THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH LIFE LESSONS IN PLANS AND PURPOSES

Original Link INTRODUCTION Mon peuple, mon peuple what are we six months late however better late than never. I tell you God knows our times and seasons. This is certainly not my first or second or even third time reading the book of Jeremiah but never has the book of Jeremiah taken on such significance. It was indeed my delight reading the book. In fact, if I was to retitle my blog post I would rename it The Book of Jeremiah- God and I Straight Up or Straight Talk. Now I know why people do not read the book because it proves that God does communicate with us and wants to communicate with us. It also proves that God talks straight. Everything Jeremiah said was told to him by God. I really enjoyed reading it and found many Gems, prayer points and Messianic prophecies which I will be sharing as we continue in this blog series. Anyway to sort of tidy up my introduction let me go back to give another section of my trip to the United States of America. The problem is that the last part of my trip was so disjointed. I had to be going back and forth to Chicago and Minnesota to make connections to get to other parts of the northern parts of the USA. Most of the time it was winter so I could not be doing much walking. I will try to do my best so that most of you can try and leave New York. Of course my FB posting on Las Vegas was hijacked from my email account. The Chinese, Indian and Pakistanis especially the Chinese they featured big in Las Vegas. Damn Mafias!! Then here it is: I am checking out Greyhound Lines in Canada only to find that as of May 2021 they closed their operations in Canada. They have an outstanding complaint for me from August 2019. I can understand why they eventually had to leave. Transportation in Canada is not like the USA; it is highly regulated. Although I am wondering when Metrolinx is going to reach Ottawa. It has reached as far as Peterborough by bus. The immigrants do not even realize that they are their worst enemies when it comes to living in Canada. The more you spread out the better it is for you. There is such a thing called Equalization Payments. All the Provinces are supposed to have more or less the same standard of living in Canada. If it is not so you put pressure on the system to put in the infrastructure. When everyone lives on top of each other in Toronto and the outskirts are empty they cannot justify equalization payment or even industries. Anyway back to my travels in the USA I had left you at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have a lovely intermodal hub in the city. This State reminds me of Germany. The emphasis is more on work and less on play. The place is nice and well laid out especially in the farming districts. Milwaukee is very well serviced in terms of bus but on the outskirts the Jefferson line seems to be the link between the different towns. While this is nice it tends to make transportation cost expensive. Moving right along, I tell you I was reading a book entitled The Coaching Habit Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier. The book has some useful information but I had to just browse through it because I did not like how it was compiled. It has too many things trying to grab my attention. I like Times New Roman font. If you are getting fancier than Calibri and Arial you have lost me especially with these new gothic type things. However, I would like to share two things I learnt from the book I found most interesting. The author has some nice illustrations. The first is that he said he was a law student who was sued by his teacher for defamation of character. I am still laughing. The second, is a lovely quotation by George Bernard Shaw ‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’ Put simply you cannot just accept things, change comes because of resistance. I tell you people last night the police ejected me from the airport by bursting into the restroom while I was still on the toilet. They said ‘you have been in there for twenty seven minutes.’ I said, really I do not time the flow. It does as it pleases. They eventually opened the door and came in. My bodily functions just took their own time, they were in no hurry. The three of them stood in the restroom conversing while I was on the toilet doing my business. Then they disappeared while I was on my way out with them. One fellow’s shirt was marked Sheriff. I certainly would not like his job. Ejecting ladies out of restrooms in the early morning. It is a dog’s life. Then I took a bus and sat down because my feet were tired. I forgot that I was not in Europe. At this hour of the night no one collected any fares. The driver asked me if I was not going to pay. I told her yes, when I was getting off. In addition, the lady had the air conditioning on in the cold early morning. The bus stopped at a particular stop and I got up and paid. Next thing I knew the bus had stopped and two security people came on. Accusing me of being in dispute with the driver. I said ‘What?’ I was in dispute because I had not paid my fare and she had called them. They ejected me off the bus. The bus driver was told not to go any further. I told them all, they were evil and wicked black people that is why I avoided them all. It was right at a hospital across from Whole Foods Market on the way to University of Wisconsin and Milwaukee. The next thing I saw was an ambulance. I paid none of them any mind because it was all planned. There was a Catholic institution right beside the hospital. I walked a little up the road then turned back and held my seat at some Coffee Colectivo across from a twenty four hour gas station. The University Campuses are normally very quiet and they have their own security. If it is a forward looking university which gets its money legally they will not bother you eg university of Santa Barbara - California. The other ones are a nuisance. Of course because the Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese are here even though I have one pair of pants they have placed all their substance on my pants while I was sleeping and destroyed my last pair of pants again. I cannot buy more than one at a time because they keep destroying them. They want me to wear pants so they can get into my panties at night to remove my wallet. I refuse to wear those pants anymore. I have to go search for another nice high waisted pants again. They are the most expensive jeans. Can you imagine spending all that money only for your garment to be deliberately destroyed by crooks. I am