,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,jeremias ,jeremias was a priest1 a native of ,anathoth1 a priestly city in the tribe of ,benjamin3 and was sanctified from his mother's womb1 to be a prophet of ,god2 which office he began to execute when he was yet a child in age4 ,he was in his whole life1 according to the signification of his name1 ,great before the ,lord2 and a special figure of ,jesus ,christ1 in the persecutions he underwent for discharging his duty2 in his charity for his persecutors2 and in the violent death he suffered at their hands3 it being an ancient tradition of the ,hebrews1 that he was stoned to death by the remnant of the ,jews who had retired into ,egypt4 ,jeremias ,chapter #a ,the time1 and the calling1 of ,jeremias3 his prophetical visions4 ,god encourages him4 #a3a4 ,the words of ,jeremias the son of ,helcias1 of the priests that were in ,anathoth1 in the land of ,benjamin4 #a3b4 ,the word of the ,lord which came to him in the days of ,josias the son of ,amon king of ,juda1 in the thirteenth year of his reign4 #a3c4 ,and which came to him in the days of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 unto the end of the eleventh year of ,sedecias the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 even unto the carrying away of ,jerusalem captive1 in the fifth month4 #a3d4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #a3e4 ,before ,i formed thee in the bowels of thy mother1 ,i knew thee3 and before thou camest forth out of the womb1 ,i sanctified thee1 and made thee a prophet unto the nations4 #a3f4 ,and ,i said3 ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,lord ,god3 behold1 ,i cannot speak1 for ,i am a child4 #a3g4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,say not3 ,i am a child3 for thou shalt go to all that ,i shall send thee3 and whatsoever ,i shall command thee1 thou shalt speak4 #a3h4 ,be not afraid at their presence3 for ,i am with thee to deliver thee1 saith the ,lord4 #a3i4 ,and the ,lord put forth his hand1 and touched my mouth3 and the ,lord said to me3 ,behold ,i have given my words in thy mouth3 #a3aj4 ,lo1 ,i have set thee this day over the nations1 and over kingdoms1 to root up1 and to pull down1 and to waste1 and to destroy1 and to build1 and to plant4 #a3aa4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 ,what seest thou1 ,jeremias8 ,and ,i said3 ,i see a rod watching4 #a3ab4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,thou hast seen well3 for ,i will watch over my word to perform it4 #a3ac4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me a second time saying3 ,what seest thou8 ,and ,i said3 ,i see a boiling caldron1 and the face thereof from the face of the north4 #a3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land4 #a3ae4 ,for behold ,i will call together all the families of the kingdoms of the north1 saith the ,lord3 and they shall come1 and shall set every one his throne in the entrance of the gates of ,jerusalem1 and upon all the walls thereof round about1 and upon all the cities of ,juda4 #a3af4 ,and ,i will pronounce my judgments against them1 touching all their wickedness1 who have forsaken me1 and have sacrificed to strange gods1 and have adored the work of their own hands4 #a3ag4 ,thou therefore gird up thy loins1 and arise1 and speak to them all that ,i command thee4 ,be not afraid at their presence3 for ,i will make thee not to fear their countenance4 #a3ah4 ,for behold ,i have made thee this day a fortified city1 and a pillar of iron1 and a wall of brass1 over all the land1 to the kings of ,juda1 to the princes thereof1 and to the priests1 and to the people of the land4 #a3ai4 ,and they shall fight against them1 and shall not prevail3 for ,i am with thee1 saith the ,lord1 to deliver thee4 ,jeremias ,chapter #b ,god expostulates with the ,jews for their ingratitude and infidelity4 #b3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #b3b4 ,go1 and cry in the ears of ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i have remembered thee1 pitying thy youth1 and the love of thy espousals1 when thou followedst me in the desert1 in a land that is not sown4 #b3c4 ,israel is holy to the ,lord1 the firstfruits of his increase3 all they that devour him offend3 evils shall come upon them1 saith the ,lord4 #b3d4 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord1 ,o house of ,jacob1 and all ye families of the house of ,israel3 #b3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,what iniquity have your fathers found in me1 that they are gone far from me1 and have walked after vanity1 and are become vain8 #b3f4 ,and they have not said3 ,where is the ,lord1 that made us come up out of the land of ,egypt8 that led us through the desert1 through a land uninhabited and unpassable1 through a land of drought1 and the image of death1 through a land wherein no man walked1 nor any man dwelt8 #b3g4 ,and ,i brought you into the land of ,carmel1 to eat the fruit thereof1 and the best things thereof3 and when ye entered in1 you defiled my land and made my inheritance an abomination4 ,carmel444 ,that is1 a fruitful1 plentiful land4 #b3h4 ,the priests did not say3 ,where is the ,lord8 and they that held the law knew me not1 and the pastors transgressed against me3 and the prophets prophesied in ,baal1 and followed idols4 #b3i4 ,therefore will ,i yet contend in judgment with you1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will plead with your children4 #b3aj4 ,pass over to the isles of ,cethim1 and see3 and send into ,cedar1 and consider diligently3 and see if there hath been done any thing like this4 #b3aa4 ,if a nation hath changed their gods1 and indeed they are not gods3 but my people have changed their glory into an idol4 #b3ab4 ,be astonished1 ,o ye heavens1 at this1 and ye gates thereof1 be very desolate1 saith the ,lord4 #b3ac4 ,for my people have done two evils4 ,they have forsaken me1 the fountain of living water1 and have digged to themselves cisterns1 broken cisterns1 that can hold no water4 #b3ad4 ,is ,israel a bondman1 or a homeborn slave8 why then is he become a prey8 #b3ae4 ,the lions have roared upon him1 and have made a noise1 they have made his land a wilderness3 his cities are burnt down1 and there is none to dwell in them4 #b3af4 ,the children also of ,memphis1 and of ,taphnes have defloured thee1 even to the crown of the head4 #b3ag4 ,hath not this been done to thee1 because thou hast forsaken the ,lord thy ,god at that time1 when he led thee by the way8 #b3ah4 ,and now what hast thou to do in the way of ,egypt1 to drink the troubled water8 ,and what hast thou to do with the way of the ,assyrians1 to drink the water of the river8 #b3ai4 ,thy own wickedness shall reprove thee1 and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee4 ,know thou1 and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee1 to have left the ,lord thy ,god1 and that my fear is not with thee1 saith the ,lord the ,god of hosts4 #b3bj4 ,of old time thou hast broken my yoke1 thou hast burst my bands1 and thou saidst3 ,i will not serve4 ,for on every high hill1 and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself4 #b3ba4 ,yet1 ,i planted thee a chosen vineyard1 all true seed3 how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing1 ,o strange vineyard8 #b3bb4 ,though thou wash thyself with nitre1 and multiply to thyself the herb borith1 thou art stained in thy iniquity before me1 saith the ,lord ,god4 ,borith444 ,an herb used to clean clothes1 and take out spots and dirt4 #b3bc4 ,how canst thou say3 ,i am not polluted1 ,i have not walked after ,baalim8 see thy ways in the valley1 know what thou hast done3 as a swift runner pursuing his course4 #b3bd4 ,a wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart1 snuffed up the wind of his love3 none shall turn her away3 all that seek her shall not fail3 in her monthly filth they shall find her4 #b3be4 ,keep thy foot from being bare1 and thy throat from thirst4 ,but thou saidst3 ,i have lost all hope1 ,i will not do it3 for ,i have loved strangers1 and ,i will walk after them4 #b3bf4 ,as the thief is confounded when he is taken1 so is the house of ,israel confounded1 they and their kings1 their princes and their priests1 and their prophets4 #b3bg4 ,saying to a stock3 ,thou art my father3 and to a stone3 ,thou hast begotten me3 they have turned their back to me1 and not their face3 and in the time of their affliction they will say3 ,arise1 and deliver us4 #b3bh4 ,where are the gods1 whom thou hast made thee8 let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thy affliction3 for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods1 ,o ,juda4 #b3bi4 ,why will you contend with me in judgment8 you have all forsaken me1 saith the ,lord4 #b3cj4 ,in vain have ,i struck your children1 they have not received correction3 your sword hath devoured your prophets1 your generation is like a ravaging lion4 #b3ca4 ,see ye the word of the ,lord3 ,am ,i become a wilderness to ,israel1 or a lateward springing land8 why then have my people said3 ,we are revolted1 we will come to thee no more8 #b3cb4 ,will a virgin forget her ornament1 or a bride her stomacher8 but my people hath forgotten me days without number4 #b3cc4 ,why dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good to seek my love1 thou who hast also taught thy malices to be thy ways1 #b3cd4 ,and in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent8 not in ditches have ,i found them1 but in all places1 which ,i mentioned before4 #b3ce4 ,and thou hast said3 ,i am without sin and am innocent3 and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me4 ,behold1 ,i will contend with thee in judgment1 because thou hast said3 ,i have not sinned4 #b3cf4 ,how exceeding base art thou become1 going the same ways over again6 and thou shalt be ashamed of ,egypt1 as thou wast ashamed of ,assyria4 #b3cg4 ,for from thence thou shalt go1 and thy hand shall be upon thy head3 for the ,lord hath destroyed thy trust1 and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein4 ,jeremias ,chapter #c ,god invites the rebel ,jews to return to him1 with a promise to receive them3 he foretells the conversion of the ,gentiles4 #c3a4 ,it is commonly said3 ,if a man put away his wife1 and she go from him1 and marry another man1 shall he return to her any more8 shall not that woman be polluted1 and defiled8 but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers3 nevertheless return to me1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will receive thee4 #c3b4 ,lift up thy eyes on high3 and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself3 thou didst sit in the ways1 waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness3 and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications1 and with thy wickedness4 #c3c4 ,therefore the showers were withholden1 and there was no lateward rain3 thou hadst a harlot's forehead1 thou wouldst not blush4 #c3d4 ,therefore at the least from this time call to me3 ,thou art my father1 the guide of my virginity3 #c3e4 ,wilt thou be angry for ever1 or wilt thou continue unto the end8 ,behold1 thou hast spoken1 and hast done evil things1 and hast been able4 #c3f4 ,and the ,lord said to me in the days of king ,josias3 ,hast thou seen what rebellious ,israel hath done8 she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain1 and under every green tree1 and hath played the harlot there4 #c3g4 ,and when she had done all these things1 ,i said3 ,return to me1 and she did not return4 ,and her treacherous sister ,juda saw1 #c3h4 ,that because the rebellious ,israel had played the harlot1 ,i had put her away1 and given her a bill of divorce3 yet her treacherous sister ,juda was not afraid1 but went and played the harlot also herself4 #c3i4 ,and by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land1 and played the harlot with stones and with stocks4 #c3aj4 ,and after all this1 her treacherous sister ,juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart1 but with falsehood1 saith the ,lord4 #c3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,the rebellious ,israel hath justified her soul1 in comparison of the treacherous ,juda4 #c3ab4 ,go1 and proclaim these words towards the north1 and thou shalt say3 ,return1 ,o rebellious ,israel1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will not turn away my face from you3 for ,i am holy1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will not be angry for ever4 #c3ac4 ,but yet acknowledge thy iniquity1 that thou hast transgressed against the ,lord thy ,god3 and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree1 and hast not heard my voice1 saith the ,lord4 #c3ad4 ,return1 ,o ye revolting children1 saith the ,lord3 for ,i am your ,i husband3 and ,i will take you1 one of a city1 and two of a kindred1 and will bring you into ,sion4 #c3ae4 ,and ,i will give you pastors according to my own heart1 and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine4 #c3af4 ,and when you shall be multiplied1 and increase in the land in those days1 saith the ,lord1 they shall say no more3 ,the ark of the covenant of the ,lord3 neither shall it come upon the heart1 neither shall they remember it1 neither shall it be visited1 neither shall that be done any more4 #c3ag4 ,at that time ,jerusalem shall be called the throne of the ,lord3 and all the nations shall be gathered together to it1 in the name of the ,lord to ,jerusalem1 and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart4 #c3ah4 ,in those days the house of ,juda shall go to the house of ,israel1 and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which ,i gave to your fathers4 #c3ai4 ,but ,i said3 ,how shall ,i put thee among the children1 and give thee a lovely land1 the goodly inheritance of the armies of the ,gentiles8 ,and ,i said3 ,thou shalt call me father and shalt not cease to walk after me4 #c3bj4 ,but as a woman that despiseth her lover1 so hath the house of ,israel despised me1 saith the ,lord4 #c3ba4 ,a voice was heard in the highways1 weeping and howling of the children of ,israel3 because they have made their way wicked1 they have forgotten the ,lord their ,god4 #c3bb4 ,return1 you rebellious children1 and ,i will heal your rebellions4 ,behold we come to thee3 for thou art the ,lord our ,god4 #c3bc4 ,in very deed the hills were liars1 and the multitude of the mountains3 truly in the ,lord our ,god is the salvation of ,israel4 #c3bd4 ,confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth1 their flocks and their herds1 their sons and their daughters4 #c3be4 ,we shall sleep in our confusion1 and our shame shall cover us1 because we have sinned against the ,lord our ,god1 we and our fathers from our youth even to this day1 and we have not hearkened to the voice of the ,lord our ,god4 ,jeremias ,chapter #d ,and admonition to sincere repentance1 and circumcision of the heart1 with threats of grievous punishment to those that persist in sin4 #d3a4 ,if thou wilt return1 ,o ,israel1 saith the ,lord1 return to me3 if thou wilt take away thy stumblingblocks out of my sight1 thou shalt not be moved4 #d3b4 ,and thou shalt swear3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 in truth1 and in judgment1 and in justice3 and the ,gentiles shall bless him1 and shall praise him4 #d3c4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to the men of ,juda and ,jerusalem3 ,break up anew your fallow ground1 and sow not upon thorns3 #d3d4 ,be circumcised to the ,lord1 and take away the foreskins of your hearts1 ye men of ,juda1 and ye inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 lest my indignation come forth like fire1 and burn1 and there be none that can quench it because of the wickedness of your thoughts4 #d3e4 ,declare ye in ,juda1 and make it heard in ,jerusalem3 speak1 and sound with the trumpet in the land3 cry aloud1 and say3 ,assemble yourselves1 and let us go into strong cities4 #d3f4 ,set up the standard in ,sion4 ,strengthen yourselves1 stay not3 for ,i bring evil from the north1 and great destruction4 #d3g4 ,the lion is come up out of his den1 and the robber of nations hath roused himself3 he is come forth out of his place1 to make thy land desolate3 thy cities shall be laid waste1 remaining without an inhabitant4 #d3h4 ,for this gird yourselves with haircloth1 lament and howl3 for the fierce anger of the ,lord is not turned away from us4 #d3i4 ,and it shall come to pass in that day1 saith the ,lord3 ,that the heart of the king shall perish1 and the heart of the princes3 and the priests shall be astonished1 and the prophets shall be amazed4 #d3aj4 ,and ,i said3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 hast thou then deceived this people and ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,you shall have peace3 and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul8 #d3aa4 ,at that time it shall be said to this people1 and to ,jerusalem3 ,a burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people1 not to fan1 nor to cleanse4 #d3ab4 ,a full wind from these places shall come to me3 and now ,i will speak my judgments with them4 #d3ac4 ,behold he shall come up as a cloud1 and his chariots as a tempest3 his horses are swifter than eagles3 woe unto us1 for we are laid waste4 #d3ad4 ,wash thy heart from wickedness1 ,o ,jerusalem1 that thou mayst be saved3 how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee8 #d3ae4 ,for a voice of one declaring from ,dan1 and giving notice of the idol from mount ,ephraim4 #d3af4 ,say ye to the nations3 ,behold it is heard in ,jerusalem1 that guards are coming from a far country1 and give out their voice against the cities of ,juda4 #d3ag4 ,they are set round about her1 as keepers of fields3 because she hath provoked me to wrath1 saith the ,lord4 #d3ah4 ,thy ways1 and thy devices have brought these things upon thee3 this is thy wickedness1 because it is bitter1 because it hath touched thy heart4 #d3ai4 ,my bowels1 my bowels are in part1 the senses of my heart are troubled within me1 ,i will not hold my peace1 for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet1 the cry of battle4 #d3bj4 ,destruction upon destruction is called for1 and all the earth is laid waste3 my tents are destroyed on a sudden1 and my pavilions in a moment4 #d3ba4 ,how long shall ,i see men fleeing away1 how long shall ,i hear the sound of the trumpet8 #d3bb4 ,for my foolish people have not known me3 they are foolish and senseless children3 they are wise to do evil1 but to do good they have no knowledge4 #d3bc4 ,i beheld the earth1 and lo it was void1 and nothing3 and the heavens1 and there was no light in them4 #d3bd4 ,i looked upon the mountains1 and behold they trembled3 and all the hills were troubled4 #d3be4 ,i beheld1 and lo there was no man3 and all the birds of the air were gone4 #d3bf4 ,i looked1 and behold ,carmel was a wilderness3 and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the ,lord1 and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation4 #d3bg4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,all the land shall be desolate1 but yet ,i will not utterly destroy4 #d3bh4 ,the ,earth shall mourn1 and the heavens shall lament from above3 because ,i have spoken1 ,i have purposed1 and ,i have not repented1 neither am ,i turned away from it4 #d3bi4 ,at the voice of the horsemen1 and the archers1 all the city is fled away3 they have entered into thickets and climbed up the rocks3 all the cities are forsaken1 and there dwelleth not a man in them4 #d3cj4 ,but when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do8 though thou clothest thyself with scarlet1 though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold1 and paintest thy eyes with stibic stone1 thou shalt dress thyself out in vain3 thy lovers have despised thee1 they will seek thy life4 #d3ca4 ,for ,i have heard the voice as of a woman in travail1 anguishes as of a woman in labour of a child4 ,the voice of the daughter of ,sion1 dying away1 spreading her hands3 ,woe is me1 for my soul hath fainted because of them that are slain4 ,jeremias ,chapter #e ,the judgments of ,god shall fall upon the ,jews for their manifold sins4 #e3a4 ,go about through the streets of ,jerusalem1 and see1 and consider1 and seek in the broad places thereof1 if you can find a man that executeth judgment1 and seeketh faith3 and ,i will be merciful unto it4 #e3b4 ,and though they say3 ,the ,lord liveth2 this also they will swear falsely4 #e3c4 ,o ,lord1 thy eyes are upon truth3 thou hast struck them1 and they have not grieved3 thou hast bruised them1 and they have refused to receive correction3 they have made their faces harder than the rock1 and they have refused to return4 #e3d4 ,but ,i said3 ,perhaps these are poor and foolish1 that know not the way of the ,lord1 the judgment of their ,god4 #e3e4 ,i will go therefore to the great men1 and will speak to them3 for they have known the way of the ,lord1 the judgment of their ,god3 and behold these have altogether broken the yoke more1 and have burst the bonds4 #e3f4 ,wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them1 a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them1 a leopard watcheth for their cities3 every one that shall go out thence shall be taken1 because their transgressions are multiplied1 their rebellions are strengthened4 #e3g4 ,how can ,i be merciful to thee8 thy children have forsaken me1 and swear by them that are not gods3 ,i fed them to the full1 and they committed adultery1 and rioted in the harlot's house4 #e3h4 ,they are become as amorous horses and stallions3 every one neighed after his neighbour's wife4 #e3i4 ,shall ,i not visit for these things1 saith the ,lord8 and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation8 #e3aj4 ,scale the walls thereof1 and throw them down1 but do not utterly destroy3 take away the branches thereof1 because they are not the ,lord's4 #e3aa4 ,for the house of ,israel1 and the house of ,juda have greatly transgressed against me1 saith the ,lord4 #e3ab4 ,they have denied the ,lord1 and said1 ,it is not he3 and the evil shall not come upon us3 we shall not see the sword and famine4 #e3ac4 ,the prophets have spoken in the wind1 and there was no word of ,god in them3 these things therefore shall befall them4 #e3ad4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of hosts3 because you have spoken this word1 behold ,i will make my words in thy mouth as fire1 and this people as wood1 and it shall devour them4 #e3ae4 ,behold ,i will bring upon you a nation from afar1 ,o house of ,israel1 saith the ,lord3 a strong nation1 an ancient nation1 a nation whose language thou shalt not know1 nor understand what they say4 #e3af4 ,their quiver is as an open sepulchre1 they are all valiant4 #e3ag4 ,and they shall eat up thy corn1 and thy bread3 they shall devour thy sons1 and thy daughters3 they shall eat up thy flocks1 and thy herds3 they shall eat thy vineyards1 and thy figs3 and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities1 wherein thou trustest4 #e3ah4 ,nevertheless in those days1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will not bring you to utter destruction4 #e3ai4 ,and if you shall say3 ,why hath the ,lord our ,god done all these things to us8 thou shalt say to them3 ,as you have forsaken me1 and served a strange god in your own land1 so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own4 #e3bj4 ,declare ye this to the house of ,jacob1 and publish it in ,juda1 saying3 #e3ba4 ,hear1 ,o foolish people1 and without understanding3 who have eyes1 and see not3 and ears1 and hear not4 #e3bb4 ,will not you then fear me1 saith the ,lord3 and will you not repent at my presence8 ,i have set the sand a bound for the sea1 an everlasting ordinance1 which it shall not pass over3 and the waves thereof shall toss themselves1 and shall not prevail3 they shall swell1 and shall not pass over it4 #e3bc4 ,but the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking1 they are revolted and gone away4 #e3bd4 ,and they have not said in their heart3 ,let us fear the ,lord our ,god1 who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season3 who preserveth for us the fulness of the yearly harvest4 #e3be4 ,your iniquities have turned these things away1 and your sins have withholden good things from you4 #e3bf4 ,for among my people are found wicked men1 that lie in wait as fowlers1 setting snares and traps to catch men4 #e3bg4 ,as a net is full of birds1 so their houses are full of deceit3 therefore are they become great and enriched4 #e3bh4 ,they are grown gross and fat3 and have most wickedly transgressed my words4 ,they have not judged the cause of the widow1 they have not managed the cause of the fatherless1 and they have not judged the judgment of the poor4 #e3bi4 ,shall ,i not visit for these things1 saith the ,lord8 or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation8 #e3cj4 ,astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land4 #e3ca4 ,the prophets prophesied falsehood1 and the priests clapped their hands3 and my people loved such things3 what then shall be done in the end thereof8 ,jeremias ,chapter #f ,the evils that threaten ,jerusalem4 ,she is invited to return1 and walk in the good way1 and not to rely on sacrifices without obedience4 #f3a4 ,strengthen yourselves1 ye sons of ,benjamin1 in the midst of ,jerusalem1 and sound the trumpet in ,thecua1 and set up the standard over ,bethacarem3 for evil is seen out of the north1 and a great destruction4 #f3b4 ,i have likened the daughter of ,sion to a beautiful and delicate woman4 #f3c4 ,the shepherds shall come to her with their flocks3 they have pitched their tents against her round about3 every one shall feed them that are under his hand4 #f3d4 ,prepare ye war against her3 arise1 and let us go up at midday3 woe unto us1 for the day is declined1 for the shadows of the evening are grown longer4 #f3e4 ,arise1 and let us go up in the night1 and destroy her houses4 #f3f4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,hew down her trees1 cast up a trench about ,jerusalem3 this is the city to be visited1 all oppression is in the midst of her4 #f3g4 ,as a cistern maketh its water cold1 so hath she made her wickedness cold3 violence and spoil shall be heard in her1 infirmity and stripes are continually before me4 #f3h4 ,be thou instructed1 ,o ,jerusalem1 lest my soul depart from thee1 lest ,i make thee desolate1 a land uninhabited4 #f3i4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,they shall gather the remains of ,israel1 as in a vine1 even to one cluster3 turn back thy hand1 as a grapegatherer into the basket4 #f3aj4 ,to whom shall ,i speak8 and to whom shall ,i testify1 that he may hear8 behold1 their ears are uncircumcised1 and they cannot hear3 behold the word of the ,lord is become unto them a reproach3 and they will not receive it4 #f3aa4 ,therefore am ,i full of the fury of the ,lord1 ,i am weary with holding in3 pour it out upon the child abroad1 and upon the council of the young men together3 for man and woman shall be taken1 the ancient and he that is full of days4 #f3ab4 ,and their houses shall be turned over to others1 with their lands and their wives together3 for ,i will stretch forth my hand upon the inhabitants of the land1 saith the ,lord4 #f3ac4 ,for from the least of them even to the greatest1 all are given to covetousness3 and from the prophet even to the priest1 all are guilty of deceit4 #f3ad4 ,and they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully1 saying3 ,peace1 peace3 and there was no peace4 #f3ae4 ,they were confounded1 because they committed abomination3 yea1 rather they were not confounded with confusion1 and they knew not how to blush3 wherefore they shall fall among them that fall3 in the time of their visitation they shall fall down1 saith the ,lord4 #f3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,stand ye on the ways1 and see1 and ask for the old paths1 which is the good way1 and walk ye in it3 and you shall find refreshment for your souls4 ,and they said3 ,we will not walk4 #f3ag4 ,and ,i appointed watchmen over you1 saying3 ,hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet4 ,and they said3 ,we will not hearken4 #f3ah4 ,therefore hear1 ye nations1 and know1 ,o congregation1 what great things ,i will do to them4 #f3ai4 ,hear1 ,o earth3 ,behold ,i will bring evils upon this people1 the fruits of their own thoughts3 because they have not heard my words1 and they have cast away my law4 #f3bj4 ,to what purpose do you bring me frankincense from ,saba1 and the sweet smelling cane from a far country8 your holocausts are not acceptable1 nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me4 #f3ba4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will bring destruction upon this people1 by which fathers and sons together shall fall1 neighbour and kinsman shall perish4 #f3bb4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold a people cometh from the land of the north1 and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth4 #f3bc4 ,they shall lay hold on arrow and shield3 they are cruel1 and will have no mercy4 ,their voice shall roar like the sea3 and they shall mount upon horses1 prepared as men for war1 against thee1 ,o daughter of ,sion4 #f3bd4 ,we have heard the fame thereof1 our hands grow feeble3 anguish hath taken hold of us1 as a woman in labour4 #f3be4 ,go not out into the fields1 nor walk in the highway3 for the sword of the enemy1 and fear is on every side4 #f3bf4 ,gird thee with sackcloth1 ,o daughter of my people1 and sprinkle thee with ashes3 make thee mourning as for an only son1 a bitter lamentation1 because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us4 #f3bg4 ,i have set thee for a strong trier among my people3 and thou shalt know1 and prove their way4 #f3bh4 ,all these princes go out of the way1 they walk deceitfully1 they are brass and iron3 they are all corrupted4 #f3bi4 ,the bellows have failed1 the lead is consumed in the fire1 the founder hath melted in vain3 for their wicked deeds are not consumed4 #f3cj4 ,call them reprobate silver1 for the ,lord hath rejected them4 ,jeremias ,chapter #g ,the temple of ,god shall not protect a sinful people1 without a sincere conversion4 ,the ,lord will not receive the prayers of the prophet for them3 because they are obstinate in their sins4 #g3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3 #g3b4 ,stand in the gate of the house of the ,lord1 and proclaim there this word1 and say3 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord1 all ye men of ,juda1 that enter in at these gates1 to adore the ,lord4 #g3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,make your ways and your doings good3 and ,i will dwell with you in this place4 #g3d4 ,trust not in lying words1 saying3 ,the temple of the ,lord1 the temple of the ,lord1 it is the temple of the ,lord4 #g3e4 ,for if you will order well your ways1 and your doings3 if you will execute judgment between a man and his neighbour1 #g3f4 ,if you oppress not the stranger1 the fatherless1 and the widow1 and shed not innocent blood in this place1 and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt1 #g3g4 ,i will dwell with you in this place3 in the land1 which ,i gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore4 #g3h4 ,behold you put your trust in lying words1 which shall not profit you3 #g3i4 ,to steal1 to murder1 to commit adultery1 to swear falsely1 to offer to ,baalim1 and to go after strange gods1 which you know not4 #g3aj4 ,and you have come1 and stood before me in this house1 in which my name is called upon1 and have said3 ,we are delivered1 because we have done all these abominations4 #g3aa4 ,is this house then1 in which my name hath been called upon1 in your eyes become a den of robbers8 ,i1 ,i am he3 ,i have seen it1 saith the ,lord4 #g3ab4 ,go ye to my place in ,silo1 where my name dwelt from the beginning3 and see what ,i did to it for the wickedness of my people ,israel3 #g3ac4 ,and now1 because you have done all these works1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i have spoken to you rising up early1 and speaking1 and you have not heard3 and ,i have called you1 and you have not answered3 #g3ad4 ,i will do to this house1 in which my name is called upon1 and in which you trust1 and to the place which ,i have given you and your fathers1 as ,i did to ,silo4 #g3ae4 ,and ,i will cast you away from before my face1 as ,i have cast away all your brethren1 the whole seed of ,ephraim4 #g3af4 ,therefore do not thou pray for this people1 nor take to thee praise and supplication for them3 and do not withstand me3 for ,i will not hear thee4 #g3ag4 ,seest thou not what they do in the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem8 #g3ah4 ,the children gather wood1 and the fathers kindle the fire1 and the women knead the dough1 to make cakes to the queen of heaven1 and to offer libations to strange gods1 and to provoke me to anger4 ,queen of heaven444 ,that is1 the moon1 which they worshipped under that name4 #g3ai4 ,do they provoke me to anger1 saith the ,lord8 is it not themselves1 to the confusion of their own countenance8 #g3bj4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3 ,behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place1 upon men and upon beasts1 and upon the trees of the field1 and upon the fruits of the land1 and it shall burn1 and shall not be quenched4 #g3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices1 and eat ye the flesh4 #g3bb4 ,for ,i spoke not to your fathers1 and ,i commanded them not1 in the day that ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices4 ,i commanded them not444 ,viz41 such sacrifices as the ,jews at this time offered1 without obedience2 which was the thing principally commanded3 so that in comparison with it1 the offering of the holocausts and sacrifices was of small account4 #g3bc4 ,but this thing ,i commanded them1 saying3 ,hearken to my voice1 and ,i will be your ,god1 and you shall be my people3 and walk ye in all the way that ,i have commanded you1 that it may be well with you4 #g3bd4 ,but they hearkened not1 nor inclined their ear3 but walked in their own will1 and in the perversity of their wicked heart3 and went backward and not forward1 #g3be4 ,from the day that their fathers came out of the land of ,egypt1 even to this day4 ,and ,i have sent to you all my servants the prophets1 from day to day1 rising up early and sending4 #g3bf4 ,and they have not hearkened to me3 nor inclined their ear3 but have hardened their neck1 and have done worse than their fathers4 #g3bg4 ,and thou shalt speak to them all these words1 but they will not hearken to thee3 and thou shalt call them1 but they will not answer thee4 #g3bh4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,this is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the ,lord their ,god1 nor received instruction3 faith is lost1 and is taken away out of their mouth4 #g3bi4 ,cut off thy hair1 and cast it away3 and take up a lamentation on high3 for the ,lord hath rejected1 and forsaken the generation of his wrath1 #g3cj4 ,because the children of ,juda have done evil in my eyes1 saith the ,lord4 ,they have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon1 to pollute it2 #g3ca4 ,and they have built the high places of ,topheth1 which is in the valley of the son of ,ennom1 to burn their sons1 and their daughters in the fire3 which ,i commanded not1 nor thought on in my heart4 #g3cb4 ,therefore behold the days shall come1 saith the ,lord1 and it shall no more be called ,topheth1 nor the valley of the son of ,ennom3 but the valley of slaughter3 and they shall bury in ,topheth1 because there is no place4 #g3cc4 ,and the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air1 and for the beasts of the earth1 and there shall be none to drive them away4 #g3cd4 ,and ,i will cause to cease out of the cities of ,juda1 and out of the streets of ,jerusalem1 the voice of joy1 and the voice of gladness1 the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride3 for the land shall be desolate4 ,jeremias ,chapter #h ,other evils that shall fall upon the ,jews for their impenitence4 #h3a4 ,at that time1 saith the ,lord1 they shall cast out the bones of the kings of ,juda1 and the bones of the princes thereof1 and the bones of the priests1 and the bones of the prophets1 and the bones of the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 out of their graves4 #h3b4 ,and they shall spread them abroad to the sun1 and the moon1 and all the host of heaven1 whom they have loved1 and whom they have served1 and after whom have walked1 and whom they have sought1 and adored3 they shall not be gathered1 and they shall not be buried3 they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth4 #h3c4 ,and death shall be chosen rather than life by all that shall remain of this wicked kindred in all places1 which are left1 to which ,i have cast them out1 saith the ,lord of hosts4 #h3d4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,shall not he that falleth1 rise again8 and he that is turned away1 shall he not turn again8 #h3e4 ,why then is this people in ,jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting8 they have laid hold on lying1 and have refused to return4 #h3f4 ,i attended1 and hearkened2 no man speaketh what is good1 there is none that doth penance for his sin1 saying3 ,what have ,i done8 ,they are all turned to their own course1 as a horse rushing to the battle4 #h3g4 ,the kite in the air hath known her time3 the turtle1 and the swallow1 and the stork have observed the time of their coming3 but my people have not known the judgment of the ,lord4 #h3h4 ,how do you say3 ,we are wise1 and the law of the ,lord is with us8 ,indeed the lying pens of the scribes hath wrought falsehood4 #h3i4 ,the wise men are confounded1 they are dismayed1 and taken3 for they have cast away the word of the ,lord1 and there is no wisdom in them4 #h3aj4 ,therefore will ,i give their women to strangers1 their fields to others for an inheritance3 because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness3 from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully4 #h3aa4 ,and they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully1 saying3 ,peace1 peace3 when there was no peace4 #h3ab4 ,they are confounded1 because they have committed abomination3 yea rather they are not confounded with confusion1 and they have not known how to blush3 therefore shall they fall among them that fall2 in the time of their visitation they shall fall1 saith the ,lord4 #h3ac4 ,gathering ,i will gather them together1 saith the ,lord1 there is no grape on the vines1 and there are no figs on the fig tree1 the leaf is fallen3 and ,i have given them the things that are passed away4 #h3ad4 ,why do we sit still8 assemble yourselves1 and let us enter into the fenced city1 and let us be silent there3 for the ,lord our ,god hath put us to silence1 and hath given us water of gall to drink3 for we have sinned against the ,lord4 #h3ae4 ,we looked for peace and no good came3 for a time of healing1 and behold fear4 #h3af4 ,the snorting of his horses was heard from ,dan1 all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors3 and they came and devoured the land1 and all that was in it3 the city and its inhabitants4 #h3ag4 ,for behold ,i will send among you serpents1 basilisks1 against which there is no charm3 and they shall bite you1 saith the ,lord4 #h3ah4 ,my sorrow is above sorrow1 my heart mourneth within me4 #h3ai4 ,behold the voice of the daughter of my people from a far country3 ,is not the ,lord in ,sion1 or is not her king in her8 why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols1 and strange vanities8 #h3bj4 ,the harvest is past1 the summer is ended1 and we are not saved4 #h3ba4 ,for the affliction of the daughter of my people ,i am afflicted1 and made sorrowful1 astonishment hath taken hold on me4 #h3bb4 ,is there no balm in ,galaad8 or is there no physician there8 ,why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed8 ,jeremias ,chapter #i ,the prophet laments the miseries of his people3 and their sins1 which are the cause of them4 ,he exhorts them to repentance4 #i3a4 ,who will give water to my head1 and a fountain of tears to my eyes8 and ,i will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people4 #i3b4 ,who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men1 and ,i will leave my people1 and depart from them8 because they are all adulterers1 an assembly of transgressors4 #i3c4 ,and they have bent their tongue1 as a bow1 for lies1 and not for truth3 they have strengthened themselves upon the earth1 for they have proceeded from evil to evil1 and me they have not known1 saith the ,lord4 #i3d4 ,let every man take heed of his neighbour1 and let him not trust in any brother of his3 for every brother will utterly supplant1 and every friend will walk deceitfully4 #i3e4 ,and a man shall mock his brother1 and they will not speak the truth3 for they have taught their tongue to speak lies3 they have laboured to commit iniquity4 #i3f4 ,thy habitation is in the midst of deceit3 through deceit they have refused to know me1 saith the ,lord4 #i3g4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,behold ,i will melt1 and try them3 for what else shall ,i do before the daughter of my people8 #i3h4 ,their tongue is a piercing arrow1 it hath spoken deceit3 with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend1 and secretly he lieth in wait for him4 #i3i4 ,shall ,i not visit them for these things1 saith the ,lord8 or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation8 #i3aj4 ,for the mountains ,i will take up weeping and lamentation1 and for the beautiful places of the desert1 mourning3 because they are burnt up1 for that there is not a man that passeth through them3 and they have not heard the voice of the owner3 from the fowl of the air to the beasts they are gone away and departed4 #i3aa4 ,and ,i will make ,jerusalem to be heaps of sand1 and dens of dragons3 and ,i will make the cities of ,juda desolate1 for want of an inhabitant4 #i3ab4 ,who is the wise man1 that may understand this1 and to whom the word of the mouth of the ,lord may come that he may declare this1 why the land hath perished1 and is burnt up like a wilderness1 which none passeth through8 #i3ac4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,because they have forsaken my law1 which ,i gave them1 and have not heard my voice1 and have not walked in it4 #i3ad4 ,but they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart1 and after ,baalim1 which their fathers taught them4 #i3ae4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will feed this people with wormwood1 and give them water of gall to drink4 #i3af4 ,and ,i will scatter them among the nations1 which they and their fathers have not known3 and ,i will send the sword after them till they be consumed4 #i3ag4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,consider ye1 and call for the mourning women1 and let them come3 and send to them that are wise women1 and let them make haste3 #i3ah4 ,let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us3 let our eyes shed tears1 and our eyelids run down with waters4 #i3ai4 ,for a voice of wailing is heard out of ,sion3 ,how are we wasted and greatly confounded8 because we have left the land1 because our dwellings are cast down4 #i3bj4 ,hear therefore1 ye women1 the word of the ,lord3 and let your ears receive the word of his mouth3 and teach your daughters wailing3 and every one her neighbour mourning4 #i3ba4 ,for death is come up through our windows1 it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without1 the young men from the streets4 #i3bb4 ,speak3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country1 and as grass behind the back of the mower1 and there is none to gather it4 #i3bc4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,let not the wise man glory in his wisdom1 and let not the strong man glory in his strength1 and let not the rich man glory in his riches3 #i3bd4 ,but let him that glorieth glory in this1 that he understandeth and knoweth me1 for ,i am the ,lord that exercise mercy1 and judgment1 and justice in the earth3 for these things please me1 saith the ,lord4 #i3be4 ,behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin circumcised4 #i3bf4 ,upon ,egypt1 and upon ,juda1 and upon ,edom1 and upon the children of ,ammon1 and upon ,moab1 and upon all that have their hair polled round1 that dwell in the desert3 for all the nations are uncircumcised in the flesh1 but all the house of ,israel are uncircumcised in the heart4 ,jeremias ,chapter #aj ,neither stars nor idols are to be feared1 but the great ,creator of all things4 ,the chastisement of ,jerusalem for her sins4 #aj3a4 ,hear ye the word which the ,lord hath spoken concerning you1 ,o house of ,israel4 #aj3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,learn not according to the ways of the ,gentiles3 and be not afraid of the signs of heaven1 which the heathens fear3 #aj3c4 ,for the laws of the people are vain3 for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe4 #aj3d4 ,he hath decked it with silver and gold3 he hath put it together with nails and hammers1 that it may not fall asunder4 #aj3e4 ,they are framed after the likeness of a palm tree1 and shall not speak3 they must be carried to be removed1 because they cannot go4 ,therefore fear them not1 for they can neither do evil nor good4 #aj3f4 ,there is none like to thee1 ,o ,lord3 thou art great1 and great is thy name in might4 #aj3g4 ,who shall not fear thee1 ,o king of nations8 for thine is the glory3 among all the wise men of the nations1 and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee4 #aj3h4 ,they shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish3 the doctrine of their vanity is wood4 #aj3i4 ,silver spread into plates is brought from ,tharsis1 and gold from ,ophaz3 the work of the artificer1 and of the hand of the coppersmith3 violet and purple is their clothing3 all these things are the work of artificers4 #aj3aj4 ,but the ,lord is the true ,god3 he is the living ,god1 and the everlasting king3 at his wrath the earth shall tremble1 and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening4 #aj3aa4 ,thus then shall you say to them3 ,the gods that have not made heaven and earth1 let them perish from the earth1 and from among those places that are under heaven4 #aj3ab4 ,he that maketh the earth by his power1 that prepareth the world by his wisdom1 and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge4 #aj3ac4 ,at his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven1 and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth3 he maketh lightnings for rain1 and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures4 #aj3ad4 ,every man is become a fool for knowledge1 every artist is confounded in his graven idol3 for what he hath cast is false1 and there is no spirit in them4 #aj3ae4 ,they are vain things1 and a ridiculous work3 in the time of their visitation they shall perish4 #aj3af4 ,the portion of ,jacob is not like these3 for it is he who formed all things3 and ,israel is the rod of his inheritance3 the ,lord of hosts is his name4 #aj3ag4 ,gather up thy shame out of the land1 thou that dwellest in a siege4 #aj3ah4 ,for thus saith he ,lord3 ,behold ,i will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time3 and ,i will afflict them1 so that they may be found4 #aj3ai4 ,woe is me for my destruction1 my wound is very grievous4 ,but ,i said3 ,truly this is my own evil1 and ,i will bear it4 #aj3bj4 ,my tabernacle is laid waste1 all my cords are broken3 my children are gone out from me1 and they are not3 there is none to stretch forth my tent any more1 and to set up my curtains4 #aj3ba4 ,because the pastors have done foolishly1 and have not sought the ,lord3 therefore have they not understood1 and all their flock is scattered4 #aj3bb4 ,behold the sound of a noise cometh1 a great commotion out of the land of the north3 to make the cities of ,juda a desert1 and a dwelling for dragons4 #aj3bc4 ,i know1 ,o ,lord1 that the way of a man is not his3 neither is it in a man to walk1 and to direct his steps4 ,the way of a man is not his444 ,the meaning is1 that notwithstanding man's free will1 yet he can do no good without ,god's help1 nor evil without his permission4 ,so that1 in the present case1 all the evils which ,nabuchodonosor was about to bring upon ,jerusalem1 could not have come but by the will of ,god4 #aj3bd4 ,correct me1 ,o ,lord1 but yet with judgment3 and not in thy fury1 lest thou bring me to nothing4 #aj3be4 ,pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee1 and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name3 because they have eaten up ,jacob1 and devoured him1 and consumed him1 and have destroyed his glory4 ,jeremias ,chapter #aa ,the prophet proclaims the covenant of ,god3 and denounces evils to the obstinate transgressors of it4 ,the conspiracy of the ,jews against him1 a figure of their conspiracy against ,christ4 #aa3a4 ,the word that came from the ,lord to ,jeremias1 saying3 #aa3b4 ,hear ye the words of this covenant1 and speak to the men of ,juda1 and to the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 #aa3c4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,cursed is the man that shall not hearken to the words of this covenant1 #aa3d4 ,which ,i commanded your fathers in the day that ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 from the iron furnace1 saying3 ,hear ye my voice1 and do all things that ,i command you3 and you shall be my people1 and ,i will be your ,god3 #aa3e4 ,that ,i may accomplish the oath which ,i swore to your fathers1 to give them a land flowing with milk and honey1 as it is this day4 ,and ,i answered and said3 ,amen1 ,o ,lord4 #aa3f4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,proclaim aloud all these words in the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,hear ye the words of the covenant1 and do them3 #aa3g4 ,for protesting ,i conjured your fathers in the day that ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt even to this day3 rising early ,i conjured them1 and said3 ,hearken ye to my voice3 #aa3h4 ,and they obeyed not1 nor inclined their ear3 but walked every one in the perverseness of his own wicked heart3 and ,i brought upon them all the words of this covenant1 which ,i commanded them to do1 but they did them not4 #aa3i4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,a conspiracy is found among the men of ,juda1 and among the inhabitants of ,jerusalem4 #aa3aj4 ,they are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers1 who refused to hear my words3 so these likewise have gone after strange gods1 to serve them3 the house of ,israel1 and the house of ,juda have made void my covenant1 which ,i made with their fathers4 #aa3aa4 ,wherefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will bring in evils upon them1 which they shall not be able to escape3 and they shall cry to me1 and ,i will not hearken to them4 #aa3ab4 ,and the cities of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem shall go1 and cry to the gods to whom they offer sacrifice1 and they shall not save them in the time of their affliction4 #aa3ac4 ,for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods1 ,o ,juda3 and according to the number of the streets of ,jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion1 altars to offer sacrifice to ,baalim4 #aa3ad4 ,therefore do not thou pray for this people1 and do not take up praise and prayer for them3 for ,i will not hear them in the time of their cry to me1 in the time of their affliction4 #aa3ae4 ,what is the meaning that my beloved hath wrought much wickedness in my house8 shall the holy flesh take away from thee thy crimes1 in which thou hast boasted8 #aa3af4 ,the ,lord called thy name1 a plentiful olive tree1 fair1 fruitful1 and beautiful3 at the noise of a word1 a great fire was kindled in it1 and the branches thereof are burnt4 #aa3ag4 ,and the ,lord of hosts that planted thee1 hath pronounced evil against thee3 for the evils of the house of ,israel1 and of the house of ,juda1 which they have done to themselves1 to provoke me1 offering sacrifice to ,baalim4 #aa3ah4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast shewn me1 and ,i have known3 then thou shewedst me their doings4 #aa3ai4 ,and ,i was as a meek lamb1 that is carried to be a victim3 and ,i knew not that they had devised counsels against me1 saying3 ,let us put wood on his bread1 and cut him off from the land of the living1 and let his name be remembered no more4 #aa3bj4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord of ,sabaoth1 who judgest justly1 and triest the reins and the hearts1 let me see thy revenge on them3 for to thee have ,i revealed my cause4 ,sabaoth444 ,that is1 of hosts or armies1 a name frequently given to ,god in the scriptures4-,ibid4 ,thy revenge444 ,this was rather a prediction of what was to happen1 with an approbation of the divine justice1 than an imprecation4 #aa3ba4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord to the men of ,anathoth1 who seek thy life1 and say3 ,thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the ,lord1 and thou shalt not die in our hands4 #aa3bb4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,behold ,i will visit upon them3 their young men shall die by the sword1 their sons and their daughters shall die by famine4 #aa3bc4 ,and there shall be no remains of them3 for ,i will bring in evil upon the men of ,anathoth1 the year of their visitation4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ab ,the prosperity of the wicked shall be but for a short time4 ,the desolation of the ,jews for their sins4 ,their return from their captivity4 #ab3a4 ,thou indeed1 ,o ,lord1 art just1 if ,i plead with thee1 but yet ,i will speak what is just to thee3 ,why doth the way of the wicked prosper3 why is it well with all them that transgress1 and do wickedly8 #ab3b4 ,thou hast planted them1 and they have taken root3 they prosper and bring forth fruit3 thou art near in their mouth1 and far from their reins4 #ab3c4 ,and thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast known me1 thou hast seen me1 and proved my heart with thee3 gather them together as for the day of slaughter4 #ab3d4 ,how long shall the land mourn1 and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein8 ,the beasts and the birds are consumed3 because they have said3 ,he shall not see our last end4 #ab3e4 ,if thou hast been wearied with running with footmen1 how canst thou contend with horses8 and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace1 what wilt thou do in the swelling of the ,jordan8 #ab3f4 ,for even thy brethren1 and the house of thy father1 even they have fought against thee1 and have cried after thee with full voice3 believe them not when they speak good things to thee4 #ab3g4 ,i have forsaken my house1 ,i have left my inheritance3 ,i have given my dear soul into the hand of her enemies4 #ab3h4 ,my inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood3 it hath cried out against me1 therefore have ,i hated it4 #ab3i4 ,is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird8 is it as a bird dyed throughout8 come ye1 assemble yourselves1 all ye beasts of the earth1 make haste to devour4 #ab3aj4 ,many pastors have destroyed my vineyard1 they have trodden my portion under foot3 they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness4 #ab3aa4 ,they have laid it waste1 and it hath mourned for me4 ,with desolation is all the land made desolate2 because there is none that considereth in the heart4 #ab3ab4 ,the spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness1 for the sword of the ,lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof3 there is no peace for all flesh4 #ab3ac4 ,they have sown wheat1 and reaped thorns3 they have received an inheritance1 and it shall not profit them3 you shall be ashamed of your fruits1 because of the fierce wrath of the ,lord4 #ab3ad4 ,thus saith the ,lord against all wicked neighbours1 that touch the inheritance that ,i have shared out to my people ,israel3 ,behold ,i will pluck them out of their land1 and ,i will pluck the house of ,juda out of the midst of them4 #ab3ae4 ,and when ,i shall have plucked them out1 ,i will return1 and have mercy on them3 and will bring them back1 every man to his inheritance1 and every man into his land4 #ab3af4 ,and it shall come to pass1 if they will be taught1 and will learn the ways of my people1 to swear by my name3 ,the ,lord liveth1 as they have taught my people to swear by ,baal3 that they shall be built up in the midst of my people4 #ab3ag4 ,but if they will not hear1 ,i will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation1 saith the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ac ,under the figure of a linen girdle is foretold the destruction of the ,jews4 ,their obstinacy in sin brings all miseries upon them4 #ac3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord to me3 ,go1 and get thee a linen girdle1 and thou shalt put it about thy loins1 and shalt not put it into water4 #ac3b4 ,and ,i got a girdle according to the word of the ,lord1 and put it about my loins4 #ac3c4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me the second time1 saying3 #ac3d4 ,take the girdle which thou hast got1 which is about thy loins1 and arise1 go to the ,euphrates1 and hide it there in a hole of the rock4 #ac3e4 ,and ,i went1 and hid it by the ,euphrates1 as the ,lord had commanded me4 #ac3f4 ,and it came to pass after many days1 that the ,lord said to me3 ,arise1 go to the ,euphrates1 and take from thence the girdle1 which ,i commanded thee to hide there4 #ac3g4 ,and ,i went to the ,euphrates1 and digged1 and took the girdle out of the place where ,i had hid it and behold the girdle was rotten1 so that it was fit for no use4 #ac3h4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #ac3i4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,after this manner will ,i make the pride of ,juda1 and the great pride of ,jerusalem to rot4 #ac3aj4 ,this wicked people1 that will not hear my words1 and that walk in the perverseness of their heart1 and have gone after strange gods to serve them1 and to adore them3 and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use4 #ac3aa4 ,for as the girdle sticketh close to the loins of a man1 so have ,i brought close to me all the house of ,israel1 and all the house of ,juda1 saith the ,lord3 that they might be my people1 and for a name1 and for a praise1 and for a glory3 but they would not hear4 #ac3ab4 ,thou shalt speak therefore to them this word3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,every bottle shall be filled with wine4 ,and they shall say to thee3 ,do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine8 #ac3ac4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will fill all the inhabitants of this land1 and the kings of the race of ,david that sit upon his throne1 and the priests1 and the prophets1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 with drunkenness4 #ac3ad4 ,and ,i will scatter them every man from his brother1 and fathers and sons in like manner1 saith the ,lord3 ,i will not spare1 and ,i will not pardon3 nor will ,i have mercy1 but to destroy them4 #ac3ae4 ,hear ye1 and give ear3 ,be not proud1 for the ,lord hath spoken4 #ac3af4 ,give ye glory to the ,lord your ,god1 before it be dark1 and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains3 you shall look for light1 and he will turn it into the shadow of death1 and into darkness4 #ac3ag4 ,but if you will not hear this1 my soul shall weep in secret for your pride3 weeping it shall weep1 and my eyes shall run down with tears1 because the flock of the ,lord is carried away captive4 #ac3ah4 ,say to the king1 and to the queen3 ,humble yourselves1 sit down3 for the crown of your glory is come down from your head4 #ac3ai4 ,the cities of the south are shut up1 and there is none to open them3 all ,juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity4 #ac3bj4 ,lift up your eyes1 and see1 you that come from the north3 where is the flock that is given thee1 thy beautiful cattle8 #ac3ba4 ,what wilt thou say when he shall visit thee8 for thou hast taught them against thee1 and instructed them against thy own head3 shall not sorrows lay hold on thee1 as a woman in labour8 #ac3bb4 ,and if thou shalt say in thy heart3 ,why are these things come upon me8 ,for the greatness of thy iniquity1 thy nakedness is discovered1 the soles of thy feet are defiled4 #ac3bc4 ,if the ,ethiopian can change his skin1 or the leopard his spots3 you also may do well1 when you have learned evil4 #ac3bd4 ,and ,i will scatter them as stubble1 which is carried away by the wind in the desert4 #ac3be4 ,this is thy lot1 and the portion of thy measure from me1 saith the ,lord1 because thou hast forgotten me1 and hast trusted in falsehood4 #ac3bf4 ,wherefore ,i have also bared thy thighs against thy face1 and thy shame hath appeared4 #ac3bg4 ,i have seen thy adulteries1 and thy neighing1 the wickedness of thy fornication3 and thy abominations1 upon the hills in the field4 ,woe to thee1 ,jerusalem1 wilt thou not be made clean after me3 how long yet8 ,jeremias ,chapter #ad ,a grievous famine3 and the prophet's prayer on that occasion4 ,evils denounced to false prophets4 ,the prophet mourns for his people4 #ad3a4 ,the word of the ,lord that came to ,jeremias concerning the words of the drought4 #ad3b4 ,judea hath mourned1 and the gates thereof are fallen1 and are become obscure on the ground1 and the cry of ,jerusalem is gone up4 #ad3c4 ,the great ones sent their inferiors to the water3 they came to draw1 they found no water1 they carried back their vessels empty3 they were confounded and afflicted1 and covered their heads4 #ad3d4 ,for the destruction of the land1 because there came no rain upon the earth1 the husbandman were confounded1 they covered their heads4 #ad3e4 ,yea1 the hind also brought forth in the field1 and left it1 because there was no grass4 #ad3f4 ,and the wild asses stood upon the rocks1 they snuffed up the wind like dragons1 their eyes failed1 because there was no grass4 #ad3g4 ,if our iniquities have testified against us1 ,o ,lord1 do thou it for thy name's sake1 for our rebellions are many1 we have sinned against thee4 #ad3h4 ,o expectation of ,israel1 the ,saviour thereof in time of trouble3 why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land1 and as a wayfaring man turning in to lodge8 #ad3i4 ,why wilt thou be as a wandering man1 as a mighty man that cannot save8 but thou1 ,o ,lord1 art among us1 and thy name is called upon by us1 forsake us not4 #ad3aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord to this people1 that have loved to move their feet1 and have not rested1 and have not pleased the ,lord3 ,he will now remember their iniquities1 and visit their sins4 #ad3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,pray not for this people for their good4 #ad3ab4 ,when they fast ,i will not hear their prayers3 and if they offer holocausts and victims1 ,i will not receive them3 for ,i will consume them by the sword1 and by famine1 and by the pestilence4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,i said3 ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,o ,lord ,god1 the prophets say to them3 ,you shall not see the sword1 and there shall be no famine among you1 but he will give you true peace in this place4 #ad3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,the prophets prophesy falsely in my name3 ,i sent them not1 neither have ,i commanded them1 nor have ,i spoken to them3 they prophesy unto you a lying vision1 and divination and deceit1 and the seduction of their own heart4 #ad3ae4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name1 whom ,i did not send1 that say3 ,sword and famine shall not be in this land3 ,by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed4 #ad3af4 ,and the people to whom they prophesy1 shall be cast out in the streets of ,jerusalem because of the famine and the sword1 and there shall be none to bury them3 they and their wives1 their sons and their daughters1 and ,i will pour out their own wickedness upon them4 #ad3ag4 ,and thou shalt speak this word to them3 ,let my eyes shed down tears night and day1 and let them not cease1 because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction1 with an exceeding grievous evil4 #ad3ah4 ,if ,i go forth into the fields1 behold the slain with the sword3 and if ,i enter into the city1 behold them that are consumed with famine4 ,the prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not4 #ad3ai4 ,hast thou utterly cast away ,juda1 or hath thy soul abhorred ,sion8 why then hast thou struck us1 so that there is no healing for us8 we have looked for peace1 and there is no good3 and for the time of healing1 and behold trouble4 #ad3bj4 ,we acknowledge1 ,o ,lord1 our wickedness1 the iniquities of our fathers1 because we have sinned against thee4 #ad3ba4 ,give us not to be a reproach1 for thy name's sake1 and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory3 remember1 break not thy covenant with us4 #ad3bb4 ,are there any among the graven things of the ,gentiles that can send rain8 or can the heavens give showers8 art not thou the ,lord our ,god1 whom we have looked for8 for thou hast made all