WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.840 Nancy: Welcome to immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:04.430 day 200 and 67 00:00:04.988 --> 00:00:07.718 this is what the Lord the God of Israel said to me. 00:00:08.858 --> 00:00:14.078 Take from my hand, this cup filled to the brimm with my anger and make all the 00:00:14.083 --> 00:00:16.568 nations to whom I send you drink from it. 00:00:17.198 --> 00:00:20.588 When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the 00:00:20.588 --> 00:00:22.658 warfare I will send against them. 00:00:24.098 --> 00:00:28.238 So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it. 00:00:28.913 --> 00:00:31.103 Every nation to which the Lord sent me. 00:00:32.063 --> 00:00:35.993 I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah and their kings 00:00:35.993 --> 00:00:37.733 and officials drank from the cup. 00:00:38.573 --> 00:00:42.863 From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object 00:00:42.868 --> 00:00:45.233 of horror, contempt, and cursing. 00:00:46.103 --> 00:00:50.543 I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendance, his officials, 00:00:50.843 --> 00:00:54.773 and all his people along with all the foreigners living in that land. 00:00:55.793 --> 00:00:59.723 I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Oz and the kings of the 00:00:59.723 --> 00:01:05.183 Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Akron, and what remains of Ashdod? 00:01:05.993 --> 00:01:10.493 Then I gave the cup to the nations of Edem, Moab, and Amon, and the 00:01:10.493 --> 00:01:14.723 kings of Tyre and Seiden and the kings of the regions across the sea. 00:01:15.593 --> 00:01:21.563 I gave it to Dein, Tema, and Buzz, and to the people who live in distant places. 00:01:22.463 --> 00:01:24.383 I gave it to the kings of Arabia. 00:01:24.713 --> 00:01:28.193 The kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert, and to the kings of 00:01:28.193 --> 00:01:33.323 Zimri, ELAM, and media, and I gave it to the kings of the northern 00:01:33.323 --> 00:01:38.633 countries far and near one after the other, all the kingdoms of the world. 00:01:39.773 --> 00:01:44.423 And finally, the King of Babylon himself drank from the cup of the Lord's anger. 00:01:45.563 --> 00:01:50.153 Then the Lord said to meow, tell them this is what the Lord of heaven's 00:01:50.153 --> 00:01:52.193 armies the God of Israel says. 00:01:53.093 --> 00:01:55.073 Drink from this cup of my anger. 00:01:55.583 --> 00:01:57.473 Get drunk and vomit. 00:01:58.043 --> 00:01:59.183 Fall to rise. 00:01:59.183 --> 00:02:02.903 No more for I am sending terrible wars against you. 00:02:03.563 --> 00:02:06.233 And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them. 00:02:06.773 --> 00:02:10.943 The Lord of heaven's armies says you have no choice but to drink from it. 00:02:11.753 --> 00:02:15.623 I have begun to punish Jerusalem, the city that bears my name. 00:02:16.313 --> 00:02:18.413 Now, should I let you go unpunished? 00:02:19.073 --> 00:02:21.323 No, you will not escape disaster. 00:02:21.783 --> 00:02:21.903 I. 00:02:22.448 --> 00:02:25.298 I will call for war against all the nations of the earth. 00:02:26.318 --> 00:02:32.948 I the Lord of heaven's armies have spoken now, prophesy all these things and say to 00:02:32.948 --> 00:02:38.138 them, the Lord will roar against his own land from his holy dwelling in heaven. 00:02:38.468 --> 00:02:41.138 He will shout like those who tread grapes. 00:02:41.408 --> 00:02:43.568 He will shout against everyone on earth. 00:02:44.168 --> 00:02:46.658 His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth. 00:02:46.898 --> 00:02:49.688 For the Lord will bring his case against all the nations. 00:02:50.213 --> 00:02:54.653 He will judge all the people of the earth slaughtering the wicked with the sword. 00:02:55.193 --> 00:02:56.783 I, the Lord have spoken. 00:02:57.833 --> 00:02:59.993 This is what the Lord of heaven's armies says. 00:03:00.923 --> 00:03:04.673 Look, disaster will fall upon nation after nation. 