1 00:01:32,552 --> 00:01:34,554 My lord! 2 00:01:34,804 --> 00:01:36,806 My lord! 3 00:01:38,057 --> 00:01:40,434 My lord! 4 00:01:40,685 --> 00:01:42,603 My lord! 5 00:01:43,688 --> 00:01:45,731 My lord! 6 00:01:45,982 --> 00:01:48,734 My lord! 7 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:24,729 Jeremiah? Jeremiah. 8 00:02:24,979 --> 00:02:26,272 Wake up. 9 00:02:26,522 --> 00:02:28,733 Wake up, Jeremiah. 10 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:30,818 Don't you remember what day it is? 11 00:02:31,068 --> 00:02:32,820 We leave for Jerusalem immediately. 12 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:35,239 Your mother's waiting outside. 13 00:02:35,531 --> 00:02:38,117 Jeremiah, hurry. 14 00:02:38,326 --> 00:02:41,120 Come. My king promises a passover... 15 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:44,081 They will remember throughout the ages. 16 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:47,001 Do you know why today will be so memorable, son? 17 00:02:47,293 --> 00:02:49,629 We're celebrating the restoration of Solomon's temple. 18 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,757 King Josiah finding the laws of Moses. 19 00:02:53,049 --> 00:02:54,050 Think of it. 20 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:57,219 The laws of our people lost for a hundred years. 21 00:02:57,595 --> 00:02:59,889 - Father! - Then the king finds them... 22 00:03:00,139 --> 00:03:02,767 Gives them once again to the people. 23 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:06,270 It is as if god himself is giving us a second chance. 24 00:03:07,313 --> 00:03:08,898 It's a great honor for your father 25 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:11,108 to perform the sacrifice at the temple... 26 00:03:11,609 --> 00:03:13,527 On this day of all days. 27 00:03:13,778 --> 00:03:17,948 As a descendant of Aaron, a Cohen, a priest... 28 00:03:18,157 --> 00:03:21,661 It will be your turn to have such an honor one day too. 29 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:33,172 - Jeremiah, stay close to us. - Mother, I'm not gonna get lost. 30 00:03:47,269 --> 00:03:49,480 Look at the beauty of these gates, Jeremiah. 31 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:53,234 Jerusalem is the glory of our people... 32 00:03:53,526 --> 00:03:56,570 And a light for all the inhabitants of the earth. 33 00:04:14,505 --> 00:04:17,258 No one can destroy this city, son. 34 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,136 The lord dwells in it. 35 00:04:28,686 --> 00:04:31,564 I want to show Jeremiah the inside of the temple. 36 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:35,109 I'll find a place in front. 37 00:05:25,951 --> 00:05:29,079 Son, do you see the stairs at the back? 38 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:31,749 They lead up to the holy of holies. 39 00:05:32,082 --> 00:05:34,960 You're standing only a few meters from the actual stones... 40 00:05:35,169 --> 00:05:38,088 That god's own finger touched to write his commandments. 41 00:05:39,048 --> 00:05:41,091 They are the testimony of the covenant... 42 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:43,010 Between god and his people. 43 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:47,014 We must abide by his law if we wish to remain free. 44 00:05:47,473 --> 00:05:49,725 I will teach my children his laws. 45 00:05:49,975 --> 00:05:53,354 And they, in turn, shall teach their children, Jeremiah. 46 00:05:53,604 --> 00:05:55,648 That is the covenant. 47 00:06:29,265 --> 00:06:30,766 Who's coming? 48 00:06:31,016 --> 00:06:33,936 It's our king, the great king Josiah. 49 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:08,113 Look carefully, Jeremiah. What do you see? 50 00:08:14,370 --> 00:08:16,622 Before I formed you in your mother's womb... 51 00:08:16,872 --> 00:08:21,043 I consecrated you. You are a prophet. 52 00:08:21,794 --> 00:08:24,254 You will speak to whom I send you, Jeremiah... 53 00:08:24,546 --> 00:08:27,049 And you will speak whatever I command you. 54 00:08:27,299 --> 00:08:31,053 Oh, lord, I do not know how to speak. 55 00:08:31,261 --> 00:08:32,554 I'm only a boy. 56 00:08:32,763 --> 00:08:35,849 Do not say, "I am only a boy.“ 57 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,187 now I have put my words into your mouth. 58 00:08:41,105 --> 00:08:45,234 Today, I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms. 59 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:49,446 Do not fear them, for I am with you to deliver you. 60 00:08:49,655 --> 00:08:51,031 But I am only a boy. 61 00:08:51,323 --> 00:08:53,158 Jeremiah. 62 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,536 Jeremiah. 63 00:08:57,746 --> 00:08:59,957 Jeremiah, wake up. 64 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:03,877 You were dreaming. 65 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:07,172 - Dreaming? - Crying out in the night. 66 00:09:07,756 --> 00:09:09,717 "I am only a boy!" You were shouting. 67 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:30,487 Hail nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's new king! 68 00:09:34,491 --> 00:09:37,244 You have defeated the Egyptians. 69 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:43,292 Now there is nothing left to oppose your power. 70 00:09:50,966 --> 00:09:54,845 Now the world is mine. 71 00:09:56,263 --> 00:10:02,061 Let's go get what the gods have given to Babylon. 72 00:10:05,147 --> 00:10:08,609 To Jerusalem! 73 00:10:17,618 --> 00:10:20,537 For this commandment I command thee this day... 74 00:10:20,788 --> 00:10:22,998 It is not hidden from thee. 75 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:26,752 But the word is in thy mouth and in thy heart. 76 00:10:27,002 --> 00:10:30,714 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the lord thy god... 77 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:32,341 If thou will turn unto him... 78 00:10:32,633 --> 00:10:36,220 With all thine heart and with all thy soul... 79 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:40,015 The lord will again rejoice over thee for good... 80 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:43,352 As he rejoiced over thy fathers. 81 00:10:43,811 --> 00:10:45,521 As it was spoken... 82 00:10:45,771 --> 00:10:49,066 So shall it be according to the word of the lord... 83 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:52,069 Found by our beloved king Josiah. 84 00:10:52,361 --> 00:10:54,113 May he rest in peace. 85 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,156 Thank you, my lord. 86 00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:58,282 Thank you, my lord. 87 00:10:58,492 --> 00:10:59,868 - Thank you, my lord. - My lord. 88 00:11:00,119 --> 00:11:01,286 - My lord. - Thank you. 89 00:11:01,537 --> 00:11:04,623 - May god be with you, my lord. - And with you, my boys. 90 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:07,501 Tonight begins the lord's day. 91 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:10,671 The day after the sabbath begins yours. 92 00:11:10,921 --> 00:11:12,756 What do you mean, father? 93 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:15,259 We go to Jerusalem. 94 00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:17,636 I've arranged a great honor for you. 95 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:21,014 Come. Your mother has prepared a feast to celebrate the sabbath. 96 00:11:21,223 --> 00:11:22,516 - Join us, Ephraim. - Thank you. 97 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:26,019 - But my family is waiting for me. - What is this honor, father? 98 00:11:26,270 --> 00:11:28,105 You both have helped me well in the past... 99 00:11:28,313 --> 00:11:31,483 In preparing the ritual offering. 100 00:11:32,151 --> 00:11:36,905 In two days' time, you will each perform your own. 101 00:11:37,698 --> 00:11:38,866 You'll have an opportunity 102 00:11:39,074 --> 00:11:40,993 to put your priesthood into practice... 103 00:11:41,285 --> 00:11:42,554 For the first time at the altar 104 00:11:42,578 --> 00:11:44,413 in the temple at Jerusalem. 105 00:11:44,663 --> 00:11:46,582 For who will you be making this offering? 106 00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:48,834 - The lord. - Of course. 107 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:51,587 I meant on whose behalf? 108 00:11:51,795 --> 00:11:55,424 Let that be a secret until tomorrow. Should be enough to say... 109 00:11:55,674 --> 00:11:58,093 It will not be a sandal maker or a Shepherd. 110 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:20,908 You've been watching me again, haven't you? 111 00:12:21,116 --> 00:12:23,160 - No. I was... - Did you know... 112 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,205 It's proper to announce yourself when making a visit? 113 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:38,091 Wish I had half the boldness you have. 114 00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:42,137 That's why we make such a good couple. 115 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,307 You can rely upon my boldness... 116 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:47,976 And I can rely upon your sweetness. 117 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:52,773 I'm going to perform my first offering at the temple... 118 00:12:53,065 --> 00:12:55,317 In Jerusalem. 119 00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:57,611 Come and tell my father. He will be so proud. 120 00:12:57,861 --> 00:13:01,073 No, no. I promised my father I'd be home before sunset. 