these things4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ae ,god is determined to punish the ,jews for their sins4 ,the prophet's complaint1 and ,god's promise to him4 #ae3a4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,if ,moses and ,samuel shall stand before me1 my soul is not towards this people3 cast them out from my sight1 and let them go forth4 #ae3b4 ,and if they shall say unto thee3 ,whither shall we go forth8 thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,such as are for death1 to death3 and such as are for the sword1 to the sword3 and such as are for famine1 to famine3 and such as are for captivity1 to captivity4 #ae3c4 ,and ,i will visit them with four kinds1 saith the ,lord3 ,the sword to kill1 and the dogs to tear1 and the fowls of the air1 and the beasts of the earth1 to devour and to destroy4 #ae3d4 ,and ,i will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth3 because of ,manasses the son of ,ezechias the king of ,juda1 for all that he did in ,jerusalem4 #ae3e4 ,for who shall have pity on thee1 ,o ,jerusalem8 or who shall bemoan thee8 or who shall go to pray for thy peace8 #ae3f4 ,thou hast forsaken me1 saith the ,lord1 thou art gone backward3 and ,i will stretch out my hand against thee1 and ,i will destroy thee3 ,i am weary of entreating thee4 #ae3g4 ,and ,i will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land3 ,i have killed and destroyed my people1 and yet they are not returned from their ways4 #ae3h4 ,their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea3 ,i have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday3 ,i have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities4 #ae3i4 ,she that hath borne seven is become weak1 her soul hath fainted away3 her sun is gone down1 while it was yet day3 she is confounded1 and ashamed3 and the residue of them ,i will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies1 saith the ,lord4 #ae3aj4 ,woe is me1 my mother3 why hast thou borne me a man of strife1 a man of contention to all the earth8 ,i have not lent on usury1 neither hath any man lent to me on usury3 yet all curse me4 #ae3aa4 ,the ,lord saith to me3 ,assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant1 assuredly ,i shall help thee in the time of affliction1 and in the time of tribulation against the enemy4 #ae3ab4 ,shall iron be allied with the iron from the north1 and the brass8 ,shall iron be allied1 etc444 ,shall the iron1 that is1 the strength of ,juda1 stand against the stronger iron of the north1 that is1 of ,babylon3 or enter into an alliance upon equal footing with it8 ,no certainly3 but it must be broken by it4 #ae3ac4 ,thy riches and thy treasures ,i will give unto spoil for nothing1 because of all thy sins1 even in all thy borders4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,i will bring thy enemies out of a land1 which thou knowest not3 for a fire is kindled in my rage1 it shall burn upon you4 #ae3ae4 ,o ,lord1 thou knowest1 remember me1 and visit me1 and defend me from them that persecute me1 do not defend me in thy patience3 know that for thy sake ,i have suffered reproach4 ,do not defend me in thy patience444 ,that is1 let not thy patience and longsuffering1 which thou usest towards sinners1 keep thee from making haste to my assistance4 #ae3af4 ,thy words were found1 and ,i did eat them1 and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart3 for thy name is called upon me1 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts4 #ae3ag4 ,i sat not in the assembly of jesters1 nor did ,i make a boast of the presence of thy hand3 ,i sat alone1 because thou hast filled me with threats4 #ae3ah4 ,why is my sorrow become perpetual1 and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed8 it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted4 #ae3ai4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,if thou wilt be converted1 ,i will convert thee1 and thou shalt stand before my face2 and thou wilt separate the precious from the vile1 thou shalt be as my mouth3 they shall be turned to thee1 and thou shalt not be turned to them4 #ae3bj4 ,and ,i will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass3 and they shall fight against thee1 and shall not prevail3 for ,i am with thee to save thee1 and to deliver thee1 saith the ,lord4 #ae3ba4 ,and ,i will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked1 and ,i will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty4 ,jeremias ,chapter #af ,the prophet is forbid to marry4 ,the ,jews shall be utterly ruined for their idolatry3 but shall at length be released from their captivity1 and the ,gentiles shall be converted4 #af3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #af3b4 ,thou shalt not take thee a wife1 neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place4 #af3c4 ,for thus saith the ,lord concerning the sons and daughters1 that are born in this place1 and concerning their mothers that bore them3 and concerning their fathers1 of whom they were born in this land3 #af3d4 ,they shall die by the death of grievous illnesses3 they shall not be lamented1 and they shall not be buried1 they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth3 and they shall be consumed with the sword1 and with famine3 and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air1 and for the beasts of the earth4 #af3e4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,enter not into the house of feasting1 neither go thou to mourn1 nor to comfort them3 because ,i have taken away my peace from this people1 saith the ,lord1 my mercy and commiserations4 #af3f4 ,both the great and the little shall die in this land3 they shall not be buried nor lamented1 and men shall not cut themselves1 nor make themselves bald for them4 #af3g4 ,and they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth1 to comfort him for the dead3 neither shall they give them for their father and mother4 #af3h4 ,and do not thou go into the house of feasting1 to sit with them1 and to eat and drink3 #af3i4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will take away out of this place in your sight1 and in your days the voice of mirth1 and the voice of gladness1 the voice of the bridegroom1 and the voice of the bride4 #af3aj4 ,and when thou shalt tell this people all these words1 and they shall say to thee3 ,wherefore hath the ,lord pronounced against us all this great evil8 what is our iniquity8 and what is our sin1 that we have sinned against the ,lord our ,god8 #af3aa4 ,thou shalt say to them3 ,because your fathers forsook me1 saith the ,lord3 and went after strange gods1 and served them1 and adored them3 and they forsook me1 and kept not my law4 #af3ab4 ,and you also have done worse than your fathers3 for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart1 so as not to hearken to me4 #af3ac4 ,so ,i will cast you forth out of this land1 into a land which you know not1 nor your fathers3 and there you shall serve strange gods day and night1 which shall not give you any rest4 #af3ad4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 when it shall be said no more3 ,the ,lord liveth1 that brought forth the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt4 #af3ae4 ,but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 that brought the children of ,israel out of the land of the north1 and out of all the lands to which ,i cast them out3 and ,i will bring them again into their land1 which ,i gave to their fathers4 #af3af4 ,behold ,i will send many fishers1 saith the ,lord1 and they shall fish them3 and after this ,i will send them many hunters1 and they shall hunt them from every mountain1 and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks4 #af3ag4 ,for my eyes are upon all their ways3 they are not hid from my face1 and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes4 #af3ah4 ,and ,i will repay first their double iniquities1 and their sins3 because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols1 and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations4 #af3ai4 ,o ,lord1 my might1 and my strength1 and my refuge in the day of tribulation3 to thee the ,gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth1 and shall say3 ,surely our fathers have possessed lies1 a vanity which hath not profited them4 #af3bj4 ,shall a man make gods unto himself and they are no gods8 #af3ba4 ,therefore behold ,i will this once cause them to know1 ,i will shew them my hand and my power3 and they shall know that my name is the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ag ,for their obstinacy in sin the ,jews shall be led captive4 ,he is cursed that trusteth in flesh4 ,god alone searcheth the heart1 giving to every one as he deserves4 ,the prophet prayeth to be delivered from his enemies1 and preacheth up the observance of the sabbath4 #ag3a4 ,the sin of ,juda is written with a pen of iron1 with the point of a diamond1 it is graven upon the table of their heart1 upon the horns of their altars4 #ag3b4 ,when their children shall remember their altars1 and their groves1 and their green trees upon the high mountains1 #ag3c4 ,sacrificing in the field3 ,i will give thy strength1 and all thy treasures to the spoil1 and thy high places for sin in all thy borders4 #ag3d4 ,and thou shalt be left stripped of thy inheritance1 which ,i gave thee3 and ,i will make thee serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not3 because thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath1 it shall burn for ever4 #ag3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,cursed be the man that trusteth in man1 and maketh flesh his arm1 and whose heart departeth from the ,lord4 #ag3f4 ,for he shall be like tamaric in the desert1 and he shall not see when good shall come3 but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land1 and not inhabited4 ,tamaric444 ,a barren shrub that grows in the driest parts of the wilderness4 #ag3g4 ,blessed be the man that trusteth in the ,lord1 and the ,lord shall be his confidence4 #ag3h4 ,and he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters1 that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture3 and it shall not fear when the heat cometh4 ,and the leaf thereof shall be green1 and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous1 neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit4 #ag3i4 ,the heart is perverse above all things1 and unsearchable1 who can know it8 #ag3aj4 ,i am the ,lord who search the heart1 and prove the reins3 who give to every one according to his way1 and according to the fruit of his devices4 #ag3aa4 ,as the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay3 so is he that hath gathered riches1 and not by right3 in the midst of his days he shall leave them1 and in his latter end he shall be a fool4 #ag3ab4 ,a high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification4 #ag3ac4 ,o ,lord1 the hope of ,israel3 all that forsake thee shall be confounded3 they that depart from thee1 shall be written in the earth3 because they have forsaken the ,lord1 the vein of living waters4 #ag3ad4 ,heal me1 ,o ,lord1 and ,i shall be healed3 save me1 and ,i shall be saved3 for thou art my praise4 #ag3ae4 ,behold they say to me3 ,where is the word of the ,lord8 let it come4 #ag3af4 ,and ,i am not troubled1 following thee for my pastor1 and ,i have not desired the day of man1 thou knowest4 ,that which went out of my lips1 hath been right in thy sight4 #ag3ag4 ,be not thou a terror unto me1 thou art my hope in the day of affliction4 #ag3ah4 ,let them be confounded that persecute me1 and let not me be confounded3 let them be afraid1 and let not me be afraid3 bring upon them the day of affliction1 and with a double destruction1 destroy them4 ,let them be confounded1 etc444 ,such expressions as these in the writings of the prophets1 are not to be understood as imprecations proceeding from malice or desire of revenge3 but as prophetic predictions of evils that were about to fall upon impenitent sinners1 and approbations of the ways of divine justice4 #ag3ai4 ,thus saith the ,lord to me3 ,go1 and stand in the gate of the children of the people1 by which the kings of ,juda come in1 and go out1 and in all the gates of ,jerusalem3 #ag3bj4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ye kings of ,juda1 and al ,juda1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 that enter in by these gates4 #ag3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,take heed to your souls1 and carry no burdens on the sabbath day3 and bring them not in by the gates of ,jerusalem4 #ag3bb4 ,and do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day1 neither do ye any work3 sanctify the sabbath day1 as ,i commanded your fathers4 #ag3bc4 ,but they did not hear1 nor incline their ear3 but hardened their neck1 that they might not hear me1 and might not receive instruction4 #ag3bd4 ,and it shall come to pass3 if you will hearken to me1 saith the ,lord1 to bring in no burdens by the gates of this city on the sabbath day3 and if you will sanctify the sabbath day1 to do no work therein3 #ag3be4 ,then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes1 sitting upon the throne of ,david1 and riding in chariots and on horses1 they and their princes1 the men of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 and this city shall be inhabited for ever4 #ag3bf4 ,and they shall come from the cities of ,juda1 and from the places round about ,jerusalem1 and from the land of ,benjamin1 and from the plains1 and from the mountains1 and from the south1 bringing holocausts1 and victims1 and sacrifices1 and frankincense1 and they shall bring in an offering into the house of the ,lord4 #ag3bg4 ,but if you will not hearken to me1 to sanctify the sabbath day1 and not to carry burdens1 and not to bring them in by the gates of ,jerusalem on the sabbath day3 ,i will kindle a fire in the gates thereof1 and it shall devour the houses of ,jerusalem1 and it shall not be quenched4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ah ,as the clay in the hand of the potter1 so is ,israel in ,god's hand4 ,he pardoneth penitents1 and punisheth the obstinate4 ,they conspire against ,jeremias1 for which he denounceth to them the miseries that hang over them4 #ah3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3 #ah3b4 ,arise1 and go down into the potter's house1 and there thou shalt hear my words4 #ah3c4 ,and ,i went down into the potter's house1 and behold he was doing a work on the wheel4 #ah3d4 ,and the vessel was broken which he was making of clay with his hands3 and turning he made another vessel1 as it seemed good in his eyes to make it4 #ah3e4 ,then the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #ah3f4 ,cannot ,i do with you1 as this potter1 ,o house of ,israel1 saith the ,lord8 behold as clay is in the hand of the potter1 so are you in my hand1 ,o house of ,israel4 #ah3g4 ,i will suddenly speak against a nation1 and against a kingdom1 to root out1 and to pull down1 and to destroy it4 #ah3h4 ,if that nation against which ,i have spoken1 shall repent of their evil1 ,i also will repent of the evil that ,i have thought to do to them4 #ah3i4 ,and ,i will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom1 to build up and plant it4 #ah3aj4 ,if it shall do evil in my sight1 that it obey not my voice3 ,i will repent of the good that ,i have spoken to do unto it4 #ah3aa4 ,now therefore tell the men of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i frame evil against you1 and devise a device against you3 let every man of you return from his evil way1 and make ye your ways and your doings good4 #ah3ab4 ,and they said2 ,we have no hopes3 for we will go after our own thoughts1 and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart4 #ah3ac4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,ask among the nations3 ,who hath heard such horrible things1 as the virgin of ,israel hath done to excess8 #ah3ad4 ,shall the snow of ,libanus fail from the rock of the field8 or can the cold waters that gush out and run down1 be taken away8 #ah3ae4 ,because my people have forgotten me1 sacrificing in vain1 and stumbling in their ways1 in ancient paths1 to walk by them in a way not trodden3 #ah3af4 ,that their land might be given up to desolation1 and to a perpetual hissing3 every one that shall pass by it1 shall be astonished1 and wag his head4 #ah3ag4 ,as a burning wind will ,i scatter them before the enemy3 ,i will shew them the back1 and not the face1 in the day of their destruction4 #ah3ah4 ,and they said3 ,come1 and let us invent devices against ,jeremias3 for the law shall not perish from the priest1 nor counsel from the wise1 nor the word from the prophet3 come1 and let us strike him with the tongue1 and let us give no heed to all his words4 #ah3ai4 ,give heed to me1 ,o ,lord1 and hear the voice of my adversaries4 #ah3bj4 ,shall evil be rendered for good1 because they have digged a pit for my soul8 ,remember that ,i have stood in thy sight1 to speak good for them1 and to turn away thy indignation from them4 ,remember1 etc444 ,this is spoken in the person of ,christ1 persecuted by the ,jews1 and prophetically denouncing the evils that should fall upon them in punishment of their crimes4 #ah3ba4 ,therefore deliver up their children to famine1 and bring them into the hands of the sword3 let their wives be bereaved of children and widows3 and let their husbands be slain by death3 let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle4 #ah3bb4 ,let a cry be heard out of their houses3 for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly3 because they have digged a pit to take me1 and have hid snares for my feet4 #ah3bc4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 knowest all their counsel against me unto death3 not their iniquity1 and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight3 let them be overthrown before thy eyes1 in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ai ,under the type of breaking a potter's vessel1 the prophet foresheweth the desolation of the ,jews for their sins4 #ai3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,go1 and take a potter's earthen bottle1 and take of the ancients of the people1 and of the ancients of the priests3 #ai3b4 ,and go forth into the valley of the son of ,ennom1 which is by the entry of the earthen gate3 and there thou shalt proclaim the words that ,i shall tell thee4 #ai3c4 ,and thou shalt say3 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,o ye kings of ,juda1 and ye inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will bring an affliction upon this place3 so that whosoever shall hear it1 his ears shall tingle3 #ai3d4 ,because they have forsaken me1 and have profaned this place3 and have sacrificed therein to strange gods1 whom neither they nor their fathers knew1 nor the kings of ,juda3 and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents4 #ai3e4 ,and they have built the high places of ,baalim1 to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to ,baalim3 which ,i did not command1 nor speak of1 neither did it once come into my mind4 #ai3f4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that this place shall no more be called ,topheth1 nor the valley of the son of ,ennom1 but the valley of slaughter4 #ai3g4 ,and ,i will defeat the counsel of ,juda and of ,jerusalem in this place3 and ,i will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies1 and by the hands of them that seek their lives3 and ,i will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air1 and for the beasts of the earth4 #ai3h4 ,and ,i will make this city an astonishment1 and a hissing3 every one that shall pass by it1 shall be astonished1 and shall hiss because of all the plagues thereof4 #ai3i4 ,and ,i will feed them with the flesh of their sons1 and with the flesh of their daughters3 and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege1 and in the distress wherewith their enemies1 and they that seek their lives1 shall straiten them4 #ai3aj4 ,and thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee4 #ai3aa4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,even so will ,i break this people1 and this city1 as the potter's vessel is broken1 which cannot be made whole again3 and they shall be buried in ,topheth1 because there is no other place to bury in4 #ai3ab4 ,thus will ,i do to this place1 saith the ,lord1 and to the inhabitants thereof3 and ,i will make this city as ,topheth4 #ai3ac4 ,and the houses of ,jerusalem1 and the houses of the kings of ,juda shall be unclean as the place of ,topheth3 all the houses upon whose roofs they have sacrificed to all the host of heaven1 and have poured out drink offerings to strange gods4 #ai3ad4 ,then ,jeremias came from ,topheth1 whither the ,lord had sent him to prophesy1 and he stood in the court of the house of the ,lord1 and said to all the people3 #ai3ae4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will bring in upon this city1 and upon all the cities thereof all the evils that ,i have spoken against it3 because they have hardened their necks1 that they might not hear my words4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bj ,the prophet is persecuted3 he denounces captivity to his persecutors1 and bemoans himself4 #bj3a4 ,now ,phassur the son of ,emmer1 the priest1 who was appointed chief in the house of the ,lord1 heard ,jeremias prophesying these words4 #bj3b4 ,and ,phassur struck ,jeremias the prophet1 and put him in the stocks1 that were in the upper gate of ,benjamin1 in the house of the ,lord4 #bj3c4 ,and when it was light the next day1 ,phassur brought ,jeremias out of the stocks4 ,and ,jeremias said to him3 ,the ,lord hath not called thy name ,phassur1 but fear on every side4 ,phassur444 ,this name signifies increase and principality3 and therefore is here changed to ,magor-,missabib1 or fear on every side3 to denote the evils that should come upon him in punishment of his opposing the word of ,god4 #bj3d4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will deliver thee up to fear1 thee and all thy friends3 and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies1 and thy eyes shall see it1 and ,i will give all ,juda into the hand of the king of ,babylon3 and he shall carry them away to ,babylon1 and shall strike them with the sword4 #bj3e4 ,and ,i will give all the substance of this city1 and all its labour1 and every precious thing thereof1 and all the treasures of the kings of ,juda will ,i give into the hands of their enemies3 and they shall pillage them1 and take them away1 and carry them to ,babylon4 #bj3f4 ,but thou ,phassur1 and all that dwell in thy house1 shall go into captivity1 and thou shalt go to ,babylon1 and there thou shalt die1 and there thou shalt be buried1 thou and all thy friends1 to whom thou hast prophesied a lie4 #bj3g4 ,thou hast deceived me1 ,o ,lord1 and ,i am deceived3 thou hast been stronger than ,i1 and thou hast prevailed4 ,i am become a laughingstock all the day1 all scoff at me4 ,thou hast deceived1 etc444 ,the meaning of the prophet1 is not to charge ,god with any untruth2 but what he calls deceiving1 was only the concealing from him1 when he accepted of the prophetical commission1 the greatness of the evils which the execution of that commission was to bring upon him4 #bj3h4 ,for ,i am speaking now this long time1 crying out against iniquity1 and ,i often proclaim devastation3 and the word of the ,lord is made a reproach to me1 and a derision all the day4 #bj3i4 ,then ,i said3 ,i will not make mention of him1 nor speak any more in his name3 and there came in my heart as a burning fire1 shut up in my bones1 and ,i was wearied1 not being able to bear it4 #bj3aj4 ,for ,i heard the reproaches of many1 and terror on every side3 ,persecute him1 and let us persecute him3 from all the men that were my familiars1 and continued at my side3 if by any means he may be deceived1 and we may prevail against him1 and be revenged on him4 #bj3aa4 ,but the ,lord is with me as a strong warrior3 therefore they that persecute me shall fall1 and shall be weak3 they shall be greatly confounded1 because they have not understood the everlasting reproach1 which never shall be effaced4 #bj3ab4 ,and thou1 ,o ,lord of hosts1 prover of the just1 who seest the reins and the heart3 let me see1 ,i beseech thee1 thy vengeance on them3 for to thee ,i have laid open my cause4 ,let me see1 etc444 ,this prayer proceeded not from hatred or ill will1 but zeal of justice4 #bj3ac4 ,sing ye to the ,lord1 praise the ,lord3 because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked4 #bj3ad4 ,cursed be the day wherein ,i was born3 let not the day in which my mother bore me1 be blessed4 ,cursed be the day1 etc444 ,in these1 and the following words of the prophet1 there is a certain figure of speech to express with more energy the greatness of the evils to which his birth had exposed him4 #bj3ae4 ,cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father1 saying3 ,a man child is born to thee3 and made him greatly rejoice4 #bj3af4 ,let that man be as the cities which the ,lord hath overthrown1 and hath not repented3 let him hear a cry in the morning1 and howling at noontide3 #bj3ag4 ,who slew me not from the womb1 that my mother might have been my grave1 and her womb an everlasting conception4 #bj3ah4 ,why came ,i out of the womb1 to see labour and sorrow1 and that my days should be spent in confusion8 ,jeremias ,chapter #ba ,the prophet's answer to the messengers of ,sedecias1 when ,jerusalem was besieged4 #ba3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 when king ,sedecias sent unto him ,phassur1 the son of ,melchias1 and ,sophonias1 the son of ,maasias the priest1 saying3 #ba3b4 ,inquire of the ,lord for us1 for ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon maketh war against us3 if so be the ,lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful works1 that he may depart from us4 #ba3c4 ,and ,jeremias said to them3 ,thus shall you say to ,sedecias3 #ba3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands1 and with which you fight against the king of ,babylon1 and the ,chaldeans1 that besiege you round about the walls3 and ,i will gather them together in the midst of this city4 #ba3e4 ,and ,i myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand1 and with a strong arm1 and in fury1 and in indignation1 and in great wrath4 #ba3f4 ,and ,i will strike the inhabitants of this city1 men and beasts shall die of a great pestilence4 #ba3g4 ,and after this1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will give ,sedecias the king of ,juda1 and his servants1 and his people1 and such as are left in this city from the pestilence1 and the sword1 and the famine1 into the hand of ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon1 and into the hand of their enemies1 and into the hand of them that seek their life1 and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword1 and he shall not be moved to pity1 nor spare them1 nor shew mercy to them4 #ba3h4 ,and to this people thou shalt say3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i set before you the way of life1 and the way of death4 #ba3i4 ,he that shall abide in this city1 shall die by the sword1 and by the famine1 and by the pestilence3 but he that shall go out and flee over to the ,chaldeans1 that besiege you1 shall live1 and his life shall be to him as a spoil4 #ba3aj4 ,for ,i have set my face against this city for evil1 and not for good1 saith the ,lord3 it shall be given into the hand of the king of ,babylon1 and he shall burn it with fire4 #ba3aa4 ,and to the house of the king of ,juda3 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord1 #ba3ab4 ,o house of ,david1 thus saith the ,lord3 ,judge ye judgment in the morning1 and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor3 lest my indignation go forth like a fire1 and be kindled1 and there be none to quench it1 because of the evil of your ways4 #ba3ac4 ,behold ,i come to thee that dwellest in a valley upon a rock above a plain1 saith the ,lord3 and you say3 ,who shall strike us and who shall enter into our houses8 ,to thee that dwellest1 etc444 ,he speaks to ,jerusalem1 confiding in the strength of her situation upon rocks1 surrounded with a deep valley4 #ba3ad4 ,but ,i will visit upon you according to the fruit of your doings1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will kindle a fire in the forest thereof3 and it shall devour all things round about it4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bb ,an exhortation both to king and people to return of ,god4 ,the sentence of ,god upon ,joachaz1 ,joakim1 and ,jechonias4 #bb3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,go down to the house of the king of ,juda1 and there thou shalt speak this word1 ,go down1 etc444 ,the contents of this chapter are of a more ancient date than those of the foregoing chapter3 for the order of time is not always observed in the writings of the prophets4 #bb3b4 ,and thou shalt say3 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 king of ,juda1 that sittest upon the throne of ,david3 thou and thy servants1 and thy people1 who enter in by these gates4 #bb3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,execute judgment and justice1 and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor3 and afflict not the stranger1 the fatherless1 and the widow1 nor oppress them unjustly3 and shed not innocent blood in this place4 #bb3d4 ,for if you will do this thing indeed1 then shall there enter in by the gates of this house1 kings of the race of ,david sitting upon his throne1 and riding in chariots and on horses1 they and their servants1 and their people4 #bb3e4 ,but if you will not hearken to these words3 ,i swear by myself1 saith the ,lord1 that this house shall become a desolation4 #bb3f4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to the house of the king of ,juda3 ,thou art to me ,galaad the head of ,libanus3 yet surely ,i will make thee a wilderness1 and cities not habitable4 ,galaad the head of ,libanus444 ,by ,galaad1 a rich and fruitful country1 is here signified the royal palace of the kings of the house of ,david3 by ,libanus1 a high mountain abounding in cedar trees1 the populous city of ,jerusalem4 #bb3g4 ,and ,i will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons3 and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars1 and shall cast them headlong into the fire4 ,prepare444 ,literally1 sanctify4 #bb3h4 ,and many nations shall pass by this city3 and they shall say every man to his neighbour3 ,why hath the ,lord done so to this great city8 #bb3i4 ,and they shall answer3 ,because they have forsaken the covenant of the ,lord their ,god1 and have adored strange gods1 and served them4 #bb3aj4 ,weep not for him that is dead1 nor bemoan him with your tears3 lament him that goeth away1 for he shall return no more1 nor see his native country4 ,weep not for him that is dead1 etc444 ,he means the good king ,josias1 who by death was taken away1 so as not to see the miseries of his country4 ,ibid4 ,him that goeth away444 ,viz41 sellum1 alias ,joachaz1 who was carried captive into ,egypt4 #bb3aa4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to ,sellum the son of ,josias the king of ,juda1 who reigned instead of his father1 who went forth out of this place3 ,he shall return hither no more3 #bb3ab4 ,but in the place1 to which ,i have removed him1 there shall he die1 and he shall not see this land any more4 #bb3ac4 ,woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice1 and his chambers not in judgment3 that will oppress his friend without cause1 and will not pay him his wages4 #bb3ad4 ,who saith3 ,i will build me a wide house1 and large chambers3 who openeth to himself windows1 and maketh roofs of cedar1 and painteth them with vermilion4 #bb3ae4 ,shalt thou reign1 because thou comparest thyself to the cedar8 did not thy father eat and drink1 and do judgment and justice1 and it was then well with him8 #bb3af4 ,he judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good3 was it not therefore because he knew me1 saith the ,lord8 #bb3ag4 ,but thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness1 and upon shedding innocent blood1 and upon oppression1 and running after evil works4 #bb3ah4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord concerning ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda3 ,they shall not mourn for him1 ,alas1 my brother1 and1 ,alas1 sister3 they shall not lament for him1 ,alas1 my lord1 or1 ,alas1 the noble one4 #bb3ai4 ,he shall be buried with the burial of an ass1 rotten and cast forth without the gates of ,jerusalem4 #bb3bj4 ,go up to ,libanus1 