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23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24 "Have you not noticed that these people are saying, 'The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms[a] he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation. 25 This is what the Lord says: 'If I have not made my covenant with day and night and established the laws of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[b] and have compassion on them.'"
34 While Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms and peoples in the empire he ruled were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding towns, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, 'This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. 3 You will not escape from his grasp but will surely be captured and given into his hands. You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes, and he will speak with you face to face. And you will go to Babylon.
4 "'Yet hear the Lord's promise to you, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword; 5 you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, "Alas, master!" I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.'"
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem, 7 while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that were still holding out—Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.
8 The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves. 9 Everyone was to free their Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Hebrew in bondage. 10 So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free. 11 But afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 13 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I said, 14 'Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you six years, you must let them go free.'[c] Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me. 15 Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name. 16 But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again.
17 "Therefore this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your own people. So I now proclaim 'freedom' for you, declares the Lord—'freedom' to fall by the sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 Those who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces. 19 The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf, 20 I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.
21 "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you. 22 I am going to give the order, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take it and burn it down. And I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there."
35 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 2 "Go to the Rekabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink."
3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the whole family of the Rekabites. 4 I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper. 5 Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the Rekabites and said to them, "Drink some wine."
6 But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab[d] son of Rekab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine. 7 Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.' 8 We have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine 9 or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab commanded us. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, 'Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian[e] and Aramean armies.' So we have remained in Jerusalem."
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?' declares the Lord. 14 'Jehonadab son of Rekab ordered his descendants not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather's command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. 15 Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me. 16 The descendants of Jehonadab son of Rekab have carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.'
17 "Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.'"
18 Then Jeremiah said to the family of the Rekabites, "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jehonadab and have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.' 19 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Jehonadab son of Rekab will never fail to have a descendant to serve me.'"
36 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 "Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now. 3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin."
4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll. 5 Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord's temple. 6 So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns. 7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the Lord and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great."
8 Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord's temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll. 9 In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah. 10 From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord's temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.
11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, 12 he went down to the secretary's room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13 After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll, 14 all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand. 15 They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us."
So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king." 17 Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?"
18 "Yes," Baruch replied, "he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll."
19 Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are."
20 After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him. 21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him. 22 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him. 23 Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe's knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire. 24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes. 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them.
27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 28 "Take another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. 29 Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, 'This is what the Lord says: You burned that scroll and said, "Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it both man and beast?" 30 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night. 31 I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.'"
32 So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
37 Zedekiah son of Josiah was made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin[f] son of Jehoiakim. 2 Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
3 King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: "Please pray to the Lord our God for us."
4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison. 5 Pharaoh's army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Babylonians[g] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt. 8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.'
9 "This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive yourselves, thinking, 'The Babylonians will surely leave us.' They will not! 10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[h] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down."
11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there. 13 But when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!"
14 "That's not true!" Jeremiah said. "I am not deserting to the Babylonians." But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.
16 Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, "Is there any word from the Lord?"
"Yes," Jeremiah replied, "you will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon."
18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you or your attendants or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, 'The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land'? 20 But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there."
21 King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
38 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal[i] son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, 2 "This is what the Lord says: 'Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over to the Babylonians[j] will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.' 3 And this is what the Lord says: 'This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.'"
4 Then the officials said to the king, "This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin."
5 "He is in your hands," King Zedekiah answered. "The king can do nothing to oppose you."
6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
7 But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite,[k] an official[l] in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate, 8 Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, 9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city."
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."
11 So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. 12 Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so, 13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
14 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the Lord. "I am going to ask you something," the king said to Jeremiah. "Do not hide anything from me."
15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me."
16 But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly to Jeremiah: "As surely as the Lord lives, who has given us breath, I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you."
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live. 18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from them.'"
19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me."
20 "They will not hand you over," Jeremiah replied. "Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared. 21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me: 22 All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you:
"'They misled you and overcame you—
those trusted friends of yours.
Your feet are sunk in the mud;
your friends have deserted you.'
23 "All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will[m] be burned down."
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die. 25 If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say, 'Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,' 26 then tell them, 'I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan's house to die there.'"
27 All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.
28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
This is how Jerusalem was taken: 39 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. 2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through. 3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon. 4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah.[n]
5 But the Babylonian[o] army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. 6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
8 The Babylonians[p] set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people. 10 But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard: 12 "Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks." 13 So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of Babylon 14 sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.
15 While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him: 16 "Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city—words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes. 17 But I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear. 18 I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.'"
40 The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon. 2 When the commander of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, "The Lord your God decreed this disaster for this place. 3 And now the Lord has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him. 4 But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don't come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please." 5 However, before Jeremiah turned to go,[q] Nebuzaradan added, "Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the towns of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you please."
Then the commander gave him provisions and a present and let him go. 6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left behind in the land.
7 When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon, 8 they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah[r] the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 9 Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and their men. "Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians,[s]" he said. "Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. 10 I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over."
11 When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them, 12 they all came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries where they had been scattered. And they harvested an abundance of wine and summer fruit.
13 Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers still in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah 14 and said to him, "Don't you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
15 Then Johanan son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, "Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered and the remnant of Judah to perish?"
16 But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, "Don't do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true."
41 In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king's officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there, 2 Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian[t] soldiers who were there.
