Friday, July 31, 2026

¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

²"The LORD says: 'Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don't omit a word.

³It may be they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.'"

⁴You shall tell them, "The LORD says: 'If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,

⁵to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—

⁶then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.'"

⁷The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the LORD's house.

⁸When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, "You shall surely die!

⁹Why have you prophesied in the LORD's name, saying, 'This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant'?" All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in the LORD's house.

⁶God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

⁸Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

⁹I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.

¹⁰For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

¹⁴But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

⁵⁴Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

⁵⁵Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

⁵⁷They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house."

⁵⁸He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.