00:03:05.183 --> 00:03:08.873 A great whirlwind of fury is rising from the most distant 00:03:08.873 --> 00:03:11.603 corners of the earth in that day. 00:03:12.173 --> 00:03:15.833 Those the Lord has slaughtered will fill the earth from one end to the other. 00:03:16.568 --> 00:03:20.408 No one will mourn for them or gather up their bodies to bury them. 00:03:21.098 --> 00:03:25.898 They will be scattered on the ground like manure, weep and moan. 00:03:25.958 --> 00:03:26.228 You. 00:03:26.288 --> 00:03:30.188 Evil shepherds roll in the dust you leaders of the flock. 00:03:30.938 --> 00:03:32.888 The time of your slaughter has arrived. 00:03:33.428 --> 00:03:36.338 You will fall and shatter like a fragile vase. 00:03:37.028 --> 00:03:38.588 You'll find no place to hide. 00:03:39.008 --> 00:03:40.538 There will be no way to escape. 00:03:41.378 --> 00:03:43.688 Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. 00:03:44.018 --> 00:03:47.438 The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair for the 00:03:47.438 --> 00:03:49.238 Lord is ruining their pastures. 00:03:50.198 --> 00:03:54.608 Peaceful meadows will be turned into a wasteland by the Lord's fierce anger. 00:03:55.208 --> 00:04:00.398 He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey, and their land will 00:04:00.398 --> 00:04:04.838 be made desolate by the sword of the enemy and the Lord's fierce anger. 00:04:06.038 --> 00:04:09.398 The following messages were given to Jeremiah, the prophet from the 00:04:09.398 --> 00:04:11.618 Lord concerning foreign nations. 00:04:13.208 --> 00:04:17.588 This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jo Jolla 00:04:17.588 --> 00:04:22.778 Kim, son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion of the Battle of Kamish, 00:04:23.078 --> 00:04:28.028 when Pharaoh Niko king of Egypt and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates 00:04:28.028 --> 00:04:30.338 River by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 00:04:31.613 --> 00:04:34.403 Prepare your shields and advance into battle. 00:04:34.793 --> 00:04:37.283 Harness the horses and mount the stallions. 00:04:37.673 --> 00:04:41.333 Take your positions, put on your helmets, sharpen your 00:04:41.333 --> 00:04:43.253 spears, and prepare your armor. 00:04:44.213 --> 00:04:45.203 But what do I see? 00:04:46.193 --> 00:04:50.513 The Egyptian army flees in terror, the bravest of its fighting. 00:04:50.513 --> 00:04:53.183 Men run without a backward glance. 00:04:53.723 --> 00:04:56.843 They're terrorized at every turn, says the Lord. 00:04:58.013 --> 00:04:59.963 The swiftest runners cannot flee. 00:05:00.683 --> 00:05:05.843 The mightiest warriors cannot escape by the Euphrates River to the north. 00:05:06.173 --> 00:05:07.553 They stumble and fall. 00:05:08.663 --> 00:05:14.033 Who is this rising like the Nile at flood time overflowing all the land. 00:05:14.633 --> 00:05:19.223 It is the Egyptian army overflowing all the land, boasting that it 00:05:19.223 --> 00:05:23.423 will cover the earth like a flood destroying cities and their people 00:05:24.473 --> 00:05:29.123 charge you horses and chariots attack you mighty warriors of Egypt. 00:05:29.783 --> 00:05:34.973 Come all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia who are 00:05:34.973 --> 00:05:36.653 skilled with the shield and bow. 00:05:37.403 --> 00:05:39.053 For this is the day of the Lord. 00:05:39.263 --> 00:05:42.983 The Lord of heaven's armies a day of vengeance on his enemies. 00:05:43.553 --> 00:05:46.493 The sword will devour until it is satisfied. 00:05:46.973 --> 00:05:49.223 Yes, until it is drunk with your blood. 00:05:50.303 --> 00:05:55.373 The Lord, the Lord of heaven's armies will receive a sacrifice today in the 00:05:55.373 --> 00:05:58.043 north country beside the Euphrates River. 00:05:58.928 --> 00:06:00.698 Go up to Gilead to get medicine. 00:06:01.058 --> 00:06:02.708 Oh, Virgin Daughter of Egypt. 00:06:03.368 --> 00:06:05.828 But your many treatments will bring you no healing. 00:06:06.548 --> 00:06:08.438 The nations have heard of your shame. 