4 The day after Gedaliah's assassination, before anyone knew about it, 5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord. 6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said, "Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam." 7 When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. 8 But ten of them said to Ishmael, "Don't kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field." So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others. 9 Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.
10 Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah—the king's daughters along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
11 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 12 they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool in Gibeon. 13 When all the people Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad. 14 All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.
16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam—the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon. 17 And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt 18 to escape the Babylonians.[u] They were afraid of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.
42 Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah[v] son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached 2 Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left. 3 Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."
4 "I have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you."
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. 6 Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the Lord our God."
7 Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. 8 So he called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people from the least to the greatest. 9 He said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says: 10 'If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you. 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. 12 I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.'
13 "However, if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the Lord your God, 14 and if you say, 'No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the trumpet or be hungry for bread,' 15 then hear the word of the Lord, you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there, 16 then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die. 17 Indeed, all who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine and plague; not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.' 18 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse[w] and an object of horror, a curse[x] and an object of reproach; you will never see this place again.'
19 "Remnant of Judah, the Lord has told you, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be sure of this: I warn you today 20 that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, 'Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.' 21 I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the Lord your God in all he sent me to tell you. 22 So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine and plague in the place where you want to go to settle."
43 When Jeremiah had finished telling the people all the words of the Lord their God—everything the Lord had sent him to tell them— 2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are lying! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'You must not go to Egypt to settle there.' 3 But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,[y] so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon."
4 So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord's command to stay in the land of Judah. 5 Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered. 6 They also led away all those whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan—the men, the women, the children and the king's daughters. And they took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah along with them. 7 So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.
8 In Tahpanhes the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 9 "While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes. 10 Then say to them, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy above them. 11 He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword. 12 He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. 13 There in the temple of the sun[z] in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.'"
44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes and Memphis—and in Upper Egypt: 2 "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Today they lie deserted and in ruins 3 because of the evil they have done. They aroused my anger by burning incense to and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew. 4 Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!' 5 But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. 6 Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out; it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins they are today.
7 "Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant? 8 Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[aa] and an object of reproach among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors and by the kings and queens of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? 10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed my law and the decrees I set before you and your ancestors.
11 "Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine. They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach. 13 I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives."
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah, 16 "We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord! 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm. 18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine."
19 The women added, "When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?"
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, 21 "Did not the Lord remember and call to mind the incense burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your ancestors, your kings and your officials and the people of the land? 22 When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is today. 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed his law or his decrees or his stipulations, this disaster has come upon you, as you now see."
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women, "Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt. 25 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have done what you said you would do when you promised, 'We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.'
"Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows! 26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt: 'I swear by my great name,' says the Lord, 'that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, "As surely as the Sovereign Lord lives." 27 For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed. 28 Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand—mine or theirs.
29 "'This will be the sign to you that I will punish you in this place,' declares the Lord, 'so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.' 30 This is what the Lord says: 'I am going to deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.'"
45 When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: 2 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 3 You said, 'Woe to me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.' 4 But the Lord has told me to say to you, 'This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. 5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.'"
46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:
2 Concerning Egypt:
This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 "Prepare your shields, both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish your spears,
put on your armor!
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror on every side,"
declares the Lord.
6 "The swift cannot flee
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates
they stumble and fall.
7 "Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, 'I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.'
9 Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[ab] and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia who draw the bow.
10 But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour till it is satisfied,
till it has quenched its thirst with blood.
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
11 "Go up to Gilead and get balm,
Virgin Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
there is no healing for you.
12 The nations will hear of your shame;
your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
both will fall down together."
13 This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:
14 "Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes:
'Take your positions and get ready,
for the sword devours those around you.'
15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
16 They will stumble repeatedly;
they will fall over each other.
They will say, 'Get up, let us go back
to our own people and our native lands,
away from the sword of the oppressor.'
17 There they will exclaim,
'Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;
he has missed his opportunity.'
18 "As surely as I live," declares the King,
whose name is the Lord Almighty,
"one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,
like Carmel by the sea.
19 Pack your belongings for exile,
you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis will be laid waste
and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
20 "Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.
21 The mercenaries in her ranks
are like fattened calves.
They too will turn and flee together,
they will not stand their ground,
for the day of disaster is coming upon them,
the time for them to be punished.
22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
like men who cut down trees.
23 They will chop down her forest,"
declares the Lord,
"dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,
they cannot be counted.
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
given into the hands of the people of the north."
25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. 26 I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares the Lord.
27 "Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28 Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you," declares the Lord.
"Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished."
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
2 This is what the Lord says:
"See how the waters are rising in the north;
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[ac]
5 Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
6 "'Alas, sword of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.'
7 But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?"
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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Ladies and gentleman, unleash your hoop skirts! Big ball gowns, super-long tailcoats and a return to formalwear were on full display at Monday night's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute Gala in New York City.
The Met Gala honored the late mid-century couturier Charles James, an English-born American designer known for his structured wiring and lavishly heavy gowns, and it attracted a mosaic of Hollywood heavyweights and fashion industry favorites. The benefit's guests had to channel James' formal aesthetic using a dress code (or dress suggestion) of gowns for ladies and white tie (with decorations) for men.
The annual affair's latest exhibit, "Charles James: Beyond Fashion," focuses on the so-called Great American Couturier and emphasizes technology. One section highlights the hat designs from his early work as a milliner. James' work is said to have influenced numerous modern-day designers, including Christian Dior, Michael Kors and Zac Posen.
