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Assyrians<00:10:01.960><c> could</c><00:10:02.360><c> not</c><00:10:02.659><c> control</c><00:10:03.000><c> the</c><00:10:03.259><c> empire.</c>

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north,<00:10:08.500><c> the</c><00:10:08.620><c> people</c><00:10:08.879><c> of</c><00:10:09.120><c> Urartu,</c><00:10:10.259><c> were</c><00:10:10.600><c> threatening</c>

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to<00:10:11.240><c> come</c><00:10:11.539><c> right</c><00:10:12.080><c> down</c><00:10:12.519><c> south</c><00:10:13.039><c> over</c><00:10:13.539><c> the</c><00:10:13.740><c> mountains</c><00:10:14.259><c> and</c><00:10:15.340><c> destroy</c><00:10:16.659><c> everything</c><00:10:17.679><c> that</c>

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was<00:10:18.720><c> important</c><00:10:19.059><c> to</c><00:10:19.240><c> the</c>

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Assyrians<00:10:19.960><c> and</c><00:10:20.820><c> all</c><00:10:21.019><c> of</c><00:10:21.139><c> the</c><00:10:21.320><c> important</c><00:10:21.600><c> cities.</c><00:10:22.980><c> As</c><00:10:23.399><c> the</c><00:10:23.700><c> empire's</c><00:10:24.620><c> wealth</c><00:10:24.860><c> began</c><00:10:25.240><c> to</c>

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flow<00:10:25.700><c> back</c><00:10:26.039><c> into</c><00:10:26.340><c> the</c><00:10:26.460><c> midst</c>

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of<00:10:26.879><c> Assyria,</c><00:10:27.600><c> the</c><00:10:27.720><c> people</c><00:10:27.899><c> grew</c><00:10:28.340><c> soft</c><00:10:29.240><c> with</c><00:10:30.419><c> luxury.</c><00:10:33.440><c> So</c><00:10:33.740><c> the</c>

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empire<00:10:34.500><c> was</c><00:10:34.820><c> weakened</c><00:10:35.159><c> from</c><00:10:35.440><c> the</c><00:10:35.700><c> center</c><00:10:36.120><c> outward.</c>

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assume<00:10:52.639><c> the</c><00:10:52.980><c> throne,</c>

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bludgeoned<00:10:55.860><c> each</c><00:10:56.179><c> other</c><00:10:56.500><c> and</c><00:10:56.720><c> their</c><00:10:57.000><c> supporters.</c><00:10:59.659><c> At</c><00:11:00.000><c> that</c>

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time,<00:11:02.120><c> the</c><00:11:02.240><c> Assyrians</c><00:11:02.580><c> could</c><00:11:02.799><c> no</c><00:11:02.960><c> longer</c><00:11:03.259><c> control</c>

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their<00:11:03.720><c> empire.</c><00:11:06.220><c> And</c><00:11:06.559><c> sections</c><00:11:06.879><c> of</c><00:11:07.039><c> it</c><00:11:07.240><c> began</c><00:11:07.639><c> to</c><00:11:07.960><c> rebel,</c><00:11:08.519><c> to</c>

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pull<00:11:08.879><c> away,</c><00:11:09.620><c> to</c><00:11:09.740><c> refuse</c><00:11:10.259><c> to</c><00:11:10.580><c> send</c><00:11:10.840><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> taxes</c><00:11:11.659><c> and</c><00:11:11.899><c> the</c>

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tribute<00:11:12.460><c> that</c><00:11:12.600><c> was</c><00:11:12.840><c> required</c><00:11:13.259><c> of</c><00:11:13.460><c> the</c><00:11:13.559><c> Assyrians.</c><00:11:15.159><c> These</c><00:11:15.480><c> were</c><00:11:15.679><c> the</c>

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days<00:11:15.980><c> of</c><00:11:16.299><c> Josiah.</c><00:11:18.360><c> When</c><00:11:18.539><c> Josiah,</c>

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like<00:11:19.340><c> a</c><00:11:19.700><c> refining</c><00:11:20.200><c> fire,</c><00:11:21.659><c> burned</c><00:11:22.200><c> through</c><00:11:22.960><c> the</c><00:11:23.139><c> midst</c><00:11:23.399><c> of</c><00:11:23.600><c> his</c>

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people,<00:11:25.539><c> purified</c><00:11:26.700><c> their</c><00:11:27.220><c> religion,</c>

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removed<00:11:29.860><c> all</c><00:11:30.299><c> of</c><00:11:30.460><c> the</c><00:11:30.679><c> altars,</c><00:11:31.860><c> defiled</c><00:11:33.120><c> those</c><00:11:34.019><c> things</c><00:11:34.460><c> that</c>

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were<00:11:34.799><c> in</c><00:11:34.919><c> the</c><00:11:35.080><c> valley</c><00:11:35.320><c> of</c><00:11:35.559><c> Hinnom,</c>

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Topheth,<00:11:37.320><c> all</c><00:11:37.639><c> of</c><00:11:37.799><c> the</c><00:11:38.000><c> things</c><00:11:38.419><c> that</c><00:11:38.779><c> were</c><00:11:39.100><c> repugnant</c><00:11:39.659><c> to</c><00:11:39.840><c> the</c>

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God<00:11:40.100><c> of</c><00:11:40.259><c> Israel.</c><00:11:40.759><c> These</c><00:11:40.899><c> were</c><00:11:41.080><c> the</c><00:11:41.220><c> days</c><00:11:41.539><c> when</c><00:11:41.980><c> the</c><00:11:42.379><c> law,</c>

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the<00:11:43.259><c> original</c><00:11:43.679><c> scroll</c><00:11:44.059><c> perhaps,</c><00:11:45.559><c> was</c><00:11:45.700><c> rediscovered</c><00:11:46.440><c> by</c><00:11:47.179><c> Hilkiah,</c><00:11:48.220><c> the</c>

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consumed<00:12:01.600><c> and</c><00:12:01.840><c> that</c><00:12:02.080><c> nourished</c><00:12:02.460><c> him.</c><00:12:03.419><c> Throughout</c><00:12:03.639><c> the</c><00:12:03.860><c> prophecy</c><00:12:04.120><c> of</c>

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Jeremiah,<00:12:05.200><c> there</c><00:12:05.200><c> are</c><00:12:05.580><c> vast</c><00:12:06.019><c> quantities</c>

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of<00:12:07.159><c> references</c><00:12:07.559><c> to</c><00:12:08.100><c> the</c><00:12:08.399><c> law,</c><00:12:09.299><c> especially</c><00:12:10.200><c> Leviticus</c><00:12:11.279><c> and</c><00:12:11.919><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:12:12.580><c> 28,</c><00:12:13.419><c> the</c><00:12:13.659><c> chapters</c><00:12:14.340><c> that</c><00:12:15.100><c> speak</c><00:12:15.419><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:17.039><c> obedience</c><00:12:17.779><c> or</c><00:12:18.000><c> the</c><00:12:18.279><c> disobedience</c><00:12:18.840><c> of</c><00:12:19.220><c> Israel</c><00:12:19.759><c> and</c><00:12:20.259><c> what</c>

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the<00:12:20.840><c> consequences</c><00:12:21.399><c> of</c><00:12:21.759><c> either</c><00:12:22.240><c> route</c><00:12:22.700><c> would</c><00:12:23.000><c> be</c>

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for<00:12:23.480><c> them.</c><00:12:24.779><c> So</c><00:12:24.980><c> the</c><00:12:25.179><c> law</c><00:12:25.600><c> was</c><00:12:26.139><c> something</c><00:12:26.460><c> that</c><00:12:26.639><c> was</c><00:12:27.059><c> new,</c><00:12:27.820><c> it</c>

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was<00:12:29.120><c> brand</c><00:12:29.679><c> new</c><00:12:30.100><c> for</c><00:12:30.340><c> this</c><00:12:30.559><c> people.</c>

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lost,<00:12:43.360><c> idolatry</c><00:12:44.100><c> and</c><00:12:44.740><c> the</c><00:12:44.919><c> worship</c><00:12:45.259><c> of</c><00:12:45.779><c> the</c><00:12:46.080><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:12:48.460><c> an</c><00:12:48.879><c> uneasy</c><00:12:49.879><c> coexistence</c><00:12:51.320><c> with</c><00:12:51.659><c> all</c><00:12:51.899><c> of</c><00:12:52.059><c> the</c><00:12:52.299><c> horrible</c><00:12:52.779><c> ramifications</c><00:12:53.639><c> that</c><00:12:54.080><c> came</c><00:12:54.259><c> with</c><00:12:54.580><c> that</c><00:12:55.000><c> in</c>

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following<00:13:04.879><c> words.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:13:06.899><c> chapter</c><00:13:07.320><c> one.</c><00:13:09.559><c> These</c><00:13:10.039><c> are</c><00:13:10.240><c> the</c><00:13:10.320><c> words</c><00:13:10.539><c> of</c><00:13:10.740><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:13:11.620><c> the</c><00:13:11.799><c> son</c>

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of<00:13:12.200><c> Hilkiah,</c>

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Benjamin,<00:13:18.700><c> to</c><00:13:18.840><c> whom</c><00:13:19.059><c> the</c><00:13:19.279><c> word</c><00:13:19.480><c> of</c><00:13:19.580><c> the</c><00:13:19.679><c> Lord</c><00:13:20.000><c> came</c>

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sanctified<00:13:46.899><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:13:48.879><c> I</c><00:13:49.320><c> ordained</c><00:13:49.700><c> thee</c><00:13:50.659><c> a</c><00:13:51.100><c> prophet</c><00:13:51.919><c> unto</c><00:13:52.379><c> the</c><00:13:52.620><c> nations.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:13:58.220><c> was</c><00:13:58.659><c> chosen</c><00:13:59.059><c> for</c><00:13:59.440><c> work</c><00:13:59.840><c> by</c><00:14:00.259><c> God.</c>

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Before<00:14:03.460><c> he</c><00:14:03.679><c> was</c><00:14:03.899><c> even</c><00:14:04.200><c> born,</c><00:14:05.980><c> we're</c><00:14:06.159><c> told</c><00:14:06.220><c> the</c><00:14:06.399><c> same</c><00:14:06.600><c> thing</c><00:14:06.759><c> about</c><00:14:06.980><c> ourselves</c><00:14:07.399><c> in</c>

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Ephesians,<00:14:08.159><c> aren't</c><00:14:08.200><c> we?</c>

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Every<00:14:10.100><c> one</c><00:14:10.240><c> of</c><00:14:10.659><c> us</c><00:14:10.960><c> has</c><00:14:11.139><c> been</c><00:14:11.419><c> chosen</c><00:14:11.740><c> for</c><00:14:12.039><c> a</c><00:14:12.340><c> work</c><00:14:12.539><c> that</c><00:14:12.759><c> we</c><00:14:13.039><c> have</c><00:14:13.399><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:14.360><c> for</c><00:14:15.519><c> God's</c><00:14:15.980><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:14:19.720><c> brothers</c><00:14:19.899><c> and</c><00:14:20.179><c> sisters,</c><00:14:23.019><c> what</c><00:14:23.220><c> did</c><00:14:23.480><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:14:24.240><c> work</c><00:14:24.440><c> entail?</c>

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Our<00:14:32.360><c> Lord</c><00:14:32.799><c> God,</c><00:14:33.820><c> I</c><00:14:34.100><c> cannot</c><00:14:34.480><c> speak.</c><00:14:36.200><c> I'm</c><00:14:36.340><c> just</c><00:14:36.659><c> a</c><00:14:36.899><c> child.</c>

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The<00:14:38.759><c> Lord</c><00:14:38.940><c> said</c><00:14:39.059><c> unto</c><00:14:39.279><c> him,</c><00:14:39.519><c> Don't</c><00:14:39.720><c> say</c><00:14:39.919><c> you're</c><00:14:40.159><c> a</c><00:14:40.299><c> child.</c>

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Thou<00:14:42.659><c> shalt</c><00:14:42.899><c> go</c><00:14:43.480><c> to</c><00:14:43.879><c> all</c><00:14:44.200><c> that</c><00:14:44.299><c> I</c><00:14:44.500><c> shall</c><00:14:44.700><c> send</c><00:14:45.019><c> thee,</c><00:14:45.899><c> and</c><00:14:46.159><c> whatsoever</c><00:14:46.580><c> I</c>

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command<00:14:47.299><c> thee,</c><00:14:47.500><c> thou</c><00:14:47.740><c> shalt</c><00:14:48.039><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:14:48.679><c> don't</c><00:14:49.000><c> be</c><00:14:49.279><c> afraid.</c><00:14:51.179><c> Don't</c><00:14:51.500><c> be</c><00:14:51.740><c> afraid.</c>

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Do<00:14:53.919><c> not</c><00:14:54.240><c> be</c><00:14:54.419><c> afraid</c><00:14:55.120><c> of</c><00:14:55.740><c> their</c><00:14:56.019><c> faces,</c><00:14:57.279><c> for</c><00:14:57.559><c> I</c><00:14:57.759><c> am</c><00:14:57.799><c> with</c><00:14:58.080><c> thee</c>

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to<00:14:58.480><c> deliver</c><00:14:58.980><c> thee,</c><00:14:59.460><c> saith</c><00:14:59.559><c> the</c><00:14:59.799><c> Lord.</c>

