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 For those of you who are visiting, my name is Sean, and I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And I'm actually going to be preaching from 37 through 39, three chapters, but we just had asked Will to read 38,

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 because it's a very long passage to read all together.

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 So turn with me to chapter 37, and we'll start there.

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 And all of us have dealt with peer pressure to varying degrees.

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 We have experienced the perceived need to please others so that they think highly of us,

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 and so that their opinion of us can bolster our self-esteem.

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 Some of us are always dealing with over-commitment.

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 We promise more than we can deliver because we fear disappointing people.

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 All these are manifestations of what the Bible simply calls the fear of men.

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 We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us, because they can reject and ridicule us,

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 and because they can attack and harm us.

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 And according to God's assessment throughout the book of Jeremiah,

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 the primary reason for the people's idolatry and unfaithfulness to God is the fact that they fear men or fear the idols,

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 but the fear of God is not in them, says in Jeremiah 2.19, 3.8, 5.22, and so on.

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 At the end of even chapter 36 from last week,

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 we saw the height of Judah's disobedience and defiance that affected even their king, Jehoiakim.

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 And after the judgments of God that were written on the scroll of Jeremiah was read out loud,

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 Jehoiakim the king cut up the scroll with a knife and burned it in the fire pot section by section.

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 And he said in chapter 36, verse 24,

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 Neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid,

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 nor did they tear their garments.

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 That's the problem.

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 They should have feared.

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 They should have had the fear of God instilled in them.

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 They should have trembled at the announcement of God's judgment, but they did not.

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 In this passage, we see Zedekiah, another king, who is controlled by this fear of man.

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 And he is contrasted in turn with two other men who are controlled instead by the fear of God,

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 Jeremiah and Abed-Melech.

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 And the contrasting outcomes for these men after the Jerusalem,

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 after the fall of Jerusalem teaches us the main point of this passage,

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 is that those who fear the Lord rather than men will be vindicated by God's judgment.

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 Those who fear the Lord rather than men will be vindicated by God's judgment.

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 So in a few strokes, verses 1 to 5 of chapter 37,

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 paint a fairly comprehensive picture of the historical context of the events.

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 So verse 1 tells us, read with me,

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 that Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah,

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 reigned instead of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim.

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 So during the first Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, King Jehoiakim died,

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 and his son Coniah, also known as Jeconiah, took over and reigned as king of Judah,

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 but only for three months.

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 Because Babylon defeated Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar sent Coniah into exile,

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 and put Zedekiah, his uncle, on the throne to rule Judah under his supervision.

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 So understandably, Zedekiah was not a popular king among the people of Judah.

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 Even though he was from the royal line, he was seen as an appointee of a foreign intruder.

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 And then verse 2 tells us that neither he nor his servants,

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 neither he nor his servants, nor the people of the land,

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 listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

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 From top to bottom, the entire nation of Judah was disobedient to God and spurned the prophecies.

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 But despite their disobedience, Zedekiah and his servants still shamelessly

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 sought out Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

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 Please pray for us to the Lord our God.

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 Even though they refused to worship and serve God,

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 even though they were going after other idols and praying to them also,

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 when faced with a crisis, they still wanted God to come to their aid.

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 And so verse 4, it says,

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 Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people,

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 for he had not yet been put in prison.

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 So we know that Jeremiah was banned from visiting the temple precincts during Jehoiakim's reign.

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 It seems that after Jehoiakim died, he was not free to roam again,

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 at least until he became imprisoned, as we'll see.

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 And then verse 5 tells us an important contextual information.

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 It says,

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 The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt,

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 and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them,

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 they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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 So after Zedekiah, even though he was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar,

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 he failed to pay tribute to Babylon.

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 And because of that, Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem again,

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 about 10 years after the first invasion.

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 And this siege upon Jerusalem was temporarily lifted

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 when Egypt's, Judah's ally, came to attack the Babylonian army.

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 And so this is taking place during that brief reprieve.

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 And during that time, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet.

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 Read verses 7 to 10 with me.

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 This is what the Lord said to him.

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 Thus says the Lord God of Israel,

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 Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me,

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 Behold, Pharaoh's army that came to help you

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 is about to return to Egypt to its own land.

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 And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against the city.

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 They shall capture it and burn it with fire.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Do not deceive yourselves, saying,

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 The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,

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 for they will not go away.

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 For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans

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 who are fighting against you,

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 and there remained of them only wounded men,

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 every man in his tent,

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 they would rise up and burn the city with fire.

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 So that's a hyperbole.

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 An army of wounded Babylonians could not defeat Judah and destroy Jerusalem.

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 But Jeremiah is using rhetorical exaggeration

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 to convey the inevitability of the destruction of Jerusalem.

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 Even if only wounded men,

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 only all the men of Babylon were wounded,

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 and they were fighting against you,

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 you would still be defeated,

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 and Jerusalem will be set on fire.

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 The people of Judah were starting to get their hopes up

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 because the Babylonians had withdrawn to ward off the Egyptians,

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 but their hopes are all dashed by Jeremiah.

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 He's devastating their morale.

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 And you could see,

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 after you hear what kind of message Jeremiah was bringing to the people,

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 why people were up in arms and opposing Jeremiah

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 and seeing him as a traitor and a threat.

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 Now,

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 when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem

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 at the approach of Pharaoh's army,

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 Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin

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 to receive his portion there among the people.

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 So,

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 yeah,

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 this is kind of good here.

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 Yeah,

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 try that.

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 Huh.

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 Excuse me,

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 again.

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 What was that?

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 So,

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 verses 11 to 15.

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 So,

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 when,

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 so Jeremiah,

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 we don't know.

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 I feel like I can't move.

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 Maybe the connection's not secure.

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 So,

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 when,

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 when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem

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 at the approach of Pharaoh's army,

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 Jeremiah went to Benjamin to receive his portion among the people.

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 We don't know what's going on exactly there.

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 It could be that a relative of his from the land of Benjamin has died

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 and he needs to go and redeem the land.

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 It could be related to what we saw earlier in chapter 32,

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 where his cousin,

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 Hanamel,

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 comes to settle an account about the land,

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 right?

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 So,

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 it could be that that's what he was trying to do,

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 but he couldn't accomplish that at this time

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 because when he's about to do his,

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 run his errand,

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 it says in verses 13 to 15,

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 when he was at the Benjamin gate,

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 a century there named Ereja,

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 the son of Shalamiah,

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 son of Hananiah,

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 sees Jeremiah the prophet saying,

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 you are deserting to the Chaldeans.

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 And Jeremiah said,

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 it is a lie.

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 I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.

