Jeremiah
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[1]
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
[2] To whom the word of
the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in
the thirteenth year of his reign.
[3] It came also in the
days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of
the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto
the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
[4]
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[5] Before
I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto
the nations.
[6] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I
cannot speak: for I am a child.
[7] But the LORD said unto
me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send
thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
[8]
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,
saith the LORD.
[9] Then the LORD put forth his hand, and
touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my
words in thy mouth.
[10] See, I have this day set thee over
the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and
to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
[11]
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what
seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
[12]
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my
word to perform it.
[13] And the word of the LORD came unto
me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a
seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
[14]
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break
forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
[15] For, lo, I
will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the
LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at
the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls
thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
[16]
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their
wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
[17]
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all
that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound
thee before them.
[18] For, behold, I have made thee this
day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the
whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof,
against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
[19]
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
[1]
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
[2] Go
and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I
remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine
espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land
that was not sown.
[3] Israel was holiness unto the LORD,
and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall
offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
[4] Hear
ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of
the house of Israel:
[5] Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity
have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and
have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
[6] Neither
said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts
and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,
through a land that no man passed through, and where no man
dwelt?
[7] And I brought you into a plentiful country, to
eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered,
ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
[8]
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law
knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the
prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not
profit.
[9] Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the
LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
[10]
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
[11]
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my
people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
[12]
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye
very desolate, saith the LORD.
[13] For my people have
committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living
waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold
no water.
[14] Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave?
why is he spoiled?
[15] The young lions roared upon him,
and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned
without inhabitant.
[16] Also the children of Noph and
Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
[17] Hast thou
not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD
thy God, when he led thee by the way?
[18] And now what
hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or
what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of
the river?
[19] Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,
and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that
it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy
God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of
hosts.
[20] For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon
every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing
the harlot.
[21] Yet I had planted thee a noble vine,
wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate
plant of a strange vine unto me?
[22] For though thou wash
thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is
marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
[23] How canst thou
say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in
the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary
traversing her ways;
[24] A wild ass used to the
wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her
occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary
themselves; in her month they shall find her.
[25] Withhold
thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou
saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after
them will I go.
[26] As the thief is ashamed when he is
found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their
princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
[27] Saying
to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me
forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face:
but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save
us.
[28] But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?
let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for
according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
[29]
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me,
saith the LORD.
[30] In vain have I smitten your children;
they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your
prophets, like a destroying lion.
[31] O generation, see ye
the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of
darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more
unto thee?
[32] Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride
her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
[33]
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also
taught the wicked ones thy ways.
[34] Also in thy skirts is
found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found
it by secret search, but upon all these.
[35] Yet thou
sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not
sinned.
[36] Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy
way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of
Assyria.
[37] Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine
hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences,
and thou shalt not prosper in them.
[1]
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become
another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be
greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers;
yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
[2] Lift up thine
eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien
with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the
wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and
with thy wickedness.
[3] Therefore the showers have been
withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a
whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
[4] Wilt
thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of
my youth?
[5] Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he
keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as
thou couldest.
[6] The LORD said also unto me in the days
of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath
done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green
tree, and there hath played the harlot.
[7] And I said
after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she
returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[8]
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
played the harlot also.
[9] And it came to pass through the
lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed
adultery with stones and with stocks.
[10] And yet for all
this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her
whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
[11] And the
LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more
than treacherous Judah.
[12] Go and proclaim these words
toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the
LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am
merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
[13]
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against
the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under
every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the
LORD.
[14] Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD;
for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two
of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
[15] And I will
give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding.
[16] And it shall come to
pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,
saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of
the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember
it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any
more.
[17] At that time they shall call Jerusalem the
throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to
the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more
after the imagination of their evil heart.
[18] In those
days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they
shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I
have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
[19] But I
said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a
pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said,
Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
[20]
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye
dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
[21]
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of
the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they
have forgotten the LORD their God.
[22] Return, ye
backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we
come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
[23] Truly
in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude
of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of
Israel.
[24] For shame hath devoured the labour of our
fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and
their daughters.
[25] We lie down in our shame, and our
confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God,
we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not
obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
[1]
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt
thou not remove.
[2] And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth,
in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall
bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
[3]
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up
your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
[4]
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of
your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my
fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because
of the evil of your doings.
[5] Declare ye in Judah, and
publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry,
gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the
defenced cities.
[6] Set up the standard toward Zion:
retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great
destruction.
[7] The lion is come up from his thicket, and
the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from
his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid
waste, without an inhabitant.
[8] For this gird you with
sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not
turned back from us.
[9] And it shall come to pass at that
day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the
heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the
prophets shall wonder.
[10] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!
surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying,
Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
[11]
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry
wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my
people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
[12] Even a full wind
from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence
against them.
[13] Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and
his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than
eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
[14] O Jerusalem,
wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long
shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
[15] For a voice
declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount
Ephraim.
[16] Make ye mention to the nations; behold,
publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and
give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
[17] As
keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she
hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
[18] Thy
way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine
heart.
[19] My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very
heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because
thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of
war.
[20] Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the
whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains
in a moment.
[21] How long shall I see the standard, and
hear the sound of the trumpet?
[22] For my people is
foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they
have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good
they have no knowledge.
[23] I beheld the earth, and, lo,
it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no
light.
[24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
and all the hills moved lightly.
[25] I beheld, and, lo,
there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
[26]
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the
cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by
his fierce anger.
[27] For thus hath the LORD said, The
whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
[28]
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black:
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,
neither will I turn back from it.
[29] The whole city shall
flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into
thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken,
and not a man dwell therein.
[30] And when thou art
spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with
crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou
rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair;
thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
[31]
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as
of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter
of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
[1]
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if
there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I
will pardon it.
[2] And though they say, The LORD liveth;
surely they swear falsely.
[3] O LORD, are not thine eyes
upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved;
thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction:
they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to
return.
[4] Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they
are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment
of their God.
[5] I will get me unto the great men, and
will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and
the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke,
and burst the bonds.
[6] Wherefore a lion out of the forest
shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a
leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out
thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are
many, and their backslidings are increased.
[7] How shall I
pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by
them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then
committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the
harlots' houses.
[8] They were as fed horses in the
morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
[9]
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] Go ye up
upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her
battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
[11] For the
house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously
against me, saith the LORD.
[12] They have belied the LORD,
and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither
shall we see sword nor famine:
[13] And the prophets shall
become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto
them.
[14] Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts,
Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth
fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
[15]
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation
whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they
say.
[16] Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are
all mighty men.
[17] And they shall eat up thine harvest,
and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they
shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines
and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein
thou trustedst, with the sword.
[18] Nevertheless in those
days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
[19]
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the
LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them,
Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so
shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
[20]
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying,
[21] Hear now this, O foolish people, and without
understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and
hear not:
[22] Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not
tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of
the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the
waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they
roar, yet can they not pass over it?
[23] But this people
hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and
gone.
[24] Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear
the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter,
in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the
harvest.
[25] Your iniquities have turned away these
things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
[26]
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that
setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
[27] As a
cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore
they are become great, and waxen rich.
[28] They are waxen
fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they
judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper;
and the right of the needy do they not judge.
[29] Shall I
not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this?
[30] A wonderful and
horrible thing is committed in the land;
[31] The prophets
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my
people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
[1]
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst
of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of
fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great
destruction.
[2] I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
comely and delicate woman.
[3] The shepherds with their
flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her
round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
[4]
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto
us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are
stretched out.
[5] Arise, and let us go by night, and let
us destroy her palaces.
[6] For thus hath the LORD of hosts
said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is
the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of
her.
[7] As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she
casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her;
before me continually is grief and wounds.
[8] Be thou
instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make
thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
[9] Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a
vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
[10]
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold,
their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word
of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
[11]
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding
in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the
assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife
shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
[12]
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and
wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants
of the land, saith the LORD.
[13] For from the least of
them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely.
[14] They have healed also the hurt of the
daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is
no peace.
[15] Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they
blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time
that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
[16]
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the
old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find
rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
[17]
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the
trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
[18] Therefore
hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
[19]
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the
fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my
words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
[20] To what purpose
cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far
country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices
sweet unto me.
