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9 Mine heart breaketh within me, because of the [a]prophets, all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man (and like a man whom wine hath [b]overcome) for the presence of the Lord and for his holy words.
10 For the land is full of adulterers, and because of oaths the land mourneth, the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their [c]course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 For both the Prophet and the Priest [d]do wickedly: and their wickedness have I found in mine [e]House, saith the Lord.
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven forth and fall therein: for I will bring a plague upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I have seen foolishness in the prophets of Samaria that prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem [f]filthiness: they commit adultery and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of the wicked, that none can return from his wickedness: they are all [g]unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets, Behold, I will feed them with [h]wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is [i]wickedness gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hear not the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, and teach you vanity: they speak the vision of their own [j]heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye [k]shall have peace: and they say unto everyone that walketh after the stubbornness of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For [l]who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord that he hath perceived, and heard his word? Who hath marked his word and heard it?
19 Behold, the tempest of the Lord goeth forth in his wrath, and a violent whirlwind shall fall down upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not return until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye [m]shall understand it plainly.
21 (A)I have not sent these prophets, saith the Lord, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, and yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and [n]had declared my words to my people, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the wickedness of their inventions.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God [o]far off?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him, saith the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?
25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesied lies in my Name, saying, I [p]have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26 How long? [q]Do the prophets delight to prophesy lies, even prophesying the deceit of their own heart?
27 Think they to cause [r]my people to forget my Name by their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their forefathers have forgotten my Name for Baal?
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him [s]tell a dream, and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully: [t]what is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord?
29 Is not my word even like a fire, saith the Lord? and like an hammer, that breaketh the stone?
30 Therefore behold, I will come against the prophets, saith the Lord, that [u]steal my word every one from his neighbor.
31 Behold, I will come against the prophets, saith the Lord, which have sweet tongues, and say, [v]He saith.
32 Behold, I will come against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their flatteries, and I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they bring no profit unto this people, saith the Lord.
33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a Priest shall ask thee, saying, What is the [w]burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
34 And the prophet, or the priest, or the people that shall say, The [x]burden of the Lord, I will even visit every such one, and his house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken?
36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s [y]word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts our God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the Prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?
38 And if you say, The burden of the Lord, Then thus saith the Lord, Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord.
39 Therefore behold, I, even I will utterly [z]forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence,
40 And will bring (B)an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten.
24 The vision of the baskets of figs, 5 Signifieth that part of the people should be brought again out of captivity. 8 And that Zedekiah and the rest of the people should be carried away.
1 The Lord showed me, and behold, two [aa]baskets of figs were set before the Temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the workmen, and cunning men of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babel.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe, and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so evil.
3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs very good, and the naughty very naughty, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will I know them that are carried away captive of Judah to be good, whom I have sent out of this [ab]place, into the land of the Chaldeans.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land, and I will build them and not destroy them, and I will plant them, and not root them out.
7 And I will give them [ac]an heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be (C)my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8 (D)And as the naughty figs which cannot be eaten, they are so evil (surely thus saith the Lord) so will I give Zedekiah the King of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell [ad]in the land of Egypt:
9 I will even give them for a terrible plague to all the kingdoms of the earth, and for a reproach and for a proverb, for a common talk, and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast them.
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they be consumed out of the land, that I gave unto them, and to their fathers.
25 1 He prophesieth that they shall be in captivity seventy years. 12 And that after the seventy years the Babylonians should be destroyed. 15 The destruction of all nations is prophesied.
1 The word that came to Jeremiah, concerning all the people of Judah, in the [ae]fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel:
2 The which Jeremiah the Prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto [af]this day (that is the three and twentieth year) the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you [ag]rising early and speaking, but ye would not hear.
4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets, rising early, and sending them, but ye would not hear, nor incline your ears, to obey.
5 They [ah]said, Turn again now everyone from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your inventions, and ye shall dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you, and to your fathers forever and ever.
6 And go not after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands, and I will not punish you.
7 Nevertheless, ye would not hear me, saith the Lord, but have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take to me all the [ai]families of the North, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel my [aj]servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations [ak]round about, and will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and an hissing, and a continual desolation.
10 (E)Moreover I will [al]take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the noise of the [am]millstones, and the light of the candle.
11 And this whole land shall be desolate, and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babel seventy years.
12 And when the [an]seventy years are accomplished, I will visit [ao]the king of Babel and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquities, even the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it a perpetual desolation.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all nations.