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 But Ereja would not listen to him

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 and sees Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

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 And then the officials were enraged at Jeremiah

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 and they beat him and imprisoned him

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 in the house of Jonathan,

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 the secretary,

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 for it had been made a prison.

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 An officer of the guard falsely accuses Jeremiah

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 of deserting to the Babylonians

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 and has them arrested.

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 But Jeremiah had previously urged the people of Judah

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 to desert to the Babylonians,

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 prophesying that only those who do that

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 will be spared

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 and will be able to stay in the land.

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 So Ereja's accusation is not totally unfounded.

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 But he's still wrong about Jeremiah

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 because he wasn't planning on deserting himself.

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 He believed that he needed to stay

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 to proclaim God's word

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 and warn God's people.

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 So verse 7 tells us that

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 after Jeremiah had spent many days

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 in the dungeon cells,

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 King Zedekiah sent for him and received him.

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 And the king questioned him secretly in his house

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 and said,

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 Is there any word from the Lord?

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 Jeremiah said,

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 There is.

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 And he said,

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 You shall be delivered

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 into the hand of the king of Babylon.

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 The fact that Zedekiah questioned Jeremiah secretly

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 in the privacy of his own house

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 reveals something of Zedekiah's character.

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 Even though he was the king,

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 he feared the state officials

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 who despised Jeremiah,

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 so he consulted Jeremiah secretly.

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 Jeremiah, on the other hand,

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 is a study in contrast, isn't he?

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 Even after he has spent many days

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 in the dungeon cells,

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 where, according to verse 20,

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 he thought he would die

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 because of the poor conditions,

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 he is resolute in his proclamation

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 of God's word.

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 Changing his tune

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 and prophesying some more positive things

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 about Judah and the king

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 would likely have drastically improved

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 the state officials' treatment of him.

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 But Jeremiah only knows one message

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 because it's the only one

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 God had told him to preach.

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 He says to Zedekiah,

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 You shall be delivered

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 into the hand of the king of Babylon.

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 But Jeremiah is also shrewd,

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 and he takes advantage of his audience

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 with the king

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 and makes a request

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 in verses 18 to 20.

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 What wrong have I done to you

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 or your servants

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 or this people

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 that you have put me in prison?

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 Where are your prophets

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 who prophesied to you,

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 saying the king of Babylon

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 will not come against you

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 and against this land?

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 Not here, please,

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 O my lord the king.

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 Let my humble plea come before you

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 and do not send me back

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 to the house of Jonathan the secretary,

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 lest I die there.

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 The false prophets

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 who had falsely prophesied peace

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 certainly didn't have

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 the best interest of Judah in mind.

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 But they, however,

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 even though it was clearly proven

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 that they were wrong

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 and they were prophesying falsely,

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 they were roaming freely,

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 yet Jeremiah,

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 the only prophet

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 who prophesied truly,

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 is in prison.

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 And so he's asking,

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 What gives?

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 What have I done?

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 What have I done to deserve this?

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 And he doesn't care

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 what he said.

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 He just doesn't want to go back

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 to the dungeon cells

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 at the house of Jonathan the secretary.

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 The conditions must have been

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 quite bad there.

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 And at this point,

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 Zedekiah really should have

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 freed Jeremiah.

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 He's been confronted

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 by the prophet of the Lord.

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 He knows that he's in the wrong

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 to have him in prison.

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 But he doesn't quite have

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 the courage to do that.

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 He can't risk the outrage

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 of the state officials

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 who imprisoned Jeremiah

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 in the first place.

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 So Zedekiah commits Jeremiah

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 to the court of the guard.

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 So he's still under house arrest,

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 but under more favorable circumstances.

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 Now, if Jeremiah were trying

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 to look out for himself only,

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 he would have stayed low,

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 kept a low profile,

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 kept quiet in the court of the guard.

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 But we find out in chapter 38

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 that this was not

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 what Jeremiah was doing.

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 Turn to chapter 38,

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 verses 1 to 3 with me.

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 It says,

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 Now,

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 Shephetiah,

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 the son of Matan,

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 Gedaliah,

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 the son of Pashor,

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 Juchal,

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 the son of Shalamiah,

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 and Pashor,

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 the son of Malchiah,

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 heard the words that Jeremiah

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 was saying to all the people.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 He who stays in this city

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 shall die by the sword,

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 by famine,

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 and by pestilence.

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 But he who goes out

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 to the Chaldeans

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 shall live.

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 He shall have his life

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 as a prize of war

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 and live.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 This city shall surely

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 be given into the hand

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 of the army

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 of the king of Babylon

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 and be taken.

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 He had been arrested

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 earlier under the pretext

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 that he was deserting

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 to the Babylonians.

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 And here's Jeremiah

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 telling the people of Judah

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 to desert to the Babylonians.

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 Jeremiah was clearly

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 not deterred

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 by the persecution

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 he experienced.

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 And this is a fulfillment

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 of what God had promised him

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 when he first called him

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 and commissioned him

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 for this task

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 in chapter 1.

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 In chapter 1,

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 verses 7 to 8,

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 God said to him,

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 Do not say,

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 I am only a youth.

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 For to all to whom

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 I send you,

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 you shall go.

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 And whatever I command you,

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 you shall speak.

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 Do not be afraid of them.

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 For I am with you

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 to deliver you,

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 declares the Lord.

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 We see this command

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 being fulfilled

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 throughout the book

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 of Jeremiah.

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 And Jeremiah overcomes

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 his fear of men

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 to declare the word

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 of the Lord,

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 trusting that God

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 will be with him

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 to deliver him.

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 And the result

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 of Jeremiah's preaching

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 is even worse

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 now than what we saw

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 in chapter 37.

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 Read verses 46 with me.

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 Then the official

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 said to the king,

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 Let this man

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 be put to death,

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 for he is weakening

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 the hands of the soldiers

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 who are left in this city

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 and the hands

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 of all the people

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 by speaking such words

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 to them.

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 For this man

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 is not seeking

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 the welfare of this people

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 but their harm.

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 King Zedekiah said,

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 Behold,

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 he is in your hands

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 for the king

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 can do nothing

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 against you.

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 So they took Jeremiah

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 and cast him

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 into the cistern

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 of Malachiah,

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 the king's son,

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 which was in the

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 court of the guard,

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 letting Jeremiah

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 down by ropes.

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 And there was no water

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 in the cistern

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 but only mud

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 and Jeremiah sank

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 in the mud.

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 This time,

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 instead of merely

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 seeking Jeremiah's

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 imprisonment,

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 the state officials

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 are seeking his death.

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 And King Zedekiah

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 appears to be a king

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 in name only,

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 doesn't he?