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Then<00:15:01.580><c> the</c><00:15:01.700><c> Lord</c><00:15:02.039><c> put</c><00:15:02.500><c> forth</c><00:15:02.779><c> his</c><00:15:03.080><c> hand</c><00:15:03.720><c> and</c><00:15:04.100><c> touched</c><00:15:04.539><c> my</c><00:15:04.820><c> mouth.</c>

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The<00:15:05.700><c> Lord</c><00:15:05.899><c> said</c><00:15:06.059><c> unto</c><00:15:06.200><c> me,</c><00:15:06.379><c> Behold,</c><00:15:07.200><c> I</c><00:15:07.480><c> have</c><00:15:07.720><c> put</c><00:15:07.980><c> my</c><00:15:08.360><c> words</c><00:15:08.759><c> in</c>

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thy<00:15:09.320><c> mouth.</c>

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See,<00:15:13.659><c> I</c><00:15:14.080><c> have</c><00:15:14.320><c> this</c><00:15:14.519><c> day</c><00:15:14.779><c> set</c><00:15:15.000><c> thee</c><00:15:15.120><c> over</c><00:15:15.340><c> the</c><00:15:15.559><c> nations</c><00:15:15.919><c> and</c><00:15:16.159><c> over</c><00:15:16.320><c> the</c><00:15:16.539><c> kingdoms</c><00:15:17.000><c> to</c>

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root<00:15:17.940><c> out</c><00:15:18.559><c> and</c><00:15:19.019><c> to</c><00:15:19.220><c> pull</c><00:15:19.399><c> down</c>

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and<00:15:20.360><c> to</c><00:15:20.519><c> destroy</c><00:15:21.179><c> and</c><00:15:21.659><c> to</c><00:15:21.899><c> throw</c><00:15:22.120><c> down,</c><00:15:22.580><c> to</c><00:15:22.779><c> build</c><00:15:23.360><c> and</c><00:15:23.659><c> to</c><00:15:23.960><c> plant.</c><00:15:25.820><c> Verse</c><00:15:26.000><c> 19,</c>

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fight<00:15:38.840><c> thee,</c>

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but<00:15:41.179><c> they</c><00:15:41.500><c> shall</c><00:15:41.820><c> not</c><00:15:42.059><c> prevail</c><00:15:42.519><c> against</c><00:15:43.100><c> thee.</c><00:15:44.539><c> For</c><00:15:44.840><c> I</c><00:15:45.299><c> am</c><00:15:45.639><c> with</c><00:15:45.919><c> thee,</c><00:15:46.179><c> saith</c><00:15:46.320><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:15:48.059><c> to</c><00:15:48.360><c> deliver</c><00:15:48.740><c> thee.</c>

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Psalms,<00:15:57.539><c> many,</c><00:15:59.460><c> many,</c>

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many<00:16:03.100><c> are</c><00:16:03.360><c> the</c><00:16:03.639><c> afflictions</c><00:16:04.139><c> of</c><00:16:04.320><c> the</c><00:16:04.480><c> righteous,</c>

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but<00:16:08.799><c> the</c><00:16:09.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:09.980><c> delivers</c><00:16:11.779><c> him</c><00:16:13.019><c> from</c><00:16:14.120><c> them</c><00:16:14.399><c> all.</c>

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if<00:16:25.120><c> you</c><00:16:25.340><c> in</c><00:16:25.440><c> your</c><00:16:25.659><c> life</c><00:16:25.840><c> have</c><00:16:26.059><c> not</c><00:16:26.240><c> been</c><00:16:26.580><c> brought</c><00:16:27.000><c> to</c><00:16:27.320><c> your</c><00:16:27.820><c> knees</c><00:16:28.559><c> in</c>

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God<00:16:34.940><c> will</c><00:16:35.179><c> bring</c><00:16:35.399><c> you</c><00:16:35.580><c> there</c><00:16:35.779><c> one</c><00:16:36.059><c> day,</c><00:16:37.799><c> every</c><00:16:38.100><c> one</c><00:16:38.240><c> of</c><00:16:38.379><c> us.</c>

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Jeremiah's<00:16:42.940><c> life,</c><00:16:43.620><c> brothers</c><00:16:43.799><c> and</c><00:16:44.100><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:16:46.200><c> a</c><00:16:46.379><c> life</c><00:16:47.240><c> filled</c><00:16:48.120><c> with</c><00:16:49.539><c> pain,</c>

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anguish,<00:16:54.740><c> tears,</c><00:16:57.259><c> loss,</c><00:16:59.620><c> disappointment,</c><00:17:02.240><c> betrayal,</c><00:17:04.900><c> fear,</c><00:17:07.180><c> anguish.</c>

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That<00:17:10.200><c> was</c><00:17:10.859><c> his</c><00:17:11.140><c> daily</c><00:17:11.460><c> life.</c><00:17:13.039><c> He</c><00:17:13.059><c> was</c><00:17:13.319><c> not</c><00:17:13.559><c> allowed</c><00:17:14.059><c> to</c><00:17:14.559><c> marry.</c>

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A<00:17:15.640><c> sensitive,</c><00:17:16.619><c> gentle</c><00:17:17.099><c> man</c><00:17:17.380><c> by</c><00:17:17.779><c> nature,</c>

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perfectly<00:17:19.500><c> suited</c><00:17:20.160><c> to</c><00:17:20.619><c> being</c><00:17:20.839><c> a</c><00:17:21.039><c> husband</c><00:17:21.279><c> and</c><00:17:21.480><c> a</c><00:17:21.640><c> father,</c><00:17:21.960><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:22.220><c> was</c><00:17:22.940><c> not</c><00:17:23.279><c> allowed</c><00:17:23.559><c> to</c><00:17:23.779><c> marry.</c>

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He<00:17:26.099><c> was</c><00:17:26.299><c> given</c><00:17:26.460><c> a</c><00:17:26.640><c> message</c><00:17:27.059><c> that</c><00:17:27.559><c> nobody</c><00:17:28.240><c> wanted</c><00:17:28.839><c> to</c><00:17:29.180><c> hear.</c><00:17:30.059><c> Everybody</c><00:17:30.460><c> wants</c><00:17:30.779><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:31.259><c> a</c><00:17:31.460><c> bearer</c><00:17:31.799><c> of</c><00:17:31.859><c> good</c><00:17:32.140><c> tidings.</c>

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One<00:17:34.140><c> feels</c><00:17:34.420><c> a</c><00:17:34.579><c> sense</c><00:17:34.859><c> of</c><00:17:35.559><c> giving</c><00:17:36.099><c> someone</c><00:17:36.720><c> something</c><00:17:37.160><c> that</c><00:17:37.440><c> makes</c><00:17:37.680><c> an</c>

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individual<00:17:38.299><c> happy.</c>

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It<00:17:39.839><c> makes</c><00:17:40.180><c> both</c><00:17:40.599><c> the</c><00:17:40.839><c> bearer</c><00:17:41.259><c> of</c><00:17:42.460><c> the</c><00:17:42.619><c> tidings</c><00:17:43.059><c> and</c><00:17:43.440><c> the</c>

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receiver<00:17:44.059><c> happy.</c>

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that<00:17:53.619><c> took</c><00:17:53.859><c> the</c><00:17:54.220><c> materialism</c><00:17:54.960><c> of</c><00:17:55.200><c> the</c><00:17:55.460><c> age</c><00:17:55.759><c> and</c><00:17:56.039><c> lifted</c><00:17:56.279><c> it</c><00:17:56.519><c> up</c>

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and<00:17:57.740><c> said,</c><00:17:58.140><c> look</c><00:17:58.220><c> at</c><00:17:58.420><c> yourself,</c>

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that<00:18:01.079><c> told</c><00:18:01.480><c> the</c><00:18:02.059><c> brothers</c><00:18:02.299><c> and</c><00:18:02.680><c> sisters</c><00:18:03.400><c> in</c><00:18:04.160><c> juda,</c><00:18:05.200><c> you're</c><00:18:05.359><c> going</c><00:18:05.539><c> to</c>

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die<00:18:06.180><c> if</c><00:18:06.380><c> you</c><00:18:06.660><c> don't</c><00:18:07.000><c> stop</c><00:18:07.319><c> doing</c><00:18:07.579><c> what</c><00:18:07.759><c> you're</c>

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doing,<00:18:09.220><c> if</c><00:18:09.299><c> you</c><00:18:09.559><c> don't</c><00:18:09.920><c> stop</c><00:18:10.279><c> mistreating</c><00:18:10.779><c> each</c><00:18:11.099><c> other,</c><00:18:11.839><c> if</c>

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if<00:18:14.519><c> you</c><00:18:14.700><c> do</c><00:18:14.880><c> not</c><00:18:15.140><c> stop</c><00:18:15.599><c> worshipping</c><00:18:16.299><c> the</c><00:18:16.640><c> things</c><00:18:16.940><c> that</c><00:18:17.180><c> you</c>

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make<00:18:17.680><c> with</c><00:18:17.940><c> your</c><00:18:18.299><c> hands,</c>

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formality<00:18:26.539><c> and</c><00:18:26.980><c> ritual</c><00:18:27.480><c> of</c><00:18:27.700><c> your</c><00:18:27.940><c> religion</c>

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of<00:18:34.720><c> talisman</c><00:18:35.220><c> against</c><00:18:35.640><c> trial,</c><00:18:36.220><c> if</c><00:18:36.900><c> you</c><00:18:37.180><c> don't</c><00:18:37.460><c> stop</c><00:18:37.779><c> believing</c><00:18:38.140><c> that</c><00:18:38.380><c> because</c><00:18:38.660><c> you're</c><00:18:38.859><c> in</c>

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him.<00:19:20.250><c> Family,</c><00:19:22.529><c> hometown,</c><00:19:23.730><c> his</c><00:19:24.069><c> familiar</c><00:19:24.750><c> friends</c>

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it<00:20:09.710><c> would</c><00:20:09.910><c> have</c><00:20:10.029><c> been</c><00:20:10.250><c> excruciating</c><00:20:10.869><c> pain.</c><00:20:11.670><c> That's</c><00:20:12.170><c> just</c><00:20:12.569><c> one</c>

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put<00:20:23.470><c> into</c><00:20:23.690><c> the</c><00:20:23.970><c> stocks.</c>

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He<00:20:27.190><c> was</c><00:20:27.450><c> almost</c><00:20:27.789><c> murdered</c><00:20:28.410><c> by</c><00:20:29.049><c> a</c><00:20:29.289><c> wild</c><00:20:29.569><c> mob</c><00:20:30.109><c> of</c><00:20:30.569><c> priests</c>

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talk.<00:20:47.509><c> And</c><00:20:47.789><c> then</c><00:20:47.890><c> they</c><00:20:48.089><c> almost</c><00:20:48.390><c> killed</c><00:20:48.670><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:08.730><c> they</c><00:21:08.849><c> left</c><00:21:09.069><c> him</c><00:21:10.009><c> to</c><00:21:10.609><c> drown</c><00:21:10.829><c> in</c><00:21:11.029><c> it.</c><00:21:13.289><c> But</c><00:21:13.430><c> God</c><00:21:13.690><c> delivered</c><00:21:14.089><c> him</c><00:21:15.190><c> through</c><00:21:15.690><c> a</c><00:21:15.910><c> eunuch.</c>

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endure<00:22:01.029><c> through.</c>

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first,<00:22:18.750><c> and</c><00:22:19.009><c> then</c><00:22:19.150><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.450><c> 20.</c>

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revenge<00:22:36.549><c> me</c><00:22:36.789><c> of</c><00:22:36.890><c> my</c><00:22:37.230><c> persecutors.</c>

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Thy<00:22:52.549><c> word</c><00:22:53.309><c> was</c><00:22:53.589><c> unto</c><00:22:53.869><c> me</c><00:22:54.269><c> the</c><00:22:54.589><c> joy</c>

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Lord<00:23:01.750><c> God</c><00:23:01.990><c> of</c><00:23:02.170><c> hosts.</c>

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I<00:23:04.250><c> sat</c><00:23:04.549><c> not</c><00:23:04.809><c> in</c><00:23:05.009><c> the</c><00:23:05.289><c> assembly</c><00:23:05.769><c> of</c><00:23:06.490><c> them</c><00:23:06.829><c> that</c><00:23:07.049><c> make</c><00:23:07.250><c> merry,</c><00:23:08.509><c> nor</c><00:23:08.690><c> rejoiced.</c><00:23:10.049><c> I</c>

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because<00:23:13.089><c> of</c><00:23:13.730><c> Thy</c><00:23:14.029><c> hand,</c><00:23:16.430><c> for</c><00:23:16.509><c> Thou</c><00:23:16.670><c> hast</c><00:23:17.029><c> filled</c><00:23:17.410><c> me</c><00:23:17.630><c> with</c><00:23:17.930><c> indignation.</c>

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Why<00:23:20.869><c> is</c><00:23:21.049><c> my</c><00:23:21.329><c> pain</c><00:23:21.789><c> perpetual,</c><00:23:23.529><c> and</c><00:23:23.670><c> my</c><00:23:23.950><c> wound</c><00:23:24.369><c> incurable,</c><00:23:25.529><c> which</c><00:23:26.049><c> refuseth</c><00:23:26.589><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:27.069><c> healed?</c>

