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Demolish, and Then Start Over

1The Message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah of the family of priests who lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin.H1697H3414H1121H2518H3548H6068H776H1144 2GOD's Message began to come to him during the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amos reigned over Judah.H1697H3068H3117H2977H1121H526H4428H3063H7969H6240H8141H4427 3It continued to come to him during the time Jehoiakim son of Josiah reigned over Judah. And it continued to come to him clear down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah over Judah, the year that Jerusalem was taken into exile.H3117H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H8552H6249H6240H8141H6667H1121H2977H4428H3063H1540H3389H1540H2549H2320 4This is what GOD said:H1697H3068H559 5"Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations— that's what I had in mind for you."H2962H3335H990H3045H3318H7358H6942H5414H5030H1471 6But I said, "Hold it, Master GOD! Look at me. I don't know anything. I'm only a boy!"H559H162H136H3069H3045H1696H5288 7GOD told me, "Don't say, 'I'm only a boy.' I'll tell you where to go and you'll go there. I'll tell you what to say and you'll say it.H3068H559H559H5288H3212H7971H6680H1696 8Don't be afraid of a soul. I'll be right there, looking after you." GOD's Decree.H3372H6440H5337H5002H3068 9GOD reached out, touched my mouth, and said, "Look! I've just put my words in your mouth—hand-delivered!H3068H7971H3027H5060H6310H3068H559H5414H1697H6310 10See what I've done? I've given you a job to do among nations and governments—a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart and demolish, And then start over, building and planting."H7200H3117H6485H1471H4467H5428H5422H6H2040H1129H5193

Stand Up and Say Your Piece

11GOD's Message came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "A walking stick—that's all."H1697H3068H559H3414H7200H559H7200H4731H8247 12And GOD said, "Good eyes! I'm sticking with you. I'll make every word I give you come true."H559H3068H3190H7200H8245H1697H6213 13GOD's Message came again: "So what do you see now?" I said, "I see a boiling pot, tipped down toward us."H1697H3068H8145H559H7200H559H7200H5301H5518H6440H6440H6828 14Then GOD told me, "Disaster will pour out of the north on everyone living in this land.H3068H559H6828H7451H6605H3427H776 15Watch for this: I'm calling all the kings out of the north." GOD's Decree. "They'll come and set up headquarters facing Jerusalem's gates, Facing all the city walls, facing all the villages of Judah.H7121H4940H4467H6828H5002H3068H935H5414H376H3678H6607H8179H3389H2346H5439H5892H3063 16I'll pronounce my judgment on the people of Judah for walking out on me—what a terrible thing to do!— And courting other gods with their offerings, worshiping as gods sticks they'd carved, stones they'd painted.H1696H4941H5921H7451H5800H6999H312H430H7812H4639H3027 17"But you—up on your feet and get dressed for work! Stand up and say your piece. Say exactly what I tell you to say. Don't pull your punches or I'll pull you out of the lineup.H247H4975H6965H1696H6680H2865H6440H2865H6440 18"Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work. I'm making you as impregnable as a castle, Immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall. You're a one-man defense system against this culture, Against Judah's kings and princes, against the priests and local leaders.H589H5414H3117H4013H5892H1270H5982H5178H2346H776H4428H3063H8269H3548H5971H776 19They'll fight you, but they won't even scratch you. I'll back you up every inch of the way." GOD's Decree.H3898H3201H5002H3068H5337


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