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and</c><00:11:58.159><c> take</c><00:11:58.340><c> it</c><00:11:58.440><c> off</c> 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.019 the<00:11:58.720><c> map,</c><00:11:59.740><c> and</c><00:11:59.899><c> Hanimeel</c><00:12:00.200><c> comes</c><00:12:00.440><c> to</c><00:12:00.700><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:02.720 and<00:12:01.200><c> he</c><00:12:01.259><c> says,</c><00:12:01.440><c> how</c><00:12:01.539><c> would</c><00:12:01.700><c> you</c><00:12:01.700><c> like</c><00:12:01.840><c> to</c><00:12:01.960><c> buy</c><00:12:02.080><c> a</c><00:12:02.220><c> property</c><00:12:02.480><c> in</c> 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.379 Anathoth?<00:12:03.759><c> Bargain,</c><00:12:04.320><c> lovely</c><00:12:04.659><c> place,</c><00:12:05.000><c> only</c><00:12:05.179><c> three</c> 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:08.460 miles<00:12:05.620><c> north.</c><00:12:06.120><c> I</c><00:12:06.320><c> know</c><00:12:06.460><c> it's</c><00:12:06.620><c> a</c><00:12:06.679><c> bit</c><00:12:06.820><c> near</c><00:12:07.000><c> the</c><00:12:07.940><c> Babylonian</c> 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.639 army,<00:12:08.840><c> but</c><00:12:08.879><c> don't</c><00:12:09.539><c> you</c><00:12:09.759><c> worry</c><00:12:10.000><c> about</c><00:12:10.299><c> it,</c> 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.480 cracking<00:12:10.879><c> place,</c><00:12:11.659><c> lovely</c><00:12:11.899><c> farm,</c><00:12:12.159><c> bit</c><00:12:12.340><c> run</c><00:12:12.580><c> down</c><00:12:12.779><c> at</c><00:12:12.919><c> the</c><00:12:13.019><c> moment</c><00:12:13.320><c> to</c> 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.419 be<00:12:13.659><c> honest</c><00:12:13.899><c> with</c><00:12:14.100><c> you,</c><00:12:14.740><c> which</c><00:12:15.519><c> is</c><00:12:15.940><c> why</c><00:12:16.139><c> the</c> 00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:22.019 price<00:12:16.620><c> is</c><00:12:16.899><c> right.</c><00:12:19.299><c> Yeah,</c><00:12:19.879><c> he's</c><00:12:20.159><c> had</c><00:12:20.279><c> one</c><00:12:20.460><c> or</c><00:12:20.700><c> two</c><00:12:21.440><c> Babylonian</c> 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:24.720 soldiers<00:12:22.419><c> in,</c><00:12:23.700><c> and</c><00:12:23.700><c> to</c><00:12:24.159><c> be</c><00:12:24.320><c> honest,</c><00:12:24.639><c> he</c><00:12:24.700><c> had</c> 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.320 made<00:12:25.000><c> a</c><00:12:25.100><c> bit</c><00:12:25.240><c> of</c><00:12:25.340><c> a</c><00:12:25.399><c> mess</c><00:12:25.539><c> of</c><00:12:25.679><c> it.</c><00:12:27.080><c> The</c><00:12:27.419><c> advertisement</c><00:12:27.919><c> today</c> 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:32.039 would<00:12:28.799><c> read,</c><00:12:30.019><c> in</c><00:12:30.379><c> need</c><00:12:30.620><c> of</c><00:12:30.879><c> renovation.</c> 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:41.759 And<00:12:34.899><c> Hanimeel</c><00:12:35.340><c> says,</c><00:12:35.759><c> what</c><00:12:35.759><c> about</c><00:12:36.120><c> it?</c><00:12:37.299><c> You</c><00:12:37.539><c> know,</c><00:12:38.659><c> I</c><00:12:39.460><c> need</c><00:12:39.840><c> to,</c><00:12:41.360><c> I</c> 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.379 need<00:12:42.000><c> liquid</c><00:12:42.379><c> cash.</c> 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:49.820 I<00:12:46.740><c> mean,</c><00:12:46.820><c> you'd</c><00:12:46.980><c> have</c><00:12:47.080><c> to</c><00:12:47.279><c> be</c><00:12:47.600><c> barmy,</c><00:12:47.919><c> wouldn't</c><00:12:48.139><c> you,</c><00:12:48.580><c> to</c><00:12:49.120><c> buy</c> 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:53.299 that.<00:12:51.379><c> It</c><00:12:51.940><c> makes</c><00:12:52.120><c> a</c><00:12:52.299><c> lovely</c><00:12:52.559><c> Bible</c><00:12:52.919><c> study,</c> 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:57.340 to<00:12:53.740><c> look</c><00:12:53.919><c> at</c><00:12:54.159><c> crazy</c><00:12:54.539><c> things</c><00:12:54.879><c> in</c><00:12:55.039><c> the</c><00:12:55.200><c> Bible,</c><00:12:55.720><c> and</c><00:12:55.820><c> yet</c><00:12:55.960><c> see</c><00:12:56.100><c> God's</c><00:12:56.519><c> hand</c><00:12:56.700><c> behind</c><00:12:57.080><c> it</c> 00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:59.159 all.<00:12:57.879><c> It's</c><00:12:58.159><c> here,</c> 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:03.580 with<00:12:59.580><c> the</c><00:12:59.779><c> property</c><00:13:00.059><c> that</c><00:13:00.340><c> Hanimeel</c><00:13:00.659><c> is</c><00:13:00.840><c> offering</c><00:13:01.080><c> to</c><00:13:01.340><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:13:02.320><c> and</c><00:13:02.500><c> you</c><00:13:02.679><c> think,</c><00:13:03.399><c> I</c> 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:04.259 mean,<00:13:03.720><c> if</c><00:13:03.879><c> you're</c><00:13:04.000><c> reading</c> 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:06.179 it<00:13:04.460><c> as</c><00:13:04.639><c> a</c><00:13:04.799><c> novel</c><00:13:04.919><c> and</c><00:13:05.100><c> you</c><00:13:05.179><c> didn't</c><00:13:05.379><c> know</c><00:13:05.539><c> the</c><00:13:05.700><c> answer,</c><00:13:05.960><c> and</c><00:13:06.059><c> we</c> 00:13:06.179 --> 00:13:07.919 do<00:13:06.320><c> 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on</c><00:13:41.539><c> his</c><00:13:41.740><c> head,</c> 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:47.399 and<00:13:42.419><c> all</c><00:13:42.580><c> thereafter</c><00:13:42.860><c> is</c><00:13:43.059><c> the</c><00:13:43.220><c> king.</c><00:13:45.460><c> I</c><00:13:45.460><c> mean,</c><00:13:46.279><c> that's</c><00:13:47.039><c> stark</c> 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:50.860 raving<00:13:47.899><c> madness.</c><00:13:49.899><c> And</c><00:13:50.139><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:13:50.679><c> says,</c> 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:56.000 good<00:13:51.139><c> idea,</c><00:13:51.620><c> I'll</c><00:13:51.659><c> do</c><00:13:51.899><c> that,</c><00:13:52.279><c> and</c><00:13:52.440><c> you</c><00:13:52.539><c> think,</c><00:13:52.980><c> oh,</c><00:13:53.679><c> please</c><00:13:54.179><c> don't,</c><00:13:54.480><c> can't</c><00:13:54.820><c> you</c><00:13:54.919><c> see</c><00:13:55.039><c> what</c><00:13:55.159><c> he's</c><00:13:55.399><c> up</c><00:13:55.559><c> to?</c> 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:59.679 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00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:10.740 as<00:14:07.019><c> you</c><00:14:07.220><c> know.</c><00:14:08.379><c> Where's</c><00:14:08.779><c> the</c><00:14:08.960><c> chairman</c><00:14:09.200><c> gone?</c><00:14:09.940><c> We</c><00:14:10.340><c> don't</c><00:14:10.559><c> have</c> 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.799 time<00:14:10.899><c> to</c><00:14:11.039><c> go</c><00:14:11.200><c> down</c><00:14:11.340><c> that</c><00:14:11.559><c> road,</c> 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.720 otherwise<00:14:12.600><c> we</c><00:14:12.840><c> take</c><00:14:13.460><c> up</c><00:14:13.559><c> too</c><00:14:13.720><c> much</c><00:14:13.899><c> time,</c><00:14:14.059><c> but</c><00:14:15.080><c> if</c><00:14:15.440><c> we</c><00:14:15.600><c> did,</c> 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:17.179 brethren<00:14:15.980><c> and</c><00:14:16.200><c> sisters,</c><00:14:16.440><c> you</c><00:14:16.600><c> can</c><00:14:16.860><c> see</c> 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:21.600 clearly<00:14:17.919><c> why</c><00:14:18.220><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:14:19.139><c> went</c><00:14:19.539><c> in</c><00:14:19.740><c> as</c><00:14:19.879><c> the</c><00:14:20.059><c> king.</c><00:14:21.320><c> I</c><00:14:21.440><c> mean,</c> 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:24.679 he'd<00:14:21.860><c> heard</c><00:14:21.980><c> the</c><00:14:22.200><c> prophet</c><00:14:22.519><c> say,</c><00:14:23.299><c> I</c><00:14:23.360><c> saw</c><00:14:23.580><c> Israel</c> 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.139 on<00:14:25.080><c> the</c><00:14:25.220><c> mountains</c><00:14:25.840><c> without</c><00:14:26.440><c> a</c><00:14:26.639><c> shepherd.</c><00:14:27.659><c> The</c><00:14:27.860><c> sheep</c><00:14:27.980><c> of</c> 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:29.740 God's<00:14:28.600><c> flock</c><00:14:28.779><c> scattered.</c> 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.059 The<00:14:31.159><c> king</c><00:14:31.480><c> is</c><00:14:31.679><c> to</c><00:14:31.879><c> die.</c><00:14:33.080><c> And</c><00:14:33.259><c> it</c><00:14:33.320><c> was</c><00:14:33.559><c> Ahab's</c><00:14:33.919><c> ambition</c><00:14:34.299><c> to</c><00:14:34.539><c> unify</c><00:14:34.899><c> the</c> 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:37.019 king.<00:14:35.460><c> We</c><00:14:35.799><c> may</c><00:14:36.039><c> not</c><00:14:36.200><c> think</c><00:14:36.340><c> much</c><00:14:36.519><c> of</c><00:14:36.720><c> Ahab,</c> 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:38.700 but<00:14:37.259><c> I'll</c><00:14:37.440><c> tell</c><00:14:37.539><c> you</c><00:14:37.639><c> what,</c><00:14:37.820><c> the</c><00:14:37.940><c> people</c><00:14:38.100><c> of</c><00:14:38.200><c> Israel</c><00:14:38.500><c> thought</c> 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:40.679 he<00:14:38.799><c> was</c><00:14:38.960><c> the</c><00:14:39.059><c> best</c><00:14:39.220><c> thing</c><00:14:39.399><c> since</c><00:14:39.659><c> sliced</c><00:14:39.899><c> bread.</c> 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:42.899 They<00:14:41.179><c> said,</c><00:14:41.659><c> well,</c><00:14:41.899><c> they</c><00:14:42.080><c> perhaps</c><00:14:42.279><c> didn't</c><00:14:42.460><c> have</c><00:14:42.580><c> that</c><00:14:42.779><c> then,</c> 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:44.659 but<00:14:43.220><c> you</c><00:14:43.539><c> know</c><00:14:43.659><c> what</c><00:14:43.759><c> I</c><00:14:43.919><c> mean.</c> 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:48.480 Words<00:14:45.860><c> sometimes</c><00:14:46.299><c> run</c><00:14:46.500><c> away</c><00:14:46.700><c> with</c><00:14:46.840><c> you,</c><00:14:47.080><c> don't</c><00:14:47.220><c> they?</c><00:14:48.159><c> They</c> 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.899 don't<00:14:48.639><c> with</c><00:14:48.799><c> other</c><00:14:49.000><c> people.</c><00:14:49.299><c> That's</c><00:14:49.559><c> the</c><00:14:49.700><c> trouble,</c> 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:55.639 you<00:14:50.039><c> know,</c><00:14:50.899><c> these</c><00:14:51.720><c> beautiful</c><00:14:52.200><c> overheads</c><00:14:52.860><c> and</c><00:14:53.320><c> brother</c><00:14:53.620><c> Harry,</c><00:14:54.080><c> so</c><00:14:54.519><c> well</c><00:14:54.799><c>-ordered.</c><00:14:55.340><c> I</c> 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.480 envy<00:14:55.899><c> these</c><00:14:56.200><c> people,</c> 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.799 I<00:14:56.639><c> really</c><00:14:56.940><c> do,</c><00:14:57.460><c> and</c><00:14:57.639><c> some</c><00:14:57.879><c> of</c><00:14:58.019><c> us</c><00:14:58.299><c> get</c><00:14:58.539><c> our</c><00:14:58.779><c> words</c><00:14:58.960><c> wrong</c><00:14:59.279><c> and</c> 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:04.700 say<00:15:00.000><c> things</c><00:15:00.240><c> we</c><00:15:00.659><c> don't</c><00:15:00.940><c> always</c><00:15:01.960><c> mean.</c><00:15:03.980><c> But</c> 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.480 Ahab<00:15:05.320><c> was</c><00:15:05.500><c> the</c><00:15:05.720><c> best</c><00:15:05.960><c> king</c><00:15:06.220><c> Israel</c><00:15:06.480><c> ever</c><00:15:06.779><c> had</c><00:15:06.899><c> from</c><00:15:07.139><c> a</c><00:15:07.279><c> worldly</c> 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.460 point<00:15:07.799><c> of</c><00:15:07.940><c> view.