</c> 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:05.000 though<00:28:02.500><c> it</c><00:28:02.740><c> had</c><00:28:02.960><c> a</c><00:28:03.359><c> fulfillment</c><00:28:03.839><c> in</c><00:28:04.059><c> his</c><00:28:04.299><c> own</c><00:28:04.579><c> day,</c> 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:08.420 applies<00:28:05.640><c> to</c><00:28:06.039><c> our</c><00:28:06.339><c> days</c><00:28:06.619><c> and</c><00:28:06.819><c> even</c><00:28:07.099><c> yet</c><00:28:07.240><c> to</c><00:28:07.380><c> the</c><00:28:07.539><c> future.</c> 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:11.680 In<00:28:09.380><c> the</c><00:28:09.599><c> latter</c><00:28:09.779><c> days,</c><00:28:10.200><c> ye</c><00:28:10.359><c> shall</c><00:28:10.740><c> consider</c><00:28:11.420><c> it</c> 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:14.980 and<00:28:12.099><c> considering</c><00:28:12.640><c> be</c><00:28:12.960><c> able</c><00:28:13.160><c> to</c><00:28:13.420><c> see</c><00:28:13.579><c> it's</c><00:28:13.900><c> outworking.</c> 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.859 But<00:28:15.619><c> it's</c><00:28:15.839><c> still</c><00:28:16.099><c> the</c><00:28:16.240><c> word</c><00:28:16.359><c> of</c><00:28:16.619><c> God.</c> 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:19.099 His<00:28:17.140><c> purpose</c><00:28:17.519><c> is</c><00:28:17.819><c> still</c><00:28:18.140><c> sure.</c> 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.960 At<00:28:19.559><c> the</c><00:28:19.799><c> end,</c><00:28:20.259><c> you</c><00:28:20.259><c> will</c><00:28:20.859><c> understand</c><00:28:21.579><c> it,</c> 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.279 the<00:28:22.299><c> revised</c><00:28:22.660><c> version</c><00:28:23.039><c> says.</c> 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:27.500 Okay,<00:28:25.779><c> back</c><00:28:26.019><c> to</c><00:28:26.200><c> chapter</c><00:28:26.480><c> one</c><00:28:26.700><c> and</c><00:28:26.839><c> the</c><00:28:27.039><c> other</c><00:28:27.259><c> vision</c> 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:31.019 that<00:28:27.759><c> God</c><00:28:28.000><c> gave</c><00:28:28.359><c> the</c><00:28:28.720><c> prophet</c><00:28:29.119><c> in</c><00:28:29.900><c> verse</c><00:28:30.140><c> 13.</c> 00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:35.019 Jeremiah<00:28:33.200><c> 1</c><00:28:33.599><c>.13,</c><00:28:34.140><c> the</c><00:28:34.240><c> word</c><00:28:34.400><c> of</c><00:28:34.559><c> the</c><00:28:34.720><c> Lord,</c> 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.099 came<00:28:35.420><c> unto</c><00:28:35.579><c> me</c><00:28:35.740><c> the</c><00:28:36.039><c> second</c><00:28:36.339><c> time</c><00:28:36.740><c> saying,</c> 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.480 what<00:28:37.660><c> seest</c><00:28:38.039><c> thou?</c> 00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:41.859 And<00:28:39.140><c> I</c><00:28:39.339><c> said,</c><00:28:39.700><c> I</c><00:28:40.000><c> see</c><00:28:40.220><c> a</c><00:28:40.500><c> seething</c><00:28:41.000><c> pot.</c> 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:44.640 The<00:28:42.319><c> revised</c><00:28:42.539><c> version</c><00:28:42.859><c> says,</c><00:28:43.539><c> a</c><00:28:43.640><c> cauldron.</c> 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:48.339 And<00:28:45.559><c> the</c><00:28:45.779><c> face</c><00:28:45.960><c> thereof</c><00:28:46.380><c> is</c><00:28:46.839><c> toward</c><00:28:47.180><c> the</c><00:28:47.420><c> north.</c> 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:51.119 Then<00:28:48.980><c> said</c><00:28:49.160><c> the</c><00:28:49.339><c> Lord</c><00:28:49.579><c> unto</c><00:28:49.779><c> me,</c><00:28:50.279><c> out</c><00:28:50.519><c> of</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:50.859><c> north,</c> 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:54.539 an<00:28:51.599><c> evil</c><00:28:51.880><c> shall</c><00:28:52.180><c> break</c><00:28:52.519><c> forth</c><00:28:53.000><c> upon</c><00:28:53.359><c> all</c><00:28:53.720><c> the</c><00:28:53.920><c> inhabitants</c><00:28:54.319><c> of</c> 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.099 the<00:28:54.700><c> land.