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Angelina Jolie in "Maleficent." (Disney)Link
Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning) in "Maleficent." (Disney)Link
Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning) in "Maleficent." (Disney)Link
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Two new clips from Disney's "Maleficent" have been released — and they deepen the story of Angelina Jolie's fairy-gone-bad.
Due in theaters May 30, the Disney film retells the story of the 1959 animated classic "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of Maleficent, a wicked sorceress who was once a fairy with wings that were stolen from her. That theft appears to have set Maleficent on the path to evil.
In the new clip, we see how much fun Maleficent used to have. She soars through the air with her beautiful feathered span, gliding close to the water before soaring into the clouds and basking in the sun.
The classic tale that "Maleficent" is based on starts with the fallen fairy famously cursing the infant Princess Aurora (played by Elle Fanning) at her christening. In another newly released scene, Aurora, now an inquisitive girl, is seen exploring the Moors and greeting benevolent sprites — until they are scared away by Maleficent hiding in the shadows.
Aurora coaxes her out, despite Maleficent warning her that she'll be scared of what she sees. The Queen of the Moors emerges from the dark in full-on sorceress regalia: all black, including her trademark horns. Aurora, quite the optimist, deems her "my fairy godmother."
The encounter in the Moors echoes a line from the film's trailer, where Maleficent warns Princess Aurora, "There is an evil in this world, and I cannot keep you from it." Indeed.
In addition to Jolie and Fanning, the film also stars Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville.
Linda Woolverton wrote the screenplay.
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ARMY BOWL: All-Americans | Selection Tour | The Ride
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NEW YORK - Stefon Diggs wasn't afraid to admit it.
He and fellow U.S. Army Player of the Year candidate Dorial Green-Beckham enjoyed rubbing shoulders with former Heisman Trophy winners before the start of the dinner gala on Monday night, but aside from this year's winner - Baylor's Robert Giffin III - they really didn't know anything about them.
But once the former stars started talking, Diggs' youthful innocence was quickly replaced by respect and admiration.
"I didn't know too many of these guys because most of them were before my time," Diggs said. "After the speeches, that's when it really hit how much impact these guys had, not just on college football but the NFL and football in general."
Prior to the main dinner and event, Diggs and Green-Beckham attended the VIP Reception. Decked out in their U.S. Army All-American Bowl jerseys, they were recognized by several of the patrons and signed a few autographs of their own. There they also talked with former Heisman winners including Troy Smith, Eric Crouch, Tim Brown, Vinnie Testaverde, Archie Griffin, Johnny Rodgers and Howard "Hopalong" Cassady among others.
"All of them had good advice, and I just took it in," Green-Beckham said. "They all came from someplace different, they've all been through a lot and all had big goals they had set for themselves."
The MVP Trophy of the Jan. 7 U.S. Army All-American Bowl is named the Pete Dawkins Trophy after the 1958 Heisman Trophy winner from Army. Dawkins was in attendance for the dinner, and spoke with both players after the dinner.
Green-Beckham and Diggs also took motivation away from the speeches delivered by Crouch, Testaverde and Floyd Little, representing 1961 Heisman winner Ernie Davis. Each was commemorating a milestone anniversary of their award.
"Being African-American and [hearing] how Ernie Davis was the first to win a Heisman, that was motivational," Diggs said. "Vinny Testaverde's speech really hit hard with me when he said his dad passed because my dad passed. It made me think about my dad and I gave him a standing ovation. It's tough when you lose the man who you try to honor and who made you."
Click Here to view this Link. Green-Beckham found similarities between his own story and that of the night's main honoree. Like Griffin, Green-Beckham has family in the Army. His brother, Kingsley Ehie played in Saturday's Army-Navy game and is a cadet at West Point. Green-Beckham also recognized the stories about the level of dedication Griffin displayed in order to reach the pinnacle of his sport.
"What stood out the most was what the Baylor coach and the Baylor president said about how Robert Griffin changed everything for himself to be the best he can be," Green-Beckham said. "It felt good to hear what he did to succeed on his own and the people that had been there for him since day one. It was like we had the same type of background."
This year's Heisman Trophy award was predicted by Griffin following Baylor's win over Texas in the regular season finale, and Diggs showed similar confidence coming out of the event.
"I am motivated every day, but this made me want to be the best of the best and made me want to win the Heisman one day," Diggs said. "It's not what I want to do, it's what I am going to do. I'm going to dedicate myself and win the Heisman one day."
Green-Beckham also displayed his own confidence in being a future honoree of the dinner, saying he was aiming for 2014 to be his year. Considering the level of talent both Diggs and Green-Beckham possess, that may someday be the case for one or both individuals.
"This opened my eyes that I am blessed to be in this situation," Diggs said. "Seeing all these athletes, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life and something I will never forget."

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I've linked a SharePoint list to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. This setup has worked great for quite some time, but now I don't see any updates when I view the list in Outlook. I also now get the following Send/Receive error in Outlook: Task 'SharePoint' Reported error (0x80004005): An error occurred in this SharePoint List (list name). What can I do to solve this problem?
With both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the ability to link SharePoint lists and document libraries to Outlook 2007 is a fantastic feature. It lets you take this information offline and synchronize it back to SharePoint at a later time. If you move or delete the linked list or document Library in SharePoint (which is likely what happened in your case), the link in Outlook 2007 isn't automatically updated; you'll need to update it manually. To do so, you need to delete the link in Outlook, then reattach it if so desired. To delete a link to a SharePoint list or document library in Outlook, locate it in the left vertical folder structure, right-click to open the context menu, and click Delete.
