Jeremiah 15

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The Lord Will Not Relent

15 Then the Lord said to me, ^(A)“Though ^(B)Moses ^(C)and Samuel ^(D)stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! ²And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

^(E)“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’

³^(F)I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and ^(G)the birds of the air ^(H)and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. ⁴^(I)And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what ^(J)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.

⁵^(K)“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
    ^(L)or who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
    to ask about your welfare?
⁶^(M)You have rejected me, declares the Lord;
    ^(N)you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you—
    ^(O)I am weary of relenting.
⁷^(P)I have winnowed them with ^(Q)a winnowing fork
    in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
    ^(R)they did not turn from their ways.
⁸I have made their widows more in number
    than ^(S)the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
    a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
    fall upon them suddenly.
⁹^(T)She who bore seven has grown feeble;
    ^(U)she has fainted away;
^(V)her sun went down while it was yet day;
    she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
    before their enemies,
declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah's Complaint

¹⁰^(W)Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! ^(X)I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. ¹¹The Lord said, “Have I not^[a] set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? ¹²Can one break iron, iron ^(Y)from the north, and bronze?

¹³^(Z)“Your wealth and your treasures I will give as ^(AA)spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. ¹⁴I will make you serve your enemies ^(AB)in a land that you do not know, ^(AC)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”

¹⁵^(AD)O Lord, you know;
    ^(AE)remember me and visit me,
    ^(AF)^(AG)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
    ^(AH)know that ^(AI)for your sake I bear reproach.
¹⁶Your words were found, ^(AJ)and I ate them,
    and ^(AK)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
^(AL)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
¹⁷^(AM)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
    nor did I rejoice;
^(AN)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
    for you had filled me with indignation.
¹⁸Why is my pain unceasing,
    ^(AO)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me ^(AP)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord:
^(AQ)“If you return, I will restore you,
    and you shall ^(AR)stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
    you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
    but you shall not turn to them.
²⁰^(AS)And I will make you to this people
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
    ^(AT)but they shall not prevail over you,
^(AU)for I am with you
    to save you and deliver you,
declares the Lord.
²¹^(AV)I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
    and redeem you from the grasp of ^(AW)the ruthless.”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 15:11 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Psalm 38:12-22

English Standard Version

¹²Those who seek my life ^(A)lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt ^(B)speak of ruin
and meditate ^(C)treachery all day long.

¹³But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like ^(D)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no ^(E)rebukes.

¹⁵But for ^(F)you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
¹⁶For I said, “Only ^(G)let them not rejoice over me,
who ^(H)boast against me when my ^(I)foot slips!”

¹⁷For I am ^(J)ready to fall,
    and my pain is ever before me.
¹⁸I ^(K)confess my iniquity;
    I am ^(L)sorry for my sin.
¹⁹But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
    and many are those who hate me ^(M)wrongfully.
²⁰Those who ^(N)render me evil for good
    ^(O)accuse me because I ^(P)follow after good.

²¹Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not ^(Q)far from me!
²²^(R)Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my ^(S)salvation!

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1 John 1-3

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The Word of Life

1 ^(A)That which was ^(B)from the beginning, ^(C)which we have heard, ^(D)which we have seen with our eyes, ^(E)which we looked upon and ^(F)have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— ²^(G)the life ^(H)was made manifest, and we have seen it, and ^(I)testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, ^(J)which was with the Father and ^(K)was made manifest to us— ³^(L)that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed ^(M)our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴And we are writing these things so ^(N)that our^[a] joy may be complete.

Walking in the Light

⁵^(O)This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that ^(P)God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶^(Q)If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and ^(R)do not practice the truth. ⁷But ^(S)if we walk in the light, ^(T)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(U)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸^(V)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^(W)the truth is not in us. ⁹^(X)If we confess our sins, he is ^(Y)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^(Z)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, ^(AA)we make him a liar, and ^(AB)his word is not in us.