This year's exhibit was co-chaired by Vogue's Anna Wintour, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper, among others.
Here are a few of our favorite things, and a couple that we wouldn't necessarily classify that way. As always, there were several hits, many misses and numerous "What dress code?" moments:
Is that a window on the back of your dress, SJP? Parker opted for a black and white Oscar de La Renta gown with white elbow-length gloves. And if you didn't know that her petaled gown was by the famed American designer, a large lattice pattern down the back of Parker's train pointed directly to his emblazoned red signature to clear up any confusion. Hey, at least there wasn't a mohawk headdress.
Red carpet darling Lupita Nyong'o has her first red carpet fail: The Oscar winner split the critics with her daring costume by Prada. Perhaps the actress' love of fashion finally got the best of her? The culprit: a forest green crocheted Prada ensemble complete with feathers and vintage Cartier headband. Multiple choice: Was she a) a bird? b) a palm tree? c) a flapper? d) a bedazzled net? or e) all of the above? Answer: E. Seriously, who told her this was a good idea?
Beyonce's covered-up top, sheer jelly on bottom: The "XO" singer, accompanied by husband Jay Z, went coquettish with a black veil that partially concealed her face. But the sheer lower half of her Givenchy gown reminded observers she's still "Bootylicious." Cutest thing that happened all night? Some bling fell off her outfit and her husband of six years staged a mock proposal on the red carpet to return it to her. Now that's what we call a power couple.
Johnny Depp's latest accessory is a cane: First he had a hat and glasses, then it was fiancee Amber Heard, then it was Heard's too-big engagement ring and now we won't be surprised if he incorporates the supportive walking stick into his wardrobe all the time.
Kim and Kanye redeem themselves: Sartorially, anyway. Both in Lanvin by friend Alber Elbaz, reality star Kardashian threw back to her everyday sex-kitten style in a high-slit, strapless gown. West opted for a tie-less tux. The pair definitely made up for Kardashian's couch-upholstery Givenchy atrocity from last year's gala. Pregnant or not, that outfit was just bad, bad, bad.
Janelle Monae, caped crusader: The Grammy-winning singer wore a crimson Tadashi Shoji cape over her signature white blouse and black trousers.
Hailee Steinfeld knows how to glam it up: The 17-year-old "True Grit" actress shined in an elegant black and white gown by Prabal Gurunt, keeping her her hair pulled back and her makeup fresh and simple. Vogue darling Kendall Jenner, 18, turned up the glam dial with a cream-colored trumpet gown by teen brand TopShop. They grow up so fast...
Lake Bell shows off her baby bump: The "Million Dollar Arm" star showed off her baby bump in a red gown by Tommy Hilfiger just two weeks after the Tribeca Film Festival event in which she revealed that she and husband Scott Campbell are expecting. Ain't nothin' like cupping a baby bump to say, "There's a kid in there, not lunch."
Hello, legs! Kardashian, Rita Ora, Leighton Meester, Lea Michele and Zoe Kravitz rocked high slits and let their gams do all the talking.
Sandra Lee is a fairy godmother. Or Cinderella. Or a freakish exploding love child from both. The "Semi-Homemade" host must have been channeling Cinderella's stepsisters in a gown that had tulle in the back, ruched and billowing satin in the front and mess all over. Seriously, this is the stuff wedding gown nightmares are made of. Now contrast that with...
The Beckhams -- back in a big way: Designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham owned the red carpet with husband David Beckham as the couple went matchy-matchy: a white column gown of her own design for the lady and a white jacket for him. And we're still not done staring at their perfection.
Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse show up, but not together: The Oscar-nominated actor and his model girlfriend hit the red carpet, but not together. He wore Tom Ford, while the face of Burberry wore a blush tulle-layered Burberry Prorsum gown.
Michael Kors makes red carpet calls: The designer and "Project Runway" judge rushed to the hem of actress Zoe Saldana's tiered gown to make a last-minute adjustment. And he was photographed in the process. Kors also dressed Jessica Pare in a similar black-and-white printed number, and Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge wore one of his designs too.
Erykah Badu gives Pharrell Williams' hat a run for its money: The singer donned a tall topper by Givenchy and we're not gonna lie, we wouldn't mind seeing it on the "Happy" guy.
Taylor's secret: Taylor Swift had a wardrobe mishap just before hitting the red carpet in a blush-colored gown. "That moment when your cat casually walks up, then abruptly ATTACKS your custom satin Oscar de la Renta gown during your fitting for Met Ball," she tweeted before the event. Eek. It turns out pal and VS Angel Karlie Kloss, also in De la Renta, got ready with the country crooner and they had a dance party.
Nicole Richie -- this side of purple hair: Now pair that with side boob and sheer panels down the entire side. Need we say more? Well, sure, she wore Donna Karan.
Jake Gyllenhaal and sister Maggie Gyllenhaal get snuggly: Yeah, the sibling PDA was pretty much adorable.
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady return: The latest edition of how to be rich, flawless and fabulous. Plus they smooched in public.
Kate Upton can't make this medicine go down: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model had some weird "Mary Poppins" thing going on with her black trumpet gown and inexplicable headpiece from Dolce & Gabbana. Why, why, why?!