00:06:08.708 --> 00:06:09.878 The earth is filled. 00:06:09.883 --> 00:06:14.618 With your cries of despair, your mightiest warriors will run into 00:06:14.618 --> 00:06:16.718 each other and fall down together. 00:06:17.538 --> 00:06:21.518 Then the Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah this message about King 00:06:21.518 --> 00:06:23.798 Nebuchadnezzar's plans to attack Egypt. 00:06:24.488 --> 00:06:25.928 Shout it out in Egypt. 00:06:26.318 --> 00:06:29.918 Publish it in the cities of Migdal, Memphis and Tese. 00:06:30.518 --> 00:06:34.658 Mobilize for battle for the sword will devour everyone around you. 00:06:35.858 --> 00:06:37.388 Why have your warriors fallen? 00:06:38.318 --> 00:06:41.498 They cannot stand for the Lord has knocked them down. 00:06:42.158 --> 00:06:46.988 They stumble and fall over each other and say, among themselves, come, let's go back 00:06:46.988 --> 00:06:49.118 to our people, to the land of our birth. 00:06:49.478 --> 00:06:53.258 Let's get away from the sword of the enemy There they will say. 00:06:53.813 --> 00:06:58.043 Pharaoh, the King of Egypt is a loudmouth who missed his opportunity, 00:06:58.973 --> 00:07:03.953 as surely as I Live says the king, whose name is the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:07:04.523 --> 00:07:08.303 One is coming against Egypt, who is as tall as Mount Tabor 00:07:08.723 --> 00:07:10.733 or as Mount Carmel by the sea. 00:07:11.753 --> 00:07:15.713 Pack up, get ready to leave for exile, use citizens of Egypt. 00:07:16.313 --> 00:07:19.733 The city of Memphis will be destroyed without a single inhabitant. 00:07:20.723 --> 00:07:23.123 Egypt is as sleek as a beautiful heifer. 00:07:24.163 --> 00:07:26.633 A horsely from the north is on its way. 00:07:27.503 --> 00:07:30.653 Egypt's mercenaries have become like fattened calves. 00:07:31.343 --> 00:07:35.753 They too will turn and run for it is a day of great disaster for 00:07:35.753 --> 00:07:37.913 Egypt, a time of great punishment. 00:07:39.023 --> 00:07:42.953 Egypt f flees, silent as a serpent, gliding away. 00:07:43.823 --> 00:07:45.683 The invading army marches in. 00:07:45.923 --> 00:07:48.323 They come against her with axes like woodsman. 00:07:48.773 --> 00:07:52.163 They will cut down her people like trees, says the Lord. 00:07:52.883 --> 00:07:54.923 For they are more numerous than locusts. 00:07:55.883 --> 00:07:57.503 Egypt will be humiliated. 00:07:58.013 --> 00:08:00.443 She will be handed over to people from the north. 00:08:01.553 --> 00:08:05.933 The Lord of heaven's armies, the God of Israel says, I will 00:08:05.933 --> 00:08:10.433 punish Amon, the God of thieves and all the other gods of Egypt. 00:08:11.063 --> 00:08:15.503 I will punish its rulers and Pharaoh too and all who trust in him. 00:08:16.193 --> 00:08:19.523 I will hand them over to those who want them killed to King 00:08:19.523 --> 00:08:21.653 Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his army. 00:08:22.868 --> 00:08:26.258 Afterward, the land will recover from the ravages of war. 00:08:27.008 --> 00:08:31.388 I, the Lord have spoken, but do not be afraid. 00:08:31.418 --> 00:08:37.328 Jacob, my servant, do not be dismayed Israel for I will bring you home 00:08:37.333 --> 00:08:42.008 again from distant lands and your children will return from their exile. 00:08:42.908 --> 00:08:47.738 Israel will return to a life of peace and quiet and no one will terrorize them. 00:08:48.818 --> 00:08:49.838 Do not be afraid. 00:08:49.868 --> 00:08:51.248 Jacob, my servant. 00:08:51.833 --> 00:08:54.053 For I am with you, says the Lord. 00:08:54.593 --> 00:08:58.793 I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I 00:08:58.793 --> 00:09:00.563 will not completely destroy you. 00:09:01.493 --> 00:09:06.743 I will discipline you, but with justice, I cannot let you go unpunished. 