120411 He that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes

"Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, 'This people say, 'The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.'  Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,  'Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?'  Now …

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112811 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah

"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, and said, 'I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He heard me; …

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102911 All of them mourning, Every one for his iniquity

"But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.  All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.   They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame …

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102711 It was in my mouth as honey for sweetness

"Moreover He said unto me, 'Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.'  So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that roll.  And He said unto me, 'Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this …

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102611 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens

"Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.  Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.  We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.  We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.   Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have …

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102311 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you

"And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.  Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, and said unto them, 'Thus saith the LORD, …

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102211 Because thou hast put thy trust in Me

"Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,  'Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 'Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and …

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102011 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you

"For thus saith the LORD, 'That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform My good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,' saith the LORD, 'thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you …

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101911 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings

"Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.  Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent …

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101811 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!

"Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.  Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed My people; 'Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of …

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101711 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?  I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.  As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth …

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101411 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD

"Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.  For among My people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.   As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they …

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101311 For My people is foolish, they have not known Me

"My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.   Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, …

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101211 The valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in

"Thus saith the LORD, 'As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for My servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.  And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an …

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