Brie Larson is a risk-taker: Not everyone can pull off a heavily beaded golden tunic and matching pants quite like she can. The look came via Prada. Gabrielle Union took a similar approach with a bedazzled crop top and matching midi-skirt, also from the Italian fashion house.
Katie Holmes: Marigold banana, or Belle from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"? That is all.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka love costumes! And so it was demonstrated when the "How I Met Your Mother" star donned a cummerbund as tall as a corset and Burtka took argyle to a whole 'nother level in a head-to-toe patterned tux. Built-in cape-tails sold separately.
Top o' the mornin', Carmelo Anthony: The basketball star, accompanied by wife Lala Vazquez, donned a topper and tails and we must say, we fancy the look.
Crop tops galore: Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway, Gabrielle Union, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne all partially bared their bellies (or lack thereof) for the occasion.
Who are you wearing? She's right next to me! Stars often pose at the gala with their costume designer, and British designer Stella McCartney was able to round up a few A-listers -- Reese Witherspoon, Kate Bosworth, Cara Delevingne -- for her red carpet photo op.
Also setting off cute-couple alerts: Actress Blake Lively and hubby Ryan Reynolds hit the red carpet together, as did "Homeland" star Claire Danes and husband Hugh Dancy; singer John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston and wife Robin Dearden, Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and wife Sari Mercer, comedian Sarah Silverman and beau Michael Sheen, actor Eddie Redmayne and his girlfriend Hannah Bagshaw, Ed Burns and Christy Turlington, Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra Lee Furness, Jim Parsons and boyfriend Todd Spiewak, "Amazing Spider-Man 2" duo Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, Seth Meyers and his wife, Alexi Ashe, and Charlize Theron and Sean Penn. Ed Norton also made a rare red carpet appearance with wife Shauna Robertson.
Karolina Kurkova brings the 'tude. And the volume: The model wore a voluminous, structured floral gown by Marchesa and rocked that red carpet like it was the only runway in the world. (And not much else besides that gown fits in the world).
Rosie Huntington-Whitely didn't get the memo: Or so we think. The "Transformers" actress was one of the few who wore a short dress on the red carpet. To be fair: The leather, leopard and gladiator-like pleats definitely made a loud statement. Lena Dunham, Lea Michele, Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Olsen also went with knee-baring frocks.
The red carpet parade also included Rachel McAdams, Anna Kendrick, Zoe Saldana, Idina Menzel, Shailene Woodley, Emmy Rossum, Allison Williams, Katie Couric, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt Bomer, Dakota Johnson, Diane Kruger, Cobie Smulders, Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba, Dianna Agron, Sarah Paulson, Amy Adams, Rashida Jones, Zooey Deschanel, Hayden Panettiere, Shaun White, Kristen Wiig, Kristen Stewart, Kate Mara, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Frank Ocean, Florence Welch, Kristen Dunst, Marion Cotillard and Olivia Munn, among many others.
Someone who was noticeably absent? Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncoupled with the annual bash. Last year, the GOOP founder basically bashed the punk-themed high-fashion affair and claimed she'd never go again. This year, her rep said she would "not be in New York and is unable to attend the ball," Radar Online reported Monday.
On Monday morning, fashionable First Lady Michelle Obama joined a bevy of designers, including Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg, Donatella Versace, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren, to inaugurate the museum's new $40-million costume center: the Anna Wintour Costume Center, named after the Vogue editrix herself, according to the Associated Press.


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NY Times Takes On Our Broken Patent System
from the that's-a-patent dept
"Our responsibility is to follow the law," said Lee Patch, a vice president at Nuance. "That's what we do. It's not our fault if some people don't like the system."No. "Following the law" does not include shaking down competitors in your space, taking them to the brink of bankruptcy and then getting them to sell to you at firesale prices.
Perhaps more interesting in the article is the talk about Apple's awakening on how powerful patents could be used as a weapon against others, all stemming from its legal fight with Creative Technologies over a ridiculously broad patent for a digital music player. Rather than fight Creative, Apple just paid the company $100 million to go away. At the time, we wrote about how unfortunate it was that the company who succeeded in the market basically had to pay off the company who couldn't compete. But what we didn't realize was that it also turned Apple into a vociferous patent-hungry beast. The NY Times report notes that, right after this, Steve Jobs made it clear to his staff that Apple now needed to "patent everything."
Soon, Apple's engineers were asked to participate in monthly "invention disclosure sessions." One day, a group of software engineers met with three patent lawyers, according to a former Apple patent lawyer who was at the meeting.Unfortunately, very few companies seem willing to take a stand on this, even as many, many engineers feel the way that last engineer feels. I spend a lot of time with engineers in Silicon Valley, and I have trouble thinking of any who think the patent system is a good thing.
The first engineer discussed a piece of software that studied users' preferences as they browsed the Web.
"That's a patent," a lawyer said, scribbling notes.
Another engineer described a slight modification to a popular application.
"That's a patent," the lawyer said.
Another engineer mentioned that his team had streamlined some software.
"That's another one," the lawyer said.
[....] The disclosure session had yielded more than a dozen potential patents when an engineer, an Apple veteran, spoke up. "I would like to decline to participate," he said, according to the lawyer who was at the meeting. The engineer explained that he didn't believe companies should be allowed to own basic software concepts.
