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<< The Word for Friday, 28 November 2025

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Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 1:9

Jeremiah 13 (English Standard Version)

13 Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
14 And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”
15 Hear and give ear; be not proud,
for the Lord has spoken.
16 Give glory to the Lord your God
before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and while you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness.
17 But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for your beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”
19 The cities of the Negeb are shut up,
with none to open them;
all Judah is taken into exile,
wholly taken into exile.

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John 1 (English Standard Version)

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

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Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

The true light was coming into the world to give light to everyone.

John 1:9

Jeremiah 13 (Free Bible Version)

13 then tell them that this is what the Lord says: I'm going to make everyone who lives in this land drunk—the kings sitting on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
14 I'm going to smash them against each other like wine jars, both parents and children, declares the Lord. I won't let any mercy or pity or compassion stop me from destroying them.
15 Listen and pay attention. Don't be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.
16 Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he send only gloom and complete darkness.
17 But if you refuse to listen, I will weep secretly inside because of your pride. My tears pouring down because the Lord's flock has been captured.
18 Tell the king and the queen mother: Get down from your thrones, because your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.
19 The towns in the Negev are surrounded; no one can get through to them. The whole of Judah has been taken away into exile, everyone has been exiled.

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John 1 (Free Bible Version)

6 God sent a man named John.
7 He came as a witness to explain about the light so that everyone might believe through him.
8 He himself was not the light, but he came to witness to the light.
9 The true light was coming into the world to give light to everyone.
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world didn't know who he was.
11 He came to his own people, but they didn't accept him.
12 But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.

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