121 00:13:01,323 --> 00:13:04,701 - But you had to see me, huh? - But I had to see you. 122 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:08,872 - I'm late. - Come back later. 123 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:10,165 Yes. 124 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:13,210 And next time, let me know when you get here. 125 00:13:16,630 --> 00:13:18,632 Blessed is the lord... 126 00:13:18,924 --> 00:13:20,801 Who has sanctified the day of the sabbath. 127 00:13:21,093 --> 00:13:23,845 To our lord, and the king of Judah. 128 00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:28,141 At least king Josiah stood up to the Egyptians at megiddo. 129 00:13:28,392 --> 00:13:30,018 God rest his soul. 130 00:13:30,269 --> 00:13:33,772 Now his son jehoiakim lays down for them. 131 00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:38,318 Babylon arms itself on one side, and Egypt on the other. 132 00:13:39,069 --> 00:13:42,197 Instead of taking action, we spend our time... 133 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:46,660 Glorifying the past without consideration for the future. 134 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:48,745 We'll be crushed again. 135 00:13:48,954 --> 00:13:52,541 - Judah must remain independent. - It is the sabbath. 136 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:56,878 God rested on this day. Can we not as well? 137 00:14:02,009 --> 00:14:04,344 Isaac, why do you...? 138 00:14:04,594 --> 00:14:06,054 Father? 139 00:14:07,723 --> 00:14:09,891 I'd like to take a bride. 140 00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:13,395 Does this bride have a name? 141 00:14:13,645 --> 00:14:14,980 Judith. 142 00:14:16,565 --> 00:14:18,817 - So that's why you were late. - Yes. 143 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:21,778 Judith comes from a fine family, my son. 144 00:14:22,029 --> 00:14:24,239 You have my blessing, if you seek it. 145 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:29,202 Speak to Judith's father and seek his. And then we can all celebrate. 146 00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:32,039 Our son has an announcement to make. 147 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:07,532 - Come. - Why are the king's men here? 148 00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:09,785 I just wanna hear what they're saying. 149 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:16,917 I know in two days' time, the king will give his judgment. 150 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:19,711 But I wanna give you a chance. 151 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:24,883 I will pay the debt in your place... 152 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:27,302 But I want your daughter in return. 153 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:30,430 I prefer slavery a hundred times over. 154 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:32,557 Think about it, old man. 155 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:34,726 Slavery for you and your entire family? 156 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:36,895 - I should... - Get out. 157 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:38,647 Let's see how proud you are... 158 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:41,274 When you are cleaning ezer's floor with your tongue. 159 00:15:41,525 --> 00:15:42,984 Get out. 160 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:45,946 How long has your father been in trouble? 161 00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:49,032 I don't know. 162 00:15:50,742 --> 00:15:52,702 We'll have to find some way to help him. 163 00:15:52,953 --> 00:15:54,287 Let's go. 164 00:15:57,541 --> 00:16:00,752 My father is a very important man, you know. 165 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:03,922 Anyone who can arrange for their humble son to perform great acts... 166 00:16:04,214 --> 00:16:08,009 For the finest people in Jerusalem must be very important. 167 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:11,763 Well, I am sure the king will be just in his judgment... 168 00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:15,016 And allow your father the time he needs to pay back his debt. 169 00:16:15,267 --> 00:16:17,436 There's no need to worry. 170 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:22,858 After the king has expressed his judgment... 171 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,569 I will help Judith's family pay their debt, 172 00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:27,446 and I will marry her. Now, surely, 173 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:29,823 - you must have friends who can help. - Of course. 174 00:16:30,031 --> 00:16:32,742 We will contact whoever is necessary. 175 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:34,286 Understand, my son, that if... 176 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:37,080 - And I said "if." - -Things do not turn out... 177 00:16:37,372 --> 00:16:39,916 As we would hope for Judith and her family... 178 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:43,545 According to the law, debtors will only have to serve seven years. 179 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:45,547 - Seven years? - Seven years. 180 00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:48,341 For those to whom they are in debt, and then they shall go free. 181 00:16:48,592 --> 00:16:50,385 You're not suggesting this will happen? 182 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:53,597 I leave it to the prophets to foretell the future. 183 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:55,891 I can only say what is happening today. 184 00:16:56,099 --> 00:16:57,934 And today my son must prepare himself... 185 00:16:58,185 --> 00:17:00,520 For the most important moment in his life: 186 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:03,398 His first sacrifice for the one true god 187 00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:05,025 in Jerusalem. 188 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:46,775 Jeremiah. 189 00:17:49,194 --> 00:17:51,738 Look carefully, Jeremiah. 190 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:53,949 What do you see? 191 00:17:58,328 --> 00:18:01,748 - I see an almond tree. - What is its season? 192 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:08,004 It is ready to sprout. 193 00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:09,965 You have seen well. 194 00:18:10,215 --> 00:18:13,385 As this tree is in a hurry to sprout... 195 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:17,013 So god is in a hurry to carry out his word. 196 00:18:17,556 --> 00:18:20,392 It is time for you to speak. 197 00:18:21,101 --> 00:18:25,772 Stand and tell them everything as I command. 198 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:28,817 Who are you? 199 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:31,194 It is time, Jeremiah. 200 00:18:32,988 --> 00:18:34,197 No. 201 00:18:35,657 --> 00:18:37,200 Leave me be. 202 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,787 I'm just a simple man. 203 00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:42,789 It is time. 204 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:45,292 No. 205 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:47,502 No. 206 00:18:50,005 --> 00:18:51,172 No. 207 00:18:56,177 --> 00:18:59,222 We will remain in the city until tomorrow in the temple. 208 00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:02,225 Today it is Ephraim's turn. Tomorrow it will be yours. 209 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,561 But I want you to observe today's sacrifice... 210 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,531 So that tomorrow you'll be more prepared. 211 00:19:06,730 --> 00:19:09,458 Are you going to tell us now, my lord, what great people we will serve? 212 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:12,902 All I can say is there will be people of consequence at the temple. 213 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:15,780 [Woman]: Spices for everybody. 214 00:19:16,031 --> 00:19:17,907 I'm going to hear the king's judgment. 215 00:19:18,742 --> 00:19:21,578 Wanna make sure everything goes well for Judith and her family. 216 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:23,872 I will be waiting for you at the temple. 217 00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:25,665 My son, it's very important to me 218 00:19:25,874 --> 00:19:27,310 that you should be properly prepared... 219 00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:29,252 To offer the sacrifice tomorrow. 220 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:32,297 - Please don't be late. - I understand, father. 221 00:19:32,547 --> 00:19:34,341 Prepare well, Ephraim. You will need it. 222 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:35,925 I'll come with you. 223 00:19:36,635 --> 00:19:38,094 God knows you need protection. 224 00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:40,930 Don't worry, my lord. We'll be back in time. 225 00:19:48,647 --> 00:19:52,233 Everything will be all right. Justice will be served. 226 00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:57,989 [Man] Well, there is only one thing. 227 00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:00,784 - Are you worried? - It's all right. 228 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:07,166 [Jeremiah] Do you know that man next to the king? 229 00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:09,959 It is mattaniah, the king's brother. Quiet. 