[21] Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold,
I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and
the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend
shall perish.
[22] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people
cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised
from the sides of the earth.
[23] They shall lay hold on
bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth
like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war
against thee, O daughter of Zion.
[24] We have heard the
fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us,
and pain, as of a woman in travail.
[25] Go not forth into
the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear
is on every side.
[26] O daughter of my people, gird thee
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as
for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall
suddenly come upon us.
[27] I have set thee for a tower and
a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their
way.
[28] They are all grievous revolters, walking with
slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
[29]
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder
melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
[30]
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected
them.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2]
Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word,
and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at
these gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will
cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying
words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The
temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly
amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment
between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood
in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
[7]
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave
to your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in
lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder,
and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal,
and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come
and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and
say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is
this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12]
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name
at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my
people Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these
works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and
speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered
not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is
called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave
to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15]
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore
pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for
them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17]
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the
fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make
cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto
other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they
provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves
to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured
out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of
the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and
shall not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and
eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor
commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of
Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
[23] But
this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that
I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24]
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went
backward, and not forward.
[25] Since the day that your
fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even
sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and
sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor
inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than
their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these
words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also
call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
[28] But
thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice
of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O
Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high
places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his
wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my
sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house
which is called by my name, to pollute it.
[31] And they
have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the
son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32]
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no
more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the
valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no
place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat
for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and
none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease
from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
[1]
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the
priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they
shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of
heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have
worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be
for dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be
chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of
this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have
driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
[4] Moreover thou
shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not
arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is
this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?
they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I
hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him
of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his
course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the
stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and
the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye
say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly
in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9]
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
[10]
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to
them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto
the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the
priest every one dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed
the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace;
when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they
had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither
could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in
the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the
LORD.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the LORD:
there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and
the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass
away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble
yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be
silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given
us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the
LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a
time of health, and behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of
his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound
of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have
devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that
dwell therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents,
cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall
bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself
against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the
voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that
dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in
her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and
with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer
is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the
daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken
hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no
physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my
people recovered?
[1]
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that
I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place
of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for
they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
[3]
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to
evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye
heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for
every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk
with slanders.
[5] And they will deceive every one his
neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their
tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
[6]
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they
refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
[7] Therefore thus saith
the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how
shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue
is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably
to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
[9]
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the
mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned
up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the
voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are
fled; they are gone.
[11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps,
and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may
understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is
burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13]
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked
therein;
[14] But have walked after the imagination of
their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught
them:
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood,
and give them water of gall to drink.
[16] I will scatter
them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have
known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed
them.
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and
call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning
women, that they may come:
[18] And let them make haste,
and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears,
and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of
wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly
confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings
have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye
women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your
daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
[21]
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our
palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from
the streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the
carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the
handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
[23]
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man
glory in his riches:
[24] But let him that glorieth glory
in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD
which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the
earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
[25]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them
which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt,
and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all
that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all
these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.
[1]
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of
Israel:
[2] Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen
are dismayed at them.
[3] For the customs of the people are
vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands
of the workman, with the axe.
[4] They deck it with silver
and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it
move not.
[5] They are upright as the palm tree, but speak
not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid
of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do
good.
[6] Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O
LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
[7]
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in
all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
[8] But
they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of
vanities.
[9] Silver spread into plates is brought from
Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the
hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all
the work of cunning men.
[10] But the LORD is the true God,
he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth
shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his
indignation.
[11] Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods
that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish
from the earth, and from under these heavens.
[12] He hath
made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
[13]
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the
earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
out of his treasures.
[14] Every man is brutish in his
knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his
molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
[15]
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
[16] The portion of Jacob is
not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the
rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
[17]
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the
fortress.
[18] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress
them, that they may find it so.
[19] Woe is me for my hurt!
my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must
bear it.
[20] My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords
are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there
is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my
curtains.
[21] For the pastors are become brutish, and have
not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their
flocks shall be scattered.
[22] Behold, the noise of the
bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to
make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
[23]
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in
man that walketh to direct his steps.
[24] O LORD, correct
me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to
nothing.
[25] Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they
have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have
made his habitation desolate.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2]
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah,
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
[3] And say thou unto
them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that
obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
[4] Which I
commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and
do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my
people, and I will be your God:
[5] That I may perform the
oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land
flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and
said, So be it, O LORD.
[6] Then the LORD said unto me,
Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do
them.
[7] For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in
the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
[8]
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in
the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them
all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but
they did them not.
[9] And the LORD said unto me, A
conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.
[10] They are turned back to the iniquities
of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went
after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of
Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
[11]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them,
which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry
unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
[12] Then shall the
cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the
gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at
all in the time of their trouble.
[13] For according to the
number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the
number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that
shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
[14]
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or
prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry
unto me for their trouble.
[15] What hath my beloved to do
in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the
holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou
rejoicest.
[16] The LORD called thy name, A green olive
tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he
hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
[17]
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil
against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of
Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger
in offering incense unto Baal.
[18] And the LORD hath given
me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their
doings.
[19] But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought
to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices
against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof,
and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may
be no more remembered.
[20] But, O LORD of hosts, that
judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see
thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
[21]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy
life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not
by our hand:
[22] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword;
their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
[23]
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the
men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
[1]
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk
with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked
prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very
treacherously?
[2] Thou hast planted them, yea, they have
taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in
their mouth, and far from their reins.
[3] But thou, O
LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward
thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them
for the day of slaughter.
[4] How long shall the land
mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of
them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds;
because they said, He shall not see our last end.
[5] If
thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein
thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the
swelling of Jordan?
[6] For even thy brethren, and the
house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee;
yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not,
though they speak fair words unto thee.
[7] I have forsaken
mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly
beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
[8] Mine
heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against
me: therefore have I hated it.
[9] Mine heritage is unto me
as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye,
assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
[10]
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion
under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate
wilderness.
[11] They have made it desolate, and being
desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate,
because no man layeth it to heart.
[12] The spoilers are
come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of
the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other
end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
[13] They have
sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain,
but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
[14] Thus saith
the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance
which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck
them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among
them.
[15] And it shall come to pass, after that I have
plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will
bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his
land.
[16] And it shall come to pass, if they will
diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD
liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be
built in the midst of my people.
[17] But if they will not
obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the
LORD.
[1]
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put
it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
[2] So I got a
girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
[3]
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
[4]
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and
arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
[5]
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
[6]
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,
Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I
commanded thee to hide there.
[7] Then I went to Euphrates,
and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it:
and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for
nothing.
[8] Then the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[9] Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I
mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
[10]
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the
imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them,
and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for
nothing.
[11] For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a
man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and
the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me
for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but
they would not hear.
[12] Therefore thou shalt speak unto
them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall
be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not
certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
[13]
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon
David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
[14] And I will
dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons
together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy,
but destroy them.
[15] Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud:
for the LORD hath spoken.
[16] Give glory to the LORD your
God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the
dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the
shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
[17] But if ye
will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride;
and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the
LORD's flock is carried away captive.
[18] Say unto the
king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your
principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
[19]
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them:
Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly
carried away captive.
[20] Lift up your eyes, and behold
them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given
thee, thy beautiful flock?
[21] What wilt thou say when he
shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as
chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in
travail?
[22] And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore
come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are
thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
[23] Can
the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye
also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
[24]
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the
wind of the wilderness.
[25] This is thy lot, the portion
of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten
me, and trusted in falsehood.
[26] Therefore will I
discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
[27]
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy
whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto
thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once
be?
[1]
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
[2]
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto
the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
[3] And
their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to
the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty;
they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
[4]
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the
plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
[5] Yea,
the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was
no grass.
[6] And the wild asses did stand in the high
places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail,
because there was no grass.
[7] O LORD, though our
iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for
our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
[8]
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man
that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
[9] Why shouldest
thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet
thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name;
leave us not.
[10] Thus saith the LORD unto this people,
Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet,
therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins.
[11] Then said the LORD
unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
[12] When
they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume
them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[13]
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye
shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will
give you assured peace in this place.
[14] Then the LORD
said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not,
neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy
unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and
the deceit of their heart.