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 He lacks the courage

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 and the power

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 to oppose the officials

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 so he simply concedes,

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 Behold,

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 he is in your hands

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 for the king

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 can do nothing

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 against you.

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 Not wanting innocent blood

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 in his own hands,

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 he doesn't command

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 the execution

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 of Jeremiah himself.

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 He simply defers

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 to his officials

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 who want to kill him.

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 And the officials

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 want to kill Jeremiah

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 but they probably

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 don't want innocent blood

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 on their own hands either.

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 They don't want to get

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 their own hands dirty

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 so they decide

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 instead to just dump him

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 into a cistern

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 at the court of the guard.

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 There was no water

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 in the cistern at the time

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 but only mud

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 and Jeremiah sank

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 in the mud

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 which seems even worse

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 than the dungeon cells

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 that he was in before.

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 So it's like what

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 Joseph's brothers did

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 in Genesis, right?

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 They dump him

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 into a pit

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 and expect him

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 to die there

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 and that's what

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 the state officials

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 did to Jeremiah.

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 And God delivered

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 Jeremiah in the past

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 and God will deliver him

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 again and this time

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 it's through

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 an Ethiopian eunuch

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 named Ebedmelech.

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 Eunuchs were royal officials

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 in the name

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 Ebedmelech literally

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 means slave of the king.

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 Read verses 7 to 13

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 with me.

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 When Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,

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 a eunuch who was

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 in the king's house,

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 heard that they had

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 put Jeremiah

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 into the cistern,

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 the king was sitting

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 in the Benjamin gate.

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 Ebedmelech went

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 from the king's house

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 and said to the king,

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 My lord the king,

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 these men have done evil

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 in all that they did

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 to Jeremiah the prophet

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 by casting him

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 into the cistern

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 and he will die there

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 of hunger

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 for there is no bread

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 in the city.

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 Then the king

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 commanded Ebedmelech

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 the Ethiopian,

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 take 30 men

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 with you from here

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 and lift Jeremiah the prophet

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 out of cistern

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 before he dies.

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 So Ebedmelech

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 took the men with him

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 and went to the house

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 of the king

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 to a wardrobe

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 in the storehouse

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 and took from their

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 old rags

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 and worn out clothes

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 which he let down

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 to Jeremiah

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 in the cistern

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 by ropes.

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 Then Ebedmelech

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 the Ethiopian

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 said to Jeremiah,

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 Put the rags and clothes

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 between your armpits

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 and the ropes.

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 Jeremiah did so.

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 Then they drew Jeremiah

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 up with ropes

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 and lifted him

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 out of the cistern

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 and Jeremiah remained

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 in the court

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 of the guard.

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 King Zedekiah

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 was unwilling

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 to confront

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 the officials himself

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 because he feared them

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 but his servant

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 Ebedmelech

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 calls them out

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 and says,

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 These men have done evil

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 in all that they did

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 to Jeremiah the prophet.

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 And not only is

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 Ebedmelech

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 more courageous

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 than Zedekiah,

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 he's also resourceful.

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 He takes all dirty laundry

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 from the storehouse

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 and uses them

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 to pad Jeremiah

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 so that he can come up

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 without pain

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 on the ropes

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 out of the cistern.

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 So the slave

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 of the king

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 accomplishes here

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 what the king

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 himself was powerless

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 to do.

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 After this,

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 Zedekiah conducts

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 one last interview

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 with Jeremiah.

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 It almost seems like

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 this is the second interview

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 that he has with Jeremiah.

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 It almost seems like

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 he feels as though

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 he has done Jeremiah

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 a favor

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 and perhaps he hopes

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 that Jeremiah

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 will give him

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 some more favorable word

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 as if the word of God

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 can be changed.

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 So he summons Jeremiah

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 and says,

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 I will ask you a question,

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 hide nothing from me.

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 But Jeremiah already

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 knows Zedekiah's character.

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 He knows that he will

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 not obey the word

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 of the Lord.

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 So he responds

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 in verse 15,

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 If I tell you,

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 will you not surely

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 put me to death?

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 You had just commanded

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 these officials

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 to put me into the cistern

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 to die.

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 Will you not put me

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 to death

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 if I told you the truth?

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 And he said,

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 If I give you counsel,

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 you will not listen to me.

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 But Zedekiah,

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 once again,

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 afraid of the officials

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 who might overhear him,

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 he swears secretly

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 to Jeremiah,

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 As the Lord lives

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 who made our souls,

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 I will not put you

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 to death

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 or deliver you

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 into the hand

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 of these men

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 who seek your life.

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 Can't make that promise

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 in public,

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 does it secretly

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 to Jeremiah.

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 And upon Zedekiah's

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.379
 insistence,

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 Jeremiah does prophesy

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.039
 again in verses 17 to 18,

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 but the message

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 hasn't changed.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the God of hosts,

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 the God of Israel,

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 If you will surrender

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 to the officials

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 of the king of Babylon,

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 then your life

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 shall be spared

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 and this city

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 shall not be burned

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 with fire

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 and you and your house

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 shall live.

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 But if you do not surrender

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 to the officials

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 of the king of Babylon,

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 then this city

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.879
 shall be given

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 into the hand

00:18:58.439 --> 00:18:59.099
 of the Chaldeans

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 and they shall burn it

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.519
 with fire

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.159
 and you shall not

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:02.459
 escape from their hand.

00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:04.399
 Zedekiah's response

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:05.419
 is predictable.

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 He says in verse 19,

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.980
 I am afraid

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:10.959
 of the Judeans

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 who have deserted

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.980
 to the Chaldeans

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 lest I be handed over

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 to them

00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.740
 and they deal

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 cruelly with me.

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 So not only

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.599
 is Zedekiah afraid

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.079
 of his state officials,

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.480
 he is also afraid

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.319
 of the civilians

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.379
 who have already

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.480
 deserted to Babylon.

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 He fears that

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 if he also hands himself

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 over to Babylon,

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.740
 his former subjects

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 who have deserted

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 to Babylon

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 will now mistreat him.

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 And for that reason,

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 even though he knew

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 what was the right

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 thing to do,

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 even though he knew

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.839
 what the Lord

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.960
 required of him,

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 he fails to act.

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 And Jeremiah

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.980
 assures him,

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:47.860
 verse 20,

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.599
 you shall not

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 be given to them.

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 Obey now

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 the voice of the Lord

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 in what I say to you

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 and he shall be

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 well with you

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 and your life

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 shall be spared.

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 But he also warns him

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 sternly in verse 21

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 to 23,

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 but if you refuse

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 to surrender,

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 this is the vision

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.879
 which the Lord

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.759
 has shown to me.