00:09:08.363 --> 00:09:11.723 This is the Lord's message to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the 00:09:11.723 --> 00:09:15.473 Philistines of Gaza before it was captured by the Egyptian army. 00:09:16.523 --> 00:09:17.843 This is what the Lord says. 00:09:18.953 --> 00:09:22.373 A flood is coming from the north to overflow the land. 00:09:23.003 --> 00:09:25.463 It will destroy the land and everything in it. 00:09:25.793 --> 00:09:30.533 Cities and people alike, people will scream in terror and 00:09:30.533 --> 00:09:33.293 everyone in the land will wa here. 00:09:33.293 --> 00:09:37.433 The clatter of stallions, hooves, and the rumble of wheels as the chariots 00:09:37.433 --> 00:09:42.923 rush by terrified fathers run madly without a backward glance at their 00:09:42.923 --> 00:09:47.513 helpless children, the time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed. 00:09:48.023 --> 00:09:50.393 Along with their allies from tire and seden. 00:09:51.233 --> 00:09:54.563 Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines. 00:09:55.013 --> 00:10:00.053 Those colonists from the island of Crete, Gaza will be humiliated. 00:10:00.353 --> 00:10:01.823 Its head shaved bald. 00:10:02.453 --> 00:10:07.013 Ashkelon will lie Silent you remnant from the Mediterranean coast. 00:10:07.493 --> 00:10:11.783 How long will you cut yourselves in mourning now. 00:10:11.903 --> 00:10:13.283 Oh, sword of the Lord. 00:10:13.553 --> 00:10:15.323 When will you be at rest again? 00:10:15.923 --> 00:10:17.423 Go back into your sheath. 00:10:18.083 --> 00:10:19.913 Rest and be still. 00:10:21.323 --> 00:10:25.793 But how can it be still when the Lord has sent it on a mission for the city 00:10:25.798 --> 00:10:30.023 of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed? 00:10:31.643 --> 00:10:33.743 This message was given concerning Moab. 00:10:34.433 --> 00:10:37.793 This is what the Lord of Heaven's armies, the God of Israel says, 00:10:38.933 --> 00:10:41.363 what sorrow awaits the city of Nebo. 00:10:42.023 --> 00:10:43.583 It will soon lie in ruins. 00:10:44.663 --> 00:10:48.203 The city of Curia Theum will be humiliated and captured. 00:10:48.803 --> 00:10:51.563 The fortress will be humiliated and broken down. 00:10:52.313 --> 00:10:54.923 No one will ever brag about Moab again. 00:10:55.463 --> 00:10:57.323 For in Heshbon there is a plot. 00:10:57.323 --> 00:11:02.183 To destroy her come, they say we will cut her off from being a nation. 00:11:03.023 --> 00:11:05.843 The town of Madman two will be silenced. 00:11:06.473 --> 00:11:08.033 The sword will follow you there. 00:11:09.323 --> 00:11:10.943 Listen to the cries from Horan. 00:11:11.783 --> 00:11:14.183 Cries of devastation and great destruction. 00:11:14.783 --> 00:11:16.553 All Moab is destroyed. 00:11:17.003 --> 00:11:18.683 Her little ones will cry out. 00:11:18.923 --> 00:11:22.853 Her refugees weep bitterly climbing the slope to lueth. 00:11:23.843 --> 00:11:25.373 They cry out in terror. 00:11:25.553 --> 00:11:27.683 Descending the slope to rna. 00:11:28.193 --> 00:11:29.603 Flee for your lives. 00:11:29.873 --> 00:11:31.073 Hide in the wilderness. 00:11:31.763 --> 00:11:35.813 Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill, you will be taken captive. 00:11:36.473 --> 00:11:40.373 Your God mosh with his priests and officials will be 00:11:40.373 --> 00:11:42.083 hauled off to distant lands. 00:11:42.893 --> 00:11:47.633 All the towns will be destroyed and no one will escape either on 00:11:47.633 --> 00:11:49.643 the plateaus or in the valleys. 00:11:50.063 --> 00:11:55.523 For the Lord has spoken, oh, that Moab had wings so she could fly 00:11:55.523 --> 00:12:00.623 away for her towns will be left empty with no one living in them. 00:12:01.508 --> 00:12:05.408 Cursed are those who refuse to do the Lord's work, who hold back 00:12:05.408 --> 00:12:07.358 their swords from shedding blood. 00:12:08.438 --> 00:12:13.838 From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace, never going into exile. 00:12:14.378 --> 00:12:17.198 He is like wine that has been allowed to settle. 00:12:17.708 --> 00:12:22.628 He has not been poured from flask to flask, and he is now fragrant and smooth. 