[15] Therefore thus saith the
LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent
them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land;
By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
[16]
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets
of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have
none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their
daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
[17]
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down
with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin
daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very
grievous blow.
[18] If I go forth into the field, then
behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then
behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the
priest go about into a land that they know not.
[19] Hast
thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou
smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and
there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold
trouble!
[20] We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and
the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
[21]
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of
thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
[22]
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these
things.
[1]
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,
yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my
sight, and let them go forth.
[2] And it shall come to
pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou
shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to
death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are
for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to
the captivity.
[3] And I will appoint over them four kinds,
saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the
fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and
destroy.
[4] And I will cause them to be removed into all
kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king
of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
[5] For who
shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or
who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
[6] Thou hast
forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I
stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with
repenting.
[7] And I will fan them with a fan in the gates
of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my
people, since they return not from their ways.
[8] Their
widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought
upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I
have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the
city.
[9] She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath
given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she
hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I
deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
[10]
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a
man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury,
nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse
me.
[11] The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy
remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the
time of evil and in the time of affliction.
[12] Shall iron
break the northern iron and the steel?
[13] Thy substance
and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that
for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
[14] And I will
make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest
not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon
you.
[15] O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me,
and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy
longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
[16]
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O
LORD God of hosts.
[17] I sat not in the assembly of the
mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast
filled me with indignation.
[18] Why is my pain perpetual,
and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be
altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
[19]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee
again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the
precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return
unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
[20] And I will
make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight
against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with
thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
[21]
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
[1]
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
[2] Thou
shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters
in this place.
[3] For thus saith the LORD concerning the
sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and
concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers
that begat them in this land;
[4] They shall die of
grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be
buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and
they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their
carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of
the earth.
[5] For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the
house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have
taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even
lovingkindness and mercies.
[6] Both the great and the
small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall
men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for
them:
[7] Neither shall men tear themselves for them in
mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them
the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their
mother.
[8] Thou shalt not also go into the house of
feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
[9] For
thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause
to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice
of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride.
[10] And it shall come to pass,
when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say
unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil
against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have
committed against the LORD our God?
[11] Then shalt thou
say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD,
and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have
worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
[12]
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every
one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not
hearken unto me:
[13] Therefore will I cast you out of this
land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and
there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew
you favour.
[14] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[15]
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the
land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them:
and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their
fathers.
[16] Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith
the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many
hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every
hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
[17] For mine eyes
are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is
their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
[18] And first I will
recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have
defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases
of their detestable and abominable things.
[19] O LORD, my
strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction,
the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and
shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things
wherein there is no profit.
[20] Shall a man make gods unto
himself, and they are no gods?
[21] Therefore, behold, I
will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine
hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
[1]
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of
a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the
horns of your altars;
[2] Whilst their children remember
their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high
hills.
[3] O my mountain in the field, I will give thy
substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for
sin, throughout all thy borders.
[4] And thou, even
thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and
I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou
knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall
burn for ever.
[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man
that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart
departeth from the LORD.
[6] For he shall be like the heath
in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit
the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not
inhabited.
[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the
LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
[8] For he shall be as a
tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be
green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall
cease from yielding fruit.
[9] The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
[10] I
the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
[11]
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that
getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of
his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
[12] A glorious
high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
[13]
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because
they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
[14]
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise.
[15] Behold, they say unto
me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
[16] As
for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came
out of my lips was right before thee.
[17] Be not a terror
unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
[18] Let them
be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let
them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day
of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
[19]
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children
of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which
they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
[20] And
say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and
all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by
these gates:
[21] Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by
the gates of Jerusalem;
[22] Neither carry forth a burden
out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but
hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
[23]
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck
stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
[24]
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith
the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the
sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
[25]
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses,
they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
[26] And
they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and
from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and
sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices
of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
[27] But if ye will
not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a
burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
[1]
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2]
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee
to hear my words.
[3] Then I went down to the potter's
house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
[4]
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the
potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the
potter to make it.
[5] Then the word of the LORD came to
me, saying,
[6] O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as
this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's
hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
[7] At
what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
[8]
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
[9]
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning
a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
[10] If it do evil in
my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,
wherewith I said I would benefit them.
[11] Now therefore
go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against
you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from
his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
[12]
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own
devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil
heart.
[13] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among
the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath
done a very horrible thing.
[14] Will a man leave the snow
of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold
flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
[15]
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to
vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the
ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
[16]
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
[17]
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will
shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their
calamity.
[18] Then said they, Come, and let us devise
devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the
priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet.
Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed
to any of his words.
[19] Give heed to me, O LORD, and
hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
[20]
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my
soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and
to turn away thy wrath from them.
[21] Therefore deliver up
their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force
of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and
be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be
slain by the sword in battle.
[22] Let a cry be heard from
their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for
they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
[23]
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy
sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in
the time of thine anger.
[1]
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take
of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the
priests;
[2] And go forth unto the valley of the son of
Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there
the words that I shall tell thee,
[3] And say, Hear ye the
word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall
tingle.
[4] Because they have forsaken me, and have
estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods,
whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of
Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
[5]
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake
it, neither came it into my mind:
[6] Therefore, behold,
the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be
called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of
slaughter.
[7] And I will make void the counsel of Judah
and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the
sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their
lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
[8] And I will
make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth
thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues
thereof.
[9] And I will cause them to eat the flesh of
their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every
one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith
their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten
them.
[10] Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of
the men that go with thee,
[11] And shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and
this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made
whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no
place to bury.
[12] Thus will I do unto this place, saith
the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as
Tophet:
[13] And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of
the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because
of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all
the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other
gods.
[14] Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD
had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's
house; and said to all the people,
[15] Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and
upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it,
because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my
words.
[1]
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor
in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these
things.
[2] Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put
him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was
by the house of the LORD.
[3] And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then
said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but
Magor-missabib.
[4] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall
fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it:
and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with
the sword.
[5] Moreover I will deliver all the strength of
this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things
thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into
the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and
carry them to Babylon.
[6] And thou, Pashur, and all that
dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to
Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou,
and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
[7]
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger
than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh
me.
[8] For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence
and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me,
and a derision, daily.
[9] Then I said, I will not make
mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in
mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary
with forbearing, and I could not stay.
[10] For I heard the
defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will
report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him,
and we shall take our revenge on him.
[11] But the LORD is
with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall
stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed;
for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never
be forgotten.
[12] But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the
righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy
vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
[13]
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the
soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
[14] Cursed be
the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me
be blessed.
[15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to
my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very
glad.
[16] And let that man be as the cities which the LORD
overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning,
and the shouting at noontide;
[17] Because he slew me not
from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her
womb to be always great with me.
[18] Wherefore came I
forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should
be consumed with shame?
[1]
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah
sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah the priest, saying,
[2] Inquire, I pray thee, of
the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war
against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all
his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
[3] Then
said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
[4]
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the
king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without
the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
[5]
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and
with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great
wrath.
[6] And I will smite the inhabitants of this city,
both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
[7]
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah,
and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city
from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he
shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them,
neither have pity, nor have mercy.
[8] And unto this people
thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way
of life, and the way of death.
[9] He that abideth in this
city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that
besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a
prey.
[10] For I have set my face against this city for
evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
[11]
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of
the LORD;
[12] O house of David, thus saith the LORD;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out
of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn
that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
[13]
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of
the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us?
or who shall enter into our habitations?
[14] But I will
punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and
I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all
things round about it.
[1]
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and
speak there this word,
[2] And say, Hear the word of the
LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou,
and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
[3]
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no
wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow,
neither shed innocent blood in this place.
[4] For if ye do
this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this
house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and
on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
[5] But if
ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that
this house shall become a desolation.
[6] For thus saith
the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and
the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and
cities which are not inhabited.
[7] And I will prepare
destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall
cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
[8]
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every
man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this
great city?
[9] Then they shall answer, Because they have
forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other
gods, and served them.
[10] Weep ye not for the dead,
neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he
shall return no more, nor see his native country.
[11] For
thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah,
which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of
this place; He shall not return thither any more:
[12] But
he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and
shall see this land no more.