I'm using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and recently discovered there's no easy way to navigate from My Site back to my main SharePoint intranet portal. The navigation breadcrumb exists for other sites, but not for My Site. Can I enable this functionality for My Site?
This is a good question and one that I receive quite often. If you have a single intranet portal, or one that you call your home portal, you can configure an individual My Site to include it in the breadcrumb navigation. To do so, perform the following steps:
- While on your My Site, choose Site Settings, Modify All Site Settings from the Site Actions menu.
- From the Site Settings page, select the Portal site connection option.
- You'll now see a screen that lets you specify a portal site address.
- Enter the URL and name of the portal site you want your My Site to be connected to, then click OK.
That's all there is to it. Notice, in the upper left corner of your My Site, the breadcrumb navigation bar has been updated to include a link to your portal.
Is there a way to easily change the site structure in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
I can happily say, "Yes there is." Microsoft has made it quite simple for you to reorganize the hierarchy of sites in your portal. And you do it all from within your browser. To accomplish this reorganization, perform these steps:
- While on your portal, choose Site Settings, Modify All Site Settings from the Site Actions menu. (Note: Depending on the site template, your Site Actions menu may include an option called Manage Content and Structure. If this option is available, select it and skip step 2.)
- From the Site Settings page, select the Content and structure option. You should now be presented with the Site Content and Structure page. In the left column, you'll see a tree structure of your site collection.
- Hover your mouse over any site and select Move or Copy from the drop-down menu.
- Select either Move or Copy, depending on the operation you want to perform.
- A popup window will appear, giving you another site hierarchy where you can specify the destination of the Move or Copy operation. Select the destination for your site and click OK.
SharePoint will now take care of the rest of the reorganization, moving or copying your site from one location to the desired location.


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It is nearly impossible to find out a person who dislikes music. I say âNearly impossibleâ because there is always an exception, even for the most natural thing. Music soothes our mind, refresh us when are exhausted, comforts us when we are distressed, makes us happy when we are sad, energize us when we are sick. The list can be endless, but the basic thing is that music is an essential component of our well being. The choice of music varies from person to person, but when it comes to the kids, the adults make the basic choice of the music that they listen.
A child can be a great connoisseur of music or can be a simple one who sings the solos at the shower, but it is sure that the child will have great benefits through some form of music education. According to a research, the learning of the âdo-the-remixâ music lessons actually help children to excel in their life much more than the basic ABCs.
It has been proved that music education facilitates the learning of other subjects and at the same time enhances the skills that the child uses in other areas. According to the Executive Director of the National Association of Music Merchants, the music rich experience for children consisting of singing, listening as well as moving is actually resulting in serious benefits for the children as they move on into formal learning. [Read more...]


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Alexander Skarsgard carries a single duffle bag as he arrives at Hawaii's Honolulu International Airport via LAX airport in Los Angeles on Monday (July 5).
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After fleeing cruiser, man captured three hours laterBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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BRENTWOOD - A trial date has been set for a Seabrook man who escaped from police custody as he was leaving Exeter Hospital.
Ryan Fogg, 23, is heading to trial the week of March 25 in Rockingham County Superior Court on charges of felony escape, attempted burglary and criminal threatening, according to court records.
Fogg set off a three-hour manhunt when he escaped from the back of a police cruiser outside of the hospital on July 2. He was being treated at Exeter Hospital because a state police dog bit him when he was arrested in Seabrook earlier in the day on charges that he tried to break into his grandmother's home on South Main Street, according to police.
The attempted break-in happened on June 28. His grandmother, Margaret Fogg, called police saying her grandson "looked like he was high on drugs" while trying to break into her home, a police affidavit said.
Fogg fled before police arrived at the home, but he returned a short time later, prompting his grandmother to call police again, according to court records.
Police spotted Fogg running down a trail in nearby woods, court records say.
Fogg allegedly went to a neighbor's house. The homeowners tried to keep him there, but Fogg took off again. Fogg was ultimately nabbed by the police dog and treated for his injuries while in police custody.
Police Sgt. Robert Granlund then placed Fogg in the back of a cruiser and put the windows down to give him some air, according to police.
While Granlund returned a wheelchair to the hospital, Fogg escaped from the cruiser and fled on foot. The manhunt ended when Fogg was captured in a wooded area near Drinkwater Road in Kensington. Since his last arrest, he has been held at the Rockingham County jail on $100,000 cash bail.


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All of these sites focus on learning and curation, but could one of them really be the "Pinterest of education"?
As one of the fastest-growing social networks, Pinterest's popularity can be attributed to its ease of use and vibrant Pinboards. Recently, a number of similar social curation sites developed specifically for students and teachers have popped up, emulating Pinterest in key ways while focusing on learning. In some cases, they have even made improvements.
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Intel is planning to deliver cable content to any device with an Internet connection. And instead of having to pay $80 a month for two hundred channels you don't want, you'll be able to subscribe to specific channels of your choosing.
This set-top box, said by industry insiders to be available to a limited beta of customers in March, will offer cable channels delivered "over the top" to televisions anywhere there is an Internet connection regardless of provider. (Microsoft Mediaroom, for example, requires AT&T's service, and Xbox has limited offerings for Comcast and FiOS customers). For the first time, consumers will be able to subscribe to content per channel, unlike bundled cable services, and you may also be able to subscribe per show as well. Intel's set-top box will also have access to Intel's already existing app marketplace for apps, casual games, and video on demand. Leveraging the speed of current broadband, and the vast shared resources of the cloud, Intel plans to give customers the ability to use "Cloud DVR", a feature intended to allow users to watch any past TV show at any time, without the need to record it ahead of time, pause live tv, and rewind shows in progress.
