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J. Vernon McGee
JEREMIAH WRITER: Jeremiah, "the prophet of the broken heart" HIS LIFE: His book is partly autobiographical since he gave us so much of his personal history. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Born a priest in Anathoth, north of Jerusalem (1:1). Chosen to be a prophet before he was born (1:5). Called to the prophetic office while very young (1:6). Commissioned (1:9-10). Began his ministry during the reign of King Josiah and was a mourner at his funeral ( kjv@2Chronicles:35:25). Forbidden to marry because of the terrible times (16:1-4). Never made a convert, and was rejected by his people (11:1821; 12:6; 18:18), hated, beaten, put in stocks (20:1-3), imprisoned (37:11-16), and charged with being a traitor. His message broke his own heart (9:1). Wanted to resign but could not (20:9). He saw the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity, and was permitted to remain in the land by the captain of the Babylonian forces. When the remnant wanted to flee to Egypt, Jeremiah prophesied against it (42:15-43:3), was forced to go with the remnant to Egypt (43:6-7), and died there. Tradition says that he was stoned by the remnant.
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HIS PERSONALITY: God chose this man, who had a mother's heart, a trembling voice, and tear-filled eyes, to deliver a harsh message of judgment. The message that he gave broke his own heart. One author has written, "He was not a man mighty as Elijah, eloquent as Isaiah, or seraphic as Ezekiel, but one who was timid and shrinking, conscious of his helplessness, yearning for a sympathy and love he was never to know — such was the chosen organ through which the Word of the Lord came to that corrupt and degenerate age." The Lord Jesus Christ, weeping over Jerusalem, was a perfect fulfillment of Jeremiah.
HIS MESSAGE: The message of Jeremiah was the most unwelcome ever delivered to a people. He was called a traitor because he said that they were to yield to Babylon (34; 38:17-23). Isaiah, almost a century before him, had said to resist. Why this change? In Jeremiah's day there was only one thing left to do — surrender. In the economy of God the nation was through (15:1), and the "times of the Gentiles" had already begun with Babylon, the head of gold (cf. kjv@Daniel:2). Jeremiah predicted the 70-year captivity in Babylon (25:9-12). However, he saw beyond the darkness to the light, and no prophet spoke so glowingly of the future as did he (23:3-8; 30; 31; 33:15-22). The message of Jeremiah was not only unwelcomed, but it was rejected by the nation (26:8-16). KEY WORDS: Backsliding — occurs 13 times (used only 4 other times in the Old Testament Proverbs once, Hosea three times) Babylon — occurs 164 times (more than in the rest of Scripture combined) OUTLINE: (Difficult to outline because there is no logical or chronological order) I. Call of prophet during reign of Josiah, Chapter 1 II. Prophecies to Judah and Jerusalem prior to Zedekiah's reign, Chapters 2 — 20 A. Twofold condemnation of Judah, Chapters 2 — 3:5 1. Rejected Jehovah 2. Reared their own gods B. Charge of backsliding during reign of Josiah, Chapters 3:6 — 6:30 C. Warning delivered in the gate of the Lord's house, Chapters 7 — 10 D. Israel disobeyed God's covenant made in wilderness, Chapters 11, 12 E. Parable in action — the linen girdle, Chapter 13
F. Backsliding nation judged by drought and famine, Chapters 14, 15 G. Jeremiah forbidden to marry, Chapters 16 — 17:18 H. Message to king in the gate, Chapter 17:19-27 I. Sign at the potter's house, Chapters 18, 19 J. Jeremiah's persecution, Chapter 20 III. Prophecies during reign of Zedekiah, Chapters 21 — 29 (Leads to destruction of Jerusalem) A. B. C. D. E. Answer to Zedekiah re: Nebuchadnezzar, Chapters 21, 22 A bright light in a very dark day, Chapter 23 Parable of two baskets of figs, Chapter 24 God spells out 70-year captivity, Chapter 25 Message in temple court during reign of Jehoiakim, Chapter 26 F. Parable of the yokes, Chapters 27, 28 G. Message of hope to first delegation of captives, Chapter 29 IV. Prophecies re: future of 12 tribes and Judah's near captivity, Chapters 30 — 39 A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Coming of Great Tribulation, Chapter 30 The "I will" chapter, Chapter 31 Jeremiah imprisoned, buys real estate, Chapter 32 Coming kingdom as promised to David, Chapter 33 Zedekiah's captivity foretold, Chapter 34 Rechabites obey God, Chapter 35 Jehoiakim destroys Word of God with knife and fire, Chapter 36 H. Jeremiah imprisoned again, Chapters 37, 38 I. Judah goes into captivity; Jeremiah released from prison, Chapter 39 V. Prophecies to remnant left in land after destruction of Jerusalem, Chapters 40 — 42 VI. Prophecies during Jeremiah's last days in Egypt, Chapters 43 — 51 A. To remnant in Egypt, Chapters 43, 44 B. To Baruch, Chapter 45
To Egypt, Chapter 46 To Philistia, Chapter 47 To Moab, Chapter 48 To Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor and Elam, Chapter 49 G. To Babylon, Chapters 50, 51 VII. Fulfillment of prophesied destruction of Jerusalem, Chapter 52 COMMENT: I. Call of prophet during reign of Josiah, Chapter 1 5:1 — Jeremiah is the son of Hilkiah, the priest of Anathoth. Evidently this was the Hilkiah who found the book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses, which sparked the revival during the reign of Josiah ( kjv@2Kings:22:8; kjv@2Chronicles:34:14-21). Anathoth was a few miles directly north of Jerusalem. 5:2 — Josiah, 8 years old when he came to the throne, reigned 31 years. Jeremiah began his ministry when Josiah was 22 years old, and he prophesied during 18 years of Josiah's reign. Jeremiah was a mourner at his funeral ( kjv@2Chronicles:35:25). 5:3 — Jehoahaz, a son of Josiah not mentioned here, reigned 3 months. Then the king of Egypt placed another son, Eliakim (Jehoiakim), upon the throne, and he reigned 11 years. When he rebelled, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took him captive to Babylon and placed on the throne at Jerusalem Jehoiachin, who reigned 3 months and 10 days. Nebuchadnezzar took him captive to Babylon and placed Zedekiah, Jehoiachin's uncle, on the throne, and he reigned 11 years. When Zedekiah rebelled, Nebuchadnezzar came and destroyed Jerusalem, slew the sons of Zedekiah, put out Zedekiah's eyes, and took him captive to Babylon. Jeremiah continued his ministry to the remnant left at Jerusalem. The remnant forced him to go with them when they fled to Egypt, and this is where he died. vv. 4, 5 — Jeremiah was called to the prophetic office before his birth. The Lord told him this to give him courage and conviction.
v. 6 — Notice the reluctance and hesitation of Jeremiah. "Child" is "young man"; he was about 20. vv. 7-10 — God empowered Jeremiah and put His words in his mouth. vv. 11, 12 — Sign of a rod of an almond tree — the almond tree is called "waker" because it wakes first from the long night of winter to bloom in the spring. Jeremiah was to be an alarm clock to wake the nation from a life of ease, luxury, and indifference to the coming danger. An alarm clock is never popular when it is ringing early in the morning. vv. 13-18 — Sign of the seething (boiling) pot in the north — Egypt and Assyria were no longer a danger to the southern kingdom of Judah, but the boiling pot in the north was the rising power of Babylon, which eventually would destroy the nation. 5:19 — Jeremiah was to alert the nation to the new danger, but they would resist and reject his warning — in fact, they would attempt to destroy him. II. Prophecies to Judah and Jerusalem prior to Zedekiah's reign, Chapters 2 — 20 A. Twofold condemnation of Judah, Chapters 2 — 3:5 1. Rejected Jehovah 2. Reared their own gods Chapter 2 vv. 1-7 — God asks His people to remember the springtime of their relationship to Him. They loved and served Him. God blessed them and gave them a good land. Then they turned from Him. 5:8 — The reason: the priests no longer knew God and turned to Baal. 5:9 — The Lord would not give them up. 5:13 — They reared up their own gods and followed their own devices. People may reject God, but they cannot get rid of their need for Him — they must substitute something.
