The word of the LORD has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,
but you have not listened. And though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and
again, you have not listened or paid any attention.
They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices,
and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your fathers for ever and
ever. Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger
with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you."
"But you did not listen to me," declares the LORD, "and you have provoked me
with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves." Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: "Because you have not listened to my
words, I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its
inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy
them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and
bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will
serve the king of Babylon seventy years."But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and
his nation, the land of the Babylonians, for their guilt," declares the LORD,
"and will make it desolate forever. I will bring upon that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that
are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay
them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
Jeremiah 25:3-14 (extraction)
Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being
transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the
Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose
heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor
do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth
plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot
see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your
servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 3:15-4:6
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of
refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus.
Acts 3:19-20
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our
iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those
who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions
from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those
who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children-- with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
Psalm 103:8-18
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish.
Psalm 1:6
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