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 Behold,

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.700
 all the women

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 left in the house

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.279
 of the king of Judah

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 were being led out

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 to the officials

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:13.220
 of the king of Babylon

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.059
 and were saying,

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.720
 your trusted friends

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.700
 have deceived you

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:18.440
 and prevailed against you.

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 Now that your feet

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.519
 are sunk in the mud,

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.000
 they turn away from you.

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:23.220
 All your wives

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 and your sons

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.399
 shall be led out

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.119
 to the Chaldeans

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.039
 and you yourself

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.799
 shall not escape

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.399
 from their hand

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.359
 but shall be seized

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.279
 by the king of Babylon

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.899
 and the city

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.539
 shall be burned

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.180
 with fire.

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.899
 As a warning

00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.539
 to Zedekiah,

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.279
 Jeremiah shares

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.160
 a vision that the Lord

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.920
 has shown him

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.960
 of what would happen

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.279
 if Zedekiah refused

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.680
 to surrender

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.480
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:42.460
 and all the women

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.920
 and children

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.700
 of the king

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:45.079
 will be led out

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.059
 as prisoners of war

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:47.759
 to the officials

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.240
 of the king of Babylon.

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.119
 Lord knows

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.839
 what they would do

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.960
 and then they would say

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.700
 of Zedekiah,

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.160
 your trusted friends

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.019
 have deceived you

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.240
 and prevailed against you.

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.559
 Now that your feet

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.259
 are sunk in the mud,

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.899
 they turn away

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.580
 from you.

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.660
 Remember earlier

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.480
 in chapter 38

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.140
 verse 5

00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:04.019
 when the officials

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.080
 suggested first

00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:05.780
 putting Jeremiah

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.300
 to death

00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:07.340
 to Zedekiah,

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.940
 Zedekiah responded,

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.580
 Behold,

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.660
 he is in your hands

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.460
 for the king

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.960
 can do nothing

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.660
 against you.

00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:15.019
 A more literal

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.380
 translation of that

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.700
 would be

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:18.640
 the king cannot

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.140
 prevail against you

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.700
 at all.

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.840
 So the word prevail

00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:22.740
 that's used there

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.360
 in chapter 38

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:24.420
 is the same word

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.200
 that's used here.

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.519
 Your trusted friends

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.140
 have deceived you

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.980
 and prevailed

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.700
 against you.

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.620
 So these trusted friends

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.240
 is a reference

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.280
 to the officials.

00:21:33.800 --> 00:21:34.560
 He thought that

00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:35.600
 he could entrust himself

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.220
 to them.

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.440
 He thought that

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.780
 if he had their favor

00:21:38.780 --> 00:21:39.640
 and they were on their side

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.360
 he would be okay.

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.400
 He would be better.

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.080
 He would be better off

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.680
 in their hands

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.300
 than in the hands

00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:44.060
 of Nebuchadnezzar.

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.140
 But instead

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.840
 he would be deceived

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.340
 by them.

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.380
 They would prevail

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.060
 against him.

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.560
 And before

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:50.920
 it was Jeremiah's feet

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.500
 that were literally

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.340
 sinking in the mud.

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.720
 Now metaphorically

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:55.879
 it's Zedekiah's feet

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.819
 that would be sinking

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.819
 in the mud.

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.099
 It's a picture

00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.740
 of inescapable suffering.

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.740
 So Jeremiah's vision

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.480
 predicts that

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.059
 essentially

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.240
 Zedekiah will

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.439
 switch places

00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:07.159
 with Jeremiah.

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.959
 Zedekiah who

00:22:08.959 --> 00:22:09.720
 for the fear

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.220
 of the officials

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.879
 did not save

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.500
 Jeremiah from

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.299
 sinking in the mud

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.259
 will himself

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.879
 be betrayed

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:15.240
 by the very same officials

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.679
 and find himself

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:18.339
 sinking in the mud.

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:21.099
 And you think

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.819
 that Zedekiah

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.699
 would respond

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.919
 to such a stark

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.839
 alarming vision

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:26.639
 but he is still

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.299
 a man governed

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.299
 by the fear of men.

00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:30.579
 He says to Jeremiah

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:32.139
 in verses 24 to 26

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:33.619
 Let no one know

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.240
 of these words

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.599
 and you shall not die.

00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:37.639
 If the officials hear

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:39.339
 that I've spoken with you

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.899
 and come to you

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.500
 and say to you

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.879
 tell us what you said

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.379
 to the king

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.299
 and what the king

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.000
 said to you

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.259
 hide nothing from us

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.819
 and we will not

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.500
 put you to death

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.879
 then you shall say

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.299
 to them

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:50.000
 I made a humble plea

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.440
 to the king

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.019
 that he would not

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.599
 send me back

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.059
 to the house

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.480
 of Jonathan

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.180
 to die there.

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.599
 Rather than

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.839
 obeying God's word

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.299
 Zedekiah is concerned

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.579
 with hiding God's words

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.779
 he doesn't want

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.159
 the officials

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.879
 to find out

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.480
 that he is

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.839
 a closet Jeremiah

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.619
 sympathizer

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.559
 that is secretly

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.399
 consulting him

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.299
 he doesn't want

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.680
 the officials

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.359
 to find out

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.960
 that Jeremiah

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.919
 told him

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.399
 to surrender

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.960
 to Babylon

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.000
 and in order

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.339
 to get

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.099
 the sniffing

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.579
 officials

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.419
 off his trail

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.440
 Zedekiah orders

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.799
 Jeremiah

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.579
 to tell them

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.299
 that he was

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.980
 pleading with the king

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.619
 not to send them

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.279
 back to the jail

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.779
 at the house

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.279
 of Jonathan

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.960
 and that's an easy

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.980
 excuse to come up with

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.440
 because that's a

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.220
 conversation that they

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.759
 have already had

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.139
 earlier

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:26.899
 during Jeremiah's

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.740
 first imprisonment.

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.119
 The officials

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.059
 do interrogate

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.440
 Jeremiah

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.279
 but they are

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.940
 satisfied with

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.639
 Jeremiah's answer

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.839
 because the conversation

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.460
 had not been

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.440
 overheard

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.299
 and Jeremiah

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.220
 remained in the

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.920
 court of the guard

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.619
 until the day

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.160
 that Jerusalem

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.759
 was taken.

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.420
 That brings us

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.379
 to chapter 39

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:44.599
 where every step

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.179
 every word

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.619
 of the Lord

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.099
 is step

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.639
 by step

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.559
 fulfilled

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.799
 from chapters

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.819
 37 to 38.

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.859
 In chapter 37

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.779
 verses 1 to 10

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.399
 we were told

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.179
 that Babylonians

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.799
 had withdrawn

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.419
 from Jerusalem

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.919
 but that they

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:58.619
 would return

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.819
 and take

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.359
 Jerusalem.