00:12:23.048 --> 00:12:25.658 But the time is coming soon, says the Lord. 00:12:26.168 --> 00:12:30.548 When I will send men to pour him from his jar, they will pour him out. 00:12:30.983 --> 00:12:32.333 Then shatter the jar. 00:12:32.993 --> 00:12:37.883 At last, Moab will be ashamed of his idol mosh as the people of Israel 00:12:37.883 --> 00:12:39.593 were ashamed of their gold calf. 00:12:39.683 --> 00:12:40.433 At Bethel. 00:12:41.183 --> 00:12:42.323 You use to boast. 00:12:42.593 --> 00:12:45.083 We are heroes, mighty men of war. 00:12:45.713 --> 00:12:48.863 But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed. 00:12:49.523 --> 00:12:52.703 His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter. 00:12:53.123 --> 00:12:57.083 Says the king, whose name is the Lord of Heaven's armies. 00:12:58.193 --> 00:13:02.723 Destruction is coming fast for Moab Calamity, threatens ominously. 00:13:03.503 --> 00:13:06.413 You friends of Moab, weep for him and cry. 00:13:07.043 --> 00:13:12.263 See how the strong scepter is broken, how the beautiful staff is shattered. 00:13:13.823 --> 00:13:18.293 Come down from your glory and sit in the dust you people of dibon. 00:13:18.893 --> 00:13:22.403 For those who destroy, Moab will shatter dibon too. 00:13:23.363 --> 00:13:25.313 They will tear down all your towers. 00:13:26.078 --> 00:13:29.738 You people of Aurora stand beside the road and watch. 00:13:30.158 --> 00:13:32.138 Shout to those who flee from Moab. 00:13:32.768 --> 00:13:33.818 What has happened there? 00:13:34.958 --> 00:13:38.408 And the reply comes back, Moab lies in ruins. 00:13:38.498 --> 00:13:43.838 Disgraced, weep and wail tell it by the banks of the Arn and river. 00:13:44.108 --> 00:13:45.818 Moab has been destroyed. 00:13:46.598 --> 00:13:49.508 Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau 00:13:49.958 --> 00:13:53.228 on Hoan and Jay has and Mefe. 00:13:53.933 --> 00:14:03.863 On Dban and Nibo and Beth Dli Tham on Tha and Beth Gamal and Beth Neon on Kaiya 00:14:03.953 --> 00:14:11.363 and Basra, all the towns of Moab, far and near the strength of Moab has ended. 00:14:11.843 --> 00:14:13.043 His arm has been broken. 00:14:13.043 --> 00:14:18.323 Says the Lord let him stagger and fall like a drunkard for he 00:14:18.323 --> 00:14:19.943 has rebelled against the Lord. 00:14:20.843 --> 00:14:23.903 Moab will wallow in his own vomit, ridiculed. 00:14:23.903 --> 00:14:28.403 By all, did you not ridicule the people of Israel? 00:14:29.183 --> 00:14:32.873 Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you? 00:14:32.873 --> 00:14:39.593 Do you people of Moab flee from your towns and live in the caves, hide 00:14:39.593 --> 00:14:44.093 like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks we have all heard of. 00:14:44.093 --> 00:14:47.273 The pride of Moab for his pride is very great. 00:14:47.918 --> 00:14:51.878 We know of his lofty pride, his arrogance, and his haughty heart. 00:14:52.748 --> 00:14:57.488 I know about his insolence, says the Lord, but his boasts are 00:14:57.493 --> 00:15:00.098 empty, as empty as his deeds. 00:15:01.388 --> 00:15:03.368 So now I wa for Moab. 00:15:03.878 --> 00:15:05.918 Yes, I will mourn for Moab. 00:15:06.878 --> 00:15:08.228 My heart is broken. 00:15:08.678 --> 00:15:14.468 For the men of Keir Harris, you people of Sigma rich in vineyards. 00:15:15.038 --> 00:15:18.068 I will weep for you even more than I did for Jayer. 00:15:18.638 --> 00:15:22.928 Your spreading vines once reached as far as the dead sea, but the 00:15:22.928 --> 00:15:25.088 destroyer has stripped you bare. 00:15:25.568 --> 00:15:28.448 He has harvested your grapes and summer fruits. 00:15:29.048 --> 00:15:31.958 Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful. 00:15:31.958 --> 00:15:32.468 Moab. 00:15:33.128 --> 00:15:38.558 The presses yield no wine, no one treads the grapes with shouts of joy. 00:15:39.458 --> 00:15:42.608 There is shouting yes, but not of joy. 00:15:43.793 --> 00:15:49.223 Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across 00:15:49.223 --> 00:15:57.203 to Eala, and Jay has from Zoar all the way to m and Ola, Shaha, even 00:15:57.203 --> 00:15:59.273 the waters of Nim rim are dried up. 00:15:59.273 --> 00:16:05.123 Now, I will put an end to Moab, says the Lord, for the people, offer 00:16:05.123 --> 00:16:09.743 sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods. 00:16:10.763 --> 00:16:16.043 My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Keir eth for all 00:16:16.048 --> 00:16:17.753 their wealth has disappeared. 