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Jeremiah Chapter 38 Jeremiah 
cast into the cistern. 

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Now Shephatiah, the son of 
Matan, Getalaya, the son of 

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Pashor, Jukul the son of 
Shalamaya, and Pashor the son of

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Malkaya, heard the words that 
Jeremiah was saying to all the 

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people. 
Thus, says the Lord, he who 

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stays in this city shall die by 
the sword, by famine, and by 

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pestilence, but he who goes out 
to the Chaldeans shall live. 

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He shall have his life as a 
prize of war and live. 

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Thus, says the Lord, this city 
shall surely be given into the 

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hand of the army of the king of 
Babylon, and be taken. 

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Then the official said to the 
king, Let this man be put to 

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death, for he is weakening the 
hands of the soldiers who are 

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left in the city in the hands of
all the people, by speaking such

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words to them. 
For this man is not seeking the 

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welfare of this people, but 
their harm. 

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King Zedekiah said, Behold, he 
is in your hands, for the king 

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can do nothing against you. 
So they took Jeremiah and cast 

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him into the cistern of Malkaia,
the King's son, which was in the

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court of the guard, letting 
Jeremiah down by ropes. 

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And there was no water in the 
cistern, but only mud. 

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And Jeremiah sank in the mud. 
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cistern When Ibad Malek, the 
Ethiopian, A eunuch who was in 

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the King's house, heard that 
they had put Jeremiah into the 

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cistern, the king was sitting in
the Benjamin Gate. 

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Ibad Malek went from the King's 
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Lord the king, these men have 
done evil in all that they did 

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to Jeremiah the prophet by 
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And he will die there of hunger,
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the city. 
Then the king commanded Ibad 

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Malek the Ethiopian, take 30 men
with you from here, and lift 

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Jeremiah the prophet out of the 
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So Ibad Malek took the men with 
him and went to the House of the

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king, to a wardrobe in the 
storehouse, and took from their 

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old rags and worn out clothes, 
which he let down to Jeremiah 

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and the cistern by ropes. 
Then Ibad Malek the Ethiopian 

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said to Jeremiah, put the rags 
and clothes between your armpits

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and the ropes. 
Jeremiah did so. 

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Then they drew Jeremiah up with 
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cistern, and Jeremiah remained 
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Jeremiah warned Zedekiah again. 
King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah 

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the prophet and received him at 
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of the Lord. 
The king said to Jeremiah, I 

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will ask you a question, hide 
nothing from me. 

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Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I 
tell you, will you not surely be

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put to death? 
And if I give you counsel, you 

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will not listen to me? 
Then King Zedekiah swore 

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secretly to Jeremiah, As the 
Lord lives who made our souls, I

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will not put you to death or 
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these men who seek your life. 
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, 

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Thus says the Lord, the God of 
hosts, the God of Israel, if you

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will surrender to the officials 
of the king of Babylon, then 

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your life shall be spared, and 
this city shall not be burned 

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with fire, and you and your 
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But if you do not surrender to 
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Babylon, then this city shall be
given into the hand of the 

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Chaldeans, and they shall burn 
it with fire, and you shall not 

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escape from their hand. 
King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, 

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I'm afraid of the Judeans who 
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lest I be handed over to them 
and they deal cruelly with me. 

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Jeremiah said, You shall not be 
given to them. 

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Obey now the voice of the Lord 
and what I say to you, and it 

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shall be well with you, and your
life shall be spared. 

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But if you refuse to surrender, 
this is the vision which the 

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Lord has shown to me. 
Behold, all the women left in 

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the House of the king of Judah 
were being LED out to the 

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officials of the king of 
Babylon, and were saying, Your 

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trusted friends have deceived 
you and prevailed against you. 

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Now that your feet are sunk in 
the mud, they turn away from 

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you. 
All your wives and your sons 

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shall be LED out to the 
Chaldeans, and you yourself 

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shall not escape from their 
hand, but shall be seized by the

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king of Babylon, and this city 
shall be burned with fire. 

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Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, 
Let no one know of these words, 

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and you shall not die. 
If the officials hear that I 

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have spoken with you, and come 
to you and say to you, Tell us 

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what you said to the king, and 
what the king said to you. 

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Hide nothing from us, and we 
will not put you to death. 

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Then you shall say to them, I 
made a humble plea to the king, 

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that he would not send me back 
to the House of Jonathan to die 

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there. 
Then all the officials came to 

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Jeremiah and asked him, and he 
answered them as the king had 

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instructed him. 
So they stopped speaking with 

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him, for the conversation had 
not been overheard. 

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And Jeremiah remained in the 
court of the guard until the day

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that Jerusalem was taken. 
Jeremiah chapter 39. 