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Wilt<00:23:29.109><c> Thou</c><00:23:29.369><c> be</c><00:23:29.730><c> altogether</c><00:23:30.309><c> unto</c><00:23:30.589><c> me</c><00:23:30.809><c> as</c><00:23:30.990><c> a</c><00:23:31.190><c> liar,</c><00:23:32.150><c> and</c><00:23:33.630><c> as</c>

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waters<00:23:34.130><c> that</c><00:23:34.569><c> fail?</c>

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loss.<00:24:03.390><c> That's</c><00:24:03.970><c> what</c><00:24:04.210><c> trial</c><00:24:04.849><c> is.</c>

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Something<00:24:06.970><c> is</c><00:24:07.609><c> taken</c><00:24:08.029><c> away</c><00:24:08.569><c> from</c><00:24:08.829><c> us.</c><00:24:11.269><c> It</c><00:24:11.349><c> could</c><00:24:11.490><c> be</c><00:24:11.670><c> our</c><00:24:11.849><c> health.</c>

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It<00:24:15.430><c> could</c><00:24:15.609><c> be</c><00:24:16.589><c> a</c><00:24:17.190><c> loved</c><00:24:17.410><c> one.</c><00:24:18.589><c> We</c><00:24:18.789><c> could</c><00:24:18.970><c> lose</c><00:24:20.009><c> our</c><00:24:20.569><c> marriage,</c>

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our<00:24:21.609><c> child,</c><00:24:23.470><c> our</c><00:24:23.710><c> friend.</c>

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We<00:24:26.369><c> could</c><00:24:26.490><c> lose</c><00:24:26.630><c> the</c><00:24:26.869><c> respect</c><00:24:27.390><c> of</c><00:24:27.609><c> those</c><00:24:28.190><c> that</c><00:24:29.470><c> we</c><00:24:29.730><c> care</c><00:24:29.990><c> about,</c><00:24:30.849><c> lose</c>

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our<00:24:31.309><c> jobs.</c>

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But<00:24:33.269><c> it's</c><00:24:34.349><c> always</c><00:24:34.589><c> loss.</c><00:24:36.710><c> It's</c><00:24:36.890><c> never</c><00:24:37.109><c> anything</c><00:24:37.450><c> less</c><00:24:38.029><c> than</c><00:24:38.349><c> loss.</c>

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Something<00:24:40.750><c> that</c><00:24:41.230><c> God</c><00:24:42.210><c> removes,</c><00:24:43.809><c> or</c><00:24:43.950><c> that</c><00:24:44.150><c> through</c><00:24:44.390><c> force</c><00:24:44.630><c> of</c>

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circumstance<00:24:45.690><c> and</c><00:24:45.950><c> difficulty</c>

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is<00:24:48.190><c> lost.</c><00:24:50.029><c> Ultimately,</c><00:24:50.529><c> God</c><00:24:50.789><c> works</c><00:24:51.250><c> through</c><00:24:51.509><c> every</c><00:24:51.769><c> loss.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:24:55.950><c> here</c><00:24:57.269><c> is</c><00:24:58.789><c> struggling</c><00:24:59.150><c> to</c><00:24:59.410><c> hold</c><00:24:59.690><c> on.</c>

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In<00:25:02.990><c> the</c><00:25:03.369><c> midst</c><00:25:03.690><c> of</c><00:25:03.950><c> the</c><00:25:04.369><c> ache</c><00:25:04.710><c> and</c><00:25:05.009><c> the</c><00:25:05.549><c> pain</c><00:25:06.269><c> of</c><00:25:07.650><c> his</c><00:25:08.109><c> utter</c><00:25:08.630><c> isolation,</c>

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he<00:25:12.250><c> is</c><00:25:12.589><c> struggling</c><00:25:13.029><c> to</c><00:25:13.349><c> hold</c><00:25:13.650><c> on.</c><00:25:15.529><c> He</c><00:25:15.910><c> loved</c><00:25:16.750><c> Judah.</c><00:25:17.509><c> He</c><00:25:18.009><c> loved</c>

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the<00:25:18.910><c> people</c><00:25:19.470><c> so</c><00:25:20.269><c> intensely.</c>

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But<00:25:24.369><c> they</c><00:25:24.470><c> would</c><00:25:24.730><c> not</c><00:25:24.970><c> listen,</c><00:25:25.609><c> brothers</c><00:25:25.829><c> and</c><00:25:26.109><c> sisters.</c><00:25:27.490><c> They</c>

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would<00:25:28.630><c> not</c><00:25:28.829><c> listen.</c>

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And<00:25:32.369><c> when</c><00:25:32.690><c> the</c><00:25:32.930><c> butchers</c><00:25:33.349><c> came</c><00:25:33.750><c> through</c><00:25:34.069><c> to</c><00:25:34.450><c> slaughter</c><00:25:34.809><c> them,</c>

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his<00:25:38.009><c> heart</c><00:25:38.309><c> was</c><00:25:38.829><c> shattered</c><00:25:39.450><c> in</c><00:25:40.670><c> pieces.</c><00:25:42.349><c> God</c><00:25:42.710><c> said</c><00:25:43.049><c> to</c><00:25:43.230><c> him,</c>

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don't<00:25:44.130><c> pray</c><00:25:44.549><c> for</c><00:25:44.750><c> these</c><00:25:44.950><c> people</c><00:25:45.230><c> anymore.</c>

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He<00:25:48.150><c> still</c><00:25:48.329><c> prayed</c><00:25:48.569><c> for</c><00:25:48.789><c> them.</c><00:25:49.630><c> They</c><00:25:49.829><c> never</c><00:25:50.150><c> stopped.</c>

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He<00:25:52.789><c> still</c><00:25:53.009><c> went</c><00:25:53.230><c> to</c><00:25:53.430><c> them</c><00:25:53.769><c> and</c><00:25:54.210><c> continued</c><00:25:54.869><c> to</c><00:25:55.190><c> try</c><00:25:55.349><c> to</c><00:25:55.589><c> turn</c><00:25:55.829><c> them.</c>

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Rotten<00:25:58.349><c> King</c><00:25:58.589><c> Zedekiah</c><00:25:59.250><c> would</c><00:25:59.569><c> call</c><00:25:59.769><c> him</c><00:26:00.069><c> forth</c><00:26:00.369><c> to</c><00:26:00.970><c> ask</c><00:26:01.250><c> his</c>

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advice,<00:26:02.150><c> and</c><00:26:02.289><c> he</c><00:26:02.369><c> would</c><00:26:02.710><c> give</c><00:26:02.930><c> it</c><00:26:03.170><c> to</c><00:26:03.269><c> him,</c>

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hoping<00:26:04.509><c> Zedekiah,</c><00:26:05.509><c> something</c><00:26:06.009><c> would</c><00:26:06.250><c> move</c><00:26:06.450><c> him</c><00:26:06.990><c> to</c><00:26:07.309><c> accept</c>

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the<00:26:07.829><c> advice.</c><00:26:08.069><c> But</c><00:26:08.210><c> he</c><00:26:08.250><c> was</c><00:26:08.410><c> too</c><00:26:08.670><c> weak.</c>

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He<00:26:10.049><c> was</c><00:26:10.250><c> too</c><00:26:10.670><c> fleshly.</c><00:26:11.210><c> There</c><00:26:11.309><c> was</c><00:26:11.490><c> no</c><00:26:11.910><c> faith</c><00:26:12.650><c> that</c><00:26:13.609><c> had</c><00:26:13.789><c> been</c>

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developed<00:26:14.410><c> in</c><00:26:14.630><c> him.</c>

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Perhaps<00:26:18.609><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:26:19.170><c> greatest</c><00:26:19.750><c> heartache</c><00:26:20.829><c> was</c><00:26:22.029><c> that</c><00:26:22.250><c> he</c><00:26:22.529><c> knew</c><00:26:22.809><c> the</c>

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potential<00:26:23.710><c> that</c><00:26:23.890><c> his</c><00:26:24.069><c> people</c><00:26:24.269><c> had.</c>

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He<00:26:25.549><c> had</c><00:26:25.950><c> seen</c><00:26:26.190><c> it.</c><00:26:27.970><c> He</c><00:26:28.170><c> had</c><00:26:28.490><c> seen</c><00:26:28.789><c> what</c><00:26:28.990><c> they</c><00:26:29.190><c> had</c><00:26:29.369><c> been</c><00:26:29.769><c> galvanized</c><00:26:30.529><c> to</c><00:26:30.690><c> do,</c><00:26:31.210><c> electrified</c>

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by<00:26:33.029><c> the</c><00:26:33.269><c> example</c><00:26:33.630><c> of</c><00:26:33.849><c> Josiah.</c><00:26:35.470><c> He'd</c><00:26:35.809><c> seen</c><00:26:35.930><c> them</c><00:26:36.950><c> hit</c><00:26:37.329><c> up</c><00:26:37.710><c> an</c>

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absolute<00:26:38.549><c> peak</c>

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and<00:26:41.549><c> then</c><00:26:41.849><c> seen</c><00:26:42.089><c> the</c><00:26:42.390><c> whole</c><00:26:42.789><c> retrograde</c><00:26:44.730><c> deterioration</c><00:26:46.250><c> into</c>

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idolatry<00:26:47.730><c> right</c><00:26:48.029><c> after</c><00:26:48.369><c> his</c><00:26:48.750><c> death,</c>

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so<00:26:50.490><c> that</c><00:26:50.690><c> it</c><00:26:50.789><c> was</c><00:26:51.009><c> obvious</c><00:26:51.349><c> that</c><00:26:51.630><c> this</c><00:26:51.930><c> whole</c><00:26:52.470><c> turning</c><00:26:52.890><c> to</c><00:26:53.250><c> God</c>

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was<00:26:54.809><c> largely</c><00:26:55.349><c> one</c><00:26:55.630><c> that</c><00:26:55.789><c> was</c><00:26:56.069><c> driven</c><00:26:56.309><c> by</c><00:26:56.569><c> the</c>

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force<00:26:57.029><c> of</c><00:26:57.250><c> Josiah's</c><00:26:57.849><c> personality</c><00:26:58.390><c> and</c><00:26:59.789><c> was</c><00:26:59.970><c> superficial.</c><00:27:03.490><c> So</c>

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Jeremiah<00:27:04.190><c> lived</c><00:27:06.109><c> Christ's</c><00:27:06.890><c> life.</c><00:27:07.289><c> We</c><00:27:07.609><c> almost</c><00:27:08.109><c> think</c>

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of<00:27:09.190><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:27:10.150><c> the</c><00:27:10.490><c> cross</c><00:27:10.890><c> of</c><00:27:11.230><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:27:12.809><c> because</c><00:27:13.490><c> it's</c><00:27:13.690><c> what</c>

00:27:13.849 --> 00:27:16.529
he<00:27:14.029><c> went</c><00:27:14.230><c> through.</c><00:27:15.390><c> Brother</c><00:27:15.529><c> Mike</c><00:27:15.809><c> told</c><00:27:16.049><c> us</c><00:27:16.289><c> about</c>

00:27:16.529 --> 00:27:22.849
yesterday,<00:27:17.910><c> picking</c><00:27:18.109><c> up</c><00:27:18.470><c> our</c><00:27:18.809><c> cross</c><00:27:19.329><c> every</c><00:27:20.349><c> day</c><00:27:21.450><c> of</c><00:27:21.829><c> our</c><00:27:22.029><c> lives.</c><00:27:22.690><c> You</c>

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know<00:27:22.950><c> what</c><00:27:23.069><c> that</c><00:27:23.289><c> is,</c><00:27:23.670><c> brothers</c><00:27:23.769><c> and</c><00:27:24.089><c> sisters,</c>

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those<00:27:24.849><c> lovely</c><00:27:25.170><c> words,</c><00:27:25.690><c> picking</c><00:27:25.910><c> up</c><00:27:26.150><c> the</c><00:27:26.390><c> cross?</c><00:27:29.509><c> It's</c><00:27:30.029><c> looking</c><00:27:30.269><c> your</c>

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teenage<00:27:31.210><c> child</c><00:27:32.230><c> in</c><00:27:32.930><c> the</c><00:27:33.089><c> face</c>

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as<00:27:35.349><c> he</c><00:27:35.710><c> swears</c><00:27:36.089><c> at</c><00:27:36.329><c> you</c><00:27:37.430><c> and</c><00:27:38.710><c> is</c><00:27:38.950><c> about</c><00:27:39.289><c> to</c><00:27:39.549><c> hit</c><00:27:39.769><c> you</c><00:27:41.470><c> and</c><00:27:41.930><c> tells</c>

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you,<00:27:43.390><c> you</c><00:27:43.430><c> are</c><00:27:43.890><c> a</c><00:27:44.049><c> hypocrite</c><00:27:44.430><c> and</c><00:27:44.569><c> he</c><00:27:44.789><c> hates</c><00:27:45.089><c> you.</c>

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And<00:27:47.849><c> choosing</c><00:27:48.309><c> to</c><00:27:48.750><c> love</c><00:27:49.049><c> him</c><00:27:49.430><c> still,</c><00:27:52.509><c> that's</c><00:27:53.650><c> picking</c><00:27:53.950><c> up</c>

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your<00:27:55.210><c> cross.</c>