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.500
 That prophecy

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.099
 is fulfilled

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:03.199
 in chapter 39

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:04.419
 verses 1 to 2

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.019
 where it says

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.919
 that they did

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.419
 return

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.419
 in camp

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.319
 against Jerusalem

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.119
 and

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.659
 in the ninth

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:11.259
 day of the month

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.919
 a breach

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.599
 was made

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.079
 in the city

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.559
 in the ninth

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.259
 day of the fourth month.

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:16.000
 In chapter 37

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.179
 11 to 21

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.459
 Jeremiah prophesied

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:18.959
 that Zedekiah

00:24:18.959 --> 00:24:19.579
 will be delivered

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.199
 into the hand

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:20.599
 of the king

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.079
 of Babylon

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.879
 and in chapter 39

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.899
 verses 4 to 10

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:25.219
 though he attempts

00:24:25.219 --> 00:24:25.740
 to flee

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.779
 Zedekiah is captured

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.179
 and brought

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.899
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.519
 who then passes

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.539
 sentence on him.

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:30.919
 Look at

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:32.119
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.659
 sentence in

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.539
 verses 6 to 8.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.959
 The king

00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:35.719
 of Babylon

00:24:35.719 --> 00:24:36.819
 slaughtered

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.179
 the sons

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.879
 of Zedekiah

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.519
 and Riblah

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.659
 before his eyes

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:41.219
 and the king

00:24:41.219 --> 00:24:41.619
 of Babylon

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.299
 slaughtered

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.940
 all the nobles

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.339
 of Judah.

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.539
 He put out

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.180
 the eyes

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.839
 of Zedekiah

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.940
 and bound him

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.480
 in chains

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.039
 to take him

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.579
 to Babylon.

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.139
 The Chaldeans

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 burned the king's

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.419
 house and the

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:52.200
 house of the people

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.240
 and broke down

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.779
 the walls

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.519
 of Jerusalem.

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 Notice the cruelty

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.019
 with which

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.299
 Babylon punishes

00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:00.039
 his rebellious

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.519
 subject

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.200
 Zedekiah.

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.379
 He slaughters

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.579
 all of his sons

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.319
 before Zedekiah's

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.859
 very eyes

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:07.119
 and then

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.639
 gouges out

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.319
 the eyes

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.819
 of Zedekiah

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.259
 so that the

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.899
 last image

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.879
 he ever sees

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:13.080
 is seared

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.580
 indelibly

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.080
 into his

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.400
 memory

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.220
 of his

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.840
 sons being

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:17.080
 slaughtered.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.400
 Zedekiah

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.100
 feared

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.860
 his own

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.440
 officials

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.080
 and thought

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.440
 that he

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.700
 would be

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.160
 better off

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.700
 by currying

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 favor with

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 them

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.140
 but the

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.460
 word of

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.740
 the Lord

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.720
 proves true

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.680
 and Zedekiah

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:28.120
 is far worse

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.840
 off for his

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.600
 disobedience

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:31.900
 because instead

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.500
 of fearing God

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.460
 he chose to

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.900
 fear men.

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:36.380
 and then

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.740
 in chapters

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.420
 38

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.440
 verses 1

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.019
 to 28

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.900
 we

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.320
 saw

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:41.780
 Jeremiah

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:42.340
 put on

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.620
 trial

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:42.920
 by the

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.320
 officials

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.820
 of Judah

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.960
 and Zedekiah

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.759
 was powerless

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.460
 to stop

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.920
 them from

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.320
 harming

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:47.780
 Jeremiah

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:49.360
 and after

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.920
 doing his

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.340
 stints in

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.720
 the dungeon

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.100
 cells

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.440
 and the

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.940
 cistern

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.480
 Jeremiah

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.080
 was left

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.660
 in the

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.080
 court of

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.519
 the guards

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.300
 now in

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:56.259
 chapter 39

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 11 to

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.180
 14

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.420
 exact opposite

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.720
 of that

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.259
 happens

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.980
 by the

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.860
 Babylonian

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.220
 officials

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.360
 so these

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.900
 Jerusalem

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.440
 officials

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.180
 tried to

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.600
 put him

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:04.960
 to death

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.500
 and imprison

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.740
 them

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.660
 the Babylonian

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.059
 officials

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.420
 put him

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.819
 to trial

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.279
 put Jeremiah

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.660
 to trial

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.920
 in chapter

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.380
 39

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.860
 11 to

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.220
 14

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.980
 but unlike

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.519
 Zedekiah

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.160
 who is

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.660
 powerless

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.420
 to protect

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.980
 Jeremiah

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.519
 from his

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.660
 own

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.240
 officials

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.380
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.000
 orders his

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.380
 officials

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.759
 to do

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.079
 Jeremiah

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.779
 no harm

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.100
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.500
 on the

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.860
 other hand

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.279
 a pagan

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.660
 king

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.079
 has the

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.460
 authority

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.940
 over his

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.799
 subjects

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.360
 to protect

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.700
 Jeremiah

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.620
 and instead

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.160
 of keeping

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.500
 Jeremiah

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.360
 under custody

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.620
 at the

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.900
 court of

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.259
 the guards

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.860
 Jeremiah

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.259
 is taken

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.920
 from the

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.220
 court of

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.600
 the guards

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.819
 and

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.299
 free to

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.599
 live

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.179
 among

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.399
 the

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.740
 people

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.720
 right

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.419
 this

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.279
 narrative

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.579
 of

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.359
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.700
 and his