still really very angry about my two pants which I bought from Addition Elle in Canada which they have destroyed. They are two of the best pairs of jeans I have had to date. When I was in Indianapolis they stole my African Travel Guide book that I am reading in preparation for my trip to that side of the world. When I went to the hotel, the Concierge was giving me arguments. I said just tell the crooks the next city I reach I will be going to the police to report my book stolen. It is obvious that the police are working for the criminals because I am not doing anything but they follow me everywhere and those who are doing all the criminality are sending them after me. The next day I was on the Greyhound and found my book in the bag. Now the Milwaukee bus system is refusing to take my $4 because they want to over charge me by $1. It is pathetic how the people in the system have to lie to keep their jobs. Then people have decided that I now need a lawyer so yesterday I was stuck on the seventeenth floor of a building with a law firm and today they dropped me in front of the next one. That is certainly a come down from 2011 when I was rejected by every law firm in Toronto, Canada. I mean everyone. The only one who would help decided that I had to agree with anything they said before they would take my case. I will keep you posted while the white man continues to analyze me while I use his library. Pastor Kerr, good to see you looking handsome as per usual! Good to see you people are allowing the Pakistanis and Indians to do their own dirty work. This lady picked me up at Walmart this morning and followed straight to the bus stop. I saw her in Walmart talking to herself. She did not pay any fare. However, last night I was ejected from the airport again and thrown off the bus near a cemetery. We know the connotations. The last time someone challenged me in Chicago, I just said I practice planned parenthood, I am still planning. I went into the cemetery and did my exercise and then started walking from around 11:30 p.m. until around 2:50 a.m. I had a mask in the airport. I had to throw it away immediately and I realized it was laced with germs. Yes, people I had to walk from near the airport to Wisconsin Avenue via sixth street. This time it was through the South American Quarter. They really had a very high opinion of me. While I was walking I was thinking to myself Raphleta you are either doing something very good or very bad when all nations and people who have to flee in desperation from persecution through all types of perils have so much to say about you. Reminds me of when I passed through Effingham, I stopped at the Roman Catholic Church in the middle of the city. It was a South American service. Would you believe at the end of the service they just served the wafer for communion? I noticed that it was mostly the children who went up and realized that after I left they served the proper communion. I know they like myself not into the foolishness of a dry wafer for communion. I am reminded of this scripture with all these people up here in Milwaukee pursuing me Proverbs 26 verse 27. Robert Nesta Marley Whosoever Diggeth a Pit! I am off to try and complete an article before they kick me out of the library. Seems we Jamiacans are always undergoing oppression that is why we have so many revolutionary songs. Lord help my Holy Ghost!! The illustrations are so nice I wanted to put them all!! Sorry for those of you who do not like Rastas he penned the song. I tell you people after a very stressful journey on the Jefferson Lines. I booked through Greyhound but they throw me on whatever bus they desire. They decided that they were going to expand my body again. They have this thing which they put on the seat. I told you about it from Quebec. The same strategy. Then the crooked Pakistanis put more poison on my toe after I cleaned it up with the wafer and communion wine. Last night I had to use garlic to take out the poison again. They are trying very hard to destroy my feet. Then the first shop I bought from in Minneapolis decided to steal my fifty cents. I bought some soup at Lunds and Byerly’s at 12 South and 12 North.They charged me $6.49 instead of $5.99. All the other prices were exactly like Whole Foods except the medium bowl because that is the one I buy. I just asked God to dry them up. I also left a tract with a little fellow in the store. He was quite professional. Then I reached the station at Nicollet Mall and 5th Street East, left my bag and was trying to map out my route by looking at the route map at the station. People have been advised not to tell you anything. When I returned to my bags they were gone. I looked right, I looked left. I saw something like my bags on feet. I looked very closely and realized that they were indeed my bags going up the road with three fellows. I ran them down and told the first fellow to gimme mi bag.’ He resisted and I was insistent. He released them, then the oldest I dragged one of my bags from him. Then he continued moving and I realized that it was my clothes bag he still had on his cart. I had to drag that one from him again. Then they were telling me that the bags were there and they did not see anyone. I said what? Did you ask to say if the person was nearby? They said they were taking them to the government department. I went into my bag and said, ‘unuh si dis unuh coulda lose unuh life.’ A green line came then and they all ran into it laughing. Damn Canadian hired thieves!! I really do not leave my bags unattended only in the supermarket and at the airport because they always have security and cameras. Now I know people are hard after my bags. They are destroying them inch by inch. Especially now that I will be leaving North America shortly. Anyway people, Minneapolis/St Paul are very nice cities. I am sorry I was not here in the summer or spring. Right now it is covered by snow. I see Canada has some serious influence up here. They have a place called little Canada. I really have a problem with the USA. The money is not trickling down to some states. Milwaukee is also very nice. It reminded me of Germany. Everytime I travelled the city I would be reminded of Berlin or Munich. They seem to be a very industrious city not a whole lot of nyammy nyammy (eating) just like Germany. Plus most of the towns seem to have some sort of transportation. Well people my last pair of jeans is disappearing off my body. I have to go find another one. People you need to come to the Mall of America talk about big things. Vision, vision. I was thrown out of my nice warm