Chapter 3 5:1 — Judah played the harlot, yet God asks her to return to Him. 5:3 — God judges her by withholding rainfall. B. Charge of backsliding during reign of Josiah, Chapters 3:6 — 6:30 Backsliding is mentioned 7 times in chapter 3 (more than half the number in the entire book). 5:6 — Pagan gods and heathen altars are placed on the mountaintops and under trees in groves. Israel had turned from the living God to these. 5:14 — Israel belongs to Jehovah by the right of redemption out of Egypt. She is the wife of Jehovah in a spiritual relationship. Jehovah looks to the future — "I will bring you to Zion." vv. 15-18 — "In those days" is a reference to the millennial kingdom. This is the first of a long list of prophecies filled with glorious prospects for the future. 5:19 — In that day the nation Israel will call Jehovah their Father — that which they have never done before. 5:23 — See kjv@Psalms:121:1. Chapter 4 vv. 6-8 — Jeremiah continues to warn of the coming invasion by Babylon. He urges the nation to return to God. 5:22 — This is God's charge against His people. Chapter 5 — Jeremiah spells out the specific sins of the people. 5:1 — This reminds us of Diogenes who went through the streets of the city with a lantern looking for an honest man. Jeremiah says that they are scarce in Jerusalem. 5:8 — Adultery is the prevalent sin. 5:23 — The people revolt against God. 5:27 — They have become great and rich, but their homes are honeycombed with deceit.
Chapter 6 — Conclusion of message against the backsliding nation. 5:1 — The tribe of Benjamin is warned to flee from Jerusalem before the fatal blow falls upon the city. 5:10 — The word of warning is unheeded. 5:13 — The entire nation is obsessed with covetousness. 5:14 — The propaganda of this day promises peace ( kjv@1Thessalonians:5:3). 5:16 — God urges them to return to the old paths of blessing, but they refuse. 5:22 — The enemy from the north was surely coming. C. Warning delivered in the gate of the Lord's house, Chapters 7 — 10 Chapter 7 vv. 1, 2 — Jeremiah is now to carry his message to the people who are coming to the Lord's house to worship. If anyone in the nation should listen, it would seem that these would be the people. But their worship is formal ritualism with no life or meaningful message for their hearts. vv. 3, 4 — Jeremiah implores them not to depend on a dead religion to deliver them from coming judgment. vv. 9, 10 — Their lives deny the religion they profess. 5:11 — This is the same charge that the Lord Jesus will make later on when He cleanses the temple. 5:16 — God says that it is no longer useful to pray for the people. They are too far gone — gone too far away from God. 5:20 — A severe warning. 5:23 — The nation is commanded, "Obey my voice." vv. 24-27 — Although the message will go unheeded, Jeremiah's responsibility is to deliver it. 5:34 — Judgment is coming to Jerusalem.
Chapter 8 — The theme is still the backsliding of the people of Jerusalem. 5:9 — The crowning sin is that they reject the Word of the Lord. 5:11 — False prophets are like quack doctors who offer only temporary relief instead of real or permanent healing. 5:12 — The nation not only indulged in sinful acts, but was doing them unblushingly — with no shame. vv. 13, 17 — The emphasis is upon the Word of the Lord — "saith the LORD." 5:20 — The accepted time and day of salvation were slipping away, and it would soon be too late for their deliverance. 5:22 — God had made adequate provision, but they refuse the remedy. Chapter 9 — The emphasis is on the Word of God — "saith the LORD" (vv. 3, 6, 9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22-25). 5:1 — When Jeremiah delivers a message of judgment and sees the people spurn the solicitude of God, it breaks his heart. 5:2 — He longs to flee from his own people who will not give up their sinning. His is a painful path. 5:16 — He warns that they will be scattered among the Gentiles. vv. 23, 24 — They need to have God's set of values. Spiritual endowment is more valuable than tangible wealth. Chapter 10 — This concludes the message in the gate of the Lord's house. 5:6 — The Lord cannot be compared to anything. 5:11 — The gods of the heathen are not creators. 5:12 — The Lord is the Creator of the earth and the heavens. 5:23 — Man as a creature cannot guide himself in God's creation. God gave man everything he needed except a steering wheel. God wants to guide man. D. Israel disobeyed God's covenant made in wilderness, Chapters 11, 12
Chapter 11 5:3 — Judgment will ensue for disobedience. 5:8 — The simple fact is: "Yet they obeyed not." vv. 12-17 — Jeremiah pronounces judgment. vv. 18-21 — Because Jeremiah delivers faithfully God's solemn Word, he is rejected by his hometown of Anathoth. Chapter 12 5:6 — He is rejected by his own family for the same reason. 5:15 — God has not utterly repudiated them. This is the glimmer of light that shines in the darkest hour. E. Parable in action — the linen girdle, Chapter 13 vv. 1-7 — Jeremiah takes a linen girdle and goes to the Euphrates to hide it. vv. 8-27 — God explains this strange act. 5:11 — God had bound Israel to Himself like a belt (girdle); but because of their disobedience and sinning, He will send them to Babylon. vv. 12-14 — Fierce and harsh judgment is coming. 5:16 — This is the last call of God before the fatal blow will fall. 5:19 — This is a vivid prophecy literally fulfilled — total captivity. 5:23 — It is impossible for Israel (or mankind) to do good. F. Backsliding nation judged by drought and famine, Chapters 14, 15 Chapter 14 vv. 2-6 — He describes the condition of the land in the drought. 5:7 — Jeremiah confesses, "We have sinned," but to no avail. 5:11 — It will do no good to pray for them. vv. 13, 15 — False prophets lie when they say that there will be no famine or sword in the land.