Apple's former General Counsel, Nancy Heinen, has a good quote in the article highlighting part of the problem:
"Think of the billions of dollars being flushed down the toilet... When patent lawyers become rock stars, it's a bad sign for where an industry is heading,."It's a very bad sign, but there seems to be little appetite by anyone to do anything to fix the wider problem. And despite Apple's foray into being a massive patent warrior, attacking tons of other companies, it still hasn't occurred to many people just how broken the system remains. The NY Times piece spends some time looking at Patent 8,086,604, an Apple patent issued last year, which many refer to as the Siri patent, as it covers a "universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system." Basically, a way to search multiple databases at once. As a separate companion piece to the full article highlights, that patent was rejected 8 times before the examiner was "worn down" and approved it, despite no meaningful changes in the language.
"If you give the same application to 10 different examiners, you'll get 10 different results..."That's not a functioning system. It's the opposite. It's a lottery... where the "winners" get to take billions of dollars away from actual innovation. It's becoming a national disgrace.


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The smaller your bundle of joy, the more stuff you need to carry around. (It is a rule they never tell you.) Thank goodness the PEPP stroller is cleverly designed to think of everything, from an ultra-compact fold-in-half design to the ability to get around town with one hand (which is how you will be operating most days) to a full recline for on-the-go snoozes.
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I'm sure everyone says this but, from the very first email I knew he was going to be different. Tim is a General Contractor and, at the time, was traveling back and forth to the Eastern Shore quiet often. It took me a few weeks to get him to nail down a date. On June 15, 2009 I opened the door and was at a loss for words.Tim was handsome both inside and out. In May of 2010 I moved into his apartment. Then in July we got a dog together, Diesel, and early December we moved into our first house. Before moving into the house, I had asked him to talk to my Dad. I'm 31 and Tim is 34, but I am still my father's daughter and I thought since we weren't married yet, it would make my Dad feel better about things. Little did I know, and little did my parents know, that Tim was going to ask for my hand in marriage that day 🙂
In NYE 2010 Tim hooked my ring to our dog Diesel's collar, and let me out to our water front yard, got down on one knee (I got down with him because I just didn't want him to be down there alone) and asked me to marry him. It couldn't have been more perfect. I was completely surprised.
We plan to get married in October 2011 at Ravens Stadium. I work in player personnel and scouting for the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens have been a big part of my life for the last 10 years. I plan to walk out of the tunnel, down the aisle to the 50 yard line where my future husband and I will exchange our vows. I love Tim and cannot wait to be his wife!


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Jan 2012 19:12 UTC
Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled as terrorists by the authorities. Initiatives like SOPA promote diligent monitoring of communication channels. Thirty years ago, when Richard Stallman launched the GNU project, and during the three decades that followed, his sometimes extreme views and peculiar antics were ridiculed and disregarded as paranoia - but here we are, 2012, and his once paranoid what-ifs have become reality.
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Xbox One "does not target high-end graphics"
A Microsoft developer has effectively admitted the Xbox's retreat from the console graphics war.
"We purposefully did not target the highest-end graphics," GM of silicon development Greg Williams told Engadget, as spotted by CVG. We targeted more as a broad entertainment play and did it in an intelligent way.
"The people who are here have clearly done them before and we've done them within Microsoft before. But this is one of the more strategic plays and in terms of the overall product, that is a clear differentiator, and the [hardware IP] that we've developed here is truly unique."
The console will be powered by a custom Microsoft 8-core CPU.
As pointed out in MCV's analysis of tonight's event, what we have seen from Sony and Microsoft point to one platform holder targeting the core audience with high-end gaming tech and another targeting the living room with an all-round entertainment solution.


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Heras, meet Dr. Fuentes: Former director testifies
MADRID A former cycling team director told a Spanish court Friday that he had allowed four-time Spanish Vuelta winner Roberto Heras and other riders to contact Eufemanio Fuentes, the doctor at the center of the Operation Puerto blood-doping case.
Manolo Saiz, former director of the ONCE and Liberty Seguros team, said during the trials fourth day that he let Heras, Marcos Serrano Rodriguez and Angel Vicioso Arcos see Fuentes but he did not want to become a middleman between Fuentes and my team.
Heras asked me on various occasions to go to doctor Fuentes, Saiz told the court. I told him that he could not see anyone outside the team, but after he insisted, I agreed. With Serrano and Vicioso, the same thing happened. I accepted, and from that moment on I dont know anything, whether they established a relationship or not.
I never contacted Fuentes. I didnt know about the practices of Dr. Fuentes nor of any other doctor that wasnt on my team.
NBA players union places its chief on indefinite leave
NEW YORK NBA players put union chief Billy Hunter on an indefinite leave Friday, two weeks after a report they commissioned questioned Hunters leadership and criticized him for bad decisions and questionable business practices.
The union is forming an interim executive committee and an advisory committee, the groups president, Derek Fisher, said in a statement released Friday. An outside attorney also is being hired as players begin moving forward, likely without the man who has guided them since 1996.
Fisher pushed for the outside review of Hunter and the union. That examination by a New York law firm found no illegal use of funds but cited Hunter for a number of poor choices and recommended players discuss whether he should remain in charge during their All-Star weekend meetings.