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It<00:27:59.490><c> is</c><00:27:59.609><c> when</c><00:27:59.769><c> your</c><00:28:00.009><c> husband,</c><00:28:00.789><c> sister,</c><00:28:03.410><c> is</c><00:28:03.569><c> not</c><00:28:03.829><c> understanding</c>

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the<00:28:05.089><c> trial</c><00:28:05.430><c> of</c><00:28:05.650><c> your</c><00:28:05.910><c> life,</c>

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the<00:28:07.890><c> lonely</c><00:28:08.309><c> desperate</c><00:28:09.549><c> isolation</c><00:28:10.390><c> that</c><00:28:10.630><c> you</c><00:28:10.890><c> feel,</c><00:28:12.150><c> the</c><00:28:12.410><c> hunger</c><00:28:12.950><c> for</c>

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his<00:28:13.630><c> love</c><00:28:13.990><c> and</c><00:28:14.210><c> his</c><00:28:14.509><c> friendship</c>

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and<00:28:15.690><c> his</c><00:28:15.910><c> companionship.</c><00:28:17.670><c> But</c><00:28:17.930><c> he</c><00:28:18.009><c> has</c><00:28:18.170><c> all</c><00:28:18.369><c> the</c><00:28:18.509><c> time</c><00:28:18.670><c> in</c><00:28:18.809><c> the</c>

00:28:18.990 --> 00:28:21.410
world<00:28:19.309><c> for</c><00:28:19.490><c> his</c><00:28:19.849><c> friends</c><00:28:20.289><c> or</c><00:28:20.490><c> his</c><00:28:20.849><c> job</c>

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or<00:28:22.250><c> even</c><00:28:22.769><c> for</c><00:28:23.569><c> the</c><00:28:23.769><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:24.109><c> and</c><00:28:24.349><c> its</c><00:28:24.609><c> work</c><00:28:25.710><c> and</c><00:28:26.990><c> looking</c><00:28:27.190><c> at</c><00:28:27.369><c> him</c>

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and<00:28:30.230><c> continuing</c><00:28:30.730><c> to</c><00:28:31.029><c> love</c><00:28:31.230><c> him</c><00:28:32.589><c> and</c><00:28:33.329><c> continuing</c><00:28:33.769><c> in</c><00:28:34.789><c> the</c>

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truth<00:28:36.089><c> faithfully.</c>

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That's<00:28:40.529><c> what</c><00:28:40.630><c> picking</c><00:28:40.849><c> up</c><00:28:41.049><c> the</c><00:28:41.250><c> cross</c><00:28:41.410><c> is</c><00:28:41.569><c> all</c><00:28:41.750><c> about.</c>

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Brother<00:28:44.589><c> picking</c><00:28:44.910><c> up</c><00:28:45.109><c> the</c><00:28:45.309><c> cross</c><00:28:46.690><c> for</c><00:28:49.029><c> you</c>

00:28:51.730 --> 00:28:55.730
is<00:28:52.289><c> to</c><00:28:52.529><c> look</c><00:28:52.690><c> at</c><00:28:52.869><c> that</c><00:28:53.109><c> brother</c><00:28:53.329><c> over</c><00:28:53.690><c> there</c><00:28:53.910><c> whose</c><00:28:54.150><c> views</c><00:28:54.710><c> on</c>

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prophecy<00:28:56.490><c> or</c><00:28:58.349><c> divorce</c><00:28:58.730><c> and</c><00:28:58.910><c> remarriage</c>

00:29:01.869 --> 00:29:07.869
are<00:29:02.430><c> so</c><00:29:02.990><c> diametrically</c><00:29:03.750><c> opposed</c><00:29:04.109><c> to</c><00:29:04.390><c> yours</c><00:29:04.970><c> that</c><00:29:06.109><c> in</c><00:29:06.309><c> your</c><00:29:06.529><c> mind</c><00:29:06.789><c> you</c><00:29:06.990><c> think</c><00:29:07.130><c> he's</c><00:29:07.329><c> not</c><00:29:07.509><c> even</c><00:29:07.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:08.069><c> truth</c>

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and<00:29:12.049><c> recognizing</c><00:29:12.589><c> he</c><00:29:12.869><c> is</c><00:29:13.470><c> in</c><00:29:13.750><c> the</c><00:29:13.910><c> truth</c><00:29:15.230><c> and</c><00:29:15.970><c> humbling</c><00:29:16.289><c> yourself</c><00:29:16.769><c> to</c>

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love<00:29:17.230><c> him</c>

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and<00:29:19.369><c> to</c><00:29:19.650><c> be</c><00:29:19.990><c> his</c><00:29:20.369><c> brother,</c><00:29:21.329><c> to</c><00:29:22.210><c> be</c><00:29:22.450><c> his</c><00:29:22.710><c> brother,</c><00:29:24.009><c> not</c><00:29:24.390><c> just</c><00:29:24.650><c> to</c>

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be<00:29:25.349><c> the</c><00:29:25.690><c> individual</c><00:29:26.190><c> that</c><00:29:26.569><c> talks</c><00:29:26.930><c> well</c><00:29:27.210><c> to</c><00:29:27.430><c> his</c><00:29:27.730><c> face</c>

00:29:30.309 --> 00:29:35.410
and<00:29:31.029><c> lacerates</c><00:29:31.750><c> his</c><00:29:32.150><c> heart</c><00:29:32.569><c> when</c><00:29:32.930><c> he</c><00:29:33.109><c> turns</c><00:29:33.470><c> his</c><00:29:33.670><c> back</c><00:29:33.890><c> to</c><00:29:34.109><c> you.</c>

00:29:39.250 --> 00:29:46.589
We<00:29:39.789><c> brothers</c><00:29:40.289><c> and</c><00:29:40.589><c> sisters</c><00:29:41.549><c> need</c><00:29:43.730><c> to</c><00:29:43.950><c> hold</c><00:29:44.109><c> on</c><00:29:44.349><c> to</c><00:29:44.490><c> our</c><00:29:44.690><c> doctrines</c><00:29:45.309><c> tight</c>

00:29:47.930 --> 00:29:51.349
but<00:29:48.549><c> we</c><00:29:48.769><c> need</c><00:29:49.049><c> to</c><00:29:49.210><c> be</c><00:29:49.509><c> loving</c><00:29:49.970><c> likewise.</c>

00:29:53.609 --> 00:29:58.450
Loss<00:29:54.230><c> of</c><00:29:54.450><c> either</c><00:29:54.710><c> of</c><00:29:54.890><c> the</c><00:29:55.069><c> two</c><00:29:55.490><c> makes</c><00:29:55.849><c> us</c><00:29:56.210><c> unbalanced.</c><00:29:58.309><c> We</c>

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need<00:29:58.549><c> them</c><00:29:58.710><c> both</c><00:29:58.890><c> together.</c>

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This<00:30:01.809><c> is</c><00:30:02.029><c> a</c><00:30:02.190><c> world</c><00:30:02.750><c> which</c><00:30:03.369><c> is</c><00:30:03.650><c> affecting</c><00:30:03.930><c> us</c><00:30:04.329><c> adversely</c><00:30:04.890><c> on</c>

00:30:05.109 --> 00:30:08.309
every<00:30:05.309><c> front,</c><00:30:06.150><c> every</c><00:30:06.410><c> marriage,</c><00:30:07.230><c> every</c><00:30:07.670><c> marriage.</c>

00:30:08.309 --> 00:30:12.809
I<00:30:08.950><c> have</c><00:30:09.349><c> marriage</c><00:30:09.769><c> problems,</c><00:30:10.430><c> you</c><00:30:10.890><c> have</c><00:30:11.230><c> marriage</c><00:30:11.650><c> problems,</c>

00:30:12.869 --> 00:30:15.549
we<00:30:13.430><c> have</c><00:30:14.089><c> problems</c>

00:30:16.390 --> 00:30:19.789
and<00:30:17.109><c> these</c><00:30:17.349><c> are</c><00:30:17.569><c> the</c><00:30:17.789><c> trials</c><00:30:18.089><c> of</c><00:30:18.309><c> our</c><00:30:18.509><c> lives.</c><00:30:19.049><c> All</c><00:30:19.390><c> of</c><00:30:19.569><c> these</c>

00:30:19.789 --> 00:30:22.990
things<00:30:20.009><c> are</c><00:30:20.230><c> the</c><00:30:20.569><c> trials</c><00:30:20.910><c> of</c><00:30:21.369><c> our</c><00:30:21.809><c> lives.</c>

00:30:23.630 --> 00:30:27.289
We<00:30:23.890><c> are</c><00:30:24.250><c> stupid</c><00:30:24.970><c> if</c><00:30:25.190><c> we</c><00:30:25.410><c> think</c><00:30:25.569><c> we</c><00:30:25.710><c> can</c><00:30:25.990><c> continue</c><00:30:26.410><c> to</c><00:30:26.710><c> pretend</c>

00:30:27.289 --> 00:30:32.029
that<00:30:28.089><c> we</c><00:30:28.430><c> somehow</c><00:30:28.869><c> as</c><00:30:29.130><c> Christadelphians</c><00:30:30.130><c> are</c><00:30:31.170><c> spared</c><00:30:31.650><c> these</c>

00:30:32.029 --> 00:30:33.789
troubles<00:30:32.390><c> and</c><00:30:32.690><c> trials.</c>

00:30:37.950 --> 00:30:40.849
We<00:30:38.390><c> do</c><00:30:38.529><c> the</c><00:30:38.650><c> best</c><00:30:38.869><c> we</c><00:30:39.089><c> can</c><00:30:39.329><c> and</c><00:30:39.529><c> we</c><00:30:39.730><c> hold</c><00:30:39.950><c> on.</c><00:30:40.430><c> This</c><00:30:40.609><c> is</c><00:30:40.730><c> what</c>

00:30:40.849 --> 00:30:42.009
he's<00:30:41.089><c> doing.</c>

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I'm<00:30:43.430><c> holding</c><00:30:43.829><c> on</c><00:30:44.130><c> to</c><00:30:44.369><c> you,</c><00:30:44.670><c> God.</c><00:30:44.809><c> Why</c><00:30:45.210><c> does</c><00:30:45.390><c> it</c><00:30:45.690><c> hurt</c><00:30:45.950><c> so</c><00:30:46.970><c> bad?</c>

00:30:48.890 --> 00:30:55.349
But<00:30:49.089><c> I've</c><00:30:49.349><c> got</c><00:30:49.450><c> to</c><00:30:49.609><c> hold</c><00:30:49.769><c> on,</c><00:30:50.789><c> but</c><00:30:50.950><c> I</c><00:30:51.069><c> will</c><00:30:51.210><c> not</c><00:30:51.369><c> let</c><00:30:51.609><c> go</c><00:30:52.410><c> and</c><00:30:55.109><c> I</c>

00:30:55.349 --> 00:30:57.289
feel<00:30:55.650><c> so</c><00:30:56.150><c> alone.</c>

00:30:59.390 --> 00:31:02.950
That's<00:30:59.730><c> you,</c><00:31:00.170><c> brother</c><00:31:00.230><c> and</c><00:31:00.549><c> sister,</c><00:31:00.789><c> isn't</c><00:31:00.990><c> it,</c><00:31:01.210><c> in</c><00:31:01.390><c> your</c><00:31:01.569><c> pain,</c><00:31:02.569><c> in</c>

00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:03.269
your<00:31:03.130><c> bereavement,</c>

00:31:03.269 --> 00:31:09.349
in<00:31:04.490><c> your</c><00:31:05.009><c> loss,</c><00:31:06.890><c> in</c><00:31:06.890><c> your</c><00:31:07.130><c> trial.</c><00:31:07.809><c> Chapter</c><00:31:08.109><c> 20</c><00:31:08.670><c> now,</c><00:31:09.250><c> brothers</c>

00:31:09.349 --> 00:31:10.710
and<00:31:09.609><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:20.089
When<00:31:15.789><c> you</c><00:31:16.009><c> think</c><00:31:16.250><c> that</c><00:31:17.109><c> you</c><00:31:17.269><c> are</c><00:31:17.650><c> ungodly</c><00:31:18.269><c> because</c><00:31:18.549><c> you</c><00:31:18.930><c> struggle,</c>

00:31:21.230 --> 00:31:24.710
you<00:31:21.809><c> have</c><00:31:21.970><c> that</c><00:31:22.269><c> ripping</c><00:31:22.549><c> and</c><00:31:22.829><c> that</c><00:31:23.150><c> tearing</c><00:31:23.470><c> within</c><00:31:23.769><c> you</c><00:31:24.029><c> between</c>

00:31:24.710 --> 00:31:29.569
the<00:31:25.690><c> flesh</c><00:31:26.289><c> and</c><00:31:26.809><c> what</c><00:31:27.049><c> you</c><00:31:27.430><c> know</c><00:31:27.829><c> you</c><00:31:28.190><c> ought</c><00:31:28.509><c> to</c><00:31:28.730><c> be</c><00:31:28.930><c> doing</c><00:31:29.170><c> and</c>

00:31:29.569 --> 00:31:31.549
feeling<00:31:29.970><c> and</c><00:31:30.549><c> thinking.</c>