Sounds pretty damn cool. As a consumer this is definately something i would be interested in, particularly subscribing to a single show or series. I think this is a pretty good step towards dealing with piracy.
there is another article here which talks about the reasons this idea might fail and the hefty resistance Intel will face from content providers.
Can I go one better and simply subscribe to shows, not channels?
Can I go one better and simply subscribe to shows, not channels?
For the first time, consumers will be able to subscribe to content per channel, unlike bundled cable services, and you may also be able to subscribe per show as well.
Anything that puts more control in the hands of the consumer is a step in the right direction as far as i am concerned. Personally id like to see the death of normal comercial tv since i am completely over having the when and where of my viewing being dictated to me by a*******.
It also angers me greatly with the introduction of digital tv giving comercial access to more channels they have seen fit to use many of those channels to simply increase the presents of f*****g infomercials. So f***'em the sooner they die off the better.
Great, but how about instead all these faffing external boxes you come up with an interconnect standard that would allow this functionality to be embedded in to a TV - either as a daughterboard or with some kind of standard interface?
How is it that every single device out there falls short and gets things wrong?
Hi Foxtel - please take notice so I can start subscribing to individual channels rather than packages.
sounds good but i doubt we will get it here in australia any time soon considering we haven't even got hulu or netflix yet.
Raven how many boxes do you currently have in your house providing you with your media/entertainment needs? Personally another box doesnt matter a s*** to me because if it offers the choices in viewing i want ill b ehappy to clear a spot on my tv unit for it.
I have netflix at my place in the US and i spend more time watching that than i do the cable tv we have. Thats is kind of suprising to be honest because netflix doesnt actually have that big of a range of viewing to choose from but at $7 a month i wont complain.
Hi Foxtel - please take notice so I can start subscribing to individual channels rather than packages.I was hoping they would use this model for Foxtel on xbox 360, the stupid a******* make you buy a base package and then entertainment/sport/movies packages to get anything of use. You're paying for the infrastructure and the hardware, There's no need for packages in this setup.
I don't think per channel is enough anyway, needs per show/series purchasing options.
Raven how many boxes do you currently have in your house providing you with your media/entertainment needs? Personally another box doesnt matter a s*** to me because if it offers the choices in viewing i want ill b ehappy to clear a spot on my tv unit for it.
Okay, let's see:
Out in the main room we've got a big LCD with a WD Live (v2), BD player, DVD player, VCR, PVR, Xbox and Amp.
Out back there's an LCD with a DVD player, Wii and WD Live (v1).
In my room there's an LCD with a PS3 and PVR... blah blah, you get the idea.
For my new house I've bought a a TV and 7.1 system that has all those features again (each), then there's the PVR, PS3 and other bits and pieces that will be attached to it.
We have eleventy billion different devices to do different things, on top of the newer TVs having many of these features built in. And for the most part, none of them do a perfect job.
I have netflix at my place in the US and i spend more time watching that than i do the cable tv we have. Thats is kind of suprising to be honest because netflix doesnt actually have that big of a range of viewing to choose from but at $7 a month i wont complain.Quickflix is $16 a month here and they charge you $5 a month to stream the very same movies they will deliver to your door via snail mail for free. That's the problem I see with things like this, it will be too expensive and too restrictive to be worth it in Australia.
It's not the device that matters, it's the service and they are limited heavily by outdated licensing setups. No matter what technology intel bring they won't be able to get around that hurdle.
I think it's probably safe to throw out the vcr by now dude
I would be interested in the per-series option. If it was at a reasonable NON-AUSTRALIAN-TAX price. That is I'm willing to go 10% higher than the US price but no more if GST is involved.
So "Intel's war on pay TV" = Intel making pay TV less s***.
Quickflix is $16 a month here and they charge you $5 a month to stream the very same movies they will deliver to your door via snail mail for freeI'm confused by your wording, are you saying it is more expensive to stream than post (website pricing) or is this only a special scenario for the pay per play movies (new releases) and you pay a premium to stream those on top of the regular subscription costs?
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For new releases they charge you $5 for a 48 hour license on top of your subscription. They will mail the very same new release movie to your door though as part of your already included subscription.
Foxtel is copping an absolute caning over the new Movie channels.
The old Movie Network is gone and due to some Movie agreements ending Foxtel is basically providing the Showtime package spread over 10 channels forming 2 packages.
Foxtel is demanding lower prices and the Movie houses are holding out.
As such Subs on the full Movies package are paying full price for half the Movies. The upside is all movie channels are now HD and dont carry watermarks.
This box might work in America but it has no hope here.
Foxtel has too much content sewed up and this box wont have Sport at least not AFL/NRL.
Internet TVs dont need a box.
The big crunch is coming though and Foxtel knows it.
What about data usage? I use foxtel on my smart tv and it chews through a lot... all unmetered from bigpond but if you only had 50gb per month and its not unmetered content, you'd be screwed o.O
For new releases they charge you $5 for a 48 hour license on top of your subscription.Gotcha, cheers.
Deadly my missus got netflix back when it first kicked off and it remains at $7 a month. We were getting dvds sent out but have since stopped doing that since they split the streaming and dvd mail service.
I dont know all the ins and outs but i do know its costs so little that i get reasonable bang for my buck.
Hrm, judging by my steam experience, I'm happy to pay for what I currently pirate if there is a decent supply mechanism, but who even has a tv under the age of 30, needs a pc-based software platform ftw.