Foster says his heart is fine; no surgery required
HOUSTON Texans running back Arian Foster said he has not spoken with his doctors about any surgery, disputing a report that he likely was to undergo a heart procedure in about a month.
The NFL Network reported Thursday that Foster was considering an ablation procedure because of a heart condition that forced him from a game late this season.
Deadline comes and goes; Coyotes belong to the NHL
GLENDALE, Ariz. Greg Jamison was unable to pull together the funds and investors he needed to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes before a deadline with the city of Glendale expired.
His bid to buy the team from the NHL may not be over, though. More complicated, yes, but not necessarily finished.
Jamison was unable to complete his purchase of the Coyotes before midnight Thursday, the deadline set in a 20-year, $308-million lease agreement he reached with Glendale for Jobing.com Arena last year.
Despite the disappointment for the Coyotes and their fans, nothing changes the team has been run by the NHL for more than three years.
Isner and Querrey give USA a 2-love Davis Cup head start
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. John Isner and Sam Querrey each won their matches Friday to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Isner earned a straight-set win over Brazils Thiago Alves 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3, two hours after Querrey earned a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Thomaz Bellucci.
The United States is one win away from advancing. Bob and Mike Bryan, the worlds No. 1 ranked doubles team, will take on Brazils Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares today, followed by Sundays reverse singles, if needed.
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it's a good story, but I really wish he would have responded in song with an elongated "ohhhhhhhhh...jimmy crackcorn and..". That must have really fueled them up for the next bust scheme ("we're gonna get these fuckers"). Pissing off narcs.
it's a good story, but I really wish he would have responded in song with an elongated "ohhhhhhhhh...jimmy crackcorn and..". That must have really fueled them up for the next bust scheme ("we're gonna get these fuckers"). Pissing off narcs.
The pilgrimage is not perfected save by copulation with the camel.
I can't get that out of my head now. Thanks.
do cops have to say that they are cops if you ask them if they are cops?
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
I don't know why don't you just come down to the station and answer a few questions first.
do i have to bring my smoking drugs with me? or can i leave them at home until later for when I am able to smoke the smokeable drugs. Do you supply needles.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Dire Straits for 2015. Confirmed!
I'm not sure if they were narcs but several time I would stop in the open to roll cigarettes (friend gets fine quality tobacco from Racine & Laramie in Old Town San Diego) and since they were just cigarettes obviously I don't care about rolling them out in the open. But there would always be some random guy that would come by and be like hey man I've been looking all over for some weed I'd give you some money if I could just get a couple of hits of that! To which I would just tell them it was only tobacco and they'd walk along. But it was always in the back of my head that any one of those people could have been narcs because they always said pretty much the same thing.
Coachella Class of '09, '10, '11, '12W2, '13W1, '14W1 '15W1
Find me in that Barry Sanders jersey.
Last year, I was sitting down on the main stage with my brother and my 50 year old dad (he REALLY wanted to see New Order) when this young woman came up to us saying she was trying to get rid of some "...kush, Xanax, and Klonopin" which made me wonder if she was a narc or just a stupid drug dealer.
Weekend 2 we had this guy in the back sitting in the chair come over and ask us the same exact question... He sat down to make light conversation and then hit us with the same "I know alcohol gets old..." We said no but he stuck around for a bit longer... may be the same guy?
Totally not a cop just a chill 420 dude trying to buy 6 Marijuanas anybody down I'll be the guy on a horse dressed like a cop, buts it's just a disquise
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Was seating down by the main stage hiding from the sun and this random dude came up to me and asked if I had acid. . . and I gave him a blank stare and said "noooo" lol never been asked if I had drugs before haha.
at Coachella last year our campsite neighbors were from New York so we helped them find narcotics by sending them joint-in-hand to our mutual friends campsite. walking in smoking a joint tends to reinforce the civilian status.
also at Treasure Island there were 3 Narcs who were all older women. 29-33 year old chicks who immediately approached my friends and I asking if we knew their friend Molly (i had a bright pink ski jacket on, #singledout). at the time we were fucked up so we ended up chatting them up and telling them to come meet us backstage at the Silent Disco (we had media passes/access there). i didn't realize how blatantly narc-like they were until my friend berated me for engaging them. they basically asked in order
1. if we knew where to get molly
2. our names
3. where we were from
4. how much it was
5. where we got it from
6. when/where to meet them so they could get it
i spent the rest of the night avoiding these chicks, but apparently they tried to hustle my friend who was rolling balls. he ended up calling them narcs and they took off immediately after that. we all were dumbfounded with how quickly they split after he said the word " NARCs". they looked like nerds too to be perfectly honest, and not good-nerd, but poly-sci-criminal-justice-double-major-nerd.
when a narc reveals his intentions, it follows a pattern. be weary my children, and if you're coming from out of town use the silk road and find a friend in LA
Run the Jewels - Feb 1st @ The Shrine
Pinback - Feb 3rd @ The Echo
BADBADNOTGOOD - Feb 24th @ The Regent Theatre
The Shins - March 10th @ El Rey Theatre
Royksopp - April 20th @ The Novo by Microsoft
Jurassic 5 - May 25th @ The Majestic Ventura Theatre
Sylvan Esso - August 25th @ The Wiltern
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"is that a foam tube you've got there, or are you just happy to see me?"