and cry3 and lift up thy voice in ,basan1 and cry to them that pass by1 for all thy lovers are destroyed4 #bb3ba4 ,i spoke to thee in thy prosperity3 and thou saidst3 ,i will not hear3 this hath been thy way from thy youth1 because thou hast not heard my voice4 #bb3bb4 ,the wind shall feed all thy pastors1 and thy lovers shall go into captivity and then shalt thou be confounded1 and ashamed of all thy wickedness4 #bb3bc4 ,thou that sittest in ,libanus1 and makest thy nest in the cedars1 how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee1 as the pains of a woman in labour8 #bb3bd4 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord1 if ,jechonias the son of ,joakim the king of ,juda were a ring on my right hand1 ,i would pluck him thence4 #bb3be4 ,and ,i will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life1 and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest1 and into the hand of ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and into the hand of the ,chaldeans4 #bb3bf4 ,and ,i will send thee1 and thy mother that bore thee1 into a strange country1 in which you were not born1 and there you shall die3 #bb3bg4 ,and they shall not return into the land1 whereunto they lift up their mind to return thither4 #bb3bh4 ,is this man ,jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel8 is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure8 why are they cast out1 he and his seed1 and are cast into a land which they know not8 #bb3bi4 ,o earth1 earth1 earth1 hear the word of the ,lord4 #bb3cj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,write this man barren1 a man that shall not prosper in his days3 for there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit upon the throne of ,david1 and have power any more in ,juda4 ,write this man barren444 ,that is1 childless3 not that he had no children1 but that his children should never sit on the throne of ,juda4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bc ,god reproves evil governors2 and promises to send good pastors2 and ,christ himself the prince of the pastors4 ,he inveighs against false prophets preaching without being sent4 #bc3a4 ,woe to the pastors1 that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3b4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to the pastors that feed my people3 ,you have scattered my flock1 and driven them away1 and have not visited them3 behold ,i will visit upon you for the evil of your doings1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3c4 ,and ,i will gather together the remnant of my flock1 out of all the lands into which ,i have cast them out3 and ,i will make them return to their own fields1 and they shall increase and be multiplied4 #bc3d4 ,and ,i will set up pastors over them1 and they shall feed them3 they shall fear no more1 and they shall not be dismayed3 and none shall be wanting of their number1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3e4 ,behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will raise up to ,david a just branch3 and a king shall reign1 and shall be wise3 and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth4 #bc3f4 ,in those days shall ,juda be saved1 and ,israel shall dwell confidently3 and this is the name that they shall call him3 ,the ,lord our just one4 #bc3g4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and they shall say no more3 ,the ,lord liveth1 who brought up the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt3 #bc3h4 ,but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 who hath brought out1 and brought hither the seed of the house of ,israel from the land of the north1 and out of all the lands1 to which ,i had cast them forth3 and they shall dwell in their own land4 #bc3i4 ,to the prophets3 ,my heart is broken within me1 all my bones tremble3 ,i am become as a drunken man1 and as a man full of wine1 at the presence of the ,lord1 and at the presence of his holy words4 #bc3aj4 ,because the land is full of adulterers1 because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing1 the fields of the desert are dried up3 and their course is become evil1 and their strength unlike4 #bc3aa4 ,for the prophet and the priest are defiled3 and in my house ,i have found their wickedness1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3ab4 ,therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark3 for they shall be driven on1 and fall therein3 for ,i will bring evils upon them1 the year of their visitation1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3ac4 ,and ,i have seen folly in the prophets of ,samaria3 they prophesied in ,baal and deceived my people ,israel4 #bc3ad4 ,and ,i have seen the likeness of adulterers1 and the way of lying in the prophets of ,jerusalem3 and they strengthened the hands of the wicked1 that no man should return from his evil doings1 they are all become unto me as ,sodom1 and the inhabitants thereof as ,gomorrha4 #bc3ae4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts to the prophets3 ,behold ,i will feed them with wormwood1 and will give them gall to drink3 for from the prophets of ,jerusalem corruption is gone forth into all the land4 #bc3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you1 and deceive you3 they speak a vision of their own heart1 and not out of the mouth of the ,lord4 #bc3ag4 ,they say to them that blaspheme me3 ,the ,lord hath said3 ,you shall have peace3 and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart1 they have said3 ,no evil shall come upon you4 #bc3ah4 ,for who hath stood in the counsel of the ,lord1 and hath seen and heard his word8 ,who hath considered his word and heard it8 #bc3ai4 ,behold the whirlwind of the ,lord's indignation shall come forth1 and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked4 #bc3bj4 ,the wrath of the ,lord shall not return till he execute it1 and till he accomplish the thought of his heart3 in the latter days you shall understand his counsel4 #bc3ba4 ,i did not send prophets1 yet they ran3 ,i have not spoken to them1 yet they prophesied4 #bc3bb4 ,if they had stood in my counsel1 and had made my words known to my people1 ,i should have turned them from their evil way1 and from their wicked doings4 #bc3bc4 ,am ,i1 think ye1 a ,god at hand1 saith the ,lord1 and not a ,god afar off8 #bc3bd4 ,shall a man be hid in secret places1 and ,i not see him1 saith the ,lord8 do not ,i fill heaven and earth1 saith the ,lord8 #bc3be4 ,i have heard what the prophets said1 that prophesy lies in my name1 and say3 ,i have dreamed1 ,i have dreamed4 #bc3bf4 ,how long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies1 and that prophesy the delusions of their own heart8 #bc3bg4 ,who seek to make my people forget my name through their dreams1 which they tell every man to his neighbour3 as their fathers forgot my name for ,baal4 #bc3bh4 ,the prophet that hath a dream1 let him tell a dream3 and he that hath my word1 let him speak my word with truth3 what hath the chaff to do with the wheat1 saith the ,lord8 #bc3bi4 ,are not my words as a fire1 saith the ,lord3 and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces8 #bc3cj4 ,therefore behold ,i am against the prophets1 saith the ,lord3 who steal my words every one from his neighbour4 #bc3ca4 ,behold ,i am against the prophets1 saith the ,lord3 who use their tongues1 and say3 ,the ,lord saith it4 #bc3cb4 ,behold ,i am against the prophets that have lying dreams1 saith the ,lord3 and tell them1 and cause my people to err by their lying1 and by their wonders3 when ,i sent them not1 nor commanded them1 who have not profited this people at all1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3cc4 ,if therefore this people1 or the prophet1 or the priest shall ask thee1 saying3 ,what is the burden of the ,lord8 thou shalt say to them3 ,you are the burden3 for ,i will cast you away1 saith the ,lord4 #bc3cd4 ,and as for the prophet1 and the priest1 and the people that shall say3 ,the burden of the ,lord3 ,i will visit upon that man1 and upon his house4 ,burden of the ,lord444 ,this expression is here rejected and disallowed1 at least for those times3 because it was then used in mockery and contempt by the false prophets1 and unbelieving people1 who ridiculed the repeated threats of ,jeremias under the name of his burdens4 #bc3ce4 ,thus shall you say every one to his neighbour1 and to his brother1 ,what hath the ,lord answered8 and what hath the ,lord spoken8 #bc3cf4 ,and the burden of the ,lord shall be mentioned no more1 for every man's word shall be his burden3 for you have perverted the words of the living ,god1 of the ,lord of hosts our ,god4 #bc3cg4 ,thus shalt thou say to the prophet3 ,what hath the ,lord answered thee8 and what hath the ,lord spoken8 #bc3ch4 ,but if you shall say3 ,the burden of the ,lord3 therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,because you have said this word3 ,the burden of the ,lord3 and ,i have sent to you1 saying3 ,say not1 ,the burden of the ,lord3 #bc3ci4 ,therefore behold ,i will take you away carrying you1 and will forsake you1 and the city which ,i gave to you1 and to your fathers1 out of my presence4 ,out of my presence444 ,that is1 the ,lord declares that out of his presence he will cast them1 and bring them to captivity for their transgressions4 #bc3dj4 ,and ,i will bring an everlasting reproach upon you1 and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bd ,under the type of good and bad figs1 he foretells the restoration of the ,jews that had been carried away captive with ,jechonias1 and the desolation of those that were left behind4 #bd3a4 ,the ,lord shewed me3 and behold two baskets full of figs1 set before the temple of the ,lord3 after that ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon had carried away ,jechonias the son of ,joakim the king of ,juda1 and his chief men1 and the craftsmen1 and engravers of ,jerusalem1 and had brought them to ,babylon4 #bd3b4 ,one basket had very good figs1 like the figs of the first season3 and the other basket had very bad figs1 which could not be eaten1 because they were bad4 #bd3c4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,what seest thou1 ,jeremias8 ,and ,i said3 ,figs1 the good figs1 very good3 and the bad figs1 very bad1 which cannot be eaten because they are bad4 #bd3d4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #bd3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,like these good figs1 so will ,i regard the captives of ,juda1 whom ,i have sent forth out of this place into the land of the ,chaldeans1 for their good4 #bd3f4 ,and ,i will set my eyes upon them to be pacified1 and ,i will bring them again into this land3 and ,i will build them up1 and not pull them down3 and ,i will plant them1 and not pluck them up4 #bd3g4 ,and ,i will give them a heart to know me1 that ,i am the ,lord3 and they shall be my people1 and ,i will be their ,god3 because they shall return to me with their whole heart4 #bd3h4 ,and as the very bad figs1 that cannot be eaten1 because they are bad3 thus saith the ,lord3 ,so will ,i give ,sedecias the king of ,juda1 and his princes1 and the residue of ,jerusalem1 that have remained in this city1 and that dwell in the land of ,egypt4 #bd3i4 ,and ,i will deliver them up to vexation1 and affliction1 to all the kingdoms of the earth3 to be a reproach1 and a byword1 and a proverb1 and to be a curse in all places1 to which ,i have cast them out4 #bd3aj4 ,and ,i will send among them the sword1 and the famine1 and the pestilence3 till they be consumed out of the land which ,i gave to them1 and their fathers4 ,jeremias ,chapter #be ,the prophet foretells the seventy years captivity2 after that the destruction of ,babylon1 and other nations4 #be3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias concerning all the people of ,juda1 in the fourth year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 7the same is the first year of ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon17 #be3b4 ,which ,jeremias the prophet spoke to all the people of ,juda1 and to all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 saying3 #be3c4 ,from the thirteenth year of ,josias the son of ,ammon king of ,juda until this day3 this is the three and twentieth year1 the word of the ,lord hath come to me1 and ,i have spoken to you1 rising before day1 and speaking1 and you have not hearkened4 #be3d4 ,and the ,lord hath sent to you all his servants the prophets1 rising early1 and sending1 and you have not hearkened1 nor inclined your ears to hear4 #be3e4 ,when he said3 ,return ye1 every one from his evil way1 and from your wicked devices1 and you shall dwell in the land which the ,lord hath given to you1 and your fathers for ever and ever4 #be3f4 ,and go not after strange gods to serve them1 and adore them3 nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands1 and ,i will not afflict you4 #be3g4 ,and you have not heard me1 saith the ,lord1 that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands1 to your own hurt4 #be3h4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,because you have not heard my words3 #be3i4 ,behold ,i will send1 and take all the kindreds of the north1 saith the ,lord1 and ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon my servant3 and ,i will bring them against this land1 and against the inhabitants thereof1 and against all the nations that are round about it3 and ,i will destroy them1 and make them an astonishment and a hissing1 and perpetual desolations4 ,my servant444 ,so this wicked king is here called2 because ,god made him his instrument in punishing the sins of his people4 #be3aj4 ,and ,i will take away from them the voice of mirth1 and the voice of gladness1 the voice of the bridegroom1 and the voice of the bride1 the sound of the mill and the light of the lamp4 #be3aa4 ,and all this land shall be a desolation1 and an astonishment3 and all these nations shall serve the king of ,babylon seventy years4 #be3ab4 ,and when the seventy years shall be expired1 ,i will punish the king of ,babylon1 and that nation1 saith the ,lord1 for their iniquity1 and the land of the ,chaldeans3 and ,i will make it perpetual desolations4 ,punish444 ,literally1 visit upon4 #be3ac4 ,and ,i will bring upon that land all my words1 that ,i have spoken against it1 all that is written in this book1 all that ,jeremias hath prophesied against all nations3 #be3ad4 ,for they have served them1 whereas they were many nations1 and great kings3 and ,i will repay them according to their deeds1 and according to the works of their hands4 #be3ae4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,take the cup of wine of this fury at my hand3 and thou shalt make all the nations to drink thereof1 into which ,i shall send thee4 #be3af4 ,and they shall drink1 and be troubled1 and be mad because of the sword1 which ,i shall send among them4 #be3ag4 ,and ,i took the cup at the hand of the ,lord1 and ,i presented it to all the nations to drink of it1 to which the ,lord sent me3 #be3ah4 ,to wit1 ,jerusalem1 and the cities of ,juda1 and the kings thereof1 and the princes thereof3 to make them a desolation1 and an astonishment1 and a hissing1 and a curse1 as it is at this day4 #be3ai4 ,pharao the king of ,egypt1 and his servants1 and his princes1 and all his people1 #be3bj4 ,and all in general3 all the kings of the land of ,ausitis1 and all the kings of the land of the ,philistines1 and ,ascalon1 and ,gaza1 and ,accaron1 and the remnant of ,azotus4 #be3ba4 ,and ,edom1 and ,moab1 and the children of ,ammon4 #be3bb4 ,and all the kings of ,tyre1 and all the kings of ,sidon3 and the kings of the land of the islands that are beyond the sea4 #be3bc4 ,and ,dedan1 and ,thema1 and ,buz1 and all that have their hair cut round4 #be3bd4 ,and all the kings of ,arabia1 and all the kings of the west1 that dwell in the desert4 #be3be4 ,and all the kings of ,zambri1 and all the kings of ,elam1 and all the kings of the ,medes3 #be3bf4 ,and all the kings of the north far and near1 every one against his brother3 and all the kingdoms of the earth1 which are upon the face thereof3 and the king of ,sesac shall drink after them4 ,sesac444 ,that is1 ,babel1 or ,babylon2 which after bringing all these people under her yoke1 should quickly fall and be destroyed herself4 #be3bg4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,drink ye1 and be drunken1 and vomit3 and fall1 and rise no more1 because of the sword1 which ,i shall send among you4 #be3bh4 ,and if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink1 thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,drinking you shall drink3 #be3bi4 ,for behold ,i begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon3 and shall you be as innocent and escape free8 you shall not escape free3 for ,i will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth1 saith the ,lord of hosts4 #be3cj4 ,and thou shalt prophesy unto them all these words1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,i ,the ,lord shall roar from on high1 and shall utter his voice from his holy habitation3 roaring he shall roar upon the place of his beauty3 the shout as it were of them that tread grapes shall be given out against all the inhabitants of the earth4 #be3ca4 ,the noise is come even to the ends of the earth3 for the ,lord entereth into judgment with the nations3 he entereth into judgment with all flesh2 the wicked ,i have delivered up to the sword1 saith the ,lord4 #be3cb4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation3 and a great whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the earth4 #be3cc4 ,and the slain of the ,lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end thereof3 they shall not be lamented1 and they shall not be gathered up1 nor buried3 they shall lie as dung upon the face of the earth4 #be3cd4 ,howl1 ye shepherds1 and cry3 and sprinkle yourselves with ashes1 ye leaders of the flock3 for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished1 and you shall fall like precious vessels4 #be3ce4 ,and the shepherds shall have no way to flee1 nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves4 #be3cf4 ,a voice of the cry of the shepherds1 and a howling of the principal of the flock3 because the ,lord hath wasted their pastures4 #be3cg4 ,and the fields of peace have been silent because of the fierce anger of the ,lord4 #be3ch4 ,he hath forsaken his covert as the lion1 for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove1 and because of the fierce anger of the ,lord4 ,the dove444 ,this is commonly understood of ,nabuchodonosor1 whose military standard1 it is said1 was a dove4 ,but the ,hebrew word ,jonah1 which is here rendered a dove1 may also signify a waster or oppressor1 which name better agrees to that unmerciful prince2 or by comparison1 as a dove's flight is the swiftest1 so would their destruction come upon them4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bf ,the prophet is apprehended and accused by the priests3 but discharged by the princes4 #bf3a4 ,in the beginning of the reign of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 came this word from the ,lord1 saying3 #bf3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 stand in the court of the house of the ,lord1 and speak to all the cities of ,juda1 out of which they come1 to adore in the house of the ,lord1 all the words which ,i have commanded thee to speak unto them3 leave not out one word4 #bf3c4 ,if so be they will hearken and be converted every one from his evil way2 that ,i may repent me of the evil that ,i think to do unto them for the wickedness of their doings4 #bf3d4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,if you will not hearken to me to walk in my law1 which ,i have given you3 #bf3e4 ,to give ear to the words of my servants the prophets1 whom ,i sent to you rising up early3 and sending1 and you have not hearkened3 #bf3f4 ,i will make this house like ,silo3 and ,i will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth4 #bf3g4 ,and the priests1 and the prophets1 and all the people heard ,jeremias speaking these words in the house of the ,lord4 #bf3h4 ,and when ,jeremias had made an end of speaking all that the ,lord had commanded him to speak to all the people1 the priests1 and the prophets1 and all the people laid hold on him1 saying3 ,let him be put to death4 #bf3i4 ,why hath he prophesied in the name of the ,lord1 saying3 ,this house shall be like ,silo2 and this city shall be made desolate1 without an inhabitant8 ,and all the people were gathered together against ,jeremias in the house of the ,lord4 #bf3aj4 ,and the princes of ,juda heard these words3 and they went up from the king's house into the house of the ,lord1 and sat in the entry of the new gate of the house of the ,lord4 #bf3aa4 ,and the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes1 and to all the people1 saying3 ,the judgment of death is for this man3 because he hath prophesied against this city1 as you have heard with your ears4 #bf3ab4 ,then ,jeremias spoke to all the princes1 and to all the people1 saying3 ,the ,lord sent me to prophesy concerning this house1 and concerning this city all the words that you have heard4 #bf3ac4 ,now therefore amend your ways1 and your doings1 and hearken to the voice of the ,lord your ,god3 and the ,lord will repent him of the evil that he hath spoken against you4 #bf3ad4 ,but as for me1 behold ,i am in your hands3 do with me what is good and right in your eyes3 #bf3ae4 ,but know ye1 and understand1 that if you put me to death1 you will shed innocent blood against your own selves1 and against this city1 and the inhabitants thereof4 ,for in truth the ,lord sent me to you1 to speak all these words in your hearing4 #bf3af4 ,then the princes1 and all the people said to the priests1 and to the prophets3 ,there is no judgment of death for this man3 for he hath spoken to us in the name of the ,lord our ,god4 #bf3ag4 ,and some of the ancients of the land rose up3 and they spoke to all the assembly of the people1 saying3 #bf3ah4 ,micheas of ,morasthi was a prophet in the days of ,ezechias king of ,juda1 and he spoke to all the people of ,juda1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,sion shall be ploughed like a field1 and ,jerusalem shall be a heap of stones3 and the mountain of the house the high places of woods4 #bf3ai4 ,did ,ezechias king of ,juda1 and all ,juda1 condemn him to death8 did they not fear the ,lord1 and beseech the face of the ,lord3 and the ,lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them8 therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls4 #bf3bj4 ,there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the ,lord1 ,urias the son of ,semei of ,cariathiarim3 and he prophesied against this city1 and against this land1 according to all the words of ,jeremias4 #bf3ba4 ,and ,joakim1 and all his men in power1 and his princes heard these words3 and the king sought to put him to death4 ,and ,urias heard it1 and was afraid1 and fled and went into ,egypt4 #bf3bb4 ,and king ,joakim sent men into ,egypt1 ,elnathan the son of ,achobor1 and men with him into ,egypt4 #bf3bc4 ,and they brought ,urias out of ,egypt3 and brought him to king ,joakim1 and he slew him with the sword3 and he cast his dead body into the graves of the common people4 #bf3bd4 ,so the hand of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan was with ,jeremias1 that he should not be delivered into the hands of the people1 to put him to death4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bg ,the prophet sends chains to divers kings1 signifying that they must bend their necks under the yoke of the king of ,babylon4 ,the vessels of the temple shall not be brought back till all the rest are carried away4 #bg3a4 ,in the beginning of the reign of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 this word came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3 ,joakim444 ,this revelation was made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of ,joakim3 but the bands were not sent to the princes here named before the reign of ,sedecias1 ver4 #c4 #bg3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord to me3 ,make thee bands1 and chains3 and thou shalt put them on thy neck4 #bg3c4 ,and thou shalt send them to the king of ,edom1 and to the king of ,moab1 and to the king of the children of ,ammon1 and to the king of ,tyre1 and to the king of ,sidon3 by the hand of the messengers that are come to ,jerusalem to ,sedecias the king of ,juda4 #bg3d4 ,and thou shalt command them to speak to their masters3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,thus shall you say to your masters3 #bg3e4 ,i made the earth1 and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth1 by my great power1 and by my stretched out arm3 and ,i have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes4 #bg3f4 ,and now ,i have given all these lands into the hand of ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon my servant3 moreover also the beasts of the field ,i have given him to serve him4 #bg3g4 ,and all nations shall serve him1 and his son1 and his son's son3 till the time come for his land and himself3 and many nations and great kings shall serve him4 ,his son444 ,viz41 ,evilmerodach2 and his son's son1 ,nabonydus1 or ,nabonadius1 the ,baltassar of ,daniel1 chap4 #e41 and the last of the ,chaldean kings4 #bg3h4 ,but the nation and kingdom that will not serve ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and whosoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of ,babylon3 ,i will visit upon that nation with the sword1 and with famine1 and with pestilence1 saith the ,lord3 till ,i consume them by his hand4 #bg3i4 ,therefore hearken not to your prophets1 and diviners1 and dreamers1 and soothsayers1 and sorcerers1 that say to you3 ,you shall not serve the king of ,babylon4 #bg3aj4 ,for they prophesy lies to you3 to remove you far from your country1 and cast you out1 and to make you perish4 #bg3aa4 ,but the nation that shall bend down their neck under the yoke of the king of ,babylon1 and shall serve him3 ,i will let them remain in their own land1 saith the ,lord3 and they shall till it1 and dwell in it4 #bg3ab4 ,and ,i spoke to ,sedecias the king of ,juda according to all these words1 saying3 ,bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of ,babylon1 and serve him1 and his people1 and you shall live4 #bg3ac4 ,why will you die1 thou and thy people by the sword1 and by famine1 and by the pestilence1 as the ,lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of ,babylon8 #bg3ad4 ,hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you3 ,you shall not serve the king of ,babylon3 for they tell you a lie4 #bg3ae4 ,for ,i have not sent them1 saith the ,lord3 and they prophesy in my name falsely3 to drive you out1 and that you may perish1 both you1 and the prophets that prophesy to you4 #bg3af4 ,i spoke also to the priests1 and to this people1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,hearken not to the words of your prophets1 that prophesy to you1 saying3 ,behold the vessels of the ,lord shall now in a short time be brought again from ,babylon3 for they prophesy a lie unto you4 #bg3ag4 ,therefore hearken not to them1 but serve the king of ,babylon1 that you may live4 ,why should this city be given up to desolation8 #bg3ah4 ,but if they be prophets1 and the word of the ,lord be in them3 let them interpose themselves before the ,lord of hosts1 that the vessels which were left in the house of the ,lord1 and in the house of the king of ,juda1 and in ,jerusalem1 may not go to ,babylon4 #bg3ai4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts to the pillars1 and to the sea1 and to the bases1 and to the rest of the vessels that remain in this city3 #bg3bj4 ,which ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon did not take1 when he carried away ,jechonias the son of ,joakim the king of ,juda1 from ,jerusalem to ,babylon1 and all the great men of ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #bg3ba4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel1 to the vessels that are left in the house of the ,lord1 and in the house of the king of ,juda and ,jerusalem3 #bg3bb4 ,they shall be carried to ,babylon1 and there they shall be until the day of their visitation1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will cause them to be brought1 and to be restored in this place4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bh ,the false prophecy of ,hananias3 he dies that same year1 as ,jeremias foretold4 #bh3a4 ,and it came to pass in that year1 in the beginning of the reign of ,sedecias king of ,juda1 in the fourth year1 in the fifth month1 that ,hananias the son of ,azur1 a prophet of ,gabaon spoke to me1 in the house of the ,lord before the priests1 and all the people1 saying3 #bh3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,i have broken the yoke of the king of ,babylon4 #bh3c4 ,as yet two years of days1 and ,i will cause all the vessels of the house of the ,lord to be brought back into this place1 which ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon took away from this place1 and carried them to ,babylon4 #bh3d4 ,and ,i will bring back to this place ,jechonias the son of ,joakim king of ,juda1 and all the captives of ,juda1 that are gone to ,babylon1 saith the ,lord3 for ,i will break the yoke of the king of ,babylon4 #bh3e4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet said to ,hananias the prophet in the presence of the priests1 and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the ,lord3 #bh3f4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet said3 ,amen1 the ,lord do so3 the ,lord perform thy words1 which thou hast prophesied3 that the vessels may be brought again into the house of the ,lord1 and all the captives may return out of ,babylon to this place4 #bh3g4 ,nevertheless hear this word that ,i speak in thy ears1 and in the ears of all the people3 #bh3h4 ,the prophets that have been before me1 and before thee from the beginning1 and have prophesied concerning many countries1 and concerning great kingdoms1 of war1 and of affliction1 and of famine4 #bh3i4 ,the prophet that prophesied peace3 when his word shall come to pass1 the prophet shall be known1 whom the hath sent in truth4 #bh3aj4 ,and ,hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of ,jeremias the prophet1 and broke it4 #bh3aa4 ,and ,hananias spoke in the presence of all the people1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,even so will ,i break the yoke of ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon after two full years from off the neck of all the nations4 #bh3ab4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet went his way4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 after that ,hananias the prophet had broken the chain from off the neck of ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3 #bh3ac4 ,go1 and tell ,hananias3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,thou hast broken chains of wood1 and thou shalt make for them chains of iron4 #bh3ad4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,i have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations1 to serve ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and they shall serve him3 moreover also ,i have given him the beasts of the earth4 #bh3ae4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet said to ,hananias the prophet3 ,hear now1 ,hananias3 the ,lord hath not sent thee1 and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie4 #bh3af4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will send thee away from off the face of the earth3 this year shalt thou die3 for thou hast spoken against the ,lord4 #bh3ag4 ,and ,hananias the prophet died in that year1 in the seventh month4 ,jeremias ,chapter #bi ,jeremias writeth to the captives in ,babylon1 exhorting them to be easy there1 and not to hearken to false prophets4 ,that they shall be delivered after seventy years4 ,but those that remain in ,jerusalem shall perish by the sword1 famine1 and pestilence4 ,and that ,achab1 ,sedecias1 and ,semeias1 false prophets1 shall die miserably4 #bi3a4 ,now these are the words of the letter which ,jeremias the prophet sent from ,jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity1 and to the priests1 and to the prophets1 and to all the people1 whom ,nabuchodonosor had carried away from ,jerusalem to ,babylon3 #bi3b4 ,after that ,jechonias the king1 and the queen1 and the eunuchs1 and the princes of ,juda1 and of ,jerusalem1 and the craftsmen1 and the engravers were departed out of ,jerusalem3 #bi3c4 ,by the hand of ,elasa the son of ,saphan1 and ,gamarias the son of ,helcias1 whom ,sedecias king of ,juda sent to ,babylon to ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 saying3 #bi3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel1 to all that are carried away captives1 whom ,i have caused to be carried away from ,jerusalem to ,babylon3 #bi3e4 ,build ye houses1 and dwell in them3 and plant orchards1 and eat the fruit of them4 #bi3f4 ,take ye wives1 and beget sons and daughters3 and take wives for your sons1 and give your daughters to husbands1 and let them bear sons and daughters3 and be ye multiplied there1 and be not few in number4 #bi3g4 ,and seek the peace of the city1 to which ,i have caused you to be carried away captives2 and pray to the ,lord for it3 for in the peace thereof shall be your peace4 #bi3h4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,let not your prophets that are in the midst of you1 and your diviners deceive you3 and give no heed to your dreams which you dream3 #bi3i4 ,for they prophesy falsely to you in my name3 and ,i have not sent them1 saith the ,lord4 #bi3aj4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,when the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in ,babylon1 ,i will visit you3 and ,i will perform my good word in your favour1 to bring you again to this place4 #bi3aa4 ,for ,i know the thoughts that ,i think towards you1 saith the ,lord1 thoughts of peace1 and not of affliction1 to give you an end and patience4 #bi3ab4 ,and you shall call upon me1 and you shall go and you shall pray to me1 and ,i will hear you4 #bi3ac4 ,you shall seek me1 and shall find me3 when you shall seek me with all your heart4 #bi3ad4 ,and ,i will be found by you1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will bring back your captivity1 and ,i will gather you out of all nations1 and from all the places to which ,i have driven you out1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will bring you back from the place to which ,i caused you to be carried away captive4 #bi3ae4 ,because you have said3 ,the ,lord hath raised us up prophets in ,babylon3 #bi3af4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of ,david1 and to all the people that dwell in this city1 to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity4 #bi3ag4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,behold ,i will send upon them the sword1 and the famine1 and the pestilence3 and ,i will make them like bad figs that cannot be eaten1 because they are very bad4 #bi3ah4 ,and ,i will persecute them with the sword1 and with famine1 and with the pestilence3 and ,i will give them up unto affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth3 to be a curse1 and an astonishment1 and a hissing1 and a reproach to all the nations to which ,i have driven them out3 #bi3ai4 ,because they have not hearkened to my words1 saith the ,lord3 which ,i sent to them by my servants the prophets1 rising by night1 and sending3 and you have not heard1 saith the ,lord4 #bi3bj4 ,hear ye therefore the word of the ,lord1 all ye of the captivity1 whom ,i have sent out from ,jerusalem to ,babylon4 #bi3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel1 to ,achab the son of ,colias1 and to ,sedecias the son of ,maasias1 who prophesy unto you in my name falsely3 ,behold ,i will deliver them up into the hands of ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon3 and he shall kill them before your eyes4 #bi3bb4 ,and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of ,juda1 that are in ,babylon1 saying3 ,the ,lord make thee like ,sedecias1 and like ,achab1 whom the king of ,babylon fried in the fire3 #bi3bc4 ,because they have acted folly in ,israel1 and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends1 and have spoken lying words in my name1 which ,i commanded them not3 ,i am the judge and the witness1 saith the ,lord4 #bi3bd4 ,and to ,semeias the ,nehelamite thou shalt say3 #bi3be4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in ,jerusalem1 and to ,sophonias the son of ,maasias the priest1 and to all the priests1 saying3 #bi3bf4 ,the ,lord hath made thee priest instead of ,joiada the priest1 that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the ,lord1 over every man that raveth and prophesieth1 to put him in the stocks1 and into prison4 #bi3bg4 ,and now why hast thou not rebuked ,jeremias the ,anathothite1 who prophesieth to you8 #bi3bh4 ,for he hath also sent to us in ,babylon1 saying3 ,it is a long time3 build ye houses1 and dwell in them3 and plant gardens1 and eat the fruits of them4 #bi3bi4 ,so ,sophonias the priest read this letter1 in the hearing of ,jeremias the prophet4 #bi3cj4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3 #bi3ca4 ,send to all them of the captivity1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord to ,semeias the ,nehelamite3 ,because ,semeias hath prophesied to you1 and ,i sent him not3 and hath caused you to trust in a lie3 #bi3cb4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 behold ,i will visit upon ,semeias the ,nehelamite1 and upon his seed3 he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of this people1 and he shall not see the good that ,i will do to my people1 saith the ,lord3 because he hath spoken treason against the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cj ,god will deliver his people from their captivity3 ,christ shall be their king3 and his church shall be glorious for ever4 #cj3a4 ,this is the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3 #cj3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 saying3 ,write thee all the words that ,i have spoken to thee1 in a book4 #cj3c4 ,for behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will bring again the captivity of my people ,israel and ,juda1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will cause them to return to the land which ,i gave to their fathers1 and they shall possess it4 #cj3d4 ,and these are the words that the ,lord hath spoken to ,israel and to ,juda3 #cj3e4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,we have heard a voice of terror3 there is fear and no peace4 #cj3f4 ,ask ye1 and see if a man bear children8 why then have ,i seen every man with his hands on his loins1 like a woman in labour1 and all faces are turned yellow8 #cj3g4 ,alas1 for that day is great1 neither is there the like to it2 and it is the time of tribulation to ,jacob1 but he shall be saved out of it4 #cj3h4 ,and it shall come to pass in that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 that ,i will break his yoke from off thy neck1 and will burst his bands3 and strangers shall no more rule over him3 #cj3i4 ,but they shall serve the ,lord their ,god1 and ,david their king1 whom ,i will raise up to them4 ,david444 ,that is1 ,christ of the house of ,david4 #cj3aj4 ,therefore fear thou not1 my servant ,jacob1 saith the ,lord1 neither be dismayed1 ,o ,israel3 for behold1 ,i will save thee from a country afar off1 and thy seed from the land of their captivity3 and ,jacob shall return1 and be at rest1 and abound with all good things1 and there shall be none whom he may fear3 #cj3aa4 ,for ,i am with thee1 saith the ,lord1 to save thee3 for ,i will utterly consume all the nations1 among which ,i have scattered thee3 but ,i will not utterly consume thee3 but ,i will chastise thee in judgment1 that thou mayst not seem to thyself innocent4 #cj3ab4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,thy bruise is incurable1 thy wound is very grievous4 #cj3ac4 ,there is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up3 thou hast no healing medicines4 #cj3ad4 ,all thy lovers have forgotten thee1 and will not seek after thee3 for ,i have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy1 with cruel chastisement3 by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities1 thy sins are hardened4 #cj3ae4 ,why criest thou for thy affliction8 thy sorrow is incurable3 for the multitude of thy iniquity1 and for thy hardened sins ,i have done these things to thee4 #cj3af4 ,therefore all they that devour thee1 shall be devoured3 and all thy enemies shall be carried into captivity3 and they that waste thee shall be wasted1 and all that prey upon thee will ,i give for a prey4 #cj3ag4 ,for ,i will close up thy scar1 and will heal thee of thy wounds1 saith the ,lord4 ,because they have called thee1 ,o ,sion1 an outcast3 ,this is she that hath none to seek after her4 #cj3ah4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will bring back the captivity of the pavilions of ,jacob1 and will have pity on his houses1 and the city shall be built in her high place1 and the temple shall be founded according to the order thereof4 #cj3ai4 ,and out of them shall come forth praise1 and the voice of them that play3 and ,i will multiply them1 and they shall not be made few3 and ,i will glorify them1 and they shall not be lessened4 #cj3bj4 ,and their children shall be as from the beginning1 and their assembly shall be permanent before me3 and ,i will visit against all that afflict them4 #cj3ba4 ,and their leader shall be of themselves3 and their prince shall come forth from the midst of them3 and ,i will bring him near1 and he shall come to me3 for who is this that setteth his heart to approach to me1 saith the ,lord8 #cj3bb4 ,and you shall be my people3 and ,i will be your ,god4 #cj3bc4 ,behold the whirlwind of the ,lord1 his fury going forth1 a violent storm1 it shall rest upon the head of the wicked4 #cj3bd4 ,the ,lord will not turn away the wrath of his indignation1 till he have executed and performed the thought of his heart3 in the latter days you shall understand these things4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ca ,the restoration of ,israel4 ,rachel shall cease from morning4 ,the new covenant4 ,the church shall never fail4 #ca3a4 ,at that time1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will be the ,god of all the families of ,israel1 and they shall be my people4 #ca3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,the people that were left and escaped from the sword1 found grace in the desert3 ,israel shall go to his rest4 #ca3c4 ,the ,lord hath appeared from afar to me4 ,yea ,i have loved thee with an everlasting love1 therefore have ,i drawn thee1 taking pity on thee4 #ca3d4 ,and ,i will build thee again1 and thou shalt be built1 ,o virgin of ,israel3 thou shalt again be adorned with thy timbrels1 and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry4 #ca3e4 ,thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the mountains of ,samaria3 the planters shall plant1 and they shall not gather the vintage before the time4 #ca3f4 ,for there shall be a day1 in which the watchmen on mount ,ephraim1 shall cry3 ,arise1 and let us go up to ,sion to the ,lord our ,god4 #ca3g4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,rejoice ye in the joy of ,jacob1 and neigh before the head of the ,gentiles3 shout ye1 and sing1 and say3 ,save1 ,o ,lord1 thy people1 the remnant of ,israel4 #ca3h4 ,behold ,i will bring them from the north country1 and will gather them from the ends of the earth and among them shall be the blind1 and the lame1 the woman with child1 and she that is bringing forth1 together1 a great company of them returning hither4 #ca3i4 ,they shall come with weeping3 and ,i will bring them back in mercy3 and ,i will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way1 and they shall not stumble in it3 for ,i am a father to ,israel1 and ,ephraim is my firstborn4 #ca3aj4 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,o ye nations1 and declare it in the islands that are afar off1 and say3 ,he that scattered ,israel will gather him3 and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock4 #ca3aa4 ,for the ,lord hath redeemed ,jacob1 and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he4 #ca3ab4 ,and they shall come1 and shall give praise in mount ,sion3 and they shall flow together to the good things of the ,lord1 for the corn1 and wine1 and oil1 and the increase of cattle and herds1 and their soul shall be as a watered garden1 and they shall be hungry no more4 #ca3ac4 ,then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance1 the young men and old men together3 and ,i will turn their mourning into joy1 and will comfort them1 and make them joyful after their sorrow4 #ca3ad4 ,and ,i will fill the soul of the priests with fatness3 and my people shall be filled with my good things1 saith the ,lord4 #ca3ae4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,a voice was heard on high of lamentation1 of mourning1 and weeping1 of ,rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted for them1 because they are not4 #ca3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,let thy voice cease from weeping1 and thy eyes tears3 for there is a reward for thy work1 saith the ,lord3 and they shall return out of the land of the enemy4 #ca3ag4 ,and there is hope for thy last end1 saith the ,lord3 and the children shall return to their own borders4 #ca3ah4 ,hearing ,i heard ,ephraim when he went into captivity3 thou hast chastised me1 and ,i was instructed1 as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke4 ,convert me1 and ,i shall be converted1 for thou art the ,lord my ,god4 #ca3ai4 ,for after thou didst convert me1 ,i did penance3 and after thou didst shew unto me1 ,i struck my thigh3 ,i am confounded and ashamed1 because ,i have borne the reproach of my youth4 #ca3bj4 ,surely ,ephraim is an honourable son to me1 surely he is a tender child3 for since ,i spoke of him1 ,i will still remember him4 ,therefore are my bowels troubled for him3 pitying ,i will pity him1 saith the ,lord4 #ca3ba4 ,set thee up a watchtower1 make to thee bitterness3 direct thy heart into the right way1 wherein thou hast walked3 return1 ,o virgin of ,israel1 return to these thy cities4 #ca3bb4 ,how long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousness1 ,o wandering daughter8 for the ,lord hath created a new thing upon the earth3 ,a ,,woman ,,shall ,,compass ,a ,,man4 #ca3bc4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,as yet shall they say this word in the land of ,juda1 and in the cities thereof1 when ,i shall bring back their captivity3 ,the ,lord bless thee1 the beauty of justice1 the holy mountain4 #ca3bd4 ,and ,juda and all his cities shall dwell therein together3 the husbandman and they that drive the flocks4 #ca3be4 ,for ,i have inebriated the weary soul3 and ,i have filled every hungry soul4 #ca3bf4 ,upon this ,i was as it were awaked out of a sleep1 and ,i saw1 and my sleep was sweet to me4 #ca3bg4 ,behold the days come1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will sow the house of ,israel and the house of ,juda with the seed of men1 and with the seed of beasts4 #ca3bh4 ,and as ,i have watched over them1 to pluck up1 and to throw down1 and to scatter1 and destroy1 and afflict3 so will ,i watch over them1 to build up1 and to plant them1 saith the ,lord4 #ca3bi4 ,in those days they shall say no more3 ,the fathers have eaten a sour grape1 and the teeth of the children are set on edge4 #ca3cj4 ,but every one shall die for his own iniquity3 every man that shall eat the sour grape1 his teeth shall be set on edge4 #ca3ca4 ,behold the days shall come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will make a new covenant with the house of ,israel1 and with the house of ,juda3 #ca3cb4 ,not according to the covenant which ,i made with their fathers1 in the day that ,i took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of ,egypt1 the covenant which they made void1 and ,i had dominion over them1 saith the ,lord4 #ca3cc4 ,but this shall be the covenant that ,i will make with the house of ,israel1 after those days1 saith the ,lord3 ,i will give my law in their bowels1 and ,i will write it in their heart3 and ,i will be their ,god1 and they shall be my people4 #ca3cd4 ,and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour1 and every man his brother1 saying3 ,know the ,lord3 for all shall know me from the least of them even to the greatest1 saith the ,lord3 for ,i will forgive their iniquity1 and ,i will remember their sin no more4 #ca3ce4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 who giveth the sun for the light of the day1 the order of the moon and of the stars1 for the light of the night3 who stirreth up the sea1 and the waves thereof roar1 the ,lord of hosts is his name4 #ca3cf4 ,if these ordinances shall fail before me1 saith the ,lord3 then also the seed of ,israel shall fail1 so as not to be a nation before me for ever4 #ca3cg4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,if the heavens above can be measured1 and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath1 ,i also will cast away all the seed of ,israel1 for all that they have done1 saith the ,lord4 #ca3ch4 ,behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that the city shall be built to the ,lord from the tower of ,hanameel even to the gate of the corner4 #ca3ci4 ,and the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill ,gareb3 and it shall compass ,goatha1 #ca3dj4 ,and the whole valley of dead bodies1 and of ashes1 and all the country of death1 even to the torrent ,cedron1 and to the corner of the horse gate towards the east1 the ,holy of the ,lord3 it shall not be plucked up1 and it shall not be destroyed any more for ever4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cb ,jeremias by ,god's commandment purchases a field of his kinsman3 and prophesies the return of the people out of captivity3 and the everlasting covenant ,god will make with his church4 #cb3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord in the tenth year of ,sedecias king of ,juda3 the same is the eighteenth year of ,nabuchodonosor4 #cb3b4 ,at that time the army of the king of ,babylon besieged ,jerusalem3 and ,jeremias the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison1 which was in the house of the king of ,juda4 #cb3c4 ,for ,sedecias king of ,juda had shut him up1 saying3 ,why dost thou prophesy1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will give this city into the hand of the king of ,babylon1 and he shall take it8 #cb3d4 ,and ,sedecias king of ,juda shall not escape out of the hand of the ,chaldeans3 but he shall be delivered into the hands of the king of ,babylon3 and he shall speak to him mouth to mouth1 and his eyes shall see his eyes4 #cb3e4 ,and he shall lead ,sedecias to ,babylon3 and he shall be there till ,i visit him1 saith the ,lord4 ,but if you will fight against the ,chaldeans1 you shall have no success4 #cb3f4 ,and ,jeremias said3 ,the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 #cb3g4 ,behold1 ,hanameel the son of ,sellum thy cousin shall come to thee1 saying3 ,buy thee my field1 which is in ,anathoth1 for it is thy right to buy it1 being next akin4 #cb3h4 ,and ,hanameel my uncle's son came to me1 according to the word of the ,lord1 to the entry of the prison1 and said to me3 ,buy my field1 which is in ,anathoth in the land of ,benjamin3 for the right of inheritance is thine1 and thou art next of kin to possess it4 ,and ,i understood that this was the word of the ,lord4 #cb3i4 ,and ,i bought the field of ,hanameel my uncle's son1 that is in ,anathoth3 and ,i weighed him the money1 seven staters1 and ten pieces of silver4 #cb3aj4 ,and ,i wrote it in a book and sealed it1 and took witnesses3 and ,i weighed him the money in the balances4 #cb3aa4 ,and ,i took the deed of the purchase that was sealed1 and the stipulations1 and the ratifications with the seals that were on the outside4 #cb3ab4 ,and ,i gave the deed of the purchase to ,baruch the son of ,neri the son of ,maasias in the sight of ,hanameel my uncle's son1 in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase1 and before all the ,jews that sat in the court of the prison4 #cb3ac4 ,and ,i charged ,baruch before them1 saying3 #cb3ad4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,take these writings1 this deed of the purchase that is sealed up1 and this deed that is open3 and put them in an earthen vessel1 that they may continue many days4 #cb3ae4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,houses1 and fields1 and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land4 #cb3af4 ,and after ,i had delivered the deed of purchase to ,baruch the son of ,neri1 ,i prayed to the ,lord1 saying3 #cb3ag4 ,alas1 alas1 alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power1 and thy stretched out arm3 no word shall be hard to thee3 #cb3ah4 ,thou shewest mercy unto thousands1 and returnest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them3 ,o most mighty1 great1 and powerful1 the ,lord of hosts is thy name4 #cb3ai4 ,great in counsel1 and incomprehensible in thought3 whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of ,adam1 to render unto every one according to his ways1 and according to the fruit of his devices4 #cb3bj4 ,who hast set signs and wonders in the land of ,egypt even until this day1 and in ,israel1 and amongst men1 and hast made thee a name as at this day4 #cb3ba4 ,and hast brought forth thy people ,israel1 out of the land of ,egypt with signs1 and with wonders1 and with a strong hand1 and a stretched out arm1 and with great terror4 #cb3bb4 ,and hast given them this land which thou didst swear to their fathers1 to give them a land flowing with milk and honey4 #cb3bc4 ,and they came in1 and possessed it3 but they obeyed not thy voice1 and they walked not in thy law3 and they did not any of those things that thou didst command them to do1 and all these evils are come upon them4 #cb3bd4 ,behold works are built up against the city to take it3 and the city is given into the hands of the ,chaldeans1 who fight against it1 by the sword1 and the famine1 and the pestilence3 and what thou hast spoken1 is all come to pass1 as thou thyself seest4 #cb3be4 ,and sayest thou to me1 ,o ,lord ,god3 ,buy a field for money1 and take witnesses1 whereas the city is given into the hands of the ,chaldeans8 #cb3bf4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3 #cb3bg4 ,behold ,i am the ,lord the ,god of all flesh3 shall any thing be hard for me8 #cb3bh4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will deliver this city into the hands of the ,chaldeans1 and into the hands of the king of ,babylon1 and they shall take it4 #cb3bi4 ,and the ,chaldeans that fight against this city1 shall come and set it on fire1 and burn it1 with the houses upon whose roofs they offered sacrifice to ,baal1 and poured out drink offerings to strange gods1 to provoke me to wrath4 #cb3cj4 ,for the children of ,israel1 and the children of ,juda1 have continually done evil in my eyes from their youth3 the children of ,israel who even till now provoke me with the work of their hands1 saith the ,lord4 #cb3ca4 ,for this city hath been to me a provocation and indignation from the day that they built it1 until this day1 in which it shall be taken out of my sight4 #cb3cb4 ,because of all the evil of the children of ,israel1 and of the children of ,juda1 which they have done1 provoking me to wrath1 they and their kings1 their princes1 and their priests1 and their prophets1 the men of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem4 #cb3cc4 ,and they have turned their backs to me1 and not their faces3 when ,i taught them early in the morning1 and instructed them1 and they would not hearken to receive instruction4 #cb3cd4 ,and they have set their idols in the house1 in which my name is called upon1 to defile it4 #cb3ce4 ,and they have built the high places of ,baal1 which are in the valley of the son of ,ennom1 to consecrate their sons and their daughters to ,moloch3 which ,i commanded them not1 neither entered it into my heart1 that they should do this abomination1 and cause ,juda to sin4 #cb3cf4 ,and now1 therefore1 thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to this city1 whereof you say that it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of ,babylon by the sword1 and by famine1 and by pestilence3 #cb3cg4 ,behold ,i will gather them together out of all the lands to which ,i have cast them out in my anger1 and in my wrath1 and in my great indignation3 and ,i will bring them again into this place1 and will cause them to dwell securely4 #cb3ch4 ,and they shall be my people1 and ,i will be their ,god4 #cb3ci4 ,and ,i will give them one heart1 and one way1 that they may fear me all days3 and that it may be well with them1 and with their children after them4 #cb3dj4 ,and ,i will make an everlasting covenant with them1 and will not cease to do them good3 and ,i will give my fear in their heart1 that they may not revolt from me4 #cb3da4 ,and ,i will rejoice over them1 when ,i shall do them good3 and ,i will plant them in this land in truth1 with my whole heart1 and with all my soul4 #cb3db4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,as ,i have brought upon this people all this great evil3 so will ,i bring upon them all the good that ,i now speak to them4 #cb3dc4 ,and fields shall be purchased in this land3 whereof you say that it is desolate1 because there remaineth neither man nor beast1 and it is given into the hands of the ,chaldeans4 #cb3dd4 ,fields shall be bought for money1 and deeds shall be written1 and sealed1 and witnesses shall be taken1 in the land of ,benjamin1 and round about ,jerusalem1 in the cities of ,juda1 and in the cities on the mountains1 and in the cities of the plains1 and in the cities that are towards the south3 for ,i will bring back their captivity1 saith the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cc ,god promises reduction from captivity1 and other blessings3 especially the coming of ,christ1 whose reign in his church shall be glorious and perpetual4 #cc3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias the second time1 while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison1 saying3 #cc3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 who will do1 and will form it1 and prepare it1 the ,lord is his name4 #cc3c4 ,cry to me and ,i will hear thee3 and ,i will shew thee great things1 and sure things which thou knowest not4 #cc3d4 ,for thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to the houses of this city1 and to the houses of the king of ,juda1 which are destroyed1 and to the bulwarks1 and to the sword4 #cc3e4 ,of them that come to fight with the ,chaldeans1 and to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom ,i have slain in my wrath1 and in my indignation1 hiding my face from this city because of all their wickedness4 #cc3f4 ,behold ,i will close their wounds and give them health1 and ,i will cure them3 and ,i will reveal to them the prayer of peace and truth4 ,the prayer of peace444 ,that is1 the peace and welfare which they pray for4 #cc3g4 ,and ,i will bring back the captivity of ,juda1 and the captivity of ,jerusalem3 and ,i will build them as from the beginning4 #cc3h4 ,and ,i will cleanse them from all their iniquity1 whereby they have sinned against me3 and ,i will forgive all their iniquities1 whereby they have sinned against me1 and despised me4 #cc3i4 ,and it shall be to me a name1 and a joy1 and a praise1 and a gladness before all the nations of the earth1 that shall hear of all the good things which ,i will do to them3 and they shall fear and be troubled for all the good things1 and for all the peace that ,i will make for them4 #cc3aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,there shall be heard again in this place 7which you say is desolate1 because there is neither man nor beast3 in the cities of ,juda1 and without ,jerusalem1 which are desolate without man1 and without inhabitant1 and without beast7 #cc3aa4 ,the voice of joy and the voice of gladness1 the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride1 the voice of them that shall say3 ,give ye glory to the ,lord of hosts1 for the ,lord is good1 for his mercy endureth for ever3 and of them that shall bring their vows into the house of the ,lord3 for ,i will bring back the captivity of the land as at the first1 saith the ,lord4 #cc3ab4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,there shall be again in this place that is desolate without man1 and without beast1 and in all the cities thereof1 an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down4 #cc3ac4 ,and in the cities on the mountains1 and in the cities of the plains1 and in the cities that are towards the south3 and in the land of ,benjamin1 and round about ,jerusalem1 and in the cities of ,juda shall the flocks pass again under the hand of him that numbereth them1 saith the ,lord4 #cc3ad4 ,behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will perform the good word that ,i have spoken to the house of ,israel1 and to the house of ,juda4 #cc3ae4 ,in those days1 and at that time1 ,i will make the bud of justice to spring forth unto ,david1 and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth4 #cc3af4 ,in those days shall ,juda be saved1 and ,jerusalem shall dwell securely3 and this is the name that they shall call him1 ,the ,lord our just one4 #cc3ag4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,there shall not be cut off from ,david a man to sit upon the throne of the house of ,israel4 ,there shall not be cut off from ,david1 etc444 ,this was verified in ,christ1 who is of the house of ,david2 and whose kingdom in his church shall have no end4 #cc3ah4 ,neither shall there be cut off from the priests and ,levites a man before my face to offer holocausts1 and to burn sacrifices1 and to kill victims continually4 ,neither shall there be cut off from the priests1 etc444 ,this promise relates to the ,christian priesthood2 which shall also continue for ever3 the functions of which 7more especially the great sacrifice of the altar7 are here expressed by the name of holocausts1 and other offerings of the law1 which were so many figures of the ,christian sacrifice4 #cc3ai4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3 #cc3bj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 if my covenant1 with the day can be made void1 and my covenant with the night1 that there should not be day and night in their season3 #cc3ba4 ,also my covenant with ,david my servant may be made void1 that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne1 and with the ,levites and priests my ministers4 #cc3bb4 ,as the stars of heaven cannot be numbered1 nor the sand of the sea be measured3 so will ,i multiply the seed of ,david my servant1 and the ,levites my ministers4 #cc3bc4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3 #cc3bd4 ,hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken1 saying3 ,the two families which the ,lord had chosen1 are cast off3 and they have despised my people1 so that it is no more a nation before them8 ,two families1 etc444 ,viz41 the families of the kings and priests4 #cc3be4 ,thus saith the ,lord4 ,if ,i have not set my covenant between day and night1 and laws to heaven and earth3 #cc3bf4 ,surely ,i will also cast off the seed of ,jacob1 and of ,david my servant1 so as not to take any of his seed to be rulers of the seed of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 for ,i will bring back their captivity1 and will have mercy on them4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cd ,the prophet foretells that ,sedecias shall fall into the hands of ,nabuchodonosor3 ,god's sentence upon the princes and people that had broken his covenant4 #cd3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 when ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and all his army1 and all the kingdoms of the earth1 that were under the power of his hand1 and all the people fought against ,jerusalem and against all the cities thereof1 saying3 #cd3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,go1 and speak to ,sedecias king of ,juda1 and say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will deliver this city into the hands of the king of ,babylon1 and he shall burn it with fire4 #cd3c4 ,and thou shalt not escape out of his hand3 but thou shalt surely be taken1 and thou shalt be delivered into his hand3 and thy eyes shall see the eyes of the king of ,babylon1 and his mouth shall speak with thy mouth1 and thou shalt go to ,babylon4 #cd3d4 ,yet hear the word of the ,lord1 ,o ,sedecias king of ,juda3 ,thus saith the ,lord to thee3 ,thou shalt not die by the sword4 #cd3e4 ,but thou shalt die in peace1 and according to the burnings of thy fathers1 the former kings that were before thee1 so shall they burn thee3 and they shall mourn for thee1 saying3 ,alas1 ,lord3 for ,i have spoken the word1 saith the ,lord4 ,die in peace444 ,that is1 by a natural death4 #cd3f4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet spoke all