</c><00:15:08.299><c> He</c><00:15:08.500><c> took</c><00:15:08.679><c> all</c><00:15:08.879><c> the</c><00:15:09.179><c> territories</c> 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:12.960 back.<00:15:09.960><c> He</c><00:15:09.960><c> was</c><00:15:10.200><c> a</c><00:15:10.460><c> fabulous</c><00:15:10.860><c> man,</c><00:15:11.519><c> reigned</c><00:15:11.600><c> longer</c><00:15:11.860><c> than</c><00:15:12.059><c> anybody</c><00:15:12.480><c> in</c> 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.000 the<00:15:13.080><c> north.</c><00:15:14.419><c> So</c><00:15:14.600><c> we</c><00:15:15.240><c> don't</c><00:15:15.460><c> think</c><00:15:15.600><c> much</c><00:15:15.799><c> of</c> 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.759 Ahab,<00:15:16.340><c> but</c><00:15:16.419><c> I'll</c><00:15:16.600><c> tell</c><00:15:16.759><c> you</c><00:15:16.879><c> what,</c><00:15:17.200><c> if</c><00:15:17.320><c> in</c><00:15:17.519><c> his</c><00:15:17.799><c> days</c><00:15:18.139><c> you</c><00:15:18.539><c> had</c> 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.740 said<00:15:18.919><c> we'll</c><00:15:19.100><c> hold</c><00:15:19.279><c> a</c><00:15:19.460><c> census</c><00:15:19.779><c> and</c><00:15:20.200><c> find</c><00:15:20.399><c> out</c><00:15:20.580><c> what</c> 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:23.059 we<00:15:20.879><c> think</c><00:15:21.019><c> of</c><00:15:21.200><c> Ahab,</c><00:15:21.460><c> he</c><00:15:21.519><c> would</c><00:15:21.679><c> have</c><00:15:21.779><c> been</c><00:15:21.860><c> top</c><00:15:22.059><c> of</c><00:15:22.200><c> the</c><00:15:22.279><c> list.</c> 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.740 Great<00:15:24.240><c> man.</c><00:15:25.080><c> And</c><00:15:25.340><c> it</c><00:15:25.379><c> was</c><00:15:25.519><c> his</c><00:15:25.720><c> ambition</c><00:15:26.159><c> to</c><00:15:26.399><c> unify</c> 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:29.440 the<00:15:26.940><c> kingdom.</c><00:15:27.379><c> And</c><00:15:27.559><c> if</c><00:15:27.679><c> you</c><00:15:27.860><c> look</c><00:15:28.080><c> at</c><00:15:28.259><c> it,</c><00:15:28.379><c> it</c><00:15:28.620><c> jumps</c><00:15:29.000><c> off</c><00:15:29.240><c> the</c> 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.940 page.<00:15:30.200><c> And</c><00:15:30.379><c> it</c><00:15:30.419><c> was</c><00:15:30.659><c> Jehoshaphat's</c><00:15:31.340><c> ambition</c><00:15:31.720><c> to</c> 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:37.360 unify<00:15:32.279><c> the</c><00:15:32.460><c> kingdom.</c><00:15:34.080><c> And</c><00:15:34.379><c> if</c><00:15:34.519><c> you</c><00:15:34.679><c> put</c><00:15:34.879><c> together</c><00:15:35.279><c> the</c><00:15:35.539><c> two</c><00:15:35.820><c> territories</c><00:15:36.340><c> occupied</c><00:15:37.039><c> by</c> 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.559 Ahab<00:15:37.659><c> and</c><00:15:37.879><c> Jehoshaphat,</c> 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.740 you'll<00:15:39.080><c> find</c><00:15:39.200><c> it</c><00:15:39.340><c> was</c><00:15:39.539><c> exactly</c><00:15:40.120><c> the</c><00:15:40.419><c> territory</c><00:15:40.820><c> occupied</c><00:15:41.440><c> by</c> 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:43.580 David<00:15:42.059><c> and</c><00:15:42.299><c> Solomon</c><00:15:42.539><c> and</c><00:15:42.860><c> the</c><00:15:43.039><c> zenith</c><00:15:43.259><c> of</c><00:15:43.460><c> the</c> 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:49.019 kingdom.<00:15:45.700><c> Even</c><00:15:46.019><c> Tyre</c><00:15:46.460><c> and</c><00:15:46.620><c> Zidon</c><00:15:46.899><c> was</c><00:15:47.159><c> there,</c><00:15:48.000><c> everywhere.</c> 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:52.320 Philistia<00:15:49.940><c> was</c><00:15:50.100><c> under</c><00:15:50.379><c> submission.</c><00:15:51.559><c> What</c><00:15:51.720><c> we</c><00:15:51.919><c> need</c><00:15:52.100><c> now</c> 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.799 is<00:15:52.460><c> the</c><00:15:52.620><c> border</c><00:15:52.820><c> taken</c><00:15:53.179><c> away</c><00:15:53.519><c> and</c><00:15:53.860><c> the</c><00:15:54.019><c> kingdom</c><00:15:54.259><c> united.</c><00:15:55.679><c> And</c> 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:57.679 we're<00:15:55.980><c> back</c><00:15:56.100><c> to</c><00:15:56.379><c> David's</c><00:15:56.879><c> time.</c> 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:03.519 And<00:16:00.120><c> Ahab</c><00:16:00.360><c> said,</c><00:16:00.799><c> I'm</c><00:16:00.940><c> the</c><00:16:01.019><c> man</c><00:16:01.120><c> to</c><00:16:01.299><c> do</c><00:16:01.399><c> it.</c><00:16:02.860><c> So</c><00:16:02.980><c> I'll</c><00:16:03.179><c> disguise</c> 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.980 myself<00:16:04.220><c> and</c><00:16:06.000><c> go</c><00:16:06.480><c> as</c><00:16:06.960><c> a</c><00:16:07.139><c> private.</c> 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.019 And<00:16:08.419><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:16:08.860><c> said,</c><00:16:09.299><c> I'm</c><00:16:09.559><c> the</c><00:16:09.639><c> man</c><00:16:09.759><c> to</c><00:16:09.919><c> do</c><00:16:10.019><c> it.</c><00:16:10.340><c> So</c><00:16:10.440><c> I'll</c><00:16:10.580><c> go</c><00:16:10.679><c> as</c><00:16:10.879><c> a</c> 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.759 king<00:16:11.159><c> under</c><00:16:11.379><c> God's</c><00:16:11.700><c> protection.</c> 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:19.580 And<00:16:14.519><c> that's</c><00:16:14.940><c> why</c><00:16:15.539><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:16:16.460><c> fell</c><00:16:16.700><c> for</c><00:16:16.899><c> this</c><00:16:17.539><c> balmy</c><00:16:18.379><c> arrangement</c><00:16:19.159><c> that</c> 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.899 Ahab<00:16:19.840><c> proposed.</c><00:16:20.340><c> Well,</c><00:16:20.500><c> it</c><00:16:20.659><c> sounds</c> 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:28.500 crazy<00:16:21.279><c> to</c><00:16:21.480><c> us.</c><00:16:24.320><c> And</c><00:16:24.700><c> so</c><00:16:25.000><c> the</c><00:16:25.879><c> people</c><00:16:26.159><c> in</c><00:16:26.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:27.059><c> were</c><00:16:27.899><c> convinced</c><00:16:28.340><c> that</c> 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.379 they<00:16:28.600><c> were</c><00:16:28.720><c> going</c><00:16:28.799><c> to</c><00:16:28.940><c> be</c><00:16:29.120><c> saved.</c> 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:41.779 And<00:16:30.019><c> here</c><00:16:30.759><c> again,</c><00:16:31.620><c> in</c><00:16:31.799><c> chapter</c><00:16:32.039><c> 32,</c><00:16:33.120><c> we</c><00:16:33.580><c> read</c><00:16:33.940><c> about</c><00:16:34.379><c> the</c><00:16:36.000><c> purchase.</c><00:16:38.179><c> Sounds</c><00:16:38.580><c> crazy.</c><00:16:40.279><c> Fancy</c><00:16:40.700><c> selling</c><00:16:41.000><c> real</c><00:16:41.399><c> estate</c> 00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:48.220 with<00:16:41.960><c> the</c><00:16:42.120><c> enemy</c><00:16:42.279><c> at</c><00:16:42.460><c> the</c><00:16:42.600><c> gate.</c><00:16:44.740><c> Verse</c><00:16:45.080><c> 8</c><00:16:46.240><c> of</c><00:16:46.419><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.740><c> 32.</c><00:16:48.200><c> So</c> 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:50.580 Hanimeel,<00:16:48.860><c> my</c><00:16:48.960><c> uncle's</c><00:16:49.519><c> son,</c><00:16:49.860><c> came</c><00:16:49.960><c> to</c><00:16:50.139><c> me</c><00:16:50.279><c> in</c><00:16:50.419><c> the</c> 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:54.019 court<00:16:50.740><c> of</c><00:16:50.919><c> the</c><00:16:51.139><c> prison</c><00:16:51.399><c> according</c><00:16:52.159><c> to</c><00:16:52.419><c> the</c><00:16:52.539><c> word</c><00:16:52.700><c> of</c><00:16:52.860><c> the</c><00:16:52.919><c> Lord.</c><00:16:52.980><c> It</c><00:16:53.100><c> gets</c><00:16:53.379><c> worse.</c><00:16:53.940><c> I</c> 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.940 mean,<00:16:54.200><c> not</c><00:16:54.340><c> only</c><00:16:54.519><c> is</c><00:16:54.580><c> he</c><00:16:54.740><c> asking</c> 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:59.820 to<00:16:55.220><c> buy</c><00:16:55.480><c> a</c><00:16:56.519><c> rundown</c><00:16:57.059><c> property</c><00:16:57.559><c> that's</c><00:16:58.899><c> in</c><00:16:59.039><c> the</c><00:16:59.179><c> hands</c><00:16:59.299><c> of</c><00:16:59.519><c> the</c> 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:02.240 enemy,<00:17:00.580><c> but</c><00:17:00.700><c> he's</c><00:17:00.919><c> in</c><00:17:01.139><c> prison.</c> 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:09.279 By<00:17:05.460><c> my</c><00:17:05.779><c> field,</c><00:17:06.160><c> I</c><00:17:06.339><c> pray</c><00:17:06.579><c> thee,</c><00:17:06.819><c> that</c><00:17:06.980><c> is</c><00:17:07.180><c> Anathoth,</c><00:17:08.799><c> which</c><00:17:09.079><c> is</c> 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.099 in<00:17:09.400><c> the</c><00:17:09.460><c> country</c><00:17:09.740><c> of</c><00:17:09.940><c> Benjamin,</c><00:17:10.740><c> for</c><00:17:10.900><c> the</c> 00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:14.279 right<00:17:11.240><c> of</c><00:17:11.660><c> inheritance</c><00:17:12.099><c> is</c><00:17:12.420><c> thine,</c><00:17:13.099><c> for</c><00:17:13.319><c> the</c><00:17:13.500><c> redemption</c><00:17:13.940><c> is</c> 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:17.259 thine.<00:17:15.519><c> Bide</c><00:17:15.779><c> for</c><00:17:16.000><c> thyself.</c><00:17:16.519><c> I'd</c><00:17:16.839><c> like</c><00:17:16.960><c> to</c><00:17:17.119><c> quote</c> 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:20.859 the<00:17:17.440><c> Lord</c><00:17:17.619><c> to</c><00:17:17.859><c> you,</c><00:17:18.359><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:17:19.680><c> Then</c><00:17:19.940><c> I</c><00:17:20.119><c> knew</c><00:17:20.299><c> that</c><00:17:20.460><c> this</c><00:17:20.640><c> was</c> 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:23.119 the<00:17:20.900><c> word</c><00:17:21.039><c> of</c><00:17:21.180><c> the</c><00:17:21.279><c> Lord</c><00:17:21.400><c> because</c><00:17:21.819><c> God</c><00:17:22.140><c> had</c><00:17:22.380><c> said,</c> 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:26.839 Hanimeel<00:17:24.019><c> is</c><00:17:24.160><c> coming</c><00:17:24.460><c> to</c><00:17:24.680><c> you.</c><00:17:25.380><c> Verse</c><00:17:25.420><c> 9.</c><00:17:26.019><c> And</c><00:17:26.099><c> I</c><00:17:26.380><c> bought</c><00:17:26.599><c> the</c> 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.400 field<00:17:27.000><c> of</c><00:17:27.220><c> Hanimeel,</c><00:17:27.720><c> my</c><00:17:27.759><c> uncle's</c><00:17:28.299><c> son,</c> 00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:30.799 that<00:17:28.539><c> was</c><00:17:28.680><c> in</c><00:17:28.859><c> Anathoth,</c><00:17:29.660><c> and</c><00:17:29.799><c> weighed</c><00:17:29.940><c> him</c><00:17:30.140><c> the</c><00:17:30.259><c> money,</c><00:17:30.500><c> even</c> 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.420 17<00:17:31.440><c> shekels.</c><00:17:34.420><c> Verse</c><00:17:34.900><c> 13.