</c> 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.220 For<00:28:55.519><c> lo,</c><00:28:55.740><c> I</c><00:28:55.900><c> will</c><00:28:56.200><c> call</c><00:28:56.460><c> all</c><00:28:56.759><c> the</c><00:28:56.960><c> families</c> 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:59.180 of<00:28:57.440><c> the</c><00:28:57.599><c> kingdoms</c><00:28:57.880><c> of</c><00:28:58.079><c> the</c><00:28:58.240><c> north,</c><00:28:58.579><c> saith</c><00:28:58.680><c> the</c><00:28:58.900><c> Lord,</c> 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:02.099 and<00:28:59.500><c> they</c><00:28:59.660><c> shall</c><00:28:59.819><c> come</c><00:29:00.240><c> and</c><00:29:00.480><c> they</c><00:29:00.640><c> shall</c><00:29:00.799><c> set</c><00:29:01.019><c> every</c><00:29:01.400><c> one</c><00:29:01.579><c> his</c><00:29:01.839><c> throne</c> 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.819 at<00:29:02.299><c> the</c><00:29:02.480><c> entering</c><00:29:02.640><c> of</c><00:29:02.839><c> the</c><00:29:02.980><c> gates</c><00:29:03.160><c> of</c><00:29:03.380><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:06.099 and<00:29:04.259><c> against</c><00:29:04.519><c> all</c><00:29:04.740><c> the</c><00:29:04.940><c> walls</c><00:29:05.140><c> thereof</c><00:29:05.559><c> round</c><00:29:05.799><c> about</c> 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:08.059 and<00:29:06.460><c> against</c><00:29:06.779><c> all</c><00:29:07.160><c> the</c><00:29:07.299><c> cities</c><00:29:07.500><c> of</c><00:29:07.759><c> Judah.</c> 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:10.660 And<00:29:08.640><c> I</c><00:29:08.799><c> will</c><00:29:09.000><c> utter</c><00:29:09.140><c> my</c><00:29:09.460><c> judgments</c><00:29:09.839><c> against</c><00:29:10.279><c> them,</c> 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:13.660 touching<00:29:11.119><c> all</c><00:29:11.420><c> their</c><00:29:11.640><c> wickedness</c><00:29:12.200><c> who</c><00:29:12.480><c> have</c><00:29:12.720><c> forsaken</c><00:29:13.259><c> me</c> 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.720 and<00:29:13.920><c> have</c><00:29:14.099><c> burned</c><00:29:14.359><c> incense</c><00:29:14.740><c> unto</c><00:29:14.980><c> other</c><00:29:15.319><c> gods</c> 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:18.480 and<00:29:16.160><c> worship</c><00:29:16.480><c> the</c><00:29:16.680><c> works</c><00:29:16.940><c> of</c><00:29:17.140><c> their</c><00:29:17.319><c> own</c><00:29:17.559><c> hands.</c> 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:22.720 So<00:29:21.220><c> God</c><00:29:21.420><c> says</c><00:29:21.660><c> to</c><00:29:21.839><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:22.140><c> a</c><00:29:22.339><c> second</c><00:29:22.500><c> time,</c> 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.099 what<00:29:22.980><c> do</c><00:29:23.279><c> you</c><00:29:23.279><c> see</c><00:29:23.480><c> now,</c><00:29:24.180><c> Jeremiah?</c> 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.539 And<00:29:25.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:25.700><c> has</c><00:29:25.940><c> another</c><00:29:26.240><c> vision,</c> 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.099 and<00:29:26.759><c> he</c><00:29:26.940><c> sees</c><00:29:27.319><c> a</c><00:29:27.799><c> cauldron,</c><00:29:28.380><c> a</c><00:29:28.660><c> seething</c><00:29:29.099><c> pot,</c> 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:33.880 a<00:29:30.759><c> pot</c><00:29:30.859><c> in</c><00:29:30.980><c> which</c><00:29:31.200><c> they</c><00:29:31.819><c> seethe</c><00:29:32.200><c> or</c><00:29:32.480><c> simmer</c><00:29:32.720><c> the</c><00:29:32.980><c> flesh.</c> 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:37.799 And<00:29:35.400><c> God</c><00:29:35.960><c> says,</c><00:29:36.380><c> that's</c><00:29:36.900><c> good.</c> 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:42.160 Out<00:29:38.680><c> of</c><00:29:38.859><c> the</c><00:29:39.119><c> north</c><00:29:39.599><c> where</c><00:29:40.079><c> this</c><00:29:40.460><c> pot</c><00:29:40.640><c> was</c><00:29:41.019><c> facing,</c> 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:44.579 God<00:29:42.799><c> was</c><00:29:43.000><c> going</c><00:29:43.140><c> to</c><00:29:43.339><c> bring</c><00:29:43.579><c> trouble.