00:16:18.473 --> 00:16:23.483 The people shave their heads and beards in mourning they slash their hands 00:16:23.663 --> 00:16:25.613 and put on clothes made of burlap. 00:16:26.393 --> 00:16:30.293 There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on 00:16:30.293 --> 00:16:35.663 every street for I have smashed Moab, like an old unwanted jar. 00:16:36.383 --> 00:16:37.523 How it is shattered. 00:16:37.733 --> 00:16:38.993 Hear the wailing. 00:16:39.713 --> 00:16:41.303 See the shame of Moab. 00:16:42.023 --> 00:16:46.793 It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors. 00:16:47.813 --> 00:16:49.223 This is what the Lord says. 00:16:49.883 --> 00:16:55.463 Look, the enemy swoops down like an eagle spreading his wings over Moab. 00:16:55.973 --> 00:16:59.543 Its cities will fall and its strongholds will be seized. 00:17:00.233 --> 00:17:04.523 Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish like a woman in labor. 00:17:05.213 --> 00:17:07.433 Moab will no longer be a nation. 00:17:07.853 --> 00:17:09.893 For it has boasted against the Lord. 00:17:11.423 --> 00:17:14.573 Terror and traps and snares will be your lot. 00:17:14.723 --> 00:17:16.973 Oh, Moab says the Lord. 00:17:17.813 --> 00:17:21.923 Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap and those who escape 00:17:21.923 --> 00:17:24.113 the trap will step into a snare. 00:17:24.833 --> 00:17:28.583 I will see to it that you do not get away for the time of your 00:17:28.583 --> 00:17:31.193 judgment has come, says the Lord. 00:17:32.243 --> 00:17:36.323 The people flee as far as heshbon, but are unable to go on. 00:17:36.893 --> 00:17:42.803 For a fire comes from Hespan King Han's ancient home to devour the entire 00:17:42.803 --> 00:17:45.053 land with all its rebellious people. 00:17:46.133 --> 00:17:47.783 What sorrow awaits you? 00:17:47.993 --> 00:17:52.253 Oh, people of Moab, the people of the God Osh are destroyed. 00:17:52.823 --> 00:17:57.443 Your sons and your daughters have been taken away as captives, but I will restore 00:17:57.443 --> 00:17:59.843 the fortunes of Moab in days to come. 00:18:00.953 --> 00:18:02.843 I, the Lord have spoken. 00:18:03.923 --> 00:18:07.133 This is the end of Jeremiah's prophecy concerning Moab. 00:18:08.933 --> 00:18:11.393 This message was given concerning the Ammonites. 00:18:11.963 --> 00:18:13.373 This is what the Lord says. 00:18:14.363 --> 00:18:17.843 Are there no descendants of Israel to inherit the land of Gadd? 00:18:18.413 --> 00:18:22.943 Why are you who worship molech living in its towns in the 00:18:22.948 --> 00:18:24.683 days to come, says the Lord. 00:18:25.073 --> 00:18:28.133 I will sound the battle cry against your city of Rabbi. 00:18:28.763 --> 00:18:33.803 It will become a desolate heap of ruins and the neighboring towns will be burned. 00:18:34.763 --> 00:18:37.643 Then Israel will take back the land you took from her. 00:18:38.063 --> 00:18:38.903 Says the Lord. 00:18:39.803 --> 00:18:40.433 Cry out. 00:18:40.433 --> 00:18:44.093 Do heshbon for the town of AI is destroyed. 00:18:44.813 --> 00:18:45.203 Weep. 00:18:45.323 --> 00:18:46.523 Oh people of rabba. 00:18:46.973 --> 00:18:52.523 Put on your clothes of mourning, weep, and whale hiding in the hedges for your God. 00:18:52.523 --> 00:18:57.143 Molech with his priests and officials will be hauled off to distant lands. 00:18:57.788 --> 00:19:01.688 You are proud of your fertile valleys, but they will soon be ruined. 00:19:02.378 --> 00:19:06.398 You trusted in your wealth, your rebellious daughter, and thought 00:19:06.403 --> 00:19:07.838 no one could ever harm you. 00:19:08.438 --> 00:19:12.968 But look, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord. 00:19:13.328 --> 00:19:14.858 The Lord of heaven's armies. 