Sunday 17 August 2031

4Then the princes said to the king,“Please let this man be put to death,because he weakens the hands of the men of warwho remain in this city,and the hands of all the people,in speaking such words to them;for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”

5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand;for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

6Then they took Jeremiahand threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son,that was in the court of the guard.They let down Jeremiah with cords.In the dungeon there was no water, but mire;and Jeremiah sank in the mire.· · · verse 7 is not read8Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house,and spoke to the king, saying,9“My lord the king,these men have done evil in allthat they have done to Jeremiah the prophet,whom they have cast into the dungeon.He is likely to die in the place where he is,because of the famine;for there is no more bread in the city.”

10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,saying, “Take from here thirty men with you,and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”

2I waited patiently for the Lord.He turned to me, and heard my cry.

3He brought me up also out of a horrible pit,out of the miry clay.He set my feet on a rock,and gave me a firm place to stand.

4He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

18But I am poor and needy.May the Lord think about me.You are my help and my deliverer.Don’t delay, my God.

1Therefore let’s also,seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,lay aside every weight and the sinwhich so easily entangles us,and let’s run with perseverance the racethat is set before us,2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,despising its shame,and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3For consider himwho has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself,that you don’t grow weary,fainting in your souls.4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

49“I came to throw fire on the earth.I wish it were already kindled.50But I have a baptism to be baptized with,and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!51Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth?I tell you, no, but rather division.52For from now on, there will be five in one house divided,three against two,and two against three.53They will be divided,father against son,and son against father;mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother;mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”