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.240
 officials

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.700
 treatment

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:37.919
 of

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.200
 Jeremiah

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.539
 is

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.159
 intentionally

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.460
 contrasted

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.919
 with the

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.099
 way

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.519
 Zedekiah

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.819
 and his

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.240
 Judean

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.779
 officials

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.220
 treated

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.700
 Jeremiah

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.480
 and it

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.960
 serves

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.899
 to condemn

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.500
 Zedekiah

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.299
 and the

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.559
 Judean

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.960
 officials

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.000
 that they

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.339
 did not

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.779
 act as

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.079
 they should

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.359
 have

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.960
 with regard

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.200
 to

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.619
 Jeremiah

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.019
 God's

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.379
 prophet

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:54.299
 but those

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.779
 who fear

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.240
 the Lord

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.039
 rather than

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.339
 men

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.359
 are vindicated

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.919
 by God's

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.200
 judgment

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.579
 so Jeremiah

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.399
 is delivered

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.900
 and we

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.519
 find out

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.100
 that

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.840
 Abedmelech

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.560
 the Ethiopian

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:03.860
 eunuch

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.360
 who rescued

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.860
 Jeremiah

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.759
 from the

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.280
 cistern

00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:07.140
 too will be

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.840
 delivered according

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.340
 to verses

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.640
 16 to 18

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.900
 he will not die

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.240
 he will be

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.660
 spared

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:14.519
 there were times

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.900
 of course

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.240
 throughout

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.940
 Jeremiah's

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.259
 ministry

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.880
 when the word

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.320
 of the Lord

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.780
 that Jeremiah

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.320
 preached

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:19.400
 seemed very

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.640
 far-fetched

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.200
 the invasion

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.820
 from the north

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.360
 will the

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.860
 Babylonians

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.400
 really come

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.400
 will they

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.960
 really come

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.420
 back after

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.320
 facing the

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.680
 Egyptians

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.460
 the word

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.840
 of the Lord

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.440
 in Jeremiah's

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.860
 day was

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.640
 never popular

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.799
 or well

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.279
 received

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.340
 and obeying

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:33.660
 the word

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.019
 of the Lord

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.320
 came at

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.120
 great personal

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.400
 cost and

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.000
 sacrifice

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.519
 loss of

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.060
 reputation

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:40.220
 ridicule

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.620
 but this

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.380
 passage teaches

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.680
 us that

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.980
 those who

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.660
 fear the

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.240
 Lord rather

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.700
 than men

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.060
 will be

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.620
 vindicated

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.140
 by God's

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.440
 judgment

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.100
 and today

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.700
 as it was

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.400
 in Jeremiah's

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.640
 day

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.880
 the word

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.320
 of the Lord

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:52.220
 is despised

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.060
 and is

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.920
 rejected in

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.480
 many parts

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.740
 of this

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.039
 world

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.900
 if you're

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.240
 not yet

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.620
 a follower

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.099
 of Jesus

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.440
 Christ

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.779
 then let

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.299
 me ask

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.480
 you

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.759
 whose

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.319
 side

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.460
 are you

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.720
 on

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:04.440
 whom do

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.920
 you stand

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.220
 for

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.120
 whose word

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.440
 will you

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.900
 believe

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.900
 because the

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.740
 cultural trends

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.000
 and the

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.319
 wind of

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.660
 history

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.140
 the spirit

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.360
 of the

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.620
 time

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.079
 they might

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.660
 all be

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.200
 against

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.920
 God's

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.299
 word

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.120
 but those

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.660
 who side

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.140
 with God

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.620
 will find

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.039
 themselves

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.599
 ultimately

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.960
 on the

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.440
 right side

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.880
 of history

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:21.099
 because those

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.579
 who fear

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.019
 the Lord

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.819
 rather than

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.140
 men

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.460
 will be

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.120
 vindicated

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.119
 by God's

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.859
 judgment

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.219
 and the

00:28:26.219 --> 00:28:26.539
 judgment

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.039
 that Judah

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.819
 faced

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.699
 points to

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.619
 the final

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:29.979
 judgment

00:28:29.979 --> 00:28:30.379
 that we

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.959
 will all

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.500
 face

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.839
 as humanity

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.939
 after our

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.239
 death

00:28:35.239 --> 00:28:36.559
 and God's

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.139
 verdict will

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.659
 then decide

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.119
 our eternal

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.519
 fates

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.259
 have you

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.919
 aligned

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.659
 yourself

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.259
 with God's

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.659
 purposes

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.319
 and priorities

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:44.919
 for those

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.079
 of you

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.379
 already

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.759
 followers

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.259
 of Christ

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.039
 in what

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.599
 ways

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.099
 is the

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.479
 fear

00:28:48.479 --> 00:28:49.059
 of man

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.079
 controlling

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.699
 you

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.179
 and making

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:52.000
 you unfaithful

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.419
 to God

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:55.300
 do you

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.700
 fear

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.620
 people's

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:56.940
 judgment

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.480
 and hesitate

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.160
 to share

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.759
 the good

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.039
 news of

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.300
 Jesus

00:28:59.300 --> 00:28:59.660
 Christ

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.039
 with them

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:04.140
 when God's

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.680
 truth is

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.320
 maligned

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.600
 in the

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.080
 classroom

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.600
 do you

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.259
 refuse to

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.740
 speak up

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.039
 out of

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.340
 fear

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:10.740
 at a

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.480
 work

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.860
 social

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.400
 do you

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.360
 accept

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.460
 the third

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.880
 or fourth

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.340
 drink that

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.680
 you should

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.039
 have turned

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.360
 down

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.740
 out of

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.160
 fear

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.700
 of what

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.480
 your peers

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.100
 might think

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:21.779
 when a

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.119
 glaring

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.559
 sin

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.779
 in a

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:22.980
 brother

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.539
 or sister

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.379
 must be

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.839
 addressed

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.419
 do you

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.139
 ignore it

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.799
 out of

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.059
 fear

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.179
 of

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.619
 rejection

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:31.199
 because

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:31.919
 you fear

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.240
 them

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.059
 more than

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.459
 you love

00:29:33.459 --> 00:29:33.779
 them

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:36.699
 because

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:37.480
 you fear

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.899
 their

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.359
 verdict

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.899
 more than

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.419
 God's

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:39.899
 verdict

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:42.519
 when the

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.059
 path of

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.480
 obedience

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.839
 is clear

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.959
 do you

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.480
 fail to

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.719
 obey

00:29:46.719 --> 00:29:47.039
 because

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.980
 you fear

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.559
 the personal

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.299
 consequences

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.819
 as

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.319
 Zedekiah

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.680
 did

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:54.599
 because

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:54.920
 you're not

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.620
 willing to

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:55.980
 give up

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.440
 something

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.700
 your pride

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.360
 your

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.120
 preference

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:02.519
 because

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.000
 you trust