00:19:15.668 --> 00:19:18.818 Your neighbors will chase you from your land and no one will 00:19:18.818 --> 00:19:20.648 help your exiles as they flee. 00:19:21.398 --> 00:19:25.208 But I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites in days to come. 00:19:26.048 --> 00:19:27.908 I the Lord have spoken. 00:19:29.468 --> 00:19:31.628 This message was given concerning Eden. 00:19:32.288 --> 00:19:37.598 This is what the Lord of heaven's armies says Is there no wisdom in teman? 00:19:38.198 --> 00:19:40.628 Is no one left to give wise counsel? 00:19:41.318 --> 00:19:42.818 Turn and flee. 00:19:43.328 --> 00:19:46.298 Hide in deep caves you people of Eden. 00:19:46.958 --> 00:19:50.348 For when I bring disaster on Edem, I will punish you too. 00:19:51.278 --> 00:19:54.728 Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. 00:19:55.508 --> 00:19:58.778 If thieves came at night, they would not take everything. 00:19:59.618 --> 00:20:03.308 But I will strip bear the land of Edam and there will be no 00:20:03.308 --> 00:20:06.158 place left to hide its children. 00:20:06.278 --> 00:20:10.178 Its brothers, and its neighbors will all be destroyed and 00:20:10.183 --> 00:20:12.098 Edam itself will be no more. 00:20:12.878 --> 00:20:15.638 But I will protect the orphans who remain among you. 00:20:16.178 --> 00:20:21.308 Your widows too can depend on me for help, and this is what the Lord 00:20:21.308 --> 00:20:24.458 says if the innocent must suffer. 00:20:24.878 --> 00:20:26.318 How much more must you? 00:20:26.978 --> 00:20:28.598 You will not go unpunished. 00:20:28.808 --> 00:20:34.838 You must drink this cup of judgment for I have sworn by my own name, says the Lord. 00:20:35.318 --> 00:20:39.398 That Basra will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins. 00:20:39.818 --> 00:20:41.588 It will be mocked and cursed. 00:20:42.038 --> 00:20:45.248 All its towns and villages will be desolate forever. 00:20:46.763 --> 00:20:50.243 I have heard a message from the Lord that an ambassador was sent to 00:20:50.243 --> 00:20:55.373 the nations to say form a coalition against edem and prepare for battle. 00:20:56.123 --> 00:21:00.713 The Lord says to Edem, I will cut you down to size among the nations. 00:21:01.103 --> 00:21:05.873 You will be despised by all you have been deceived by the fear you inspire 00:21:05.873 --> 00:21:07.853 in others and by your own pride. 00:21:08.513 --> 00:21:12.053 You live in a rock fortress and control the mountain heights. 00:21:12.758 --> 00:21:17.078 But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will 00:21:17.078 --> 00:21:19.718 bring you crashing down, says the Lord. 00:21:20.798 --> 00:21:22.598 Edam will be an object of horror. 00:21:23.198 --> 00:21:27.818 All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there. 00:21:28.388 --> 00:21:31.328 It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and their 00:21:31.328 --> 00:21:33.548 neighboring towns, says the Lord. 00:21:34.388 --> 00:21:35.708 No one will live there. 00:21:35.918 --> 00:21:37.238 No one will inhabit it. 00:21:38.093 --> 00:21:41.633 I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan leaping 00:21:41.633 --> 00:21:42.953 on the sheep in the pasture. 00:21:43.613 --> 00:21:48.713 I will chase Edam from its land and I will appoint the leader of my choice for 00:21:48.713 --> 00:21:51.323 who is like me and who can challenge me. 00:21:51.623 --> 00:21:54.203 What ruler can oppose my will? 00:21:55.643 --> 00:21:59.093 Listen to the Lord's plans against Edam and the people of Teman. 00:21:59.963 --> 00:22:03.203 Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep and 00:22:03.203 --> 00:22:04.643 their homes will be destroyed. 00:22:05.333 --> 00:22:10.013 The earth will shake with the noise of Ed's fall and its cry of despair will 00:22:10.013 --> 00:22:11.993 be heard all the way to the Red Sea. 00:22:12.653 --> 00:22:17.783 Look, the enemy swoops down like an eagle spreading its wings over Basra. 