[13] Woe unto him that
buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong;
that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not
for his work;
[14] That saith, I will build me a wide house
and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled
with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
[15] Shalt thou
reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat
and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with
him?
[16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then
it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
[17]
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and
for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to
do it.
[18] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for
him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for
him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
[19] He shall be
buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the
gates of Jerusalem.
[20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and
lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy
lovers are destroyed.
[21] I spake unto thee in thy
prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy
manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
[22]
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into
captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all
thy wickedness.
[23] O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest
thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come
upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
[24] As I
live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of
Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee
thence;
[25] And I will give thee into the hand of them
that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou
fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[26] And I will cast thee
out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye
were not born; and there shall ye die.
[27] But to the land
whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
[28]
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is
no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are
cast into a land which they know not?
[29] O earth, earth,
earth, hear the word of the LORD.
[30] Thus saith the LORD,
Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his
days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne
of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
[1]
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! saith the LORD.
[2] Therefore thus saith the LORD
God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have
scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them:
behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the
LORD.
[3] And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of
all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again
to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
[4]
And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking,
saith the LORD.
[5] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall
reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the
earth.
[6] In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel
shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
[7] Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth,
which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[8]
But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the
house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries
whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own
land.
[9] Mine heart within me is broken because of the
prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man
whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the
words of his holiness.
[10] For the land is full of
adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant
places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and
their force is not right.
[11] For both prophet and priest
are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith
the LORD.
[12] Wherefore their way shall be unto them as
slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall
therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their
visitation, saith the LORD.
[13] And I have seen folly in
the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my
people Israel to err.
[14] I have seen also in the prophets
of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in
lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth
return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom,
and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
[15] Therefore
thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will
feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for
from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the
land.
[16] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto
the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain:
they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of
the LORD.
[17] They say still unto them that despise me,
The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one
that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall
come upon you.
[18] For who hath stood in the counsel of
the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his
word, and heard it?
[19] Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is
gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall
grievously upon the head of the wicked.
[20] The anger of
the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have
performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it perfectly.
[21] I have not sent these prophets,
yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
[22]
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear
my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and
from the evil of their doings.
[23] Am I a God at hand,
saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
[24] Can any hide
himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do
not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
[25] I have
heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying,
I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
[26] How long shall this be
in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are
prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
[27] Which think
to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell
every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name
for Baal.
[28] The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell
a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
[29] Is not
my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?
[30] Therefore, behold, I am
against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one
from his neighbour.
[31] Behold, I am against the prophets,
saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
[32]
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD,
and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by
their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore
they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
[33]
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,
saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto
them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
[34]
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall
say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his
house.
[35] Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour,
and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What
hath the LORD spoken?
[36] And the burden of the LORD shall
ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye
have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our
God.
[37] Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the
LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
[38]
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the
LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have
sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
[39]
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will
forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast
you out of my presence:
[40] And I will bring an
everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not
be forgotten.
[1]
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before
the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had
carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and
the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem,
and had brought them to Babylon.
[2] One basket had very
good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other
basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so
bad.
[3] Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou,
Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil,
very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
[4]
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[5] Thus
saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I
acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their
good.
[6] For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and
I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not
pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
[7]
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall
return unto me with their whole heart.
[8] And as the evil
figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the
LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and
the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that
dwell in the land of Egypt:
[9] And I will deliver them to
be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a
reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I
shall drive them.
[10] And I will send the sword, the
famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from
off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in
the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that
was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
[2]
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
[3] From
the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even
unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the
LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and
speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
[4] And the LORD hath
sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending
them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
[5]
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath
given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
[6]
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do
you no hurt.
[7] Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith
the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your
hands to your own hurt.
[8] Therefore thus saith the LORD
of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
[9] Behold, I
will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them
against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against
all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and
make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
[10] Moreover I will take from them the voice
of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of
the candle.
[11] And this whole land shall be a desolation,
and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of
Babylon seventy years.
[12] And it shall come to pass, when
seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of
Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the
land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
[13]
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah
hath prophesied against all the nations.
[14] For many
nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I
will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the
works of their own hands.
[15] For thus saith the LORD God
of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and
cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
[16]
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them.
[17] Then took I the cup at
the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the
LORD had sent me:
[18] To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of
Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a
desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this
day;
[19] Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his
princes, and all his people;
[20] And all the mingled
people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the
land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the
remnant of Ashdod,
[21] Edom, and Moab, and the children of
Ammon,
[22] And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings
of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
[23]
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost
corners,
[24] And all the kings of Arabia, and all the
kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
[25]
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes,
[26] And all the kings of the north,
far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world,
which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall
drink after them.
[27] Therefore thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be
drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword
which I will send among you.
[28] And it shall be, if they
refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say
unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly
drink.
[29] For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city
which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye
shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the
inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
[30]
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto
them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his
holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall
give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the
inhabitants of the earth.
[31] A noise shall come even to
the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the
nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are
wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
[32] Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and
a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the
earth.
[33] And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day
from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they
shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be
dung upon the ground.
[34] Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and
wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the
days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and
ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
[35] And the
shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock
to escape.
[36] A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an
howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD
hath spoiled their pasture.
[37] And the peaceable
habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the
LORD.
[38] He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for
their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor,
and because of his fierce anger.
[1]
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
[2] Thus saith
the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all
the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all
the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a
word:
[3] If so be they will hearken, and turn every man
from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose
to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
[4]
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[5]
To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto
you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
[6] Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and
will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
[7]
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
[8] Now it
came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the
LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests
and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt
surely die.
[9] Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the
LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be
desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered
against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
[10] When the
princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the
king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of the LORD's house.
[11] Then spake the
priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people,
saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against
this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
[12] Then spake
Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD
sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the
words that ye have heard.
[13] Therefore now amend your
ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and
the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against
you.
[14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me
as seemeth good and meet unto you.
[15] But know ye for
certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent
blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants
thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all
these words in your ears.
[16] Then said the princes and
all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not
worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our
God.
[17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,
and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
[18]
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall
become heaps, and the mountains of the house as the high places of a
forest.
[19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put
him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD,
and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against
them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
[20]
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against
this city and against this land according to all the words of
Jeremiah:
[21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his
mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to
put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled,
and went into Egypt;
[22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men
into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with
him into Egypt.
[23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of
Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the
sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common
people.
[24] Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the
hand of the people to put him to death.
[1]
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2]
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them
upon thy neck,
[3] And send them to the king of Edom, and
to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the
king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the
messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
[4]
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
[5]
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given
it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
[6] And now have I
given all these lands unto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.
[7] And all nations shall serve him, and
his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and
then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
[8]
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not
put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation
will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine,
and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
[9]
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor
to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers,
which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon:
[10] For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove
you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye
should perish.
[11] But the nations that bring their neck
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I
let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall
till it, and dwell therein.
[12] I spake also to Zedekiah
king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people,
and live.
[13] Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken
against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
[14]
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they
prophesy a lie unto you.
[15] For I have not sent them,
saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might
drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that
prophesy unto you.
[16] Also I spake to the priests and to
all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the
words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the
vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from
Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
[17] Hearken not
unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this
city be laid waste?
[18] But if they be prophets, and if
the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to
the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of
the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go
not to Babylon.
[19] For thus saith the LORD of hosts
concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the
bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this
city,
[20] Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not,
when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of
Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and
Jerusalem;
[21] Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the
LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
[22]
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the
day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and
restore them to this place.
[1]
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,
that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake
unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and
of all the people, saying,
[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king
of Babylon.
[3] Within two full years will I bring again
into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried
them to Babylon:
[4] And I will bring again to this place
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of
Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the
yoke of the king of Babylon.
[5] Then the prophet Jeremiah
said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in
the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the
LORD,
[6] Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do
so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring
again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away
captive, from Babylon into this place.
[7] Nevertheless
hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears
of all the people;
[8] The prophets that have been before
me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and
against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
[9]
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD
hath truly sent him.
[10] Then Hananiah the prophet took
the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
[11]
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full
years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
[12] Then the
word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah
the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt
make for them yokes of iron.
[14] For thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck
of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of
the field also.
[15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto
Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent
thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
[16]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the
face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught
rebellion against the LORD.
[17] So Hananiah the prophet
died the same year in the seventh month.