v. 17 — Jeremiah is moved to tears, revealing the heart of God. Chapter 15 5:1 — The nation is in such a desperate condition of sin that even the prayers of Moses and Samuel would not be heard. 5:10 — Jeremiah does have a sense of humor. We still have the old adage: The best way to lose a friend is to lend him money! 5:16 — Jeremiah finds comfort and joy in the Word of God, though it is hard to swallow. G. Jeremiah forbidden to marry, Chapters 16 — 17:18 Chapter 16 vv. 1-4 — God knows how women and children will suffer in the invasion. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. kjv@Psalms:137:8-9) By this we know that the invading army took Israel's little ones and dashed their heads against the stones. God wants to spare Jeremiah this anguish. Our Lord gives warning of the coming Tribulation period. And woe unto those who are with child, and to those who nurse children in those days! kjv@Matthew:24:19) vv. 14, 15 — In this darkest moment of their history, the prophet sees the brightest future. Jehovah will restore them to the land. 5:17 — Their iniquity is not concealed from the eye of God. 5:21 — They must recognize and obey their God. Chapter 17 5:5 — "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man." 5:7 — "Blessed is the man who trusteth in the LORD." 5:8 — See kjv@Psalms:1:3. vv. 9, 10 — Only God knows how depraved the human heart
really is. No man can fathom its depths of iniquity (see kjv@Matthew:15:19). H. Message to king in the gate, Chapter 17:19-27 vv. 21, 22 — They are to observe the Sabbath day. 5:27 — Failure to obey will mean the destruction of the gates and palaces of Jerusalem. I. Sign at the potter's house, Chapters 18, 19 Chapter 18 vv. 3, 4 — Notice the power of the Potter and the personality of the clay. The Potter has absolute power over the clay. (Paul uses the same figure of speech in kjv@Romans:9:21 potter and kjv@2Timothy:2:21 clay.) 5:6 — This teaches the incontestable and irresistible sovereignty of God. Israel is clay in the Potter's hand. There are 3 striking and important features: 1. The Potter, 2. the clay, 3. the wheel (fortuitous concurrence of circumstances). 5:8 — Notice the personality of the Potter and the power of the clay. Man is different from clay — he is given a will. He can yield to God. The Potter is not arbitrary or vindictive. He is patient. "He remembers that we are dust" kjv@Psalms:103:14). 5:18 — Jerusalem rejects Jeremiah and his message. Chapter 19 — Jeremiah pronounces a frightful judgment upon Jerusalem. The clay has resisted the hand of the Potter. J. Jeremiah's persecution, Chapter 20 vv. 1, 2 — Pashur, priest and governor in the temple, puts Jeremiah in stocks. 5:4 — Jeremiah gives a precise prophecy against Pashur. 5:9 — Because the message was breaking Jeremiah's heart, and it had earned for him the persecution of the religious rulers, he
attempts to resign. However, he finds that he cannot, for God's Word is in the very fiber of his being. vv. 14-18 — Jeremiah indulges in a sorrowful dirge of "Why was I born?" He is like Job and Elijah before him in this. III. Prophecies during reign of Zedekiah, Chapters 21 — 29 (Leads to destruction of Jerusalem) A. Answer to Zedekiah re: Nebuchadnezzar, Chapters 21, 22 Chapter 21 5:1 — In the presence of danger, Zedekiah turns to Jeremiah. 5:8 — God offers the nation one more opportunity to turn to Him. Chapter 22 — Jeremiah calls upon Zedekiah to turn back to God in obedience. He warns that failure to do so will bring immediate judgment. vv. 24-30 — This is the harshest judgment ever pronounced upon any man (including Cain and Judas). The man is Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah), last king of the line of David by Solomon. kjv@Matthew:1:11 reveals that Joseph was in this line and therefore could not be the father of Jesus. Jesus must come from the line of Mary through Nathan, a son of David kjv@Jeremiah:33:17 kjv@Jeremiah:36:30; kjv@Luke:3:31). B. A bright light in a very dark day, Chapter 23 vv. 3-8 — This is the prophecy of the regathering of the nation Israel for the Millennium. It will far outstrip the exodus out of Egypt in miracle and power. Read these verses carefully. vv. 16-21 — The false prophets persisted in prophesying peace. God repudiates them. C. Parable of two baskets of figs, Chapter 24 Read this chapter carefully. God makes a distinction between the remnant that was faithful to Him in the nation and the rest who were apostate. Figs and the fig tree are figures of the nation Israel (12 tribes). D. God spells out 70-year captivity, Chapter 25 5:9 — God calls Nebuchadnezzar His servant.
v. 11 — Notice how the 70-year Babylonian captivity is spelled out (read kjv@2Chronicles:36:21; kjv@Daniel:9:2). vv. 15-26 — Jeremiah concludes the prophecy by taking the familiar figure of the wine cup of the wrath of God. These are the bowls of wrath in kjv@Revelation:15 and 16 which lead to the final judgment of the 2 Babylons. E. Message in temple court during reign of Jehoiakim, Chapter 26 vv. 8-16 — Jeremiah's message of impending judgment brings down the threat of death from the princes of Judah. vv. 18, 19 — Jeremiah refers them to a similar prophecy of Micah during the reign of Hezekiah kjv@Micah:3:12). vv. 20-24 — Uriah was put to death by Jehoiakim for prophesying against Jerusalem. F. Parable of the yokes, Chapters 27, 28 Chapter 27 — The yoke of Babylon would be put on the surounding nations by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Chapter 28 vv. 1-4 — The yoke of Babylon will be broken, and Israel (12 tribes) will return. vv. 15-17 — Hananiah, the prophet, is denounced as a false prophet, and death is pronounced upon him. G. Message of hope to first delegation of captives, Chapter 29 5:10 — After 70 years they will return. IV. Prophecies re: future of 12 tribes and Judah's near captivity, Chapters 30 — 39 A. Coming of Great Tribulation, Chapter 30 5:3 — God promises that both Israel and Judah will return to the land (this has not been fulfilled). vv. 4-7 — The future glorious return to the land will be preced-
ed by the time of the Great Tribulation, labeled here "the time of Jacob's trouble." 5:9 — David will be raised from the dead to reign again over them. vv. 10, 11 — There is a glorious prospect for the future because of the mercy and faithfulness of God. Israel will never be destroyed although other nations will be. B. The "I will" chapter, Chapter 31 ("I will" occurs 15 times) 5:3 — The prospect of the future is bright because of God's love for them. vv. 8-11 — God promises a future regathering of Israel (12 tribes) and the redemption of the nation. 5:9 — There exists a Father-son relationship of God to the nation, but this does not hold for the individual Israelite. 5:15 — This is a remarkable verse in connection with the first coming of Christ kjv@Matthew:2:18). It will have even a larger fulfillment for the future. 5:22 — This is another remarkable verse that is interpreted as a reference to the virgin birth of Jesus. vv. 31-37 — A new covenant with Israel (12 tribes) is promised by God. This will be different from the covenant given to Moses at Mt. Sinai. The grand distinction is that this covenant will be engraved upon their hearts and not upon cold tables of stone. Their sins will be forgiven. This covenant will never be changed or abrogated. 5:38 — The tower of Hananeel was lost for centuries, but archaeologists have now located it again kjv@Nehemiah:3:1; kjv@Zechariah:14:10). C. Jeremiah imprisoned, buys real estate, Chapter 32 vv. 1-5 — Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon besieges Jerusalem in the tenth year of Zedekiah. Jeremiah is put in prison for predicting that God would deliver the city to Nebuchadnezzar and also that Zedekiah would go into captivity.
vv. 6-15 — Hanameel, a cousin of Jeremiah, wants to sell his inheritance because of the presence of Nebuchadnezzar in the land. Jeremiah buys the field to prove that he believes the prophecy of future blessing will come true. (Using the old aphorism, he puts his money where his mouth is.) vv. 16-25 — Jeremiah prays about buying the field, for he does not consider it a good business deal. vv. 26-44 — Jehovah answers Jeremiah by putting down the axiom that nothing is too hard for God. God is delivering the city over to the Chaldeans, and in His own time He will deliver the city from the Chaldeans. Jehovah is delivering them for judgment. In a future day, He will deliver them in mercy as He has promised. D. Coming kingdom as promised to David, Chapter 33 5:1 — This glorious prophecy of the kingdom comes to Jeremiah when he is in prison. 5:3 — God's promise of encouragement to Jeremiah. vv. 14-18 — God's covenant with David (2 Samuel 7:11-25). vv. 19-22 — God will make good His promise to David in spite of the sin of David's line. E. Zedekiah's captivity foretold, Chapter 34 5:2 — Jerusalem is to be burned with fire by the king of Babylon. 5:3 — Zedekiah is to be delivered to the king of Babylon. F. Rechabites obey God, Chapter 35 5:16 — The Rechabites, part of the remnant, are in contrast to the nation. G. Jehoiakim destroys Word of God with knife and fire, Chapter 36 vv. 1, 2 — Jeremiah sends the Word of God to Jehoiakim. 5:18 — Baruch delivers the Word in writing to the king. vv. 21-24 — The king brazenly cuts the Word of God with a penknife and burns it with fire.