these words to ,sedecias the king of ,juda in ,jerusalem4 #cd3g4 ,and the army of the king of ,babylon fought against ,jerusalem1 and against all the cities of ,juda that were left1 against ,lachis1 and against ,azecha3 for these remained of the cities of ,juda1 fenced cities4 #cd3h4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 after that king ,sedecias had made a covenant with all the people in ,jerusalem making a proclamation3 #cd3i4 ,that every man should let his manservant1 and every man his maidservant1 being ,hebrew man or a ,hebrew woman1 go free3 and that they should not lord it over them1 to wit1 over the ,jews their brethren4 #cd3aj4 ,and all the princes1 and all the people who entered into the covenant1 heard that every man should let his manservant1 and every man his maidservant go free1 and should no more have dominion over them3 and they obeyed1 and let them go free4 #cd3aa4 ,but afterwards they turned3 and brought back again their servants and their handmaids1 whom they had let go free1 and brought them into subjection as menservants and maidservants4 #cd3ab4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3 #cd3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,i made a covenant with your fathers in the day that ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage1 saying3 #cd3ad4 ,at the end of seven years1 let ye go every man his brother being a ,hebrew1 who hath been sold to thee1 so he shall serve thee six years3 and thou shalt let him go free from thee3 and your fathers did not hearken to me1 nor did they incline their ear4 #cd3ae4 ,and you turned to day1 and did that which was right in my eyes1 in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother3 and you made a covenant in my sight1 in the house upon which my name is invocated4 #cd3af4 ,and you are fallen back1 and have defiled my name3 and you have brought back again every man his manservant1 and every man his maidservant1 whom you had let go free1 and set at liberty3 and you have brought them into subjection to be your servants and handmaids4 #cd3ag4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,you have not hearkened to me1 in proclaiming liberty every man to his brother and every man to his friend3 behold ,i proclaim a liberty for you1 saith the ,lord1 to the sword1 to the pestilence1 and to the famine3 and ,i will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth4 #cd3ah4 ,and ,i will give the men that have transgressed my covenant1 and have not performed the words of the covenant which they agreed to in my presence1 when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts thereof3 #cd3ai4 ,the princes of ,juda1 and the princes of ,jerusalem1 the eunuchs1 and the priests1 and all the people of the land that passed between the parts of the calf3 #cd3bj4 ,and ,i will give them into the hands of their enemies1 and into the hands of them that seek their life3 and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the air1 and to the beasts of the earth4 #cd3ba4 ,and ,sedecias the king of ,juda1 and his princes1 ,i will give into the hands of their enemies1 and into the hands of them that seek their lives1 and into the hands of the armies of the king of ,babylon1 which are gone from you4 #cd3bb4 ,behold ,i will command1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will bring them again to this city1 and they shall fight against it1 and take it1 and burn it with fire3 and ,i will make the cities of ,juda a desolation1 without an inhabitant4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ce ,the obedience of the ,rechabites condemns the disobedience of the ,jews4 ,the reward of the ,rechabites4 #ce3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord in the days of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 saying3 #ce3b4 ,go to the house of the ,rechabites3 and speak to them1 and bring them into the house of the ,lord1 into one of the chambers of the treasures1 and thou shalt give them wine to drink4 ,rechabites444 ,these were of the race of ,jethro1 father in law to ,moses4 #ce3c4 ,and ,i took ,jezonias the son of ,jeremias the son of ,habsanias1 and his brethren1 and all his sons1 and the whole house of the ,rechabites4 #ce3d4 ,and ,i brought them into the house of the ,lord1 to the treasure house of the sons of ,hanan1 the son of ,jegedelias the man of ,god1 which was by the treasure house of the princes1 above the treasure of ,maasias the son of ,sellum1 who was keeper of the entry4 #ce3e4 ,and ,i set before the sons of the house of the ,rechabites pots full of wine1 and cups3 and ,i said to them3 ,drink ye wine4 #ce3f4 ,and they answered3 ,we will not drink wine3 because ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1 our father1 commanded us1 saying3 ,you shall drink no wine1 neither you1 nor your children1 for ever3 #ce3g4 ,neither shall ye build houses1 nor sow reed1 nor plant vineyards1 nor have any3 but you shall dwell in tents all your days1 that you may live many days upon the face of the earth1 in which you are strangers4 #ce3h4 ,therefore we have obeyed the voice of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1 our father1 in all things that he commanded us3 so as to drink no wine all our days3 neither we1 nor our wives1 nor our sons1 nor our daughters3 #ce3i4 ,nor to build houses to dwell in1 nor to have vineyard1 or field1 or seed3 #ce3aj4 ,but we have dwelt in tents1 and have been obedient according to all that ,jonadab our father commanded us4 #ce3aa4 ,but when ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon came up to our land1 we said3 ,come1 let us go into ,jerusalem from the face of the army of the ,chaldeans1 and from the face of the army of ,syria3 and we have remained in ,jerusalem4 #ce3ab4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3 #ce3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,go1 and say to the men of ,juda1 and to the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 ,will you not receive instruction1 to obey my words1 saith the ,lord8 #ce3ad4 ,the words of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1 by which he commanded his sons not to drink wine1 have prevailed3 and they have drunk none to this day1 because they have obeyed the commandment of their father3 but ,i have spoken to you1 rising early and speaking1 and you have not obeyed me4 #ce3ae4 ,and ,i have sent to you all my servants the prophets1 rising early1 and sending and saying3 ,return ye every man from his wicked way1 and make your ways good3 and follow not strange gods1 nor worship them1 and you shall dwell in the land1 which ,i gave you and your fathers3 and you have not inclined your ear1 nor hearkened to me4 #ce3af4 ,so the sons of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab have constantly kept the commandment of their father1 which he commanded them3 but this people hath not obeyed me4 #ce3ag4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will bring upon ,juda1 and upon all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem all the evil that ,i have pronounced against them1 because ,i have spoken to them1 and they have not heard3 ,i have called to them1 and they have not answered me4 #ce3ah4 ,and ,jeremias said to the house of the ,rechabites3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,because you have obeyed the commandment of ,jonadab your father1 and have kept all his precepts1 and have done all that he commanded you3 #ce3ai4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,there shall not be wanting a man of the race of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1 standing before me for ever4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cf ,jeremias sends ,baruch to read his prophecies in the temple2 the book is brought to king ,joakim1 who burns it4 ,the prophet denounces his judgment1 and causes ,baruch to write a new copy4 #cf3a4 ,and it came to pass in the fourth year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 that this word came to ,jeremias by the ,lord1 saying3 #cf3b4 ,take thee a roll of a book1 and thou shalt write in it all the words that ,i have spoken to thee against ,israel and ,juda1 and against all the nations from the day that ,i spoke to thee1 from the days of ,josias even to this day4 #cf3c4 ,if so be1 when the house of ,juda shall hear all the evils that ,i purpose to do unto them1 that they may return every man from his wicked way3 and ,i will forgive their iniquity1 and their sin4 #cf3d4 ,so ,jeremias called ,baruch the son of ,nerias3 and ,baruch wrote from the mouth of ,jeremias all the words of the ,lord1 which he spoke to him1 upon the roll of a book4 #cf3e4 ,and ,jeremias commanded ,baruch1 saying3 ,i am shut up1 and cannot go into the house of the ,lord4 ,shut up444 ,not that the prophet was now in prison2 for the contrary appears from ver4 #ai1 but that he kept himself shut up1 by reason of the persecutions he had lately met with4 ,see chap4 #bf4 #cf3f4 ,go thou in therefore1 and read out of the volume1 which thou hast written from my mouth1 the words of the ,lord1 in the hearing of all the people in the house of the ,lord on the fasting day3 and also thou shalt read them in the hearing of all ,juda that come out of their cities3 #cf3g4 ,if so be they may present their supplication before the ,lord1 and may return every one from his wicked way3 for great is the wrath and indignation which the ,lord hath pronounced against this people4 #cf3h4 ,and ,baruch the son of ,nerias did according to all that ,jeremias the prophet had commanded him1 reading out of the volume the words of the ,lord in the house of the ,lord4 #cf3i4 ,and it came to pass in the fifth year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 in the ninth month1 that they proclaimed a fast before the ,lord to all the people in ,jerusalem1 and to all the people that were come together out of the cities of ,juda to ,jerusalem4 #cf3aj4 ,and ,baruch read out of the volume the words of ,jeremias in the house of the ,lord1 in the treasury of ,gamarias the son of ,saphan the scribe1 in the upper court1 in the entry of the new gate of the house of the ,lord1 in the hearing of all the people4 #cf3aa4 ,and when ,micheas the son of ,gamarias the son of ,saphan had heard out of the book all the words of the ,lord1 #cf3ab4 ,he went down into the king's house to the secretary's chamber3 and behold all the princes sat there1 ,elisama the scribe1 and ,dalaias the son of ,semeias1 and ,elnathan the son of ,achobor1 and ,gamarias the son of ,saphan1 and ,sedecias the son of ,hananias1 and all the princes4 #cf3ac4 ,and ,micheas told them all the words that he had heard when ,baruch read out of the volume in the hearing of the people4 #cf3ad4 ,therefore all the princes sent ,judi the son of ,nathanias1 the son of ,selemias1 the son of ,chusi1 to ,baruch1 saying3 ,take in thy hand the volume in which thou hast read in the hearing of the people1 and come4 ,so ,baruch the son of ,nerias took the volume in his hand1 and came to them4 #cf3ae4 ,and they said to him3 ,sit down and read these things in our hearing4 ,and ,baruch read in their hearing4 #cf3af4 ,and when they had heard all the words1 they looked upon one another with astonishment1 and they said to ,baruch3 ,we must tell the king all these words4 #cf3ag4 ,and they asked him1 saying3 ,tell us how didst thou write all these words from his mouth4 #cf3ah4 ,and ,baruch said to them3 ,with his mouth he pronounced all these words as if he were reading to me3 and ,i wrote in a volume with ink4 #cf3ai4 ,and the princes said to ,baruch3 ,go1 and hide thee1 both thou and ,jeremias1 and let no man know where you are4 #cf3bj4 ,and they went in to the king into the court3 but they laid up the volume in the chamber of ,elisama the scribe3 and they told all the words in the hearing of the king4 #cf3ba4 ,and the king sent ,judi that he should take the volume3 who bringing it out of the chamber of ,elisama the scribe1 read it in the hearing of the king1 and of all the princes that stood about the king4 #cf3bb4 ,now the king sat in the winter house1 in the ninth month3 and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals4 #cf3bc4 ,and when ,judi had read three or four pages1 he cut it with the penknife1 and he cast it into the fire1 that was upon the hearth1 till all the volume was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth4 #cf3bd4 ,and the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid1 nor did they rend their garments4 #cf3be4 ,but yet ,elnathan1 and ,dalaias1 and ,gamarias spoke to the king1 not to burn the book3 and he heard them not4 #cf3bf4 ,and the king commanded ,jeremiel the son of ,amelech1 and ,saraias the son of ,ezriel1 and ,selemias the son of ,abdeel1 to take up ,baruch the scribe1 and ,jeremias the prophet3 but the ,lord hid them4 #cf3bg4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias the prophet1 after that the king had burnt the volume1 and the words that ,baruch had written from the mouth of ,jeremias1 saying3 #cf3bh4 ,take thee again another volume3 and write in it all the former words that were in the first volume which ,joakim the king of ,juda both burnt4 #cf3bi4 ,and thou shalt say to ,joakim the king of ,juda3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,thou hast burnt that volume1 saying3 ,why hast thou written therein1 and said3 ,the king of ,babylon shall come speedily1 and shall lay waste this land3 and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast8 #cf3cj4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord against ,joakim the king of ,juda3 ,he shall have none to sit upon the throne of ,david3 and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day1 and to the frost by night4 ,he shall have none1 etc444 ,because his son ,joachin or ,jechonias1 within three months after the death of his father1 was carried away to ,babylon1 so that his reign is not worthy of notice4 #cf3ca4 ,and ,i will punish him1 and his seed and his servants1 for their iniquities1 and ,i will bring upon them1 and upon the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and upon the men of ,juda all the evil that ,i have pronounced against them1 but they have not heard4 #cf3cb4 ,and ,jeremias took another volume1 and gave it to ,baruch the son of ,nerias the scribe3 who wrote in it from the mouth of ,jeremias all the words of the book which ,joakim the king of ,juda had burnt with fire3 and there were added besides many more words than had been before4 ,jeremias ,chapter #cg ,jeremias prophesies that the ,chaldeans1 who had departed from ,jerusalem1 would return and burn the city4 ,he is cast into prison4 ,his conference with ,sedecias4 #cg3a4 ,now king ,sedecias the son of ,josias reigned instead of ,jechonias the son of ,joakim3 whom ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon made king in the land of ,juda4 #cg3b4 ,but neither he1 nor his servants1 nor the people of the land did obey the words of the ,lord1 that he spoke in the hand of ,jeremias the prophet4 #cg3c4 ,and king ,sedecias sent ,juchal the son of ,selemias1 and ,sophonias the son of ,maasias the priest to ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3 ,pray to the ,lord our ,god for us4 #cg3d4 ,now ,jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people3 for they had not as yet cast him into prison4 ,and the army of ,pharao was come out of ,egypt3 and the ,chaldeans that besieged ,jerusalem1 hearing these tidings1 departed from ,jerusalem4 #cg3e4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3 #cg3f4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,thus shall you say to the king of ,juda1 who sent you to inquire of me3 ,behold the army of ,pharao1 which is come forth to help you1 shall return into their own land1 into ,egypt4 #cg3g4 ,and the ,chaldeans shall come again1 and fight against this city1 and take it1 and burn it with fire4 #cg3h4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,deceive not your souls1 saying3 ,the ,chaldeans shall surely depart and go away from us3 for they shall not go away4 #cg3i4 ,but if you should even beat all the army of the ,chaldeans that fight against you1 and there should be left of them some wounded men3 they shall rise up1 every man from his heart1 and burn this city with fire4 #cg3aj4 ,now when the army of the ,chaldeans was gone away from ,jerusalem1 because of ,pharao's army1 #cg3aa4 ,jeremias went forth out of ,jerusalem to go into the land of ,benjamin3 and to divide a possession there in the presence of the citizens1 #cg3ab4 ,and when he was come to the gate of ,benjamin1 the captain of the gate1 who was there in his turn1 was one named ,jerias1 the son of ,selemias1 the son of ,hananias3 and he took hold of ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3 ,thou art fleeing to the ,chaldeans4 #cg3ac4 ,and ,jeremias answered3 ,it is not so1 ,i am not fleeing to the ,chaldeans4 ,but he hearkened not to him3 so ,jerias took ,jeremias and brought him to the princes4 #cg3ad4 ,wherefore the princes were angry with ,jeremias1 and they beat him1 and cast him into the prison that was in the house of ,jonathan the scribe3 for he was chief over the prison4 #cg3ae4 ,so ,jeremias went into the house of the prison1 and into the dungeon3 and ,jeremias remained there many days4 #cg3af4 ,then ,sedecias the king1 sending1 took him3 and asked him secretly in his house1 and said3 ,is there1 thinkest thou1 any word from the ,lord8 ,and ,jeremias said4 ,there is4 ,and he said3 ,thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of ,babylon4 #cg3ag4 ,and ,jeremias said to king ,sedecias3 ,in what have ,i offended against thee1 or thy servants1 or thy people1 that thou hast cast me into prison8 #cg3ah4 ,where are your prophets that prophesied to you1 and said3 ,the king of ,babylon shall not come against you1 and against this land8 #cg3ai4 ,now therefore hear1 ,i beseech thee1 my lord the king3 let my petition be accepted in thy sight3 and send me not back into the house of ,jonathan the scribe1 lest ,i die there4 #cg3bj4 ,then king ,sedecias commanded that ,jeremias should be committed into the entry of the prison3 and that they should give him daily a piece of bread1 beside broth1 till all the bread in the city were spent3 and ,jeremias remained in the entry of the prison4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ch ,the prophet at the instance of the great men is cast into a filthy dungeon3 he is drawn out by ,abdemelech1 and has another conference with the king4 #ch3a4 ,now ,saphatias the son of ,mathan1 and ,gedelias the son of ,phassur1 and ,juchal the son of ,selemias1 and ,phassur the son of ,melchias heard the words that ,jeremias spoke to all the people1 saying3 #ch3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,whosoever shall remain in this city1 shall die by the sword1 and by famine1 and by pestilence3 but he that shall go forth to the ,chaldeans1 shall live1 and his life shall be safe1 and he shall live4 #ch3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,this city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of ,babylon1 and he shall take it4 #ch3d4 ,and the princes said to the king4 ,we beseech thee that this man may be put to death3 for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war1 that remain in this city1 and the hands of the people1 speaking to them according to these words3 for this man seeketh not peace to this people1 but evil4 #ch3e4 ,and king ,sedecias said3 ,behold he is in your hands3 for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing4 #ch3f4 ,then they took ,jeremias and cast him into the dungeon of ,melchias the son of ,amelech1 which was in the entry of the prison3 and they let down ,jeremias by ropes into the dungeon1 wherein there was no water1 but mire4 ,and ,jeremias sunk into the mire4 #ch3g4 ,now ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian1 an eunuch that was in the king's house1 heard that they had put ,jeremias in the dungeon3 but the king was sitting in the gate of ,benjamin4 #ch3h4 ,and ,abdemelech went out of the king's house1 and spoke to the king1 saying3 #ch3i4 ,my lord the king1 these men have done evil in all that they have done against ,jeremias the prophet1 casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger1 for there is no more bread in the city4 #ch3aj4 ,then the king commanded ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian1 saying3 ,take from hence thirty men with thee1 and draw up ,jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon1 before he die4 #ch3aa4 ,so ,abdemelech taking the men with him1 went into the king's house that was under the storehouse3 and he took from thence old rags1 and old rotten things1 and he let them down by cords to ,jeremias into the dungeon4 #ch3ab4 ,and ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian said to ,jeremias3 ,put these old rags and these rent and rotten things under thy arms1 and upon the cords3 and ,jeremias did so4 #ch3ac4 ,and they drew up ,jeremias with the cords1 and brought him forth out of the dungeon4 ,and ,jeremias remained in the entry of the prison4 #ch3ad4 ,and king ,sedecias sent1 and took ,jeremias the prophet to him to the third gate1 that was in the house of the ,lord3 and the king said to ,jeremias3 ,i will ask thee a thing1 hide nothing from me4 #ch3ae4 ,then ,jeremias said to ,sedecias3 ,if ,i shall declare it to thee1 wilt thou not put me to death8 and if ,i give thee counsel1 thou wilt not hearken to me4 #ch3af4 ,then king ,sedecias swore to ,jeremias1 in private1 saying3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 that1 made us this soul1 ,i will not put thee to death1 nor will ,i deliver thee into the hands of these men that seek thy life4 #ch3ag4 ,and ,jeremias said to ,sedecias3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,if thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of ,babylon1 thy soul shall live1 and this city shall not be burnt with fire3 and thou shalt be safe1 and thy house4 #ch3ah4 ,but if thou wilt not go out to the princes of the king of ,babylon1 this city shall be delivered into the hands of the ,chaldeans1 and they shall burn it with fire3 and thou shalt not escape out of their hand4 #ch3ai4 ,and king ,sedecias said to ,jeremias3 ,i am afraid because of the ,jews that are fled over to the ,chaldeans3 lest ,i should be delivered into their hands1 and they should abuse me4 #ch3bj4 ,but ,jeremias answered3 ,they shall not deliver thee3 hearken1 ,i beseech thee1 to the word of the ,lord1 which ,i speak to the1 and it shall be well with thee1 and thy soul shall live4 #ch3ba4 ,but if thou wilt not go forth1 this is the word which the ,lord hath shewn me3 #ch3bb4 ,behold all the women that are left in the house of the king of ,juda1 shall be brought out to the princes of the king of ,babylon3 and they shall say3 ,thy men of peace have deceived thee1 and have prevailed against thee1 they have plunged thy feet in the mire1 and in a slippery place and they have departed from thee4 ,thy men of peace444 ,viri pacifici tui4 ,that is thy false friends promising thee peace and happiness1 and by their evil counsels involving thee in misery4 #ch3bc4 ,and all thy wives1 and thy children shall be brought out to the ,chaldeans1 and thou shalt not escape their hands1 but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of ,babylon3 and he shall burn this city with fire4 #ch3bd4 ,then ,sedecias said to ,jeremias3 ,let no man know these words1 and thou shalt not die4 #ch3be4 ,but if the princes shall hear that ,i have spoken with thee1 and shall come to thee1 and say to thee3 ,tell us what thou hast said to the king1 hide it not from us1 and we will not kill thee3 and also what the king said to thee3 #ch3bf4 ,thou shalt say to them3 ,i presented my supplication before the king1 that he would not command me to be carried back into the house of ,jonathan1 to die there4 #ch3bg4 ,so all the princes came to ,jeremias1 and asked him3 and he spoke to them according to all the words that the king had commanded him3 and they left him3 for nothing had been heard4 #ch3bh4 ,but ,jeremias remained in the entry of the prison1 until the day that ,jerusalem was taken3 and it came to pass that ,jerusalem was taken4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ci ,after two years' siege ,jerusalem is taken4 ,sedecias is carried before ,nabuchodonosor1 who kills his sons in his sight1 and then puts out his eyes4 ,jeremias is set at liberty4 #ci3a4 ,in the ninth year of ,sedecias king of ,juda1 in the tenth month1 came ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and all his army to ,jerusalem1 and they besieged it4 #ci3b4 ,and in the eleventh year of ,sedecias1 in the fourth month1 the fifth day of the month1 the city was opened4 #ci3c4 ,and all the princes of the king of ,babylon came in1 and sat in the middle gate3 ,neregel1 ,sereser1 ,semegarnabu1 ,sarsachim1 ,rabsares1 ,neregel1 ,serezer1 ,rebmag1 and all the rest of the princes of the king of ,babylon4 #ci3d4 ,and when ,sedecias the king of ,juda and all the men of war saw them1 they fled3 and they went forth in the night out of the city by the way of the king's garden1 and by the gate that was between the two walls1 and they went out to the way of the desert4 #ci3e4 ,but the army of the ,chaldeans pursued after them3 and they took ,sedecias in the plain of the desert of ,jericho1 and when they had taken him1 they brought him to ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon to ,reblatha1 which is in the land of ,emath3 and he gave judgment upon him4 #ci3f4 ,and the king of ,babylon slew the sons of ,sedecias1 in ,reblatha1 before his eyes3 and the king of ,babylon slew all the nobles of ,juda4 #ci3g4 ,he also put out the eyes of ,sedecias3 and bound him with fetters1 to be carried to ,babylon4 #ci3h4 ,and the ,chaldeans burnt the king's house1 and the houses of the people with fire1 and they threw down the wall of ,jerusalem4 #ci3i4 ,and ,nabuzardan the general of the army carried away captive to ,babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city1 and the fugitives that had gone over to him1 and the rest of the people that remained4 #ci3aj4 ,but ,nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all1 in the land of ,juda1 and he gave them vineyards1 and cisterns at that time4 #ci3aa4 ,now ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon had given charge to ,nabuzardan the general concerning ,jeremias1 saying3 #ci3ab4 ,take him1 and set thy eyes upon him1 and do him no harm3 but as he hath a mind1 so do with him4 #ci3ac4 ,therefore ,nabuzardan the general sent1 and ,nabuzardan1 and ,rabsares1 and ,neregel1 and ,sereser1 and ,rebmag1 and all the nobles of the king of ,babylon1 #ci3ad4 ,sent and took ,jeremias out of the court of the prison1 and committed him to ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 that he might go home1 and dwell among the people4 #ci3ae4 ,but the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 when he was yet shut up in the court of the prison1 saying3 ,go1 and tell ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian1 saying3 #ci3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will bring my words upon this city unto evil1 and not unto good3 and they shall be accomplished in thy sight in that day4 #ci3ag4 ,and ,i will deliver thee in that day1 saith the ,lord3 and thou shalt not be given into the hands of the men whom thou fearest3 #ci3ah4 ,but delivering1 ,i will deliver thee1 and thou shalt not fall by the sword3 but thy life shall be saved for thee1 because thou hast put thy trust in me1 saith the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #dj ,jeremias remains with ,godolias the governor2 who receives all the ,jews that resort to him4 #dj3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 after that ,nabuzardan the general had let him go from ,rama1 when he had taken him1 being bound with chains1 among all them that were carried away from ,jerusalem and ,juda1 and were carried to ,babylon4 #dj3b4 ,and the general of the army taking ,jeremias1 said to him3 ,the ,lord thy ,god hath pronounced this evil upon this place1 #dj3c4 ,and he hath brought it3 and the ,lord hath done as he hath said3 because you have sinned against the ,lord1 and have not hearkened to his voice1 and this word is come upon you4 #dj3d4 ,now then behold ,i have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands3 if it please thee to come with me to ,babylon1 come3 and ,i will set my eyes upon thee3 but if it do not please thee to come with me to ,babylon1 stay here3 behold all the land is before thee1 as thou shalt choose1 and whither it shall please thee to go1 thither go4 #dj3e4 ,and come not with me3 but dwell with ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 whom the king of ,babylon hath made governor over the cities of ,juda3 dwell therefore with him in the midst of the people3 or whithersoever it shall please thee to go1 go4 ,and the general of the army gave him victuals and presents1 and let him go4 #dj3f4 ,and ,jeremias went to ,godolias the son of ,ahicam to ,masphath3 and dwelt with him in the midst of the people that were left in the land4 #dj3g4 ,and when all the captains of the army that were scattered through the countries1 they and their companions1 had heard that the king of ,babylon had made ,godolias the son of ,ahicam governor of the country1 and that he had committed unto him men and women1 and children1 and of the poor of the land1 them that had not been carried away captive to ,babylon3 #dj3h4 ,they came to ,godolias to ,masphath3 and ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and ,johanan1 and ,jonathan1 the sons of ,caree1 and ,sareas the son of ,thanehumeth1 and the children of ,ophi1 that were of ,netophathi1 and ,jezonias the son of ,maachati1 they and their men4 #dj3i4 ,and ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan swore to them and to their companions1 saying3 ,fear not to serve the ,chaldeans3 dwell in the land1 and serve the king of ,babylon1 and it shall be well with you4 #dj3aj4 ,behold ,i dwell in ,masphath1 that ,i may answer the commandment of the ,chaldeans that are sent to us3 but as for you1 gather ye the vintage1 and the harvest1 and the oil1 and lay it up in your vessels1 and abide in your cities which you hold4 #dj3aa4 ,moreover all the ,jews that were in ,moab1 and among the children of ,ammon1 and in ,edom1 and in all the countries1 when they heard that the king of ,babylon had left a remnant in ,judea1 and that he had made ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan ruler over them3 #dj3ab4 ,all the ,jews1 ,i say1 returned out of all the places to which they had fled1 and they came into the land of ,juda to ,godolias to ,masphath3 and they gathered wine1 and a very great harvest4 #dj3ac4 ,then ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the army1 that had been scattered about in the countries1 came to ,godolias to ,masphath4 #dj3ad4 ,and they said to him3 ,know that ,baalis the king of the children of ,ammon hath sent ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias to kill thee4 ,and ,godolias the son of ,ahicam believed them not4 #dj3ae4 ,but ,johanan the son of ,caree1 spoke to ,godolias privately in ,masphath1 saying3 ,i will go1 and ,i will kill ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and no man shall know it1 lest he kill thee1 and all the ,jews be scattered1 that are gathered unto thee1 and the remnant of ,juda perish4 #dj3af4 ,and ,godolias the son of ,ahicam said to ,johanan the son of ,caree3 ,do not this thing3 for what thou sayst of ,ismahel is false4 ,jeremias ,chapter #da ,godolias is slain3 the ,jews that were with him are apprehensive of the ,chaldeans4 #da3a4 ,and it came to pass in the seventh month1 that ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 the son of ,elisama of the royal blood1 and the nobles of the king1 and ten men with him1 came to ,godolias the son of ,ahicam into ,masphath3 and they ate bread there together in ,masphath4 #da3b4 ,and ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias arose1 and the ten men that were with him1 and they struck ,godolias the son of ,ahicam1 the son of ,saphan with the sword1 and slew him whom the king of ,babylon had made governor over the land4 #da3c4 ,ismahel slew also all the ,jews that were with ,godolias in ,masphath1 and the ,chaldeans that were found there1 and the soldiers4 #da3d4 ,and on the second day after he had killed ,godolias1 no man yet knowing it1 #da3e4 ,there came some from ,sichem1 and from ,silo1 and from ,samaria1 fourscore men1 with their beards shaven1 and their clothes rent1 and mourning3 and they had offerings and incense in their hand1 to