Bible Reading for August 12

Bible Reading for August 12

Jeremiah Chapter 1

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in 
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

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.

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.

4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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.

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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.

8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, 
saith the LORD.

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.

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.

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.

12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my 
word to perform it.

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.

14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break 
forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jeremiah Chapter 2

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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.

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.

4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families 
of the house of Israel:

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?

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?

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.

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.

9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your 
children's children will I plead.

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.

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.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye 
very desolate, saith the LORD.

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.

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land 
waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy 
head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken 
the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

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?

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.

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.

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?

22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet 
thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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;

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, 
saith the LORD.

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: 
your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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?

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people 
have forgotten me days without number.

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also 
taught the wicked ones thy ways.

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.

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.

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be 
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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.

Jeremiah Chapter 3

1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become 
another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be 
greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet 
return again to me, saith the LORD.

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not 
been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in 
the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and 
with thy wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no 
latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be 
ashamed.

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the 
guide of my youth?

5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? 
Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou 
seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every 
high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But 
she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel 
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; 
yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the 
harlot also.

9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she 
defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned 
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified 
herself more than treacherous Judah.

12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou 
backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to 
fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep 
anger for ever.

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against 
the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under 
every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto 
you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will 
bring you to Zion:

15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed 
you with knowledge and understanding.

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the 
land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of 
the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall 
they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be 
done any more.

17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and 
all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to 
Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of 
their evil heart.

18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, 
and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land 
that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a 
pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, 
Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye 
dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of 
the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have 
forgotten the LORD their God.

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. 
Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the 
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of 
Israel.

24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; 
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have 
sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even 
unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

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