vv. 27-28 — Jeremiah sends another message in writing. 5:30 — No one in the line of Jehoiakim is ever to sit on the throne of David. H. Jeremiah imprisoned again, Chapters 37, 38 (There are 5 recorded imprisonments of the prophet. See the Scofield Reference Bible notes for these chapters.) Chapter 38 vv. 17-23 — From prison, Jeremiah pleads with Zedekiah to obey God. 5:28 — Jeremiah is in prison at the time of the captivity. I. Judah goes into captivity; Jeremiah released from prison, Chapter 39 5:7 — Zedekiah's eyes are put out. vv. 11, 12 — Jeremiah is released and permitted to do as he pleases. V. Prophecies to remnant left in land after destruction of Jerusalem, Chapters 40 — 42 Chapter 40 5:4 — The captain of the guard permits Jeremiah to choose whether he wants to go to Babylon or remain in the land. Jeremiah chooses to remain. Chapter 41 — Jeremiah speaks to the remnant. vv. 4-6— They promise to obey the voice of the Lord. Chapter 42 vv. 18-20 — Jeremiah warns the remnant not to go to Egypt. VI. Prophecies during Jeremiah's last days in Egypt, Chapters 43 — 51 A. To remnant in Egypt, Chapters 43, 44 Chapter 43 5:2 — The remnant refuses to believe Jeremiah. vv. 10, 11 — Jeremiah warns that Nebuchadnezzar will take
Egypt also and will yet take those of the remnant who go there for refuge. They will not escape the king of Babylon. However, they refuse to heed the warning, and they take Jeremiah with them to Tahpanhes in Egypt. Chapter 44 5:16 — The remnant in Egypt refuse to obey the Word of the Lord. B. To Baruch, Chapter 45 5:1 — This message was given during the reign of Jehoiakim. (Remember that the Book of Jeremiah is not arranged chronologically.) 5:5 — Evil days are not conducive for personal gain. C. To Egypt, Chapter 46 5:17 — Egypt will be reduced to a second-rate power by Nebuchadnezzar. 5:19 — Noph is Memphis, the great city of Egypt, and is to be finally destroyed. D. To Philistia, Chapter 47 5:4 — There will be no help from Tyre and Sidon. 5:5 — Gaza and Ashkelon are to be destroyed. E. To Moab, Chapter 48 5:4 — Moab is to be destroyed. 5:42 — Moab is no longer to be a people. The modern nation of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan occupies the territory of Moab. 5:47 — Moab evidently will enter the Millennium. F. To Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor and Elam, Chapter 49 vv. 1-6 — Ammon is to be restored. vv. 7-22 — Edom is to be a perpetual desolation (v. 13). Edom is to remain a city (Petra) but will not be inhabited (vv. 16-18). The continual desolation of Edom is literally fulfilled. vv. 23-27 — Damascus, one of the oldest cities, has been
destroyed many times. vv. 28-33 — Kedar and Hazor, wealthy kingdoms, will become desolate. vv. 34-39 — Elam is to be destroyed but will be restored in "the latter days." All of these kingdoms are currently nonexistent. G. To Babylon, Chapters 50, 51 Chapter 50 — Babylon, the rod of God's anger against His own people and other nations, will, in turn, be judged and destroyed. 5:9 — Media-Persia will destroy Babylon. 5:13 — This prophecy has been literally fulfilled. vv. 17, 18 — God will punish Babylon as He has Assyria. 5:24 — Babylon will be destroyed suddenly (see kjv@Daniel:5). 5:26 — It is utter destruction. 5:28 — The report of the destruction of Babylon is to be announced in Zion. vv. 38-40 — The destruction of Babylon is compared to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 5:42 — Gabyrus, the Median. Chapter 51 vv. 5-9 — Babylon is to be suddenly destroyed (see kjv@Daniel:5). vv. 25, 26 — Perpetual desolation has been literally fulfilled. vv. 36-38 — This has been literally fulfilled. 5:45 — This warning is for that day and also a day which is yet future. vv. 60-64 — Jeremiah wrote out the predicted judgment on Babylon. VII. Fulfillment of prophesied destruction of Jerusalem, Chapter 52 Jeremiah recounts Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem in detail. What he first gave as prophecy, he now writes as history.
vv. 31-34 — This is the end of Jehoiachin in the line of David through Solomon.
LAMENTATIONS WRITER: Jeremiah ESTIMATION: "There is nothing like the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the whole world. There has been plenty of sorrow in every age, and in every land, but such another preacher and author, with such a heart for sorrow, has never again been born. Dante comes next to Jeremiah, and we know that Jeremiah was the great exile's favorite prophet." (Whyte) The book is filled with tears and sorrow. It is a paean of pain, a poem of pity, a proverb of pathos, a hymn of heartbreak, a psalm of sadness, a symphony of sorrow, a story of sifting, a tale of tears, a dirge of desolation, a tragedy of travail, an account of agony, and a book of "boo-hoo." It is the wailing wall of the Bible. KEY VERSE: It explains the reason that Jerusalem is in ruins. The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow; my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. kjv@Lamentations:1:18) FEATURE: Jeremiah reminds us of Another as He sat weeping over Jerusalem. The only difference is that Jerusalem was in ruins and the temple burned as Jeremiah gazed upon the debris. Jesus, about 6 centuries later, wept over the city because it would be destroyed again in the near future. To Jeremiah, the destruction of Jerusalem was a matter of history. To Jesus, the destruction of Jerusalem was a matter of prophecy. No blues singer ever sang a sadder song than Jeremiah. Lamentations is composed of 5 of his sad songs, which are elegies.
OUTLINE: I. Elegy, Chapter 1 A call to consider the destruction of Jerusalem. vv. 8, 18 — The reason for the frightful destruction. 5:12 — An invitation to all to enter into the sorrow of the prophet. II. Elegy, Chapter 2 5:10 — Doleful details of the effect of the judgment of God upon the remnant that remain. 5:15 — The elation of the enemy from without. III. Elegy, Chapter 3 The tragic and catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem would have been total had it not been for the mercies and faithfulness of God. IV. Elegy, Chapter 4 Contrast between the former state of prosperity and the present state of Jerusalem in poverty. V. Elegy, Chapter 5 A cry to God to remember the nation Israel. "Prayer of Jeremiah."
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Gaebelein, Arno C. The Annotated Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1917. Gray, James M. Synthetic Bible Studies. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906. Ironside, H. A. Notes on Jeremiah. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1946. Jensen, Irving L. Isaiah and Jeremiah. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, n.d. (A self-study guide.) Jensen, Irving L. Jeremiah: Prophet of Judgment. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1966. Meyer, F. B. Jeremiah: Priest and Prophet. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade, 1894. (A rich devotional study.) Sauer, Erich. The Dawn of World Redemption. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1951. (An excellent Old Testament survey.) Scroggie, W. Graham. The Unfolding Drama of Redemption. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. (An excellent survey and outline of the Old Testament.) Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1982. (Highly recommended.)
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There was a big curling game last night at the Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. So big, in fact, that the Winnipeg Free-Press called it a "battle royale,", the Toronto Sun called it a "grudge match," and The Curling News wondered if it could be "the most compelling women's game in curling history." We'll call it the curling game that drew double the viewers of a professional hockey game on Wednesday night.
The background, for such a billing: Team Canada
captain skip Jennifer Jones (shown above) abruptly dismissed her longtime teammate, Cathy "Cathy-O" Overton-Clapham, last spring. Cast off, Overton-Clapham rejoined Team Manitoba as captain skip, and two nights ago she orchestrated an 8-6 win over the favored Jones squad. The game drew an average of 647,000 viewers, compared to the 492,000 who tuned in for the Edmonton-Colorado game. Cathy-O's upset, though, brought in 1.1 million curling fans for the final shot. I don't know that this really says anything freshly dire about the NHL's popularity; more than anything for me, it emphasizes that curling will persist as one of the great mysteries of humankind.
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In response to issues raised by some residents in the area of the Salisbury and Forest streets, public works officials have tweaked planned roadway improvements at that intersection, though the general concept of the plan remains unchanged.
Robert L. Moylan Jr., commissioner of public works and parks, said his staff considered each and every comment that had been offered a couple of weeks ago by residents, resulting in some "minor" improvements that he feels will improve the project.
He said signage will be placed along Salisbury Street near the intersection warning motorists not to block the driveways of homes in that area and bringing to their attention a pedestrian crosswalk in that area.
Also, an island that is to be constructed in Forest Street, near the intersection, will be increased in width from four feet to eight feet.
Mr. Moylan said that revision will provide a "more substantial point of refuge" for pedestrians crossing the street there, thus enhancing their public safety.
The commissioner added that the width of the island can be widened without interfering with travel lanes in the street.
In addition, a so-called "bump out" that had originally been planned on the Salisbury Street approach to Forest Street is being eliminated.