14 For many nations, and great kings shall even [ap]serve themselves of them: thus will I recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
15 For thus hath the Lord God of Israel spoken unto me, [aq]Take the cup of wine of this mine indignation at mine hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all people to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
18 Even Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them desolate, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse, [ar]as appeareth this day:
19 Pharaoh also, King of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people:
20 And all sorts of people, and all the Kings of the land [as]of Uz: and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and [at]Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod:
21 [au]Edom, and Moab, and the Ammonites,
22 And all the Kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the [av]Isles, that are beyond the sea,
23 And [aw]Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that dwell in the uttermost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of Arabia that dwell in the [ax]desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of [ay]Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the North, far and near one to another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the earth, and the king of [az]Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink and be drunken, and spew and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I will send among you.
28 ¶ But if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then tell them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For lo, [ba]I begin to plague the city, where my Name is called upon, and should you go free? Ye shall not go acquited: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, (F)The Lord shall roar from above, and thrust out his voice from his holy habitation: he shall roar upon his habitation, and cry aloud, as they that press the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 The sounds shall come to the ends of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, and will enter into judgment with all flesh, and he will give them that are wicked, to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, a plague shall go forth from nation to nation, and a (G)great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And [bb]the slain of the Lord shall be at that day, from one end of the earth, even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be mourned, neither gathered nor buried, but shall be as the dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, [bc]ye shepherds, and cry, and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for your days of slaughter are accomplished, and of your dispersion, and ye shall fall like [bd]precious vessels.
35 And the [be]flight shall fail from the shepherds, and the escaping from the principal of the flock.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath destroyed their pasture.
37 And the [bf]best pastures are destroyed because of the wrath and indignation of the Lord.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, and because of the wrath of his indignation.
26 2 Jeremiah moveth the people to repentance. 7 He is taken of the false prophets and priests, and brought to judgment. 23 Urijah the Prophet is killed of Jehoiakim contrary to the will of God.
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah King of Judah, came this word from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the [bg]court of the Lord’s House, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s House, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them: keep not [bh]a word back,
3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may [bi]repent me of the plague, which I have determined to bring upon them because of the wickedness of their works.
4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not hear me to walk in my Laws, which I have set before you,
5 And to hear the words of my servants the Prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, and will not obey them,
6 Then will I make this House like [bj]Shiloh, and will make this city [bk]a curse to all nations of the earth.
7 So the Priests, and the Prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of the Lord.
8 Now when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, then the Priests, and the Prophets, and all the people took him, and said, Thou shalt die the death.
9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, [bl]This House shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 And when the Princes of Judah heard of these things, they came up from the king’s house into the House of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the [bm]new gate of the Lord’s House.
11 Then spake the Priests, and the Prophets unto the Princes, and to all the people, saying, [bn]This man is worthy to die: for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the Princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord hath [bo]sent me to prophesy against this House and against this city all the things that ye have heard.
13 Therefore now amend your ways, and your works, and hear the voice of the Lord your God, that the Lord may repent him of the plague, that he hath pronounced against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hands: do with me as ye think good and right:
15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you, to speak all these words in your ears.
16 Then said the Princes and all the people unto the Priests, and to the Prophets, This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken unto us in the Name of the Lord our God.
17 ¶ Then rose up certain of the Elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18 Micah the Morashite (H)prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall be an heap, and the mountain of the [bp]house shall be as the high places of the forest.
19 Did Hezekiah King of Judah, and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear the Lord, and prayed before the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the [bq]plague, that he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the Name of the Lord, one Urijah the son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city, and against this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 Now when Jehoiakim the king with all his men of power, and all the princes heard his words, the King sought to slay him. But when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled, and went into Egypt.
22 Then Jehoiakim the king [br]sent men into Egypt, even Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain with him into Egypt.
23 And they fetched Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword, and [bs]cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.
24 But the hand of Ahikam [bt]the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
27 1 Jeremiah at the commandment of the Lord sendeth bonds to the King of Judah and to the other Kings that were near, whereby they are monished to be subjects unto Nebuchadnezzar. 9 He warneth the people, and the Kings and rulers that they believe not false Prophets.
1 In the beginning of the reign of [bu]Jehoiakim the son of Josiah King of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord to me, Make thee [bv]bonds, and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah the king of Judah,
4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters,
5 I have made the earth, the man, and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power, and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it pleased me.
