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The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