The intent of the bump-out was to slow down traffic going on to Forest Street by making the turn sharper than what exists now.
Based on comments residents made about that idea, Mr. Moylan said that is being dropped from the plan.
The commissioner said work on the project is expected to get under way next week and will take four to six weeks to complete.
Luis G. DaRosa of 2 Forest St., the leader of the neighborhood opposition to the project, expressed concerns that the plan does not include any speed limit signs for that area.
"It is what it is, but it's not the way it should be," he told the City Council Public Works Committee.
Councilor-at-Large Kathleen M. Toomey, committee chairman, said the city wants to be sensitive to not over-signing that area.
Mr. Moylan said the speed limit on those parts of Salisbury and Forest streets are the same for all other residential streets in the city — 30 mph. He said the city cannot establish a speed limit lower than that there.
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It involves repaving the streets in the area of the intersection, installing new sidewalk surfaces, and installing new pavement markings.
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In a year when Valentino Rossi announced his return to Yamaha, and Jorge Lorenzo narrowly beat Dani Pedrosa to the championship, it was Casey Stoner's decision to retire at just 27 that really, really shook MotoGP, as Toby Moody analysed in this May 2012 column...
Casey Stoner will quit MotoGP having just turned 27 years of age when the final race of the 2012 season takes place at Valencia on November 10. And it was that announcement that Le Mans 2012 will be remembered for.
After 13 years on the road - he left his family home in Australia to come to a cold and wintry England to ride in the British Superbike-supporting Aprilia Cup - he has grown up into a grand prix winner, a world traveller, husband and father. Oh, and he's won 35 MotoGP races - which could become 40 before he retires - and two, possibly three, MotoGP world championships.
That's an awful lot to cram into such a young life, but he's decided it's enough. He's admitted there were many different reasons: the hassle, the travel, the press, the TV cameras, the autograph hunters in the paddock, getting recognised at airports, the boos on stage at Silverstone.
It's all been enough for a lad born and bred in the country, and he now wants that part of his life to end and the next part to begin. He's happily married and wants to enjoy life on a quiet farm or neighbourhood rather than in a tax haven, a motorhome at a track or on an aeroplane.
Remember that the majority of the paddock lives in Europe and two thirds of the season is only a hop away from home for them. Not so for the Stoners, who live a day-and-a-half away on the other side of the planet...
Obviously, Stoner's been remunerated handsomely for his endeavours on a MotoGP bike, so he has enough money for the future. HRC offered him the moon to stay on for 2013 but he claims he's not motivated by money and has chosen to walk. It seems a lot of little things built up until MotoGP stopped resembling, as Stoner put it, "the championship I fell in love with."
Stoner's family is supporting his decision © XPB
I once walked out of a nice job because lots of little things had built up to make me unhappy, too. Marching out of said job on a Wednesday lunchtime was one of the best days of my life, so I can sympathise with Stoner for jacking it all in. As someone I knew once said, 'money cannot make you happy, but at least it enables you to be miserable in comfort'. It's his life and only he knows his own mind.
What he has shown the world over the past seven MotoGP seasons is grit, spirit and sheer bloody-mindedness as he hustles a grand prix motorcycle around a race track in a style that we've never seen before. It has been an unparalleled joy to watch.
The wonders of HD super-slo-mo TV have shown us stuff we cannot see with the naked eye. There are those who don't appreciate what he can do on a MotoGP bike, but they are the people who have no comprehension of what's needed to even qualify on the back row of the grid, let alone claim poles and victories at this level. What people don't like about him is that he's not a Valentino Rossi or a Marco Simoncelli or a Jorge Lorenzo in character. But he's not paid to imitate them; he's paid to beat them.
People blur their heroes, those they want to emulate, with riders who are actually good at riding a bike and beating everyone. There is a difference, folks.
One gets the impression that if Stoner could arrive in an invisible cloak to the track, appear like magic in the garage with his helmet on 10 minutes before the race, wring the neck of a 154kg 260bhp bike faster than anyone else in the world over the following 45 minutes, celebrate whatever result with his team, not have to speak with the press and go home by time machine, he'd be a happy man and would stay on in MotoGP. Alas, that isn't on the job description.
Rhetoric in front of the TV cameras hasn't been one of his strong points, highlighted only minutes after his retirement announcement by his criticism of the media for not always supporting MotoGP - before he then gave the sport a pasting over its current rules and future direction.
That left many of the freelance journalists, who pay their own way to attend every race, a little perplexed. That's not what will be remembered about Casey Stoner by the worldwide audience though, because once the helmet goes on, he's top of the tree.
It's worth reminding yourself of his MotoGP highlights: pole at the second race he ever rode on a MotoGP bike in 2006 on a satellite Honda with second-string Michelin tyres and all after spending the night caught in an airport en route to the Qatar track. Oh, and he had a streaming cold, too.
Stoner's news came as a surprise to the MotoGP paddock © XPB
At the very next race he nearly won, pipped by just 0.2 seconds by a works Honda. He had arrived in just three races. After being the fourth choice (behind Sete Gibernau, Marco Melandri and Nicky Hayden) to ride the all new 800cc Ducati in 2007, Stoner won his first race on the bike and nine other races from the 18 grands prix. He beat the second-placed man in the championship, Dani Pedrosa, by 125 points; five clear wins worth of points.
The 2008 season produced some ugly crashes but he still won six times. Oh how Ducati yearn for those victories now.
On Ducati's 2009 carbon fibre chassis Stoner won four times, even though he didn't even go to Brno, Indy and Misano due to a lactose-intolerance illness. Following that three-race hiatus, he finished second at Estoril, won in Australia and Malaysia and then crashed on the warm-up lap at Valencia, where he had qualified on pole.
Then the dark times started at Ducati, when even Stoner struggled in a team that had taken him to the top of the world. A change of handlebar position at Aragon opened the door to victories as the 2010 season ebbed away, but by now the deal with Honda had been done for 2011 and 2012. Only a crashing Valentino Rossi at Jerez last year prevented the Australian from finishing on the podium in every race he contested in 2011. His 10 victories left the others scrabbling around for crumbs.
It remains to be seen what will happen this year, but three more wins would lift him above Mike Hailwood and into fourth in the all-time winners' list.
What he will do in retirement has nothing whatsoever to do with the outside world beyond his family. It has happened at top-level sport before and it will happen again. Swiss skier Pirmin Zurbriggen won the Kitzbuhel downhill at 21, the World Cup four times, and Olympic gold, but retired at 27. Kiwi F1 driver Mike Thackwell was a genius behind the wheel, but packed it all in and went home at 27 and never came back. I'm sure there are other sports stars around the world who you could add to a list as long as your arm.
The difficult thing for these guys is walk away and never come back. Adrenaline is a powerful drug and, by definition, these guys get addicted to it racing bikes at over 200mph. And especially when someone is paying you over €500,000 a weekend to do it!
Some stay in the sport with team management, TV commentary or an organisational role, while others head off to the family business to build up a multi-million-dollar empire that keeps their mind busy with the resulting spoils. One gets the impression that Stoner might do some V8 Supercar driving in Australia but former 500cc world champions Mick Doohan and Wayne Gardner have already muttered that Stoner may come back one day - and they speak from a position of experience.
Will Stoner return to the sport in the future? © XPB
New sports stars come to light after people retire, with the crowds finding new champions and new darlings to adore. It's happened before and it will happen again. In the meantime, however, whatever your opinion of Stoner, just appreciate these remaining 14 races. After all, he can ride a bike like we've never witnessed before.
So what of HRC's steamroller dream team that was arguably formed around Casey Stoner from the start of 2010 when they lured Livio Suppo away from Ducati? The news that Stoner is leaving has been a bombshell to them more than anyone else in the paddock because they now have to start talking to people they didn't expect to be talking to for 2013.