[1]
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away
captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the
people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to
Babylon;
[2] (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen,
and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the
carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
[3]
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
[4] Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away
captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto
Babylon;
[5] Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant
gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
[6] Take ye wives, and
beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your
daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye
may be increased there, and not diminished.
[7] And seek
the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away
captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
[8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be
in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams
which ye cause to be dreamed.
[9] For they prophesy falsely
unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
[10]
For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in
causing you to return to this place.
[11] For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[12] Then
shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you.
[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me,
when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
[14] And I
will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all
the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will
bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away
captive.
[15] Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us
up prophets in Babylon;
[16] Know that thus saith the LORD
of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the
people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not
gone forth with you into captivity;
[17] Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine,
and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be
eaten, they are so evil.
[18] And I will persecute them
with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will
deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all
the nations whither I have driven them:
[19] Because they
have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto
them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them;
but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
[20] Hear ye
therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have
sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
[21] Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah
the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name;
Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
[22] And
of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
[23]
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in
my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a
witness, saith the LORD.
[24] Thus shalt thou also speak to
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
[25] Thus speaketh the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent
letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests,
saying,
[26] The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of
Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the
LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that
thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
[27]
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
[28] For therefore he sent
unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses,
and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
[29]
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet.
[30] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah,
saying,
[31] Send to all them of the captivity, saying,
Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that
Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused
you to trust in a lie:
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD;
Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall
not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold
the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he
hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2]
Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the
words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
[3] For, lo,
the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity
of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them
to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
possess it.
[4] And these are the words that the LORD spake
concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
[5] For thus saith
the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
peace.
[6] Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail
with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins,
as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
[7]
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
[8]
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that
I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,
and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
[9]
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them.
[10] Therefore fear thou not, O my
servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for,
lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their
captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be
quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
[11] For I am with
thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end
of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee
altogether unpunished.
[12] For thus saith the LORD, Thy
bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
[13] There
is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast
no healing medicines.
[14] All thy lovers have forgotten
thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of
an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of
thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
[15] Why
criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the
multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have
done these things unto thee.
[16] Therefore all they that
devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one
of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a
spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
[17]
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy
wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying,
This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
[18] Thus saith
the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents,
and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded
upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner
thereof.
[19] And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and
they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not
be small.
[20] Their children also shall be as aforetime,
and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will
punish all that oppress them.
[21] And their nobles shall
be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of
them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto
me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith
the LORD.
[22] And ye shall be my people, and I will be
your God.
[23] Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth
forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon
the head of the wicked.
[24] The fierce anger of the LORD
shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed
the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
[1]
At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the
families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
[2] Thus
saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace
in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
[3]
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn
thee.
[4] Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built,
O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and
shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
[5]
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the
planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
[6]
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our
God.
[7] For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for
Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise
ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
[8]
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a
great company shall return thither.
[9] They shall come
with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause
them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they
shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
firstborn.
[10] Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations,
and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered
Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his
flock.
[11] For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed
him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
[12]
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine,
and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and
their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow
any more at all.
[13] Then shall the virgin rejoice in the
dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their
mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from
their sorrow.
[14] And I will satiate the soul of the
priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my
goodness, saith the LORD.
[15] Thus saith the LORD; A voice
was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping
for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because
they were not.
[16] Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice
from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be
rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of
the enemy.
[17] And there is hope in thine end, saith the
LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
[18]
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my
God.
[19] Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and
after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed,
yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my
youth.
[20] Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child?
for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy
upon him, saith the LORD.
[21] Set thee up waymarks, make
thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way
which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to
these thy cities.
[22] How long wilt thou go about, O thou
backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the
earth, A woman shall compass a man.
[23] Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech
in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring
again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice,
and mountain of holiness.
[24] And there shall dwell in
Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and
they that go forth with flocks.
[25] For I have satiated
the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
[26]
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
[27]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of
Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed
of beast.
[28] And it shall come to pass, that like as I
have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw
down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to
build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
[29] In those days
they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the
children's teeth are set on edge.
[30] But every one shall
die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his
teeth shall be set on edge.
[31] Behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah:
[32] Not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the
LORD:
[33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and
will be their God, and they shall be my people.
[34] And
they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
[35]
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the
ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which
divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is
his name:
[36] If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a
nation before me for ever.
[37] Thus saith the LORD; If
heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth
searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for
all that they have done, saith the LORD.
[38] Behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD
from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
[39]
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the
hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
[40] And the
whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields
unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward
the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up,
nor thrown down any more for ever.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar.
[2] For then the king of Babylon's army
besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court
of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
[3]
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost
thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this
city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
[4]
And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the
Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall
behold his eyes;
[5] And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon,
and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye
fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
[6] And
Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[7]
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee,
saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of
redemption is thine to buy it.
[8] So Hanameel mine uncle's
son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of
the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in
Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of
inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for
thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
[9]
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in
Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of
silver.
[10] And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it,
and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
[11]
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed
according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
[12]
And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's
son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of
the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the
prison.
[13] And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
[14]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these
evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and
this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that
they may continue many days.
[15] For thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be
possessed again in this land.
[16] Now when I had delivered
the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed
unto the LORD, saying,
[17] Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast
made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
[18] Thou
shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity
of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the
Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
[19]
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon
all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
[20] Which
hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day,
and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at
this day;
[21] And hast brought forth thy people Israel out
of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong
hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
[22]
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
[23]
And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice,
neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou
commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to
come upon them:
[24] Behold the mounts, they are come unto
the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the
famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to
pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
[25] And thou hast said
unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take
witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[26]
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[27]
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too
hard for me?
[28] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I
will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
[29]
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set
fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they
have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto
other gods, to provoke me to anger.
[30] For the children
of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me
from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to
anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.
[31]
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of
my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I
should remove it from before my face,
[32] Because of all
the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah,
which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their
princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[33] And they have turned
unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up
early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive
instruction.
[34] But they set their abominations in the
house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
[35] And
they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the
son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass
through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither
came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause
Judah to sin.
[36] And now therefore thus saith the LORD,
the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be
delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence;
[37] Behold, I will
gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine
anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them
again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
[38]
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
[39]
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me
for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after
them:
[40] And I will make an everlasting covenant with
them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I
will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from
me.
[41] Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and
I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with
my whole soul.
[42] For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have
brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon
them all the good that I have promised them.
[43] And
fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate
without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans.
[44] Men shall buy fields for money, and
subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of
Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the
valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their
captivity to return, saith the LORD.
[1]
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time,
while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
[2]
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
establish it; the LORD is his name;
[3] Call unto me, and I
will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not.
[4] For thus saith the LORD, the God of
Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses
of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by
the sword;
[5] They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but
it is fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in
mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my
face from this city.
[6] Behold, I will bring it health and
cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance
of peace and truth.
[7] And I will cause the captivity of
Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as
at the first.
[8] And I will cleanse them from all their
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all
their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have
transgressed against me.
[9] And it shall be to me a name
of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth,
which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall
fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that
I procure unto it.
[10] Thus saith the LORD; Again there
shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without
man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without
inhabitant, and without beast,
[11] The voice of joy, and
the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of
the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of
hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of
them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the
LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the
first, saith the LORD.
[12] Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast,
and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds
causing their flocks to lie down.
[13] In the cities of the
mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south,
and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and
in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands
of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
[14] Behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which
I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of
Judah.
[15] In those days, and at that time, will I cause
the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall
execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
[16] In
those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely:
and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our
righteousness.
[17] For thus saith the LORD; David shall
never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
[18]
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer
burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually.
[19] And the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah, saying,
[20] Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break
my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there
should not be day and night in their season;
[21] Then may
also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not
have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the
priests, my ministers.
[22] As the host of heaven cannot be
numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply
the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto
me.
[23] Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
saying,
[24] Considerest thou not what this people have
spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath
even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they
should be no more a nation before them.
[25] Thus saith the
LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not
appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
[26] Then
will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I
will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and
have mercy on them.
[1]
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth
of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities thereof, saying,
[2] Thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and
tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
[3]
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken,
and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of
the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and
thou shalt go to Babylon.
[4] Yet hear the word of the
LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou
shalt not die by the sword:
[5] But thou shalt die in
peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which
were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will
lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith
the LORD.