</c> 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:47.339 Now,<00:29:45.259><c> I'm</c><00:29:45.400><c> not</c><00:29:45.599><c> sure</c><00:29:45.779><c> exactly</c><00:29:46.500><c> what</c><00:29:46.920><c> it</c><00:29:47.119><c> was</c> 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.579 that<00:29:47.599><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:48.140><c> intimated</c><00:29:48.579><c> to</c><00:29:48.579><c> the</c><00:29:48.579><c> prophet,</c> 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:52.299 he<00:29:48.880><c> saw</c><00:29:49.279><c> there</c><00:29:49.559><c> when</c><00:29:49.680><c> he</c><00:29:49.880><c> said</c><00:29:50.099><c> the</c><00:29:50.579><c> face</c><00:29:50.900><c> is</c><00:29:51.160><c> towards</c><00:29:51.519><c> the</c><00:29:51.779><c> north.</c> 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:55.920 Maybe<00:29:52.859><c> the</c><00:29:53.119><c> pot</c><00:29:53.240><c> was</c><00:29:53.539><c> boiling</c><00:29:53.839><c> over</c><00:29:54.339><c> towards</c><00:29:54.660><c> the</c><00:29:54.940><c> north</c> 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:59.339 because<00:29:56.980><c> God</c><00:29:57.420><c> says,</c><00:29:57.880><c> well,</c><00:29:58.039><c> it's</c><00:29:58.440><c> out</c><00:29:58.700><c> of</c><00:29:58.900><c> the</c><00:29:59.119><c> north</c> 00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.500 that<00:29:59.660><c> trouble</c><00:29:59.940><c> is</c><00:30:00.180><c> coming.</c> 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:02.599 There<00:30:01.000><c> was</c><00:30:01.220><c> trouble</c><00:30:01.579><c> brewing.</c> 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:06.740 Trouble<00:30:03.779><c> was</c><00:30:03.980><c> going</c><00:30:04.160><c> to</c><00:30:04.380><c> boil</c><00:30:04.559><c> over</c><00:30:05.259><c> from</c><00:30:06.079><c> the</c><00:30:06.339><c> north</c> 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:12.059 towards<00:30:07.759><c> Israel</c><00:30:08.720><c> or</c><00:30:09.720><c> as</c><00:30:09.859><c> it</c><00:30:10.039><c> was</c><00:30:10.160><c> at</c><00:30:10.339><c> this</c><00:30:10.519><c> time</c><00:30:10.759><c> towards</c><00:30:11.140><c> Judah.</c> 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:16.440 So<00:30:12.720><c> again,</c><00:30:13.259><c> God</c><00:30:13.740><c> seizes</c><00:30:14.240><c> upon</c><00:30:14.599><c> what</c><00:30:14.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:15.480><c> is</c><00:30:16.200><c> seeing</c> 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:20.779 in<00:30:16.619><c> his</c><00:30:16.880><c> vision</c><00:30:17.279><c> and</c><00:30:18.319><c> interprets</c><00:30:19.000><c> the</c><00:30:19.200><c> meaning</c><00:30:19.539><c> for</c><00:30:19.799><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:23.640 And<00:30:21.039><c> again,</c><00:30:21.279><c> this</c><00:30:21.460><c> is</c><00:30:21.579><c> for</c><00:30:21.779><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:30:22.299><c> own</c><00:30:22.500><c> instruction.</c> 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.720 He<00:30:24.099><c> doesn't</c><00:30:24.319><c> tell</c><00:30:24.539><c> the</c><00:30:24.720><c> people</c><00:30:24.920><c> about</c><00:30:25.180><c> this</c><00:30:25.480><c> vision</c><00:30:25.660><c> either.</c> 00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:30.680 But<00:30:27.920><c> what</c><00:30:28.240><c> God</c><00:30:28.500><c> is</c><00:30:29.059><c> showing</c><00:30:29.339><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:29.960><c> is</c><00:30:30.200><c> that</c> 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:32.440 there<00:30:30.900><c> is</c><00:30:31.200><c> to</c><00:30:31.339><c> be</c><00:30:31.539><c> trouble</c><00:30:31.819><c> from</c><00:30:32.079><c> the</c><00:30:32.240><c> north,</c> 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.940 trouble<00:30:32.859><c> that</c><00:30:33.039><c> will</c><00:30:33.160><c> be</c><00:30:33.420><c> successful.