Perhaps they'd be happy to see the return of Valentino Rossi, who last rode for them in 2003? According to the management, Lorenzo, Rossi and Cal Crutchlow were not in the picture until a few days ago. HRC is going to have to entertain all parties now. Dani Pedrosa could be heaving a sign of relief, too, as he's now in a position of continuation with the squad.
I watched Rossi's reaction during Casey Stoner's announcement at Le Mans; he just stared into the floor turning over in his mind what this now means for the MotoGP rider market. When Rossi left HRC in a huff at the end of '03, the man in charge at the time was stubborn and bolshy enough to say that Honda would beat the Italian the year after by making a bike faster than before.
They got that spectacularly wrong as Rossi rubbed their noses in it for the next two years on a previously unsuccessful Yamaha. Honda management has changed, as it does, with Koji Nakajima now long gone. That was nine years ago and time is a great healer. Pride must not get in the way of any decision by HRC as it looks more and more likely that Pedrosa will struggle to win the MotoGP title. He's in his seventh season with the works Honda squad now.
Rossi said after Stoner's retirement statement that he intends to win a race in the next two seasons, so he's available. He loves the paddock, has a crowd of close buddies always around and laughs his head off with the mechanics behind closed doors no matter how bad this season may be going.
The question is whether he wants to go back to Honda or stick with turning around Ducati, and fulfilling the fairytale of an Italian rider winning on an Italian bike. In order for that to happen, someone may need to steal a leaf out of the F1 management book by recruiting Masao Furasawa, who guided Rossi through the seven golden years at Yamaha. Rather like Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn with their Midas touch in F1.
What about Jorge Lorenzo? He seems quite happy at Yamaha. Sources at key sponsor Repsol have also said they won't have two Spanish riders in the works HRC team.
But what if a weight has been lifted from Casey Stoner's shoulders following his announcement last weekend? What if he decides to stay on, even with another team? Anything is possible at the moment in MotoGP, as one of the most intriguing games of musical chairs unfolds.


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Reddit user foxfoxwaltz has posted an album showing the piece in all its glory as well as how it was put together. Would you believe it all starts with some humble cardboard?
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DENVER A proposal to repeal the death penalty in Colorado failed Tuesday, as Democrats wavered in their support for the bill because of uncertainty about whether Gov. John Hickenlooper would sign the measure.
In my heart, this is absolutely the right thing to do. I know we should repeal the death penalty, said Democratic Rep. Lois Court.
I also know that the governor has publicly said that he is struggling with it, and that he is not confident the people of Colorado are comfortable with this approach at this point, she added.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 4-6, with Court and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen joining four Republicans in rejecting the bill. Pettersen did not speak before her vote.
Supporters of a repeal had argued that the death penalty is applied unfairly and arbitrarily. But their plan to do away with capital punishment was thrown into question last week when Hickenlooper, a fellow Democrat, signaled he might veto the bill.
I think the governors statement was everything, said Boulder Democratic Rep. Claire Levy, who sponsored the bill. I had my votes until the governor suggested that he might not sign it.
Lawmakers heard nine hours of testimony on the bill last week, and then delayed the vote on the proposal as the uncertainty mounted. A day after the hearings, Hickenloopers office said in a statement that the governor has conflicting feelings about the death penalty. Those feelings are still unresolved.
After Tuesdays vote, Hickenloopers office said, This is an important and difficult issue and the governor respects the decision by legislators.
The support from Hickenlooper on the bill was crucial for Democrats in swing districts who wanted reassurance their yes votes would not be in vain if there was a veto.
Death penalty supporters have countered all along that capital punishment is justified for the most serious crimes.
Three men await execution in Colorado, but the bill would not have affected them, nor would it have impacted the case of the suspect in the Aurora movie theater mass shooting last summer.
Republican Rep. Bob Gardner said that believing in the death penalty doesnt make someone uncivilized and that there is a category of crimes that represent the worst of evils.
It is, however, a profoundly personal decision that each of us makes as we vote, he said.
The debate in Colorado comes as Maryland is poised to become the 18th state to repeal the death penalty. Lawmakers there approved a bill last week, and the governor is expected to sign it. Five other states also have abolished the death penalty in recent years.
Are we saying there is somehow less justice in those 18 states than there is here, where the death penalty is imposed so randomly? Levy asked. She said the death penalty is about vengeance and that vengeance fundamentally denies humanity.
The last time Colorado executed someone was in 1997.
Nathan Dunlap is the next man in Colorado who could be executed because hes exhausted all of his appeals. Dunlap was convicted of killing four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese in 1993.
Personal stories from lawmakers made the debate over the death penalty an emotional one.
Democratic Rep. John Buckner knew Dunlap and the two other men on death row because he was the principal at the Aurora high school where each attended at different times. The three men on death row are black.
It is inequitable. It is applied inequitably, and it disproportionately affects people that look like me, said Buckner, who also is black.
Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields also has a deep connection to the death penalty. Her son, Javad Marshall-Fields, was gunned down along with his fiance, Vivian Wolfe, to prevent him from testifying at a murder trial.
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"S.O.S.", a brand new song from the Spanish death/grind band GRUESOME STUFF RELISH, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Sempiternal Death Grind", which will be released on January 25, 2013 on CD, LP (three different versions) and as a digital download via FDA Rekotz.
There is an abundance of (early) CARCASS-worshiping bands around the globe, but there are three that posses the same old, rotten spirit and the same musically quality like the U.K. cult band: GENERAL SURGERY, HAEMORRHAGE and GRUESOME STUFF RELISH. On previous releases, GRUESOME STUFF RELISH showed us the direction straight to the crypt to your most horrible nightmares with a stunningly intense brand of classic death metal and gory grindcore. After two full-length albums and various split releases, it's time for album number three — "Sempiternal Death Grind". This is the most intense and creepy material the band has written to date.
"Sempiternal Death Grind" track listing:
01. A Date With Fulci
02. Desecrated
03. Deadlicious Feast
05. They Are The Plague
06. End Is Near
07. They Follow Your Scent
08. Became A Zombie
09. Gruesome Stuff Relish
10. Sex Drugs Grind
11. In Death We Breath
12. Scratching The Violet Velvet
A video for the track "Desecrated" will be released next week.
GRUESOME STUFF RELISH is:
Noel Kemper – Vocals, Guitar
Santiago Argento – Guitar
Joss Franco – Bass
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Apache MINA (Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications) is a network application framework which helps users develop network applications easily by providing abstractions of network and protocol I/O layers.
The MINA project website includes resources such as a PDF introduction to MINA and an online tutorial, which includes implementation of the echo protocol, as well as an implementation of a "reverse echo" to show how MINA can process data.
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From Anti-Colonialism to Global Jihad
No other phenomenon is making more headlines around the world than religious-political movements that proclaim to act in the name of Islam.
Up until a few decades ago, it was primarily just academics who were familiar with the religiously-inspired liberation struggles of Muslim societies during the colonial period. But that level of awareness changed in the late 1970s when religious leaders overthrew the regime of the Shah of Iran, drawing world attention to the revolutionary potential and mobilizing power of Islamic political movements.
Over the past few years, not only regimes and occupational forces in the Muslim world have been confronted with this phenomenon, but also Western countries to an increasing degree within their national borders.
Islamic political movements range from moderate factions that call for certain aspects of Islam to play a more active role in public life, to radical groups that launch terrorist attacks aimed at bringing down entire political systems of government. This wide range of activism is generally referred to as Islamism.
Conflict with European colonial powers
Present-day Islamism has its roots in the confrontation between Muslims and European colonial powers. In 1798, a French military expedition occupied Egypt, clearly demonstrating to Muslim leaders that they were no match for Europeans when it came to military matters. Many Muslims were quick to interpret this lack of military strength as an indication of economic, political, and finally even intellectual backwardness.
In addition to acquiring scientific knowledge from Europe, reform efforts aimed to shape the political systems of Muslim countries.
Reforms of the legal system greatly diminished the influence of Islamic law. Islamic institutions came under the control of a centralized state bureaucracy, making Islamic scholars directly dependent on the state.