230 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:13,505 This is a time of great prosperity for our people. 231 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:16,883 A prosperity that comes as a consequence of the trust... 232 00:20:17,092 --> 00:20:20,178 Between those engaged in any transaction. 233 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:24,766 A simple trust that what is borrowed will be replaced. 234 00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:27,310 When that trust is violated... 235 00:20:27,769 --> 00:20:31,106 The prosperity of our people is threatened. 236 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:34,526 He who violates that trust must be punished. 237 00:20:34,818 --> 00:20:39,072 It is ourjudgment that eliakim, in refusing to pay his debt... 238 00:20:39,322 --> 00:20:41,449 Should surrender his property and rights... 239 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:44,911 And both eliakim and his family will henceforward serve... 240 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:49,582 And be subject to the demands of ezer, his creditor. 241 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:53,586 - No. No. - Justice is done, ezer. 242 00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:55,547 [Ezer] Thank you for your help, micaiah. 243 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:12,021 Let them take the men. Spare the girl that I may have her. 244 00:21:12,814 --> 00:21:14,816 Come on. We have to go. Move along. 245 00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:17,026 - Quickly. Come now. - You leave her. 246 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:20,572 Come, Jeremiah. We must get to the temple. 247 00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:22,699 Yes. I'll meet you there. 248 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,910 First, I must speak with Judith's father. 249 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:34,753 It will be all right. 250 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,422 Strong. You're very strong. 251 00:21:38,423 --> 00:21:39,674 Do you have relatives here? 252 00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:42,166 Yeah, my father's cousins. They traveled from bahurim... 253 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:43,362 To show us their support. 254 00:21:43,386 --> 00:21:45,146 You must flee. She must go with them at once. 255 00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:47,849 - Come. - I can't leave my father, my family. 256 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:51,352 - They need my help, especially now. - Take Judith with you to your home. 257 00:21:51,603 --> 00:21:54,355 If you hurry, you can get her out of Jerusalem now. 258 00:21:54,606 --> 00:21:57,066 We have enough difficulties. Please, Jeremiah... 259 00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,235 The laws of god will protect you, god be willing. 260 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:02,363 They may not hold enough weight in this world to protect Judith. 261 00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:04,741 There are those who will seize upon your misfortune... 262 00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:07,702 And turn it to their advantage with Judith as their prize. 263 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:11,080 - How do you know this? - You must trust me. 264 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:14,751 Father. 265 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,046 It's the only answer. 266 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:19,756 Let's go. 267 00:22:20,882 --> 00:22:22,675 Come, Judith. 268 00:22:22,926 --> 00:22:24,135 Go. 269 00:22:25,929 --> 00:22:28,389 I must fulfill my father's wishes at the temple. 270 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,725 I cannot let him down. 271 00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,894 Nor will I let you down. 272 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:36,981 [Judith's cousin] We must go. 273 00:22:41,277 --> 00:22:42,529 Come on, now. Move along. 274 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,615 Into the cart. 275 00:22:48,326 --> 00:22:50,787 - Leave me. - All right. All right. 276 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:53,039 Clear the way. Clear the way. 277 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:54,541 Come on, now. 278 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,042 Come on. 279 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,557 [Man] Offerings for the lord. 280 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,519 Incense. 281 00:23:14,978 --> 00:23:19,023 There will always be peace in Jerusalem... 282 00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:21,609 And prosperity for Judah. 283 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:26,489 For god has chosen us as his people. 284 00:23:27,323 --> 00:23:32,579 [Man] That is why we gather at this temple of the lord. 285 00:23:35,039 --> 00:23:37,458 [Man] Offerings for the lord. 286 00:23:37,709 --> 00:23:39,669 Offerings for the lord. 287 00:24:02,817 --> 00:24:05,111 Some oils. 288 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:08,698 [Merchant] Images of gods from the finest Clay. 289 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:13,703 From every country. Are good for every purpose. 290 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,666 You have seen well, Jeremiah. 291 00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:01,918 You have seen well. 292 00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:04,879 For my people are foolish. 293 00:25:05,129 --> 00:25:08,633 They are skilled in doing evil. 294 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:13,096 But how to do good, they know not. 295 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:18,559 Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. 296 00:25:20,937 --> 00:25:24,190 You will speak for me, Jeremiah. 297 00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:46,671 Where have you been? 298 00:25:46,963 --> 00:25:48,816 - We were expecting you. - I know, father. I'm sorry. 299 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,467 Ephraim was brokenhearted you weren't here for his offering. 300 00:25:51,718 --> 00:25:54,929 Ephraim was brokenhearted because his offering was not before the king. 301 00:25:55,138 --> 00:25:58,641 Jeremiah. He told me about the judgment. 302 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,019 I tried to prepare you for what to expect. 303 00:26:01,269 --> 00:26:03,271 I have compassion for Judith and her family. 304 00:26:03,521 --> 00:26:04,981 But god will watch over them. 305 00:26:05,273 --> 00:26:07,817 How can he watch over you if you don't help? 306 00:26:08,026 --> 00:26:09,527 Let's get started. 307 00:26:22,457 --> 00:26:23,458 Son. 308 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:26,044 Come. 309 00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:35,636 - Bring me the vessel. - Yes, my lord. 310 00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:42,643 - More water. - See how he comes. 311 00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:24,393 It's your turn, Jeremiah. 312 00:27:25,937 --> 00:27:27,230 Come. 313 00:27:32,193 --> 00:27:34,278 [Man] More cloths here. 314 00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:38,116 [Man] A little higher. 315 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:41,410 [Man] I have the incense, my lord. 316 00:27:46,916 --> 00:27:52,213 - Knife is prepared, my lord. - They have grown fat and sleek. 317 00:27:52,505 --> 00:27:55,633 They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness. 318 00:28:04,642 --> 00:28:06,060 [Man] Come, come. 319 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:29,917 They judge not with justice... 320 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:32,503 The cause of the fatherless to make it prosper... 321 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:34,964 And they do not defend the rights of the needy. 322 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,718 Shall I not punish them for these things? 323 00:28:42,013 --> 00:28:44,473 Bring forth the offering. 324 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:46,517 Yes, my lord. 325 00:28:49,687 --> 00:28:51,397 Jeremiah. 326 00:28:52,106 --> 00:28:55,193 I put my words into your mouth. 327 00:29:00,114 --> 00:29:01,908 Come closer. 328 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:07,121 What are you doing? 329 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:10,374 Father. 330 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:14,295 Jehoiakim. 331 00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:19,175 Mattaniah. 332 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:23,888 All of you. 333 00:29:28,184 --> 00:29:32,021 Hear the word of the lord. 334 00:29:34,065 --> 00:29:38,569 Thus says the lord of hosts... 335 00:29:38,861 --> 00:29:41,239 The god of Israel: 336 00:29:41,906 --> 00:29:46,285 "Amend your ways and your doings... 337 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,579 And I will let you dwell in this place. 338 00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:53,542 Do not trust in these deceptive words. 339 00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:55,336 This... 340 00:29:56,087 --> 00:29:58,547 Is the temple of the lord. 341 00:29:59,382 --> 00:30:02,927 The temple of the lord. 342 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:07,807 Temple of the lord. 343 00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:14,981 For if you truly execute justice, one with another... 