Friday 1 August 2014

1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,king of Judah, this word came from the Lord:2“The Lord says:‘Stand in the court of the Lord’s house,and speak to all the cities of Judahwhich come to worship in the Lord’s house,all the words that I command you to speak to them.Don’t omit a word.3It may be they will listen,and every man turn from his evil way,that I may relent from the evilwhich I intend to do to thembecause of the evil of their doings.’”4You shall tell them, “The Lord says:‘If you will not listen to me,to walk in my law which I have set before you,5to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you,even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—6then I will make this house like Shiloh,and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”

7The priests and the prophetsand all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the Lord’s house.8When Jeremiah had finished speaking allthat the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people,the priests and the prophetsand all the people seized him,saying, “You shall surely die!9Why have you prophesied in the Lord’s name,saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh,and this city will be desolate,without inhabitant’?”All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in the Lord’s house.

5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

8Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.Shame has covered my face.9I have become a stranger to my brothers,an alien to my mother’s children.10For the zeal of your house consumes me.The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

14But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, in an acceptable time.God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

54Coming into his own country,he taught them in their synagogue,so that they were astonished and said,“Where did this man get this wisdomand these mighty works?55Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?Isn’t his mother called Mary,and his brothers James,Joses, Simon, and Judas?56Aren’t all of his sisters with us?Where then did this man get all of these things?”57They were offended by him.

But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor,except in his own country and in his own house.”58He didn’t do many mighty works therebecause of their unbelief.