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The fall of Jerusalem in the 
ninth year of Zedekiah, king of 

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Judah. 
In the 10th month 

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Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon 
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Jerusalem and besieged it. 
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the fourth month, on the 9th day
of the month, a breach was made 

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in the city. 
Then all the officials of King 

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Babylon came and sat in the 
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Nergal Scharetzer of Samgar, 
Nebo Sarsicam the Rapturus, 

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Nergal Scharetzer the Rabmag, 
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officers of the king of Babylon.
When Zedekiah king of Judah, and

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all the soldiers saw them, they 
fled, going out of the city at 

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night by way of the King's 
garden, through the gate between

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the two walls, and they went 
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But the army of the Chaldeans 
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Zedekiah in the plains of 
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And when they had taken him, 
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Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon 
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and he passed sentence on him. 
The king of Babylon slaughtered 

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the sons of Zedekiah at Ribla 
before his eyes, and the king of

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Babylon slaughtered all the 
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He put out the eyes of Zedekiah 
and bound him in chains to take 

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him to Babylon. 
The Chaldeans burned the King's 

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house and the House of the 
people and broke down the walls 

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of Jerusalem. 
The Nebu Zaradon, the captain of

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the guard, carried into exile to
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who were left in the city, those
who had deserted to him, and the

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people who remained. 
Nebu Zaradon, the captain of the

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guard, left in the land of Judah
some of the poor people who own 

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nothing and gave them vineyards 
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At the same time the Lord 
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, 
gave command concerning Jeremiah

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through Nebu Zaradon the captain
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look after him well and do him 
no harm, but deal with him as he

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tells you so. 
Nebu Zaradon, the captain of the

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guard, Nebuchazban the Rapturus,
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and all the chief officers of 
the king of Babylon, sent and 

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took Jeremiah from the court of 
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They entrusted him to get Elia, 
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Shafan, that he should take him 
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So he lived among the people. 
The word of the Lord came to 

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Jeremiah while he was shut up in
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Go and say to Ibad Malek the 
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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel, Behold, I will 

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fulfill my words against this 
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And they shall be accomplished 
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But I will deliver you on that 
day, declares the Lord. 

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And you shall not be given into 
the hand of the men of whom you 

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are afraid, for I will surely 
save you, and you shall not fall

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by the sword. 
But you shall have your life as 

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a prize of war, because you have
put your trust in me, declares 

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the Lord. 
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Qualifications for Overseers. 
The saying is trustworthy. 

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If anyone aspires to the office 
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task. 
Therefore an overseer must be 

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above reproach, the husband of 
one wife, sober minded, self 

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controlled, respectable, 
hospitable, able to teach, not a

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drunkard, not violent but 
gentle, not quarrelsome, not a 

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lover of money. 
He must manage his own household

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well, with all dignity, keeping 
his children submissive. 

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For if someone does not know how
to manage his own household, how

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will he care for God's church? 
He must not be a recent convert,

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or he may become puffed up with 
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condemnation of the devil. 
Moreover, he must be well 

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thought of by outsiders, so that
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into a snare of the devil. 
Qualifications for deacons. 

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Deacons likewise must be 
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not addicted to much wine, not 
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They must hold the mystery of 
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conscience, and let them also be
tested first. 

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Then let them serve as deacons 
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blameless. 
Their wives likewise must be 

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dignified, not slanderers, but 
sober minded, faithful in all 

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things. 
Let deacons each be the husband 

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of one wife, managing their 
children in their own households

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well. 
For those who serve well as 

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deacons gain a good standing for
themselves and also great 

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confidence in the faith that is 
in Christ Jesus. 

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The mystery of godliness. 
I hope to come to you soon, but 

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I'm writing these things to you 
so that if I delay, you may know

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how one ought to behave in the 
household of God, which is the 

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Church of the living God, a 
pillar and buttress of the 

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truth. 
Great indeed, we confess, is the

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mystery of godliness. 
He was manifested in the flesh, 

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vindicted by the Spirit, seen by
angels, proclaimed among the 

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nations, believed on in the 
world, taken up in glory. 

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Proverbs Chapter 7, verses 6 
through 20. 

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For at the window of my house 
I've looked out through my 

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lattice, and I've seen among the
simple, I've perceived among the

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youths a young man lacking 
sense, passing along the street 

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near her corner, taking the road
of her house in the twilight, in

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the evening, at the time of 
night, in darkness. 

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And behold, the woman meets him,
dressed as a prostitute, Willie 

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of heart. 
She is loud and wayward. 

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Her feet do not stay at home. 
Now in the street, now in the 

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market and at every corner she 
lies in wait. 

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She seizes him and kisses him. 
And with bold face she says to 

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him, I had to offer sacrifices, 
and today I have paid my vows. 

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So now I have come out to meet 
you, to seek you eagerly, and I 

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have found you. 
I have spread my couch with 

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coverings colored linens from 
Egyptian linen. 

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I have perfumed my bed with 
myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. 

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Come, let us take our fill of 
love till morning. 

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Let us delight ourselves with 
love. 

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For my husband is not at home, 
for he has gone on a long 

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journey. 
He took a bag of money with him.

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At full moon, he will come home.