</c> 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.859 Jerusalem<00:30:34.519><c> won't</c><00:30:34.740><c> be</c><00:30:34.900><c> able</c><00:30:35.119><c> to</c><00:30:35.319><c> resist</c><00:30:35.660><c> it.</c> 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:38.819 The<00:30:36.299><c> men</c><00:30:36.480><c> of</c><00:30:36.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:37.000><c> and</c><00:30:37.259><c> Judah</c><00:30:37.480><c> think</c><00:30:38.019><c> they</c><00:30:38.380><c> can,</c> 00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.440 and<00:30:39.339><c> that's</c><00:30:39.579><c> one</c><00:30:39.740><c> of</c><00:30:39.839><c> their</c><00:30:40.000><c> problems.</c> 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:43.480 It's<00:30:40.720><c> their</c><00:30:40.980><c> overconfidence</c><00:30:42.000><c> in</c><00:30:42.480><c> their</c><00:30:42.720><c> own</c><00:30:43.079><c> strength</c> 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.980 and<00:30:43.700><c> their</c><00:30:43.819><c> own</c><00:30:44.019><c> ability.</c> 00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:47.500 Jeremiah<00:30:45.700><c> knows</c><00:30:46.220><c> that</c><00:30:46.440><c> that</c><00:30:46.539><c> is</c><00:30:46.720><c> not</c><00:30:46.920><c> the</c><00:30:47.099><c> case.</c> 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:51.200 He<00:30:47.880><c> knows</c><00:30:48.240><c> because</c><00:30:48.779><c> God</c><00:30:49.200><c> has</c><00:30:49.480><c> said</c><00:30:49.700><c> and</c><00:30:49.920><c> God's</c><00:30:50.319><c> word</c><00:30:50.480><c> is</c><00:30:50.859><c> sure</c> 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.039 even<00:30:51.720><c> though</c><00:30:51.900><c> it</c><00:30:52.200><c> sleeps</c><00:30:52.460><c> for</c><00:30:52.740><c> a</c><00:30:52.859><c> while,</c> 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.180 even<00:30:53.240><c> though</c><00:30:53.420><c> it</c><00:30:53.539><c> lies</c><00:30:53.720><c> dormant,</c> 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.759 it<00:30:54.400><c> will</c><00:30:54.660><c> certainly</c><00:30:55.039><c> come</c><00:30:55.279><c> to</c><00:30:55.480><c> pass.</c> 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.480 And<00:30:56.200><c> God</c><00:30:56.420><c> has</c><00:30:56.700><c> told</c><00:30:56.880><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.319 that<00:30:57.920><c> trouble</c><00:30:58.200><c> is</c><00:30:58.460><c> coming</c><00:30:58.640><c> from</c><00:30:58.920><c> the</c><00:30:59.079><c> north,</c> 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:02.079 a<00:30:59.740><c> trouble</c><00:30:59.940><c> that</c><00:31:00.200><c> Judah</c><00:31:00.400><c> will</c><00:31:00.759><c> not</c><00:31:00.980><c> be</c><00:31:01.180><c> able</c><00:31:01.420><c> to</c><00:31:01.680><c> resist.</c> 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.220 They<00:31:02.460><c> will</c><00:31:02.799><c> suffer.</c> 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.759 They<00:31:03.759><c> will</c><00:31:04.019><c> be</c><00:31:04.420><c> taken</c><00:31:04.740><c> captive</c><00:31:05.160><c> by</c><00:31:05.500><c> this.</c> 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.099 So<00:31:06.140><c> right</c><00:31:06.359><c> from</c><00:31:06.579><c> the</c><00:31:06.740><c> outset,</c> 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:10.059 Jeremiah<00:31:07.759><c> knows</c><00:31:08.480><c> what's</c><00:31:09.059><c> going</c><00:31:09.200><c> to</c><00:31:09.359><c> happen.</c> 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.700 And<00:31:10.599><c> no</c><00:31:10.720><c> one</c><00:31:10.859><c> else</c><00:31:11.019><c> in</c><00:31:11.119><c> Israel</c><00:31:11.440><c> knows</c><00:31:11.759><c> that.</c> 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:15.900 That's<00:31:13.339><c> a</c><00:31:13.400><c> secret</c><00:31:13.759><c> that</c><00:31:14.000><c> God</c><00:31:14.160><c> has</c><00:31:14.359><c> let</c><00:31:14.500><c> the</c><00:31:14.740><c> prophet</c><00:31:14.920><c> into.