Why, Lord, Why

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.-Jeremiah 20:7-10***King Josiah was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. Josiah was the 15th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Josiah obeyed the Lord God and only worshiped the Lord God. The Israelites in Judah followed Josiah's leadership. After Josiah was killed, the Israelites followed Josiah's son King Jehoahaz, the 16th king to rule Judah, and Josiah's son King Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the 17th king, and Jehoiakim's son Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the 18th king, and Josiah's son Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah. Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah did not worship the Lord God or obey the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws that the Lord God gave for the Israelites. Josiah's father King Amon, the 14th king to rule Judah, and Amon's father King Manasseh, the 13th king, worshiped idols. During Manasseh's reign, Manasseh led the  Israelites to practice idolatry throughout the kingdom, including inside the temple of the Lord. In Jerusalem, the royal city, Manasseh was responsible for bloodshed that the Lord God was not willing to forgive. Approximately 80 years before Josiah began to reign, the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. During the 13th year of Josiah's 31-year-reign, Jeremiah the prophet began receiving words from the Lord God for the Israelites. Jeremiah was doubtful of his ability to speak. However, with assurances and a command from the Lord God, Jeremiah proclaimed the messages he received from the Lord God. Jeremiah spoke the true words of the Lord God while false prophets gave the Israelites false messages. Some of the Israelites who listened to the false prophets mocked Jeremiah, and the words that Jeremiah spoke, and the warning to repent, and the value of Jeremiah's life. Moreover, 4 Israelites tried to kill Jeremiah by casting Jeremiah into a miry pit. During Jehoiakim's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. During Jechoiachin's reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites to Babylon. In the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians  conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Shortly thereafter, a group of Israelites took Jeremiah with them to Egypt. Jeremiah was taken by a group of skeptical Israelites to Egypt. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem,  Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Information:
halting = sali = tsela/tsala = stumbling, limping, adversity

kalkel = kul = contain, keep in, hold back, comprehend

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