344 00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:18,401 And if you do not oppress the alien... 345 00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:22,697 Or shed innocent blood in this place... 346 00:30:22,947 --> 00:30:25,825 I will let you dwell in this place... 347 00:30:26,117 --> 00:30:30,538 In the land I gave of old to your fathers forever. 348 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:34,917 You trust in deceptive words to no avail. 349 00:30:35,126 --> 00:30:41,757 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery... 350 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:44,802 Swear falsely, burn incense to baal... 351 00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:47,471 And go after other gods that you have not known... 352 00:30:47,722 --> 00:30:52,184 And then come and stand before me in this house... 353 00:30:52,393 --> 00:30:57,815 Which is called by my name and say we are delivered... 354 00:30:58,065 --> 00:31:01,777 Only to go on committing all these abominations? 355 00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:04,947 Behold! 356 00:31:05,156 --> 00:31:08,242 I myself have seen it." 357 00:31:10,745 --> 00:31:13,122 Says the lord. 358 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,377 He has prophesied. 359 00:31:32,266 --> 00:31:33,893 Hilkiah. 360 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:38,647 You spoke well of this boy. 361 00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:43,277 But to us, it looks like he is beside himself with emotion. 362 00:31:44,987 --> 00:31:47,281 You served us well, and you may return. 363 00:31:47,531 --> 00:31:51,118 But I do not want to see your son here again. 364 00:31:51,786 --> 00:31:53,079 Understood? 365 00:31:56,957 --> 00:31:59,085 He has been banished. 366 00:31:59,335 --> 00:32:00,920 Banished? 367 00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:03,714 Do not forget what he said. 368 00:32:04,173 --> 00:32:06,050 Yes. 369 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:29,782 You shall not speak in the name of the lord, or you will die. 370 00:32:30,032 --> 00:32:32,118 - Father! - Do not blaspheme again. 371 00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:34,370 No! No! 372 00:32:38,165 --> 00:32:40,084 No, please. 373 00:32:59,019 --> 00:33:00,438 Father. 374 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:04,275 Father. 375 00:33:16,078 --> 00:33:17,413 Why didn't you help me? 376 00:33:48,402 --> 00:33:50,070 Jeremiah. 377 00:33:55,576 --> 00:33:57,661 I hear you made quite an impression yesterday. 378 00:33:57,953 --> 00:33:58,953 I guess I did. 379 00:33:58,996 --> 00:34:01,076 I told you I should've been the one serving the king. 380 00:34:01,248 --> 00:34:02,750 Would've been wiser. 381 00:34:03,459 --> 00:34:04,460 You're leaving. 382 00:34:05,336 --> 00:34:07,004 Yes. 383 00:34:07,213 --> 00:34:10,549 - What can I do? - Look after my parents for me. 384 00:34:10,841 --> 00:34:14,970 And keep your heart as open as that scheming brain of yours. 385 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,103 Ephraim. 386 00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:26,482 I'm hearing these voices. 387 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:29,068 Having these dreams. 388 00:34:29,527 --> 00:34:34,907 I think god himself is calling me to say these things... 389 00:34:35,157 --> 00:34:37,326 To do these things. 390 00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:42,665 When I was at the altar in Jerusalem, in front of the king... 391 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,000 I felt this fire in me... 392 00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:48,671 As if god himself was speaking through me. 393 00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:51,382 I don't know how else these words could've come. 394 00:34:58,138 --> 00:34:59,848 It doesn't matter. 395 00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:01,809 Whatever has happened... 396 00:35:02,059 --> 00:35:04,019 Has led me to do what you urged me to do. 397 00:35:06,272 --> 00:35:08,357 Take Judith as my wife. 398 00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:10,067 And for that... 399 00:35:10,568 --> 00:35:12,653 I thank you, my friend. 400 00:35:15,155 --> 00:35:16,949 Go with god. 401 00:36:24,642 --> 00:36:26,685 Look carefully, Jeremiah. 402 00:36:27,603 --> 00:36:29,396 What do you see? 403 00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:35,402 An overturned pot. 404 00:36:35,903 --> 00:36:38,072 In what direction? 405 00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:43,077 From north to south. 406 00:36:43,369 --> 00:36:45,621 Out of the north... 407 00:36:45,913 --> 00:36:50,084 Evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land... 408 00:36:50,334 --> 00:36:54,129 And I will utter my judgments against all the cities of Judah... 409 00:36:54,421 --> 00:36:58,842 For all their wickedness in forsaking me. 410 00:37:00,761 --> 00:37:04,390 Please, lord, leave me be. 411 00:37:08,644 --> 00:37:11,689 Say to them everything that I command you. 412 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:13,899 They shall fight against you... 413 00:37:14,191 --> 00:37:17,152 But they shall not prevail against you. 414 00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:21,115 For I am with you to deliver you. 415 00:37:21,365 --> 00:37:22,908 Not me, lord. 416 00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:24,493 Not me. 417 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:26,328 I served you in Jerusalem. 418 00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:29,581 Please. Now I beg you, let me go my own way. 419 00:37:29,832 --> 00:37:32,376 You shall not take a wife... 420 00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:35,421 Nor shall you have sons or daughters. 421 00:37:35,629 --> 00:37:36,964 What? 422 00:37:38,382 --> 00:37:39,383 Why? 423 00:37:39,633 --> 00:37:43,971 For all the children and the mothers shall die a grievous death... 424 00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:45,931 In this land... 425 00:37:46,515 --> 00:37:50,519 Because their fathers have not kept my law. 426 00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:53,021 Lord, you cannot burden me with this! 427 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,230 Go... 428 00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:57,860 And proclaim it in the hearing of Jerusalem. 429 00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,987 You cannot ask me to return to Jerusalem. 430 00:38:00,654 --> 00:38:01,947 They will stone me. 431 00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:04,658 The king will have me banished! 432 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:15,544 Give me a sign, lord, please. 433 00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:19,548 So they... So they will believe me. 434 00:38:24,511 --> 00:38:26,889 Do not make me do this alone. 435 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,066 Lord, do not make me do this alone. 436 00:38:41,862 --> 00:38:43,781 I'm gonna get you. 437 00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,286 Jeremiah? 438 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,416 Jeremiah? 439 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,002 I am baruch... 440 00:39:41,088 --> 00:39:42,965 The scribe at the temple. 441 00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:45,843 I heard you were going to bahurim. I had to find you. 442 00:39:47,845 --> 00:39:49,012 I heard you speak. 443 00:39:50,514 --> 00:39:52,850 Those words were not your own. 444 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:57,020 No one can speak like that unless they're inspired by god. 445 00:39:57,604 --> 00:39:59,022 You are a prophet. 446 00:39:59,273 --> 00:40:01,358 And I want to stay with you. 447 00:40:01,650 --> 00:40:04,528 I'm tired of the hypocrisy in Jerusalem. 448 00:40:16,582 --> 00:40:20,002 It will be a hard life, baruch. The lord has ordered me back to Jerusalem. 449 00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:22,212 - To risk your life? - No, to proclaim his word. 450 00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:25,465 If we could get the king and the whole house of Judah to listen... 451 00:40:25,716 --> 00:40:27,885 He will forgive them. Come. 452 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:30,846 What have you brought? 453 00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:33,015 - My scrolls. - Let's write god's words. 454 00:40:34,391 --> 00:40:36,935 You'll read them in the temple in Jerusalem. 455 00:40:37,644 --> 00:40:39,313 This saith the lord: 456 00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:44,151 "Execute ye judgment and righteousness... 457 00:40:44,401 --> 00:40:48,363 And deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor. 458 00:40:48,614 --> 00:40:50,032 And do no wrong. 459 00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:55,245 Do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, the widow. 460 00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,790 Neither shed innocent blood in this place. 461 00:40:58,999 --> 00:41:01,126 For if ye do this thing indeed... 462 00:41:01,376 --> 00:41:04,046 Then shall there enter in by the gates of this house... 463 00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:07,633 Kings sitting upon the throne of David. 