Christ Our Advocate

2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, ^(AC)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²^(AD)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^(AE)also for the sins of the whole world. ³And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we ^(AF)keep his commandments. ⁴Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments ^(AG)is a liar, and ^(AH)the truth is not in him, ⁵but whoever ^(AI)keeps his word, in him truly ^(AJ)the love of God is perfected. ^(AK)By this we may know that we are in him: ⁶whoever says he ^(AL)abides in him ^(AM)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

⁷Beloved, I am writing you ^(AN)no new commandment, but ^(AO)an old commandment ^(AP)that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. ⁸At the same time, it is ^(AQ)a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because^[b] ^(AR)the darkness is passing away and ^(AS)the true light is already shining. ⁹Whoever says he is in the light and ^(AT)hates his brother is still in darkness. ¹⁰Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him^[c] there is no ^(AU)cause for stumbling. ¹¹But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ^(AV)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹²I am writing to you, little children,
    because ^(AW)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
¹³I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know ^(AX)him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
    because ^(AY)you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
    because ^(AZ)you know the Father.
¹⁴I write to you, fathers,
    because you know ^(BA)him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    because ^(BB)you are strong,
    and the word of God abides in you,
    and you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

¹⁵^(BC)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(BD)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶For all that is in the world—^(BE)the desires of the flesh and ^(BF)the desires of the eyes and pride of life^[d]—is not from the Father but is from the world. ¹⁷And ^(BG)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Warning Concerning Antichrists

¹⁸Children, ^(BH)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that ^(BI)antichrist is coming, so now ^(BJ)many antichrists have come. ^(BK)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹^(BL)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(BM)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^(BN)that it might become plain that they all are not of us. ²⁰But you have been ^(BO)anointed by ^(BP)the Holy One, and ^(BQ)you all have knowledge.^[e] ²¹I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²²Who is the liar but ^(BR)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^(BS)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. ²³^(BT)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴Let ^(BU)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(BV)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵And this is the promise that he made to us^[f]—^(BW)eternal life.

²⁶I write these things to you about ^(BX)those who are trying to deceive you. ²⁷But ^(BY)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ^(BZ)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ^(CA)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Children of God

²⁸And now, little children, abide in him, so that ^(CB)when he appears ^(CC)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ^(CD)coming. ²⁹If you know that ^(CE)he is righteous, you may be sure that ^(CF)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

3 See ^(CG)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^(CH)children of God; and so we are. The reason why ^(CI)the world does not know us is that ^(CJ)it did not know him. ²Beloved, we are ^(CK)God's children ^(CL)now, and what we will be ^(CM)has not yet appeared; but we know that ^(CN)when he appears^[g] ^(CO)we shall be like him, because ^(CP)we shall see him as he is. ³And everyone who ^(CQ)thus hopes in him ^(CR)purifies himself as he is pure.

⁴Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^(CS)sin is lawlessness. ⁵You know that ^(CT)he appeared in order to ^(CU)take away sins, and ^(CV)in him there is no sin. ⁶No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^(CW)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. ⁷Little children, ^(CX)let no one deceive you. ^(CY)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ⁸^(CZ)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^(DA)to destroy the works of the devil. ⁹^(DB)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's^[h] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(DC)nor is the one who ^(DD)does not love his brother.

Love One Another

¹¹For ^(DE)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(DF)that we should love one another. ¹²We should not be like ^(DG)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(DH)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³Do not be surprised, brothers,^[i] ^(DI)that the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that ^(DJ)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ¹⁵^(DK)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(DL)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶By this we know love, that ^(DM)he laid down his life for us, and ^(DN)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷But ^(DO)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(DP)closes his heart against him, ^(DQ)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸Little children, let us not ^(DR)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(DS)in truth.

¹⁹By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹Beloved, ^(DT)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(DU)we have confidence before God; ²²and ^(DV)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(DW)do what pleases him. ²³And this is his commandment, ^(DX)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(DY)love one another, ^(DZ)just as he has commanded us. ²⁴^(EA)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[j] and God^[k] in him. And ^(EB)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Footnotes

1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
1 John 2:8 Or that
1 John 2:10 Or it
1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything
1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you
1 John 3:2 Or when it appears
1 John 3:9 Greek his
1 John 3:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 14, 16
1 John 3:24 Greek him
1 John 3:24 Greek he