</c> 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:18.400 Everyone<00:31:16.559><c> else</c><00:31:16.839><c> thinks</c><00:31:17.140><c> that</c><00:31:17.400><c> they</c><00:31:17.539><c> may</c><00:31:17.700><c> be</c><00:31:17.799><c> able</c><00:31:17.940><c> to</c><00:31:18.119><c> fight</c> 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:20.000 and<00:31:18.740><c> it's</c><00:31:18.960><c> possible</c><00:31:19.380><c> they</c><00:31:19.559><c> will</c><00:31:19.759><c> win.</c> 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.980 Indeed,<00:31:20.339><c> they</c><00:31:20.539><c> believe</c><00:31:20.779><c> that</c><00:31:20.940><c> they</c><00:31:21.039><c> will</c><00:31:21.220><c> win.</c> 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:25.319 Jeremiah<00:31:23.619><c> knows</c><00:31:23.940><c> that</c><00:31:24.140><c> that's</c><00:31:24.319><c> not</c><00:31:24.579><c> on.</c> 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:28.140 Never<00:31:25.900><c> from</c><00:31:26.180><c> the</c><00:31:26.519><c> start</c><00:31:26.779><c> was</c><00:31:26.960><c> there</c><00:31:27.180><c> any</c><00:31:27.460><c> possibility</c> 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:31.160 that<00:31:28.839><c> Judah</c><00:31:29.059><c> would</c><00:31:29.299><c> win</c><00:31:29.559><c> because</c><00:31:29.960><c> God</c><00:31:30.359><c> had</c><00:31:30.680><c> foreseen</c> 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.299 that<00:31:31.400><c> the</c><00:31:31.519><c> wickedness</c><00:31:31.900><c> of</c><00:31:32.039><c> his</c><00:31:32.220><c> people</c><00:31:32.420><c> was</c><00:31:32.680><c> so</c><00:31:33.019><c> great</c> 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:36.099 and<00:31:34.200><c> that</c><00:31:34.380><c> even</c><00:31:34.500><c> if</c><00:31:34.779><c> individuals</c><00:31:35.339><c> repented</c> 00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:38.099 and<00:31:36.720><c> there</c><00:31:36.900><c> was</c><00:31:37.079><c> a</c><00:31:37.240><c> remnant</c><00:31:37.579><c> saved,</c> 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.559 by<00:31:38.799><c> and</c><00:31:39.039><c> large</c><00:31:39.259><c> the</c><00:31:39.519><c> nation</c><00:31:39.859><c> would</c><00:31:40.180><c> not</c> 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.460 and<00:31:41.059><c> they</c><00:31:41.220><c> would</c><00:31:41.460><c> have</c><00:31:41.680><c> to</c><00:31:41.839><c> go</c><00:31:42.000><c> into</c><00:31:42.279><c> captivity.</c> 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:46.660 Out<00:31:44.240><c> of</c><00:31:44.400><c> the</c><00:31:44.559><c> north</c><00:31:44.880><c> would</c><00:31:45.319><c> come</c><00:31:45.539><c> this</c><00:31:45.819><c> trouble.</c> 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.500 Now<00:31:48.099><c> notice</c><00:31:48.359><c> very</c><00:31:48.640><c> carefully</c><00:31:48.980><c> what's</c><00:31:49.440><c> not</c><00:31:49.819><c> said</c><00:31:50.059><c> here.</c> 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.420 It<00:31:51.079><c> doesn't</c><00:31:51.619><c> say</c><00:31:52.220><c> in</c><00:31:52.839><c> these</c><00:31:53.240><c> verses</c> 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:58.000 exactly<00:31:55.099><c> who</c><00:31:55.599><c> that</c><00:31:55.920><c> northern</c><00:31:56.319><c> invader</c><00:31:56.779><c> would</c><00:31:57.039><c> be.</c> 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.940 Now<00:31:58.920><c> that's</c><00:31:59.079><c> interesting,</c><00:31:59.559><c> isn't</c><00:31:59.619><c> it?</c> 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:03.019 You<00:32:00.519><c> and</c><00:32:00.660><c> I</c><00:32:00.920><c> know,</c><00:32:01.339><c> because</c><00:32:01.619><c> we</c><00:32:01.799><c> know</c><00:32:01.940><c> what</c><00:32:02.140><c> comes</c><00:32:02.420><c> afterwards,</c> 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:06.279 you<00:32:03.480><c> and</c><00:32:03.680><c> I</c><00:32:03.859><c> know</c><00:32:04.119><c> that</c><00:32:04.279><c> it</c><00:32:04.380><c> was</c><00:32:04.880><c> the</c><00:32:05.079><c> King</c><00:32:05.200><c> of</c><00:32:05.359><c> Babylon.</c> 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.759 Nebuchadnezzar<00:32:06.900><c> carried</c><00:32:07.240><c> them</c><00:32:07.480><c> off.