464 00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:13,889 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself," saith the lord, 465 00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:16,725 "that the king of Babylon shall come... 466 00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:20,145 And he shall destroy this country." 467 00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:23,231 This is an outrage. 468 00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:25,734 We must speak to the king. 469 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:28,403 Baruch, we wish to hear. 470 00:41:29,446 --> 00:41:30,989 Shall we leave? 471 00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:33,116 Let's talk further of this. 472 00:41:37,412 --> 00:41:39,998 - What is your name? - Baruch. 473 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:42,626 Jeremiah dictated these words to you, didn't he? 474 00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:45,837 - Yes. - Baruch... 475 00:41:46,046 --> 00:41:48,465 We believe that god has spoken to Jeremiah. 476 00:41:49,091 --> 00:41:52,552 We want you to give us the scroll so that we may read it to the king... 477 00:41:52,886 --> 00:41:54,930 And convince him Jeremiah speaks the truth. 478 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:57,975 But you must understand, if we fail... 479 00:41:58,225 --> 00:42:01,228 There are those who will want Jeremiah killed. 480 00:42:01,478 --> 00:42:02,604 And maybe you too. 481 00:42:07,943 --> 00:42:10,237 He said the king of Babylon will come and destroy us? 482 00:42:11,029 --> 00:42:14,574 He said this would come to pass only if we didn't mend our ways... 483 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:15,946 In the eyes of the lord. 484 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:18,870 Let me see this document he was reading. 485 00:42:19,246 --> 00:42:20,831 Do you realize what he said? 486 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,959 The king of Babylon shall destroy this country? 487 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:25,544 That's treason. 488 00:42:25,794 --> 00:42:29,172 As long as the Egyptians protect us, it will be very difficult for that to happen. 489 00:42:29,381 --> 00:42:31,925 Brother, with the babylonians threatening... 490 00:42:32,134 --> 00:42:35,220 Our people need to be reminded of their strengths, not their weaknesses. 491 00:42:35,470 --> 00:42:37,222 And hilkiah's son, this Jeremiah... 492 00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:40,475 Claims to speak for the lord? A prophet? 493 00:42:40,726 --> 00:42:42,102 My lord... 494 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:51,528 We must go. 495 00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:55,824 They didn't listen. 496 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:58,035 The king burned the scroll. 497 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,122 We must try again. 498 00:43:03,123 --> 00:43:05,083 Do you know what that would mean? 499 00:43:08,170 --> 00:43:09,921 The lord said he is with me. 500 00:43:10,130 --> 00:43:11,548 With us. 501 00:43:12,049 --> 00:43:13,633 He will deliver us. 502 00:43:13,884 --> 00:43:15,927 How can you be sure? 503 00:43:37,365 --> 00:43:39,409 I have prophesied. 504 00:43:41,036 --> 00:43:42,996 The babylonians are here... 505 00:43:43,205 --> 00:43:45,290 Just as the lord had said. 506 00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:50,587 We must find a safe haven until we've written down a new scroll. 507 00:43:50,837 --> 00:43:53,381 Then we can continue the work of the lord. 508 00:43:54,091 --> 00:43:57,552 May be already too late for the king, but not for Jerusalem. Come. 509 00:44:47,853 --> 00:44:49,104 Father. 510 00:44:53,150 --> 00:44:54,943 Say your prayers at your uncle's bedside. 511 00:44:55,193 --> 00:44:57,028 - Go comfort your cousin. - Yes, father. 512 00:44:57,279 --> 00:44:58,613 Come. 513 00:45:01,283 --> 00:45:03,535 He is very weak, boys. 514 00:45:05,787 --> 00:45:08,206 The people of Judah need your help. 515 00:45:08,498 --> 00:45:12,002 Jehoiakim is far too ill to deal with the babylonians. 516 00:45:12,252 --> 00:45:14,713 Do you think the people would have me as their king? 517 00:45:14,963 --> 00:45:18,967 If not you, who? Jehoiakin, your brother's son? 518 00:45:19,342 --> 00:45:22,637 Nebuchadnezzar might just as well proclaim himself as king of Judah. 519 00:45:22,929 --> 00:45:24,973 My brother was born to be king. 520 00:45:30,604 --> 00:45:32,606 I never thought he would go so soon. 521 00:45:32,814 --> 00:45:35,483 It is a man's willingness to answer god's calling... 522 00:45:35,775 --> 00:45:37,986 That tests the man. 523 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:46,161 I will send an embassy of submission to king nebuchadnezzar. 524 00:45:46,453 --> 00:45:49,456 And you must persuade your brother's son to turn himself in... 525 00:45:49,706 --> 00:45:52,834 Along with his mother and all those of his family. 526 00:45:53,752 --> 00:45:55,003 To save the city. 527 00:45:55,587 --> 00:45:57,839 The babylonians will deport them. 528 00:45:58,131 --> 00:46:02,677 And they will surely proclaim you as the new king of Judah. 529 00:46:08,058 --> 00:46:10,977 Only after the old one's spirit departs us. 530 00:46:54,020 --> 00:46:56,731 I'm sorry to hear about your father's death. 531 00:46:57,524 --> 00:47:00,902 But you have been wise to turn yourself over to me. 532 00:47:01,194 --> 00:47:03,571 You will benefit from this. 533 00:47:04,114 --> 00:47:08,243 You will be my lifelong guest at the court in Babylon. 534 00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:21,131 Now, mattaniah. 535 00:47:29,139 --> 00:47:31,099 I thank you for your gifts... 536 00:47:31,558 --> 00:47:34,060 And for the service you have done me. 537 00:47:34,728 --> 00:47:36,021 You... 538 00:47:36,938 --> 00:47:38,398 Are the new king of Judah. 539 00:47:42,569 --> 00:47:44,779 Your name will be... 540 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,073 Zedekiah. 541 00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:53,830 Of course, to maintain our favor... 542 00:47:54,581 --> 00:47:57,542 My ministers will determine the gold tribute... 543 00:47:57,792 --> 00:48:01,087 We will expect as an expression of your friendship... 544 00:48:01,921 --> 00:48:03,631 Each year. 545 00:48:15,018 --> 00:48:17,062 One more thing. 546 00:48:17,562 --> 00:48:21,316 I will take jehoiakim's ministers with me to Babylon... 547 00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:24,778 Together with many of the authorities of Jerusalem... 548 00:48:25,028 --> 00:48:30,116 With the exception of those you choose to help you govern the city. 549 00:48:32,869 --> 00:48:35,914 In exchange for that service... 550 00:48:36,748 --> 00:48:39,584 We will expect another sign... 551 00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:40,919 Of friendship. 552 00:49:13,201 --> 00:49:15,453 You have acted wisely, my king. 553 00:49:15,703 --> 00:49:19,124 Peace has been restored to the kingdom of Judah. 554 00:49:19,374 --> 00:49:22,419 And the babylonians did not destroy our city. 555 00:49:22,669 --> 00:49:24,254 Exactly. 556 00:49:25,088 --> 00:49:26,881 You don't have to listen to those madmen... 557 00:49:27,090 --> 00:49:28,967 That think of themselves as prophets. 558 00:49:58,955 --> 00:50:00,540 It's time to return to Jerusalem. 559 00:50:00,790 --> 00:50:04,169 Perhaps the new king will listen. King zedekiah should feel secure now. 560 00:50:04,461 --> 00:50:07,922 - It should be safe for us to go. - I will go alone. 561 00:50:08,131 --> 00:50:11,968 - Why? - Because it is my turn to take the risk. 562 00:50:12,177 --> 00:50:14,897 And I don't want both of us to suffer the same fate at the same time. 563 00:50:14,971 --> 00:50:18,641 King, the tribute to Babylon is madness. 564 00:50:18,892 --> 00:50:20,643 Our only hope... 565 00:50:20,894 --> 00:50:23,855 The only hope for your people, is with Egypt. 566 00:50:24,105 --> 00:50:27,942 No, my lord. Don't you realize Egypt is finished? 567 00:50:28,193 --> 00:50:30,862 The whole world is in the hands of the king of Babylon. 568 00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:32,864 I think we should send ambassadors... 569 00:50:33,072 --> 00:50:35,575 To beg for mercy and to reduce the tribute. 570 00:50:35,825 --> 00:50:37,535 Forget the tribute, my lord. 571 00:50:37,827 --> 00:50:40,038 If you want to be free, you must join with Egypt. 572 00:50:40,288 --> 00:50:42,874 Nebuchadnezzar is far away again. 573 00:50:43,124 --> 00:50:46,044 He will not ask for tribute. He will accept some territory... 574 00:50:46,252 --> 00:50:47,962 Where he can put up a Garrison. 575 00:50:50,507 --> 00:50:55,970 I think we will cease paying tribute to Babylon. 576 00:50:56,179 --> 00:50:58,556 - Babylon will... - We can take advantage of the fact... 577 00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:00,975 That Babylon thinks we're its ally. 578 00:51:02,977 --> 00:51:06,022 Tomorrow, I will send an ambassador to the pharaoh to sound out... 579 00:51:06,272 --> 00:51:09,400 - Whether they would help us. - So now you are party with Egypt? 580 00:51:10,193 --> 00:51:14,656 Well, we have to see if it's less risky to trust Egypt or Babylon. 581 00:51:14,906 --> 00:51:19,410 If you want to be free, never mind about Egypt or Babylon. 582 00:51:19,661 --> 00:51:21,663 Turn to god. 583 00:51:22,997 --> 00:51:24,374 Who are you? 584 00:51:25,792 --> 00:51:28,002 It is hilkiah's son. 585 00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:29,211 0h. 586 00:51:29,963 --> 00:51:33,258 So you are the false prophet I've been hearing about. 