The problem with pay tv and movies is the companys who hold the licences to the things want a permeium price for it and so does the content provider (Austar/Foxtel). We will never get anywhere with things in this current state especially in Ausfailure.
I just need a browser/software based thing I can log onto and subscribe to channels and/or specific shows and pay a flat fee per month. Also having unlimited data or 250gb+ would be useful for this.
I could go for something like that, pay a $5 or $10 sub per month to the history channel (example) and get access to all their channels and programs past and present without all the bulls*** of pay tv. Of course if they wanted to fill it full of f*****g ads id just s*** can them.
Dont underestimate Foxtel.
They are working on their 'own Netflix' (oh no Ive said too much)
iQ3 will be out Q2
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Thats a lot of content.
I tried Big Pond's HD movie content, just to see what it was like recently and was completely underwhelmed.
I've seen R5 release's of better visual quality (seriously, this had massive digital grain on not just black scenes) and no surround sound, just stereo.
Not doing it again anytime soon.
For the first time, consumers will be able to subscribe to content per channel, unlike bundled cable services
i'm sick of being approched by foxtel knobs in the shops asking if i want paytv when i want 4-6 channels only. "sorry sir we can't do that" FOAD.
hey foxtel, give the people what they want!
wouldnt a company rather have some money from people subscribing to individual shows, then just download everything?
f***** whingy c****... times are changing, they have to change with it.
No-one wants to pay 80$+ a month to watch re-runs and ads about the f***** kardashians
For the first time, consumers will be able to subscribe to content per channel, unlike bundled cable services
The curious thing is how media companies are going to be pressured into it - popular channels pay for the niche ones - so I would imagine with this model things like history channel going away (sad face).
Seems like an odd market for Intel to try to enter
Yes, its definitely an odd market indeed. Intel isn't really big on the consumer electronics product side let alone making content deals. Maybe they are partnering with someone who is good on the consumer electronics product side :) And maybe who already has deals with media companies :) And maybe who has shown in the past their ability to change the media companies business model (and convince them to jump on board) :) And maybe that partner company has rumours of their own of "nailing the TV space" :)
Just sayin :)
while foxtel has sport, they wont be going anywhere. im quite happy to pay foxtels price so i can get my sport.
I suspect that even if premium channels can be offered seperately they wont be cheap.
Have you noticed how tough it is to order Chicken seperately at KFC ?
They just want to sell you Fries and Gravy and Drinks, extras/side dishes.
PayTV works by the subscriber buying more than they need, extras/side dishes to offset the cost of what they really want.
PayTV is the same all over the World.
The single channel fantasy you all want doesnt exist.
PayTV here is too expensive and doesnt have enough channels.
Thats the only difference to the World, that and of course, Competition.
what spook said
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in this photo, i see a false god, and a fat stig
but I roll in HD and will always have fox whilst they have most of the sport
lulz, but the ads!? and ITS SO EXPESNIVE!!?!?!?!?
i'm with spook here, the foxtel of 10 years ago was a little worth it, as you had less ads than tv (and they seemed to be like SBS's way, only at the begining middle and end, not 4 times in a 30 minute block
Ad's pay for the content and upkeep of equipment for normal free to air,
the equipment used for foxtel isn't that costly anymore (those settop boxes are no doubt paid for in the first few months) in the case of cable, that s*** has been paid for, and the upkeep low. and while I love the sport, fat chance of me getting to watch much if i did have it. so where is the value?
. As a consumer this is definately something i would be interested in,
As an AUSTRALIAN consumer you will never have access to this. unless i missed something in the article that stated it would be available here..
lol I pay $70 a month for 'basic' + sport + HD (inc IQ2) its cheap imo
you don't need any other channels, everything else is available elsewhere and the fkn movies take forever to get to foxtel and are available in the video stores anyway!
plus if I were to go to the pub to watch a match, which I would if I didn't have it, then one night at the pub and it'd be paid for!! Or maybe 2 if it was a school night, but chances are I'd go for a feed and a few beers so it'd easily be over $50.
My parents have all chans in HD plus 3 extra boxes but they only watch a few channels and never watch movies on it so it's kinda a waste for them.
I don't pay anything and use friends foxtel to watch the sports and the tv's and it works great.
Also more sociable than drinking a beer wishing your wifey would leave you alone.
Don't watch sport and don't pay for foxtel
/profit + win = m0re win!
I have fetchtv $14.95 wouldnt say it isnt worth it, but its ok....
no sport = fail
no sport = fail
nah - you just don't pay attention to sources that deliver. I hope you aren't in a position to influence younguns in the wrong direction.. er wait.. what is hte 'right direction' again....
it heppens
my mind boggles when considering the options that may have been at my fingertips if i spoke another language.
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The Author on her debut novel
World-Building in : " Sun Child, Prince of Egypt"
One of the hardest ideas to portray was how their society operated, how different their world was to ours.
The Ancient Egyptians reveled in and celebrated their annual flood of the Nile and developed systems of advance warning if the flood dangerously exceeded expectations. They eagerly anticipated the floods, with plans in place for floods that might exceed normal heights.
The idea of the many gods of Egypt is somewhat deceptive. They all came from one god, the most powerful, the original Sun God: Re. Yet Re was more than just the sun.
There was a kind of "freedom of religion", with all those gods and goddesses, yet their temple complexes and staff were necessary for the operation of the Kingdom.
