The words of Jeremiah the prophet
and the response of the Lord God:
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?-Jeremiah 9:1-9***Jeremiah was an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Jeremiah was a prophet of the Lord God and proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites when King Josiah, and Josiah's descendants successively reigned in Jerusalem over Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Josiah was the 15th king to rule Judah. Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 16th king to reign. Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, was the 17th king. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king. Zedekiah (Mattaniah), another son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 19th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During Zedekiah's reign, Hananiah the prophet spoke false words to the Israelites. In the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. False prophets lived throughout Judah when Jeremiah was speaking the messages that the Lord God commanded him to speak. Moreover, false prophets lived throughout the northern nation of Israel when the Lord God gave his faithful prophets messages and warning to proclaim to the Israelites before the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Josiah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather King Jehoshaphat was the 4th king to rule Judah. Jehoshaphat allied himself with King Ahab, the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. False prophets described victory for Ahab and Jehoshaphat. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Ahab was the name of another false prophet, and Zedekiah was the name of another false prophet, and Shemaiah the letter writer was a false messenger. Several Israelites accused Jeremiah of speaking falsely, including a group of priests and prophets who believed Jeremiah should be put to death, and Pashur, who made sure Jeremiah was struck and forcibly bound. Over 500 years after a group of Israelite survivors took Jeremiah with them to Egypt, and 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 Jacob's 4th born son Judah, the birth tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Before Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, and after Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by many people, and returned to heaven less than 33 1/2 years after he was born, the Roman Empire was ruling the land whereupon the kingdoms of the Israelites previously stood.-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 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 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