587 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:35,593 My name is Jeremiah. 588 00:51:35,843 --> 00:51:38,805 And I speak only the truth as god shows it to me. 589 00:51:39,097 --> 00:51:42,225 And god demands you make a fool of yourself in front of this court? 590 00:51:42,475 --> 00:51:46,604 To show that you must accept the supremacy of Babylon... 591 00:51:47,355 --> 00:51:50,316 - Or Jerusalem will be destroyed. - What? 592 00:51:51,025 --> 00:51:54,112 The yoke of slavery is upon you... 593 00:51:54,612 --> 00:51:55,989 And you must concede. 594 00:51:59,450 --> 00:52:01,035 That is outrageous. 595 00:52:01,244 --> 00:52:02,745 He must be a spy. 596 00:52:05,707 --> 00:52:08,543 I could kill you where you stand for this message of treason. 597 00:52:08,793 --> 00:52:10,628 Thus says the lord: 598 00:52:10,878 --> 00:52:15,008 "For, lo, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north... 599 00:52:15,341 --> 00:52:18,845 And I will utter my judgments against all the cities of Judah... 600 00:52:19,095 --> 00:52:22,015 For all their wickedness in forsaking me." 601 00:52:22,515 --> 00:52:25,685 The army of Babylon approaches to carry out god's plan. 602 00:52:25,935 --> 00:52:28,271 Your army stands ready, my king. 603 00:52:28,771 --> 00:52:30,940 Egypt is strong again and will join our battle. 604 00:52:31,190 --> 00:52:35,820 If you would turn to god instead of your generals... 605 00:52:36,070 --> 00:52:38,698 You would hear him say, "deceive not yourselves. 606 00:52:38,948 --> 00:52:41,409 Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you... 607 00:52:41,659 --> 00:52:45,204 Shall return to Egypt, and Babylon shall come again... 608 00:52:45,455 --> 00:52:48,666 And fight against this city and take it and burn it." 609 00:52:48,958 --> 00:52:49,958 That's blasphemy! 610 00:52:50,001 --> 00:52:52,170 God has turned his face against this city... 611 00:52:52,462 --> 00:52:55,965 And he shall destroy it with fire unless you repent! 612 00:53:09,896 --> 00:53:12,774 I am hananiah! 613 00:53:13,733 --> 00:53:15,902 The lord says: 614 00:53:16,110 --> 00:53:21,491 "This is how I will break the yoke of Babylon!" 615 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:29,540 Thus says the lord god of Israel: 616 00:53:34,128 --> 00:53:39,217 "This is how I will break the yoke of king nebuchadnezzar of Babylon... 617 00:53:39,467 --> 00:53:41,969 From the neck of all nations... 618 00:53:42,220 --> 00:53:45,431 Within two years." 619 00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:59,904 God has spoken through his prophet... 620 00:54:00,697 --> 00:54:01,697 Hananiah. 621 00:54:04,367 --> 00:54:07,203 The lord has not sent you! 622 00:54:10,665 --> 00:54:12,917 You have broken wooden bars... 623 00:54:13,376 --> 00:54:16,921 Only to forge iron bars in place of them. 624 00:54:19,882 --> 00:54:22,510 You have made these people trust in a lie. 625 00:54:23,094 --> 00:54:24,595 Within a year... 626 00:54:24,929 --> 00:54:26,180 You will be dead. 627 00:54:26,431 --> 00:54:30,893 He has blasphemed! Blasphemer! 628 00:54:31,144 --> 00:54:32,520 And you... 629 00:54:36,023 --> 00:54:38,818 You will be a slave... 630 00:54:39,193 --> 00:54:40,903 In Babylon. 631 00:54:41,112 --> 00:54:42,947 Seize him! 632 00:55:05,386 --> 00:55:07,638 Thus says the lord: 633 00:55:07,889 --> 00:55:09,599 "Behold... 634 00:55:10,641 --> 00:55:12,685 I am bringing on Judah... 635 00:55:13,102 --> 00:55:15,897 And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem... 636 00:55:16,105 --> 00:55:19,275 All the evil I have pronounced against them... 637 00:55:19,567 --> 00:55:23,988 Because I have spoken to them, and they have not listened. 638 00:55:24,197 --> 00:55:25,448 I have called to them... 639 00:55:26,949 --> 00:55:29,744 And they have not answered." 640 00:55:46,010 --> 00:55:47,637 You are a fool. 641 00:55:49,722 --> 00:55:51,557 A fool. 642 00:56:35,768 --> 00:56:38,271 Babylonians! Babylonians! 643 00:56:39,146 --> 00:56:42,900 The babylonian army is returning! 644 00:56:43,526 --> 00:56:46,279 Babylonians! 645 00:56:46,529 --> 00:56:51,158 War! War! The army of Babylon is returning! 646 00:56:52,910 --> 00:56:54,912 Your prophecy was true. 647 00:56:55,663 --> 00:56:58,207 The babylonians are coming. 648 00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:00,459 How far away is the babylonian army? 649 00:57:00,710 --> 00:57:03,462 - About five days away. - There's no time to waste. 650 00:57:03,963 --> 00:57:07,300 Spread the word, when their army arrives... 651 00:57:07,550 --> 00:57:10,136 Everyone must go out and surrender to them. 652 00:57:10,386 --> 00:57:15,016 It is god's will. Surrender to him, and their lives will be saved. 653 00:57:15,474 --> 00:57:18,978 - What can I do for you, Jeremiah? - Be careful. 654 00:57:19,186 --> 00:57:23,399 It appears our pleas fall on deaf ears and hardened hearts. 655 00:57:24,692 --> 00:57:27,945 A hardened heart can become a dangerous weapon. 656 00:57:28,696 --> 00:57:30,615 He said it would come to pass, and it has. 657 00:57:30,865 --> 00:57:32,867 The Egyptians are mounting a counterattack... 658 00:57:33,075 --> 00:57:34,785 That will deter the babylonians. 659 00:57:35,036 --> 00:57:38,372 But Jeremiah's words inflame the people with false concerns. 660 00:57:38,581 --> 00:57:42,710 All of what you say is based on your belief that Jeremiah is a false prophet. 661 00:57:43,836 --> 00:57:45,546 What if you are wrong? 662 00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:47,882 Why would god send a prophet from the wilderness... 663 00:57:48,132 --> 00:57:51,135 When you are surrounded by schooled priests? 664 00:57:51,427 --> 00:57:54,430 Why would he destroy his own people? 665 00:57:54,722 --> 00:57:57,892 Why would he accuse you of injustices? 666 00:58:01,729 --> 00:58:03,147 Elishama... 667 00:58:03,606 --> 00:58:05,316 You believe this man, do you not? 668 00:58:06,943 --> 00:58:09,403 I remain unsure, your majesty. 669 00:58:09,654 --> 00:58:12,698 But there is a growing number of citizens who... 670 00:58:12,949 --> 00:58:14,450 Don't share my doubts. 671 00:58:19,956 --> 00:58:21,290 My king. 672 00:58:24,669 --> 00:58:26,212 You have a mighty army... 673 00:58:26,504 --> 00:58:29,674 But you must not fight the babylonians. 674 00:58:30,007 --> 00:58:31,592 It is Jeremiah's prophecy... 675 00:58:31,801 --> 00:58:33,344 You must lay down your swords. 676 00:58:33,552 --> 00:58:35,763 You must open your hearts to Babylon. 677 00:58:36,013 --> 00:58:40,393 For only by surrender can we implement god's will. 678 00:58:40,685 --> 00:58:44,522 I will love thee, o lord, my strength. 679 00:58:44,772 --> 00:58:47,692 I will love thee, o lord, my strength. 680 00:58:47,984 --> 00:58:53,489 In my distress I call upon the lord and cry unto my god. 681 00:58:53,739 --> 00:58:57,201 In my distress, I call upon my lord. 682 00:58:57,493 --> 00:58:59,704 And cry unto my god. 683 00:58:59,996 --> 00:59:01,914 And cry unto my god. 684 00:59:02,206 --> 00:59:05,042 He heard my voice out of his temple. 685 00:59:05,251 --> 00:59:08,004 He heard my voice out of his temple. 686 00:59:08,254 --> 00:59:11,173 And my cry came before him even unto his ears. 687 00:59:11,424 --> 00:59:14,885 If god finds my rule unjust... 688 00:59:15,136 --> 00:59:18,014 Then I must act to beg his mercy. 689 00:59:19,056 --> 00:59:23,352 I am declaring all the slaves of Israel free as of this moment. 690 00:59:34,780 --> 00:59:35,906 [Man] It is not possible. 691 00:59:36,115 --> 00:59:39,035 Your majesty is making a grave mistake. 692 00:59:39,785 --> 00:59:41,495 Many people depend upon the slaves to... 693 00:59:41,746 --> 00:59:44,832 I did not ask for your opinion, general shaphan. 694 00:59:45,041 --> 00:59:48,377 It shall be done, and it shall be done immediately. 695 00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:56,260 If the army of Babylon arrives, god shall find an Israel without slaves. 696 00:59:56,510 --> 00:59:57,887 Do you understand? 697 01:00:10,191 --> 01:00:14,111 He finally makes a decision, and this is the decision he makes. 698 01:00:14,361 --> 01:00:18,365 A guard reports the king freed Jeremiah this morning. 699 01:00:18,574 --> 01:00:21,911 - What? - He has shaken the king's confidence. 700 01:00:22,119 --> 01:00:24,955 Imagine what he could do to our country. 701 01:00:25,164 --> 01:00:29,543 That prophet does not work for god. 702 01:00:29,794 --> 01:00:31,879 He works for Babylon. 703 01:00:39,178 --> 01:00:41,555 - Jeremiah. - Jeremiah. 704 01:00:51,941 --> 01:00:53,984 The king has freed the slaves. 705 01:00:55,236 --> 01:00:59,073 You're free to return to your family, your home. 706 01:01:13,671 --> 01:01:16,006 But what prompted this change of heart? 707 01:01:17,216 --> 01:01:20,052 That is between god and the king. 708 01:01:20,302 --> 01:01:22,847 There are those who say it's because of your preaching. 709 01:01:23,055 --> 01:01:27,726 You see? Your words have even reached us here in bahurim. 710 01:01:29,436 --> 01:01:32,189 We will leave tomorrow first thing in the morning. 711 01:01:34,775 --> 01:01:36,360 I'm afraid... 712 01:01:37,111 --> 01:01:38,445 I'm afraid I can't go with you. 713 01:01:39,113 --> 01:01:40,948 Jeremiah? 714 01:01:41,407 --> 01:01:42,408 Why? 715 01:01:43,659 --> 01:01:46,162 I don't mean to doubt your concerns in any way... 716 01:01:47,663 --> 01:01:51,584 But if you go to the king, tell him your mission is fulfilled. 717 01:01:56,380 --> 01:01:58,382 It is god I serve. 718 01:01:58,799 --> 01:02:00,259 Not the king. 719 01:02:06,390 --> 01:02:10,019 Jeremiah, you have implemented god's will. 720 01:02:10,227 --> 01:02:13,939 The king has freed the slaves. Surely this must make a difference. 