The Salafiyya movement
In reaction to this overwhelmingly strong European influence that left many Muslims feeling powerless, Islamic leaders founded the Salafiyya movement in the late 19th century. This movement, which inspires Islamists even today, reveres the first generation of Muslims, called "the venerable predecessors" (as-salaf as-salih).
The two main leaders of this movement, Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) and Rashid Rida (1865-1935), published a magazine called al-Manar, and soon discovered that it was the ideal medium to disseminate their reformist Islamic ideas to almost every corner of the Muslim world.
In their opinion, the first Muslim society should not be copied, but should serve as an inspiration to overcome the rigidness of present systems and to emulate Islamic teachings.
They felt that the relative weakness of Muslim societies was due to an erroneous understanding of Islam, and that the only way to overcome contemporary problems was to reinterpret Islamic sources.
Institutionalized Islamism – the Muslim Brotherhood
In contrast to Salafiyya, whose original sphere of influence was largely confined to the elite in society, the creation of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1929 led to the first Islamist mass movement.
Until it became a banned organization and was persecuted in the 1950s and 1960s, the Muslim Brotherhood had gradually become a state within the state of Egypt, and was also active in many other Muslim countries. The success of the Muslim Brotherhood was based primarily on its socio-political activities.
Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949), founder and first leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, defined Islam as an all-embracing "Islamic system" based on the Koran and the Sunnah, a universal system that could be applied everywhere and at all times.
However, al-Banna failed by and large to formulate a rigorous ideology. Key issues, such as how such an "Islamic system" could be concretely defined – aside from firmly anchoring Islamic law in public life – remained unresolved.
It was left to the Egyptian Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) to work out a systematic ideology for the Muslim Brotherhood. Qutb was imprisoned for ten years, and his view of the world from behind bars became increasingly radical.
Islam, Jahiliyyah and Jihad
Inspired by the Indian-Pakistani Islamic scholar and political activist Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi, Qutb popularized in his writings a number of terms that he said were essential characteristics of an Islamic society. For instance, he wrote that the only legitimate rule was "the sovereignty of God" (al-hakimiyyah li'llah) and the "only being to worship is God" (al-'uboodiyyah li'llah).
One of the cornerstones of Qutb's ideological approach is the concept of "jahiliyyah," which describes the period of ignorance in pre-Islamic Arabian society. Qutb characterizes it in modern society as the transfer of political rule and law to the despotism of man, replacing the rule of God and His laws. Even if individual members of society are true Muslims, Qutb claims that society in general remains in an intolerable state of jahiliyyah.
This deplorable state, according to Qutb, can only be overcome by force in the form of jihad. In Qutb's writings, jihad becomes a revolutionary struggle for liberation, a religious war, a struggle for God, and a struggle to free people from oppression.
Many contemporary militant Islamist groups base their ideologies on the ideas of Qutb. One of the key tenets of this doctrine is the concept of an individual struggle for Islam, or against everything that is nonislamic, which even justifies the killing of unarmed civilians.
Although Islamic scholars have a multitude of interpretations for the term jihad, militant groups have reduced its meaning to an armed struggle, and even proclaimed it as the personal religious duty (fard 'ayn) of each and ever Muslim. Bombers who sacrifice their lives in suicide attacks are motivated by promises of sumptuous rewards in the afterlife.
Rise to power of the Islamists
Ever since numerous national modernization programs began to fail in the 1970s, the political leadership of Muslim states has come under increasing pressure from Islamist oppositional groups that use religious arguments to question the legitimacy of the power of the state.
As a result, significant emphasis is given to Islamic issues in political debates. This has had effects on a number of levels. Many rulers have moved into political arenas that until recently had been occupied only by Islamists.
To combat the influence of the Islamists, politicians have also enhanced the status of the Islamic establishment – a sector of society that is dependent on the state and despised by the Islamists. In some countries, moderate Islamists have been given an opportunity to establish legal parties that have enjoyed success at the polls in free elections.
When it comes to security issues, confrontation has intensified between the state and militant Islamists. There have been a rising number of terrorist attacks and the state has reacted with increasingly repressive measures.
One of the catalysts of this development was the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. During the conflict, Muslim countries sent volunteer combatants to fight against the Soviet occupation. When the war ended, thousands of ideologically steadfast and battle-hardened Mujahideen returned to their home countries.
While the military struggles of these former Afghanistan fighters were largely limited to the confines of national borders during the 1990s, today's militant Islamist movements have taken on a global dimension.
Global Jihad
Long-term stationing of Western troops in core Muslim countries, Western support for authoritarian regimes, and inequitable economic and political developments have lent weight to the arguments of Islamist demagogues.
From a Muslim perspective, the push for a global war on terrorism, coupled with Western campaigns to promote self-determination and democracy in Muslim countries, is perceived as nothing more than lip service.
Islamists argue that Western commitment to Muslim countries only serves to secure key natural resources. This reminds many Muslims of the era of European colonialism, when the Salafiyya movement inspired a struggle to liberate national territory.
Currently the Islamist threat is perceived as global, thus legitimizing a worldwide reaction. The fight against global Islamist terror, however, has essentially proven counterproductive. In addition, independent predictions on the continued development of militant Islamism are not particularly optimistic.
Franz Kogelmann
© Qantara.de 2006
Translated from the German by Paul Cohen
Militant Islamism
Giving Life to the Jihad
One global idea, many local terrorist cells. Al Qaida's attacks are a response to the vacuum created by the mainstreaming of Islamic movements. By Reinhard Schulze
The "Spiritual Instruction" of the Attacks
From the Turkish Wars to September 11
The "Spiritual Instruction" gave the terrorists of September 11 detailed instructions as to how they were to behave. Now a thorough analysis of this religiously inspired guidebook to terrorism has been published. By Ronald Düker
Analysis Joseph Croitoru
Suicide Bombings Not Originally Islamist
The never-ending series of suicide bombings in recent years has led to the widespread notion that this weapon is of Islamist origin. But the history of suicide bombings shows that this is not the case. Joseph Croitoru takes a closer look


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First of all, please ignore anything the CNBC commentator says – I wish I could screen him out.
I present this video due to the sentiment readings for gold that Prechter points out. I don't think it's wise to ignore what he's saying for maybe the short or medium term. In the long term, until the debt and structural problems with the currencies are cured, the bullish case will continue to make sense to me. Therefore I see both sides of this issue and would probably present their cases as a matter of timeframe (ht RRH):
I will note that gold has obviously had a very steep ascent in this latest move, but it did recently trigger a new bullish target on the gold Point & Figure diagram of $1,310. Perhaps the move continues into that range but then experiences some pullback or consolidation until the fundamental problems underlying the currencies are either resolved or come to the forefront again. Personally I think the issues will keep resurfacing until they are resolved and that technical patterns may give only temporary respite.
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Akron/Family join Team Clermont Summer Showcase and Prom Presented by Normaltown Records!
Our 15th anniversary showcase is only a few weeks away, and so far we've already announced amazing acts like The Olivia Tremor Control, Bear In Heaven, Dent May, Crooked Fingers, and more. We have another artist joining our Friday night lineup, and it is Akron/Family!
The long weekend consists of two nights of showcases and one finale party called Prom, all of which are open to the public. Over three nights, Thursday through Sunday, July 26, 27 & 28, two showcases will be held at the Georgia Theatre, and the third night (Saturday July 28) will be Team Clermont's infamous prom held at The Melting Point.
Astronautalis (aka Andy Bothwell) will be performing Saturday morning at the return of the highly competitive "K's vs W's Kickball Showdown." In addition, we will be hosting our first record fair with Team Clermont's label partners, individual local vendors and community record store friends.
Three-day wristbands are available now through TicketBiscuit for only $25!