00:31:33.269 --> 00:31:37.869
You<00:31:33.750><c> cry</c><00:31:34.109><c> out</c><00:31:34.349><c> to</c><00:31:34.509><c> God</c><00:31:34.809><c> in</c><00:31:34.950><c> your</c><00:31:35.210><c> private</c><00:31:35.450><c> moments</c><00:31:35.990><c> and</c><00:31:36.730><c> cry</c><00:31:37.289><c> out</c><00:31:37.789><c> to</c>

00:31:37.869 --> 00:31:39.730
him,<00:31:38.269><c> brothers</c><00:31:38.390><c> and</c><00:31:38.670><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:41.349 --> 00:31:46.170
This<00:31:41.490><c> is</c><00:31:41.690><c> not</c><00:31:41.849><c> a</c><00:31:42.170><c> world</c><00:31:42.410><c> in</c><00:31:42.569><c> which</c><00:31:42.710><c> we</c><00:31:42.849><c> can</c><00:31:43.589><c> say</c><00:31:43.930><c> formal</c><00:31:44.609><c> prayers</c><00:31:45.049><c> and</c><00:31:45.269><c> feel</c><00:31:45.529><c> somehow</c><00:31:46.009><c> or</c>

00:31:46.170 --> 00:31:46.609
the<00:31:46.289><c> other,</c>

00:31:46.730 --> 00:31:48.930
God<00:31:47.029><c> is</c><00:31:47.250><c> going</c><00:31:47.369><c> to</c><00:31:47.549><c> listen</c><00:31:47.769><c> to</c><00:31:47.950><c> these</c><00:31:48.170><c> things</c><00:31:48.309><c> and</c><00:31:48.490><c> respond</c><00:31:48.809><c> to</c>

00:31:48.930 --> 00:31:50.829
them.<00:31:49.009><c> We</c><00:31:49.130><c> need</c><00:31:49.309><c> to</c><00:31:49.450><c> get</c><00:31:49.569><c> on</c><00:31:49.769><c> our</c><00:31:49.950><c> knees.</c>

00:31:52.349 --> 00:31:56.589
Weep,<00:31:52.829><c> cry,</c><00:31:53.650><c> get</c><00:31:53.910><c> it</c><00:31:54.190><c> out</c><00:31:54.390><c> to</c><00:31:54.529><c> him.</c><00:31:55.589><c> Tell</c><00:31:55.849><c> him</c><00:31:56.089><c> what</c><00:31:56.289><c> is</c>

00:31:56.589 --> 00:31:57.990
hurting<00:31:56.829><c> inside.</c>

00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:01.869
Tell<00:31:58.730><c> him</c><00:31:58.970><c> about</c><00:31:59.269><c> the</c><00:31:59.309><c> doubts.</c><00:32:00.710><c> Tell</c><00:32:00.910><c> him</c><00:32:01.130><c> about</c><00:32:01.369><c> the</c><00:32:01.569><c> fears</c>

00:32:01.869 --> 00:32:04.509
and<00:32:02.390><c> don't</c><00:32:02.890><c> give</c><00:32:03.109><c> him</c><00:32:03.250><c> any</c><00:32:03.490><c> rest.</c>

00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:10.670
It's<00:32:07.210><c> the</c><00:32:07.369><c> only</c><00:32:07.490><c> way</c><00:32:07.630><c> we'll</c><00:32:07.869><c> make</c><00:32:08.089><c> it,</c><00:32:09.529><c> for</c><00:32:09.609><c> the</c><00:32:09.809><c> life</c><00:32:10.250><c> that</c><00:32:10.470><c> we</c>

00:32:10.670 --> 00:32:13.390
live<00:32:10.930><c> while</c><00:32:11.130><c> we</c><00:32:11.390><c> wait</c><00:32:11.630><c> for</c><00:32:11.890><c> Christ</c><00:32:12.230><c> to</c><00:32:12.450><c> return.</c>

00:32:13.529 --> 00:32:16.470
Look<00:32:13.730><c> at</c><00:32:13.849><c> this</c><00:32:14.029><c> man's</c><00:32:14.369><c> struggle.</c><00:32:14.569><c> Oh</c><00:32:14.809><c> Lord,</c><00:32:15.170><c> in</c><00:32:15.309><c> verse</c><00:32:15.509><c> 7,</c>

00:32:16.890 --> 00:32:21.329
you've<00:32:17.329><c> deceived</c><00:32:17.569><c> me</c><00:32:18.549><c> and</c><00:32:19.410><c> I,</c><00:32:20.190><c> like</c><00:32:20.349><c> a</c><00:32:20.509><c> fool,</c><00:32:20.710><c> I</c><00:32:20.930><c> believed</c><00:32:21.089><c> you.</c><00:32:21.250><c> I</c>

00:32:21.329 --> 00:32:22.970
was<00:32:21.589><c> deceived</c>

00:32:23.069 --> 00:32:29.009
and<00:32:23.609><c> now</c><00:32:23.789><c> I'm</c><00:32:23.950><c> stronger</c><00:32:24.410><c> than</c><00:32:24.710><c> I</c><00:32:25.349><c> and</c><00:32:26.650><c> has</c><00:32:26.869><c> prevailed.</c><00:32:27.509><c> Perhaps</c><00:32:28.049><c> he's</c><00:32:28.710><c> saying,</c>

00:32:29.170 --> 00:32:31.049
you<00:32:29.250><c> deceived</c><00:32:29.470><c> me</c><00:32:29.630><c> because</c><00:32:29.849><c> you</c><00:32:30.009><c> didn't</c><00:32:30.250><c> tell</c><00:32:30.450><c> me</c><00:32:30.589><c> what</c><00:32:30.710><c> this</c>

00:32:31.049 --> 00:32:32.849
work<00:32:31.269><c> would</c><00:32:31.450><c> be</c><00:32:31.630><c> all</c><00:32:31.890><c> about.</c>

00:32:33.589 --> 00:32:38.769
If<00:32:34.009><c> you</c><00:32:34.369><c> knew</c><00:32:34.890><c> what</c><00:32:35.430><c> your</c><00:32:35.690><c> marriage</c><00:32:36.109><c> problems</c><00:32:36.589><c> would</c><00:32:36.890><c> be,</c><00:32:38.470><c> would</c><00:32:38.630><c> you</c>

00:32:38.769 --> 00:32:39.869
have<00:32:38.950><c> married?</c>

00:32:42.190 --> 00:32:45.910
We<00:32:42.730><c> are</c><00:32:42.990><c> given</c><00:32:43.289><c> ignorance</c><00:32:43.910><c> at</c><00:32:44.210><c> key</c><00:32:44.490><c> stages</c><00:32:44.869><c> of</c><00:32:45.150><c> our</c><00:32:45.410><c> life</c><00:32:45.710><c> for</c>

00:32:45.910 --> 00:32:47.230
good<00:32:46.170><c> reason.</c>

00:32:47.809 --> 00:32:50.950
If<00:32:48.069><c> you</c><00:32:48.250><c> knew</c><00:32:48.410><c> what</c><00:32:48.589><c> having</c><00:32:48.910><c> teenage</c><00:32:49.369><c> children</c><00:32:49.890><c> would</c><00:32:50.089><c> be</c><00:32:50.269><c> like,</c><00:32:50.549><c> would</c><00:32:50.769><c> you</c>

00:32:50.950 --> 00:32:52.390
have<00:32:51.130><c> had</c><00:32:51.309><c> children?</c>

00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:59.109
Or<00:32:52.630><c> as</c><00:32:52.869><c> many</c><00:32:53.069><c> as</c><00:32:53.230><c> you</c><00:32:53.430><c> did?</c><00:32:56.509><c> Right?</c><00:32:57.809><c> My</c><00:32:58.069><c> three</c><00:32:58.289><c> are</c><00:32:58.470><c> like</c><00:32:58.809><c> ten</c>

00:32:59.109 --> 00:33:01.930
and<00:32:59.349><c> they're</c><00:32:59.869><c> not</c><00:33:00.130><c> even</c><00:33:00.410><c> teens</c><00:33:00.690><c> yet.</c>

00:33:04.710 --> 00:33:11.150
If<00:33:05.309><c> you</c><00:33:05.569><c> knew</c><00:33:06.210><c> what</c><00:33:06.849><c> your</c><00:33:07.089><c> life</c><00:33:07.269><c> in</c><00:33:07.529><c> Christ</c><00:33:08.369><c> would</c><00:33:09.450><c> truly</c><00:33:09.750><c> involve,</c>

00:33:15.690 --> 00:33:20.529
perhaps<00:33:16.269><c> when</c><00:33:16.849><c> you</c><00:33:16.990><c> were</c><00:33:17.210><c> baptized,</c><00:33:20.029><c> there</c><00:33:20.069><c> would</c><00:33:20.250><c> have</c><00:33:20.390><c> been</c>

00:33:20.529 --> 00:33:23.930
a<00:33:20.670><c> greater</c><00:33:20.829><c> degree</c><00:33:21.150><c> of</c><00:33:21.650><c> sober</c><00:33:22.009><c>-mindedness,</c>

00:33:24.650 --> 00:33:28.769
a<00:33:24.769><c> deeper</c><00:33:25.049><c> comprehension.</c><00:33:26.490><c> I'm</c><00:33:26.950><c> not</c><00:33:27.289><c> just</c><00:33:27.670><c> going</c><00:33:28.069><c> into</c><00:33:28.450><c> this</c>

00:33:28.769 --> 00:33:32.450
water<00:33:29.289><c> to</c><00:33:30.269><c> associate</c><00:33:30.890><c> with</c><00:33:31.150><c> the</c><00:33:31.390><c> death</c><00:33:31.609><c> of</c><00:33:31.910><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:32.809 --> 00:33:37.650
to<00:33:32.990><c> come</c><00:33:33.250><c> up</c><00:33:33.529><c> to</c><00:33:33.710><c> a</c><00:33:33.970><c> new</c><00:33:34.150><c> way</c><00:33:34.329><c> of</c><00:33:34.549><c> life</c><00:33:34.730><c> with</c><00:33:34.910><c> the</c><00:33:35.049><c> death</c><00:33:35.230><c> of</c><00:33:35.390><c> Christ</c><00:33:35.710><c> behind</c><00:33:36.089><c> me.</c>

00:33:38.490 --> 00:33:40.630
The<00:33:38.849><c> sufferings</c><00:33:39.329><c> and</c><00:33:39.509><c> the</c><00:33:39.690><c> death</c><00:33:39.970><c> of</c><00:33:40.230><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:40.630 --> 00:33:47.250
will<00:33:40.809><c> now</c><00:33:42.329><c> be</c><00:33:42.589><c> part</c><00:33:42.910><c> and</c><00:33:43.150><c> parcel</c><00:33:43.529><c> of</c><00:33:44.769><c> my</c><00:33:45.150><c> life</c><00:33:45.950><c> until</c><00:33:46.930><c> the</c><00:33:47.109><c> day</c>

00:33:47.250 --> 00:33:48.490
I<00:33:47.410><c> die.</c>

00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:56.190
You've<00:33:51.170><c> deceived</c><00:33:51.430><c> me,</c><00:33:51.829><c> Lord.</c><00:33:54.309><c> I</c><00:33:54.630><c> am</c><00:33:54.809><c> become</c><00:33:55.009><c> a</c><00:33:55.269><c> laughing</c><00:33:55.609><c> stock</c><00:33:55.910><c> all</c>

00:33:56.190 --> 00:33:58.509
the<00:33:56.349><c> day,</c><00:33:56.609><c> the</c><00:33:56.789><c> revised</c><00:33:57.130><c> version</c><00:33:57.529><c> says.</c>

00:33:59.069 --> 00:34:03.069
People<00:33:59.329><c> can't</c><00:33:59.630><c> stop</c><00:33:59.869><c> laughing</c><00:34:00.170><c> at</c><00:34:00.410><c> me.</c><00:34:01.930><c> Everyone</c><00:34:02.329><c> mocks</c><00:34:02.750><c> me.</c>

00:34:03.150 --> 00:34:05.829
As<00:34:03.390><c> often</c><00:34:03.549><c> as</c><00:34:03.750><c> I</c><00:34:03.930><c> speak,</c><00:34:04.250><c> I</c><00:34:04.470><c> cry</c><00:34:04.690><c> out,</c><00:34:04.890><c> I</c><00:34:05.029><c> cry,</c>

00:34:07.349 --> 00:34:18.150
violence<00:34:08.030><c> and</c><00:34:08.710><c> spoil</c><00:34:09.489><c> because</c><00:34:11.869><c> of</c><00:34:12.130><c> the</c><00:34:12.369><c> word</c><00:34:12.630><c> of</c><00:34:12.909><c> the</c><00:34:13.170><c> Lord,</c><00:34:15.349><c> which</c><00:34:15.530><c> has</c><00:34:15.829><c> made</c><00:34:16.250><c> unto</c><00:34:16.670><c> me</c><00:34:16.969><c> a</c><00:34:17.289><c> reproach</c>

00:34:18.730 --> 00:34:25.010
and<00:34:19.329><c> a</c><00:34:19.630><c> division</c><00:34:20.070><c> all</c><00:34:20.909><c> day</c><00:34:21.329><c> long.</c><00:34:21.909><c> They</c><00:34:22.150><c> will</c><00:34:22.550><c> not</c><00:34:22.929><c> stop</c><00:34:23.690><c> laughing</c><00:34:24.670><c> at</c>