</c> 00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:09.740 Three<00:32:08.380><c> occasions</c><00:32:08.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c> 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:13.660 came<00:32:09.900><c> against</c><00:32:10.299><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:10.880><c> and</c><00:32:11.339><c> each</c><00:32:11.680><c> time</c><00:32:12.019><c> was</c><00:32:12.380><c> victorious.</c> 00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:18.799 But<00:32:15.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:15.579><c> wasn't</c><00:32:15.940><c> told</c><00:32:16.279><c> that</c><00:32:17.019><c> and</c><00:32:17.420><c> nor</c><00:32:17.599><c> were</c><00:32:17.759><c> the</c><00:32:17.920><c> people.</c> 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:21.140 So<00:32:19.480><c> far</c><00:32:19.720><c> as</c><00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.119><c> people</c><00:32:20.319><c> were</c><00:32:20.539><c> concerned,</c> 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.460 they<00:32:21.640><c> lived</c><00:32:21.880><c> in</c><00:32:22.220><c> Judah</c><00:32:22.480><c> which</c><00:32:22.759><c> was</c><00:32:22.960><c> in</c><00:32:23.140><c> the</c><00:32:23.259><c> middle</c> 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:25.539 between<00:32:24.000><c> the</c><00:32:24.400><c> mighty</c><00:32:24.720><c> power</c><00:32:25.019><c> of</c><00:32:25.259><c> Babylon</c> 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.559 which<00:32:25.799><c> was</c><00:32:26.220><c> still</c><00:32:26.539><c> growing.</c> 00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.900 Babylon<00:32:28.579><c> had</c><00:32:28.880><c> overtaken</c><00:32:29.339><c> Assyria.</c> 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.380 It<00:32:30.259><c> had</c><00:32:30.519><c> squashed</c><00:32:30.859><c> Assyria.</c> 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:33.400 Assyria<00:32:31.900><c> had</c><00:32:32.140><c> carried</c><00:32:32.319><c> Israel</c><00:32:32.720><c> away</c><00:32:33.019><c> captive.</c> 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:36.220 Now<00:32:33.960><c> Babylon</c><00:32:34.299><c> was</c><00:32:34.579><c> in</c><00:32:34.720><c> the</c><00:32:34.920><c> ascendant</c><00:32:35.380><c> and</c><00:32:35.519><c> it</c><00:32:35.740><c> was</c><00:32:35.960><c> growing.</c> 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:38.519 It<00:32:36.420><c> was</c><00:32:36.599><c> becoming</c><00:32:36.880><c> a</c><00:32:37.160><c> more</c><00:32:37.380><c> and</c><00:32:37.519><c> more</c><00:32:37.740><c> mighty</c><00:32:38.119><c> power</c> 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.960 and<00:32:38.980><c> down</c><00:32:39.240><c> here</c><00:32:39.599><c> was</c><00:32:39.819><c> Egypt.</c> 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:44.079 And<00:32:41.460><c> Egypt</c><00:32:41.779><c> was</c><00:32:42.299><c> also</c><00:32:42.839><c> a</c><00:32:43.059><c> very</c><00:32:43.279><c> mighty</c><00:32:43.619><c> power</c> 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:46.920 and<00:32:44.440><c> men</c><00:32:44.759><c> didn't</c><00:32:45.160><c> know</c><00:32:45.500><c> which</c><00:32:45.740><c> would</c><00:32:45.880><c> be</c><00:32:46.059><c> the</c><00:32:46.180><c> more</c><00:32:46.359><c> successful,</c> 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:48.039 Babylon<00:32:47.400><c> or</c><00:32:47.660><c> Egypt.</c> 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:50.740 At<00:32:48.440><c> some</c><00:32:48.740><c> stage</c><00:32:49.140><c> these</c><00:32:49.440><c> two</c><00:32:49.660><c> would</c><00:32:49.819><c> be</c><00:32:50.039><c> in</c><00:32:50.319><c> conflict.</c> 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.279 Who<00:32:51.180><c> would</c><00:32:51.440><c> win?</c> 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.950 Men<00:32:52.819><c> didn't</c><00:32:53.180><c> know.