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The Book of Obadiah
CHAPTER 1
Obadiah 1:1
1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard
a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise  ye,
and let us rise up  against her in battle. Obadiah 1:2
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Obadiah 1:3
3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts
of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring
me down to the ground?
Obadiah 1:4
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among
the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. Obadiah 1:5
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would
they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee,
would they not leave some grapes? Obadiah 1:6
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Obadiah 1:7
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men
that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee;
they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none
understanding  in him.
Obadiah 1:8
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? Obadiah 1:9
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of
the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. Obadiah 1:10
10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou
shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah 1:11
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the
strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one  of them. Obadiah
1:12
12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that
he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of
Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken
proudly in the day  of distress. Obadiah 1:13
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of
their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the
day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of
their calamity;
Obadiah 1:14
14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his
that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did
remain in the day of distress. Obadiah 1:15
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it
shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. Obadiah
1:16
16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink
continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall
be as though they had not been. Obadiah 1:17
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and
the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Obadiah 1:18
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and
the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them;
and there shall not be any remaining of the house  of Esau;  for the LORD  hath
spoken  it.
Obadiah 1:19
19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain
the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields
of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. Obadiah 1:20
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that
of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which
is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. Obadiah 1:21
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the
kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

The Book of
Jeremiah
CHAPTER 1
Jeremiah 1:1
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jeremiah 1:2
2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king
of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. Jeremiah 1:3
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto
the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king  of Judah, 
unto the carrying away  of Jerusalem  captive  in the fifth  month. Jeremiah
1:4
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah 1:5
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.
Jeremiah 1:6
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Jeremiah
1:7
7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all
that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 1:8
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the
LORD.
Jeremiah 1:9
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said
unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Jeremiah 1:10
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to
root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to
plant.
Jeremiah 1:11
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest
thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Jeremiah 1:12
12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word
to perform it.
Jeremiah 1:13
13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest
thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the
north.
Jeremiah 1:14
14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon
all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:15
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith
the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the
entering of the gates of Jerusalem,  and against all the walls  thereof round
about,  and against all the cities  of Judah. Jeremiah 1:16
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness,
who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped
the works of their own hands. Jeremiah 1:17
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I
command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Jeremiah 1:18
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar,
and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against
the princes  thereof, against the priests  thereof, and against the people  of
the land.
Jeremiah 1:19
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee;
for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. CHAPTER 2
Jeremiah 2:1
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah 2:2
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember
thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest
 after  me in the wilderness,  in a land  that was not sown. Jeremiah 2:3
3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all
that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:4
4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the
house of Israel:
Jeremiah 2:5
5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they
are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jeremiah 2:6
6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of
pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,  through a land
that no man  passed through,  and where no man  dwelt? Jeremiah 2:7
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the
goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine
heritage an abomination.
Jeremiah 2:8
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me
not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by
Baal, and walked after  things that do not profit. Jeremiah 2:9
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's
children will I plead.
Jeremiah 2:10
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Jeremiah 2:11
11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have
changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Jeremiah 2:12
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very
desolate, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:13
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain
of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold 
no water.
Jeremiah 2:14
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? Jeremiah
2:15
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste:
his cities are burned without inhabitant. Jeremiah 2:16
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah 2:17
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the
LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? Jeremiah 2:18
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of
Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of
the river?
Jeremiah 2:19
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove
thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou
hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith  the
Lord  GOD  of hosts.
Jeremiah 2:20
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou
saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green
tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. Jeremiah 2:21
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou
turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? Jeremiah 2:22
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine
iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. Jeremiah 2:23
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy
way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary
traversing  her ways;
Jeremiah 2:24
24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her
pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will
not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. Jeremiah 2:25
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou
saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I
go.
Jeremiah 2:26
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed;
they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
Jeremiah 2:27
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me
forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the
time of their trouble they will say, Arise,  and save  us. Jeremiah 2:28
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can
save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities
are thy gods, O Judah.
Jeremiah 2:29
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith
the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:30
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own
sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. Jeremiah 2:31
31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto
Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come
no more unto thee?
Jeremiah 2:32
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have
forgotten me days without number. Jeremiah 2:33
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the
wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 2:34
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I
have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. Jeremiah 2:35
35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Jeremiah 2:36
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed
of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. Jeremiah 2:37
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the
LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.


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