Everytime someone asks me I just say yea from that guy..point to some douche..and run!
im coming over from the uk, so bringing stuff is not an option, is it going to be a major ball ache to buy stuff? as im not camping so wont really be making mates in the campgrounds
the last two years in a row i've been asked if i'm selling by the same undercover duo. it's kinda funny because they asked the same way both times. kinda hoping to see them again this year since they seem to be specifically targeting dealers of more hardcore drugs. just leave all the potheads alone ok? them kids dont mean no harm.
i also had a scumbag trash picker upper try to shake me down for what he thought were drugs that i was getting out of my locker (it wasn't) and threatened to turn me in if i didn't give him some. now THAT pissed me off. if it happens again this year i might take the time to let the uniformed LEOs know that he's looking for illegal substances rather than doing his job. i wanted to do this last year but i was in a rush to get to a set.
anyway if you're going to be bringing things you shouldn't be bringing watch out for assholes like that guy working security or trash duty. every year there are stories of these guys trying to shakedown people for whatever they think they can get.
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I am a very heavy drinker but onest truth is I never even smoked weed in my life. But, when I was at Wet Electric at Huntington Beach last year I had a big backpack and some guy came up to me and asked, "Hey Do you know anyone by the Name of Molly? I was there alone and as I said don't do drugs so I thought this guy must be a Narc and of course would not have it anyways. I told him "Ohh No" and he said Ok and walked away. Prob a Narc. I really have never even smoked weed but I have a drinking problem.
sounds to me like everyone is a narc then. trust nobody. lmfao.
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I Can See the World From Here
August 24, 2006
For the record, I have no words
to describe what it feels like
to look at his face,
although I'm not sure
I really need to try.
For the record, I have no words
to describe what it feels like
to look at his face,
although I'm not sure
I really need to try.
He really is such a beautiful baby. I can't believe how much he looks like you.
Oh Amy, that's just beautiful. I especially love the one of his profile.
Have you been reading Her Bad Mother? She's asking for posts about the physical love between a Mother and her children. You might want to get a Kleenex before you read them.
What an adorable baby! He really does look like you, at least from what I can tell from your picture on the left.
Amy - he looks just like you (Queen of Everything!). The words are hard to find but I see it.
He is so gorgeous. Just wait, you'll be batting the ladies away with a stick.
He really and truly does look exactly like you. And is it just me or does he look MONTHS younger there than he has recently? He looks so tiny there! TINY!
Eeee gads! He is just *too* cute!
He's so precious! I can't believe how much our boys look alike! Just about the same adorable face..only different colored hair. Plus, they're only 3 days apart! Creepy creepy!
What a handsome, happy guy.
I am a perpetual lurker around your site... and I just have to de-lurk to tell you that your son is too. flippin'. adorable. I could eat him (a sentiment I know you more than share!).
He looks just like you - I think it's the eyes.
He's a doll!
He looks just like you. Oh, I've seen resemblance before, but in those pics? 2nd one, 3rd one, ALL of them - OMG does your boy look like you!!
What a cutie pie!
I'm all Raising Arizona when I see this...ILOVEHIMSOMUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a gorgeous little boy!
My.uterus.is.now...SCREAMING. I can almost smell the baby smell on the back of his neck from here!
My "baby" turned 6 years old this past Tuesday.
Raising Arizona quote: "Dot says these 'un here gettin' too big to cuddle."
Is he really going to be an entire year old next month?! HOLY. CRAP.
He's so beautiful. And you take such great pictures of him. Enjoy - they grow up too fast.
aww, he's such an adorable little man. :D he looks JUST like you in the 3rd pic. well, all of them, but spitting image in the 3rd one. :D
He is so beautiful (in a boy way that is). I love watching im grow. Thank you for sharing!
Amen to that!
The joy of children.
You should go look at the picture of my son. I think our kids should go into modeling.
Both are beautiful!
He is just scrumptiously adorable.
there really are no words that would do him justice. he is precious, but see? even that is an understatement...
Look at his hair! That's how I can tell your baby boy really is growing up.
And he really does look just like you.
I want to eat his chin.
Fabulous and no need to try.
I know of what you speak!
Can you believe our babies are almost ONE?
Or should I say:
Love the Noah pictures - he really does look like the perfect blend of you and Jason. I can see both of you in his face.
Darn you and your adorable baby! Every time I think that I don't want to have kids, I come here and see how freakin' cute he is and how much fun you seem to be having as a mom and my whole "life plan" is altered once again!
cute. great post :)
Beautiful chubby-chubbers! Excuse me while I find something to pinch.
He is too sweet.
I fucking love that kid. The end.
No words needed. A mother understands exactly - the fuzzy little head, the chubby cheeks, the little nose, the smile... Yep, we understand!
I brought this page up on my screen and two of my coworkers went AWWWW audibly from their desks. We want to eat Noah's cheeks.
My little tike has those onsies too! Noah looks fabulous in them as well. He is such a gorgeous baby. Congrats!
I'm actually drooling I want to eat him up so badly.
What a cutie!
I feel the same way with my little one everynight... its a wonder I ever get a damn thing done.
you don't need to say a word.
I love the first picture so much.
What a sweet boy.
What a sweet post.
What a little angel you have there. He's gorgeous. And he REALLY has your eyes, I think!!
He is beautiful. Great Entry!
The CHUB the CHUB. Who can resist the cute chubby face??? What a woodgie woooo....
