Bible Reading for August 22

Bible Reading for August 22

Jeremiah Chapter 35

1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of 
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring 
them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them 
wine to drink.

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and 
his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the 
sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the 
chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son 
of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of 
wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab 
our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor 
your sons for ever:

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor 
have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live 
many days in the land where ye be strangers.

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father 
in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our 
wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor 
field, nor seed:

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to 
all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into 
the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the 
army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we 
dwell at Jerusalem.

12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men 
of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive 
instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons 
not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but 
obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, 
rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up 
early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil 
way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, 
and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your 
fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the 
commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people 
hath not hearkened unto me:

17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; 
Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I 
have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto 
them, but they have not answered.

18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the 
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment 
of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according 
unto all that he hath commanded you:

19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab 
the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

Jeremiah Chapter 36

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I 
have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all 
the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, 
even unto this day.

3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I 
purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil 
way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from 
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken 
unto him, upon a roll of a book.

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into 
the house of the LORD:

6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from 
my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S 
house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of 
all Judah that come out of their cities.

7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and 
will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the 
fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the 
prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the 
LORD'S house.

9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before 
the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came 
from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of 
the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in 
the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in 
the ears of all the people.

11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out 
of the book all the words of the LORD,

12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: 
and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and 
Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and 
Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all 
the princes.

13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, 
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son 
of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand 
the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So 
Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So 
Baruch read it in their ears.

16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were 
afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the 
king of all these words.

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all 
these words at his mouth?

18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with 
his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; 
and let no man know where ye be.

20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the 
roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in 
the ears of the king.

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of 
Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the 
king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was 
a fire on the hearth burning before him.

23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, 
he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the 
hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, 
nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession 
to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah 
the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the 
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.

27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had 
burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of 
Jeremiah, saying,

28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words 
that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; 
Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, 
saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, 
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall 
have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be 
cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their 
iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have 
pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, 
the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the 
words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: 
and there were added besides unto them many like words.

Jeremiah Chapter 37

1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son 
of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land 
of Judah.

2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did 
hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah 
the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now 
unto the LORD our God for us.

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not 
put him into prison.

5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the 
Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed 
from Jerusalem.

6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king 
of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's 
army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their 
own land.

8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and 
take it, and burn it with fire.

9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans 
shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight 
against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should 
they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken 
up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of 
Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was 
there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; 
and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the 
Chaldeans.

14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. 
But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to 
the princes.

15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and 
put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made 
that the prison.

16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and 
Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him 
secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And 
Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the 
hand of the king of Babylon.

18 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?

19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The 
king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my 
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me 
not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah 
into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a 
piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the 
city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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