Their temples held all the administrative, bureaucratic offices, as well as the education systems, libraries and medical resources. The temples also served as a repository for the Treasury of the Great House, of the King, with the Great Wife of the King as the Mistress of the Treasury.
Above all there was always one unifying force: the King, the God-King, the Great House of Egypt, the Lord of the Two Lands; He of the Sedge and the Bee, He who could control all the other gods and goddesses, He who made it all happen: Pharaoh.
As you can see on the obelisk, the hieroglyphs for the Bee and for the Sedge precede the Coronation Name in the cartouche.
This next graphic has all of King Tut's names with his coronation name preceded by the Bee and the Sedge.
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Death penalty stays on the books in New HampshireBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
April 17. 2014 12:16PM
CONCORD — In an emotionally charged chamber with advocates on both sides watching, the Senate split 12-12 Thursday on repealing the death penalty which effectively kills the bill.
Police officers who have long opposed repeal packed the Senate gallery for the debate, while repeal supporters surrounded the State House prior to the Senate session and lined the hallway outside the Senate chamber.
"This is probably the most difficult vote any of us will take," said Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, who supported repeal but acknowledged she met with Manchester police who had lost their colleague, Michael Briggs, when he was murdered by the state's only death row inmate, Michael Addison, in 2006.
"This is all about people changing their minds," said the bill's prime sponsor, Rep. Renny Cushing, D-Hampton, who said conversations will continue with Senators over the next few weeks.
As about 100 death penalty repeal supporters silently marched outside the State House and members of the Manchester Police Department hierarchy were seen in the front row of the standing-room-only Senate gallery, senators debated the widely watched and awaited decision.
The debate on HB 1170, to repeal the death penalty, began around 10:15 a.m. with Nashua Democratic Sen. Bette Lasky, one of 12 co-sponsors of the bill, offering an amendment that was defeated. Lasky's amendment would have exempted Addison from having his sentence commuted to life.
Last Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to pass House Bill 1170, which was approved in the House March 12 by 225-104, a better than two-to-one margin. Committee member Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, missing from the initial Tuesday 2-2 tie vote of the committee because of a previous commitment, cast the deciding vote last week to recommend the bill go to the Senate floor.
The chairman of the judiciary committee, Sen. Sharron Carson, R-Londonderry, had concerns that passing the bill would prevent the state from carrying out the death sentence on Addison, who was convicted of capital murder of Manchester Officer Briggs in 2006.
Under the bill, Addison's death sentence would not have changed, according to the bill's prime sponsor, Rep. Renny Cushing, D-Hampton, noting that state law forbids changing any sentence that occurred prior to a law's repeal. He said the state Supreme Court ruled on the issue in its 2014 opinion in New Hampshire v. Kurt Carpentino.
But former Attorney General and current U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., expressed fears that the law, if it was repealed, would have allowed Addison's sentence to be commuted. Ayotte, as attorney general, helped prosecute Addison's case, and has previously refuted the contention that repealing the death penalty would have no effect on Addison's death sentence for killing Briggs.
"I think that is absurd. These people who are voting on this need to understand they could effectively be commuting Michael Addison's sentence — or reducing his sentence for having killed Michael Briggs in the line of duty," Ayotte said on a radio call-in show last week. "I think that is wrong. I think it is sending the absolute wrong message. That may be a good political explanation, but it is not a good legal explanation."
The debate was expected to be decided by one or two senators.
The 12 sponsors of the bill include House members Robert Cushing, Carol Williams, Mary Jane Wallner, Melanie Levesque and Andrew White, all Democrats, with John Cebrowski, Steve Vallaincourt, Robert Rowe, Mark Warden and Kathleen Souza, all Republicans, along with Sen. Sam Cataldo, R-Farmington, and Lasky in the Senate.
Cataldo had predicted earlier in the day that it appeared the bill did not have enough votes in the Senate and he expected it to be tabled.
New Hampshire has not executed anyone since 1939. Addison is the only New Hampshire inmate on death row.
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Some candid photos I took at my stepson's 18th birthday party. He was quite animated and completely enjoying himself, oblivious to my snapping. As soon as I saw this template I knew these would be perfect, plus I added some more boxes for photos. Love that templates can become a real jumping off point and then take on a life of their own.
Cathy Zielske:
Cathy Zielske's Layered Template No. 057
Lynn Grieveson:
Malabar Kit
Andrea Victoria:
Subtle Whites Paper Pack
Katie Pertiet:
Clean Stitched Borders: White No. 01
Birthday Blocks Brushes and Stamps
Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01
Party Pennant Sticks
Pattie Knox:
Anchor Its!
Ali Edwards:
Birthday Hand Drawn Words Brushes and Stamps
Fonts: Century Gothic and I can't remember what font I used for the EIGHTEEN (I rasterized it)
Your eighteenth birthday party. Surrounded by family and friends at Logans. We don't think the smile came off your face the entire night Tristan. Every time we looked at you, you were laughing and really enjoying yourself. Eighteen. Those years have gone by so quickly and you have become a good and decent and caring young man, ready to take on the world. We are so proud to know you, so lucky to have watched you grow, so privileged to be by your side, and so fortunate to love you, Eighteen on 10th September, party on 15th September 2012.


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Merrimack River to be tapped as Manchester Water Works expands supplyBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 14. 2013 10:35PM
MANCHESTER — Manchester Water Works is buying property in Hooksett to tap the Merrimack River as part of a $16 million project beginning around 2017.
Manchester Water Works will need to borrow about $10 million for the project, raising the bill for the average customer by about $16.50 a year, according to Water Works Director David Paris.
"This is part of a long-term plan to develop additional water supply for the city," Paris said Tuesday.