[6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these
words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
[7] When
the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all
the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against
Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of
Judah.
[8] This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from
the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all
the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto
them;
[9] That every man should let his manservant, and
every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free;
that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his
brother.
[10] Now when all the princes, and all the people,
which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let
his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none
should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let
them go.
[11] But afterward they turned, and caused the
servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and
brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
[12]
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[13] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made
a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
[14]
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew,
which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six
years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers
hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
[15] And
ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming
liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before
me in the house which is called by my name:
[16] But ye
turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and
every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure,
to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for
servants and for handmaids.
[17] Therefore thus saith the
LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every
one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I
proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into
all the kingdoms of the earth.
[18] And I will give the men
that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the
words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut
the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
[19]
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and
the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the
parts of the calf;
[20] I will even give them into the hand
of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and
their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and
to the beasts of the earth.
[21] And Zedekiah king of Judah
and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into
the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king
of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
[22] Behold,
I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this
city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with
fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an
inhabitant.
[1]
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
[2] Go
unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them
into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them
wine to drink.
[3] Then I took Jaazaniah the son of
Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons,
and the whole house of the Rechabites;
[4] And I brought
them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of
Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of
the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of
Shallum, the keeper of the door:
[5] And I set before the
sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and
I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
[6] But they said, We will
drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us,
saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for
ever:
[7] Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor
plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in
tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be
strangers.
[8] Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the
son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no
wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
[9]
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor
field, nor seed:
[10] But we have dwelt in tents, and have
obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded
us.
[11] But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to
Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the
army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
[12] Then
came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[13] Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive
instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
[14]
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons
not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none,
but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken
unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto
me.
[15] I have sent also unto you all my servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now
every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after
other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have
given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear,
nor hearkened unto me.
[16] Because the sons of Jonadab the
son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which
he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
[17]
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I
have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called
unto them, but they have not answered.
[18] And Jeremiah
said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab
your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all
that he hath commanded you:
[19] Therefore thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not
want a man to stand before me for ever.
[1]
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
[2] Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein
all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and
against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto
thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
[3] It
may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose
to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way;
that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
[4] Then
Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the
mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto
him, upon a roll of a book.
[5] And Jeremiah commanded
Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the
LORD:
[6] Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which
thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of
the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou
shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their
cities.
[7] It may be they will present their supplication
before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for
great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against
this people.
[8] And Baruch the son of Neriah did according
to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book
the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.
[9] And it came
to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the
LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came
from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
[10] Then read
Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in
the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher
court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears
of all the people.
[11] When Michaiah the son of Gemariah,
the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the
LORD,
[12] Then he went down into the king's house, into
the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even
Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan
the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the
son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
[13] Then Michaiah
declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read
the book in the ears of the people.
[14] Therefore all the
princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the
son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll
wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch
the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
[15]
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So
Baruch read it in their ears.
[16] Now it came to pass,
when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and
other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all
these words.
[17] And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us
now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
[18]
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with
his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
[19] Then
said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and
let no man know where ye be.
[20] And they went in to the
king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of
Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the
king.
[21] So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and
he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it
in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which
stood beside the king.
[22] Now the king sat in the
winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth
burning before him.
[23] And it came to pass, that when
Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife,
and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll
was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
[24] Yet
they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor
any of his servants that heard all these words.
[25]
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession
to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear
them.
[26] But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of
Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of
Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the
LORD hid them.
[27] Then the word of the LORD came to
Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words
which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
[28]
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words
that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath
burned.
[29] And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim the king of
Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why
hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall
certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from
thence man and beast?
[30] Therefore thus saith the LORD of
Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of
David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat,
and in the night to the frost.
[31] And I will punish him
and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring
upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of
Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they
hearkened not.
[32] Then took Jeremiah another roll, and
gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein
from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim
king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides
unto them many like words.
[1]
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son
of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the
land of Judah.
[2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor
the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which
he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
[3] And Zedekiah the king
sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah
the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD
our God for us.
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among
the people: for they had not put him into prison.
[5] Then
Pharoah's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
Jerusalem.
[6] Then came the word of the LORD unto the
prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] Thus saith the LORD, the God
of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto
me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to
help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
[8]
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
[9] Thus saith the LORD;
Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart
from us: for they shall not depart.
[10] For though ye had
smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and
there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up
every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
[11]
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken
up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
[12] Then
Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,
to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
[13]
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was
there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of
Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away
to the Chaldeans.
[14] Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I
fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so
Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
[15]
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and
put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had
made that the prison.
[16] When Jeremiah was entered into
the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there
many days;
[17] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him
out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there
any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he,
thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
[18]
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended
against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that
ye have put me in prison?
[19] Where are now your prophets
which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come
against you, nor against this land?
[20] Therefore hear
now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray
thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to
the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
[21]
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah
into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a
piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the
city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
[1]
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur,
and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard
the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
[2]
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth
to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey,
and shall live.
[3] Thus saith the LORD, This city shall
surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which
shall take it.
[4] Therefore the princes said unto the
king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he
weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and
the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for
this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
[5]
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king
is not he that can do any thing against you.
[6] Then took
they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of
Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down
Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire:
so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
[7] Now when Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard
that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in
the gate of Benjamin;
[8] Ebed-melech went forth out of the
king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
[9] My lord
the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to
Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is
like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more
bread in the city.
[10] Then the king commanded Ebed-melech
the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take
up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
[11]
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the
king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old
rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to
Jeremiah.
[12] And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto
Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine
armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
[13] So they
drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and
Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
[14] Then
Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into
the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said
unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
[15]
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt
thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt
thou not hearken unto me?
[16] So Zedekiah the king sware
secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this
soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the
hand of these men that seek thy life.
[17] Then said
Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the
God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of
Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not
be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
[18]
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then
shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they
shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand.
[19] And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am
afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they
deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
[20] But
Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the
voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto
thee, and thy soul shall live.
[21] But if thou refuse to
go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
[22]
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house
shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those
women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed
against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away
back.
[23] So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy
children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou
shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
[24] Then
said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou
shalt not die.
[25] But if the princes hear that I have
talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare
unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us,
and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto
thee:
[26] Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my
supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to
Jonathan's house, to die there.
[27] Then came all the
princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to
all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off
speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
[28]
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that
Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
[1]
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem,
and they beseiged it.
[2] And in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city
was broken up.
[3] And all the princes of the king of
Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer,
Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, with all
the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
[4] And
it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and
all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by
night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two
walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
[5] But the
Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath,
where he gave judgment upon him.
[6] Then the king of
Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the
king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
[7] Moreover
he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him
to Babylon.
[8] And the Chaldeans burned the king's house,
and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of
Jerusalem.
[9] Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard
carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that
remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him,
with the rest of the people that remained.
[10] But
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people,
which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and
fields at the same time.
[11] Now Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard, saying,
[12] Take him, and look well to him,
and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto
thee.
[13] So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent,
and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, and all the
king of Babylon's princes;
[14] Even they sent, and took
Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry
him home: so he dwelt among the people.
[15] Now the word
of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of
the prison, saying,
[16] Go and speak to Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for
good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
[17]
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt
not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
[18]
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith the LORD.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken
him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of
Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto
Babylon.
[2] And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah,
and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon
this place.
[3] Now the LORD hath brought it, and done
according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD,
and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon
you.
[4] And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the
chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come
with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it
seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all
the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for
thee to go, thither go.
[5] Now while he was not yet gone
back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities
of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it
seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave
him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
[6] Then went
Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with
him among the people that were left in the land.
[7] Now
when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him
men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them
that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
[8] Then
they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the
son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
[9] And Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their
men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
[10]
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits,
and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that
ye have taken.
[11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in
Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the
countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of
Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan;
[12] Even all the Jews returned out of all
places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to
Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very
much.
[13] Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah,
[14] And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know
that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them
not.
[15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah
in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore
should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee
should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
[16]
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
[1]
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of
the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
[2]
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were
with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan
with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made
governor over the land.
[3] Ishmael also slew all the Jews
that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans
that were found there, and the men of war.
[4] And it came
to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew
it,
[5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh,
and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and
their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and
incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
[6]
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he
said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
[7] And
it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the
pit, he, and the men that were with him.