6 But now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel my [bw]servant, and the beasts of the field have I also given him to serve him.
7 And all nations shall serve him, and his [bx]son, and his son’s son until the very time of his land come also: then many nations and great kings shall [by]serve themselves of him.
8 And the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babel, the same nation will I visit saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have wholly given them into his hands.
9 Therefore hear not your prophets nor your soothsayers, nor your dreamers, nor your enchanters, nor your sorcerers which say unto you thus, Ye shall not serve the king of Babel.
10 For they prophesy a lie unto you to cause you to go far from your land, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.
11 But the nation that put their necks under the yoke of the king of Babel, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord, and they shall occupy it, and dwell therein.
12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babel, and serve him and his people, that ye may live.
13 Why will ye die, thou, and thy people by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation, that will not serve the king of Babel?
14 Therefore hear not the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babel: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
15 For I have not (I)sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my Name, that I might cast you out, and that ye might perish, both you, and the Prophets that prophesy unto you.
16 Also I spake to the Priests, and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hear not the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, (J)the vessels of the house of the Lord shall now shortly be [bz]brought again from Babel: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17 Hear them not, but serve the king of Babel, that ye may live: wherefore should this city be desolate?
18 But if they be Prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them [ca]entreat the Lord of hosts, that the vessels, which are left in the House of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babel.
19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, concerning the (K)pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel took not, when he carried (L)away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babel, with all the nobles of Judah, and Jerusalem.
21 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem,
22 They shall be brought to Babel, and there they shall be until the day that I visit [cb]them, saith the Lord: then will I bring them up, and restore them unto this place.
28 1 The false prophecy of Hananiah. 12 Jeremiah reproveth Hananiah, and prophesieth.
1 And that same year in the beginning of the [cc]reign of Zedekiah King of Judah, in the [cd]fourth year, and in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of [ce]Gibeon, spake to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the Priests, and of all the people, and said,
2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the King of Babel.
3 [cf]Within two years space I will bring into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s House, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel took away from this place, and carried them into Babel.
4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim King of Judah, with all them that were carried away captive of Judah, and went into Babel, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babel.
5 Then the Prophet Jeremiah said unto the [cg]Prophet Hananiah in the presence of the Priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the House of the Lord.
6 Even the Prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: the [ch]Lord so do, the Lord confirm thy words which thou hast prophesied, to restore the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried captive from Babel, into this place.
7 But hear thou now this word that I will speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people.
8 The Prophets that have been before me, and before thee in time past, [ci]prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of plagues, and of pestilence.
9 And the Prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the Prophet shall come to pass, then shall the Prophet be known that the Lord hath truly sent him.
10 Then Hananiah the Prophet took the yoke from the Prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and [cj]brake it.
11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, from the neck of all nations within the space of two years: and the Prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 ¶ Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the Prophet, (after that Hananiah the Prophet had broken the yoke from the neck of the Prophet Jeremiah) saying,
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast broken the yokes of wood, but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, I have put a [ck]yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel: for they shall serve him, and I have given him the [cl]beasts of the field also.
15 Then said the Prophet Jeremiah, unto the Prophet Hananiah, Hear now Hananiah, the Lord hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will cast thee from of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebelliously against the Lord.
17 So Hananiah the Prophet [cm]died the same year in the seventh month.
29 1 Jeremiah writeth unto them that were in captivity in Babylon. 10 He prophesieth their return after seventy years. 16 He prophesieth the destruction of the King and of the people that remain in Jerusalem. 21 He threateneth the prophets that seduce the people. 25 The death of Shemaiah is prophesied.
1 Now these are the words of the [cn]book that Jeremiah the Prophet sent from Jerusalem unto [co]the residue of the Elders, which were carried away captives, and to the Priests, and to the Prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babel:
2 (After that Jeconiah the King, and the [cp]Queen, and the eunuchs, the (M)princes of Judah, and of Jerusalem, and the workmen, and cunning men were departed from Jerusalem)
3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah [cq]sent unto Babel to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel) saying,
4 Thus hath the Lord of hosts the God of Israel spoken unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have [cr]caused to be carried away captives from Jerusalem unto Babel:
5 Build you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
6 Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters, that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the prosperity of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and [cs]pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.
8 ¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Let not your prophets, and your soothsayers that be among you, deceive you, neither give ear to your dreams, which you dream.