All of Manchester and parts of six area towns derive water for drinking and other uses from Lake Massabesic.
Aldermen last week approved purchasing a 7.5-acre parcel for $435,000, or $55,000 above an appraisal the city received. The parcel, which features more than 1,000 feet of river frontage, is located north of Interstate 93's Exit 10, accessed off Kimball Drive with frontage on Quality Drive.
Water Works, which hopes to own the property within a month, delivers about 18 million gallons of treated lake water each day to about 160,000 people in all of Manchester and parts of Auburn, Bedford, Derry, Goffstown, Hooksett and Londonderry.
Projections show that consumer demand for water will hit 20 million gallons a day around 2016. That amount is what safely could be pulled from the lake in a 12-month span without lowering the water level in a drought year, Paris said. Rain falling within a watershed measuring about 40 square miles feeds the lake.
The Hooksett project won't affect swimming or boating along the river. Boating is banned on part of Lake Massabesic, while swimming is prohibited throughout.
The project calls for a single well to be built along the river shore connected to six pipes drilled into the sand under the river bed, about 60 to 70 feet below the water line, Paris said.
Screening will be attached to part of the pipes, allowing water to flow into them. Gravity will steer the water into a six-foot diameter concrete manhole. A pump inside will send the water to a nearby treatment plant yet to be built, purifying the water before it flows into people's homes, he said.
The Hooksett well will be able to produce about 5 millions gallons a day and can be expanded, he said.
Part of the money will come from a $7 million fund that collects a one-time charge of $914 for every new house connected to the water system, Paris said.
Water Works already has spent nearly $500,000 in consulting fees and will pay around $75,000 to build two smaller connector roads to replace other small roadways that will be eliminated. The well and piping will cost an estimated $1.9 million, with an estimated $13 million price tag for the water treatment building.
Ward 5 Alderman Ed Osborne, who chairs the aldermanic lands and buildings committee, said he backed the move. But he was skeptical about the water quality.
"When you mention the Merrimack River, it doesn't sound like the cleanest water to tap," he said.
But Paris said there was no need to worry.
The sand helps filter the water, so the quality of the water would be superior to the water found near the water line. And it also will be sent through the treatment facility for further purification, he said.


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EN FOTOS: Mickey Mouse celebra 85 años
Mickey Mouse turns 85 years old on Nov. 18, 2013. The animated mouse first appeared in 1928 on the screen of the Colony Theatre at New York City. The film, Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, was the first animated cartoon talking picture.
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Two hurt as car hits pole in Deering
June 29. 2013 10:02PM
Two people were injured Saturday when their car went off the road and hit a telephone pole in Deering Police Chief James Pushee said.
Pushee said a 21-year-old woman and her 14-year-old male passenger were heading east on Longswood Road shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday when the accident happened. Pushee would not release their names Saturday, saying he was still notifying family.
He said both occupants suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. The boy was flown to the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and the woman was taken by ambulance to Concord Hospital for treatment of their injuries.
Pushee said speed may have been a factor in the crash.


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Have you ever wanted to try rock climbing? The Rock Dump is the perfect place to learn! Our gym is set up to get you climbing easy routes just minutes into your first visit, and you only go up from there!
The Rock Dump is a full-sized indoor rock climbing facility with routes of all difficulty on over 40 ropes, plus two bouldering areas. We have over 11,000 square feet of climbing in all. "The Dump" is one of Juneau's hidden gems!
We have tons of programs for kids and families; from family discount drop-in days, to our youth climb team, we'll get your kids climbing to the roof no matter their ability or ambition. Plus, the Rock Dump is Juneau's favorite birthday venue!
Do I need to be in very good shape?
While climbing does require a certain level of fitness, you do not have to be an expert or in really good shape to come in an try it.
What if I have never climbed before?
We run everyone through a basic orientation on how to use their harness, tie into the rope, and work the belay devices, regardless of your previous climbing experience.
What should I wear to climb in?
The gym can be little cold sometimes, but once you get up and climbing you will quickly warm up. We always suggest that people wear clothes that they can easily move around in (like workout clothes) in layers.
Are there any age restrictions?
You must be 14 years old to belay at The Rock Dump, and if you're under 18 we have additional rules about belaying (see below). You must also be 14 to climb unsupervised (without an adult present). A child under 14 may climb with a sibling or another person 14 or older with the permission of their parent or legal guardian and a signed Warranty and Release from The Rock Dump. There are, however NO AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR CLIMBING. We have special harnesses for very small children, and we have had kids as young as 4 and 5 years olds climb all over the gym.
Can I learn to belay?
All Belayers under the age of 18 are required to pass a belay test in order to belay unsupervised. If the belayer has no prior experience they can come in with an Parent/adult and will be taught that day and upon their next visit will be tested and If they pass will be given a belay card and entered into the computer database. If the belayer wishes to come in without an adult they can take a belay class which will cost $15 and they will be given a temporary belay card for the day and upon return will be eligible to take a belay test and gain their permanent belay card. Belay tests will be given at any time and are free.
Do I need someone to climb with?
At The Rock Dump, we do not belay for climbers. It is always a good idea to bring someone to climb with or have someone to belay for you. We also have a bouldering area in which you can climb without ropes. People are generally pretty nice about belaying others, but we can not guarantee that there will be people here that are willing to belay other people.
Do I need to reserve time to climb in advance?
No, you do not need to reserve time to climb in advance. You can come in any time and learn how to climb. If you are going to bring in a group you should look at our group prices. In order to reserve a group session and receive the group rate you must book the group in advance.