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.380
 the words

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.819
 of man

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.380
 more than

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.640
 the word

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.039
 of God

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:09.460
 the problem

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.920
 of course

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.579
 is that

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:10.960
 we've all

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.440
 done that

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:14.900
 none of

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.299
 us fear

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.539
 God

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.960
 perfectly

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.880
 and all

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.220
 of us

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.579
 fear

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.059
 people

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.759
 though the

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.079
 way that

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.579
 manifests

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.900
 itself

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.420
 might look

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.720
 different

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.079
 for all

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.519
 of us

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.600
 what then

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.039
 will be

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.460
 the

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.100
 consequences

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:27.259
 what will

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.600
 be our

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.360
 final verdict

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.000
 when God's

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.220
 judgment

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.620
 comes

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.059
 Romans

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.180
 623

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.660
 teaches

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.039
 us

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.559
 that the

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.960
 wages

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.819
 of sin

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.240
 is

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.799
 death

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.420
 that's

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.720
 what we

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.120
 deserve

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:38.120
 physical

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.539
 death

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.299
 a permanent

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.799
 one from

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.120
 which there

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.360
 is no

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.799
 return

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.299
 and

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.900
 spiritual

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.180
 death

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.660
 an eternal

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.400
 separation

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.540
 from God

00:30:44.540 --> 00:30:45.120
 the judgment

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.900
 of the

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.400
 Judeans

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.800
 in this

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.160
 passage

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.860
 point to

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.300
 God's

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.740
 ultimate

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.220
 judgment

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.960
 and this

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.340
 passage

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.840
 should make

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.500
 us wonder

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.380
 who then

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.160
 can deliver

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.800
 us

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:57.480
 Jeremiah

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.960
 could not

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.600
 deliver his

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.000
 people

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.860
 the people

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.220
 of Judah

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.940
 he could not

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.360
 pay the

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.740
 penalty

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.720
 of death

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.480
 on behalf

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.000
 of the

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.400
 people of

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.600
 Judah

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:04.960
 notice

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.600
 that there's

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.140
 a constant

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.580
 threat of

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.820
 death

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:07.160
 looming

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.500
 over

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.019
 Jeremiah

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.920
 in chapter

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.340
 38

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.800
 4

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.540
 the Judean

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:10.880
 officials

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.259
 say to

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.740
 Zedekiah

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.620
 let Jeremiah

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.000
 be put

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.539
 to death

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.259
 for he

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.779
 is weakening

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.159
 the hands

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.399
 of the

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:15.739
 soldiers

00:31:15.739 --> 00:31:15.979
 who are

00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:16.199
 left

00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:16.579
 in this

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.899
 city

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.719
 and in

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:17.859
 chapter

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.419
 38

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:18.859
 15

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.500
 to 16

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.859
 Jeremiah

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.399
 says to

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.839
 Zedekiah

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.479
 if I

00:31:21.479 --> 00:31:21.859
 tell you

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.119
 will you

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.359
 not

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.679
 surely

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.059
 put me

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.599
 to death

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.019
 then again

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.359
 chapter

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.799
 38

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.000
 verse

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.559
 25

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.939
 Zedekiah

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.699
 anticipates

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:27.979
 what the

00:31:27.979 --> 00:31:28.359
 officials

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.019
 will say

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.119
 hide

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.519
 nothing

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.379
 from us

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.699
 and we

00:31:31.699 --> 00:31:32.099
 will not

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.659
 put you

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.359
 to death

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:35.339
 throughout

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.699
 these few

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.000
 chapters

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.299
 Jeremiah

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.179
 has constantly

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.819
 been under

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.299
 the threat

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.859
 of death

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.479
 but he

00:31:39.479 --> 00:31:40.159
 is delivered

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.219
 from each

00:31:41.219 --> 00:31:41.500
 threat

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.859
 because

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.379
 of what God

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.819
 had promised

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.159
 to do

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.500
 for his

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.899
 servant

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:45.279
 though Jeremiah

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.479
 is obedient

00:31:46.479 --> 00:31:47.059
 to God

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.899
 and spared

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.479
 on that

00:31:48.479 --> 00:31:48.939
 merit

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.519
 he cannot

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.619
 save

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.859
 anyone else

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.059
 the rest

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.419
 of Judah

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:54.159
 still falls

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:54.759
 under judgment

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:57.719
 that means

00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:58.379
 guilty sinners

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.359
 like us

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.939
 we need

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.259
 another

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.699
 savior

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.979
 we need

00:32:01.979 --> 00:32:02.459
 a better

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:03.339
 Jeremiah

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:05.019
 and God

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.779
 did send

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.399
 us such a

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.679
 savior

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.740
 in Jesus

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.139
 Christ

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.459
 and there

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:09.039
 are intriguing

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.619
 parallels

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.139
 between

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.359
 Jeremiah's

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.899
 trial

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.200
 before

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.700
 Zedekiah

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.019
 in chapter

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.480
 38

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.180
 and that

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.619
 of Jesus

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.279
 trial

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.659
 before

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.259
 Pilate

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.159
 in the

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.740
 gospels

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.579
 just as

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.879
 Jeremiah

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.440
 was brought

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.000
 to trial

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.599
 by the

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.839
 leaders

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.220
 of his

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.619
 nation

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.159
 who are

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.399
 seeking

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.619
 his

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.779
 death

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.200
 Jesus

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.539
 too

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.879
 is brought

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.299
 to trial

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.720
 by the

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:24.940
 leaders

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.220
 of his

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.420
 own

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.779
 nation

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:28.279
 and even

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.639
 though he

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.259
 knew that

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.579
 Jeremiah

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.480
 was innocent

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.379
 fearing the

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.119
 backlash from

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.559
 the people

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.059
 Zedekiah

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.500
 said

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.619
 behold he

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.059
 is in

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.720
 your hands

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.180
 for the

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.639
 king can

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.099
 do nothing

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.539
 against

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.899
 you

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.619
 and

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.179
 likewise

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:39.859
 Pilate

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.419
 though he

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.819
 found

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.199
 Jesus

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.819
 to be

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.839
 guiltless

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.219
 in his

00:32:43.219 --> 00:32:43.419
 own

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.740
 words

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:45.259
 brought him

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.679
 out to the

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:45.939
 people

00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.619
 after flogging

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:46.959
 him and he

00:32:46.959 --> 00:32:47.619
 said behold

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.199
 the man

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:50.019
 John 19

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.719
 5-6

00:32:50.719 --> 00:32:51.619
 and according

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:51.959
 to Mark

00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:52.639
 15-15

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.659
 he wishing

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.859
 to satisfy

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.659
 the crowd

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.740
 he delivered

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.000
 Jesus over

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.219
 to their

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.599
 will

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:04.419
 this was

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.039
 all according

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.519
 to God's

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.799
 sovereign

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.259
 salvation

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.619
 plan

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.500
 the

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.039
 blameless

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.419
 son of

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.739
 God

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:10.299
 was

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.739
 declared

00:33:10.739 --> 00:33:11.259
 guilty

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.719
 so that

00:33:11.719 --> 00:33:11.939
 the

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.359
 sinful

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.939
 children

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.199
 of

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.519
 man

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.379
 might

