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[3716.38 --> 3717.82] picks up for us
[3717.82 --> 3718.60] is the same
[3718.60 --> 3720.48] as what Jeremiah
[3720.48 --> 3721.58] writes
[3721.58 --> 3723.36] all those years before
[3723.36 --> 3724.42] to the exiles
[3724.42 --> 3725.44] in Babylon.
[3727.10 --> 3728.14] If you've been around
[3728.14 --> 3729.04] since we started
[3729.04 --> 3730.32] this series a few weeks ago,
[3730.54 --> 3731.46] you will recall
[3731.46 --> 3732.66] that we reminded you
[3732.66 --> 3734.72] of that exile
[3734.72 --> 3736.02] and the stories
[3736.02 --> 3736.64] of Daniel,
[3736.88 --> 3737.54] of Shadrach,
[3737.64 --> 3738.14] of Meshach,
[3738.22 --> 3738.66] and Abednego,
[3738.82 --> 3739.74] the story of Esther.
[3740.70 --> 3740.84] Right?
[3740.92 --> 3741.56] They are all
[3741.56 --> 3743.06] among the youngest
[3743.06 --> 3743.66] Israelites
[3743.66 --> 3744.88] who were carried off
[3744.88 --> 3745.84] and then in many places
[3745.84 --> 3746.82] brought into service
[3746.82 --> 3747.36] in the courts
[3747.36 --> 3747.84] of the king.
[3748.68 --> 3748.82] Now,
[3748.82 --> 3750.02] Jeremiah is a prophet
[3750.02 --> 3751.34] who is back in Jerusalem.
[3751.84 --> 3753.34] He warned of the coming exile
[3753.34 --> 3754.58] and he explained
[3754.58 --> 3755.62] why it was happening,
[3755.80 --> 3756.30] but also,
[3756.44 --> 3757.04] what Jeremiah did
[3757.04 --> 3758.42] was he wrote a letter
[3758.42 --> 3759.72] to the exiles
[3759.72 --> 3761.18] in Babylon.
[3762.32 --> 3763.18] We have that recorded
[3763.18 --> 3764.58] for us in Jeremiah 29.
[3765.06 --> 3766.26] This is God's word
[3766.26 --> 3767.52] to those who live
[3767.52 --> 3768.66] in the sort of circumstances
[3768.66 --> 3770.24] that Peter is talking about
[3770.24 --> 3771.74] that we live in.
[3772.60 --> 3773.28] Jeremiah says,
[3773.52 --> 3776.84] this is what the Lord Almighty,
[3777.02 --> 3777.96] the God of Israel,
[3778.16 --> 3779.50] says to all those
[3779.50 --> 3781.06] who I carried into exile
[3781.06 --> 3781.84] from Jerusalem
[3781.84 --> 3783.04] to Babylon.
[3783.04 --> 3785.10] Build houses
[3785.10 --> 3786.18] and settle down.
[3786.84 --> 3787.60] Plant gardens
[3787.60 --> 3788.82] and eat what they produce.
[3789.10 --> 3790.20] Marry and have sons
[3790.20 --> 3790.74] and daughters.
[3790.92 --> 3792.18] Find wives for your sons
[3792.18 --> 3793.48] and give your daughters
[3793.48 --> 3794.02] in marriage
[3794.02 --> 3794.82] so that they too
[3794.82 --> 3795.56] may have sons
[3795.56 --> 3796.08] and daughters.
[3796.62 --> 3798.14] Increase in number there.
[3798.30 --> 3799.46] Do not decrease.
[3800.24 --> 3800.88] Also,
[3801.38 --> 3802.30] seek the peace
[3802.30 --> 3803.10] and prosperity
[3803.10 --> 3804.06] of the city
[3804.06 --> 3805.70] to which I have carried you
[3805.70 --> 3806.58] into exile.
[3807.08 --> 3808.54] Pray to the Lord for it
[3808.54 --> 3810.96] because if it prospers,
[3811.14 --> 3811.86] you too
[3811.86 --> 3813.28] will prosper.
[3815.32 --> 3815.96] So as
[3815.96 --> 3818.68] beloved foreigners
[3818.68 --> 3819.78] and exiles,
[3820.52 --> 3820.96] live
[3820.96 --> 3821.98] and work,
[3822.50 --> 3822.96] produce,
[3823.12 --> 3824.38] produce families,
[3824.60 --> 3825.84] set down roots,
[3826.02 --> 3826.84] find joy
[3826.84 --> 3827.62] and fulfillment
[3827.62 --> 3828.84] in your labors.
[3829.00 --> 3830.18] Work for the well-being
[3830.18 --> 3831.40] of the city
[3831.40 --> 3832.38] for its peace
[3832.38 --> 3834.10] and its prosperity.
[3834.72 --> 3835.74] That's what among
[3835.74 --> 3837.78] means for Peter.
[3838.78 --> 3840.22] Live such good lives
[3840.22 --> 3841.90] among the pagans
[3841.90 --> 3844.14] that though they accuse you
[3844.14 --> 3845.10] of doing wrong,
[3846.86 --> 3847.16] you see,
[3847.24 --> 3847.80] this is