</c><00:17:36.039><c> And</c><00:17:36.039><c> I</c><00:17:36.539><c> charged</c><00:17:36.960><c> Barak</c> 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:41.200 before<00:17:37.859><c> them,</c><00:17:38.759><c> saying,</c><00:17:39.640><c> thus</c><00:17:39.819><c> says</c><00:17:40.039><c> the</c><00:17:40.240><c> Lord</c><00:17:40.519><c> of</c><00:17:40.759><c> hosts,</c><00:17:41.099><c> the</c> 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.920 God<00:17:41.400><c> of</c><00:17:41.599><c> Israel,</c><00:17:42.680><c> take</c><00:17:42.960><c> these</c><00:17:43.279><c> evidences,</c> 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:47.460 that's<00:17:44.640><c> the</c><00:17:45.019><c> contract</c><00:17:45.480><c> that</c><00:17:45.640><c> has</c><00:17:45.819><c> been</c><00:17:46.059><c> drawn</c><00:17:46.259><c> up</c><00:17:46.500><c> legally,</c> 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.220 this<00:17:47.960><c> evidence</c><00:17:48.319><c> of</c><00:17:48.500><c> the</c><00:17:48.720><c> purchase,</c> 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:52.880 both<00:17:50.019><c> which</c><00:17:50.299><c> is</c><00:17:50.660><c> sealed</c><00:17:51.079><c> and</c><00:17:51.440><c> this</c><00:17:51.660><c> evidence</c><00:17:52.000><c> which</c><00:17:52.240><c> is</c><00:17:52.460><c> open,</c> 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:55.259 and<00:17:53.559><c> put</c><00:17:53.740><c> them</c><00:17:53.920><c> in</c><00:17:54.019><c> an</c><00:17:54.240><c> earthen</c><00:17:54.579><c> vessel</c> 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:59.240 that<00:17:55.779><c> they</c><00:17:56.039><c> may</c><00:17:56.299><c> continue</c><00:17:57.339><c> many</c><00:17:57.920><c> days.</c> 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:09.359 The<00:18:06.079><c> deed</c><00:18:06.279><c> of</c><00:18:06.519><c> purchase,</c><00:18:07.079><c> brethren</c><00:18:07.180><c> and</c><00:18:07.460><c> sisters,</c><00:18:08.900><c> has</c><00:18:09.119><c> never</c> 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.920 been<00:18:09.759><c> superseded.</c> 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:17.759 Barak<00:18:13.200><c> put</c><00:18:13.460><c> the</c><00:18:13.720><c> deeds</c><00:18:14.099><c> in</c><00:18:14.960><c> a</c><00:18:15.220><c> safe</c><00:18:15.420><c> place,</c><00:18:16.740><c> in</c><00:18:16.940><c> an</c><00:18:17.339><c> earthen</c> 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:22.359 vessel<00:18:18.240><c> where</c><00:18:19.359><c> they</c><00:18:19.579><c> may</c><00:18:19.859><c> continue</c><00:18:20.519><c> many</c><00:18:20.920><c> days.</c> 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:27.220 Much<00:18:23.680><c> more</c><00:18:23.980><c> valuable</c><00:18:24.339><c> than</c><00:18:24.599><c> the</c><00:18:24.779><c> Dead</c><00:18:25.019><c> Sea</c><00:18:25.240><c> Scrolls,</c><00:18:26.000><c> these.</c> 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:30.259 The<00:18:28.519><c> scrolls</c><00:18:28.859><c> have</c><00:18:29.000><c> been</c><00:18:29.279><c> found</c><00:18:29.619><c> in</c><00:18:29.880><c> earthen</c> 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:38.460 vessels.<00:18:31.460><c> One</c><00:18:31.720><c> day,</c><00:18:33.660><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:18:34.400><c> deeds</c><00:18:34.880><c> will</c><00:18:35.200><c> be</c><00:18:35.500><c> found.</c><00:18:37.859><c> And</c> 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:40.400 when<00:18:38.819><c> the</c><00:18:39.559><c> earthen</c><00:18:39.980><c> vessel</c><00:18:40.400><c> is</c><00:18:40.400><c> found,</c> 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:44.160 it's<00:18:40.960><c> broken</c><00:18:41.359><c> open.</c><00:18:42.940><c> We</c><00:18:43.039><c> shall</c><00:18:43.220><c> read</c><00:18:43.420><c> it.</c> 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:54.500 When<00:18:48.140><c> they</c><00:18:48.400><c> come</c><00:18:48.640><c> to</c><00:18:48.880><c> light,</c><00:18:50.680><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:51.000><c> will</c><00:18:51.299><c> get</c><00:18:51.519><c> his</c><00:18:51.839><c> inheritance.</c><00:18:54.359><c> Isn't</c> 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.039 that<00:18:54.700><c> great?</c> 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.720 In<00:18:55.519><c> the</c><00:18:55.680><c> Kingdom</c><00:18:55.900><c> of</c><00:18:56.099><c> God.</c><00:18:56.759><c> I</c><00:18:57.240><c> love</c><00:18:57.519><c> people</c><00:18:57.839><c> who</c><00:18:58.000><c> ask</c><00:18:58.240><c> for</c><00:18:58.440><c> things.</c><00:18:59.500><c> And</c> 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:01.220 Jeremiah<00:19:00.019><c> will</c><00:19:00.240><c> ask</c><00:19:00.420><c> for</c><00:19:00.559><c> his</c><00:19:00.839><c> inheritance.</c> 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:05.420 That's<00:19:01.779><c> such</c><00:19:01.920><c> a</c><00:19:02.019><c> bad</c><00:19:02.160><c> 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love</c><00:19:17.640><c> people</c><00:19:17.920><c> who</c><00:19:18.119><c> ask</c><00:19:18.299><c> for</c><00:19:18.519><c> things.</c><00:19:19.660><c> The</c><00:19:19.799><c> other</c> 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:22.319 night<00:19:20.079><c> we</c><00:19:20.200><c> were</c><00:19:20.339><c> talking</c><00:19:20.539><c> about</c><00:19:20.720><c> asking</c><00:19:21.140><c> for</c><00:19:21.400><c> things.</c> 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:28.380 Caleb,<00:19:23.980><c> my</c><00:19:24.420><c> hero</c><00:19:24.920><c> of</c><00:19:25.160><c> the</c><00:19:25.259><c> Old</c><00:19:25.440><c> Testament,</c><00:19:26.420><c> asked</c><00:19:26.640><c> for</c><00:19:26.839><c> a</c><00:19:27.059><c> birthday</c><00:19:27.259><c> present.</c><00:19:28.279><c> He</c> 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.460 comes<00:19:28.640><c> to</c><00:19:28.839><c> Joshua.</c><00:19:29.339><c> He</c><00:19:29.339><c> said,</c> 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:33.640 I'll<00:19:29.559><c> tell</c><00:19:29.700><c> you</c><00:19:29.799><c> what,</c><00:19:29.920><c> I'd</c><00:19:30.099><c> like</c><00:19:30.200><c> a</c><00:19:30.319><c> birthday</c><00:19:30.559><c> present.</c><00:19:32.519><c> Joshua</c><00:19:32.920><c> said,</c><00:19:33.180><c> what's</c><00:19:33.400><c> that?</c><00:19:33.640><c> He</c> 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:35.279 said,<00:19:33.779><c> I'm</c><00:19:33.960><c> 85</c><00:19:34.400><c> today.</c> 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:39.779 Can<00:19:36.140><c> you</c><00:19:36.539><c> give</c><00:19:36.640><c> me</c><00:19:36.799><c> a</c><00:19:36.940><c> birthday</c><00:19:37.119><c> present,</c><00:19:37.640><c> please?</c><00:19:39.119><c> And</c><00:19:39.339><c> Joshua</c><00:19:39.599><c> said,</c> 00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.599 what<00:19:39.920><c> do</c><00:19:40.099><c> you</c><00:19:40.099><c> want?</c><00:19:40.299><c> And</c><00:19:40.400><c> he</c><00:19:40.480><c> said,</c> 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:44.279 I<00:19:40.740><c> want</c><00:19:40.940><c> 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on,</c><00:22:55.380><c> please,</c><00:22:55.960><c> come</c> 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:01.740 on<00:22:56.319><c> in.</c><00:22:57.059><c> Fallen</c><00:22:57.500><c> free.</c><00:23:00.299><c> Having</c><00:23:00.740><c> said</c><00:23:01.019><c> that,</c><00:23:01.299><c> we</c><00:23:01.480><c> also</c> 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:05.019 have<00:23:01.980><c> to</c><00:23:02.220><c> say</c><00:23:02.359><c> that</c><00:23:02.539><c> the</c><00:23:02.680><c> next</c><00:23:02.960><c> time</c><00:23:03.220><c> the</c><00:23:03.700><c> disciples</c><00:23:04.180><c> saw</c><00:23:04.460><c> somebody</c><00:23:04.839><c> on</c> 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:06.240 the<00:23:05.180><c> left</c><00:23:05.359><c> hand</c><00:23:05.519><c> and</c><00:23:05.619><c> right</c><00:23:05.839><c> hand</c><00:23:06.000><c> of</c><00:23:06.160><c> the</c> 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.500 Lord<00:23:06.440><c> Jesus</c><00:23:06.779><c> Christ,</c><00:23:07.079><c> it</c><00:23:07.200><c> was</c><00:23:07.339><c> at</c><00:23:07.500><c> Calvary.</c><00:23:10.119><c> And</c><00:23:10.319><c> then</c><00:23:10.420><c> there</c> 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:12.259 were<00:23:10.660><c> not</c><00:23:10.920><c> screams</c><00:23:11.220><c> of</c><00:23:11.480><c> joy,</c><00:23:11.779><c> there</c><00:23:11.839><c> were</c><00:23:12.000><c> screams</c> 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:16.259 of<00:23:12.500><c> agony</c><00:23:12.720><c> that</c><00:23:13.019><c> accompanied</c><00:23:13.380><c> it.</c><00:23:14.940><c> So</c><00:23:15.160><c> when</c><00:23:15.380><c> we</c><00:23:15.640><c> say,</c><00:23:15.880><c> I'd</c><00:23:15.980><c> like</c><00:23:16.079><c> to</c> 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.839 be<00:23:16.380><c> on</c><00:23:16.480><c> your</c><00:23:16.599><c> left</c><00:23:16.819><c> and</c><00:23:17.059><c> right,</c><00:23:17.279><c> we</c><00:23:17.440><c> have</c><00:23:17.640><c> to</c> 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:24.299 consider<00:23:18.240><c> what</c><00:23:18.500><c> that</c><00:23:19.799><c> might</c><00:23:20.119><c> involve.</c><00:23:22.539><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:23:23.019><c> we</c><00:23:23.220><c> should</c><00:23:23.359><c> be</c> 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:27.319 looking<00:23:24.940><c> for</c><00:23:26.099><c> our</c><00:23:26.400><c> inheritance.</c> 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:35.259 Well,<00:23:31.039><c> the</c><00:23:31.200><c> relief</c><00:23:31.519><c> seemed</c><00:23:31.839><c> on</c><00:23:32.180><c> the</c><00:23:32.859><c> horizon</c><00:23:33.339><c> for</c><00:23:34.460><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:39.180 brethren<00:23:35.819><c> and</c><00:23:36.059><c> sisters.</c><00:23:38.140><c> Incredibly</c><00:23:38.900><c> so,</c> 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:44.140 almost.<00:23:40.799><c> See,</c><00:23:41.259><c> Egypt</c><00:23:41.559><c> had</c><00:23:42.059><c> limitless</c><00:23:42.660><c> manpower.</c><00:23:43.720><c> It's</c><00:23:43.940><c> a</c><00:23:44.039><c> bit</c> 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:47.579 like<00:23:44.599><c> the</c><00:23:45.720><c> Soviet</c><00:23:46.180><c> Union</c><00:23:46.619><c> in</c><00:23:46.799><c> the</c><00:23:46.900><c> last</c><00:23:47.200><c> war,</c> 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:53.920 when<00:23:48.740><c> the</c><00:23:48.960><c> Germans</c><00:23:49.579><c> brought</c><00:23:50.180><c> their</c><00:23:50.559><c> artillery</c><00:23:51.200><c> against</c><00:23:52.059><c> Moscow</c><00:23:52.859><c> in</c> 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:56.079 the<00:23:54.059><c> last</c><00:23:54.319><c> war.</c><00:23:54.599><c> All</c><00:23:54.900><c> the</c><00:23:55.079><c> Russians</c><00:23:55.359><c> did</c><00:23:55.740><c> was</c> 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.440 throw<00:23:56.400><c> men</c><00:23:56.579><c> at</c><00:23:56.799><c> them.</c><00:23:57.660><c> It</c><00:23:57.759><c> didn't</c><00:23:57.940><c> matter</c><00:23:58.579><c> how</c><00:23:59.339><c> they</c><00:23:59.500><c> were</c><00:23:59.759><c> killed</c><00:24:00.019><c> or</c> 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.039 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War,<00:24:14.880><c> rightly</c><00:24:15.240><c> so.</c><00:24:16.920><c> We</c><00:24:17.140><c> sometimes</c><00:24:17.460><c> forget</c><00:24:17.799><c> that</c> 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:23.579 the<00:24:18.160><c> Russians</c><00:24:18.420><c> lost</c><00:24:18.680><c> 23</c><00:24:19.319><c> million</c><00:24:19.819><c> men</c><00:24:20.160><c> in</c><00:24:20.480><c> that</c><00:24:20.700><c> conflict.</c><00:24:21.720><c> And</c><00:24:22.059><c> they</c><00:24:22.200><c> have</c><00:24:22.339><c> long</c><00:24:22.559><c> memories,</c><00:24:23.140><c> which</c><00:24:23.420><c> is</c> 00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.680 why<00:24:24.500><c> the</c> 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:29.799 Germans,<00:24:25.220><c> to</c><00:24:25.220><c> this</c><00:24:25.440><c> very</c><00:24:25.819><c> day,</c><00:24:27.519><c> but</c><00:24:28.099><c> that's</c><00:24:28.559><c> for</c><00:24:28.740><c> the</c><00:24:28.900><c> future.