00:34:25.010 --> 00:34:26.449
your<00:34:25.349><c> word.</c>

00:34:27.610 --> 00:34:31.809
They<00:34:28.289><c> won't</c><00:34:28.510><c> stop</c><00:34:28.809><c> laughing</c><00:34:29.190><c> at</c><00:34:29.449><c> all.</c><00:34:30.070><c> Then</c><00:34:30.289><c> I</c><00:34:30.570><c> said,</c><00:34:31.309><c> I</c><00:34:31.530><c> will</c>

00:34:31.809 --> 00:34:32.989
not<00:34:31.969><c> make</c><00:34:32.150><c> mention</c><00:34:32.409><c> of</c><00:34:32.590><c> him,</c>

00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:38.510
nor<00:34:33.329><c> speak</c><00:34:33.610><c> any</c><00:34:33.869><c> more</c><00:34:34.010><c> in</c><00:34:34.150><c> his</c><00:34:34.329><c> name.</c><00:34:35.469><c> Then</c><00:34:35.869><c> there</c><00:34:36.130><c> is</c><00:34:36.369><c> in</c><00:34:36.489><c> my</c><00:34:36.650><c> heart,</c><00:34:37.389><c> as</c><00:34:37.590><c> it</c><00:34:37.769><c> were,</c><00:34:38.190><c> a</c>

00:34:38.510 --> 00:34:39.429
burning<00:34:38.869><c> fire</c>

00:34:39.429 --> 00:34:44.730
shut<00:34:39.710><c> up</c><00:34:40.070><c> in</c><00:34:40.469><c> my</c><00:34:40.730><c> bones</c><00:34:41.170><c> and</c><00:34:41.670><c> I'm</c><00:34:42.150><c> weary</c><00:34:42.469><c> with</c><00:34:42.789><c> forbearing</c><00:34:43.909><c> and</c>

00:34:44.730 --> 00:34:46.550
I<00:34:44.989><c> cannot</c><00:34:45.429><c> contain.</c>

00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:54.750
I<00:34:48.130><c> cannot</c><00:34:48.570><c> contain.</c><00:34:48.869><c> I</c><00:34:48.989><c> can't</c><00:34:49.730><c> help</c><00:34:50.230><c> but</c><00:34:51.269><c> say</c><00:34:51.710><c> your</c><00:34:52.090><c> words.</c><00:34:54.570><c> Do</c>

00:34:54.750 --> 00:34:57.110
you<00:34:54.909><c> find</c><00:34:55.130><c> it</c><00:34:55.489><c> hard</c><00:34:55.909><c> to</c><00:34:56.210><c> preach</c><00:34:56.389><c> the</c><00:34:56.730><c> truth</c>

00:34:57.110 --> 00:35:00.809
to<00:34:57.469><c> people</c><00:34:57.909><c> that</c><00:34:58.329><c> reject</c><00:34:58.789><c> it,</c><00:34:59.570><c> that</c><00:34:59.869><c> laugh</c><00:35:00.150><c> at</c><00:35:00.250><c> it,</c><00:35:00.409><c> that</c><00:35:00.590><c> mock</c>

00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:02.789
at<00:35:00.929><c> it?</c><00:35:01.369><c> There</c><00:35:01.750><c> was</c><00:35:02.010><c> a</c><00:35:02.210><c> man</c><00:35:02.409><c> that</c><00:35:02.650><c> went</c>

00:35:02.789 --> 00:35:07.070
through<00:35:02.969><c> the</c><00:35:03.150><c> same</c><00:35:03.349><c> thing</c><00:35:03.489><c> and</c><00:35:03.630><c> he</c><00:35:03.849><c> kept</c><00:35:04.050><c> doing</c><00:35:04.329><c> it,</c><00:35:05.570><c> kept</c><00:35:05.769><c> doing</c><00:35:06.070><c> it.</c>

00:35:08.309 --> 00:35:10.030
You<00:35:08.550><c> become</c><00:35:08.869><c> depressed</c><00:35:09.289><c> or</c><00:35:09.489><c> frustrated</c>

00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:12.769
with<00:35:10.789><c> the</c><00:35:10.949><c> preaching</c><00:35:11.190><c> activities</c><00:35:11.750><c> of</c><00:35:11.969><c> your</c><00:35:12.170><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:12.590><c> when</c>

00:35:12.769 --> 00:35:15.110
you're<00:35:12.989><c> working</c><00:35:13.309><c> and</c><00:35:13.530><c> you</c><00:35:13.730><c> see</c><00:35:13.889><c> that</c><00:35:14.389><c> the</c><00:35:14.889><c> effort</c>

00:35:15.110 --> 00:35:20.690
that<00:35:15.309><c> you</c><00:35:15.469><c> put</c><00:35:15.710><c> in</c><00:35:16.869><c> seems</c><00:35:17.210><c> to</c><00:35:17.429><c> net</c><00:35:17.530><c> a</c><00:35:17.789><c> result</c><00:35:17.969><c> that</c><00:35:18.150><c> is</c><00:35:18.329><c> so</c><00:35:18.610><c> small.</c><00:35:20.469><c> Then</c>

00:35:20.690 --> 00:35:24.329
remember,<00:35:22.409><c> every</c><00:35:22.969><c> brother</c><00:35:23.329><c> or</c><00:35:23.650><c> sister</c><00:35:24.130><c> that</c>

00:35:24.329 --> 00:35:28.449
has<00:35:24.489><c> gone</c><00:35:24.750><c> before</c><00:35:25.329><c> you,</c><00:35:26.969><c> following</c><00:35:27.329><c> the</c><00:35:27.550><c> footsteps</c><00:35:27.869><c> of</c><00:35:28.230><c> men</c>

00:35:28.449 --> 00:35:31.429
like<00:35:28.789><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:29.489><c> has</c><00:35:29.909><c> endured</c><00:35:30.210><c> the</c><00:35:30.550><c> same.</c>

00:35:34.130 --> 00:35:45.710
He<00:35:34.210><c> says</c><00:35:34.429><c> in</c><00:35:34.570><c> verse</c><00:35:35.110><c> 12,</c><00:35:37.969><c> O</c><00:35:38.130><c> Lord</c><00:35:38.389><c> of</c><00:35:38.610><c> hosts,</c><00:35:41.550><c> thou</c><00:35:42.309><c> that</c><00:35:43.110><c> triest</c><00:35:44.349><c> the</c><00:35:44.809><c> righteous,</c>

00:35:47.889 --> 00:35:53.349
good<00:35:48.289><c> people</c><00:35:48.969><c> go</c><00:35:49.630><c> through</c><00:35:50.650><c> trouble.</c><00:35:52.449><c> And</c><00:35:52.570><c> we're</c><00:35:52.710><c> not</c><00:35:52.829><c> righteous</c><00:35:53.070><c> because</c>

00:35:53.349 --> 00:35:54.550
we're<00:35:53.610><c> good.</c>

00:35:55.150 --> 00:36:01.989
Righteous<00:35:55.730><c> because</c><00:35:56.289><c> God</c><00:35:56.949><c> through</c><00:35:57.230><c> Christ</c><00:35:57.610><c> chooses</c><00:35:58.190><c> to</c><00:35:59.389><c> ascribe</c><00:35:59.969><c> righteousness</c><00:36:00.650><c> to</c><00:36:01.130><c> us</c>

00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:03.949
for<00:36:02.510><c> his</c><00:36:02.869><c> sake.</c>

00:36:06.530 --> 00:36:11.929
I<00:36:07.110><c> know</c><00:36:07.429><c> you</c><00:36:07.889><c> try</c><00:36:08.409><c> the</c><00:36:08.730><c> righteous,</c><00:36:10.449><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:10.849><c> says.</c>

00:36:16.449 --> 00:36:22.070
You<00:36:17.130><c> who</c><00:36:17.809><c> see</c><00:36:18.030><c> the</c><00:36:18.269><c> reigns,</c><00:36:18.829><c> the</c><00:36:19.150><c> internal</c><00:36:19.530><c> feelings</c><00:36:20.349><c> and</c><00:36:20.750><c> the</c><00:36:21.030><c> heart,</c>

00:36:22.789 --> 00:36:26.969
let<00:36:22.909><c> me</c><00:36:23.130><c> see</c><00:36:23.369><c> thy</c><00:36:23.590><c> vengeance</c><00:36:24.170><c> on</c><00:36:24.489><c> them,</c><00:36:26.030><c> for</c><00:36:26.170><c> unto</c><00:36:26.469><c> thee</c><00:36:26.730><c> have</c>

00:36:26.969 --> 00:36:29.110
I<00:36:27.210><c> revealed</c><00:36:27.530><c> my</c><00:36:27.969><c> cause.</c>

00:36:29.909 --> 00:36:35.349
In<00:36:30.590><c> your</c><00:36:30.869><c> context,</c><00:36:31.469><c> my</c><00:36:31.769><c> context,</c><00:36:33.889><c> let</c><00:36:34.030><c> me</c><00:36:34.230><c> see</c><00:36:34.409><c> the</c><00:36:34.750><c> end</c><00:36:35.110><c> of</c>

00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:38.630
this<00:36:35.909><c> trial,</c><00:36:37.409><c> dear</c><00:36:37.630><c> God.</c>

00:36:39.769 --> 00:36:44.630
I<00:36:40.369><c> pour</c><00:36:40.710><c> it</c><00:36:40.949><c> out</c><00:36:41.110><c> to</c><00:36:41.349><c> you.</c><00:36:42.949><c> I</c><00:36:43.070><c> pour</c><00:36:43.349><c> out</c><00:36:43.610><c> all</c><00:36:43.809><c> the</c><00:36:44.070><c> unfairness,</c>

00:36:44.710 --> 00:36:47.110
all<00:36:44.869><c> the</c><00:36:45.170><c> hurt,</c><00:36:46.170><c> all</c><00:36:46.309><c> the</c><00:36:46.510><c> humiliation,</c>

00:36:47.349 --> 00:36:49.989
all<00:36:47.489><c> the</c><00:36:47.809><c> embarrassment,</c><00:36:48.429><c> all</c><00:36:48.550><c> the</c><00:36:48.869><c> pain,</c><00:36:49.269><c> the</c><00:36:49.489><c> isolation,</c>

00:36:50.449 --> 00:36:53.070
the<00:36:50.909><c> loneliness,</c><00:36:52.309><c> the</c><00:36:52.710><c> bitterness,</c>

00:36:53.489 --> 00:36:58.289
the<00:36:53.769><c> degradation,</c><00:36:55.869><c> the</c><00:36:56.070><c> feeling</c><00:36:56.230><c> of</c><00:36:56.630><c> utter</c><00:36:56.969><c> uncleanness</c><00:36:57.909><c> and</c>

00:36:58.289 --> 00:37:01.630
worthlessness.<00:36:58.889><c> I</c><00:36:59.210><c> pour</c><00:36:59.449><c> them</c><00:36:59.670><c> out</c><00:36:59.909><c> to</c><00:37:00.210><c> you,</c><00:37:00.849><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:02.690 --> 00:37:05.909
Let<00:37:03.010><c> me</c><00:37:03.250><c> see</c><00:37:03.469><c> the</c><00:37:03.710><c> end</c><00:37:04.030><c> of</c><00:37:04.250><c> this</c><00:37:04.429><c> one</c><00:37:04.730><c> day.</c>

00:37:10.030 --> 00:37:18.050
Then<00:37:10.550><c> verse</c><00:37:10.869><c> 13,</c><00:37:11.429><c> he</c><00:37:11.530><c> says,</c><00:37:12.329><c> sing,</c><00:37:13.409><c> sing,</c><00:37:14.530><c> sing</c><00:37:15.610><c> unto</c><00:37:16.130><c> the</c><00:37:16.449><c> Lord.</c><00:37:17.630><c> Praise</c><00:37:17.849><c> ye</c>

00:37:18.050 --> 00:37:19.590
the<00:37:18.130><c> Lord,</c><00:37:18.650><c> for</c><00:37:18.750><c> he</c><00:37:19.070><c> hath</c><00:37:19.289><c> delivered</c>

00:37:19.590 --> 00:37:22.690
the<00:37:19.969><c> soul</c><00:37:20.230><c> of</c><00:37:20.389><c> the</c><00:37:20.610><c> needy</c><00:37:20.989><c> in</c><00:37:21.110><c> the</c><00:37:21.289><c> hand</c><00:37:21.590><c> of</c><00:37:21.849><c> evildoers,</c><00:37:22.449><c> from</c>

00:37:22.690 --> 00:37:27.090
the<00:37:22.889><c> hand</c><00:37:23.090><c> of</c><00:37:23.289><c> evildoers.</c><00:37:25.090><c> Look</c><00:37:25.329><c> at</c><00:37:25.489><c> him</c><00:37:25.809><c> struggle.</c>

00:37:29.070 --> 00:37:32.210
Look<00:37:29.309><c> at</c><00:37:29.369><c> him</c><00:37:29.590><c> try</c><00:37:29.909><c> to</c><00:37:30.210><c> lift</c><00:37:30.469><c> himself,</c><00:37:30.969><c> at</c><00:37:31.150><c> least,</c><00:37:31.849><c> at</c><00:37:32.030><c> least</c>

