16 And this was why the Jews ^xwere persecuting Jesus, ^ybecause he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews ^zwere seeking all the more to kill him, ^abecause not only was he ^bbreaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^chis own Father, ^dmaking himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^ethe Son ^fcan do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father¹ does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For ^gthe Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And ^hgreater works than these will he show him, so that ⁱyou may marvel. 21 For as the Father ^jraises the dead and ^kgives them life, so ^lalso the Son gives life ^mto whom he will. 22 ⁿFor the Father judges no one, but ^ohas given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they ^phonor the Father. ^qWhoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^rwhoever hears my word and ^sbelieves him who sent me has eternal life. He ^tdoes not come into judgment, but ^uhas passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^van hour is coming, and is now here, when ^wthe dead will hear ^xthe voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^wwill live. 26 ^yFor as the Father has life in himself, ^zso he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he ^ahas given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for ^van hour is coming when ^ball who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, ^cthose who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

30 ^d“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^emy judgment is just, because ^fI seek not my own will ^gbut the will of him who sent me.

A Living Stone and a Holy People

1 ^jSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 ^kLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^lmilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have ^mtasted that the Lord is good.

4 As you come to him, a living stone ⁿrejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 ^oyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^pa spiritual house, to be ^qa holy priesthood, ^rto offer spiritual sacrifices ^sacceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:

7 So the honor is for you who ^vbelieve, but for those who ^vdo not believe,

8 and

They stumble because they disobey the word, ^yas they were destined to do.

1 The Song of ^aSongs, which is Solomon’s.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

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Others

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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

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Others

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Judgment for Idolatry

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at ⁱMigdol, at ^jTahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of ^kPathros, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day ^lthey are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 3 because of the evil that they committed, ^mprovoking me to anger, ⁿin that they went to make offerings ^oand serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. 4 ^pYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 ^qBut they did not listen ^qor incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. 6 ^rTherefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ^sand they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. 7 And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil ^tagainst yourselves, to cut off from you ^uman and woman, ^uinfant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? 8 ^mWhy do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, ⁿmaking offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become ^va curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, ^wthe evil of the kings of Judah, ^xthe evil of their¹ wives, your own evil, ^yand the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not humbled themselves even to this day, ^znor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^aBehold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah. 12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have ^bset their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. ^cIn the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine ^cthey shall be consumed. ^dFrom the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, ^eand they shall become an oath, a horror, ^va curse, and a taunt. 13 ^fI will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, 14 ^gso that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive ^hor return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, ⁱexcept some fugitives.”

15 Then all the men who knew that ^jtheir wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in ^kPathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^lwe will not listen to you. 17 ^mBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ⁿthe queen of heaven ^oand pour out drink offerings to her, ^pas we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. 18 But since we left off making offerings to ⁿthe queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything ^qand have been consumed by the sword and by famine.” 19 And the women said,² “When we made offerings to the queen of heaven ^rand poured out drink offerings to her, was it ^swithout our husbands’ approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, ^tmen and women, all the people who had given him this answer: 21 ^u“As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your officials, and the people of the land, ^vdid not the Lord remember them? Did it not come into his mind? 22 ^wThe Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and ^xthe abominations that you committed. ^yTherefore your land has become ^za desolation and a waste and a curse, ^awithout inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 It is because you made offerings ^band because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies ^cthat this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”

24 Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, ^dall you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt. 25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^eYou and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made, ^fto make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Then confirm your vows and perform your vows! 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ^dall you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ^gBehold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, ^hthat my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, ⁱsaying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’ 27 ^jBehold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. ^kAll the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them. 28 ^lAnd those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, ^mfew in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, ⁿshall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs. 29 This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that ^omy words will surely stand against you for harm: 30 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give ^pPharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies ^qand into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave ^rZedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”

Message to Baruch

1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^sBaruch the son of Neriah, ^twhen he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, ^uin the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 You said, ^v‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. ^wI am weary with my groaning, ^xand I find no rest.’ 4 Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: ^yBehold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. 5 And ^zdo you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, ^aI am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you ^byour life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Judgment on Egypt

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^cconcerning the nations.

2 About Egypt. ^dConcerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in ^ethe fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of ^aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon ^xAmon of ^yThebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt ^zand her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 ^aI will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. ^bAfterward Egypt shall be inhabited ^cas in the days of old, declares the Lord.