</c> 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:33.440 But<00:24:31.519><c> they</c><00:24:31.759><c> just</c><00:24:32.220><c> threw</c><00:24:32.380><c> men</c><00:24:32.579><c> at</c><00:24:33.059><c> the</c><00:24:33.140><c> German</c> 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:38.680 military<00:24:33.859><c> machine</c><00:24:34.460><c> and</c><00:24:36.440><c> eventually</c><00:24:36.980><c> overcame</c><00:24:37.440><c> them</c><00:24:37.680><c> with</c><00:24:38.059><c> sheer</c><00:24:38.299><c> weight</c><00:24:38.500><c> of</c> 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:41.240 bodies.<00:24:39.779><c> Their</c><00:24:40.019><c> armour</c><00:24:40.180><c> was</c><00:24:40.420><c> poor</c> 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:46.759 concerned<00:24:43.460><c> compared</c><00:24:44.099><c> with</c><00:24:44.420><c> the</c><00:24:44.619><c> panzer</c><00:24:44.980><c> division.</c><00:24:46.339><c> But</c><00:24:46.500><c> they</c> 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.960 overcame<00:24:47.140><c> them</c><00:24:47.400><c> with</c><00:24:47.640><c> men.</c><00:24:47.960><c> And</c><00:24:48.160><c> this</c><00:24:48.319><c> is</c><00:24:48.559><c> exactly</c> 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:57.460 what<00:24:49.460><c> Egypt</c><00:24:50.119><c> did</c><00:24:50.920><c> in</c><00:24:51.259><c> the</c><00:24:51.380><c> days</c><00:24:51.619><c> of</c><00:24:52.180><c> Zedekiah</c><00:24:52.720><c> and</c><00:24:52.839><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:24:56.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:24:56.660><c> was</c><00:24:57.079><c> encamped</c> 00:24:57.460 --> 00:25:01.519 about<00:24:57.779><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:24:59.759><c> But</c><00:24:59.900><c> his</c><00:25:00.180><c> spies</c><00:25:00.440><c> were</c><00:25:00.640><c> all</c><00:25:00.839><c> over</c><00:25:01.079><c> the</c><00:25:01.240><c> place</c><00:25:01.400><c> and</c> 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.259 they<00:25:01.680><c> came</c><00:25:01.819><c> back</c><00:25:02.000><c> and</c><00:25:02.079><c> said,</c> 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:06.960 sir,<00:25:02.680><c> we've</c><00:25:03.140><c> got</c><00:25:03.279><c> problems</c><00:25:03.640><c> south</c><00:25:03.920><c> of</c><00:25:04.119><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:25:06.420><c> Because</c> 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:09.839 the<00:25:07.700><c> Egyptians</c><00:25:08.119><c> have</c><00:25:08.700><c> whistled</c><00:25:09.059><c> up</c><00:25:09.240><c> all</c><00:25:09.539><c> sorts</c> 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:13.839 of<00:25:10.059><c> people</c><00:25:10.259><c> and</c><00:25:10.420><c> they're</c><00:25:10.579><c> all</c><00:25:10.819><c> black.</c><00:25:12.180><c> They've</c><00:25:12.319><c> all</c><00:25:12.460><c> come</c><00:25:12.599><c> from</c><00:25:12.759><c> Ethiopia.</c><00:25:13.660><c> And</c> 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.880 the<00:25:14.000><c> Egyptian</c><00:25:14.339><c> pharaohs</c><00:25:14.779><c> were</c> 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.619 saying,<00:25:15.059><c> just</c><00:25:15.640><c> commit</c><00:25:16.099><c> yourself</c><00:25:16.640><c> to</c><00:25:16.960><c> the</c><00:25:17.140><c> battlefront.</c><00:25:18.420><c> And</c> 00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:20.359 the<00:25:18.839><c> warning</c><00:25:19.079><c> bells</c><00:25:19.359><c> were</c><00:25:19.579><c> ringing</c><00:25:19.900><c> in</c><00:25:20.140><c> the</c><00:25:20.240><c> head</c> 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:22.940 of<00:25:20.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:21.200><c> and</c><00:25:21.480><c> he</c><00:25:21.640><c> thought,</c><00:25:21.880><c> if</c><00:25:21.980><c> I</c><00:25:22.200><c> lose</c><00:25:22.380><c> this</c><00:25:22.579><c> battle,</c><00:25:22.839><c> we</c> 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:27.039 are<00:25:23.259><c> doomed.</c><00:25:25.720><c> And</c><00:25:25.920><c> so</c><00:25:26.039><c> he</c><00:25:26.240><c> pulled</c><00:25:26.420><c> his</c><00:25:26.720><c> troops</c> 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:31.700 one<00:25:27.480><c> by</c><00:25:27.759><c> one.</c><00:25:28.759><c> The</c><00:25:29.059><c> campfires</c><00:25:29.559><c> were</c><00:25:29.740><c> put</c><00:25:29.980><c> out</c><00:25:30.240><c> around</c><00:25:30.660><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:31.140><c> and</c><00:25:31.480><c> the</c> 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.140 soldiers<00:25:32.019><c> were</c><00:25:32.220><c> mustered</c><00:25:32.599><c> and</c><00:25:32.940><c> they</c> 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:35.519 marched<00:25:33.519><c> south.</c><00:25:34.319><c> And</c><00:25:34.460><c> when</c><00:25:34.539><c> you</c><00:25:34.660><c> woke</c><00:25:34.819><c> up</c><00:25:34.980><c> in</c><00:25:35.079><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> morning</c><00:25:35.319><c> in</c> 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.960 Jerusalem,<00:25:35.880><c> there</c><00:25:36.000><c> were</c><00:25:36.140><c> soldiers</c><00:25:36.480><c> there</c><00:25:36.720><c> yesterday.</c> 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:40.380 Now<00:25:37.140><c> they've</c><00:25:37.359><c> gone.</c><00:25:37.759><c> And</c><00:25:37.980><c> tomorrow</c><00:25:38.599><c> morning,</c><00:25:39.119><c> there</c><00:25:39.279><c> are</c><00:25:39.359><c> less.</c><00:25:40.119><c> And</c> 00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:42.279 the<00:25:40.380><c> morning</c><00:25:40.539><c> after,</c><00:25:41.059><c> they're</c><00:25:41.259><c> all</c><00:25:41.519><c> going.</c> 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:48.279 We've<00:25:43.160><c> saved.</c><00:25:44.140><c> God</c><00:25:44.400><c> be</c><00:25:44.740><c> praised.</c><00:25:45.779><c> We've</c><00:25:46.440><c> been</c><00:25:46.880><c> saved.</c><00:25:47.960><c> Egypt</c> 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.319 with<00:25:48.500><c> her</c><00:25:48.880><c> limitless</c><00:25:49.259><c> men</c><00:25:49.460><c> from</c><00:25:49.660><c> Ethiopia</c><00:25:50.220><c> had</c> 00:25:54.079 --> 00:26:00.519 caused<00:25:54.900><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:55.720><c> to</c><00:25:56.079><c> shift</c><00:25:56.279><c> his</c><00:25:56.680><c> crack</c><00:25:56.880><c> troops</c><00:25:57.559><c> further</c><00:25:58.079><c> south.</c><00:25:59.680><c> Chapter</c><00:25:59.920><c> 37,</c> 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:11.680 please.<00:26:10.839><c> We'll</c><00:26:11.660><c> read</c><00:26:11.680><c> all</c> 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.359 from<00:26:12.140><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:33.980 What<00:26:28.599><c> was</c><00:26:29.079><c> he</c><00:26:29.180><c> doing?</c><00:26:30.880><c> Well,</c><00:26:31.599><c> he</c><00:26:31.599><c> took</c><00:26:31.819><c> an</c><00:26:32.000><c> opportunity</c><00:26:32.759><c> with</c> 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.660 the<00:26:34.220><c> lull</c><00:26:34.460><c> in</c><00:26:34.700><c> the</c><00:26:34.880><c> fighting.</c><00:26:35.240><c> Well,</c><00:26:35.420><c> there</c><00:26:35.440><c> wasn't</c> 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:39.819 any<00:26:35.920><c> fighting</c><00:26:36.279><c> in</c><00:26:37.200><c> the</c><00:26:37.980><c> siege.</c><00:26:38.299><c> He</c><00:26:38.359><c> took</c><00:26:38.519><c> the</c><00:26:38.700><c> opportunity</c><00:26:39.319><c> to</c> 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:42.160 go<00:26:39.940><c> into</c><00:26:40.099><c> Benjamin.</c><00:26:40.680><c> Now</c><00:26:40.859><c> what</c><00:26:40.900><c> does</c><00:26:41.059><c> that</c><00:26:41.279><c> mean?</c> 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:46.460 It<00:26:42.859><c> means</c><00:26:43.220><c> he</c><00:26:43.339><c> was</c><00:26:43.680><c> going</c><00:26:43.980><c> to</c><00:26:44.240><c> Anathoth.</c><00:26:45.579><c> He</c><00:26:45.700><c> was</c><00:26:45.900><c> going</c><00:26:46.059><c> to</c><00:26:46.240><c> have</c><00:26:46.380><c> a</c> 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.460 look<00:26:46.559><c> at</c><00:26:46.740><c> the</c><00:26:47.099><c> farm</c><00:26:47.279><c> he'd</c><00:26:47.680><c> bought.</c> 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.640 He<00:26:49.779><c> thought,</c><00:26:50.039><c> I'll</c><00:26:50.059><c> just</c><00:26:50.259><c> go,</c><00:26:50.619><c> I've</c><00:26:50.619><c> paid</c><00:26:50.740><c> 17</c><00:26:51.339><c> shekels</c><00:26:51.839><c> for</c><00:26:52.000><c> this.</c><00:26:52.519><c> I</c> 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:54.480 better<00:26:52.740><c> go</c><00:26:52.920><c> and</c><00:26:53.039><c> see</c><00:26:53.180><c> what</c><00:26:53.319><c> it's</c><00:26:53.660><c> like.</c> 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:58.339 And<00:26:55.019><c> he</c><00:26:55.039><c> was</c><00:26:55.180><c> in</c><00:26:55.359><c> the</c><00:26:55.539><c> gate</c><00:26:55.700><c> just</c><00:26:55.980><c> going</c><00:26:56.240><c> out</c><00:26:56.500><c> when</c><00:26:56.619><c> he's</c><00:26:56.880><c> arrested.</c><00:26:58.119><c> And</c> 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.240 they<00:26:58.480><c> said,</c><00:26:58.599><c> we</c><00:26:58.720><c> know</c><00:26:58.859><c> where</c><00:26:58.960><c> you're</c> 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:01.839 going.<00:26:59.579><c> You're</c><00:26:59.819><c> going</c><00:26:59.920><c> to</c><00:27:00.119><c> fall</c><00:27:00.240><c> to</c><00:27:00.420><c> the</c><00:27:00.559><c> enemy,</c><00:27:01.000><c> aren't</c><00:27:01.000><c> you?</c> 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:06.839 And<00:27:04.480><c> they</c><00:27:04.700><c> were,</c><00:27:05.440><c> wrote</c><00:27:05.500><c> with</c><00:27:05.759><c> him</c><00:27:06.039><c> were</c><00:27:06.240><c> the</c><00:27:06.440><c> princes</c> 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:11.200 and<00:27:07.579><c> they</c><00:27:07.779><c> imprisoned</c><00:27:08.240><c> him.</c><00:27:09.539><c> Verse</c><00:27:09.900><c> 14.</c> 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:17.180 Then<00:27:14.460><c> said</c><00:27:14.700><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:27:15.279><c> it's</c><00:27:15.339><c> false</c><00:27:15.680><c> because</c><00:27:16.019><c> they'd</c><00:27:16.339><c> said</c><00:27:16.420><c> you're</c><00:27:16.599><c> falling</c><00:27:16.819><c> away</c><00:27:17.039><c> to</c> 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.779 the<00:27:17.339><c> Chaldeans.</c> 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:21.619 I<00:27:18.299><c> fall</c><00:27:18.460><c> not</c><00:27:18.700><c> away</c><00:27:18.920><c> to</c><00:27:19.059><c> the</c><00:27:19.220><c> Chaldeans,</c><00:27:20.859><c> but</c><00:27:21.000><c> he</c><00:27:21.220><c> harkened</c><00:27:21.480><c> not</c> 00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:25.900 to<00:27:21.799><c> him.</c><00:27:23.220><c> So</c><00:27:23.420><c> he</c><00:27:23.660><c> took</c><00:27:24.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:25.359><c> and</c><00:27:25.579><c> brought</c><00:27:25.740><c> him</c> 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:28.759 to<00:27:26.059><c> the</c><00:27:26.220><c> princes.