Today is the 17th day of October.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible from Pumakale, Turkey.

I am Brian.

It is truly, truly I'm grateful, truly wonderful to be here with you today.

As we gather again and take another big step forward on the journey through the scriptures.

We are in the pastoral epistles in the New Testament now,

as we've begun to engage with that material with First Timothy.

We are also working our way through the prophet Jeremiah.

And so today we'll read chapter 30, verse 1 through 31, verse 26.

The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah.

He said, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says.

Write down for the record everything I have said to you, Jeremiah.

For the time is coming when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah.

I will bring them home to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it again.

I, the Lord, have spoken.

This is the message the Lord gave concerning Israel and Judah.

This is what the Lord says.

I hear cries of fear.

There is terror and no peace.

Now let me ask you a question.

Do men give birth to babies? Then why do they stand their ashen faced, hands pressed against their sides like a woman in labor?

In all history there has never been such a time of terror.

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