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.519
 be

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.919
 declared

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.519
 righteous

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.519
 Jeremiah

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.399
 could not

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.299
 and did

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.739
 not

00:33:19.739 --> 00:33:20.479
 die to

00:33:20.479 --> 00:33:20.799
 save

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.139
 us

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.319
 but

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.699
 Jesus

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.179
 is the

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.500
 new

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.059
 and better

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.500
 Jeremiah

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.159
 who was

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.739
 crucified

00:33:24.739 --> 00:33:25.659
 on the

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:25.919
 cross

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.259
 to pay

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.739
 the penalty

00:33:26.739 --> 00:33:27.379
 for our

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.219
 sins

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.519
 and he

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.079
 was raised

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.419
 from the

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:29.639
 dead

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.259
 for our

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.919
 vindication

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.759
 and if

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:31.979
 you would

00:33:31.979 --> 00:33:32.639
 only confess

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.399
 your sins

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.179
 acknowledge

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.519
 that you

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.859
 are a

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.119
 sinner

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.799
 who cannot

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.219
 save

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.759
 yourself

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.240
 and profess

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.839
 Jesus Christ

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.140
 believe that

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.519
 he is the

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.819
 son of

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.140
 God

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.860
 who died

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.279
 and rose

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.660
 again to

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.339
 save you

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.140
 that instead

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.019
 of the

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.480
 defeat

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.200
 and death

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.980
 of sin

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.539
 you can

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.180
 partake in

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.759
 the victory

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.920
 and eternal

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.380
 life

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.240
 of Jesus

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.720
 Christ

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.319
 it is

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.200
 only when we

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.759
 believe

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.480
 in this

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.819
 good news

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.180
 of Jesus

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.539
 Christ

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.839
 that we

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.100
 can be

00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.600
 transformed

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.140
 into

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.640
 people

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.380
 who fear

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.880
 the Lord

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.920
 rather than

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.920
 fear men

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.420
 and by

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.759
 the way

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.539
 by fear

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.940
 of God

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.460
 I'm not

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.019
 trying to

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.420
 teach you

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.960
 to be

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.639
 terrified

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.159
 of God

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:14.519
 the Bible

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.960
 used the

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.599
 word fear

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.159
 in relation

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.680
 to God

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.300
 in two

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.860
 different

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.700
 senses

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.840
 you can

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.180
 see that

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.579
 in Exodus

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.019
 20

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.420
 20

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.380
 says

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.119
 God says

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.400
 to them

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.700
 after he

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.019
 appears

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.300
 to his

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.579
 people

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.059
 do not

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.639
 fear

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.539
 well this

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.900
 is Moses

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.500
 telling them

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.039
 after God's

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.240
 appeared

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.619
 do not

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.039
 fear

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.979
 for God

00:34:30.979 --> 00:34:31.519
 has come

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.039
 to test

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.319
 you

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:33.139
 that the

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.679
 fear

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.239
 of him

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.979
 may be

00:34:34.979 --> 00:34:35.699
 before you

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.219
 that you

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.959
 may not

00:34:36.959 --> 00:34:37.579
 sin

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.039
 it sounds

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.539
 contradictory

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.619
 doesn't it

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.759
 don't fear

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.259
 that God's

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.479
 here

00:34:43.479 --> 00:34:44.500
 because God

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.839
 has come

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.500
 to instill

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.099
 fear in

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.399
 you

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:48.919
 it's because

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:50.000
 the word

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.319
 has two

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.559
 different

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.879
 senses

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:51.339
 it's being

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.759
 used in

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:51.959
 different

00:34:51.959 --> 00:34:52.299
 ways

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.579
 in each

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.099
 context

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.939
 the first

00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:54.259
 fear

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.699
 that God's

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.879
 people

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.379
 were not

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:55.979
 to feel

00:34:55.979 --> 00:34:56.819
 is the

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:57.199
 terror

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.699
 of God

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.759
 feeling

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.279
 threatened

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.879
 by God's

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.159
 judgment

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.859
 that leads

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.359
 us to

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:01.639
 hide

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.099
 from him

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.079
 that's

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.399
 the first

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.759
 kind of

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:03.939
 fear

00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:04.419
 the second

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:04.819
 fear

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.219
 that God's

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.419
 people

00:35:05.419 --> 00:35:05.939
 are to

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.299
 have

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.919
 is the

00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.500
 reverential

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.119
 awe

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.879
 that we've

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.259
 been singing

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.699
 about this

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:09.960
 morning

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.519
 that awe

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.259
 the fear

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.619
 of God

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.279
 that leads

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.899
 to humble

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.579
 submission

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.899
 and obedience

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:19.519
 when we

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.739
 see God's

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.679
 unwavering

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.059
 commitment

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.659
 to his

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.179
 holiness

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.879
 and justice

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.559
 displayed

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.480
 in all

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.239
 their power

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:27.059
 and glory

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.840
 on the

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.340
 cross

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:30.019
 when we

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.519
 see Jesus

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.460
 crushed under

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.799
 the weight

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.019
 of our

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.799
 own sins

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.619
 then we

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.320
 see his

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.699
 holiness

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.239
 and justice

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.940
 displayed

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.619
 and when we

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.400
 see God's

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.940
 unwavering

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.259
 commitment

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.619
 to his

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.099
 people

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.759
 to show

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.179
 grace

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.679
 and mercy

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.159
 to them

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.659
 when we

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.239
 see Jesus

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.579
 Christ

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.940
 dying on

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.360
 the cross

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.579
 for us

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.860
 in our

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.480
 place

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.239
 that's

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.920
 when we

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.739
 are filled

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.119
 with the

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.500
 fear of

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.799
 God

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:52.139
 and the

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.539
 love

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.599
 for God

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:57.940
 it makes

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.420
 all other

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.839
 fears

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.239
 and all

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.460
 other

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.920
 loves

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.460
 insignificant

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.279
 by

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.799
 comparison

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:05.039
 that's

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.679
 what makes

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.420
 us revere

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.699
 him

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:08.099
 adore

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.500
 him

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.079
 worship

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.539
 him

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.400
 love

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.339
 and serve

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.819
 him

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.880
 so that

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.420
 God

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.900
 and not

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.420
 ourselves

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.380
 and not

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.059
 other people

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:17.299
 become the

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:17.559
 weighted

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.239
 center

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.519
 of our

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.779
 life

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.279
 and existence

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:23.300
 please

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.040
 close your

00:36:24.040 --> 00:36:24.220
 eyes

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.640
 with me

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:25.019
 and reflect

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.440
 on this

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.720
 truth

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.320
 for a few

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.740
 moments

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:31.880
 look upon

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.580
 the cross

00:36:32.580 --> 00:36:34.640
 may the

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:34.960
 spirit of

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.320
 God fill

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.800
 your heart

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.420
 with fear

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.900
 of God

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:41.220
 and if

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.700
 you've

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.120
 reflected

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.519
 for some

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.740
 time

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:42.900
 we'll

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.360
 respond

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.040
 by praying

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.500
 together