</c><00:27:27.200><c> Wherefore</c><00:27:27.539><c> the</c><00:27:27.740><c> princes</c><00:27:28.059><c> were</c><00:27:28.359><c> wrote</c><00:27:28.500><c> with</c> 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:31.440 Jeremiah<00:27:29.319><c> and</c><00:27:29.819><c> smote</c><00:27:30.099><c> him</c><00:27:30.420><c> and</c><00:27:30.720><c> put</c><00:27:30.900><c> him</c><00:27:31.079><c> in</c><00:27:31.259><c> prison</c> 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:34.480 in<00:27:31.519><c> the</c><00:27:31.660><c> house</c><00:27:31.839><c> of</c><00:27:32.140><c> Jonathan,</c><00:27:32.940><c> the</c><00:27:33.200><c> scribe,</c><00:27:34.039><c> for</c><00:27:34.140><c> they</c><00:27:34.279><c> had</c> 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.299 made<00:27:34.740><c> that</c><00:27:35.319><c> the</c><00:27:35.539><c> prison.</c> 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:40.460 But<00:27:38.519><c> he</c><00:27:38.599><c> comes</c><00:27:38.839><c> out</c><00:27:39.119><c> of</c><00:27:39.259><c> the</c><00:27:39.420><c> prison.</c><00:27:39.660><c> He's</c><00:27:39.700><c> only</c><00:27:39.940><c> in</c><00:27:40.099><c> there</c><00:27:40.240><c> for</c><00:27:40.359><c> a</c> 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.299 couple<00:27:40.619><c> of</c><00:27:40.819><c> days,</c> 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:44.180 but<00:27:41.859><c> then</c><00:27:42.019><c> he's</c><00:27:42.200><c> judged</c><00:27:42.480><c> again</c><00:27:42.700><c> by</c><00:27:42.940><c> the</c><00:27:43.119><c> king</c><00:27:43.519><c> and</c><00:27:43.900><c> they</c><00:27:44.099><c> put</c> 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:47.440 him<00:27:44.400><c> back</c><00:27:44.599><c> in</c><00:27:44.839><c> prison.</c><00:27:45.779><c> Chapter</c><00:27:46.140><c> 38,</c><00:27:46.700><c> verse</c><00:27:46.900><c> six.</c> 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:50.299 Then<00:27:48.200><c> took</c><00:27:48.440><c> they</c><00:27:48.660><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:48.980><c> and</c><00:27:49.180><c> cast</c><00:27:49.420><c> him</c><00:27:49.559><c> into</c><00:27:49.839><c> the</c><00:27:49.960><c> dungeon</c> 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:53.039 of<00:27:50.519><c> Malkiah,</c><00:27:51.799><c> the</c><00:27:51.980><c> son</c><00:27:52.160><c> of</c><00:27:52.359><c> Hameelik,</c> 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:57.900 that<00:27:53.259><c> was</c><00:27:53.460><c> in</c><00:27:53.640><c> the</c><00:27:53.799><c> court</c><00:27:53.960><c> of</c><00:27:54.140><c> the</c><00:27:54.339><c> prison.</c><00:27:54.819><c> And</c><00:27:55.039><c> they</c><00:27:55.200><c> let</c><00:27:55.420><c> down</c><00:27:55.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:56.240><c> with</c><00:27:56.599><c> cords.</c><00:27:57.680><c> And</c> 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.599 in<00:27:58.079><c> the</c><00:27:58.299><c> dungeon,</c> 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:03.539 there<00:27:58.720><c> was</c><00:27:58.940><c> no</c><00:27:59.200><c> water</c><00:27:59.680><c> but</c><00:28:00.240><c> Maya.</c><00:28:01.259><c> So</c><00:28:01.339><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:01.920><c> sunk</c><00:28:02.700><c> in</c><00:28:03.359><c> the</c> 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:09.960 Maya.<00:28:06.539><c> Oh,</c><00:28:07.119><c> brethren</c><00:28:07.259><c> and</c><00:28:07.500><c> sisters,</c><00:28:08.720><c> this</c><00:28:09.119><c> dear,</c> 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:15.059 lonely<00:28:10.740><c> man</c><00:28:10.980><c> of</c><00:28:11.220><c> God,</c><00:28:12.619><c> getting</c><00:28:12.880><c> old</c><00:28:13.400><c> and</c><00:28:13.819><c> more</c><00:28:14.279><c> frail</c><00:28:14.619><c> by</c><00:28:14.880><c> the</c> 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.980 minute.<00:28:16.380><c> He's</c><00:28:16.599><c> doing</c><00:28:16.779><c> everything</c><00:28:17.279><c> right</c> 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.819 and<00:28:18.480><c> everything</c><00:28:18.920><c> wrong</c><00:28:19.380><c> is</c><00:28:19.640><c> happening</c><00:28:19.980><c> to</c><00:28:20.259><c> him.</c><00:28:21.279><c> From</c><00:28:21.559><c> time</c> 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:28.579 to<00:28:22.000><c> time</c><00:28:22.220><c> in</c><00:28:22.359><c> the</c><00:28:22.619><c> pitch</c><00:28:22.880><c> dark,</c><00:28:23.240><c> because</c><00:28:28.539><c> it</c><00:28:28.559><c> was</c> 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:34.440 water<00:28:28.759><c> would</c><00:28:29.220><c> flush</c><00:28:29.440><c> around</c><00:28:29.880><c> him.</c><00:28:30.579><c> It</c><00:28:30.720><c> wasn't</c><00:28:32.079><c> just</c><00:28:32.900><c> a</c><00:28:33.720><c> pit.</c> 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.759 It<00:28:35.400><c> was</c><00:28:35.660><c> the</c><00:28:35.940><c> sewers.</c> 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:42.660 Movement<00:28:40.079><c> of</c><00:28:40.299><c> any</c><00:28:40.619><c> kind</c><00:28:40.839><c> was</c><00:28:41.059><c> impossible.</c><00:28:42.000><c> He</c><00:28:42.039><c> was</c><00:28:42.180><c> up</c><00:28:42.319><c> to</c><00:28:42.460><c> his</c> 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:45.500 shoulders<00:28:43.019><c> in</c><00:28:43.220><c> it.</c><00:28:44.000><c> His</c><00:28:44.240><c> arms</c><00:28:44.460><c> were</c><00:28:44.720><c> locked</c><00:28:44.900><c> by</c><00:28:45.160><c> his</c> 00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:51.819 side.<00:28:47.079><c> The</c><00:28:47.240><c> air</c><00:28:47.400><c> was</c><00:28:47.759><c> heavy</c><00:28:48.180><c> with</c><00:28:48.759><c> the</c><00:28:49.119><c> fetid</c><00:28:49.680><c> stink</c><00:28:50.180><c> of</c><00:28:50.779><c> sewage</c><00:28:51.579><c> and</c> 00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:55.000 it<00:28:51.900><c> was</c><00:28:52.319><c> poisonous.</c><00:28:54.059><c> Concentration</c><00:28:54.700><c> is</c> 00:28:55.000 --> 00:29:00.779 difficult.<00:28:55.740><c> How</c><00:28:55.980><c> do</c><00:28:56.640><c> you</c><00:28:56.759><c> concentrate?</c><00:28:57.839><c> We're</c><00:28:58.160><c> talking</c><00:28:58.440><c> about</c><00:28:58.759><c> unusual</c><00:28:59.339><c> men</c><00:28:59.619><c> here.</c> 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:05.500 I<00:29:01.839><c> mean</c><00:29:02.140><c> Jonah.</c><00:29:04.059><c> We</c><00:29:04.200><c> talk</c><00:29:04.359><c> about</c><00:29:04.579><c> Jonah</c><00:29:04.859><c> in</c><00:29:05.000><c> the</c><00:29:05.079><c> belly</c><00:29:05.220><c> of</c><00:29:05.400><c> the</c> 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.559 whale<00:29:05.579><c> and</c><00:29:05.799><c> he</c><00:29:05.940><c> prayed</c><00:29:06.180><c> to</c><00:29:06.460><c> God.</c> 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:14.980 What<00:29:09.539><c> do</c><00:29:09.700><c> you</c><00:29:09.799><c> think</c><00:29:09.980><c> of</c><00:29:10.119><c> him?</c><00:29:12.700><c> In</c><00:29:13.200><c> the</c><00:29:13.440><c> children's</c><00:29:14.059><c> books,</c><00:29:14.359><c> you</c><00:29:14.359><c> see</c><00:29:14.519><c> him</c><00:29:14.640><c> having</c><00:29:14.819><c> a</c> 00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.539 walk<00:29:15.140><c> around</c><00:29:15.319><c> the</c> 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:17.579 whale's<00:29:15.859><c> belly</c><00:29:16.000><c> with</c><00:29:16.200><c> water</c><00:29:16.500><c> sloshing</c><00:29:16.799><c> around</c><00:29:17.059><c> his</c><00:29:17.240><c> ankles.</c> 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:21.559 Nothing<00:29:18.160><c> like</c><00:29:18.480><c> that</c><00:29:18.720><c> at</c><00:29:18.940><c> all.</c><00:29:20.619><c> He</c><00:29:20.880><c> was</c><00:29:21.140><c> locked</c> 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:25.319 in<00:29:22.000><c> the</c><00:29:22.640><c> stomach</c><00:29:22.980><c> lining</c><00:29:23.339><c> of</c><00:29:23.559><c> the</c><00:29:23.680><c> whale</c><00:29:23.859><c> and</c><00:29:24.079><c> couldn't</c><00:29:24.299><c> breathe</c><00:29:24.859><c> and</c> 00:29:25.319 --> 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man</c><00:33:10.380><c> Ebed</c><00:33:10.859><c> Melek</c><00:33:11.240><c> of</c><00:33:11.500><c> the</c><00:33:11.660><c> Ethiopian</c> 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:18.299 unit.<00:33:13.339><c> He</c><00:33:13.599><c> appears</c><00:33:13.859><c> to</c><00:33:14.099><c> the</c><00:33:14.240><c> king</c><00:33:14.480><c> and</c><00:33:14.980><c> and</c><00:33:14.980><c> told</c><00:33:15.480><c> the</c><00:33:16.000><c> king</c><00:33:16.160><c> that</c><00:33:16.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:16.819><c> really</c><00:33:17.259><c> should</c><00:33:17.460><c> not</c><00:33:17.660><c> be</c><00:33:17.940><c> there</c> 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:22.039 and<00:33:19.019><c> the</c><00:33:19.180><c> king</c><00:33:19.480><c> easily</c><00:33:20.039><c> moved.</c><00:33:20.579><c> He</c><00:33:20.579><c> was</c><00:33:21.019><c> spineless</c><00:33:21.519><c> was</c><00:33:21.759><c> this</c> 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.980 said<00:33:22.200><c> Ekiah.</c> 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:26.500 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that</c><00:33:38.480><c> comes</c><00:33:38.759><c> up</c><00:33:39.160><c> all</c><00:33:39.779><c> make</c><00:33:40.099><c> you</c><00:33:40.339><c> feel</c><00:33:40.619><c> sick</c><00:33:40.920><c> wouldn't</c> 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.779 it?<00:33:41.619><c> And</c><00:33:41.819><c> just</c><00:33:42.000><c> in</c><00:33:42.220><c> the</c><00:33:42.359><c> dim</c><00:33:42.539><c> light</c><00:33:42.759><c> you</c><00:33:42.880><c> can</c><00:33:43.119><c> see</c><00:33:43.279><c> the</c> 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:47.519 white<00:33:44.200><c> hair</c><00:33:44.480><c> of</c><00:33:44.619><c> the</c><00:33:44.779><c> old</c><00:33:44.980><c> man</c><00:33:45.220><c> down</c><00:33:45.519><c> there.</c><00:33:46.740><c> Can</c><00:33:47.039><c> you</c><00:33:47.220><c> hear</c><00:33:47.299><c> me</c> 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:52.319 Jeremiah?<00:33:49.640><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:50.119><c> can</c><00:33:51.480><c> you</c><00:33:51.779><c> hear</c><00:33:52.019><c> me?</c> 00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:57.279 This<00:33:52.559><c> is</c><00:33:52.779><c> serious.</c><00:33:55.460><c> Perhaps</c><00:33:55.680><c> interrupted</c><00:33:56.160><c> a</c><00:33:56.400><c> prayer.</c><00:33:57.059><c> Well</c> 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:04.160 please<00:33:57.519><c> Lord</c><00:33:58.359><c> hear</c><00:34:01.920><c> my</c><00:34:02.259><c> breathing</c><00:34:02.720><c> please.</c> 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:08.739 Will<00:34:04.859><c> you</c><00:34:05.079><c> remember</c><00:34:05.319><c> your</c><00:34:05.519><c> promise?</c><00:34:06.980><c> Please.</c><00:34:08.460><c> And</c><00:34:08.539><c> looking</c> 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:11.420 up<00:34:08.940><c> he</c><00:34:09.039><c> can</c><00:34:09.179><c> just</c><00:34:09.400><c> see</c><00:34:09.519><c> the</c><00:34:09.739><c> outline</c><00:34:10.059><c> of</c><00:34:10.239><c> the</c><00:34:10.400><c> man</c> 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:15.380 in<00:34:12.179><c> the</c><00:34:12.599><c> hole</c><00:34:12.880><c> above</c><00:34:13.280><c> him</c><00:34:13.739><c> that</c><00:34:14.559><c> has</c><00:34:14.800><c> appeared</c><00:34:15.000><c> where</c><00:34:15.219><c> the</c> 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.659 stone<00:34:15.579><c> was.