00:37:32.210 --> 00:37:34.789
I'm<00:37:32.429><c> alive,</c><00:37:32.789><c> you've</c><00:37:33.050><c> saved</c><00:37:33.210><c> my</c><00:37:33.449><c> life,</c><00:37:33.909><c> God.</c>

00:37:34.610 --> 00:37:38.969
I<00:37:34.949><c> have</c><00:37:35.289><c> to</c><00:37:35.389><c> rejoice.</c><00:37:35.650><c> Sing,</c><00:37:36.250><c> sing</c><00:37:36.489><c> unto</c><00:37:36.650><c> the</c><00:37:36.869><c> Lord.</c><00:37:38.389><c> I</c><00:37:38.630><c> must</c>

00:37:38.969 --> 00:37:41.530
sing<00:37:39.389><c> unto</c><00:37:39.650><c> the</c><00:37:39.829><c> Lord</c><00:37:39.969><c> and</c><00:37:40.389><c> thank</c><00:37:40.690><c> him.</c>

00:37:43.449 --> 00:37:52.090
That's<00:37:43.909><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:44.449><c> in</c><00:37:47.449><c> his</c><00:37:48.230><c> turmoil</c><00:37:48.769><c> and</c><00:37:49.710><c> anguish,</c><00:37:51.610><c> and</c><00:37:51.909><c> then</c>

00:37:52.090 --> 00:37:54.570
he<00:37:52.309><c> sinks</c><00:37:52.610><c> back</c><00:37:53.030><c> down</c><00:37:53.389><c> into</c><00:37:53.730><c> it,</c>

00:37:54.949 --> 00:37:59.630
right<00:37:55.210><c> back</c><00:37:55.510><c> down</c><00:37:55.670><c> into</c><00:37:55.789><c> it.</c><00:37:56.030><c> He</c><00:37:56.030><c> says,</c><00:37:57.530><c> oh</c><00:37:57.570><c> Lord,</c><00:37:58.909><c> cursed</c><00:37:59.349><c> be</c>

00:37:59.630 --> 00:38:01.789
the<00:37:59.889><c> day</c><00:38:00.050><c> that</c><00:38:00.190><c> I</c><00:38:00.309><c> was</c><00:38:00.449><c> even</c><00:38:00.750><c> born.</c>

00:38:01.929 --> 00:38:07.170
I<00:38:02.230><c> wish</c><00:38:02.730><c> I</c><00:38:02.969><c> had</c><00:38:03.150><c> never</c><00:38:03.309><c> been</c><00:38:03.730><c> born.</c><00:38:05.170><c> I</c><00:38:05.309><c> wish</c><00:38:05.489><c> I</c><00:38:05.610><c> was</c><00:38:06.050><c> dead.</c>

00:38:10.989 --> 00:38:14.170
Let<00:38:11.130><c> not</c><00:38:11.409><c> the</c><00:38:11.570><c> day</c><00:38:11.769><c> wherein</c><00:38:11.989><c> my</c><00:38:12.230><c> mother</c><00:38:12.449><c> bare</c><00:38:12.730><c> me</c><00:38:12.929><c> be</c><00:38:13.150><c> blessed.</c>

00:38:14.630 --> 00:38:16.250
Cursed<00:38:14.829><c> be</c><00:38:15.070><c> the</c><00:38:15.230><c> man</c><00:38:15.389><c> who</c><00:38:15.590><c> brought</c><00:38:15.829><c> tidings</c>

00:38:16.250 --> 00:38:20.010
to<00:38:16.429><c> my</c><00:38:16.670><c> father.</c><00:38:18.210><c> He</c><00:38:18.369><c> ends</c><00:38:18.570><c> the</c><00:38:18.809><c> chapter.</c><00:38:19.429><c> It</c><00:38:19.429><c> ends,</c><00:38:19.769><c> brothers</c>

00:38:20.010 --> 00:38:21.650
and<00:38:20.269><c> sisters,</c><00:38:20.550><c> with</c><00:38:20.710><c> a</c><00:38:20.829><c> question,</c><00:38:21.289><c> wherefore,</c>

00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:27.070
why<00:38:21.889><c> was</c><00:38:22.110><c> I</c><00:38:22.489><c> born,</c><00:38:23.309><c> Lord?</c><00:38:25.530><c> Wherefore</c><00:38:26.010><c> did</c><00:38:26.170><c> I</c><00:38:26.389><c> come</c><00:38:26.670><c> forth</c><00:38:26.889><c> out</c>

00:38:27.070 --> 00:38:30.550
of<00:38:27.170><c> the</c><00:38:27.329><c> womb</c><00:38:27.489><c> to</c><00:38:27.789><c> see</c><00:38:28.050><c> labor</c><00:38:28.690><c> and</c><00:38:29.809><c> sorrow</c>

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:36.309
that<00:38:31.210><c> my</c><00:38:31.530><c> days</c><00:38:31.869><c> should</c><00:38:32.090><c> be</c><00:38:32.329><c> consumed</c><00:38:32.929><c> with</c><00:38:33.429><c> shame?</c><00:38:35.469><c> Is</c><00:38:35.730><c> that</c><00:38:36.030><c> why</c><00:38:36.170><c> I</c>

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was<00:38:36.570><c> born?</c><00:38:37.210><c> Yes,</c>

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that<00:38:39.909><c> is</c><00:38:40.090><c> why</c><00:38:40.269><c> he</c><00:38:40.429><c> was</c><00:38:40.690><c> born,</c><00:38:41.949><c> yes.</c><00:38:45.130><c> His</c><00:38:45.409><c> troubles</c><00:38:45.769><c> were</c><00:38:45.989><c> not</c><00:38:46.349><c> meaningless.</c>

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These<00:38:50.110><c> were</c><00:38:50.289><c> not</c><00:38:50.510><c> troubles</c><00:38:50.989><c> that</c><00:38:51.570><c> consumed</c><00:38:52.190><c> a</c><00:38:52.429><c> man,</c><00:38:53.630><c> inflicted</c><00:38:53.989><c> upon</c><00:38:54.190><c> him</c>

00:38:54.389 --> 00:38:57.329
just<00:38:54.630><c> by</c><00:38:54.929><c> the</c><00:38:55.469><c> circumstances</c><00:38:55.989><c> of</c><00:38:56.289><c> life.</c>

00:38:57.389 --> 00:39:03.989
What<00:38:57.769><c> a</c><00:38:58.150><c> deity,</c><00:38:58.710><c> far</c><00:38:59.170><c> off</c><00:38:59.449><c> in</c><00:38:59.610><c> the</c><00:38:59.730><c> distance,</c><00:39:00.110><c> remote</c><00:39:00.650><c> and</c><00:39:01.090><c> cold.</c><00:39:03.889><c> He</c>

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was<00:39:04.230><c> born</c><00:39:04.530><c> for</c><00:39:04.769><c> these</c><00:39:05.010><c> trials.</c>

00:39:09.010 --> 00:39:16.010
He<00:39:09.150><c> was</c><00:39:09.469><c> born</c><00:39:09.889><c> for</c><00:39:10.369><c> these</c><00:39:11.130><c> trials.</c><00:39:11.829><c> They</c><00:39:11.829><c> had</c><00:39:12.030><c> a</c><00:39:12.329><c> purpose.</c><00:39:14.829><c> God</c>

00:39:17.530 --> 00:39:22.909
put<00:39:18.210><c> him</c><00:39:18.469><c> through</c><00:39:18.670><c> what</c><00:39:18.869><c> he</c><00:39:19.130><c> went</c><00:39:19.429><c> through</c><00:39:20.409><c> to</c><00:39:21.510><c> an</c><00:39:21.789><c> end.</c>

00:39:25.369 --> 00:39:31.789
And<00:39:25.929><c> he's</c><00:39:26.130><c> doing</c><00:39:26.349><c> the</c><00:39:26.570><c> same</c><00:39:26.750><c> thing</c><00:39:26.869><c> with</c><00:39:27.050><c> you</c><00:39:28.130><c> and</c><00:39:29.949><c> with</c><00:39:30.230><c> me.</c>

00:39:34.849 --> 00:39:41.030
We<00:39:35.409><c> have</c><00:39:35.610><c> to</c><00:39:35.710><c> do</c><00:39:35.789><c> what</c><00:39:35.929><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:36.389><c> did.</c><00:39:38.570><c> Pour</c><00:39:38.710><c> it</c><00:39:38.969><c> out</c><00:39:39.130><c> to</c><00:39:39.250><c> him.</c>

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Lay<00:39:42.130><c> out</c><00:39:42.329><c> whatever</c><00:39:42.590><c> the</c><00:39:42.929><c> pain</c><00:39:43.210><c> and</c><00:39:43.429><c> the</c><00:39:43.610><c> distress,</c><00:39:44.250><c> the</c><00:39:44.489><c> anxiety</c><00:39:45.190><c> are</c>

00:39:46.230 --> 00:39:51.530
to<00:39:47.510><c> him.</c><00:39:48.730><c> It's</c><00:39:49.289><c> what</c><00:39:49.510><c> we</c><00:39:49.809><c> must</c><00:39:50.150><c> do.</c>

00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:57.250
Trial<00:39:53.409><c> is</c><00:39:53.550><c> not</c><00:39:53.949><c> proof</c><00:39:54.230><c> of</c><00:39:54.409><c> the</c><00:39:54.610><c> fact</c><00:39:54.789><c> that</c><00:39:54.969><c> God</c><00:39:55.150><c> doesn't</c><00:39:55.590><c> exist,</c><00:39:56.949><c> and</c>

00:39:57.250 --> 00:40:00.670
that<00:39:57.349><c> we</c><00:39:57.530><c> are</c><00:39:57.670><c> just</c><00:39:58.050><c> subject</c><00:39:58.570><c> to</c><00:39:59.250><c> the</c><00:39:59.630><c> whims</c>

00:40:01.829 --> 00:40:09.170
of<00:40:02.550><c> nature.</c><00:40:05.130><c> Trial</c><00:40:05.489><c> proves</c><00:40:05.849><c> that</c><00:40:06.030><c> he</c><00:40:06.170><c> does</c><00:40:06.449><c> exist,</c><00:40:08.409><c> that</c><00:40:09.050><c> he</c>

00:40:09.170 --> 00:40:11.090
is<00:40:09.389><c> as</c><00:40:09.530><c> good</c><00:40:09.650><c> as</c><00:40:09.809><c> his</c><00:40:10.010><c> word,</c>

00:40:12.070 --> 00:40:16.070
and<00:40:12.789><c> that</c><00:40:12.949><c> he</c><00:40:13.070><c> wants</c><00:40:13.309><c> us</c><00:40:13.590><c> not</c><00:40:13.809><c> to</c><00:40:14.130><c> despise</c><00:40:14.489><c> his</c><00:40:14.889><c> chastening.</c>

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The<00:40:16.409><c> trials</c><00:40:16.750><c> are</c><00:40:17.110><c> to</c><00:40:17.750><c> correct.</c>

00:40:19.429 --> 00:40:26.449
They<00:40:20.010><c> are</c><00:40:20.309><c> also</c><00:40:20.610><c> to</c><00:40:21.030><c> perfect.</c><00:40:23.230><c> There</c><00:40:23.369><c> are</c><00:40:23.590><c> levels</c><00:40:23.929><c> of</c><00:40:24.250><c> maturity</c><00:40:24.829><c> in</c><00:40:25.269><c> God's</c><00:40:25.829><c> truth</c><00:40:26.190><c> that</c>

00:40:26.449 --> 00:40:27.230
we<00:40:26.710><c> shall</c><00:40:26.929><c> never</c>

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attain<00:40:27.769><c> to</c><00:40:28.869><c> outside</c><00:40:29.570><c> of</c><00:40:29.969><c> trial.</c><00:40:31.769><c> The</c><00:40:32.050><c> Psalms,</c><00:40:35.070><c> we</c><00:40:35.710><c> cannot</c><00:40:36.070><c> understand</c><00:40:37.030><c> the</c>

00:40:37.469 --> 00:40:40.050
Psalms<00:40:37.929><c> with</c><00:40:38.389><c> Strong's</c><00:40:38.989><c> numbers</c>

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and<00:40:40.690><c> the</c><00:40:40.949><c> linguistic</c><00:40:41.650><c> and</c><00:40:42.010><c> grammatical</c><00:40:42.869><c> underpinnings,</c><00:40:43.809><c> the</c>

00:40:44.269 --> 00:40:48.449
structure<00:40:44.829><c> of</c><00:40:45.769><c> the</c><00:40:46.090><c> words</c><00:40:46.369><c> on</c><00:40:46.570><c> the</c><00:40:46.789><c> page.</c><00:40:47.369><c> We</c><00:40:47.670><c> can't</c>

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understand<00:40:48.469><c> them.</c><00:40:49.909><c> We</c><00:40:50.610><c> understand</c><00:40:51.170><c> them</c><00:40:51.349><c> with</c><00:40:51.670><c> those</c><00:40:52.150><c> things</c>

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wedded<00:40:54.929><c> to</c><00:40:55.130><c> trial</c><00:40:55.869><c> and</c><00:40:57.369><c> pain.</c>

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When<00:41:00.550><c> we</c><00:41:00.750><c> are</c><00:41:00.949><c> in</c><00:41:01.110><c> anguish,</c><00:41:01.489><c> we</c><00:41:01.590><c> can</c><00:41:01.869><c> understand</c><00:41:02.329><c> the</c><00:41:02.590><c> words</c>