offer in the house of the ,lord4 #da3f4 ,and ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias went forth from ,masphath to meet them1 weeping all along as he went3 and when he had met them1 he said to them3 ,come to ,godolias1 the son of ,ahicam4 #da3g4 ,and when they were come to the midst of the city1 ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 slew them1 and cast them into the midst of the pit1 he and the men that were with him4 #da3h4 ,but ten men were found among them1 that said to ,ismahel3 ,kill us not3 for we have stores in the field1 of wheat1 and barley1 and oil1 and honey4 ,and he forbore1 and slew them not with their brethren4 #da3i4 ,and the pit into which ,ismahel cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he slew because of ,godolias1 is the same that king ,asa made1 for fear of ,baasa the king of ,israel3 the same did ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias fill with them that were slain4 #da3aj4 ,then ,ismahel carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in ,masphath3 the king's daughters1 and all the people that remained in ,masphath3 whom ,nabuzardan the general of the army had committed to ,godolias the son of ,ahicam4 ,and ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias took them1 and he departed1 to go over to the children of ,ammon4 #da3aa4 ,but ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him1 heard of the evil that ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias had done4 #da3ab4 ,and taking all the men1 they went out to fight against ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and they found him by the great waters that are in ,gabaon4 #da3ac4 ,and when all the people that were with ,ismahel1 had seen ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him1 they rejoiced4 #da3ad4 ,and all the people whom ,ismahel had taken1 went back to ,masphath3 and they returned and went to ,johanan the son of ,caree4 #da3ae4 ,but ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias fled with eight men1 from the face of ,johanan1 and went to the children of ,ammon4 #da3af4 ,then ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the soldiers that were with him1 took all the remnant of the people whom they had recovered from ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 from ,masphath1 after that he had slain ,godolias the son of ,ahicam3 valiant men for war1 and the women1 and the children1 and the eunuchs whom he had brought back from ,gabaon4 #da3ag4 ,and they departed1 and sat as sojourners in ,chamaam1 which is near ,bethlehem3 in order to go forward1 and enter into ,egypt1 #da3ah4 ,from the face of the ,chaldeans3 for they were afraid of them1 because ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias had slain ,godolias the son of ,ahicam1 whom the king of ,babylon had made governor in the land of ,juda4 ,jeremias ,chapter #db ,jeremias assures the remnant of the people1 that if they will stay in ,juda1 they shall be safe2 but if they go down into ,egypt1 they shall perish4 #db3a4 ,then all the captains of the warriors1 and ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and ,jezonias1 the son of ,osaias1 and the rest of the people from the least to the greatest came near3 #db3b4 ,and they said to ,jeremias the prophet3 ,let our supplication fall before thee3 and pray thou for us to the ,lord thy ,god for all this remnant1 for we are left but a few of many1 as thy eyes do behold us4 #db3c4 ,and let the ,lord thy ,god shew us the way by which we may walk1 and the thing that we must do4 #db3d4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet said to them3 ,i have heard you3 behold ,i will pray to the ,lord your ,god according to your words3 and whatsoever thing he shall answer me1 ,i will declare it to you3 and ,i will hide nothing from you4 #db3e4 ,and they said to ,jeremias3 ,the ,lord be witness between us of truth and faithfulness1 if we do not according to every thing for which the ,lord thy ,god shall send thee to us4 #db3f4 ,whether it be good or evil1 we will obey the voice of the ,lord our ,god1 to whom we send thee3 that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the ,lord our ,god4 ,good or evil444 ,that is1 agreeable or disagreeable4 #db3g4 ,now after ten days1 the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias4 #db3h4 ,and he called ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him1 and all the people from the least to the greatest4 #db3i4 ,and he said to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 to whom you sent me1 to present your supplications before him3 #db3aj4 ,if you will be quiet and remain in this land1 ,i will build you up1 and not pull you down3 ,i will plant you1 and not pluck you up3 for now ,i am appeased for the evil that ,i have done to you4 ,i am appeased for the evil that ,i have done to you444 ,that is1 ,i am appeased1 as ,i have sufficiently punished you1 and now ,i am reconciled with you4 #db3aa4 ,fear not because of the king of ,babylon1 of whom you are greatly afraid3 fear him not1 saith the ,lord3 for ,i am with you1 to save you1 and to deliver you from his hand4 #db3ab4 ,and ,i will shew mercies to you1 and will take pity on you1 and will cause you to dwell in your own land4 #db3ac4 ,but if you say3 ,we will not dwell in this land1 neither will we hearken to the voice of the ,lord our ,god1 #db3ad4 ,saying3 ,no1 but we will go into the land of ,egypt3 where we shall see no war1 nor hear the sound of the trumpet1 nor suffer hunger3 and there we will dwell4 #db3ae4 ,for this now hear the word of the ,lord1 ye remnant of ,juda3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,if you set your faces to go into ,egypt1 and enter in to dwell there3 #db3af4 ,the sword which you fear1 shall overtake you there in the land of ,egypt3 and the famine1 whereof you are afraid1 shall cleave to you in ,egypt1 and there you shall die4 #db3ag4 ,and all the men that set their faces to go into ,egypt1 to dwell there1 shall die by the sword1 and by famine1 and by pestilence3 none of them shall remain1 nor escape from the face of the evil that ,i will bring upon them4 #db3ah4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,as my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 so shall my indignation be kindled against you1 when you shall enter into ,egypt1 and you shall be an execration1 and an astonishment1 and a curse1 and a reproach3 and you shall see this place no more4 #db3ai4 ,this is the word of the ,lord concerning you1 ,o ye remnant of ,juda3 ,go ye not into ,egypt3 know certainly that ,i have adjured you this day4 #db3bj4 ,for you have deceived your own souls3 for you sent me to the ,lord our ,god1 saying3 ,pray for us to the ,lord our ,god1 and according to all that the ,lord our ,god shall say to thee1 so declare unto us1 and we will do it4 #db3ba4 ,and now ,i have declared it to you this day1 and you have not obeyed the voice of the ,lord your ,god1 with regard to all the things for which he hath sent me to you4 #db3bb4 ,now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword1 and by famine1 and by pestilence in the place to which you desire to go to dwell there4 ,jeremias ,chapter #dc ,the ,jews1 contrary to the orders of ,god by the prophet1 go into ,egypt1 carrying ,jeremias with them4 ,he foretells the devastation of that land by the king of ,babylon4 #dc3a4 ,and it came to pass1 that when ,jeremias had made an end of speaking to the people all the words of the ,lord their ,god1 for which the ,lord their ,god had sent him to them1 all these words3 #dc3b4 ,azarias the son of ,osaias1 and ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the proud men1 made answer1 saying to ,jeremias3 ,thou tellest a lie3 the ,lord our ,god hath not sent thee1 saying3 ,go not into ,egypt1 to dwell there4 #dc3c4 ,but ,baruch the son of ,nerias setteth thee on against us1 to deliver us into the hands of the ,chaldeans1 to kill us1 and to cause us to be carried away captives to ,babylon4 #dc3d4 ,so ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the soldiers1 and all the people1 obeyed not the voice of the ,lord1 to remain in the land of ,juda4 #dc3e4 ,but ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the captains of the soldiers took all the remnant of ,juda1 that were returned out of all nations1 to which they had before been scattered1 to dwell in the land of ,juda3 #dc3f4 ,men1 and women1 and children1 and the king's daughters1 and every soul1 which ,nabuzardan the general had left with ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 and ,jeremias the prophet1 and ,baruch the son of ,nerias4 #dc3g4 ,and they went into the land of ,egypt1 for they obeyed not the voice of the ,lord3 and they came as far as ,taphnis4 #dc3h4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias in ,taphnis1 saying3 #dc3i4 ,take great stones in thy hand1 and thou shalt hide them in the vault that is under the brick wall at the gate of ,pharao's house in ,taphnis3 in the sight of the men of ,juda4 #dc3aj4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will send1 and take ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon my servant3 and ,i will set his throne over these stones which ,i have hid1 and he shall set his throne over them4 #dc3aa4 ,and he shall come and strike the land of ,egypt3 such as are for death1 to death3 and such as are for captivity1 to captivity3 and such as are for the sword1 to the sword4 #dc3ab4 ,and he shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of ,egypt1 and he shall burn them1 and he shall carry them away captives3 and he shall array himself with the land of ,egypt1 as a shepherd putteth on his garment3 and he shall go forth from thence in peace4 #dc3ac4 ,and he shall break the statues of the house of the sun1 that are in the land of ,egypt2 and the temples of the gods of ,egypt he shall burn with fire4 ,jeremias ,chapter #dd ,the prophet's admonition to the ,jews in ,egypt against idolatry is not regarded3 he denounces to them their destruction4 #dd3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias1 concerning all the ,jews that dwelt in the land of ,egypt1 dwelling in ,magdal1 and in ,taphnis1 and in ,memphis1 and in the land of ,phatures1 saying3 #dd3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,you have seen all this evil that ,i have brought upon ,jerusalem1 and upon all the cities of ,juda3 and behold they are desolate this day1 and there is not an inhabitant in them3 #dd3c4 ,because of the wickedness which they have committed1 to provoke me to wrath1 and to go and offer sacrifice1 and worship other gods1 which neither they1 nor you1 nor your fathers knew4 #dd3d4 ,and ,i sent to you all my servants the prophets1 rising early1 and sending1 and saying3 ,do not commit this abominable thing1 which ,i hate4 #dd3e4 ,but they heard not1 nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways1 and not to sacrifice to strange gods4 #dd3f4 ,wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth1 and was kindled in the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem3 and they are turned to desolation and waste1 as at this day4 #dd3g4 ,and now thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,why do you commit this great evil against your own souls1 that there should die of you man and woman1 child and suckling out of the midst of ,juda1 and no remnant should be left you3 #dd3h4 ,in that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands1 by sacrificing to other gods in the land of ,egypt1 into which you are come to dwell there3 and that you should perish1 and be a curse1 and a reproach to all the nations of the earth8 #dd3i4 ,have you forgotten the evils of your fathers1 and the evils of the kings of ,juda1 and the evils of their wives1 and your evils1 and the evils of your wives1 that they have done in the land of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem8 #dd3aj4 ,they are not cleansed even to this day3 neither have they feared1 nor walked in the law of the ,lord1 nor in my commandments1 which ,i set before you and your fathers4 #dd3aa4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will set my face upon you for evil3 and ,i will destroy all ,juda4 #dd3ab4 ,and ,i will take the remnant of ,juda that have set their faces to go into the land of ,egypt1 and to dwell there2 and they shall be all consumed in the land of ,egypt3 they shall fall by the sword1 and by the famine3 and they shall be consumed from the least even to the greatest1 by the sword1 and by the famine shall they die3 and they shall be for an execration1 and for a wonder1 and for a curse1 and for a reproach4 #dd3ac4 ,and ,i will visit them that dwell in the land of ,egypt1 as ,i have visited ,jerusalem by the sword1 and by famine and by pestilence4 #dd3ad4 ,and there shall be none that shall escape1 and remain of the remnant of the ,jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of ,egypt3 and that shall return into the land of ,juda1 to which they have a desire to return to dwell there3 there shall none return but they that shall flee4 #dd3ae4 ,then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods3 and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude1 and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of ,egypt in ,phatures1 answered ,jeremias1 saying3 #dd3af4 ,as for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the ,lord1 we will not hearken to thee3 #dd3ag4 ,but we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth1 to sacrifice to the queen of heaven1 and to pour out drink offerings to her1 as we and our fathers have done1 our kings1 and our princes in the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem3 and we were filled with bread1 and it was well with us1 and we saw no evil4 ,the queen of heaven444 ,the moon1 which they worshipped under this name4 #dd3ah4 ,but since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven1 and to pour out frank offerings to her1 we have wanted all things1 and have been consumed by the sword1 and by famine4 #dd3ai4 ,and if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven1 and pour out drink offerings to her3 did we make cakes to worship her1 to pour out drink offerings to her1 without our husbands8 #dd3bj4 ,and ,jeremias spoke to all the people1 to the men1 and to the women1 and to all the people which had given him that answer1 saying3 #dd3ba4 ,was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets of ,jerusalem1 you and your fathers1 your kings1 and your princes1 and the people of the land1 which the ,lord hath remembered1 and hath it not entered into his heart8 #dd3bb4 ,so that the ,lord could no longer bear1 because of the evil of your doings1 and because of the abominations which you have committed3 therefore your land is become a desolation1 and an astonishment1 and a curse1 without an inhabitant1 as at this day4 #dd3bc4 ,because you have sacrificed to idols1 and have sinned against the ,lord3 and have not obeyed the voice of the ,lord1 and have not walked in his law1 and in his commandments1 and in his testimonies3 therefore are these evils come upon you1 as at this day4 #dd3bd4 ,and ,jeremias said to all the people and to all the women3 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord1 all ,juda1 you that dwell in the land of ,egypt3 #dd3be4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel1 saying3 ,you and your wives have spoken with your mouth1 and fulfilled with your hands1 saying3 ,let us perform our vows which we have made1 to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven1 and to pour out drink offerings to her3 you have fulfilled your vows1 and have performed them indeed4 #dd3bf4 ,therefore hear ye the word of the ,lord1 all ,juda1 you that dwell in the land of ,egypt3 ,behold ,i have sworn by my great name1 saith the ,lord3 that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of ,juda1 in the land of ,egypt1 saying3 ,the ,lord ,god liveth4 #dd3bg4 ,behold ,i will watch over them for evil1 and not for good3 and all the men of ,juda that are in the land of ,egypt1 shall be consumed1 by the sword1 and by famine1 till there be an end of them4 #dd3bh4 ,and a few men that shall flee from the sword1 shall return out of the land of ,egypt into the land of ,juda3 and all the remnant of ,juda that are gone into the land of ,egypt to dwell there1 shall know whose word shall stand1 mine1 or theirs4 #dd3bi4 ,and this shall be a sign to you1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will punish you in this place3 that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil4 #dd3cj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will deliver ,pharao ,nechao king of ,egypt into the hand of his enemies1 and into the hand of them that seek his life3 as ,i delivered ,sedecias king of ,juda into the land of ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon his enemy1 and that sought his life4 ,jeremias ,chapter #de ,the prophet comforts ,baruch in his affliction4 #de3a4 ,the word that ,jeremias the prophet spoke to ,baruch the son of ,nerias1 when he had written these words in a book1 out of the mouth of ,jeremias1 in the fourth year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 saying3 #de3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to thee1 ,baruch3 #de3c4 ,thou hast said3 ,woe is me1 wretch that ,i am1 for the ,lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow3 ,i am wearied with my groans1 and ,i find no rest4 #de3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,thus shalt thou say to him3 ,behold1 them whom ,i have built1 ,i do destroy3 and them whom ,i have planted1 ,i do pluck up1 and all this land4 #de3e4 ,and dost thou seek great things for thyself8 ,seek not3 for behold ,i will bring evil upon all flesh1 saith the ,lord6 but ,i will give thee thy life1 and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go4 ,jeremias ,chapter #df ,a prophecy against ,egypt4 ,the ,jews shall return from captivity4 #df3a4 ,the word of the ,lord that came to ,jeremias the prophet against the ,gentiles1 #df3b4 ,against ,egypt1 against the army of ,pharao ,nechao king of ,egypt1 which was by the river ,euphrates in ,charcamis1 whom ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon defeated1 in the fourth year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of ,juda4 #df3c4 ,prepare ye the shield and buckler1 and go forth to battle4 #df3d4 ,harness the horses1 and get up1 ye horsemen3 stand forth with helmets1 furbish the spears1 put on coats of mail4 #df3e4 ,what then8 ,i have seen them dismayed1 and turning their backs1 their valiant ones slain3 they fled apace1 and they looked not back3 terror was round about1 saith the ,lord4 #df3f4 ,let not the swift flee away1 nor the strong think to escape3 they are overthrown1 and fallen down1 towards the north by the river ,euphrates4 #df3g4 ,who is this that cometh up as a flood3 and his streams swell like those of rivers8 #df3h4 ,egypt riseth up like a flood1 and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers1 and he shall say3 ,i will go up and will cover the earth3 ,i will destroy the city1 and its inhabitants4 #df3i4 ,get ye up on horses1 and glory in chariots1 and let the valiant men come forth1 the ,ethiopians1 and the ,libyans that hold the shield1 and the ,lydians that take1 and shoot arrows4 #df3aj4 ,for this is the day of the ,lord the ,god of hosts1 a day of vengeance1 that he may revenge himself of his enemies3 the sword shall devour1 and shall be filled1 and shall be drunk with their blood3 for there is a sacrifice of the ,lord ,god of hosts in the north country1 by the river ,euphrates4 #df3aa4 ,go up into ,galaad1 and take balm1 ,o virgin daughter of ,egypt3 in vain dost thou multiply medicines1 there shall be no cure for thee4 #df3ab4 ,the nations have heard of thy disgrace1 and thy howling hath filled the land3 for the strong hath stumbled against the strong1 and both are fallen together4 #df3ac4 ,the word that the ,lord spoke to ,jeremias the prophet1 how ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon should come and strike the land of ,egypt3 #df3ad4 ,declare ye to ,egypt1 and publish it in ,magdal1 and let it be known in ,memphis1 and in ,taphnis3 say ye3 ,stand up1 and prepare thyself3 for the sword shall devour all round about thee4 #df3ae4 ,why are thy valiant men come to nothing8 they stood not3 because the ,lord hath overthrown them4 #df3af4 ,he hath multiplied them that fall1 and one hath fallen upon another1 and they shall say3 ,arise1 and let us return to our own people1 and to the land of our nativity1 from the sword of the dove4 ,the dove444 ,see the annotation on chap4 #be41 ver4 #ch4 #df3ag4 ,call ye the name of ,pharao king of ,egypt1 a tumult time hath brought4 #df3ah4 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,king1 7whose name is the ,lord of hosts17 as ,thabor is among the mountains1 and as ,carmel by the sea1 so shall he come4 #df3ai4 ,furnish thyself to go into captivity1 thou daughter inhabitant of ,egypt3 for ,memphis shall be made desolate1 and shall be forsaken and uninhabited4 #df3bj4 ,egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer3 there shall come from the north one that shall goad her4 #df3ba4 ,her hirelings also that lived in the midst of her1 like fatted calves are turned back1 and are fled away together1 and they could not stand1 for the day of their slaughter is come upon them1 the time of their visitation4 #df3bb4 ,her voice shall sound like brass1 for they shall hasten with an army1 and with axes they shall come against her1 as hewers of wood4 #df3bc4 ,they have cut down her forest1 saith the ,lord1 which cannot be counted3 they are multiplied above locusts1 and are without number4 #df3bd4 ,the daughter of ,egypt is confounded1 and delivered into the hand of the people of the north4 #df3be4 ,the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel hath said3 ,behold ,i will visit upon the tumult of ,alexandria1 and upon ,pharao1 and upon ,egypt1 and upon her gods1 and upon her kings1 and upon ,pharao1 and upon them that trust in him4 ,visit upon444 ,that is1 punish4-,ibid4 ,alexandria444 ,in the ,hebrew1 ,no1 which was the ancient name of the city1 to which ,alexander gave afterwards the name of ,alexandria4 #df3bf4 ,and ,i will deliver them into the hand of them that seek their lives1 and into the hand of ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and into the hand of his servants3 and afterwards it shall be inhabited1 as in the days of old1 saith the ,lord4 #df3bg4 ,and thou my servant ,jacob1 fear not and be not thou dismayed1 ,o ,israel3 for behold ,i will save thee from afar off1 and thy seed out of the land of thy captivity3 and ,jacob shall return and be at rest1 and prosper3 and there shall be none to terrify him4 #df3bh4 ,and thou1 my servant ,jacob1 fear not1 saith the ,lord3 because ,i am with thee1 for ,i will consume all the nations to which ,i have cast thee out3 but thee ,i will not consume1 but ,i will correct thee in judgment1 neither will ,i spare thee as if thou wert innocent4 ,jeremias ,chapter #dg ,a prophecy of the desolation of the ,philistines1 of ,tyre1 ,sidon1 ,gaza1 and ,ascalon4 #dg3a4 ,the word of the ,lord that came to ,jeremias the prophet against the people of ,palestine1 before ,pharao took ,gaza4 #dg3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold there come up waters out of the north1 and they shall be as an overflowing torrent1 and they shall cover the land1 and all that is therein1 the city and the inhabitants thereof3 then the men shall cry1 and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl1 #dg3c4 ,at the noise of the marching of arms1 and of his soldiers1 at the rushing of his chariots1 and the multitude of his wheels4 ,the fathers have not looked back to the children1 for feebleness of hands1 #dg3d4 ,because of the coming of the day1 in which all the ,philistines shall be laid waste1 and ,tyre and ,sidon shall be destroyed1 with all the rest of their helpers4 ,for the ,lord hath wasted the ,philistines1 the remnant of the isle of ,cappadocia4 #dg3e4 ,baldness is come upon ,gaza3 ,ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley3 how long shalt thou cut thyself8 #dg3f4 ,o thou sword of the ,lord1 how long wilt thou not be quiet8 ,go into thy scabbard1 rest1 and be still4 #dg3g4 ,how shall it be quiet1 when the ,lord hath given it a charge against ,ascalon1 and against the countries thereof by the sea side1 and there hath made an appointment for it8 ,jeremias ,chapter #dh ,a prophecy of the desolation of ,moab for their pride3 but their captivity shall at last be released4 #dh3a4 ,against ,moab thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,woe to ,nabo1 for it is laid waste1 and confounded3 ,cariathaim is taken3 the strong city is confounded and hath trembled4 #dh3b4 ,there is no more rejoicing in ,moab over ,hesebon3 they have devised evil4 ,come1 and let us cut it off from being a nation4 ,therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace1 and the sword shall follow thee4 #dh3c4 ,a voice of crying from ,oronaim3 waste1 and great destruction4 #dh3d4 ,moab is destroyed3 proclaim a cry for her little ones4 #dh3e4 ,for by the ascent of ,luith shall the mourner go up with weeping3 for in the descent of ,oronaim the enemies have heard a howling of destruction4 #dh3f4 ,flee1 save your lives3 and be as heath in the wilderness4 #dh3g4 ,for because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks1 and in thy treasures1 thou also shalt be taken3 and ,chamos shall go into captivity1 his priests1 and his princes together4 ,chamos444 ,the idol of the ,moabites4 #dh3h4 ,and the spoiler shall come upon every city1 and no city shall escape3 and the valleys shall perish1 and the plains shall be destroyed1 for the ,lord hath spoken3 #dh3i4 ,give a flower to ,moab1 for in its flower it shall go out3 and the cities thereof shall be desolate1 and uninhabited4 #dh3aj4 ,cursed be he that doth the work of the ,lord deceitfully3 and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood4 ,deceitfully444 ,in the ,greek1 negligently4 ,the work of ,god here spoken of1 is the punishment of the ,moabites4 #dh3aa4 ,moab hath been fruitful from his youth1 and hath rested upon his lees3 and hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel1 nor hath gone into captivity3 therefore his taste hath remained in him1 and his scent is not changed4 ,moab hath been fruitful444 ,that is1 rich and flourishing4 ,and hath rested upon his lees444 ,that is1 remained in its bad morals2 as wine not decanted has its lees mixed and remains muddy4 #dh3ab4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will send him men that shall order and overturn his bottles1 and they shall cast him down1 and shall empty his vessels1 and break their bottles one against another4 #dh3ac4 ,and ,moab shall be ashamed of ,chamos1 as the house of ,israel was ashamed of ,bethel1 in which they trusted4 ,of ,bethel444 ,that is1 of their golden calf which they worshipped in ,bethel4 #dh3ad4 ,how do you say3 ,we are valiant and stout men in battle8 #dh3ae4 ,moab is laid waste1 and they have cast down her cities3 and her choice young men are gone down to the slaughter3 saith the king1 whose name is the ,lord of hosts4 #dh3af4 ,the destruction of ,moab is near to come3 the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly4 #dh3ag4 ,comfort him1 all you that are round about him1 and all you that know his name1 say3 ,how is the strong staff broken1 the beautiful rod8 #dh3ah4 ,come down from thy glory1 and sit in thirst1 ,o dwelling of the daughter of ,dibon3 because the spoiler of ,moab is come up to thee1 he hath destroyed thy bulwarks4 #dh3ai4 ,stand in the way1 and look out1 ,o habitation of ,aroer3 inquire of him that fleeth3 and say to him that hath escaped3 ,what is done8 #dh3bj4 ,moab is confounded1 because he is overthrown3 howl ye1 and cry1 tell ye it in ,arnon1 that ,moab is wasted4 #dh3ba4 ,and judgment is come upon the plain country3 upon ,helon1 and upon ,jasa1 and upon ,mephaath4 #dh3bb4 ,and upon ,dibon1 and upon ,nabo1 and upon the house of ,deblathaim1 #dh3bc4 ,and upon ,cariathaim1 and upon ,bethgamul1 and upon ,bethmaon1 #dh3bd4 ,and upon ,carioth1 and upon ,bosra3 and upon all the cities of the land of ,moab1 far or near4 #dh3be4 ,the horn of ,moab is cut off1 and his arm is broken1 saith the ,lord4 ,the horn of ,moab is cut off444 ,that is1 the strength of ,moab is cut off4 ,a metaphor drawn from animals whose strength is in their horns4 #dh3bf4 ,make him drunk1 because he lifted up himself against the ,lord3 and ,moab shall dash his hand in his own vomit1 and he also shall be in derision4 #dh3bg4 ,for ,israel hath been a derision unto them3 as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves3 for thy words therefore1 which thou hast spoken against him1 thou shalt be led away captive4 #dh3bh4 ,leave the cities1 and dwell in the rock1 you that dwell in ,moab3 and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place4 #dh3bi4 ,we have heard the pride of ,moab1 he is exceeding proud3 his haughtiness1 and his arrogancy1 and his pride1 and the loftiness of his heart4 #dh3cj4 ,i know1 saith the ,lord1 his boasting1 and that the strength thereof is not according to it1 neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able4 #dh3ca4 ,therefore will ,i lament for ,moab1 and ,i will cry out to all ,moab1 for the men of the brick wall that mourn4 #dh3cb4 ,o vineyard of ,sabama1 ,i will weep for thee1 with the mourning of ,jazer3 thy branches are gone over the sea1 they are come even to the sea of ,jazer3 the robber hath rushed in upon thy harvest and thy vintage4 #dh3cc4 ,joy and gladness is taken away from ,carmel1 and from the land of ,moab1 and ,i have taken away the wine out of the presses3 the treader of the grapes shall not sing the accustomed cheerful tune4 #dh3cd4 ,from the cry of ,hesebon even to ,eleale1 and to ,jasa1 they have uttered their voice3 from ,segor to ,oronaim1 as a heifer of three years old3 the waters also of ,nemrim shall be very bad4 #dh3ce4 ,and ,i will take away from ,moab1 saith the ,lord1 him that offereth in the high places1 and that sacrificeth to his gods4 #dh3cf4 ,therefore my heart shall sound for ,moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall3 because he hath done more than he could1 therefore they have perished4 #dh3cg4 ,for every head shall be bald1 and every beard shall be shaven3 all hands shall be tied together1 and upon every back there shall be haircloth4 #dh3ch4 ,upon all the housetops of ,moab1 and in the streets thereof general mourning3 because ,i have broken ,moab as an useless vessel1 saith the ,lord4 #dh3ci4 ,how is it overthrown1 and they have howled6 ,how hath ,moab bowed down the neck1 and is confounded6 ,and ,moab shall be a derision1 and an example to all round about him4 #dh3dj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold he shall fly as an eagle1 and shall stretch forth his wings to ,moab4 #dh3da4 ,carioth is taken1 and the strongholds are won3 and the heart of the valiant men of ,moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour4 #dh3db4 ,and ,moab shall cease to be a people3 because he hath gloried against the ,lord4 #dh3dc4 ,fear1 and the pit1 and the snare come upon thee1 ,o inhabitant of ,moab1 saith the ,lord4 ,fear444 ,that is1 the sword of the enemy4 ,the pit444 ,that is1 unforeseen calamities4 ,the snare444 ,that is1 the ambushes laid by the enemy4 #dh3dd4 ,he that shall flee from the fear1 shall fall into the pit3 and he that shall get up out of the pit1 shall be taken in the snare3 for ,i will bring upon ,moab the year of their visitation1 saith the ,lord4 #dh3de4 ,they that fled from the snare stood in the shadow of ,hesebon3 but there came a fire out of ,hesebon1 and a flame out of the midst of ,seon1 and it shall devour part of ,moab1 and the crown of the head of the children of tumult4 #dh3df4 ,woe to thee1 ,moab1 thou hast persisted1 ,o people of ,chamos3 for thy sons1 and thy daughters are taken captives4 #dh3dg4 ,and ,i will bring back the captivity of ,moab in the last days1 saith the ,lord4 ,hitherto the judgments of ,moab4 ,jeremias ,chapter #di ,the like desolation of ,ammon1 of ,idumea1 of the ,syrians1 of the ,agarenes1 and of the ,elamites4 #di3a4 ,against the children of ,ammon4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,hath ,israel no sons8 or hath he no heir8 ,why then hath ,melchom inherited ,gad3 and his people dwelt in his cities8 ,melchom444 ,the idol of the ,ammonites4 #di3b4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will cause the noise of war to be heard in ,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 