</c> 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:21.519 We're<00:34:18.139><c> going</c><00:34:18.320><c> to</c><00:34:18.559><c> throw</c><00:34:18.699><c> things</c><00:34:19.039><c> down</c><00:34:19.380><c> to</c><00:34:19.599><c> you</c><00:34:19.800><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:34:21.340><c> Get</c> 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:24.079 them<00:34:21.739><c> quickly</c><00:34:22.099><c> please</c><00:34:22.699><c> and</c><00:34:23.300><c> put</c><00:34:23.460><c> them</c><00:34:23.559><c> under</c><00:34:23.780><c> your</c> 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:27.219 arms.<00:34:24.920><c> Please</c><00:34:25.380><c> can</c><00:34:25.659><c> you</c><00:34:25.780><c> do</c><00:34:25.960><c> that?</c><00:34:26.340><c> That's</c><00:34:26.539><c> not</c><00:34:26.699><c> too</c><00:34:26.900><c> much</c><00:34:27.039><c> is</c> 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:30.500 it?<00:34:28.719><c> And</c><00:34:28.880><c> now</c><00:34:29.039><c> here</c><00:34:29.179><c> come</c><00:34:29.340><c> some</c><00:34:29.579><c> ropes.</c> 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:33.780 Put<00:34:31.599><c> the</c><00:34:31.780><c> ropes</c><00:34:31.920><c> under</c><00:34:32.179><c> your</c><00:34:32.460><c> arms</c><00:34:32.619><c> but</c><00:34:32.920><c> don't</c><00:34:33.179><c> let</c><00:34:33.320><c> us</c><00:34:33.579><c> pull</c> 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:37.360 you<00:34:33.960><c> up</c><00:34:34.199><c> without</c><00:34:34.539><c> the</c><00:34:34.880><c> clouted</c><00:34:35.420><c> cloth</c><00:34:35.739><c> being</c><00:34:36.659><c> between</c> 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:40.760 the<00:34:37.860><c> ropes</c><00:34:38.139><c> and</c><00:34:38.340><c> your</c><00:34:38.579><c> flesh</c><00:34:38.699><c> because</c><00:34:38.940><c> we'll</c><00:34:39.199><c> pull</c><00:34:39.320><c> your</c><00:34:39.539><c> arms</c><00:34:39.699><c> out.</c> 00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:46.780 And<00:34:42.340><c> the</c><00:34:42.599><c> suction</c><00:34:42.940><c> that</c><00:34:43.420><c> you</c><00:34:43.860><c> don't</c><00:34:44.900><c> have</c><00:34:45.199><c> to</c><00:34:45.280><c> have</c><00:34:45.400><c> any</c><00:34:45.559><c> imagination</c><00:34:46.019><c> to</c><00:34:46.280><c> see</c><00:34:46.480><c> this</c><00:34:46.659><c> do</c> 00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:48.179 you?<00:34:47.440><c> The</c><00:34:47.739><c> suction</c><00:34:48.039><c> that</c> 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:51.820 was<00:34:48.380><c> there</c><00:34:48.559><c> as</c><00:34:48.920><c> the</c><00:34:49.099><c> old</c><00:34:49.280><c> man</c><00:34:49.539><c> was</c><00:34:49.940><c> was</c><00:34:50.099><c> pulled</c><00:34:50.219><c> out</c><00:34:50.460><c> with</c><00:34:50.699><c> these</c><00:34:51.019><c> strong</c><00:34:51.320><c> men</c> 00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:54.079 and<00:34:52.679><c> gradually</c><00:34:53.099><c> his</c><00:34:53.420><c> body</c><00:34:53.739><c> slipped</c> 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:57.159 out<00:34:54.320><c> of</c><00:34:54.460><c> the</c><00:34:54.679><c> slime</c><00:34:54.900><c> and</c><00:34:55.739><c> he</c><00:34:55.940><c> helps</c><00:34:56.119><c> himself</c><00:34:56.480><c> over</c><00:34:56.800><c> the</c><00:34:56.980><c> edge</c> 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:05.380 and<00:34:57.639><c> collapses.</c><00:35:04.059><c> Still</c><00:35:04.219><c> got</c><00:35:04.340><c> your</c><00:35:04.480><c> books</c><00:35:04.619><c> open?</c> 00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:09.139 Lamentations<00:35:06.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:06.840><c> 3.</c><00:35:07.340><c> Have</c><00:35:07.440><c> a</c><00:35:07.519><c> look</c><00:35:07.619><c> at</c><00:35:07.760><c> verse</c><00:35:08.059><c> 57.</c> 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:18.119 Thou<00:35:11.219><c> drewst</c><00:35:11.800><c> near</c><00:35:12.019><c> in</c><00:35:12.239><c> the</c><00:35:12.400><c> day</c><00:35:12.559><c> that</c><00:35:12.719><c> I</c><00:35:12.940><c> called</c><00:35:13.179><c> upon</c><00:35:13.460><c> thee</c><00:35:13.659><c> and</c><00:35:14.119><c> said</c><00:35:14.480><c> fear</c><00:35:15.000><c> not.</c><00:35:16.760><c> O</c><00:35:16.920><c> Lord</c> 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:25.739 thou<00:35:18.920><c> hast</c><00:35:19.239><c> pleaded</c><00:35:19.619><c> the</c><00:35:19.860><c> cause</c><00:35:20.079><c> of</c><00:35:20.320><c> my</c><00:35:20.599><c> soul.</c><00:35:22.500><c> Thou</c><00:35:22.780><c> hast</c><00:35:23.440><c> redeemed</c><00:35:24.400><c> my</c><00:35:24.659><c> life.</c> 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:32.639 Almost<00:35:28.599><c> pathetic</c><00:35:29.260><c> isn't</c><00:35:29.559><c> it?</c><00:35:30.940><c> This</c><00:35:31.119><c> dear</c><00:35:31.320><c> man</c><00:35:31.679><c> so</c><00:35:32.119><c> grateful</c> 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.760 for<00:35:32.880><c> the</c><00:35:33.260><c> smallest</c><00:35:33.699><c> blessing</c> 00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:37.019 he<00:35:35.119><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:35.320><c> have</c><00:35:35.500><c> been</c><00:35:35.639><c> there</c><00:35:35.800><c> in</c><00:35:35.960><c> the</c><00:35:36.159><c> first</c><00:35:36.420><c> place</c><00:35:36.780><c> and</c> 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.880 he's<00:35:37.239><c> grateful</c><00:35:37.679><c> for</c><00:35:37.880><c> being</c><00:35:38.139><c> pulled</c><00:35:38.440><c> out.</c> 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:43.719 O<00:35:39.360><c> Lord</c><00:35:39.920><c> thou</c><00:35:40.519><c> hast</c><00:35:40.840><c> redeemed</c><00:35:41.380><c> my</c><00:35:41.679><c> life.</c><00:35:42.440><c> Another</c><00:35:42.679><c> five</c><00:35:43.079><c> minutes</c><00:35:43.400><c> and</c><00:35:43.559><c> I</c> 00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.320 think<00:35:43.900><c> I</c><00:35:44.039><c> would</c><00:35:44.179><c> have</c><00:35:44.300><c> been</c><00:35:44.579><c> dead.</c> 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:52.139 Thank<00:35:47.619><c> God</c><00:35:47.900><c> for</c><00:35:48.219><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> ebed</c><00:35:49.300><c> melecs</c><00:35:49.659><c> of</c><00:35:49.820><c> this</c><00:35:50.059><c> world</c><00:35:50.300><c> hey.</c><00:35:52.059><c> The</c> 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:54.039 Lord<00:35:52.300><c> Jesus</c><00:35:52.679><c> Christ</c><00:35:53.000><c> said</c><00:35:53.199><c> something</c><00:35:53.539><c> it</c><00:35:53.880><c> meant</c> 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:57.260 it<00:35:54.360><c> was</c><00:35:54.539><c> such</c><00:35:54.719><c> a</c><00:35:54.960><c> small</c><00:35:55.179><c> thing.</c><00:35:56.179><c> The</c><00:35:56.199><c> Lord</c><00:35:56.400><c> Jesus</c><00:35:56.780><c> Christ</c><00:35:57.099><c> is</c> 00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:59.159 on<00:35:57.460><c> record</c><00:35:57.699><c> of</c><00:35:57.940><c> saying</c><00:35:58.079><c> something</c><00:35:58.380><c> rather</c><00:35:58.659><c> similar.</c> 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.460 Blessed<00:35:59.820><c> are</c><00:36:00.059><c> they</c><00:36:00.219><c> that</c><00:36:00.480><c> give</c><00:36:00.820><c> the</c><00:36:01.300><c> disciple</c><00:36:01.760><c> a</c><00:36:01.940><c> cup</c><00:36:02.039><c> of</c><00:36:02.280><c> cold</c> 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.179 water<00:36:02.719><c> in</c><00:36:02.900><c> the</c><00:36:02.980><c> name</c><00:36:03.079><c> of</c><00:36:03.260><c> the</c><00:36:03.360><c> Lord</c><00:36:03.539><c> they</c><00:36:03.719><c> will</c><00:36:03.980><c> not</c> 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:07.559 lose<00:36:04.440><c> their</c><00:36:04.739><c> reward.</c><00:36:05.239><c> Who's</c><00:36:05.500><c> Jesus</c><00:36:05.800><c> talking</c><00:36:06.199><c> about?</c><00:36:06.860><c> You</c><00:36:07.119><c> giving</c><00:36:07.320><c> me</c> 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.619 a<00:36:07.619><c> cup</c><00:36:07.739><c> of</c><00:36:07.900><c> water?</c> 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:16.280 Well<00:36:10.980><c> I</c><00:36:11.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:11.840><c> think</c><00:36:12.079><c> so.</c><00:36:14.199><c> Maybe</c><00:36:14.559><c> it's</c><00:36:14.880><c> somebody</c><00:36:15.079><c> in</c><00:36:15.300><c> the</c><00:36:15.500><c> world</c> 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:21.619 sustaining<00:36:17.820><c> us</c><00:36:18.139><c> for</c><00:36:18.280><c> what</c><00:36:18.480><c> we</c><00:36:18.800><c> are,</c><00:36:19.880><c> helping</c><00:36:20.139><c> us</c><00:36:20.679><c> to</c><00:36:20.880><c> go</c><00:36:21.059><c> forward</c><00:36:21.320><c> and</c> 00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:24.639 preach.<00:36:23.199><c> Well</c><00:36:23.500><c> they'll</c><00:36:23.780><c> be</c><00:36:23.980><c> rewarded</c><00:36:24.320><c> too</c> 00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:32.539 thank<00:36:24.860><c> God</c><00:36:25.219><c> if</c><00:36:25.619><c> that's</c><00:36:26.000><c> the</c><00:36:26.099><c> case.</c><00:36:29.340><c> God's</c><00:36:29.900><c> promise</c><00:36:30.139><c> to</c><00:36:30.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:30.860><c> has</c><00:36:31.380><c> been</c><00:36:31.619><c> honoured.</c><00:36:32.360><c> I</c> 00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.139 told<00:36:32.739><c> you</c><00:36:32.900><c> I</c><00:36:32.960><c> wouldn't</c> 00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:37.960 let<00:36:33.320><c> you</c><00:36:33.519><c> die</c><00:36:33.860><c> and</c><00:36:34.260><c> I</c><00:36:34.460><c> didn't.</c><00:36:34.960><c> I</c><00:36:35.360><c> have</c><00:36:35.599><c> redeemed</c><00:36:36.059><c> you.</c><00:36:37.639><c> And</c><00:36:37.780><c> so</c> 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:39.920 Zedekiah<00:36:38.400><c> sent,</c><00:36:38.659><c> we're</c><00:36:38.840><c> back</c><00:36:39.059><c> in</c><00:36:39.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:39.679><c> now</c> 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.699 brethren<00:36:40.179><c> and</c><00:36:40.380><c> sisters,</c><00:36:41.280><c> and</c><00:36:41.400><c> so</c><00:36:41.880><c> Zedekiah</c><00:36:42.599><c> sent</c><00:36:42.860><c> for</c><00:36:43.039><c> the</c><00:36:43.199><c> prophet</c><00:36:43.500><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.880><c> 38</c> 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:47.400 and<00:36:45.440><c> verse</c><00:36:45.619><c> 14.</c><00:36:46.840><c> Zedekiah</c><00:36:47.280><c> the</c> 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:49.820 king<00:36:47.659><c> sent</c><00:36:47.880><c> and</c><00:36:48.019><c> took</c><00:36:48.219><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:48.579><c> the</c><00:36:48.800><c> prophet</c><00:36:49.019><c> unto</c><00:36:49.219><c> him</c><00:36:49.460><c> in</c> 00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:51.840 the<00:36:50.039><c> third</c><00:36:50.199><c> entry</c><00:36:50.519><c> that</c><00:36:50.699><c> is</c><00:36:50.840><c> in</c><00:36:51.019><c> the</c><00:36:51.139><c> house</c><00:36:51.280><c> of</c><00:36:51.420><c> the</c><00:36:51.539><c> Lord</c> 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:54.860 and<00:36:52.219><c> the</c><00:36:52.360><c> king</c><00:36:52.519><c> said</c><00:36:52.719><c> unto</c><00:36:52.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:53.500><c> I</c><00:36:53.880><c> will</c><00:36:54.059><c> ask</c><00:36:54.239><c> you</c><00:36:54.400><c> a</c><00:36:54.500><c> thing</c><00:36:54.579><c> hide</c> 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:58.260 nothing<00:36:55.159><c> from</c><00:36:55.440><c> me.</c><00:36:57.159><c> And</c><00:36:57.380><c> so</c><00:36:57.