accommodations in the cold, Canadian style. Let us say I was introduced to the homeless colony all over Minneapolis that night. Of course they tried to abduct me again. I had to ask the bus driver why these white people did not leave me alone after three months locked down in Sweden which I have been very traumatized by. What else do they want? I ended up in a stairwell by 28th Avenue by the Metro Station. I thought I was alone until I started praying and singing on the top of my voice. Have to keep warm, people. Singing and dancing and praying does the trick. When you are in the heat of battle you forget the cold. By the time I said as it was in the days of Joshua, set ambushments, send some Holy Ghost boulders and annihilate them swiftly. I was praying about the fighting in Ethiopia. I looked through the door at one lady who was moving with her cart. Then one white lady came to stand by me. Then one fellow whom I did not know left at three thirty. I did not know so many people were there. They were not the only ones. You had one young man walking around with his flask. I ignored him. I tell you homelessness in the black community is a serious problem. On the train I sat near one person who looked like a male pretending to be a female. It turned up in the library so I gave it a tract. Lord help my Holy GHost!! For those of you who are into real estate there is a piece of property in Bloomington near the Mall of America. Then in Wisconsin there are some retail opportunities near the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. I tell you Canada is well invested up here in Minnesota. I am off people before the Security has to ask me to leave. I sent out my tract after publishing it in Blogger and WordPress. In Bismarck, North Dakota. Well people, I should have told you yesterday that I had left Minneapolis, Minnesota. I tell you they came after me again after I released the tract. I said to myself while I was in the Restroom. Daddy, I did not do any exercise this morning. I should have kept my thoughts to myself. After I left the airport I took the train to Mall of America and then to the Walmart they were well prepared for me. The night before one white guy ate off all my food I had purchased for my trip. I just gave him what was left and laughed to myself. The Bible says if a man is hungry and he eats then he should be pardoned. I was happy to claim my blessings under the circumstances. At Walmart they devised this elaborate scheme with the Thais to return my money. Yes people, the Thailandese decided that they are taking me on. I said not a problem bread for me. Daddy needs to judge some more gods. The same night my food was eaten they had one black lady stalking me. She came on the bus and put on one piece of show using a lot of curse words and talking about how she is annihilating luci. I watched for a time she was so boring she put me to sleep. The next thing I remembered was the driver waking me up and telling me I had reached the last stop. Luckily the last stop was where I was getting off because when I get the chance to sleep I sleep like Peter in the book of Acts only angels can wake me up. Then I was at another bus stop. This lady turned up again,before she got into her strides I just got off the bus and onto another one. Luckily the buses in Minneapolis run frequently and are bountiful. One of the best in the north. The fare is extremely inexpensive also. In fact most people do not even pay. They told one Ethiopian bus driver to start asking for fare. I was sorry for him because most people came on and had no intention to pay any fare. I sat and I laughed. I tell you all these Nazis and Mafias do is try to mess up people’s business. Then they decided to adjust the train schedule as per usual. First, they tried to trap me in St. Paul. I was not having any of that. I just came off the train and returned to Minneapolis. I had one black fool came into the train and decided to serenade me. Then one came in with all his worldly possessions, bags upon bags and a cart. I tell you people fight for your democracies black people up here in the north have some serious challenges. Let me get back to Walmart. I ended up walking out with the grocery and the money. That white fellow’s bill was paid in full. Then they decided to start diverting the bus I wanted. I had to end up running down a bus after walking to another bus stop. Luckily there was a little lady at the bus stop who insisted on the bus waiting for me. I pray God will bless her in all her endeavours. On the bus into Bismarck fortunately I slept all the way while airing my laundry and inhaling the infected air. Canada is trying everything to give me the Canadian Virus. Obviously, they have forgotten that I was the one that had the first trial in Quebec. In that very cold winter. I am immune to the germ. Lord help my Holy Ghost! When I reached Bismarck, North Dakota the buses were nowhere to be found and most of them stopped at five or six p.m. I saw two across the gas station. They left! I thank the people at the bus station for their thoughtfulness. They had a map of the city on the wall. I had to walk from 34th street all the way to fifth to get to know the city. On my way someone had a message about the laundromat and of course being Caucasian they had to put an insult in the message about dog wash. I just went and finished drying my laundry. I met a Native Indian who was quite gracious and commended me on my singing. For the rest of the night I bounced around the town because I was on my way to the Airport and I bumped my foot. When I looked on the ground I was wondering where exactly did I bump my foot. I turned back and just sat under a bridge and did some praying about some pressing issues. Then I returned to the Kum and Go and the Courthouse and Postal Service. I tell you Courthouses have become a very welcome sight in my world. Nobody wants their license plate or image on a courthouse camera. Thank God! I am not disturbed when I am by a courthouse. This one also had the Post Office attached to it. I remembered how the postal service in Canada saved me on many occasions. The Sanford Hospital Emergency room is in the vicinity but my experience with hospitals is not pleasant. They all would love to stick me illegally so I just use their facilities and leave and do not give the Nazis and Mafias a chance to have them throw me out in the cold. I have enough Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chinese, Pakistani and Indian sticking me with all kinds of illegal substances. I actually went there in the early morning and had a cup of tea and decided to watch some American News while I waited for the Library to open and of course they ran me out after about half an hour. I advised, I was just waiting for the Library to open. Then another lady came and asked us to leave after another half an hour. By this time a Native American had joined us. He is another story. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian Provinces Manitoba and Saskatchewan in the North. Of course it is not as fancy as Minneapolis but then again the things you see in Minneapolis you do not see here. It is also cold because of the Canadian weather. Lots of wide open spaces. They build flat instead of high. If you do not mind being a bit chilly then there is room up here for you. Another thing I am wondering about is why there is no euphoria about the win of the Democrats. Everything up here is very low keyed. The only thing which seems to be marching on is the Canadian Virus. I told you people the injections cannot be widely spread because one has to be stored at a super low temperature and the other not much different. The virus was created in a cold country. Chi-ching for the Pharmaceutical companies especially for the people who released the formula for the vaccine. Any way Africa you let us continue to build while the white people continue to fight among themselves. I hope all of you in the diaspora have supported the Ethiopian war effort. We also need to support the completion of the dam and let the soldiers have a very merry Christmas. For you Jamaicans I see that we shall shortly not be known as the land of wood and water but the land of sun and plains. Our government will be selling off the Blue Mountain Range shortly. We in the diaspora will have nothing to return to. Lord help My Holy Ghost!! I must try to help with the situation with the dogs in Jamaica. Okay people, when I went to Canada and my relationship deteriorated with the Caucasians, one of the things that they did was to come at me with their dogs. The men started coming and then they looked into my eyes and saw that I was not going to back down from them and their dogs. The men then sent the female. I mean these ladies came with all types of dogs. One of the things that the principality of Mississauga was having fun stating is that in Canada dogs have more rights than people. I paid then no mind. Then I left Canada and returned, this time the Pakistanis and Indians decided to take me on especially the wicked Pakistanis. My first encounter with the dog was one Saturday morning while I was jogging. I lived on Baycliffe Crescent which was approximately a ten minutes walk from my house. So most mornings I would go jog and then do my devotion. This Saturday morning while I was jogging I came around the activity centre located on the property with my head down. When I raised my head all I saw was a big dog coming at me. I stopped, then I heard the owner who was an evil Pakistani smiling and saying I should not move by this time the dog was sitting in front of me. He came and fetched him and was smiling. I was so mad. I continued jogging and then did my devotion and left. The next incident was I was lying on my back at the same park and I just heard ‘Raphleta look up.’ When I looked up there was a dog coming towards me. This time it was a lady crooked Pakistanis skinning her teeth. The look I gave her, if look could have killed she would have dropped dead on the spot. Then I noticed that many of them came with their dogs on and off the leash but I was prepared for them and their dogs. The last encounter I had with one of these Pakistanis was in St. Catharines. A young man came with the dog off the leash and the dog was heading towards me while I was walking to the library at the Kiwanis Aquatic Centre. I said let him come, me sey mek him come!! He got the message and called off his dog and went on his way. I said all of that to say that these people, the Pakistanis, are not someone you joke with. Your Ministers of government have obviously taken peoples things and cannot fulfill promises. They are going to use any weapon they have. Those little mongrels that you have in Jamaica when they are drugged by these experts they are killing machines. What do I know about drugs? They drugged me a couple of nights ago in North Dakota and went into my panty and tore it up and went into my pouch and destroyed my pen and took out the information they needed. When I was in Sweden they drugged me almost every night. I had to be careful what I ate. These guys have no scruples. My advice to those of you in those constituencies where your Member of Parliament is culpable and you see your dogs acting strangely call the JSPCA to have the dog put down. Then I was reading about the man at Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth who disappeared while swimming. I heard one explanation was sharks. People, where do sharks come from in Jamaican waters? It must be a human shark! I have lived in Jamaica and the only time I know about shark meat is when the fishermen bring it home. Well people we will catch up. I am in Idaho at this point in time. I dropped into Billings, Montana on Saturday November 21, I had to run for my life. Now I realize why Canada was introducing Montana to me. I had to pull out my placard after they blocked me from booking my trip out of the city. They even closed down the library on me. I said I am out of here. The whole Cherokee tribe was following me around. Mi gone!! Well people, I am on my way out of Las Vegas. A very beautiful city with Spanish like architecture. I keep wondering to myself why most of you people are so jam packed in some cities and there is wide open space in other sections of America. By the way, I was driving on Saturday and saw this number advertised for a new development. I have not analyzed anything. It is 877-626-9323. I tell you the people in the mountain area have taken criminality to the next level. Of course, I already told you that I had to pick up my feet in my hand and run and leave Montana. Then I dropped into Idaho Falls, Idaho. Lord help my Holy Ghost! By the way I now have some red beard and unkept men following me around. It was these persons who went into my panty in North Dakota and destroyed my panty and stole my bank password. I am also realizing that they took out the Euros out of my coat which I have been travelling with from Berlin, Germany. They gave me the coat and placed some money in it. I am trying to find the opening and to date I have not. There was a hole in the pocket which I sewed up. However, these red bearded