</c> 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:58.200 Jeremiah<00:32:55.900><c> knew</c><00:32:56.359><c> that</c><00:32:56.619><c> out</c><00:32:56.839><c> of</c><00:32:57.000><c> the</c><00:32:57.180><c> north</c> 00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:02.819 Israel<00:32:59.339><c> would</c><00:32:59.559><c> be</c><00:32:59.819><c> defeated</c><00:33:00.220><c> or</c><00:33:00.539><c> the</c><00:33:00.720><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:00.960><c> of</c><00:33:01.200><c> Judah</c><00:33:01.480><c> would</c><00:33:01.799><c> be</c><00:33:02.000><c> taken.</c> 00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.119 But<00:33:03.259><c> even</c><00:33:03.460><c> he</c><00:33:03.619><c> didn't</c><00:33:03.819><c> know</c><00:33:04.059><c> which</c><00:33:04.380><c> of</c><00:33:04.559><c> those</c><00:33:04.859><c> two</c> 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:07.059 would<00:33:05.319><c> be</c><00:33:05.779><c> the</c><00:33:05.980><c> most</c><00:33:06.279><c> mighty</c><00:33:06.640><c> power</c> 00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:09.460 if<00:33:07.220><c> there</c><00:33:07.380><c> was</c><00:33:07.559><c> a</c><00:33:07.720><c> conflict</c><00:33:08.059><c> between</c><00:33:08.460><c> them.</c> 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:12.960 Now<00:33:10.680><c> there</c><00:33:10.920><c> was</c><00:33:11.380><c> also</c><00:33:12.059><c> north</c><00:33:12.420><c> of</c><00:33:12.700><c> Judah,</c> 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:17.119 more<00:33:13.400><c> directly</c><00:33:13.900><c> north,</c><00:33:15.900><c> other</c><00:33:16.160><c> powers.</c> 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:21.039 There<00:33:17.940><c> were</c><00:33:18.140><c> people</c><00:33:18.480><c> there</c><00:33:18.720><c> known</c><00:33:18.960><c> as</c><00:33:19.259><c> the</c><00:33:19.759><c> Scythians</c> 00:33:21.369 --> 00:33:23.279 and<00:33:21.660><c> the</c><00:33:21.880><c> Scythians</c><00:33:22.240><c> were</c><00:33:22.440><c> not</c><00:33:22.619><c> quite</c><00:33:22.819><c> a</c><00:33:23.019><c> nation</c> 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:25.440 in<00:33:23.539><c> the</c><00:33:23.700><c> same</c><00:33:23.859><c> way</c><00:33:24.039><c> that</c><00:33:24.220><c> the</c><00:33:24.420><c> Babylonians</c><00:33:25.000><c> were.</c> 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:29.859 The<00:33:25.940><c> Scythians</c><00:33:26.359><c> were</c><00:33:27.000><c> tribes,</c><00:33:28.079><c> marauding</c><00:33:28.680><c> tribes</c> 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:34.220 and<00:33:31.259><c> their</c><00:33:31.839><c> methods</c><00:33:32.339><c> were</c><00:33:32.579><c> very</c><00:33:32.920><c> different</c><00:33:33.279><c> from</c><00:33:33.480><c> the</c><00:33:33.759><c> Babylonians.</c> 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:36.900 They<00:33:34.480><c> didn't</c><00:33:34.799><c> destroy</c><00:33:35.299><c> and</c><00:33:35.500><c> take</c><00:33:35.720><c> people</c><00:33:35.960><c> into</c><00:33:36.200><c> captivity</c> 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:40.079 they<00:33:37.720><c> made</c><00:33:38.440><c> invasions</c><00:33:39.200><c> into</c><00:33:39.579><c> countries</c> 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.759 and<00:33:40.259><c> they</c><00:33:40.440><c> made</c><00:33:40.640><c> invasions</c><00:33:41.180><c> into</c><00:33:41.579><c> the</c><00:33:41.779><c> north</c><00:33:42.059><c> of</c><00:33:42.779><c> Israel</c><00:33:43.160><c> while</c><00:33:43.359><c> it</c><00:33:43.599><c> remained</c> 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.500 and<00:33:43.920><c> then</c><00:33:44.160><c> Judah</c><00:33:44.400><c> particularly</c><00:33:45.099><c> here.</c> 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.859 They<00:33:46.079><c> made</c><00:33:46.359><c> invasions</c><00:33:46.940><c> in</c><00:33:47.200><c> and</c><00:33:47.519><c> they</c><00:33:47.779><c> just</c><00:33:48.180><c> plundered</c><00:33:48.640><c> and</c> 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when</c><00:34:15.