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:57.940><c> told</c> 00:36:58.260 --> 00:37:02.780 him<00:36:58.980><c> verse</c><00:36:59.980><c> 23</c><00:37:00.519><c> so</c><00:37:00.780><c> they</c><00:37:01.000><c> shall</c><00:37:01.119><c> bring</c><00:37:01.340><c> out</c><00:37:01.539><c> all</c><00:37:01.699><c> the</c><00:37:01.840><c> wives</c><00:37:02.000><c> and</c><00:37:02.159><c> thy</c><00:37:02.320><c> children</c><00:37:02.599><c> to</c> 00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.960 the<00:37:02.940><c> Chaldeans</c><00:37:03.420><c> and</c><00:37:03.820><c> thou</c> 00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.659 should<00:37:04.079><c> not</c><00:37:04.320><c> escape</c><00:37:04.639><c> out</c><00:37:04.860><c> of</c><00:37:05.000><c> their</c><00:37:05.179><c> hand</c><00:37:05.579><c> but</c><00:37:05.880><c> shall</c><00:37:05.980><c> be</c><00:37:06.219><c> taken</c><00:37:06.460><c> by</c> 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.699 the<00:37:06.800><c> hand</c><00:37:06.880><c> of</c><00:37:07.039><c> the</c><00:37:07.139><c> king</c><00:37:07.280><c> of</c><00:37:07.440><c> Babylon</c> 00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:12.159 and<00:37:08.119><c> thou</c><00:37:08.260><c> shall</c><00:37:08.420><c> cause</c><00:37:08.719><c> this</c><00:37:08.980><c> city</c><00:37:09.199><c> to</c><00:37:09.380><c> be</c><00:37:09.539><c> burned</c><00:37:09.659><c> with</c><00:37:09.940><c> fire.</c><00:37:11.760><c> Bad</c> 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.480 expression<00:37:12.599><c> that</c><00:37:12.820><c> brethren</c><00:37:13.059><c> and</c><00:37:13.260><c> sisters</c> 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:17.340 in<00:37:13.659><c> the</c><00:37:13.800><c> King</c><00:37:13.980><c> James</c><00:37:14.320><c> version.</c><00:37:15.039><c> It</c><00:37:15.079><c> doesn't</c><00:37:15.320><c> mean</c><00:37:15.599><c> to</c><00:37:16.039><c> thou</c><00:37:16.179><c> shalt</c><00:37:16.539><c> cause</c><00:37:16.940><c> it</c> 00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.420 means<00:37:17.780><c> thou</c><00:37:18.179><c> shalt</c><00:37:18.800><c> burn</c><00:37:19.159><c> this</c> 00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:24.400 city<00:37:19.639><c> with</c><00:37:19.920><c> fire.</c><00:37:21.079><c> When</c><00:37:21.559><c> the</c><00:37:21.800><c> city</c><00:37:21.960><c> burns</c><00:37:22.480><c> it</c><00:37:23.119><c> isn't</c><00:37:23.239><c> the</c><00:37:23.460><c> Babylonians</c><00:37:24.000><c> who</c> 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.260 lit<00:37:24.539><c> the</c><00:37:24.739><c> match</c><00:37:24.900><c> it's</c><00:37:25.159><c> you</c> 00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:31.679 because<00:37:27.320><c> you</c><00:37:27.599><c> have</c><00:37:27.820><c> the</c><00:37:27.980><c> capacity</c><00:37:28.639><c> to</c><00:37:29.159><c> stop</c><00:37:29.380><c> it</c><00:37:29.780><c> now.</c><00:37:31.380><c> So</c><00:37:31.539><c> when</c> 00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:35.019 it<00:37:31.960><c> burns</c><00:37:32.639><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:37:33.739><c> is</c><00:37:33.900><c> not</c><00:37:34.039><c> to</c><00:37:34.239><c> blame</c> 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:41.860 it's<00:37:36.039><c> you</c><00:37:36.599><c> and</c><00:37:37.619><c> he</c><00:37:37.800><c> did</c><00:37:37.960><c> nothing.</c><00:37:40.880><c> Here</c><00:37:40.960><c> we</c><00:37:41.059><c> are</c><00:37:41.179><c> again</c><00:37:41.380><c> brethren</c><00:37:41.659><c> and</c> 00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:44.119 sisters.<00:37:42.760><c> Human</c><00:37:43.099><c> thinking</c><00:37:43.500><c> versus</c><00:37:43.840><c> the</c> 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:47.179 thinking<00:37:44.320><c> of</c><00:37:44.579><c> God.</c><00:37:45.280><c> The</c><00:37:45.500><c> thinking</c><00:37:45.739><c> of</c><00:37:45.900><c> God</c><00:37:46.219><c> sounds</c><00:37:46.579><c> wrong</c><00:37:46.920><c> and</c> 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:49.199 the<00:37:47.320><c> thinking</c><00:37:47.559><c> of</c><00:37:47.699><c> man</c><00:37:47.840><c> sounds</c><00:37:48.199><c> good</c><00:37:48.519><c> but</c><00:37:48.800><c> God</c><00:37:48.980><c> is</c> 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:52.400 right<00:37:49.360><c> and</c><00:37:49.519><c> man</c><00:37:49.679><c> is</c><00:37:49.820><c> wrong</c><00:37:50.019><c> always.</c><00:37:51.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:51.679><c> said</c><00:37:51.960><c> submit</c> 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:56.440 and<00:37:52.699><c> go</c><00:37:52.860><c> out</c><00:37:53.079><c> and</c><00:37:53.420><c> go</c><00:37:53.780><c> out</c><00:37:54.119><c> to</c><00:37:54.739><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:37:55.579><c> army</c> 00:37:56.559 --> 00:38:01.800 and<00:37:56.940><c> surrender</c><00:37:57.579><c> and</c><00:37:59.280><c> Zedekiah</c><00:37:59.719><c> said</c><00:37:59.900><c> that</c><00:38:00.079><c> sounds</c><00:38:00.360><c> bad.</c><00:38:01.559><c> Far</c> 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:04.559 better<00:38:02.019><c> to</c><00:38:02.320><c> stay</c><00:38:02.420><c> in</c><00:38:02.639><c> here.</c><00:38:03.699><c> God</c><00:38:03.900><c> said</c><00:38:04.099><c> surrender</c> 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:10.360 and<00:38:04.739><c> you'll</c><00:38:05.000><c> live.</c><00:38:05.780><c> Don't</c><00:38:06.099><c> surrender</c><00:38:06.559><c> and</c><00:38:07.159><c> you'll</c><00:38:07.420><c> die.</c><00:38:09.659><c> Meanwhile</c><00:38:09.900><c> while</c><00:38:10.139><c> this</c> 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:11.980 is<00:38:10.539><c> going</c><00:38:10.739><c> on</c><00:38:10.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:11.360><c> in</c><00:38:11.760><c> the</c> 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:16.619 prison<00:38:12.199><c> brought</c><00:38:12.519><c> out</c><00:38:12.880><c> has</c><00:38:13.159><c> his</c><00:38:13.360><c> audience</c><00:38:13.599><c> with</c><00:38:13.820><c> the</c><00:38:13.960><c> king</c><00:38:14.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:38:16.000><c> hammered</c><00:38:16.400><c> the</c> 00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:18.019 Egyptians<00:38:17.000><c> out</c><00:38:17.280><c> of</c> 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:22.320 Ethiopia<00:38:18.599><c> as</c><00:38:18.860><c> well.</c><00:38:20.579><c> However</c><00:38:20.820><c> many</c><00:38:21.420><c> many</c><00:38:21.559><c> men</c><00:38:21.760><c> Egypt</c><00:38:22.119><c> might</c> 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.039 have<00:38:22.519><c> thrown</c><00:38:22.679><c> against</c><00:38:23.019><c> the</c><00:38:23.260><c> might</c><00:38:23.420><c> of</c><00:38:23.639><c> the</c> 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:27.199 the<00:38:24.360><c> Babylonian</c><00:38:24.760><c> army.</c><00:38:25.099><c> The</c><00:38:25.300><c> Babylonians</c><00:38:25.760><c> were</c><00:38:26.039><c> crack</c><00:38:26.300><c> troops.</c><00:38:26.900><c> They</c> 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:29.159 really<00:38:27.739><c> were</c><00:38:27.920><c> good.</c><00:38:28.320><c> They</c><00:38:28.559><c> moved</c><00:38:28.760><c> quickly.</c> 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:32.719 They<00:38:29.460><c> were</c><00:38:29.679><c> well</c><00:38:29.880><c> armed.</c><00:38:30.179><c> They</c><00:38:30.280><c> were</c><00:38:30.480><c> well</c><00:38:30.760><c> trained</c><00:38:31.039><c> and</c><00:38:32.019><c> they</c> 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:36.699 were<00:38:33.300><c> keen.</c><00:38:35.239><c> Oh</c><00:38:35.440><c> they</c><00:38:35.679><c> loved</c><00:38:35.940><c> it.</c> 00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:46.440 Jeremiah,<00:38:39.800><c> Egypt</c><00:38:40.380><c> is</c><00:38:41.739><c> taken</c><00:38:41.980><c> off</c><00:38:42.179><c> the</c><00:38:42.320><c> map</c><00:38:42.719><c> and</c><00:38:44.199><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:44.739><c> is</c> 00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:48.199 completely<00:38:46.880><c> surrounded.</c> 00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:52.719 Zedekiah<00:38:49.500><c> was</c><00:38:49.679><c> being</c><00:38:50.000><c> called</c><00:38:50.239><c> to</c><00:38:50.460><c> salvation</c><00:38:50.960><c> by</c><00:38:51.360><c> faith.</c><00:38:52.019><c> Trust</c><00:38:52.480><c> me</c> 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.320 says<00:38:52.940><c> God</c><00:38:53.340><c> but</c><00:38:53.920><c> as</c><00:38:54.119><c> we</c><00:38:54.300><c> say</c><00:38:54.440><c> faith</c><00:38:54.699><c> in</c><00:38:54.880><c> the</c><00:38:55.039><c> palace</c> 00:38:55.320 --> 00:39:02.059 was<00:38:55.760><c> a</c><00:38:55.840><c> commodity</c><00:38:56.199><c> more</c><00:38:56.500><c> scarce</c><00:38:56.719><c> than</c><00:38:56.980><c> food.</c><00:38:58.880><c> Inside</c><00:38:59.300><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:59.800><c> the</c><00:38:59.980><c> conditions</c><00:39:00.380><c> were</c><00:39:00.579><c> horrific.</c><00:39:01.599><c> The</c><00:39:01.739><c> wolves</c> 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:08.940 of<00:39:02.500><c> famine</c><00:39:02.739><c> and</c><00:39:03.039><c> pestilence</c><00:39:03.440><c> were</c><00:39:03.659><c> hunting</c><00:39:03.940><c> together.</c><00:39:06.260><c> The</c><00:39:06.400><c> siege</c><00:39:06.599><c> lasted</c><00:39:07.280><c> one</c><00:39:08.360><c> and</c><00:39:08.840><c> a</c> 00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.539 half<00:39:09.400><c> years.</c> 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:16.280 This<00:39:12.500><c> was</c><00:39:12.800><c> the</c><00:39:12.920><c> last</c><00:39:13.179><c> chance</c><00:39:13.539><c> Zedekiah</c><00:39:14.079><c> had</c><00:39:14.619><c> to</c><00:39:15.239><c> surrender.</c> 00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:19.639 Surrender<00:39:17.260><c> now</c><00:39:17.519><c> and</c><00:39:17.760><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:18.119><c> is</c><00:39:18.420><c> saved</c><00:39:18.679><c> and</c><00:39:19.059><c> you</c><00:39:19.360><c> will</c> 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:25.159 be<00:39:19.900><c> surprised</c><00:39:20.800><c> by</c><00:39:21.579><c> the</c><00:39:21.900><c> mildness</c><00:39:22.440><c> of</c><00:39:22.619><c> the</c><00:39:22.760><c> Babylonian</c><00:39:23.260><c> offers.</c><00:39:24.920><c> There</c> 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.000 will<00:39:25.440><c> not</c><00:39:25.639><c> be</c><00:39:25.900><c> a</c><00:39:26.059><c> disaster</c><00:39:26.440><c> if</c><00:39:26.780><c> you</c> 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:31.920 surrender.<00:39:28.380><c> He</c><00:39:28.719><c> said</c><00:39:28.940><c> no</c><00:39:29.519><c> and</c><00:39:30.119><c> there</c><00:39:30.320><c> is</c><00:39:30.440><c> to</c><00:39:30.579><c> be</c><00:39:30.719><c> one.</c><00:39:31.519><c> So</c><00:39:31.760><c> in</c> 00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:35.500 the<00:39:32.059><c> night</c><00:39:32.340><c> after</c><00:39:32.679><c> 18</c><00:39:33.019><c> months</c><00:39:33.420><c> after</c><00:39:34.800><c> the</c><00:39:35.159><c> invaders</c> 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:40.619 had<00:39:35.840><c> breached</c><00:39:36.159><c> all</c><00:39:36.460><c> of</c><00:39:36.639><c> the</c><00:39:36.780><c> city</c><00:39:37.039><c> Zedekiah</c><00:39:37.679><c> flees</c><00:39:38.820><c> but</c><00:39:39.300><c> he</c><00:39:39.619><c> makes</c><00:39:39.940><c> a</c> 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:45.039 classic<00:39:40.980><c> blunder.