fellows seem to be Germans so they took out the money and placed something else in there. In Idaho Falls they took warfare to another level. I purchased my ticket to leave and they allowed the bus to leave me. I was right at the station and waiting for the bus to come and no one announced that the bus had arrived. I got a replacement ticket for the next day. The gentleman I spoke to said they would close at seven and re-open at 9 p.m. When I returned at 10 p.m there was this red bearded fellow who did not even ask me for my ticket but just called the police. Oh I should have told you there was a police on site from about 4:30 p.m. He offered me refreshments and was telling me that he knew that I had gone through some.. After the bus left. I told him I did not deal in hypocrisy. These days when I see the police they turn my stomach. It is a sure sign that something unpleasant will be happening. Back to my story, of course they came. It was all planned. Listened to my side of the story politely and then listened to the crook behind the counter and then asked him what he wanted to do. The fact that I had a ticket did not matter. I will be writing about the oligopolies in public transportation in the USA. This service is called the Salt Lake Express. This also happened in Minnesota with the Greyhound. You know because I had written that the latter is not like Amtrak, once you have a ticket you can stay at the Greyhound Station. In Chicago I had no problem but in Minnesota one lady who said she was descended from Thailandese parents told me that the depot closed at 1 a.m.. I left and returned the next morning. From that the criminality with these Thailandese have multiplied. They are worse than the Chinese. In order not to waste time and keep out of the cold, I went to the all night laundry and washed my coat. It was then that I discovered that all my Euros were no longer in my coattail. The Salt Lake City Express bus took us to Salt Lake City. I got off at the Walmart just to get something to eat. I have to be very careful of the Walmart nuts. It seems the Chinese are poisoning the ones I eat. I left Idaho Falls immediately because once again the people at Melaleuca defrauded me my money. I will show you the invoice. Salt Lake City in this part of the world is an up and coming city. It is in a valley like Billings, Montana and there seems to be a boom going on. I had a lovely Thanksgiving meal. Can you imagine on Thanksgiving day they just shut down the whole bus system. It is the first time I am seeing this. Bus systems are scaled down on a holiday; it is an essential service. I got a ride from the Airport with the Salt Lake Express. Then a lady gave me a ride to the restaurant I was going to 64 street and State. It was a lovely meal. I cannot eat much these days. I had to lay down on the grass after the meal. I lie there and keep saying now I realize why the Bible says gluttony is a sin. Lord help my Holy Ghost!! Then I started trekking. I knew the Nazis and Mafias would abandon me up there in the South West. Luckily for me the city has a lovely train system as such I did not have much interaction with the people in the system because my first day in town I went to the Intermodal Station and they told me the restrooms were only for GreyHound passengers. These days I just tell people I am overloaded with lies. I cannot take any more, have my excuse. I started trekking at about 5 p.m. or before because it was not dark, that is from 6400 street South to 1300 street South 300 West. By around 12:30 a.m. after many turns and curves I reached 2200 South. I decided to rest my legs and felt the unction to pray. It was a large furniture store, Richard Weilly. The building was well lit. It was the commercial part of town. I think the Central Pointe Trax Station was nearby. I did pray and set a few things in order.. The Nazi came out of his car. These days mi nuh business! Then after praying and singing. I moved on at 1800 South. I stopped at Bank of America and found that my card was totally blocked. Bank of America decided to add a little intrigue and used only French. Then I moved on to Brighton Bank. This time I did not take any chances since the building was well lit. I remembered what took place in Quebec. The bank just swallowed up my card. I moved on to Walmart entering it via Hope Avenue. By this time it was minutes to 3 a.m. as I entered and settled down a police car came to me. What am I doing there? I am waiting for the sale. He was watching the door and did not know about the sale. I could not stay. The Nazis and Mafias make it up as they go along. The primary principle or non principle being nothing is off limits. There is nothing about scruples or integrity. I said I am waiting on the sale and I am not going anywhere. People, it was cold below zero and my cold feet felt like someone had poured freezo on it because the cruel Pakistanis and Indians keep putting poison on my right feet and little toe in order to destroy my feet. As I have told you before, you do not have to touch this toe for it to hurt and it hurts the worse when you are in the cold. I stood there praying until 5 a.m by this time the Nazis and Mafias had rallied their little Minions so there was a line. I waited until the line had gone in. There was one officer outside by the door and one inside. After using the washroom and thawing out my hands and going to electronics there were two more. To be very frank with you it is becoming such a common practise seeing them that when I see them it does not seem strange anymore. There was an elderly one whom I had encountered at the Airport who had accosted me in the bathroom. As far as I am concerned most of them have no integrity. He stood in the bathroom until I completed packing my bags and putting on my shoes. Everytime i enter a restroom and the lights can be turned off I do. The perverted Nazis and Mafias are trying to get more compromising pictures so they send people and police at all hours of the morning and night to harass me in the restrooms. In Indianapolis the police wanted to know who I had with me in the bathroom? and what I was doing in the bathroom? I almost asked him if he did not have a wife. I thought discretion was the better part of valour. Back to the Walmart story I went to the lady at the counter, an elderly black woman. I said may I have a list of all the HP computers you have and the prices. I thought this was a simple request. She went to the cabinet and brought out a computer. She had none of the electronic scanners that all Walmart workers are so proud of. Then