[8] But ten men
were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we
have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and
of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
[9]
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had
made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
[10] Then
Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were
in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that
remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had
committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the
Ammonites.
[11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil
that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
[12] Then they
took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
[13]
Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael
saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, then they were glad.
[14] So all the
people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about
and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
[15]
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the Ammonites.
[16] Then took Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all
the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
[17]
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is
by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
[18] Because of
the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of
Babylon made governor in the land.
[1]
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least
even unto the greatest, came near,
[2] And said unto
Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be
accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for
all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes
do behold us:)
[3] That the LORD thy God may shew us the
way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
[4]
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it
shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you,
I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
[5]
Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which
the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
[6] Whether it be
good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our
God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey
the voice of the LORD our God.
[7] And it came to pass
after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
[8]
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to
the greatest,
[9] And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD,
the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication
before him;
[10] If ye will still abide in this land, then
will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and
not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto
you.
[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye
are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you
to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
[12] And I
will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
[13] But if ye say,
We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD
your God,
[14] Saying, No; but we will go into the land of
Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,
nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
[15] And
now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
[16]
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye
were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there
ye shall die.
[17] So shall it be with all the men that set
their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall
remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
[18]
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger
and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into
Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a
curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
[19]
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
[20]
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your
God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto
all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will
do it.
[21] And now I have this day declared it to you; but
ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for
the which he hath sent me unto you.
[22] Now therefore know
certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
[1]
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which
the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
[2]
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest
falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into
Egypt to sojourn there:
[3] But Baruch the son of Neriah
setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the
Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away
captives into Babylon.
[4] So Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not
the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
[5]
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations,
whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
[6]
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and
every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the
prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
[7] So they came
into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD:
thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
[8] Then came the word of
the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
[9] Take great
stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln,
which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight
of the men of Judah;
[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his
throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his
royal pavilion over them.
[11] And when he cometh, he shall
smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death;
and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the
sword to the sword.
[12] And I will kindle a fire in the
houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them
away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as
a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence
in peace.
[13] He shall break also the images of
Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the
gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
[1]
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at
Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
[2] Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that
I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and,
behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth
therein,
[3] Because of their wickedness which they have
committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense,
and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor
your fathers.
[4] Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants
the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this
abominable thing that I hate.
[5] But they hearkened not,
nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no
incense unto other gods.
[6] Wherefore my fury and mine
anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in
the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at
this day.
[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of
hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against
your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling,
out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
[8] In that ye
provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense
unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth?
[9] Have ye
forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the
kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have
committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[10]
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared,
nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and
before your fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for
evil, and to cut off all Judah.
[12] And I will take the
remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in
the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by
the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by
the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
[13] For I will
punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished
Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
[14]
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should
return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to
return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall
escape.
[15] Then all the men which knew that their wives
had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by,
a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of
Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
[16] As for
the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we
will not hearken unto thee.
[17] But we will certainly do
whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense
unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,
as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in
the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we
plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
[18]
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and
have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
[19] And
when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink
offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour
out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
[20] Then
Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and
to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
[21]
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and
the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it
not into his mind?
[22] So that the LORD could no longer
bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the
abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a
desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant,
as at this day.
[23] Because ye have burned incense, and
because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in
his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this
day.
[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and
to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in
the land of Egypt:
[25] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your
mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform
our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish
your vows, and surely perform your vows.
[26] Therefore
hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of
Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my
name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all
the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
[27]
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all
the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by
the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
[28]
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that
are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose
words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
[29] And this shall be
a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this
place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you
for evil:
[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give
Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into
the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that
sought his life.
[1]
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of
Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of
Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
unto thee, O Baruch;
[3] Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for
the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and
I find no rest.
[4] Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD
saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and
that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
[5]
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy
life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou
goest.
[1]
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Gentiles;
[2] Against Egypt, against the army of
Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
[3]
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
[4]
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with
your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
[5]
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their
mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back:
for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
[6] Let not the
swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and
fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
[7] Who is
this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the
rivers?
[8] Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters
are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover
the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
[9]
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men
come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield;
and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
[10] For
this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he
may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it
shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of
hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river
Euphrates.
[11] Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin,
the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for
thou shalt not be cured.
[12] The nations have heard of thy
shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath
stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
[13]
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of
Egypt.
[14] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and
publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare
thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
[15] Why
are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did
drive them.
[16] He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon
another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people,
and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
[17]
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath
passed the time appointed.
[18] As I live, saith the King,
whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the
mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
[19]
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an
inhabitant.
[20] Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but
destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
[21] Also
her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they
also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of
their visitation.
[22] The voice thereof shall go like a
serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with
axes, as hewers of wood.
[23] They shall cut down her
forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they
are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
[24]
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered
into the hand of the people of the north.
[25] The LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude
of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even
Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
[26] And I will
deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his
servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old,
saith the LORD.
[27] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob,
and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from
afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob
shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him
afraid.
[28] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the
LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the
nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of
thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly
unpunished.
[1]
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
[2] Thus saith
the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an
overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is
therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall
cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
[3] At
the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the
rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the
fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of
hands;
[4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the
Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that
remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of
the country of Caphtor.
[5] Baldness is come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt
thou cut thyself?
[6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long
will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest,
and be still.
[7] How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath
given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there
hath he appointed it.
[1]
Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe
unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken:
Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
[2] There shall be no
more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it;
come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be
cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
[3] A
voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
destruction.
[4] Moab is destroyed; her little ones have
caused a cry to be heard.
[5] For in the going up of Luhith
continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the
enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
[6] Flee, save
your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
[7]
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou
shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with
his priests and his princes together.
[8] And the spoiler
shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also
shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[9] Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get
away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell
therein.
[10] Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD
deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from
blood.
[11] Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he
hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to
vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
[12]
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send
unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty
his vessels, and break their bottles.
[13] And Moab shall
be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel
their confidence.
[14] How say ye, We are mighty and strong
men for the war?
[15] Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of
her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter,
saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[16] The
calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth
fast.
[17] All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all
ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the
beautiful rod!
[18] Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon,
come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab
shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
[19]
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that
fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
[20]
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; and tell ye
it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
[21] And judgment is
come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon
Mephaath,
[22] And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon
Beth-diblathaim,
[23] And upon Kiriathaim, and upon
Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
[24] And upon Kerioth, and
upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or
near.
[25] The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is
broken, saith the LORD.
[26] Make ye him drunken: for he
magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his
vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
[27] For was not
Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since
thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
[28] O ye that
dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like
the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
[29]
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of
his heart.
[30] I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it
shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
[31]
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine
heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
[32] O vine of
Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants
are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the
spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
[33]
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the
land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:
none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no
shouting.
[34] From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,
and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even
unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also
of Nimrim shall be desolate.
[35] Moreover I will cause to
cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places,
and him that burneth incense to his gods.
[36] Therefore
mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall
sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he
hath gotten are perished.
[37] For every head shall be
bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings,
and upon the loins sackcloth.
[38] There shall be
lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the
streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no
pleasure, saith the LORD.
[39] They shall howl, saying, How
is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall
Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
[40]
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall
spread his wings over Moab.
[41] Kerioth is taken, and the
strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at
that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
[42]
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath
magnified himself against the LORD.
[43] Fear, and the pit,
and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the
LORD.
[44] He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the
snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith the LORD.
[45] They that fled stood under
the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come
forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the
tumultuous ones.
[46] Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people
of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy
daughters captives.
[47] Yet will I bring again the
captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the
judgment of Moab.
[1]
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons?
hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people
dwell in his cities?
[2] Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in
Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her
daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto
them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
[3] Howl, O
Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you
with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their
king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes
together.
[4] Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy
flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her
treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
[5] Behold, I
will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all
those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right
forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
[6] And
afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon,
saith the LORD.
[7] Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the
prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
[8] Flee ye, turn back,
dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of
Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
[9] If
grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning
grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have
enough.
[10] But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered
his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed
is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
[11]
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let
thy widows trust in me.
[12] For thus saith the LORD;
Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have
assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go
unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink
of it.
[13] For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD,
that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a
curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
[14]
I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto
the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and
rise up to the battle.
[15] For, lo, I will make thee small
among the heathen, and despised among men.
[16] Thy
terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou
that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of
the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I
will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
[17] Also
Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
[18]
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a
son of man dwell in it.