721 01:02:14,982 --> 01:02:17,193 All of Judah will celebrate... 722 01:02:17,526 --> 01:02:21,447 And those who seek you harm now will have no cause to do so. 723 01:02:22,198 --> 01:02:24,825 We can still have a life together. 724 01:02:39,965 --> 01:02:44,136 We've got so much to give to each other. 725 01:02:56,899 --> 01:02:57,983 - No. No. - Don't. 726 01:03:02,112 --> 01:03:04,240 No! No! 727 01:03:12,081 --> 01:03:13,666 - No. - Judith! 728 01:03:13,958 --> 01:03:15,918 No! 729 01:04:07,094 --> 01:04:08,429 How did you...? 730 01:04:08,679 --> 01:04:11,265 Shh. Rest. Rest. 731 01:04:11,515 --> 01:04:14,059 My cousin was able to arrange this. 732 01:04:14,768 --> 01:04:16,562 You must go. 733 01:04:16,812 --> 01:04:20,065 Look, I've brought you something to eat. 734 01:04:21,900 --> 01:04:24,695 - I will stay with you. - No. 735 01:04:25,738 --> 01:04:28,741 You must get your family out of Jerusalem. 736 01:04:29,033 --> 01:04:32,911 The king's pride will incite the babylonians. 737 01:04:33,162 --> 01:04:36,373 God is working through them to destroy the city. 738 01:04:36,623 --> 01:04:39,877 - But why would he do such a thing? - Because... 739 01:04:40,127 --> 01:04:43,797 He has to tear it down before he can build it up once again. 740 01:04:45,591 --> 01:04:46,884 Go. 741 01:04:48,052 --> 01:04:50,012 Gather your family. 742 01:04:50,262 --> 01:04:52,973 Start your life over. 743 01:04:53,223 --> 01:04:57,644 God will be with you. He will bless you. 744 01:05:00,272 --> 01:05:01,982 I can't leave you. 745 01:05:02,232 --> 01:05:04,318 I love you, Jeremiah. 746 01:05:04,610 --> 01:05:06,779 And I love you, too. 747 01:05:07,196 --> 01:05:09,448 But god has taught me... 748 01:05:09,782 --> 01:05:12,951 We cannot always have what we desire in this world. 749 01:05:14,661 --> 01:05:17,748 Why god has shown me your love and then not allowed me to have it... 750 01:05:17,998 --> 01:05:21,752 I don't know. But I know it is his will. 751 01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:29,218 - I can't go. I will stay. - Oh, you must go. 752 01:05:29,426 --> 01:05:30,803 I will stay. 753 01:05:33,972 --> 01:05:35,766 Seize her. 754 01:05:36,350 --> 01:05:37,476 Why? 755 01:05:38,310 --> 01:05:40,604 The king has come to his senses. 756 01:05:40,854 --> 01:05:43,107 He has reversed his decision about slavery. 757 01:05:43,357 --> 01:05:46,485 Because Babylon has turned back? They will return! 758 01:05:46,735 --> 01:05:49,071 Do not interfere, Jeremiah. 759 01:05:50,114 --> 01:05:51,782 The king has served his god. 760 01:05:52,074 --> 01:05:54,701 Now he has to serve his people. 761 01:05:54,993 --> 01:05:59,915 He has always shown a particular interest in the daughter of eliakim. 762 01:06:00,791 --> 01:06:02,543 I think he'll be glad when he hears... 763 01:06:02,835 --> 01:06:06,130 That you have been kind enough to bring her to him. 764 01:06:06,713 --> 01:06:08,215 No. 765 01:06:09,466 --> 01:06:10,843 - No. Let her go! - Stop him. 766 01:06:11,093 --> 01:06:12,094 - Back! - Jeremiah. 767 01:06:12,344 --> 01:06:14,012 - Judith! - No! 768 01:06:20,060 --> 01:06:21,311 No. 769 01:06:21,562 --> 01:06:22,855 No. 770 01:06:23,105 --> 01:06:24,105 No. 771 01:06:24,148 --> 01:06:25,566 No. 772 01:06:25,774 --> 01:06:26,900 Come. 773 01:06:29,069 --> 01:06:30,112 No. 774 01:06:32,197 --> 01:06:34,074 No! 775 01:06:34,616 --> 01:06:37,911 No! No. 776 01:06:40,247 --> 01:06:42,082 No. 777 01:06:42,416 --> 01:06:44,460 No! 778 01:06:46,837 --> 01:06:48,630 God! 779 01:06:49,798 --> 01:06:51,884 God! 780 01:06:52,217 --> 01:06:54,470 God! 781 01:07:10,235 --> 01:07:12,070 Oh, lord... 782 01:07:14,615 --> 01:07:16,950 Thou hast deceived me. 783 01:07:18,994 --> 01:07:22,331 Thou art stronger than I... 784 01:07:23,081 --> 01:07:25,292 And hast prevailed. 785 01:07:29,505 --> 01:07:31,924 I will not make mention of you... 786 01:07:34,259 --> 01:07:36,929 Nor speak anymore in your name. 787 01:08:12,631 --> 01:08:14,925 Where are your Egyptians now? 788 01:08:15,300 --> 01:08:16,969 We have three or four months. 789 01:08:17,219 --> 01:08:18,845 Perhaps as much as a year. 790 01:08:19,054 --> 01:08:21,598 It will give us time to appeal to the pharaoh. 791 01:08:22,140 --> 01:08:25,060 "The great nebuchadnezzar will be satisfied with some territory... 792 01:08:25,269 --> 01:08:27,563 Where they can put up a Garrison." 793 01:08:36,154 --> 01:08:37,489 My lord. 794 01:08:49,501 --> 01:08:50,794 Drink. 795 01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:03,806 My lord. 796 01:09:54,733 --> 01:09:55,733 Who is there? 797 01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:06,703 I must ask you... 798 01:10:06,995 --> 01:10:09,164 If you have any word from the lord. 799 01:10:15,087 --> 01:10:16,672 Speak! 800 01:10:17,255 --> 01:10:19,049 Don't test my Patience. 801 01:10:19,257 --> 01:10:22,010 What have I done to offend you... 802 01:10:22,511 --> 01:10:25,180 That would cause you to put me in prisons? 803 01:10:25,389 --> 01:10:28,308 You said things that caused rancor among my people. 804 01:10:29,184 --> 01:10:31,144 I spoke the truth. 805 01:10:31,812 --> 01:10:33,146 Where are your prophets now... 806 01:10:33,355 --> 01:10:37,526 Who said Babylon will not come against you or this land? 807 01:10:37,818 --> 01:10:40,821 I have not called you here to condemn me. 808 01:10:41,071 --> 01:10:44,199 I have called you here to speak to me of god's will. 809 01:10:46,868 --> 01:10:49,204 I have nothing further to say. 810 01:10:49,746 --> 01:10:51,206 What? 811 01:10:51,832 --> 01:10:56,420 You, who predicted the Egyptians would turn back, and they did? 812 01:10:56,837 --> 01:11:00,006 You, who predicted the death of hananiah after he smashed the yoke... 813 01:11:00,215 --> 01:11:04,094 From your neck and who died within the year just as you said? 814 01:11:04,428 --> 01:11:08,056 You, who prophesied the babylonian army would attack... 815 01:11:08,265 --> 01:11:12,185 And now they lay siege to our city as they have done for the last two years? 816 01:11:12,644 --> 01:11:17,190 You, the great prophet... 817 01:11:18,525 --> 01:11:20,819 Have nothing further to say? 818 01:11:22,487 --> 01:11:25,407 You had an opportunity to please the lord. 819 01:11:29,035 --> 01:11:32,998 But you didn't have the courage to stand by what you knew to be true. 820 01:11:34,583 --> 01:11:35,709 What? 821 01:11:38,295 --> 01:11:40,756 Oh, forgive me, o lord. 822 01:11:44,092 --> 01:11:46,386 Is that all you have left? 823 01:11:47,262 --> 01:11:50,640 The ability to grovel at the feet of your king? 824 01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:54,394 If you want answers... 825 01:11:56,605 --> 01:11:58,648 Turn to god. 826 01:11:59,316 --> 01:12:01,067 Guard! 827 01:12:02,903 --> 01:12:05,197 Take this man... 828 01:12:06,072 --> 01:12:10,160 This prophet, out of my sight. Go. Leave. 829 01:12:29,304 --> 01:12:31,348 Thus saith the lord: 830 01:12:31,765 --> 01:12:33,225 "I will give this city... 831 01:12:33,433 --> 01:12:37,062 Into the hand of nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon... 832 01:12:38,063 --> 01:12:40,482 And he shall take it. 833 01:12:41,107 --> 01:12:45,153 And the babylonians shall set fire to this place... 834 01:12:45,403 --> 01:12:50,325 For the children of Israel have turned unto me their back." 835 01:12:57,249 --> 01:12:59,209 - This man must die. - No! 836 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:02,045 He is a prophet, my lord. 837 01:13:02,462 --> 01:13:05,382 He is a traitor, my lord. Traitors die. 838 01:13:05,590 --> 01:13:09,970 Is there nothing else to talk about other than this prophet? 839 01:13:10,554 --> 01:13:13,223 What about the defense of Jerusalem? 840 01:13:13,515 --> 01:13:17,269 This concerns the defense of our city, lord king. 841 01:13:18,436 --> 01:13:21,189 He depresses the soldiers left within the city walls. 842 01:13:21,398 --> 01:13:23,191 More desert every night. 843 01:13:24,943 --> 01:13:28,697 There was a time when I valued your counsel, general shaphan. 844 01:13:29,030 --> 01:13:33,159 And now, my lord, who will you choose to hold off the babylonians... 845 01:13:33,368 --> 01:13:35,662 Who threaten our city from without... 846 01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:39,541 Discontent amongst our people from within? 847 01:13:44,921 --> 01:13:47,090 Do not give the people... 848 01:13:48,174 --> 01:13:52,387 Any cause to act foolishly, my lord. 849 01:14:02,647 --> 01:14:05,984 "And I will gather them out of all the countries... 850 01:14:06,192 --> 01:14:08,528 Whither I have driven them in mine anger... 851 01:14:09,237 --> 01:14:12,449 And I will bring them again into this place. 852 01:14:13,867 --> 01:14:18,121 And I will cause them to dwell safely." 853 01:14:18,330 --> 01:14:20,498 Make way. Make way. Move aside. 854 01:14:20,749 --> 01:14:23,168 You, come with me. 855 01:14:34,179 --> 01:14:38,266 "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 856 01:14:38,475 --> 01:14:40,310 And they shall be my people." 857 01:14:41,186 --> 01:14:44,731 No. He is a good man. 858 01:14:45,315 --> 01:14:47,442 Speak this treason no more. 859 01:14:48,860 --> 01:14:52,822 Thus saith the lord, "behold... 860 01:14:53,073 --> 01:14:57,160 I will make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends... 861 01:14:57,494 --> 01:15:00,914 And they shall die by the sword of their enemies... 862 01:15:01,081 --> 01:15:03,041 And thine eyes shall behold it!" 863 01:15:09,089 --> 01:15:12,342 God has promised... 864 01:15:12,634 --> 01:15:18,223 That you shall keep your life if you go out to the babylonians. 