a Caucasian came around with the Team Lead badge on her bosom and she did the scanning. I said I am not interested in that one. The black lady returned it and said I was to tell her what I wanted. By this time I started saying sic him Bruno, sic him Blackie, sic him Brownie woof woof woof. Then she went around the other side and carried another computer. And the white lady scanned and she was talking to the police and they were laughing. I just said let me get out of here. I continued to say sic him and woof woof and left one little criminal Thailandese lady standing near the police. I just looked at her and said no integrity! I pushed my shopping cart, picked up a grapefruit and walked out stating that I do not want to be tainted with the criminality of the white man. In my world there was no scarcity. I returned to the airport, booked my passage and sorted out my bank card. The latter was another thing at Walmart, I had tried to use the telephone and there was a criminal on the line trying to mine my information again. I jumped on the bus at 10:00 and left Salt Lake City.I stopped briefly in St. George, Utah. It is a fantastic city. Then here I go again everywhere I go they lock down the library on me. In Idaho falls they had children playing games on the computer but they ran down my time when i started tweeting. In St. George they were on an extended holiday. Here in Las Vegas the main Library was full of nothing but criminals. I tried to get a computer at the Walmart but they had no Hewlett Packard plus they sent a teenager to sell me the machine. Anyway people first things first! I have been anticipating the month of December all year. I have been giving thanks since November 29 and my thanksgiving prayer would have been the first thing I would have written on the computer on December 1. Anyway it is now December 7 and it is the first time I have had the opportunity to use a computer except for that brief moment in Denver, Colorado. On Sunday morning in Denver I almost had to take out a Security Guard. People are very desperate especially these little crooked Thailandese who have no scruples, I am walking circumspectly. My thanksgiving for 2020! Father i want to thank you for the month of December Father, I want to thank you for the month of December. Father, I thank you because it is only because of your goodness and mercy that I am still standing and can hold up my hands and give you thanks and praise! Daddy, how can I forget January I was in London! Kick and thump and biff baff!! Daddy I give you thanks! Daddy, how can I forget February! This time I was in France Father the further destruction of my teeth and more slashes in my feet in Amsterdam! Daddy I give you thanks!! Daddy March, April May up to June 11 I was illegally locked down in Sweden. Father, I have proven for myself that the people who know their God shall indeed do exploits. The only reason why I am here able to give thanks is because I do know You as the King of all kings, The Mighty God and the One who intervenes in the affairs of men. Daddy, June, July and August more persecution in Canada. Everything that is illegal was done to me in Ottawa. Father, I thank you. Daddy, then we moved on to the USA August 8, to finish the tour we started in November 2017 and had to leave in June 2018 because all my documents were stolen. Father the persecution continues but Daddy we are still here giving thanks! Father, we look onto new things in the year 2021! Daddy, we continue to give thanks and praise! Father, we continue to lift up your name! Father, we continue to grow in our relationship with you!! Daddy, we made it! We survive! WHOOPPPPEEEE!!! Okay now people I have quite a few things to write including my Blog but I cannot do it in Walmart anymore. They are being persecuted too much!! I am now in Des Moines, Iowa. I have to tell you about Wyoming. Fifty brothers, fifty different minds that is all I can say about the USA. I am going to have to start charging people for stealing my IP. In the fullness of time I will write everything! I tell you people I am here in Minnesota, Minneapolis. I just missed my Jefferson Line bus. I was late, not a problem but the crooked Thai put me on the 1 a.m. bus because the criminals have their plans to try and assault me again. Since last night the local bus abandoned me at 11 p.m, some crooked police have been following me everywhere I go. In Omaha they tried to assault me again at the Greyhound office. The unscrupulous people don’t seem to tell the people that I wear a whole lot of clothes. The crooked Politicians in Jamaica are very involved. They keep sending these criminals with a lock hairstyle.They are even after removing my hair. I am not a lesbian, I will never be a lesbian. If you hear that I have killed someone it is true because no sleeping gas is going to work on me tonight. I only have one hour on the computer so I have to be quick. Going into one state some lesbians and homosexuals attempted to assault me. They did not get anywhere so they poisoned my food. Then the next bus trip they sent this little dirty bottom black fellow and a South American. They did not get anywhere. They invaded my Motel room in Wheatland, Wyoming. That is why I refuse to waste my money. All I can do is do my laundry and have a bath. I dare not eat anything or sleep. They changed all the channels and everywhere I touched my hands started to pain me with the chemicals they had daubed everywhere. Keep me in your prayers people because your evil and wicked Politicians in Jamaica are willing to sacrifice me for more money and fame. I am trying to buy a computer but am being seriously blocked. In Christ all things are possible. I Have still not had a chance to complete the post I started in Las Vegas. Of course the internet Psychologists are all over the place with their criminality. Some labrish here people but before I get into the meat of the matter some housekeeping. I need to change out my computer again. The Talibans are editing my Newspapers. The last Editorial I have of the Gleaner must be about April 1. Then the Cartoons from both papers have stopped updating. Anyway I was just reading an article about the Farmers market. I wanted to know how often this event happened. I also wanted to know if it took the place of the Liguanea Market? People, I am Jamaican. I have not only walked the real estate, I have driven the real estate. I noticed you Cameramen are avoiding taking any pictures of shopping in Kingston. Glad to know there is a new Plaza in Portland. It seems it is still inadequate on crowded weekends. Let