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Jeremiah 8
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8"And when the time comes"—God's Decree!—"I'll see to it that they dig up the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the princes and priests and prophets, and yes, even the bones of the common people.H6256H5002H3068H3318H6106H4428H3063H6106H8269H6106H3548H6106H5030H6106H3427H3389H6913 2They'll dig them up and spread them out like a congregation at worship before sun, moon, and stars, all those sky gods they've been so infatuated with all these years, following their 'lucky stars' in doglike devotion. The bones will be left scattered and exposed, to reenter the soil as fertilizer, like manure.H7849H8121H3394H6635H8064H157H5647H310H1980H1875H7812H622H6912H1828H6440H127 3"Everyone left—all from this evil generation unlucky enough to still be alive in whatever godforsaken place I will have driven them to—will wish they were dead." Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.H4194H977H2416H7611H7604H7451H4940H7604H4725H5080H5002H3068H6635

To Know Everything but God’s Word

4"Tell them this, GOD's Message: "'Do people fall down and not get up? Or take the wrong road and then just keep going?H559H559H3068H5307H6965H7725H7725 5So why does this people go backwards, and just keep on going—backwards! They stubbornly hold on to their illusions, refuse to change direction.H5971H3389H7725H5329H4878H2388H8649H3985H7725 6I listened carefully but heard not so much as a whisper. No one expressed one word of regret. Not a single "I'm sorry" did I hear. They just kept at it, blindly and stupidly banging their heads against a brick wall.H7181H8085H1696H376H5162H5921H7451H559H6213H7725H4794H5483H7857H4421 7Cranes know when it's time to move south for winter. And robins, warblers, and bluebirds know when it's time to come back again. But my people? My people know nothing, not the first thing of GOD and his rule.H2624H8064H3045H4150H8449H5483H5693H8104H6256H935H5971H3045H4941H3068 8"'How can you say, "We know the score. We're the proud owners of GOD's revelation"? Look where it's gotten you—stuck in illusion. Your religion experts have taken you for a ride!H559H2450H8451H3068H403H8267H6213H5842H5608H8267 9Your know-it-alls will be unmasked, caught and shown up for what they are. Look at them! They know everything but GOD's Word. Do you call that "knowing"?H2450H3001H2865H3920H3988H1697H3068H2451 10"'So here's what will happen to the know-it-alls: I'll make them wifeless and homeless. Everyone's after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in-between twist words and doctor truth.H5414H802H312H7704H3423H6996H1419H1214H1215H5030H3548H6213H8267 11My dear Daughter—my people—broken, shattered, and yet they put on band-aids, Saying, "It's not so bad. You'll be just fine." But things are not "just fine"!H7495H7667H1323H5971H7043H559H7965H7965H7965 12Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? Not really. They have no shame. They don't even know how to blush. There's no hope for them. They've hit bottom and there's no getting up. As far as I'm concerned, they're finished.'" GOD has spoken.H3001H6213H8441H954H954H3045H3637H5307H5307H6256H6486H3782H559H3068 13"'I went out to see if I could salvage anything'" —GOD's Decree— "'but found nothing: Not a grape, not a fig, just a few withered leaves. I'm taking back everything I gave them.'"H622H5486H5002H3068H6025H1612H8384H8384H5929H5034H5414H5674 14So why are we sitting here, doing nothing? Let's get organized. Let's go to the big city and at least die fighting. We've gotten GOD's ultimatum: We're damned if we do and damned if we don't— damned because of our sin against him.H3427H622H935H4013H5892H1826H3068H430H1826H4325H7219H8248H2398H3068 15We hoped things would turn out for the best, but it didn't happen that way. We were waiting around for healing— and terror showed up!H6960H7965H2896H6256H4832H1205 16From 27Dn at the northern borders we hear the hooves of horses, Horses galloping, horses neighing. The ground shudders and quakes. They're going to swallow up the whole country. Towns and people alike—fodder for war.H5170H5483H8085H1835H776H7493H6963H4684H47H935H398H776H4393H5892H3427 17"'What's more, I'm dispatching poisonous snakes among you, Snakes that can't be charmed, snakes that will bite you and kill you.'" GOD's Decree!H7971H5175H6848H3908H5391H5002H3068

Advancing from One Evil to the Next

18I drown in grief. I'm heartsick.H4010H3015H3820H1742 19Oh, listen! Please listen! It's the cry of my dear people reverberating through the country. Is GOD no longer in Zion? Has the King gone away? Can you tell me why they flaunt their plaything-gods, their silly, imported no-gods before me?H6963H7775H1323H5971H4801H776H3068H6726H4428H3707H6456H5236H1892 20The crops are in, the summer is over, but for us nothing's changed. We're still waiting to be rescued.H7105H5674H7019H3615H3467 21For my dear broken people, I'm heartbroken. I weep, seized by grief.H7667H1323H5971H7665H6937H8047H2388 22Are there no healing ointments in Gilead? Isn't there a doctor in the house? So why can't something be done to heal and save my dear, dear people?H6875H1568H7495H3588H724H1323H5971H5927


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