00:22:18.323 --> 00:22:22.823 Even the mightiest warriors will be an anguish like a woman in labor. 00:22:24.263 --> 00:22:26.603 This message was given concerning Damascus. 00:22:27.053 --> 00:22:28.403 This is what the Lord says. 00:22:29.483 --> 00:22:33.023 The towns of Hamoth and arpad are struck with fear. 00:22:33.383 --> 00:22:35.633 For they have heard the news of their destruction. 00:22:36.473 --> 00:22:39.053 Their hearts are troubled like a wild sea. 00:22:39.053 --> 00:22:44.933 In a raging storm, Damascus has become feeble and all her people turn to flee. 00:22:45.743 --> 00:22:52.283 Fear, anguish and pain have gripped her as they grip a woman in labor that famous 00:22:52.288 --> 00:22:55.253 city, a city of joy will be forsaken. 00:22:55.913 --> 00:22:58.583 Her young men will fall in the streets and die. 00:22:58.673 --> 00:23:02.393 Her soldiers will all be killed, says the Lord of heaven's Armies. 00:23:03.383 --> 00:23:06.893 And I will set fire to the walls of Damascus that will burn 00:23:06.893 --> 00:23:08.663 up the palaces of Ben Hayad. 00:23:10.283 --> 00:23:13.403 This message was given concerning Keter and the kingdoms of 00:23:13.403 --> 00:23:17.153 Hazel, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 00:23:18.233 --> 00:23:23.183 This is what the Lord says, advance against Keter, destroy 00:23:23.183 --> 00:23:24.713 the warriors from the east. 00:23:25.283 --> 00:23:28.823 Their flocks and tents will be captured and their household goods 00:23:28.828 --> 00:23:30.413 and camels will be taken away. 00:23:31.238 --> 00:23:33.428 Everywhere shouts of panic will be heard. 00:23:34.148 --> 00:23:36.278 We are terrorized at every turn. 00:23:37.448 --> 00:23:39.818 Run for your lives says the Lord. 00:23:40.568 --> 00:23:42.608 Hide yourselves in deep caves. 00:23:42.668 --> 00:23:43.718 You people of Hazel. 00:23:44.258 --> 00:23:47.918 For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against you 00:23:48.158 --> 00:23:49.688 and is preparing to destroy you. 00:23:51.158 --> 00:23:54.668 Go up and attack that complacent nation, says the Lord. 00:23:55.133 --> 00:23:58.673 It's people live alone in the desert without walls or gates. 00:23:59.153 --> 00:24:01.883 Their camels and other livestock will all be yours. 00:24:02.513 --> 00:24:03.893 I will scatter to the winds. 00:24:03.893 --> 00:24:08.243 These people who live in remote places, I will bring calamity upon them 00:24:08.273 --> 00:24:10.763 from every direction says the Lord. 00:24:11.633 --> 00:24:15.803 Hazer will be inhabited by jackals and it will be desolate forever. 00:24:16.433 --> 00:24:17.693 No one will live there. 00:24:18.323 --> 00:24:19.913 No one will inhabit it. 00:24:21.458 --> 00:24:25.268 This message concerning Elam came to the prophet Jeremiah from 00:24:25.268 --> 00:24:28.778 the Lord at the beginning of the reign of Kings Zakiah of Judah. 00:24:29.648 --> 00:24:31.778 This is what the Lord of Heaven's armies says. 00:24:32.408 --> 00:24:36.248 I will destroy the archers of Elam, the best of their forces. 00:24:36.788 --> 00:24:39.968 I will bring enemies from all directions, and I will scatter the 00:24:39.968 --> 00:24:41.828 people of Elam to the four winds. 00:24:42.488 --> 00:24:45.098 They will be exiled to countries around the world. 00:24:45.788 --> 00:24:48.638 I myself will go with ELAMs enemies to shatter it. 00:24:49.313 --> 00:24:52.913 In my fierce anger, I will bring great disaster upon the 00:24:52.913 --> 00:24:55.133 people of Elam says the Lord. 00:24:56.123 --> 00:24:59.423 Their enemies will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed 00:24:59.423 --> 00:25:04.733 them completely, I will set my throne in Elam says the Lord, and I will 00:25:04.733 --> 00:25:06.743 destroy its king and officials. 00:25:07.063 --> 00:25:10.853 But I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come. 00:25:11.633 --> 00:25:13.313 I the Lord have spoken. 00:25:15.108 --> 00:25:17.933 This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience. 00:25:18.083 --> 00:25:19.283 Thank you for joining us.