us move on to the labrish now people. I bought a pot at the Salvation Army. I have to just discard it like I discarded everything I had when I was returning to Jamaica and the Nazis and Mafias told the people who I was donating my things to that I should pay the transportation cost. I just discarded what I could and left the rest. Anyway after cooking in this pot at the Motel I decided to return it because I could not walk around with a clanging pot and it was not a non-stick pot. It burned up my Gungo peas soup. When I purchased the pot on Saturday, I asked the Indian personnel what was the return policy. She said I just had to return it with my receipt. I said okay and left the store. I have been having some extremely poor experience with the Salvation Army in North America. However, because I do not want to get into any skirmishes I have just been ignoring them. I went into the same store and they disguised jean pants pretending it was new with labels etc.. On close examination I realized it was a second hand pants they wanted to charge me Fifteen dollars for. After trying on about ten pants that was the only pair that fit. I just hissed my teeth and walked out of the store. This last time I returned they had removed all the pants that would fit. I have been locked out of their stores many times. The one in Ottawa sold me a Chinese shoe that almost crippled my feet. The shoes were full of poison. This was also done to me in London. I have bought a number of jeans which have lasted only a few days. The list goes on and on. Since I realize that they are no longer an independent organization and depend on government funding, I have ignored them. However, today when I went into the store they had this little Chinese come to tell me that the purchase of the pot was a final sale. I said, ‘No problem’. I left the pot and said I have my receipt you will hear from my lawyer.’ Suffice it to say I rolled up my receipt and placed it in my bag. When I was out at the bus stop this little Indian girl came with her shark. One Caucasian gentleman passed her and told her he liked it. I ignored them, it was very easy! A bus came and we both boarded. On reaching the terminal and sitting down and eating my grapes. I was now ready to load my Presto Card only to discover my purse missing. I said, God again!! Why won't these people leave my purse? Remember in Ottawa one other little female crook stole my purse so they could steal my Walmart receipt. When I realized the purse was missing by the method of deduction I realized what the little Cooleys are after. I have decided that this is the last time I enter the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Saving a few dollars is not worth the hassle. Then I realize they are calling me a shark. I am thanking them for the compliment. They are very good teachers. I remember the days when I had no money and had to be throwing away toiletries on a weekly basis and replace torn garments. Hundreds of dollars lost. I am learning very well from them. That is why I have to leave you black people. You will get me killed with your naivety. The person who came into my room last night while I slept ensured that my jean pants were well ripped. I am going to escalate the matter. As I said in the opening my News is being edited. One of the things about Canada is that criminality never ends. Let us cut it here. I will pick up with Wyoming in January. REFLECTIONS What can I say, people now that I am in the Book of Jeremiah. I am enjoying it so much I even listen to it on Audio Bible King James Version reading by Alexander Scourby. CRITICAL DEFINITIONS Book - a major division of a treatise or literary work the books of the Bible Jeremiah From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) meaning "YAHWEH will exalt", from the roots רוּם (rum) meaning "to exalt" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations (supposedly). He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC. Life Tha animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual. (how long you live for) Lessons An amount of teaching given at one time, a period of learning or teaching Plans An intention or decision about what one is going to do Purposes The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH Chapter 3 Israel is Shameless Verses 2 - 3 Shameless 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Call to Repentance Verse 6 - God complaining to Jeremiah 6 The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. Verse 12 -13 Acknowledgement 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Verse 14 - 15 Compassionate God 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Verse 21 Like a Bible Scholar doing some cross referencing here! 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. Thought it was the same scripture in St. Matthew 2 verse 18 but there is a slight difference. In the first we have the people crying for the nation and in the latter we have mothers crying for their children. Just wanted to look bright!! Chapter 4 Israel is Shameless cont’d Verse 5 Imminent Invasion 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. Verse 12 - 13 The Lord Speak Judgment 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. Verse 22 - 26 Sorrow for the Doomed Nation 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. Chapter 5 The Justice of God’s Judgment Verse 21 - 22 Lack of vision of the people 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? Chapter 6 Impending Destruction from the North Speaking directly of the destruction of Jerusalem Verse 13 - 15 Deceitful people 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Verse 20 God does not accept all Offerings 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. When I was writing this passage the Canadian Virus was ravaging the world. The Europeans had dropped me back in Canada on June 11and I was in Ottawa at the time of writing. At the time of typing in July I am in Toronto sitting before Walmart using their WiFi and electricity. I am sorry for you all because Walmart has nowhere else to go but up for helping this black woman. I will not tell you about Starbucks. I have to stop saying ‘Bless Mr. Schultz!’ Verses 24 - 25 Fear on every side 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. Chapter 7 Trusting in Lying Words Verses 3 - 11 Righteous God 3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord. The detriment of lying lips goes all the way to Chapter 8 verse 3. Chapter 8 The Peril of False Teaching Verses 4 - 9 Negative Effects of Sin 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? Verses 18 - 22 The Prophet Mourns for the People (continued up to Chapter 9 verse 17) 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Chapter 9 The Prophet Mourns for the People Verses 7 - 11 Deceit 7 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? 