[19] Behold, he shall come up like
a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the
strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a
chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who
will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand
before me?
[20] Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD,
that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath
purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the
flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations
desolate with them.
[21] The earth is moved at the noise of
their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red
sea.
[22] Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of
the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
[23]
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the
sea; it cannot be quiet.
[24] Damascus is waxed feeble, and
turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and
sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
[25] How is
the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
[26]
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
[27]
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[28] Concerning Kedar,
and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar,
and spoil the men of the east.
[29] Their tents and their
flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their
curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry
unto them, Fear is on every side.
[30] Flee, get you far
off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and
hath conceived a purpose against you.
[31] Arise, get you
up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the
LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
[32]
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle
a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the
utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides
thereof, saith the LORD.
[33] And Hazor shall be a dwelling
for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide
there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
[34] The word of the
LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
[35] Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the
chief of their might.
[36] And upon Elam will I bring the
four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them
toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the
outcasts of Elam shall not come.
[37] For I will cause Elam
to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their
life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the
LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed
them:
[38] And I will set my throne in Elam, and will
destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
[39]
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again
the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
[1]
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of
the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
[2] Declare ye among
the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal
not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in
pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in
pieces.
[3] For out of the north there cometh up a nation
against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell
therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and
beast.
[4] In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD,
the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their
God.
[5] They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces
thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a
perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
[6] My
people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go
astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone
from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
[7]
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said,
We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the
habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
[8]
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of
the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
[9]
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an
assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set
themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken:
their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in
vain.
[10] And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her
shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
[11] Because ye were
glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because
ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
[12]
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be
ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness,
a dry land, and a desert.
[13] Because of the wrath of the
LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate:
every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all
her plagues.
[14] Put yourselves in array against Babylon
round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows:
for she hath sinned against the LORD.
[15] Shout against
her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen,
her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take
vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
[16] Cut
off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the
time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn
every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own
land.
[17] Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have
driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and
last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
[18]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the
king of Assyria.
[19] And I will bring Israel again to his
habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul
shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
[20] In
those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel
shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah,
and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I
reserve.
[21] Go up against the land of Merathaim, even
against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly
destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I
have commanded thee.
[22] A sound of battle is in the land,
and of great destruction.
[23] How is the hammer of the
whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a
desolation among the nations!
[24] I have laid a snare for
thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware:
thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against
the LORD.
[25] The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath
brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of
the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
[26]
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast
her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be
left.
[27] Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the
slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their
visitation.
[28] The voice of them that flee and escape out
of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD
our God, the vengeance of his temple.
[29] Call together
the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against
it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to
her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she
hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of
Israel.
[30] Therefore shall her young men fall in the
streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith
the LORD.
[31] Behold, I am against thee, O thou most
proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time
that I will visit thee.
[32] And the most proud shall
stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a
fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
[33]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children
of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives
held them fast; they refused to let them go.
[34] Their
Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly
plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet
the inhabitants of Babylon.
[35] A sword is upon the
Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and
upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
[36] A sword is
upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men;
and they shall be dismayed.
[37] A sword is upon their
horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that
are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is
upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
[38] A
drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the
land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
[39]
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the
islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it
shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation.
[40] As God overthrew Sodom
and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so
shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell
therein.
[41] Behold, a people shall come from the north,
and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts
of the earth.
[42] They shall hold the bow and the lance:
they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like
the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array,
like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
[43]
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands
waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in
travail.
[44] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the
swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make
them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may
appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the
time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
[45]
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of
the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out:
surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
[46]
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry
is heard among the nations.
[1]
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and
against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me,
a destroying wind;
[2] And will send unto Babylon fanners,
that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of
trouble they shall be against her round about.
[3] Against
him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that
lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men;
destroy ye utterly all her host.
[4] Thus the slain shall
fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through
in her streets.
[5] For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor
Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled
with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
[6] Flee out of
the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off
in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he
will render unto her a recompence.
[7] Babylon hath been a
golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the
nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
[8]
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for
her pain, if so she may be healed.
[9] We would have healed
Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one
into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is
lifted up even to the skies.
[10] The LORD hath brought
forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of
the LORD our God.
[11] Make bright the arrows; gather the
shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the
Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it
is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
[12]
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong,
set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both
devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of
Babylon.
[13] O thou that dwellest upon many waters,
abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy
covetousness.
[14] The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself,
saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and
they shall lift up a shout against thee.
[15] He hath made
the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom,
and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
[16]
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the
earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
out of his treasures.
[17] Every man is brutish by his
knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his
molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
[18]
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like
them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of
his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
[20] Thou
art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in
pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
[21]
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and
with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
[22]
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee
will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in
pieces the young man and the maid;
[23] I will also break
in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I
break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee
will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
[24] And I will
render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their
evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
[25]
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD,
which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon
thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain.
[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for
a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for
ever, saith the LORD.
[27] Set ye up a standard in the
land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against
her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and
Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up
as the rough caterpillers.
[28] Prepare against her the
nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all
the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
[29]
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a
desolation without an inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of
Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds:
their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her
dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
[31] One post shall
run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the
king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
[32] And
that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with
fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
[33] For thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon
is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
[34]
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed
me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a
dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me
out.
[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon
Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the
inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
[36] Therefore
thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take
vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs
dry.
[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace
for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an
inhabitant.
[38] They shall roar together like lions: they
shall yell as lion's whelps.
[39] In their heat I will make
their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
[40]
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he
goats.
[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of
the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment
among the nations!
[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon:
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
[43]
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass
thereby.
[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will
bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the
nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of
Babylon shall fall.
[45] My people, go ye out of the midst
of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of
the LORD.
[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for
the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come
one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and
violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
[47] Therefore,
behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images
of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain
shall fall in the midst of her.
[48] Then the heaven and
the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the
spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
[49]
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon
shall fall the slain of all the earth.
[50] Ye that have
escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar
off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
[51] We are
confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our
faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's
house.
[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all
her land the wounded shall groan.
[53] Though Babylon
should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height
of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the
LORD.
[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great
destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
[55] Because
the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great
voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their
voice is uttered:
[56] Because the spoiler is come upon
her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of
their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely
requite.
[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her
wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they
shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose
name is the LORD of hosts.
[58] Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her
high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in
vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
[59]
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of
Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah
was a quiet prince.
[60] So Jeremiah wrote in a book all
the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are
written against Babylon.
[61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah,
When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these
words;
[62] Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken
against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it,
neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
[63]
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book,
that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of
Euphrates:
[64] And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon
sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her:
and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
[1]
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2] And he did that
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done.
[3] For through the anger of the LORD
it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out
from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
[4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his
reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against
Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round
about.
[5] So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year
of king Zedekiah.
[6] And in the fourth month, in the ninth
day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was
no bread for the people of the land.
[7] Then the city was
broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the
city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was
by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round
about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
[8] But the
army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah
in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from
him.
[9] Then they took the king, and carried him up unto
the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave
judgment upon him.
[10] And the king of Babylon slew the
sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of
Judah in Riblah.
[11] Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah;
and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to
Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
[12]
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the
nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into
Jerusalem,
[13] And burned the house of the LORD, and the
king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of
the great men, burned he with fire:
[14] And all the army
of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down
all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
[15] Then
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of
the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained
in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of
Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
[16] But
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the
land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
[17] Also the
pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases,
and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
[18]
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,
and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they
ministered, took they away.
[19] And the basons, and the
firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and
the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that
which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard
away.
[20] The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen
bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the
house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without
weight.
[21] And concerning the pillars, the height of one
pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass
it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
[22]
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter
was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters
round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the
pomegranates were like unto these.
[23] And there were
ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon
the network were an hundred round about.
[24] And the
captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the
second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
[25] He
took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men
of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which
were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who
mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of
the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
[26] So
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to
the king of Babylon to Riblah.
[27] And the king of Babylon
smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.
Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
[28]
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
[29]
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from
Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
[30] In the
three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and
five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six
hundred.
[31] And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that
Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted
up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of
prison,
[32] And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne
above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
[33]
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread
before him all the days of his life.
[34] And for his diet,
there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every
day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.