About Akron/Family:
Akron/Family is a folk influenced experimental rock group formed in 2002, currently comprised of Dana Janssen, Seth Olinsky, and Miles Seaton. The group spent the end of 2009 and half of 2010 exploring the future of sound through Bent Acid Punk Diamond fuzz and Underground Japanese noise cassettes, lower case micro tone poems and emotional Cagean field recordings, rebuilding electronic drums from the 70's and playing them with sticks they carved themselves. Upon miraculous resuscitation of the original AKAK hard drive, the album layers thousands of minute imperceptible samples of their first recordings with fuzzed-out representations of their present beings to induce pleasant emotional feeling states and many momentary transcendent inspirations. The resulting record, released in February, 2011 is titled S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT.


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A US military contract announcement suggests that the UK Ministry of Defence still plans to purchase the F-35B stealth jumpjet for operations from the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers. Lockheed, maker of the aircraft, has received an $18m deal to integrate the UK-developed "Shipboard Rolling Vertical Landing" (SRVL) method into the new fighter.
See those things on the sides? They could be handy
According to the US announcement, made last week and flagged up first by Flightglobal.com, Lockheed will be partnered with the UK side of BAE Systems plc for the task of ensuring that the F-35B can get down on a ship at sea using SRVL. BAE is already involved in development of the jet, and in fact the lead test pilot for the F-35B, Graham Tomlinson, is a BAE employee.
The idea of SRVL is that the F-35B will not set down vertically supported solely by thrust from its lift fan and downward-swivelled jetpipe. Rather it will come down still moving forward slowly, supplementing the vertical thrust with lift from its wings. The forward speed would still be slow enough that there would be no need for arrester wires and a tail hook.
This should allow an F-35B to set down on a carrier deck while carrying a larger amount of fuel and weapons than would normally be possible. The Royal Navy is well-known to be anxious about this issue as it led to the early departure of the late, great Sea Harrier fighter.
The Sea Harrier had been upgraded in the early 1990s to carry heavy AMRAAM missiles, making it probably the UK's most powerful fighter at the time (bearing in mind that the the only other contender then was the lamentable Tornado F3). In the cold northern seas where the RN had expected to operate against the Soviets, the upgrade worked.
In hot weather, however, jet engines lose thrust and the Sea Harrier was unable to make a vertical landing with AMRAAMs still aboard and a safe margin of reserve fuel. Thus, for fighter patrols say above the Persian Gulf, it would have been required to dump its expensive weapons after every flight. This was an unacceptable weakness, and in the end that RN scrapped the Sea Harrier and shifted to operating the bomber-version Harrier used by the RAF.
The F-35B has much more hover power than the Harrier did, and programme officials have repeatedly insisted that it should be able to land vertically with safety fuel and 2 AMRAAMs. Nonetheless, the UK MoD has done trials to develop the SRVL method using a test Harrier and computer modelling.
The Royal Navy is quite sure that it wants to proceed with SRVL for the F-35B. Senior naval aviators have previously told the Reg that it will be the preferred method of landing regardless of the F-35B's eventual performance as it will allow more weaponry or fuel to be brought back to the deck and will also ease maintenance as the jet's engine won't have to be run so much at full redline power in the hover.
Much though the US Navy is listed as the contracting authority for F-35B SRVL, the $18m in question comes from the MoD. However, events may be outpacing the movements of transatlantic bureaucracy.
The F-35B is stalled in flight tests at the moment, as the sole flying example is grounded due to a door hinge issue. The programme was already badly delayed and subject to cost overruns, and it is clear that the price of early F-35Bs to be delivered within the next few years is likely to be ruinously high.
Unfortunately this is just when the Royal Navy will need jets: although it has been delayed, the first of the two new carriers will be delivered in 2014 under current plans. It is widely acknowledged that the MoD, now in the middle of a massive budget-cutting exercise, cannot afford enough jets for the two ships at early-production prices: perhaps not any point in the manufacturing run, the F-35B being one of the most complicated aircraft in the world.
This has led to speculation that the new British carriers may be fitted with catapults so as to allow the purchase of cheaper aircraft. Such speculation has been lent some weight by reports of RN pilots training in catapult launch and arrested recovery landings, and of ongoing electromagnetic catapult work by British firms.
Last week's SRVL announcement would seem to suggest that the original jumpjet plan remains on track: but in fact the length of time it typically takes to organise such a deal and get it approved by the US government is such that it may reflect the thinking of some months ago. ®


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Who is Bardie? Her refined clothes show that she is not an ordinary girl. But why did she have to be saved from the sea by a fisherman? This story is through the eyes of the fisherman, who followed Bardie throughout her childhood and attempted to discover her roots. (Summary by Stav Nisser.)
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It's hard to argue that without an EMR, Accountable Care Organizations would be somewhat adrift. After all, any structure that demands a high level of coordination between multiple organizations benefits from a shared EMR backbone.
But do EMRs do a good job of managing population health, the other key responsibility of ACO clinicians? Let's take a look at the criteria suggested by David Nash, MD, MBA, who's Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Nash notes that primary care physicians in an ACO need the following:
- A registry to monitor and evaluate my patients – not just individually but as a population
- Relevant data on my patients who share a specific diagnosis such as hypertension or asthma
- Information on how my medical management and patient outcomes compare with other local practices
- Information on where my practice stands in comparison with national benchmarks
Let's see. Do leading EMRS offer a registry to monitor patients as a group? Automatically serve up data on patients who share a specific diagnosis? Offer means of benchmarking outcomes with other local practices or national standards? No, no and no.
I can hear EMR vendors out there saying, "Hey, wait a minute. That stuff is not our problem!" And historically, they'd probably be right. After all, it's a formidable enough job creating usable, flexible, reliable medical record analogues in digital form.
The truth is, however, that population health measures are central to the medical home, ACOs and the future of medicine generally.
My guess is that for the next few years, hospitals and large medical practices — even those who have launched an ACO — will be preoccupied enough with meeting Meaningful Use measures that they won't be demanding more extensive population measures soon.
Still, enterprise EMR vendors will need to offer tools that meet broad population health goals eventually, as the large organizations that buy their products will soon be demanding these types of functions. The only question is when.


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What's worse than a sick pet? Three of them! Viruses and parasitic infections can quickly spread among your pets, making them feel miserable. Taking these preemptive steps when one of your furry friends shows signs of an illness can help you protect the health of the entire group.
Determine Who's Really Sick
Pets don't always show obvious signs of illness until they're very sick. The behavior stems from an instinctive desire to hide their illnesses from predators that tend to prey on weak animals. Unfortunately, those instincts may make it difficult to determine who's responsible for the puddle of vomit on your living room carpet or the pile of loose stools on the kitchen floor. Tracking down the culprit can be particularly difficult if your cats share litter boxes and you notice that one of them has developed diarrhea.
If you're not sure which of your pets is sick, separate them for the day. Place each of them in a separate room with adequate food or water. If you have cats or housetrained rabbits, be sure to include a litter box with fresh litter. Cover the floor with paper or wee mats to make clean up simple.
Although placing your dogs in their crates may seem like an easy way to determine which pet is sick, confining your pooches to small spaces may not be the best option if vomit or diarrhea is involved. In addition to cleaning the crate, you may also need to give your pet an emergency bath if he or she vomits or has an accident in the crate.
If you don't have enough room to separate each pet, sniff out the sick animal by process of elimination. Keep one pet in a separate room every day until you find out which of your furry friends isn't feeling well.
Prevent the Illness from Spreading
Whether one of your pets has a virus or a parasitic infection, there are a few things you can do to keep your other pets healthy, such as:
Preventing the spread of illnesses and infestations is particularly important if some of your pets are older or are very young. Because these animals tend to have weaker immune systems, it may be more difficult for them to fight off illnesses.
Are you concerned about your pets' health? We offer effective treatments for common diseases and illnesses and can provide immunizations that prevent your pet from becoming seriously ill. Call us to schedule an appointment for all of your furry friends.
Vet Street: Tips to Living with Multiple Pets, 10/1/12
PetMD: How to Quarantine Your Pet
ASPCA: Common Cat Diseases
AVMA: Disease Risks for Dogs in Social Setting