Noah is adorable!
Totally understand - my son is 6 months & I swear I could cuddle and/or look at him all day.
You got it exactly, perfectly, right.
Heaven help the girl who thinks she wants to make Noah hers. I'm just sayin.
I love these pictures, especially his cute little face in that first that looks like he just woke up from a nap (or a night?).
I want one!! Or I just want him! He is soooooo gorgeous. Seriously, like all babies are cute, but some are a little scary...I think he got all their cuteness somehow. How can you not spend all day kissing those gorgeous cheeks? Honestly, I don't think I'd get any work done!
He really is such a beautiful baby. Cherish these times because before you know it, you'll be walking your precious little baby to Kindergarten like I had to do this morning. And then you'll have to cry all the way home.
He's really wonderful. He looks like Mama!
Watch out...soon he'll start preschool! (mine started today.)
From someone who is trying to have a baby and going through fertility treatments. Your posts like these reaffirm how much i want this to work out....
My uterus just, like, TOTALLY burped. So cute! :)
Absolutely precious!!
That was so totally found poetry. With high-grade Noah in the interstices.
Pink Cheeks! Pink Cheeks! Pink Cheeks!
He's getting less of that "long-necked" look he had when he was younger. He was adorable then and he's adorable now, too. What a sweetie-pie!
i recommend that if we ever meet (and we're likely to what with being no where near one another and having no friends in common) you ought keep that child and his cute little face a safe distance from me and my strong inclination to kiss him in big squishy kisses. i would not be able to keep myself from it. that is a face i bet responds well to big squishy kisses.
Here's the most hypocritical statement from yourself:
I'm terrified to let Noah grow up.
When I think of sending him out in the world where other kids will be mean to him...where his feelings will get hurt and I cannot make it better...where some adults think nothing of hurting children...where I cannot protect his little heart and body from All Bad Things...
You have a very beautiful baby....
Wow... next month is his first birthday, isn't it? Time flies....
I'd like to pinch his cheek (if you don't mind).. :D
I think I have to agree with the rest when we say he is just beautiful, and perfect in every way, you and Jason are truly blessed.
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Incredible Bionic Man Comes to Life
Scientists have experimented with assembling artificial organs and prosthetics into one "bionic man." Dr. Bertolt Meyer, the inspiration for Smithsonian's "The Incredible Bionic Man" discusses the project and the show. Photo: Smithsonian Channel
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I ... well Steve Austin might've been a fictional character in the six million dollar man ... but of ionic images apparently closer than we think ... this Sunday the Smithsonian Channel will debut ... the incredible by on a command a one hour program ... about a buy on a man created by scientists and based on Dr Burkle Meyer a social psychologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland ... and Akamai joins us today at the beest dot com ... thank you very much for having me ... the eight year of the program was to showcase just how far our human technology has come only recently ... so ... what happens if you get to get that all of the step of that already exists for the human Bodie today and putting together in one piece what with that look like ... and while the result was the incredible bionic man ... so that was the idea of progress ... did the program takes you to the steps it took to put this together obviously was not an easy thing but ... how difficult was it really to put these parts together and create ... a functioning I was in May and this bike is really a robot ... how hard was it to put this together ... it was very hard to put that ... together ... because all of these different devices for example the officer means ... we have offered to high side or the artificial organs we have an artificial heart of the TV on in the country as ... a prototype of not just among ... all about that together was very difficult because ... all of these devices ... aam made to interface with the human board if they were all designed to buy this isn't the human boy he'd be attached to the human boy he ... take and signals from the human board in order to ... be activated and if you take away the human body in the sense that you need something to replace this so that it's it's about with the challenge for the group offices to build a structure ... on to which all of these devices could be could be attached to and I think it in the short time that they have for doing that but they did a great job ... it's been awhile for for the documentary I you pick up up up up and they say ... oh that's my hand and that ... that is your your connection to this ... is really quite immediate isn't ... the duty on my personal connection to buy on a technology is a very emotional and ... as I'm aware innovative bike and technology myself I have this on hand to seize this year ... the most the bonds ... of bionic hand that's already available on the market where all the fingers move that has built in pressure sensors the wonderful device to see the same age ... as the bionic man is wearing so to that regard we have something ... in common which created a very emotional connection ... between me and and the subject matter so that I did not only ... view all of these devices from a ... technology point view but also know from a kind of from the viewpoint of somebody whose life has been directly affected by Iran ... and the the ... the violent man has had the face of very realistic looking face ... I know whose face is that ... yes his face is a civic every plate to um of my face is the isthe appease them on ... the Volvo of my face and get back to show off ... this many possibilities of of Perseus is that that I wasn't aware that this was planned at the beginning of the program was ... revealed to me at a later stage ... I kind of went along with a bottle this the one I solar disk copy of my face on that machine for the first time ... in freak me out compete the idea I ran out of the room ... while DAL imagined Doctor purple I think you're a much science fiction in the nineteen seventies reality Sunday night at nine pm the incredible bionic man you can see it on the Sony in shadow ...


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The Red True Story Book, p. 293.by Henry Justice Ford (1860-1940). 1895. Illustration for "Prince Charlie's War" by Mrs. McCunn from Lang's
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Lang, Andrew, Ed. The Red True Story Book. London: Longman, Green, 1895.
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