865 01:15:18,431 --> 01:15:21,893 It is not treason to follow the will of god. 866 01:15:22,143 --> 01:15:24,604 It is sin not to. 867 01:15:25,313 --> 01:15:27,565 Obey your god now. 868 01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:37,826 Anyone else found attempting to surrender... 869 01:15:39,953 --> 01:15:41,246 Will be killed. 870 01:16:10,525 --> 01:16:14,362 Preach what you want down there, prophet. 871 01:16:49,773 --> 01:16:50,815 Your majesty. 872 01:16:52,067 --> 01:16:56,196 - Yes? What is it? - It's about the prophet Jeremiah. 873 01:16:59,115 --> 01:17:00,283 What? 874 01:17:01,910 --> 01:17:03,119 Even here? 875 01:17:04,996 --> 01:17:06,039 Who are you? 876 01:17:06,498 --> 01:17:10,293 I am ebed melech, a lowly eunuch, your majesty. 877 01:17:12,087 --> 01:17:16,007 Ebed melech? Means "servant to the king." 878 01:17:16,508 --> 01:17:20,553 - I serve you gladly, my lord. - You are one of the few who do. 879 01:17:22,889 --> 01:17:24,557 What do you know of Jeremiah? 880 01:17:25,308 --> 01:17:28,144 I followed the general and his men. 881 01:17:28,353 --> 01:17:31,064 They lowered Jeremiah into the cistern. 882 01:17:31,272 --> 01:17:32,774 He will die there. 883 01:17:34,275 --> 01:17:35,275 Good. 884 01:17:39,030 --> 01:17:41,825 If he dies, the wrath of god will come upon us. 885 01:17:42,033 --> 01:17:43,785 Has it not already? 886 01:17:45,328 --> 01:17:49,332 I could have you beheaded, yet you persist. 887 01:17:50,166 --> 01:17:51,417 Why? 888 01:17:57,632 --> 01:18:03,847 How is it that you, my eunuch, hear the voice of god... 889 01:18:04,055 --> 01:18:07,392 To confirm your faith in this man, while I... 890 01:18:08,184 --> 01:18:09,894 King of Judah... 891 01:18:10,770 --> 01:18:14,149 Implore the lord for a sign, one word... 892 01:18:16,276 --> 01:18:18,027 Yet hear nothing? 893 01:18:25,285 --> 01:18:27,287 Pull him up. 894 01:18:28,872 --> 01:18:31,583 Have him taken to the court of the guard. 895 01:18:33,418 --> 01:18:36,129 You tell no one of this conversation... 896 01:18:37,338 --> 01:18:38,840 Or you will die. 897 01:18:47,640 --> 01:18:50,101 Jeremiah, are you all right? 898 01:18:51,144 --> 01:18:52,353 Yes. 899 01:19:12,081 --> 01:19:14,667 I need to ask you for one more favor. 900 01:19:28,264 --> 01:19:31,100 I have granted you this audience, but it'll be your last. 901 01:19:31,309 --> 01:19:34,979 What is of such importance that you risk your life to see me? 902 01:19:35,271 --> 01:19:36,773 Obey, I beseech thee... 903 01:19:37,065 --> 01:19:40,944 The voice of the lord which I speak unto thee, and your life will be saved... 904 01:19:41,236 --> 01:19:42,737 And the city will not be burned. 905 01:19:42,987 --> 01:19:46,032 So now you're speaking for the lord again? 906 01:19:46,241 --> 01:19:48,368 Well, never mind. Our armies are prepared. 907 01:19:48,660 --> 01:19:52,705 How can you continue to lie to yourself as well as your people? 908 01:19:52,956 --> 01:19:54,999 Truth is in the eye of the beholder. 909 01:19:55,250 --> 01:19:59,337 The word of the lord which I speak to thee is the truth. 910 01:20:00,755 --> 01:20:04,008 The word of the lord which you asked me to seek is silence! 911 01:20:04,884 --> 01:20:09,555 If god has something to say to me, why does he send you to tell me? 912 01:20:10,056 --> 01:20:12,016 Why would the lord speak to you... 913 01:20:12,308 --> 01:20:14,435 Unless you've committed your life to him? 914 01:20:14,769 --> 01:20:15,769 I have. 915 01:20:23,152 --> 01:20:27,865 Instead of erecting monuments to false gods... 916 01:20:28,783 --> 01:20:33,329 Make your life a living monument to the word of god. 917 01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:36,958 It is as my people desire. 918 01:20:37,583 --> 01:20:39,335 You are king. 919 01:20:40,003 --> 01:20:43,131 They look to you for leadership. 920 01:20:43,506 --> 01:20:47,427 Your pursuit of your own pleasure, wealth and power... 921 01:20:47,635 --> 01:20:52,015 Have taught the people to trust in false gods. 922 01:20:52,515 --> 01:20:59,022 You have led them to believe that the one true god is not enough. 923 01:20:59,564 --> 01:21:05,445 You have destroyed the kingdom god has promised! 924 01:21:16,414 --> 01:21:20,418 It is you who have scattered god's flock. 925 01:21:22,378 --> 01:21:24,714 You have not attended to them... 926 01:21:26,424 --> 01:21:30,136 So god will attend to you for your evil. 927 01:21:44,567 --> 01:21:47,570 Save me, Jeremiah. 928 01:21:48,321 --> 01:21:50,448 I cannot. 929 01:21:54,285 --> 01:21:57,914 But god will if you surrender to Babylon. 930 01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:02,585 My people will turn on me if! Do. They'll kill me. 931 01:22:02,794 --> 01:22:04,629 No, no, that will not happen. 932 01:22:05,421 --> 01:22:06,714 You will live... 933 01:22:08,633 --> 01:22:10,968 But as a slave. 934 01:22:18,393 --> 01:22:20,561 I will never live as a slave. 935 01:22:22,271 --> 01:22:26,442 You are a slave even now. 936 01:22:32,198 --> 01:22:34,951 - Take him back to his cell. - Yes, my lord. 937 01:22:36,911 --> 01:22:39,997 - Come. - See that he's not harmed. 938 01:23:08,317 --> 01:23:11,154 It is time, my friend... 939 01:23:11,404 --> 01:23:15,908 To prepare for the end of our work and a new beginning. 940 01:23:20,746 --> 01:23:23,291 You there, come with me. 941 01:23:35,595 --> 01:23:37,638 Jeremiah, you called for us? 942 01:23:37,889 --> 01:23:42,351 I wish for you to witness a business transaction. 943 01:23:43,394 --> 01:23:45,688 The city is under siege and starving... 944 01:23:45,897 --> 01:23:47,899 And you're making business transactions? 945 01:23:54,322 --> 01:23:57,492 This is hanamel, my cousin. 946 01:24:04,457 --> 01:24:08,169 I... I had a dream. 947 01:24:09,962 --> 01:24:13,132 God told me to say... 948 01:24:13,966 --> 01:24:17,053 Buy my field that is at anathoth. 949 01:24:18,054 --> 01:24:20,515 Buy it for yourself, Jeremiah. 950 01:24:30,608 --> 01:24:32,485 You preach that the city is about to fall... 951 01:24:32,693 --> 01:24:35,404 And yet you buy land as if nothing is happening. 952 01:24:36,030 --> 01:24:39,158 Thus saith the lord: 953 01:24:39,575 --> 01:24:41,786 "I will gather the remnant of my flock... 954 01:24:41,994 --> 01:24:44,539 Out of all the countries whither I have driven them... 955 01:24:44,872 --> 01:24:48,459 And behold, I will make a new covenant... 956 01:24:48,668 --> 01:24:49,794 With the house of Israel. 957 01:24:50,044 --> 01:24:54,048 But this one I shall write in their hearts... 958 01:24:54,298 --> 01:24:59,595 And I shall be their god, and they shall be my people." 959 01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:29,750 My lord, the walls have been breached. We must flee. 960 01:25:40,511 --> 01:25:42,013 Bring my sons. 961 01:26:07,705 --> 01:26:08,956 Thank you, father. 962 01:26:09,582 --> 01:26:10,625 Go. 963 01:26:11,250 --> 01:26:12,460 Thank you. 964 01:26:45,117 --> 01:26:46,243 Come, come, my sons! 965 01:26:46,452 --> 01:26:48,788 - Come. Come. Come. Hither. - Come. 966 01:26:49,622 --> 01:26:52,625 - My lord! My lord! - Now stay together. 967 01:26:52,917 --> 01:26:56,462 Surround the king! Surround the king! 968 01:27:00,549 --> 01:27:01,967 Lay down your arms! 969 01:28:24,550 --> 01:28:26,677 You do not bow to your conqueror? 970 01:28:27,428 --> 01:28:29,972 We bow only for the one true god. 971 01:28:30,264 --> 01:28:33,017 Your god put you here. 972 01:28:33,768 --> 01:28:38,814 So, in order to please your god... 973 01:28:39,106 --> 01:28:44,945 For I do not wish to anger any god, no matter how minor... 974 01:28:45,154 --> 01:28:47,156 I sentence you to death. 975 01:28:47,907 --> 01:28:50,576 I'm sure that's what your god wants. 976 01:28:50,951 --> 01:28:53,245 Do you have any final words? 977 01:29:00,544 --> 01:29:02,129 Father. 978 01:29:04,632 --> 01:29:06,842 You have to speak up. 979 01:29:07,134 --> 01:29:09,261 We do things quickly here. 980 01:29:09,512 --> 01:29:13,390 I understand there has been a prophet in your country... 981 01:29:13,641 --> 01:29:16,769 Who told you this would come to pass. 982 01:29:16,977 --> 01:29:21,857 - Jeremiah. - Jeremiah. Yes, that's the one. 983 01:29:23,818 --> 01:29:25,736 What did he say of your future? 984 01:29:26,529 --> 01:29:29,073 He said I would not die by your hand. 985 01:29:29,323 --> 01:29:31,033 He did? 986 01:29:32,201 --> 01:29:37,206 Well, we must keep you alive, then, mustn't we? 987 01:29:39,250 --> 01:29:41,961 And who are those handsome young men... 988 01:29:42,211 --> 01:29:44,713 Who tried to escape with you? 989 01:29:45,881 --> 01:29:47,341 My sons. 990 01:29:49,260 --> 01:29:54,557 - No! No! No! - Father! 991 01:30:00,145 --> 01:30:04,108 This is the last thing you will ever see. 992 01:30:07,236 --> 01:30:09,196 Alive... 993 01:30:10,239 --> 01:30:12,992 As your god told you. 994 01:30:21,292 --> 01:30:22,334 No. 995 01:30:22,543 --> 01:30:25,129 No. No. No. 996 01:30:33,304 --> 01:30:35,180 Nebuchadnezzar! 997 01:30:35,389 --> 01:30:37,099 Nebuchadnezzar! 998 01:30:37,391 --> 01:30:40,269 Nebuchadnezzar! 999 01:30:41,687 --> 01:30:42,855 Guards! 1000 01:30:47,902 --> 01:30:50,362 Guards! Guards! Guards! 1001 01:30:52,698 --> 01:30:54,450 Help! 1002 01:31:01,165 --> 01:31:02,583 Come on! 1003 01:31:04,793 --> 01:31:07,254 - Are you Jeremiah? - Yes. 1004 01:31:07,504 --> 01:31:10,841 I am nebuzaradan, captain of the guard of Babylon. 1005 01:31:11,091 --> 01:31:12,635 How do you know me? 1006 01:31:12,843 --> 01:31:15,638 Every babylonian soldiers know of Jeremiah. 1007 01:31:16,096 --> 01:31:19,934 My king, nebuchadnezzar, has commanded me to set you free. 1008 01:31:20,476 --> 01:31:22,019 Free? 1009 01:33:05,956 --> 01:33:08,542 The temple shall be rebuilt. 1010 01:33:11,795 --> 01:33:15,841 And next time, it shall also be built in the hearts of man.