</c><00:39:42.719><c> I</c><00:39:42.719><c> mean</c><00:39:44.800><c> the</c> 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:48.039 Babylonians<00:39:45.460><c> are</c><00:39:45.639><c> all</c><00:39:45.780><c> around</c><00:39:46.000><c> the</c><00:39:46.219><c> city.</c><00:39:47.159><c> An</c><00:39:47.320><c> area</c><00:39:47.559><c> has</c><00:39:47.760><c> been</c> 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:56.980 found<00:39:48.280><c> in</c><00:39:48.500><c> excavation</c><00:39:49.500><c> on</c><00:39:50.400><c> the</c><00:39:50.739><c> north</c><00:39:51.019><c> wall</c><00:39:51.159><c> of</c><00:39:55.639><c> the</c> 00:39:56.980 --> 00:40:03.480 city.<00:39:56.980><c> We</c><00:39:56.980><c> go</c><00:39:57.019><c> through</c><00:39:57.239><c> a</c><00:39:57.420><c> little</c><00:39:57.699><c> space.</c><00:40:02.239><c> Zedekiah</c><00:40:02.800><c> took</c><00:40:03.139><c> too</c> 00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:06.780 many<00:40:03.699><c> men</c><00:40:04.099><c> with</c><00:40:04.340><c> him</c><00:40:05.099><c> as</c><00:40:05.719><c> a</c><00:40:05.880><c> result</c><00:40:06.119><c> of</c><00:40:06.300><c> which</c> 00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:10.079 it<00:40:07.099><c> took</c><00:40:07.360><c> too</c><00:40:07.659><c> long</c><00:40:07.900><c> to</c><00:40:08.099><c> get</c><00:40:08.280><c> past</c><00:40:08.579><c> the</c><00:40:08.800><c> wall</c><00:40:09.119><c> and</c><00:40:09.820><c> they</c><00:40:09.960><c> made</c> 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:13.480 too<00:40:10.280><c> much</c><00:40:10.420><c> noise</c><00:40:10.940><c> and</c><00:40:12.340><c> the</c><00:40:12.519><c> Babylonians</c> 00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:20.739 recognizing<00:40:15.280><c> that</c><00:40:15.639><c> Zedekiah</c><00:40:16.099><c> was</c><00:40:16.360><c> fleeing</c><00:40:16.800><c> was</c><00:40:17.739><c> captured.</c><00:40:20.519><c> It's</c><00:40:20.659><c> a</c> 00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:22.800 lovely<00:40:20.940><c> point</c><00:40:21.179><c> brethren</c><00:40:21.500><c> and</c><00:40:21.780><c> sisters</c> 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:26.019 with<00:40:23.380><c> the</c><00:40:23.860><c> knowledge</c><00:40:24.159><c> you</c><00:40:24.480><c> have</c><00:40:24.739><c> of</c><00:40:24.980><c> this</c><00:40:25.119><c> area</c><00:40:25.460><c> of</c><00:40:25.719><c> scripture</c> 00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:27.980 and<00:40:26.159><c> I'm</c><00:40:26.320><c> sure</c><00:40:26.480><c> it's</c><00:40:26.860><c> extensive.</c> 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:34.320 Where<00:40:29.099><c> would</c><00:40:29.360><c> you</c><00:40:29.719><c> think</c><00:40:31.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:31.920><c> was</c><00:40:32.320><c> overtaken</c><00:40:33.360><c> by</c><00:40:34.059><c> the</c> 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:35.800 forces<00:40:34.659><c> of</c><00:40:34.940><c> Babylon</c> 00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:41.420 and<00:40:38.139><c> he</c><00:40:38.260><c> was</c><00:40:38.519><c> overtaken</c><00:40:39.239><c> by</c><00:40:40.400><c> Jericho?</c> 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:46.900 That's<00:40:43.199><c> where</c><00:40:43.360><c> the</c><00:40:43.579><c> kingdom</c><00:40:43.840><c> of</c><00:40:44.059><c> God</c><00:40:44.159><c> ended</c><00:40:44.900><c> and</c><00:40:46.280><c> that's</c><00:40:46.579><c> where</c><00:40:46.719><c> it</c> 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:48.179 had<00:40:47.079><c> begun.</c> 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:53.179 Years<00:40:50.440><c> before</c><00:40:51.000><c> Jericho</c><00:40:51.639><c> had</c><00:40:51.920><c> stood</c><00:40:52.019><c> in</c><00:40:52.219><c> the</c><00:40:52.360><c> way</c><00:40:52.559><c> and</c><00:40:52.860><c> Joshua</c> 00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:56.000 came<00:40:53.480><c> into</c><00:40:53.739><c> the</c><00:40:53.920><c> land</c><00:40:54.039><c> after</c><00:40:54.320><c> conquering</c><00:40:54.800><c> it.</c> 00:40:56.260 --> 00:41:00.900 Now<00:40:56.420><c> thousands</c><00:40:56.800><c> of</c><00:40:57.079><c> years,</c><00:40:57.340><c> hundreds</c><00:40:57.599><c> of</c><00:40:57.860><c> years</c><00:40:58.000><c> later</c><00:40:59.400><c> Zedekiah</c><00:41:00.460><c> falls</c> 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.480 at<00:41:01.139><c> Babylon.</c><00:41:01.480><c> The</c><00:41:01.619><c> kingdom</c><00:41:01.800><c> of</c><00:41:02.039><c> God</c> 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:07.440 started<00:41:03.019><c> there</c><00:41:03.659><c> and</c><00:41:04.320><c> terminated</c><00:41:04.860><c> there.</c><00:41:06.619><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:41:07.219><c> a</c> 00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:10.079 surprisingly<00:41:07.880><c> mild</c><00:41:08.340><c> man,</c><00:41:09.079><c> was</c><00:41:09.360><c> understandably</c> 00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:13.760 furious<00:41:10.599><c> with</c><00:41:11.280><c> the</c><00:41:11.500><c> king's</c><00:41:11.940><c> broken</c><00:41:12.199><c> promises.</c><00:41:12.679><c> His</c><00:41:12.900><c> sons</c><00:41:13.079><c> were</c><00:41:13.340><c> killed</c><00:41:13.500><c> one</c> 00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:15.900 by<00:41:14.000><c> one.</c><00:41:14.400><c> His</c><00:41:14.599><c> eyes</c><00:41:14.900><c> were</c><00:41:15.239><c> gouged</c><00:41:15.599><c> out</c> 00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:19.420 and<00:41:16.139><c> he's</c><00:41:16.340><c> taken</c><00:41:16.559><c> to</c><00:41:16.780><c> Babylon</c><00:41:17.059><c> and</c><00:41:17.360><c> there</c><00:41:17.639><c> to</c><00:41:18.139><c> die.</c><00:41:19.179><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.699 would<00:41:19.599><c> you</c><00:41:19.719><c> like</c><00:41:19.840><c> to</c><00:41:20.119><c> stay</c><00:41:20.320><c> or</c><00:41:20.519><c> would</c><00:41:20.619><c> you</c> 00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:24.059 like<00:41:20.840><c> to</c><00:41:21.039><c> come?</c><00:41:22.639><c> Come</c><00:41:22.880><c> to</c><00:41:23.039><c> Babylon</c><00:41:23.280><c> we'll</c><00:41:23.440><c> look</c><00:41:23.619><c> after</c><00:41:23.800><c> you</c><00:41:23.960><c> or</c> 00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:26.119 stay<00:41:24.239><c> here</c><00:41:24.460><c> in</c><00:41:24.679><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:41:25.340><c> The</c><00:41:25.559><c> city</c><00:41:25.760><c> was</c> 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:30.139 deliberately<00:41:26.699><c> fired</c><00:41:27.340><c> after</c><00:41:27.860><c> being</c><00:41:28.219><c> plundered</c><00:41:28.679><c> and</c><00:41:29.019><c> burned</c><00:41:29.360><c> and</c><00:41:29.900><c> I</c> 00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:31.440 suggest<00:41:30.400><c> to</c><00:41:30.579><c> you</c><00:41:30.659><c> brethren</c><00:41:30.860><c> and</c><00:41:31.119><c> sisters</c> 00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:34.739 not<00:41:31.860><c> out</c><00:41:32.059><c> of</c><00:41:32.219><c> anger</c><00:41:32.599><c> did</c><00:41:32.980><c> they</c><00:41:33.300><c> burn</c><00:41:33.579><c> the</c><00:41:33.820><c> city</c><00:41:34.099><c> but</c><00:41:34.420><c> because</c> 00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:37.380 of<00:41:34.940><c> the</c><00:41:35.219><c> disease</c><00:41:35.599><c> that</c><00:41:35.760><c> was</c><00:41:35.980><c> rampant</c><00:41:36.400><c> there.</c> 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:42.460 All<00:41:38.239><c> sorts</c><00:41:38.539><c> of</c><00:41:38.880><c> diseases</c><00:41:39.300><c> in</c><00:41:39.840><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:40.380><c> and</c><00:41:40.940><c> so</c><00:41:41.099><c> they</c><00:41:41.679><c> undertook</c><00:41:42.059><c> a</c> 00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:45.940 massive<00:41:42.900><c> disinfectant</c><00:41:44.539><c> program.</c> 00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:49.340 Nebuchadnezzar<00:41:46.739><c> appointed</c><00:41:47.099><c> Gedaliah</c><00:41:47.679><c> governor</c><00:41:47.960><c> of</c><00:41:48.199><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:48.679><c> and</c><00:41:49.179><c> a</c> 00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.820 garrison<00:41:49.619><c> of</c><00:41:49.840><c> Babylonian</c><00:41:50.340><c> soldiers.</c> 00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:58.699 The<00:41:51.320><c> main</c><00:41:51.539><c> group</c><00:41:51.820><c> went</c><00:41:52.019><c> off</c><00:41:52.219><c> to</c><00:41:52.360><c> Babylon</c><00:41:52.639><c> and</c><00:41:53.659><c> they</c><00:41:53.820><c> took</c><00:41:53.920><c> everything</c><00:41:54.900><c> including</c><00:41:56.900><c> Jashin</c><00:41:57.619><c> and</c><00:41:57.880><c> Boaz.</c> 00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:05.360 30<00:42:01.519><c> tons</c><00:42:01.800><c> each</c><00:42:02.099><c> they</c><00:42:02.400><c> weighed</c><00:42:02.639><c> these</c><00:42:03.639><c> great</c><00:42:04.099><c> pillars</c><00:42:04.440><c> of</c><00:42:04.800><c> brass</c><00:42:05.099><c> and</c> 00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.900 copper<00:42:05.619><c> and</c><00:42:05.900><c> bronze</c><00:42:06.360><c> outside</c><00:42:07.300><c> the</c><00:42:07.539><c> temple</c> 00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:12.400 and<00:42:08.300><c> they</c><00:42:08.559><c> smashed</c><00:42:08.780><c> them</c><00:42:09.000><c> up</c><00:42:09.519><c> and</c><00:42:10.159><c> took</c><00:42:10.340><c> the</c><00:42:10.599><c> 60</c><00:42:10.940><c> tons</c><00:42:11.260><c> of</c><00:42:11.519><c> metal</c><00:42:12.039><c> back</c> 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:15.800 to<00:42:12.619><c> Babylon</c><00:42:13.199><c> there</c><00:42:13.960><c> to</c><00:42:14.239><c> adorn</c><00:42:14.599><c> their</c><00:42:14.920><c> gods.</c> 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:20.519 And<00:42:17.840><c> Gedaliah</c><00:42:18.239><c> chooses</c><00:42:18.619><c> Misbah</c><00:42:19.059><c> three</c><00:42:19.300><c> miles</c><00:42:19.519><c> north</c><00:42:19.739><c> of</c><00:42:19.900><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:20.320><c> for</c> 00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.260 his<00:42:20.719><c> base.</c><00:42:21.320><c> Can't</c><00:42:21.460><c> go</c><00:42:21.619><c> into</c><00:42:21.800><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:27.219 it's<00:42:22.480><c> full</c><00:42:22.639><c> of</c><00:42:22.980><c> it's</c><00:42:23.159><c> full</c><00:42:23.320><c> of</c><00:42:23.519><c> disease.</c><00:42:26.619><c> Just</c><00:42:26.780><c> the</c><00:42:26.980><c> poor</c><00:42:27.059><c> of</c> 00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:29.019 the<00:42:27.380><c> land</c><00:42:27.519><c> left</c><00:42:27.760><c> with</c><00:42:27.940><c> the</c><00:42:28.059><c> old</c><00:42:28.159><c> and</c><00:42:28.300><c> the</c><00:42:28.460><c> weak</c><00:42:28.639><c> and</c> 00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:35.039 Jeremiah.<00:42:30.679><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:31.019><c> comes</c><00:42:31.239><c> to</c><00:42:31.440><c> Gedaliah</c><00:42:32.280><c> ostensibly</c><00:42:33.019><c> to</c><00:42:33.760><c> surrender</c><00:42:34.340><c> and</c> 00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:37.880 strengthen<00:42:35.360><c> him.</c><00:42:36.719><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:37.159><c> was</c><00:42:37.380><c> a</c> 00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:41.079 guerrilla<00:42:38.260><c> fighter</c><00:42:38.679><c> and</c><00:42:39.280><c> belonged</c><00:42:39.539><c> to</c><00:42:39.760><c> an</c><00:42:40.019><c> ultra</c><00:42:40.460><c> 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