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SP,I'm just going to say a couple of things here... Well, if you took the advice of just about everyone here, you'd have a little more insight into faulty presumptions you've made.Like this for example... NO! This is exactly why you should read before you speak (or write in this instance). Self determination means the right to decide what to do with yourself.ie- If you decide to reunite with your brothers and sisters all across the Balkans than it is your right to do so.
It's really not that difficult to understand where I'm coming from, that is, if you had taken the time to open your mind, before opening your mouth.
SP,I know you're not going to like hearing this, but please don't change the topic heading mid-stream, it gets difficult to follow (and there is a board rule against it). Thanks
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9 Concerning the prophets:
My heart is broken within me;
all my bones tremble.
I am like a drunken man,
like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and his holy words.
10 The land is full of adulterers;
because of the curse[a] the land lies parched
and the pastures in the wilderness are withered.
The prophets follow an evil course
and use their power unjustly.
11 "Both prophet and priest are godless;
even in my temple I find their wickedness,"
declares the Lord.
12 "Therefore their path will become slippery;
they will be banished to darkness
and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
in the year they are punished,"
declares the Lord.
13 "Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal
and led my people Israel astray.
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:
They commit adultery and live a lie.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.
They are all like Sodom to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:
"I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has spread throughout the land."
16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
"Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions from their own minds,
not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 They keep saying to those who despise me,
'The Lord says: You will have peace.'
And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts
they say, 'No harm will come to you.'
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send these prophets,
yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
yet they have prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,
they would have proclaimed my words to my people
and would have turned them from their evil ways
and from their evil deeds.
23 "Am I only a God nearby,"
declares the Lord,
"and not a God far away?
24 Who can hide in secret places
so that I cannot see them?"
declares the Lord.
"Do not I fill heaven and earth?"
declares the Lord.
25 "I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!' 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. 28 Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the Lord. 29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
30 "Therefore," declares the Lord, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes," declares the Lord, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The Lord declares.' 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the Lord. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the Lord.
33 "When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the message from the Lord?' say to them, 'What message? I will forsake you, declares the Lord.' 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is a message from the Lord,' I will punish them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: 'What is the Lord's answer?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?' 36 But you must not mention 'a message from the Lord' again, because each one's word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the Lord's answer to you?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?' 38 Although you claim, 'This is a message from the Lord,' this is what the Lord says: You used the words, 'This is a message from the Lord,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is a message from the Lord.' 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."
24 After Jehoiachin[b] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
3 Then the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
"Figs," I answered. "The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."
4 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.[c] 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
8 "'But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,' says the Lord, 'so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. 9 I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse[d] and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them. 10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.'"
25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
4 And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you."
7 "But you did not listen to me," declares the Lord, "and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves."
8 Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: "Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the Lord, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[e] them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. 10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 "But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[f] for their guilt," declares the Lord, "and will make it desolate forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them."
17 So I took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it: 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn, a curse[g]—as they are today; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom, Moab and Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places[h]; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[i] will drink it too.
27 "Then tell them, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.' 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, 'This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! 29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the Lord Almighty.'
30 "Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:
"'The Lord will roar from on high;
he will thunder from his holy dwelling
and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread the grapes,
shout against all who live on the earth.
31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord will bring charges against the nations;
he will bring judgment on all mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,'"
declares the Lord.
32 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
"Look! Disaster is spreading
from nation to nation;
a mighty storm is rising
from the ends of the earth."
33 At that time those slain by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.
34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;
roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered has come;
you will fall like the best of the rams.[j]
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
the leaders of the flock no place to escape.
36 Hear the cry of the shepherds,
the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate
because of the sword[k] of the oppressor
and because of the Lord's fierce anger.
26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 "This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard of the Lord's house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word. 3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from their evil ways. Then I will relent and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. 4 Say to them, 'This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have set before you, 5 and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened), 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse[l] among all the nations of the earth.'"
7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord. 8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, "You must die! 9 Why do you prophesy in the Lord's name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?" And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the Lord's house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, "This man should be sentenced to death because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!"
12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people: "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the things you have heard. 13 Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right. 15 Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing."
16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God."
17 Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people, 18 "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'This is what the Lord Almighty says:
"'Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.'[m]
19 "Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah fear the Lord and seek his favor? And did not the Lord relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!"
20 (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. 21 When King Jehoiakim and all his officers and officials heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death. But Uriah heard of it and fled in fear to Egypt. 22 King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men. 23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)
24 Furthermore, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
27 Early in the reign of Zedekiah[n] son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 This is what the Lord said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. 3 Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Give them a message for their masters and say, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Tell this to your masters: 5 With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. 6 Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. 7 All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
8 "'"If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand. 9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.' 10 They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. 11 But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the Lord."'"
12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, "Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. 13 Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the Lord has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying lies to you. 15 'I have not sent them,' declares the Lord. 'They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.'"
16 Then I said to the priests and all these people, "This is what the Lord says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, 'Very soon now the articles from the Lord's house will be brought back from Babylon.' They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin? 18 If they are prophets and have the word of the Lord, let them plead with the Lord Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. 19 For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea, the movable stands and the other articles that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin[o] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: 22 'They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,' declares the Lord. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'"
28 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people: 2 "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two years I will bring back to this place all the articles of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and took to Babylon. 4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin[p] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the Lord, 'for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord. 6 He said, "Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord's house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon. 7 Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: 8 From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true."
10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, 11 and he said before all the people, "This is what the Lord says: 'In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.'" At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.