8 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. 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. This passage reminds me of the people in Canada who are chasing me around. They are very deceptive. Verses 23 - 24 The People Mourn in Judgment/Trust in God 23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. Chapter 10 Idols and the True God Verses 23 - 25 Man cannot help Man 23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. Chapter 11 Conspiracy Verses 9 - 17 9 And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. 15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 16 The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. 17 For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. Verses 18 - 23 Jeremiah’s Life Threatened 18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. 21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand: 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: 23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. Chapter 12 Heart to Heart with God Verses 1 - 4 Jeremiah speaks 1 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. Verses 5 - 6 The Lord replies with this Popular Passage 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. Verses 14 -17 The Vengeance of the Lord against those who use His people 14 Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord. Chapter 13 Symbol of the Linen Sash and Wine Bottles Verses 1 - 11 Symbol of the Linen Sash 1 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. Verse 12 -14 Symbol of Wine bottles 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. Verses 15 - 27 Pride Precedes Captivity 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken. 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is carried away captive. 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? 22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? Chapter 14 Sword, Famine and Petulance Verse 3 No Water 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Verse 7 Plead of the People 7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Verses 13 - 14 Lying Prophets 13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14 Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. Verses 19 - 22 The People Plead for Mercy 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! 20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things (emphasis mine). Chapter 15 The Lord will not Relent Verse 3 Four Types of Destruction 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Verses 19 - 21 The Lord Reasons with Jeremiah 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. In verse 20 God fortified Jeremiah. Chapter 16 Jeremiah’s Lifestyle and Message Verse 14 God will Restore Israel 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; Chapter 17 Judah’s Sin and Punishment Verses 14 - 18 Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance 14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now. 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. Verses 19 - 27 Reverence the Sabbath 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord. 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. Chapter 18 The Potter and the Clay Verses 12 - 17 God’s Warning Rejected 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. Verses 18 - 23 Jeremiah Persecuted 18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. Chapter 19 The Sign of the Broken Flask Chapter 20 The Word of God to Pashur Verse 3 Jeremiah Changed his name 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. The name means fear on every side. Verses 7 - 18 Jeremiah’s Unpopular Ministry 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. 12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. 13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? Based on verse 9 Jeremiah had no option but to speak or implode. Chapter 21 Jeremiah’s Doom is Sealed Verses 11 - 14 Message to the House of David 11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Lord; 12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. Chapter 22 Message to the Sons of Josiah (we dealt with them in the first blog) Verses 11 - 23 11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; 14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord. 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! Verses 24 - 30 Message to Coniah 24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. 30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. Chapter 23 The Branch of Righteousness Verses 5 - 6 Messianic Prophecy 5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness. This Kingdom - Ron Kenoly The same as Jehovah (YHWH) Tsidkenu Verses 9 - 40 False Prophets and Empty Oracles Verse 11 Everyone Profane 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord. Verse 14 Latter Day Prophets Strengthen the Hands of Wickedness 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Sounds very much like the current times to me. Chapter 24 The Sign of the Two Basket of Figs The good figs are the captives. The Bad Figs the residue of Jerusalem and Egypt. God to send the sword, the famine and pestilence among them, until they are all consumed from the land. Chapter 25 Seventy Years of Desolation Verses 10 - 11 In Daniel 9 this is the book he was reading. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. There is a lovely Hosanna Song by Joseph Garlington based on verse 10 when the mirth was reestablished. It is called a song shall be heard in the City of Judah (INSERT SONG) Verses 15 - 38 Judgment of the Nations CONCLUSION Whoosh! (wipe sweat from the brow) finally completed. I tell you these blogs are like you are completing a piece of fine sculpture. There is a picture of where you want to go but in the end the final product is up in the air. In this edition you have an example of a Messianic promise Jeremiah 23 verses 5 -6 and then some of my favourite scriptures Jeremiah 9 verses 23 -24, 10 verses 23 -25, 14 verses 22, 15 verse 3, 18 verse 23, 20 verses 9 and 11. You have to be in the right standing to be able to use these scriptures. I suggest you choose your own favourites and just go through slowly and meditate on these scriptures. This is Raphleta, Lillene’s baby girl coming to you from Ottawa, Canada. À bientôt REFERENCES The Book of Jeremiah - King James Version of the Bible