Contemplative Bible Reading

Jeremiah 29:7 (New International Version) Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” The prophet Jeremiah is writing to the Jews who are exiled in Babylon. This is an awful condition. They […]

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Jeremiah 9:4-6 (New International Version) 4 “Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. 5 Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. 6 You live in the midst of […]

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Jeremiah 22:3 (New International Version) This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place. The prophet Jeremiah […]

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Jeremiah 6:15 (New International Version) Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD. I remember my dad discussing this verse in a […]

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Jeremiah 44:15-18 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the […]

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Jeremiah 21:11-12 (New International Version) 11 “Moreover, say to the royal house of Judah, ‘Hear the word of the LORD; 12 O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ” ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out […]

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Jeremiah 32:36-41 (New International Version) 36 “You are saying about this city, ‘By the sword, famine and plague it will be handed over to the king of Babylon’; but this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 37 I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my […]

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Jeremiah 44:15-18 (New International Version) 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to […]

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Jeremiah 44:13-14 (New International Version) 13 I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return […]

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Jeremiah 10:5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.” I love this phrase, “Like a scarecrow in a melon patch” Who would worship a scarecrow? Isn’t that silly? […]

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