00:41:03.130 --> 00:41:07.630
of<00:41:04.030><c> the</c><00:41:04.210><c> man</c><00:41:04.829><c> who</c><00:41:05.230><c> is</c><00:41:05.730><c> in</c><00:41:05.949><c> anguish</c><00:41:06.250><c> on</c><00:41:06.449><c> the</c><00:41:06.610><c> page.</c>

00:41:09.570 --> 00:41:13.489
And<00:41:09.670><c> then,</c><00:41:09.929><c> brothers</c><00:41:10.030><c> and</c><00:41:10.269><c> sisters,</c><00:41:11.650><c> we</c><00:41:11.889><c> are</c><00:41:12.090><c> able</c><00:41:12.250><c> to</c><00:41:12.670><c> understand</c><00:41:13.030><c> each</c>

00:41:13.489 --> 00:41:16.929
other<00:41:14.250><c> and</c><00:41:14.949><c> to</c><00:41:15.289><c> care</c><00:41:15.570><c> for</c><00:41:15.949><c> and</c><00:41:16.329><c> love</c>

00:41:16.929 --> 00:41:22.090
and<00:41:17.429><c> put</c><00:41:17.650><c> a</c><00:41:18.250><c> stabilizing</c><00:41:18.969><c> arm</c><00:41:19.429><c> around</c><00:41:19.710><c> the</c><00:41:19.989><c> shoulders</c><00:41:20.329><c> of</c><00:41:20.530><c> those</c><00:41:20.670><c> that</c><00:41:20.889><c> hurt</c><00:41:21.030><c> beside</c><00:41:21.469><c> us</c>

00:41:22.090 --> 00:41:27.110
so<00:41:22.929><c> that</c><00:41:23.090><c> we</c><00:41:23.289><c> do</c><00:41:23.570><c> not</c><00:41:23.829><c> just</c><00:41:24.230><c> walk</c><00:41:24.610><c> past</c><00:41:25.309><c> our</c><00:41:26.110><c> flesh</c><00:41:26.449><c> as</c><00:41:26.710><c> Isaiah</c>

00:41:27.110 --> 00:41:30.809
58<00:41:28.050><c> says.</c><00:41:29.570><c> We</c><00:41:29.710><c> grab</c><00:41:29.869><c> a</c><00:41:30.070><c> hold</c><00:41:30.329><c> of</c><00:41:30.510><c> the</c><00:41:30.670><c> brother</c>

00:41:30.809 --> 00:41:34.349
or<00:41:30.989><c> sister</c><00:41:31.190><c> that's</c><00:41:31.469><c> falling,</c><00:41:31.929><c> pull</c><00:41:32.130><c> them</c><00:41:32.329><c> up</c><00:41:32.829><c> and</c><00:41:33.949><c> then</c><00:41:34.210><c> sit</c>

00:41:34.349 --> 00:41:37.050
gently<00:41:34.690><c> with</c><00:41:35.030><c> them</c><00:41:35.650><c> as</c><00:41:35.929><c> they</c><00:41:36.269><c> weep</c>

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with<00:41:39.070><c> no</c><00:41:39.289><c> wisdom</c><00:41:39.590><c> of</c><00:41:39.829><c> our</c><00:41:40.050><c> own</c><00:41:40.190><c> other</c><00:41:40.530><c> than</c>

00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:46.670
the<00:41:43.230><c> acknowledgement</c><00:41:43.610><c> that</c><00:41:43.849><c> we</c><00:41:44.230><c> too</c><00:41:44.530><c> have</c><00:41:44.789><c> hurt</c><00:41:45.130><c> or</c><00:41:45.369><c> are</c><00:41:45.670><c> hurting</c><00:41:46.070><c> and</c>

00:41:46.670 --> 00:41:48.829
know<00:41:46.889><c> what</c><00:41:47.090><c> it</c><00:41:47.289><c> is</c><00:41:47.449><c> to</c><00:41:47.710><c> hurt.</c>

00:41:49.349 --> 00:41:57.130
How<00:41:49.449><c> we</c><00:41:49.550><c> know</c><00:41:49.809><c> that</c><00:41:50.190><c> God</c><00:41:50.750><c> will</c><00:41:51.309><c> give</c><00:41:51.429><c> us</c><00:41:51.769><c> the</c><00:41:52.170><c> strength</c><00:41:52.889><c> to</c><00:41:55.050><c> cope</c><00:41:55.389><c> through</c><00:41:55.730><c> the</c><00:41:55.989><c> trial.</c>

00:41:59.909 --> 00:42:03.170
We'll<00:42:00.130><c> end</c><00:42:00.210><c> with</c><00:42:00.409><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:00.809><c> chapter</c><00:42:01.170><c> 39,</c><00:42:01.849><c> brothers</c><00:42:01.969><c> and</c><00:42:02.170><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:12.889 --> 00:42:17.530
And<00:42:13.409><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:13.909><c> was</c><00:42:14.289><c> in</c><00:42:14.550><c> jail</c><00:42:14.730><c> when</c><00:42:15.489><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:15.969><c> was</c><00:42:16.269><c> taken.</c><00:42:17.530><c> In</c>

00:42:17.530 --> 00:42:18.789
the<00:42:17.690><c> ninth</c><00:42:17.849><c> year</c><00:42:18.090><c> of</c><00:42:18.309><c> Zedekiah,</c>

00:42:18.909 --> 00:42:23.630
king<00:42:19.190><c> of</c><00:42:19.409><c> Judah,</c><00:42:19.690><c> in</c><00:42:19.769><c> the</c><00:42:19.949><c> tenth</c><00:42:20.110><c> month</c><00:42:20.369><c> came</c><00:42:20.690><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:42:22.269><c> In</c><00:42:22.510><c> the</c><00:42:22.710><c> eleventh</c><00:42:22.969><c> year</c><00:42:23.349><c> of</c>

00:42:23.630 --> 00:42:26.190
Zedekiah,<00:42:24.150><c> in</c><00:42:24.289><c> the</c><00:42:24.449><c> fourth</c><00:42:24.690><c> month,</c><00:42:25.150><c> the</c><00:42:25.349><c> ninth</c><00:42:25.610><c> day</c><00:42:25.909><c> of</c><00:42:26.070><c> the</c>

00:42:26.190 --> 00:42:28.889
month,<00:42:26.489><c> the</c><00:42:26.610><c> city</c><00:42:26.809><c> was</c><00:42:27.329><c> broken</c><00:42:27.710><c> up.</c>

00:42:31.269 --> 00:42:36.230
And<00:42:31.530><c> all</c><00:42:31.750><c> the</c><00:42:31.909><c> princes</c><00:42:32.150><c> of</c><00:42:32.349><c> the</c><00:42:32.570><c> king</c><00:42:33.070><c> of</c><00:42:33.369><c> Babylon</c><00:42:33.750><c> came</c><00:42:34.090><c> in</c><00:42:35.010><c> and</c><00:42:35.769><c> sat</c><00:42:36.070><c> in</c>

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the<00:42:36.329><c> middle</c><00:42:36.530><c> gate.</c>

00:42:39.429 --> 00:42:42.530
Zedekiah,<00:42:40.090><c> the</c><00:42:40.210><c> king</c><00:42:40.369><c> of</c><00:42:40.550><c> Judah,</c><00:42:40.769><c> saw</c><00:42:41.110><c> them</c><00:42:41.570><c> and</c><00:42:42.050><c> all</c><00:42:42.269><c> the</c><00:42:42.409><c> men</c>

00:42:42.530 --> 00:42:45.130
of<00:42:42.750><c> war.</c><00:42:43.369><c> Then</c><00:42:43.630><c> they</c><00:42:43.929><c> fled</c><00:42:44.250><c> and</c><00:42:44.389><c> went</c><00:42:44.610><c> forth</c><00:42:44.849><c> out</c><00:42:45.030><c> of</c>

00:42:45.130 --> 00:42:51.230
the<00:42:45.230><c> city</c><00:42:45.389><c> by</c><00:42:45.750><c> night.</c><00:42:48.610><c> Then</c><00:42:48.809><c> the</c><00:42:48.909><c> king</c><00:42:49.070><c> of</c><00:42:49.269><c> Babylon</c><00:42:49.730><c> slew</c><00:42:51.030><c> the</c>

00:42:51.230 --> 00:42:55.750
sons<00:42:51.909><c> of</c><00:42:52.210><c> Zedekiah</c><00:42:53.090><c> in</c><00:42:54.090><c> Ribla</c><00:42:54.550><c> after</c><00:42:55.030><c> he</c><00:42:55.210><c> had</c><00:42:55.469><c> captured</c>

00:42:55.750 --> 00:43:04.969
him<00:42:55.929><c> before</c><00:42:57.650><c> his</c><00:42:58.050><c> eyes.</c><00:43:01.010><c> He</c><00:43:01.530><c> saw</c><00:43:01.889><c> every</c><00:43:02.269><c> one</c><00:43:02.409><c> of</c><00:43:02.550><c> his</c><00:43:02.789><c> children,</c><00:43:04.570><c> all</c><00:43:04.789><c> of</c>

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his<00:43:05.150><c> sons</c><00:43:05.809><c> be</c><00:43:07.670><c> slaughtered</c><00:43:08.110><c> in</c>

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front<00:43:08.429><c> of</c><00:43:08.610><c> him.</c><00:43:08.829><c> The</c><00:43:09.050><c> last</c><00:43:09.550><c> thing</c><00:43:09.730><c> he</c><00:43:09.949><c> ever</c><00:43:10.309><c> saw</c><00:43:10.929><c> was</c><00:43:12.829><c> the</c><00:43:13.050><c> butchering</c><00:43:13.409><c> of</c>

00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:16.369
his<00:43:13.789><c> children.</c><00:43:15.389><c> Moreover,</c><00:43:15.789><c> he</c><00:43:15.929><c> put</c><00:43:16.150><c> out</c>

00:43:16.369 --> 00:43:22.670
Zedekiah's<00:43:16.989><c> eyes</c><00:43:17.550><c> and</c><00:43:18.389><c> bound</c><00:43:18.510><c> him</c><00:43:18.690><c> with</c><00:43:19.090><c> chains.</c><00:43:20.789><c> But</c><00:43:21.010><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:43:21.610><c> the</c><00:43:21.989><c> captain</c><00:43:22.510><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:22.849><c> guard</c><00:43:23.030><c> left</c><00:43:23.289><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:23.550><c> poor</c><00:43:23.869><c> of</c><00:43:24.110><c> the</c><00:43:24.269><c> people</c><00:43:24.789><c> which</c><00:43:25.429><c> had</c><00:43:25.650><c> nothing</c><00:43:26.190><c> in</c><00:43:26.710><c> the</c><00:43:26.829><c> land</c>

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of<00:43:27.309><c> Judah.</c><00:43:29.570><c> Verse</c><00:43:29.769><c> fourteen,</c><00:43:31.210><c> then</c><00:43:31.469><c> they</c><00:43:31.710><c> sent</c><00:43:31.849><c> and</c>

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took<00:43:32.150><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:32.670><c> out</c><00:43:33.309><c> of</c><00:43:33.469><c> the</c><00:43:33.630><c> court</c><00:43:33.730><c> of</c><00:43:33.929><c> the</c><00:43:34.090><c> prison</c><00:43:34.489><c> and</c><00:43:35.050><c> committed</c><00:43:35.409><c> him</c>

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unto<00:43:36.090><c> Gedaliah</c><00:43:36.650><c> the</c><00:43:36.849><c> son</c><00:43:37.130><c> of</c><00:43:37.389><c> Ahikam,</c>

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the<00:43:38.570><c> son</c><00:43:38.789><c> of</c><00:43:39.130><c> Shafan,</c><00:43:40.469><c> that</c><00:43:40.590><c> he</c><00:43:40.789><c> should</c><00:43:41.010><c> carry</c><00:43:41.329><c> him</c><00:43:41.630><c> home.</c><00:43:44.090><c> So</c>

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he<00:43:44.869><c> dwelt</c><00:43:45.710><c> among</c><00:43:47.949><c> the</c><00:43:48.170><c> people.</c>

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And<00:43:50.389><c> if</c><00:43:50.590><c> you</c><00:43:50.750><c> think,</c><00:43:51.170><c> brothers</c><00:43:51.230><c> and</c><00:43:51.510><c> sisters,</c><00:43:52.150><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:52.610><c> was</c>

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lucky,<00:43:54.230><c> he</c><00:43:54.289><c> was</c><00:43:54.690><c> fortunate.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:43:56.769><c> was</c><00:43:57.210><c> blessed</c><00:43:57.590><c> in</c><00:43:57.750><c> that</c><00:43:57.889><c> he</c><00:43:58.250><c> survived</c><00:43:58.949><c> when</c><00:43:59.250><c> so</c><00:43:59.449><c> many</c>

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other<00:43:59.909><c> people</c><00:44:00.190><c> lived.</c><00:44:02.630><c> Tomorrow</c><00:44:02.929><c> morning,</c>

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we'll<00:44:04.889><c> see</c><00:44:05.630><c> a</c><00:44:06.550><c> different</c><00:44:06.849><c> picture.</c>