and it shall be destroyed into a heap1 and her daughters shall be burnt with fire1 and ,israel shall possess them that have possessed him1 saith the ,lord4 #di3c4 ,howl1 ,o ,hesebon1 for ,hai is wasted4 ,cry1 ye daughters of ,rabbath1 gird yourselves with haircloth3 mourn and go about by the hedges3 for ,melchom shall be carried into captivity1 his priests1 and his princes together4 #di3d4 ,why gloriest thou in the valleys8 thy valley hath flowed away1 ,o delicate daughter1 that hast trusted in thy treasures1 and hast said3 ,who shall come to me8 #di3e4 ,behold ,i will bring a fear upon thee1 saith the ,lord ,god of hosts1 from all that are round about thee3 and you shall be scattered every one out of one another's sight1 neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee4 #di3f4 ,and afterwards ,i will cause the captives of the children of ,ammon to return1 saith the ,lord4 #di3g4 ,against ,edom4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,is wisdom no more in ,theman8 counsel is perished from her children3 their wisdom is become unprofitable4 #di3h4 ,flee and turn your backs1 go down into the deep hole1 ye inhabitants of ,dedan3 for ,i have brought the destruction of ,esau upon him1 the time of his visitation4 #di3i4 ,if grapegatherers had come to thee1 would they not have left a bunch8 if thieves in the night1 they would have taken what was enough for them4 #di3aj4 ,but ,i have made ,esau bare1 ,i have revealed his secrets1 and he cannot be hid3 his seed is laid waste1 and his brethren1 and his neighbours1 and he shall not be4 #di3aa4 ,leave thy fatherless children3 ,i will make them live3 and thy widows shall hope in me4 #di3ab4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup1 shall certainly drink3 and shalt thou come off as innocent8 thou shalt not come off as innocent1 but drinking thou shalt drink4 #di3ac4 ,for ,i have sworn by myself1 saith the ,lord1 that ,bosra shall become a desolation1 and a reproach1 and a desert1 and a curse3 and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes4 #di3ad4 ,i have heard a rumour from the ,lord1 and an ambassador is sent to the nations3 ,gather yourselves together1 and come against her1 and let us rise up to battle4 #di3ae4 ,for behold ,i have made thee a little one among the nations1 despicable among men4 #di3af4 ,thy arrogancy hath deceived thee1 and the pride of thy heart3 ,o thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock1 and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill3 but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle1 ,i will bring thee down from thence1 saith the ,lord4 #di3ag4 ,and ,edom shall be desolate3 every one that shall pass by it1 shall be astonished1 and shall hiss at all its plagues4 #di3ah4 ,as ,sodom was overthrown and ,gomorrha1 and the neighbours thereof1 saith the ,lord3 there shall not a man dwell there1 and there shall no son of man inhabit it4 #di3ai4 ,behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the ,jordan1 against the strong and beautiful3 for ,i will make him run suddenly upon her3 and who shall be the chosen one whom ,i may appoint over her8 for who is like to me8 and who shall abide me8 and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance8 #di3bj4 ,therefore hear ye the counsel of the ,lord1 which he hath taken concerning ,edom3 and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of ,theman3 surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down1 of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation4 #di3ba4 ,the earth is moved at the noise of their fall3 the cry of their voice is heard in the ,red ,sea4 #di3bb4 ,behold he shall come up as an eagle1 and fly3 and he shall spread his wings over ,bosra3 and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of ,edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour4 #di3bc4 ,against ,damascus4 ,emath is confounded and ,arphad3 for they have heard very bad tidings1 they are troubled as in the sea3 through care they could not rest4 #di3bd4 ,damascus is undone1 she is put to flight1 trembling hath seized on her3 anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour4 #di3be4 ,how have they forsaken the city of renown1 the city of joy6 #di3bf4 ,therefore her young men shall fall in her streets3 and all the men of war shall be silent in that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts4 #di3bg4 ,and ,i will kindle a fire in the wall of ,damascus1 and it shall devour the strong holds of ,benadad4 #di3bh4 ,against ,cedar and against the kingdoms of ,asor1 which ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon destroyed4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,arise1 and go ye up to ,cedar1 and waste the children of the east4 ,cedar and ,asor444 ,were parts of ,arabia2 which with ,moab1 ,ammon1 ,edom1 etc41 were all brought under the yoke of ,nabuchodonosor4 #di3bi4 ,they shall take their tents1 and their flocks3 and shall carry off for themselves their curtains1 and all their vessels1 and their camels3 and they shall call fear upon them round about4 #di3cj4 ,flee ye1 get away speedily1 sit in deep holes1 you that inhabit ,asor1 saith the ,lord3 for ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon hath taken counsel against you1 and hath conceived designs against you4 #di3ca4 ,arise1 and go up to a nation that is at ease1 and that dwelleth securely1 saith the ,lord3 they have neither gates1 nor bars3 they dwell alone4 #di3cb4 ,and their camels shall be for a spoil and the multitude of their cattle for a booty1 and ,i will scatter into every wind them that have their hair cut round1 and ,i will bring destruction upon them from all their confines1 saith the ,lord4 #di3cc4 ,and ,asor shall be a habitation for dragons1 desolate for ever3 no man shall abide there1 nor son of man inhabit it4 #di3cd4 ,the word of the ,lord that came to ,jeremias the prophet against ,elam1 in the beginning of the reign of ,sedecias king of ,juda1 saying3 ,elam444 ,a part of ,persia4 #di3ce4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,behold ,i will break the bow of ,elam1 and their chief strength4 #di3cf4 ,and ,i will bring upon ,elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven3 and ,i will scatter them into all these winds3 and there shall be no nation1 to which the fugitives of ,elam shall not come4 #di3cg4 ,and ,i will cause ,elam to be afraid before their enemies1 and in the sight of them that seek their life3 and ,i will bring evil upon them1 my fierce wrath1 saith the ,lord3 and ,i will send the sword after them1 till ,i consume them4 #di3ch4 ,and ,i will set my throne in ,elam1 and destroy kings and princes from thence1 saith the ,lord4 #di3ci4 ,but in the latter days ,i will cause the captives of ,elam1 to return1 saith the ,lord4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ej ,babylon1 which hath afflicted the ,israelites1 after their restoration1 shall be utterly destroyed4 #ej3a4 ,the word that the ,lord hath spoken against ,babylon1 and against the land of the ,chaldeans in the hand of ,jeremias the prophet4 #ej3b4 ,declare ye among the nations1 and publish it1 lift up a standard3 proclaim1 and conceal it not3 say3 ,babylon is taken1 ,bel is confounded1 ,merodach is overthrown1 their graven things are confounded1 their idols are overthrown4 ,bel1 etc444 ,bel and ,merodach were worshipped for gods by the men of ,babylon4 #ej3c4 ,for a nation is come up against her out of the north1 which shall make her land desolate3 and there shall be none to dwell therein1 from man even to beast3 yea they are removed1 and gone away4 ,a nation1 etc444 ,viz41 the ,medes4 #ej3d4 ,in those days1 and at that time1 saith the ,lord1 the children of ,israel shall come1 they and the children of ,juda together3 going and weeping they shall make haste1 and shall seek the ,lord their ,god4 #ej3e4 ,they shall ask the way to ,sion1 their faces are hitherward4 ,they shall come1 and shall be joined to the ,lord by an everlasting covenant1 which shall never be forgotten4 #ej3f4 ,my people have been a lost flock1 their shepherds have caused them to go astray1 and have made them wander in the mountains3 they have gone from mountain to hill1 they have forgotten their resting place4 #ej3g4 ,all that found them1 have devoured them3 and their enemies said3 ,we have not sinned in so doing3 because they have sinned against the ,lord the beauty of justice1 and against the ,lord the hope of their fathers4 #ej3h4 ,remove out of the midst of ,babylon1 and go forth out of the land of the ,chaldeans3 and be ye as kids at the head of the flock4 #ej3i4 ,for behold ,i raise up1 and will bring against ,babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north3 and they shall be prepared against her1 and from thence she shall be taken3 their arrows1 like those of a mighty man1 a destroyer1 shall not return in vain4 #ej3aj4 ,and ,chaldea shall be made a prey3 all that waste her shall be filled1 saith the ,lord4 #ej3aa4 ,because you rejoice1 and speak great things1 pillaging my inheritance3 because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass1 and have bellowed as bulls4 #ej3ab4 ,your mother is confounded exceedingly1 and she that bore you is made even with the dust3 behold she shall be the last among the nations1 a wilderness unpassable1 and dry4 #ej3ac4 ,because of the wrath of the ,lord it shall not be inhabited1 but shall be wholly desolate3 every one that shall pass by ,babylon1 shall be astonished1 and shall hiss at all her plagues4 #ej3ad4 ,prepare yourselves against ,babylon round about1 all you that bend the bow3 fight against her1 spare not arrows3 because she hath sinned against the ,lord4 #ej3ae4 ,shout against her1 she hath every where given her hand1 her foundations are fallen1 her walls are thrown down1 for it is the vengeance of the ,lord4 ,take vengeance upon her3 as she hath done1 so do to her4 #ej3af4 ,destroy the sower out of ,babylon1 and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest3 for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people1 and every one shall flee to his own land4 ,the dove444 ,or the destroyer2 for the ,hebrew word signifies either the one or the other4 #ej3ag4 ,israel is a scattered flock1 the lions have driven him away3 first the king of ,assyria devoured him3 and last this ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon hath broken his bones4 #ej3ah4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold ,i will visit the king of ,babylon and his land1 as ,i have visited the king of ,assyria4 #ej3ai4 ,and ,i will bring ,israel again to his habitation3 and he shall feed on ,carmel1 and ,bason1 and his soul shall be satisfied in mount ,ephraim1 and ,galaad4 #ej3bj4 ,in those days1 and at that time1 saith the ,lord1 the iniquity of ,israel shall be sought for1 and there shall be none3 and the sin of ,juda1 and there shall none be found3 for ,i will be merciful to them1 whom ,i shall leave4 #ej3ba4 ,go up against the land of the rulers1 and punish the inhabitants thereof1 waste1 and destroy all behind them1 saith the ,lord3 and do according to all that ,i have commanded thee4 #ej3bb4 ,a noise of war in the land1 and a great destruction4 #ej3bc4 ,how is the hammer of the whole earth broken1 and destroyed6 how is ,babylon turned into a desert among the nations6 #ej3bd4 ,i have caused thee to fall into a snare1 and thou art taken1 ,o ,babylon1 and thou wast not aware of it3 thou art found and caught1 because thou hast provoked the ,lord4 #ej3be4 ,the ,lord hath opened his armoury1 and hath brought forth the weapons of his wrath3 for the ,lord the ,god of hosts hath a work to be done in the land of the ,chaldeans4 #ej3bf4 ,come ye against her from the uttermost borders3 open that they may go forth that shall tread her down3 take the stones out of the way1 and make heaps1 and destroy her3 and let nothing of her be left4 #ej3bg4 ,destroy all her valiant men1 let them go down to the slaughter3 woe to them1 for their day is come1 the time of their visitation4 #ej3bh4 ,the voice of them that flee1 and of them that have escaped out of the land of ,babylon3 to declare in ,sion the revenge of the ,lord our ,god1 the revenge of his temple4 #ej3bi4 ,declare to many against ,babylon1 to all that bend the bow3 stand together against her round about1 and let none escape2 pay her according to her work3 according to all that she hath done1 do ye to her3 for she hath lifted up herself against the ,lord1 against the ,holy ,one of ,israel4 #ej3cj4 ,therefore shall her young men fall in her streets3 and all her men of war shall hold their peace in that day1 saith the ,lord4 #ej3ca4 ,behold ,i come against thee1 ,o proud one1 saith the ,lord the ,god of hosts3 for thy day is come1 the time of thy visitation4 #ej3cb4 ,and the proud one shall fall1 he shall fall down1 and there shall be none to lift him up3 and ,i will kindle a fire in his cities1 and it shall devour all round about him4 #ej3cc4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,the children of ,israel1 and the children of ,juda are oppressed together3 all that have taken them captives1 hold them fast1 they will not let them go4 #ej3cd4 ,their redeemer is strong1 the ,lord of hosts is his name3 he will defend their cause in judgment1 to terrify the land1 and to disquiet the inhabitants of ,babylon4 #ej3ce4 ,a sword is upon the ,chaldeans1 saith the ,lord1 and upon the inhabitants of ,babylon1 and upon her princes1 and upon her wise men4 #ej3cf4 ,a sword upon her diviners1 and they shall be foolish3 a sword upon her valiant ones1 and they shall be dismayed4 #ej3cg4 ,a sword upon their horses1 and upon their chariots1 and upon all the people that are in the midst of her3 and they shall become as women3 a sword upon her treasures1 and they shall be made a spoil4 #ej3ch4 ,a drought upon her waters1 and they shall be dried up3 because it is a land of idols1 and they glory in monstrous things4 #ej3ci4 ,therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns3 and ostriches shall dwell therein1 and it shall be no more inhabited for ever1 neither shall it be built up from generation to generation4 ,fig fauns444 ,monsters of the desert1 or demons in monstrous shapes3 such as the ancients called fauns and satyrs2 and as they imagined them to live upon wild figs1 they called them fauni ficarii or fig fauns4 #ej3dj4 ,as the ,lord overthrew ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and their neighbour cities1 saith the ,lord3 no man shall dwell there1 neither shall the son of man inhabit it4 #ej3da4 ,behold a people cometh from the north1 and a great nation1 and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth4 #ej3db4 ,they shall take the bow and the shield3 they are cruel and unmerciful3 their voice shall roar like the sea1 and they shall ride upon horses3 like a man prepared for battle against thee1 ,o daughter of ,babylon4 #ej3dc4 ,the king of ,babylon hath heard the report of them1 and his hands are grown feeble3 anguish hath taken hold of him1 pangs as a woman in labour4 #ej3dd4 ,behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the ,jordan to the strong and beautiful3 for ,i will make him run suddenly upon her3 and who shall be the chosen one whom ,i may appoint over her8 for who is like to me8 and who shall bear up against me8 and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance8 #ej3de4 ,therefore hear ye the counsel of the ,lord1 which he hath taken against ,babylon3 and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the ,chaldeans3 surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down1 of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them4 #ej3df4 ,at the noise of the taking of ,babylon the earth is moved1 and the cry is heard amongst the nations4 ,jeremias ,chapter #ea ,the miseries that shall fall upon ,babylon from the ,medes3 the destruction of her idols4 #ea3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against ,babylon and against the inhabitants thereof1 who have lifted up their heart against me4 #ea3b4 ,and ,i will send to ,babylon fanners1 and they shall fan her1 and shall destroy her land3 for they are come upon her on every side in the day of her affliction4 #ea3c4 ,let not him that bendeth1 bend his bow1 and let not him go up that is armed with a coat of mail3 spare not her young men1 destroy all her army4 #ea3d4 ,and the slain shall fall in the land of the ,chaldeans1 and the wounded in the regions thereof4 #ea3e4 ,for ,israel and ,juda have not been forsaken by their ,god the ,lord of hosts3 but their land hath been filled with sin against the ,holy ,one of ,israel4 #ea3f4 ,flee ye from the midst of ,babylon1 and let every one save his own life3 be not silent upon her iniquity3 for it is the time of revenge from the ,lord1 he will render unto her what she hath deserved4 #ea3g4 ,babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the ,lord1 that made all the earth drunk3 the nations have drunk of her wine1 and therefore they have staggered4 #ea3h4 ,babylon is suddenly fallen1 and destroyed3 howl for her1 take balm for her pain1 if so she may be healed4 #ea3i4 ,we would have cured ,babylon1 but she is not healed3 let us forsake her1 and let us go every man to his own land3 because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens1 and is lifted up to the clouds4 #ea3aj4 ,the ,lord hath brought forth our justices3 ,come1 and let us declare in ,sion the work of the ,lord our ,god4 #ea3aa4 ,sharpen the arrows1 fill the quivers1 the ,lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the ,medes3 and his mind is against ,babylon to destroy it1 because it is the vengeance of the ,lord1 the vengeance of his temple4 #ea3ab4 ,upon the walls of ,babylon set up the standard1 strengthen the watch3 set up the watchmen1 prepare the ambushes3 for the ,lord hath both purposed1 and done all that he spoke against the inhabitants of ,babylon4 #ea3ac4 ,o thou that dwellest upon many waters1 rich in treasures1 thy end is come for thy entire destruction4 #ea3ad4 ,the ,lord of hosts hath sworn by himself1 saying3 ,i will fill thee with men as with locusts1 and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee4 #ea3ae4 ,he that made the earth by his power1 that hath prepared the world by his wisdom1 and stretched out the heavens by his understanding4 #ea3af4 ,when he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven3 he lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth1 he hath turned lightning into rain3 and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures4 #ea3ag4 ,every man is become foolish by his knowledge3 every founder is confounded by his idol1 for what he hath cast is a lie1 and there is no breath in them4 #ea3ah4 ,they are vain works1 and worthy to be laughed at1 in the time of their visitation they shall perish4 #ea3ai4 ,the portion of ,jacob is not like them3 for he that made all things he it is1 and ,israel is the sceptre of his inheritance3 the ,lord of hosts is his name4 #ea3bj4 ,thou dashest together for me the weapons of war1 and with thee ,i will dash nations together1 and with thee ,i will destroy kingdoms3 #ea3ba4 ,and with thee ,i will break in pieces the horse1 and his rider1 and with thee ,i will break in pieces the chariot1 and him that getteth up into it3 #ea3bb4 ,and with thee ,i will break in pieces man and woman1 and with thee ,i will break in pieces the old man and the child1 and with thee ,i will break in pieces the young man and the virgin3 #ea3bc4 ,and with thee ,i will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock1 and with thee ,i will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen1 and with thee ,i will break in pieces captains and rulers4 #ea3bd4 ,and ,i will render to ,babylon1 and to all the inhabitants of ,chaldea all their evil1 that they have done in ,sion1 before your eyes1 saith the ,lord4 #ea3be4 ,behold ,i come against thee1 thou destroying mountain1 saith the ,lord1 which corruptest the whole earth3 and ,i will stretch out my hand upon thee1 and will roll thee down from the rocks1 and will make thee a burnt mountain4 #ea3bf4 ,and they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner1 nor a stone for foundations1 but thou shalt be destroyed for ever1 saith the ,lord4 #ea3bg4 ,set ye up a standard in the land3 sound with the trumpet among the nations3 prepare the nations against her3 call together against her the kings of ,ararat1 ,menni1 and ,ascenez3 number ,taphsar against her1 bring the horse as the stinging locust4 #ea3bh4 ,prepare the nations against her1 the kings of ,media1 their captains1 and all their rulers1 and all the land of their dominion4 #ea3bi4 ,and the land shall be in a commotion1 and shall be troubled3 for the design of the ,lord against ,babylon shall awake1 to make the land of ,babylon desert and uninhabitable4 #ea3cj4 ,the valiant men of ,babylon have forborne to fight1 they have dwelt in holds3 their strength hath failed1 and they are become as women3 her dwelling places are burnt1 her bars are broken4 #ea3ca4 ,one running post shall meet another1 and messenger shall meet messenger3 to tell the king of ,babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other3 #ea3cb4 ,and that the fords are taken1 and the marshes are burnt with fire1 and the men of war are affrighted4 #ea3cc4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 ,the daughter of ,babylon is like a thrashingfloor1 this is the time of her thrashing3 yet a little while1 and the time of her harvest shall come4 #ea3cd4 ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon hath eaten me up1 he hath devoured me3 he hath made me as an empty vessel3 he hath swallowed me up like a dragon1 he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats1 and he hath cast me out4 #ea3ce4 ,the wrong done to me1 and my flesh be upon ,babylon1 saith the habitation of ,sion3 and my blood upon the inhabitants of ,chaldea1 saith ,jerusalem4 #ea3cf4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will judge thy cause1 and will take vengeance for thee1 and ,i will make her sea desolate1 ,i and will dry up her spring4 #ea3cg4 ,and ,babylon shall be reduced to heaps1 a dwelling place for dragons1 an astonishment and a hissing1 because there is no inhabitant4 #ea3ch4 ,they shall roar together like lions1 they shall shake their manes like young lions4 #ea3ci4 ,in their heat ,i will set them drink3 and ,i will make them drunk1 that they may slumber1 and sleep an everlasting sleep1 and awake no more1 saith the ,lord4 #ea3dj4 ,i will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter1 and like rams with kids4 #ea3da4 ,how is ,sesach taken1 and the renowned one of all the earth surprised8 ,how is ,babylon become an astonishment among the nations8 #ea3db4 ,the sea is come up over ,babylon3 she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof4 #ea3dc4 ,her cities are become an astonishment1 a land uninhabited and desolate1 a land wherein none can dwell1 nor son of man pass through it4 #ea3dd4 ,and ,i will visit against ,bel in ,babylon1 and ,i will bring forth out of his mouth that which he had swallowed down3 and the nations shall no more flow together to him1 for the wall also of ,babylon shall fall4 #ea3de4 ,go out of the midst of her1 my people3 that every man may save his life from the fierce wrath of the ,lord4 #ea3df4 ,and lest your hearts faint1 and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land3 and a rumour shall come in one year1 and after this year another rumour3 and iniquity in the land1 and ruler upon ruler4 #ea3dg4 ,therefore behold the days come1 and ,i will visit the idols of ,babylon3 and her whole land shall be confounded1 and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her4 #ea3dh4 ,and the heavens and the earth1 and all things that are in them shall give praise for ,babylon3 for spoilers shall come to her from the north1 saith the ,lord4 #ea3di4 ,and as ,babylon caused that there should fall slain in ,israel3 so of ,babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth4 #ea3ej4 ,you that have escaped the sword1 come away1 stand not still3 remember the ,lord afar off1 and let ,jerusalem come into your mind4 #ea3ea4 ,we are confounded1 because we have heard reproach3 shame hath covered our faces3 because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the ,lord4 #ea3eb4 ,therefore behold the days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will visit her graven things1 and in all her land the wounded shall groan3 #ea3ec4 ,if ,babylon should mount up to heaven1 and establish her strength on high3 from me there should come spoilers upon her1 saith the ,lord4 #ea3ed4 ,the noise of a cry from ,babylon1 and great destruction from the land of the ,chaldeans3 #ea3ee4 ,because the ,lord hath laid ,babylon waste1 and destroyed out of her the great voice3 and their wave shall roar like many waters3 their voice hath made a noise3 #ea3ef4 ,because the spoiler is come upon her1 that is1 upon ,babylon1 and her valiant men are taken1 and their bow is weakened1 because the ,lord1 who is a strong revenger1 will surely repay4 #ea3eg4 ,and ,i will make her princes drunk1 and her wise men1 and her captains1 and her rulers1 and her valiant men3 and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep1 and shall awake no more1 saith the king whose name is ,lord of hosts4 #ea3eh4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,that broad wall of ,babylon shall be utterly broken down1 and her high gates shall be burnt with fire1 and the labours of the people shall come to nothing1 and of the nations shall go to the fire1 and shall perish4 #ea3ei4 ,the word that ,jeremias the prophet commanded ,saraias the son of ,nerias1 the son of ,maasias1 when he went with king ,sedecias to ,babylon1 in the fourth year of his reign3 now ,saraias was chief over the prophecy4 #ea3fj4 ,and ,jeremias wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon ,babylon3 all these words that are written against ,babylon4 #ea3fa4 ,and ,jeremias said to ,saraias3 ,when thou shalt come into ,babylon1 and shalt see1 and shalt read all these words1 #ea3fb4 ,thou shalt say3 ,o ,lord1 thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it3 so that there should be neither man nor beast to dwell therein1 and that it should be desolate for ever4 #ea3fc4 ,and when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book1 thou shalt tie a stone to it1 and shalt throw it into the midst of the ,euphrates3 #ea3fd4 ,and thou shalt say3 ,thus shall ,babylon sink1 and she shall not rise up from the affliction that ,i will bring upon her1 and she shall be utterly destroyed4 ,thus far are the words of ,jeremias4 ,jeremias ,chapter #eb ,a recapitulation of the reign of ,sedecias1 and the destruction of ,jerusalem4 ,the number of the captives4 #eb3a4 ,sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem3 and the name of his mother was ,amital1 the daughter of ,jeremias of ,lobna4 #eb3b4 ,and he did that which was evil in the eyes of the ,lord1 according to all that ,joakim had done4 #eb3c4 ,for the wrath of the ,lord was against ,jerusalem1 and against ,juda1 till he cast them out from his presence3 and ,sedecias revolted from the king of ,babylon4 #eb3d4 ,and it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign1 in the tenth month1 the tenth day of the month1 that ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon came1 he and all his army1 against ,jerusalem1 and they besieged it1 and built forts against it round about4 #eb3e4 ,and the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king ,sedecias4 #eb3f4 ,and in the fourth month1 the ninth day of the month1 a famine overpowered the city3 and there was no food for the people of the land4 #eb3g4 ,and the city was broken up1 and the men of war fled1 and went out of the city in the night by the way of the gate that is between the two walls1 and leadeth to the king's garden1 7the ,chaldeans besieging the city round about17 and they went by the way that leadeth to the wilderness4 #eb3h4 ,but the army of the ,chaldeans pursued after the king3 and they overtook ,sedecias in the desert which is near ,jericho3 and all his companions were scattered from him4 #eb3i4 ,and when they had taken the king1 they carried him to the king of ,babylon to ,reblatha1 which is in the land of ,emath3 and he gave judgment upon him4 #eb3aj4 ,and the king of ,babylon slew the sons of ,sedecias before his eyes3 and he slew all the princes of ,juda in ,reblatha4 #eb3aa4 ,and he put out the eyes of ,sedecias1 and bound him with fetters1 and the king of ,babylon brought him into ,babylon1 and he put him in prison till the day of his death4 #eb3ab4 ,and in the fifth month1 the tenth day of the month1 the same is the nineteenth year of ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came ,nabuzardan the general of the army1 who stood before the king of ,babylon in ,jerusalem4 #eb3ac4 ,and he burnt the house of the ,lord1 and the king's house1 and all the houses of ,jerusalem1 and every great house he burnt with fire4 #eb3ad4 ,and all the army of the ,chaldeans that were with the general broke down all the wall of ,jerusalem round about4 #eb3ae4 ,but ,nabuzardan the general carried away captives some of the poor people1 and of the rest of the common sort who remained in the city1 and of the fugitives that were fled over to the king of ,babylon1 and the rest of the multitude4 #eb3af4 ,but of the poor of the land1 ,nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers1 and for husbandmen4 #eb3ag4 ,the ,chaldeans also broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the ,lord1 and the bases1 and the sea of brass that was in the house of the ,lord3 and they carried all the brass of them to ,babylon4 #eb3ah4 ,and they took the caldrons1 and the fleshhooks1 and the psalteries1 and the bowls1 and the little mortars1 and all the brazen vessels that had been used in the ministry3 and #eb3ai4 ,the general took away the pitchers1 and the censers1 and the pots1 and the basins1 and the candlesticks1 and the mortars1 and the cups3 as many as were of gold1 in gold3 and as many as were of silver1 in silver3 #eb3bj4 ,and the two pillars1 and one sea1 and twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases1 which king ,solomon had made in the house of the ,lord3 there was no weight of the brass of all these vessels4 #eb3ba4 ,and concerning the pillars1 one pillar was eighteen cubits high3 and a cord of twelve cubits compassed it about3 but the thickness thereof was four fingers1 and it was hollow within4 #eb3bb4 ,and chapiters of brass were upon both3 and the height of one chapiter was five cubits3 and network1 and pomegranates were upon the chapiters round about1 all of brass4 ,the same of the second pillar1 and the pomegranates4 #eb3bc4 ,and there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down3 and the pomegranates being a hundred in all1 were compassed with network4 #eb3bd4 ,and the general took ,saraias the chief priest1 and ,sophonias the second priest1 and the three keepers of the entry4 #eb3be4 ,he also took out of the city one eunuch that was chief over the men of war3 and seven men of them that were near the king's person1 that were found in the city3 and a scribe1 an officer of the army who exercised the young soldiers3 and threescore men of the people of the land1 that were found in the midst of the city4 #eb3bf4 ,and ,nabuzardan the general took them1 and brought them to the king of ,babylon1 to ,reblatha4 #eb3bg4 ,and the king of ,babylon struck them1 and put them to death in ,reblatha1 in the land of ,emath3 and ,juda was carried away captive out of his land4 #eb3bh4 ,this is the people whom ,nabuchodonosor carried away captive3 in the seventh year1 three thousand and twenty-three ,jews4 #eb3bi4 ,in the eighteenth year of ,nabuchodonosor1 eight hundred and thirty-two souls from ,jerusalem4 #eb3cj4 ,in the three and twentieth year of ,nabuchodonosor1 ,nabuzardan the general carried away of the ,jews seven hundred and forty five souls4 ,so all the souls were four thousand six hundred4 #eb3ca4 ,and it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of ,joachin king of ,juda1 in the twelfth month1 the five and twentieth day of the month1 that ,evilmerodach king of ,babylon1 in the first year of his reign1 lifted up the head of ,joachin king of ,juda1 and brought him forth out of prison4 #eb3cb4 ,and he spoke kindly to him1 and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in ,babylon4 #eb3cc4 ,and he changed his prison garments1 and he ate bread before him always all the days of his life4 #eb3cd4 ,and for his diet a continual provision was allowed him by the king of ,babylon1 every day a portion1 until the day of his death1 all the days of his life4