12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 13 "Go and tell Hananiah, 'This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. 14 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.'"
15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. 16 Therefore this is what the Lord says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.'"
17 In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
29 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This was after King Jehoiachin[q] and the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) 3 He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said:
4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." 8 Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them," declares the Lord.
10 This is what the Lord says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity.[r] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."
15 You may say, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon," 16 but this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David's throne and all the people who remain in this city, your fellow citizens who did not go with you into exile— 17 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[s] and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. 19 For they have not listened to my words," declares the Lord, "words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. And you exiles have not listened either," declares the Lord.
20 Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. 21 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: "I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes. 22 Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: 'May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.' 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and in my name they have uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness to it," declares the Lord.
24 Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 25 "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the other priests. You said to Zephaniah, 26 'The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord; you should put any maniac who acts like a prophet into the stocks and neck-irons. 27 So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you? 28 He has sent this message to us in Babylon: It will be a long time. Therefore build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.'"
29 Zephaniah the priest, however, read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 31 "Send this message to all the exiles: 'This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies, 32 this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion against me.'"
30 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[t] and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,' says the Lord."
4 These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: 5 "This is what the Lord says:
"'Cries of fear are heard—
terror, not peace.
6 Ask and see:
Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,
every face turned deathly pale?
7 How awful that day will be!
No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.
8 "'In that day,' declares the Lord Almighty,
'I will break the yoke off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;
no longer will foreigners enslave them.
9 Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.
10 "'So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel,'
declares the Lord.
'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.
11 I am with you and will save 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.'
12 "This is what the Lord says:
"'Your wound is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
no remedy for your sore,
no healing for you.
14 All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.
16 "'But all who devour you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17 But I will restore you to health
and heal your wounds,'
declares the Lord,
'because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no one cares.'
18 "This is what the Lord says:
"'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving
and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,
and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their leader will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me—
for who is he who will devote himself
to be close to me?'
declares the Lord.
22 "'So you will be my people,
and I will be your God.'"
23 See, the storm of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand this.
31 "At that time," declares the Lord, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."
2 This is what the Lord says:
"The people who survive the sword
will find favor in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest to Israel."
3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[u] saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
4 I will build you up again,
and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.
Again you will take up your timbrels
and go out to dance with the joyful.
5 Again you will plant vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them
and enjoy their fruit.
6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
'Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.'"
7 This is what the Lord says:
"Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
'Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.'
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
10 "Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
'He who scattered Israel will gather them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.
12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,
the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,
and they will sorrow no more.
13 Then young women will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
14 I will satisfy the priests with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,"
declares the Lord.
15 This is what the Lord says:
"A voice is heard in Ramah,
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more."
16 This is what the Lord says:
"Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,"
declares the Lord.
"They will return from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope for your descendants,"
declares the Lord.
"Your children will return to their own land.
18 "I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning:
'You disciplined me like an unruly calf,
and I have been disciplined.
Restore me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion for him,"
declares the Lord.
21 "Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.
Return, Virgin Israel,
return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,
unfaithful Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing on earth—
the woman will return to[v] the man."
23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "When I bring them back from captivity,[w] the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: 'The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.' 24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."
26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27 "The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the Lord. 29 "In those days people will no longer say,
'The parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.
31 "The days are coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[x] them,[y]"
declares the Lord.
33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time," declares the Lord.
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,'
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the Lord.
"For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more."
35 This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,"
declares the Lord,
"will Israel ever cease
being a nation before me."
37 This is what the Lord says:
"Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,"
declares the Lord.
38 "The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40 The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished."
32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.
3 Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, "Why do you prophesy as you do? You say, 'This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape the Babylonians[z] but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. 5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.'"
6 Jeremiah said, "The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.'
8 "Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, 'Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.'
"I knew that this was the word of the Lord; 9 so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels[aa] of silver. 10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy— 12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
13 "In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions: 14 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time. 15 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.'
16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
17 "Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. 18 You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents' sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty, 19 great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve. 20 You performed signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yours. 21 You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror. 22 You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law; they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.
24 "See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see. 25 And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, 'Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.'"
26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? 28 Therefore this is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. 29 The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
30 "The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger with what their hands have made, declares the Lord. 31 From the day it was built until now, this city has so aroused my anger and wrath that I must remove it from my sight. 32 The people of Israel and Judah have provoked me by all the evil they have done—they, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. 33 They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline. 34 They set up their vile images in the house that bears my Name and defiled it. 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind—that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.
36 "You are saying about this city, 'By the sword, famine and plague it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon'; but this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 37 I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.
42 "This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. 43 Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, 'It is a desolate waste, without people or animals, for it has been given into the hands of the Babylonians.' 44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes,[ab] declares the Lord."
33 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time: 2 "This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: 3 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' 4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword 5 in the fight with the Babylonians[ac]: 'They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
6 "'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity[ad] and will rebuild them as they were before. 8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. 9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.'
10 "This is what the Lord says: 'You say about this place, "It is a desolate waste, without people or animals." Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying,
"Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,
for the Lord is good;
his love endures forever."
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the Lord.
12 "This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'In this place, desolate and without people or animals—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. 13 In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,' says the Lord.
14 "'The days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.
15 "'In those days and at that time
I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;
he will do what is just and right in the land.
16 In those days Judah will be saved
and Jerusalem will live in safety.
This is the name by which it[ae] will be called:
The Lord Our Righteous Savior.'
17 For this is what the Lord says: 'David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, 18 nor will the Levitical priests ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.'"
19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 "This is what the Lord says: 'If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, 21 then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. 22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.'"
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