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:16.139><c> later</c><00:34:16.559><c> begins</c><00:34:16.980><c> to</c><00:34:17.320><c> preach</c> 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:20.559 about<00:34:18.360><c> trouble</c><00:34:18.920><c> from</c><00:34:19.280><c> the</c><00:34:19.539><c> north</c> 00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:24.480 it<00:34:21.340><c> may</c><00:34:21.639><c> be</c><00:34:22.000><c> that</c><00:34:22.380><c> the</c><00:34:22.619><c> men</c><00:34:22.780><c> of</c><00:34:23.019><c> Judah</c><00:34:23.219><c> and</c><00:34:23.480><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:28.340 thought<00:34:25.000><c> first</c><00:34:25.360><c> of</c><00:34:25.539><c> the</c><00:34:25.739><c> Scythians</c><00:34:26.320><c> rather</c><00:34:27.000><c> than</c><00:34:27.239><c> of</c><00:34:27.440><c> Babylon.</c> 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:31.000 Now<00:34:29.320><c> I'll</c><00:34:29.460><c> tell</c><00:34:29.599><c> you</c><00:34:29.719><c> why</c><00:34:29.900><c> I</c><00:34:30.119><c> say</c><00:34:30.239><c> that</c> 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:35.139 because<00:34:32.159><c> there</c><00:34:32.539><c> is</c><00:34:32.780><c> some</c><00:34:33.019><c> evidence</c><00:34:33.460><c> that</c><00:34:33.820><c> they</c><00:34:34.199><c> felt</c><00:34:34.659><c> they</c> 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.519 had<00:34:35.420><c> been</c><00:34:35.760><c> rescued.</c> 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.480 Come<00:34:36.960><c> over</c><00:34:37.139><c> to</c><00:34:37.300><c> chapter</c><00:34:37.659><c> seven</c> 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:42.099 which<00:34:39.199><c> is</c><00:34:39.420><c> a</c><00:34:39.559><c> chapter</c><00:34:39.920><c> that</c><00:34:40.340><c> we</c><00:34:40.579><c> read</c><00:34:40.800><c> in</c><00:34:41.039><c> our</c><00:34:41.300><c> memorial</c><00:34:41.699><c> service</c> 00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:44.019 our<00:34:42.340><c> breaking</c><00:34:42.639><c> of</c><00:34:42.860><c> bread</c><00:34:43.000><c> service</c><00:34:43.380><c> yesterday</c> 00:34:44.019 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they</c><00:35:09.199><c> had</c><00:35:09.420><c> God's</c><00:35:09.960><c> temple</c><00:35:10.199><c> there</c><00:35:10.480><c> in</c><00:35:10.639><c> the</c><00:35:10.719><c> midst</c> 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.900 they<00:35:11.239><c> could</c><00:35:11.579><c> not</c><00:35:11.820><c> be</c><00:35:12.079><c> destroyed.</c> 00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.920 Nothing<00:35:13.739><c> would</c><00:35:13.980><c> happen</c><00:35:14.260><c> to</c><00:35:14.500><c> them</c> 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:18.860 because<00:35:15.760><c> they</c><00:35:16.039><c> were</c><00:35:16.239><c> God's</c><00:35:16.739><c> people</c><00:35:17.179><c> looking</c><00:35:17.800><c> after</c><00:35:18.159><c> God's</c><00:35:18.639><c> temple</c> 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:22.500 and<00:35:18.980><c> they</c><00:35:19.139><c> were</c><00:35:19.420><c> sure</c><00:35:19.780><c> that</c><00:35:19.960><c> they</c><00:35:20.159><c> were</c><00:35:20.400><c> safe</c><00:35:20.900><c> for</c><00:35:21.280><c> 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able</c><00:36:58.099><c> to</c><00:36:59.380><c> repulse</c><00:36:59.780><c> them</c><00:36:59.940><c> a</c><00:37:00.079><c> little</c> 00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:04.099 mainly<00:37:01.119><c> because</c><00:37:01.639><c> Babylon</c><00:37:02.219><c> was</c><00:37:02.719><c> so</c><00:37:03.199><c> strong</c><00:37:03.420><c> and</c><00:37:03.679><c> mighty</c> 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:06.860 the<00:37:04.519><c> Scythians</c><00:37:04.800><c> were</c><00:37:05.000><c> more</c><00:37:05.199><c> concerned</c><00:37:05.579><c> about</c><00:37:05.880><c> Babylon</c> 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.000 so<00:37:07.400><c> the</c><00:37:07.659><c> Scythians</c><00:37:08.000><c> were</c><00:37:08.440><c> not</c><00:37:08.760><c> making</c><00:37:09.260><c> the</c><00:37:09.579><c> invasion</c> 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.219 into<00:37:10.280><c> Judah</c><00:37:10.599><c> and</c><00:37:10.780><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:14.780 that<00:37:11.760><c> at</c><00:37:12.079><c> 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