9 For they prophesy you a lie in my Name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
10 But thus saith the Lord, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babel, I will visit you, and perform my good promise toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
11 For I know the thoughts, that I have thought towards you, saith the Lord, even the thoughts of peace, and not of trouble, to give you an end, and your hope.
12 Then shall you cry unto me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hear you,
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, because ye shall seek me with all [ct]your heart.
14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord, and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places, whither I have cast you, saith the Lord, and will bring you again unto the place, whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up [cu]Prophets in Babel.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the King, that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity:
17 Even thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the [cv]sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile [cw]figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so naughty.
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence: and I will make them a terror to all kingdoms of the earth, and [cx]a curse, and astonishment, and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither I have cast them,
19 Because they have not heard my words saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the Prophets, [cy]rising up early, and sending them, but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
20 ¶ Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babel.
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy lies unto you in my Name, Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
22 And all they of the captivity of Judah, that are in Babel, shall take up this curse against them, and say, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the King of Babel burnt [cz]in the fire,
23 Because they have committed [da]villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbor’s wives, and have spoken lying words in my Name, which I have not commanded them, even I know it, and testify it, saith the Lord.
24 ¶ Thou shalt also speak to Shemaiah the [db]Nehelamite, saying,
25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people, that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the Priest, and to all the Priests, saying,
26 The Lord hath made thee Priest, for [dc]Jehoiada the Priest, that ye should be officers in the House of the Lord, for every man that raveth and maketh himself a Prophet, to put him in prison and in the stocks.
27 Now therefore why hast not thou reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which prophesieth unto you?
28 For, for this cause he sent unto us in Babel, saying, This captivity is long: build houses to dwell in, and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
29 And Zephaniah the Priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the Prophet.
30 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord of Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will visit Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man [dd]to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good, that I will do for my people, saith the Lord, because he hath spoken rebelliously against the Lord.
30 1 The return of the people from Babylon. 16 He menaceth the enemies, 18 and comforteth the Church.
1 The word, that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee, in [de]a book.
3 For lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them unto the land, that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 Again, these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah.
5 For thus saith the Lord, We have heard a [df]terrible voice, of fear and not of peace.
6 Demand now and behold, if man travail with child: wherefore do I behold every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into a paleness?
7 Alas, for this [dg]day is great: none hath been like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, yet shall he be delivered from it.
8 [dh]For in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will break [di]his yoke from off thy neck, and break thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves [dj]of him.
9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and [dk]David their King, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be afraid, O Israel: for lo, I will deliver thee from a far country, and thy seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall turn again, and shall be in rest and prosperity, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee saith the Lord, to save thee: though I utterly destroy all the nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not utterly destroy thee, but I will correct thee by judgment, and not utterly cut thee off.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruising is incurable, and thy wound is dolorous.
13 There is none to judge thy cause, or to lay a plaster: there are no medicines, nor help for thee.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee: they seek thee not: for I have stricken thee with the wound of an enemy, and with a sharp chastisement for the multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sins were increased.
15 Why cryest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable, for the multitude of thine iniquities: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
16 [dl]Therefore all they that devour thee, shall be devoured, and all thine enemies everyone shall go into captivity, and they that spoil thee, shall be spoiled, and all they that rob thee, will I give to be robbed.
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord, because they called thee, The castaway, saying, This is Zion whom no man seeketh after.
18 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places, and the city shall be built upon her own heap, [dm]and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed [dn]thanksgiving, and the voice of them that are joyous, and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few: I will also glorify them, and they shall not be diminished.
20 Their children also shall be as afore time, and their congregation shall be established before me: and I will visit all that vex them.
21 And their [do]noble ruler shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them, and I will cause him to draw near and approach unto me: for who is this that directeth his [dp]heart to come unto me, saith the Lord?
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23 Behold, [dq]the tempest of the Lord goeth forth with wrath: the whirlwind that hangeth over, shall light upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce wrath of the Lord shall not return, until he have done, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the [dr]latter days ye shall understand it.
31 1 He rehearseth God’s benefits after their return from Babylon. 13 And the spiritual joy of the faithful in the Church.
1 At the [ds]same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Thus saith the Lord, The people which [dt]escaped the sword, found grace in the wilderness: [du]he walketh before Israel to cause him to rest.
3 The Lord hath appeared unto me [dv]of old, say they: [dw]Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with mercy I have drawn thee.
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin Israel: thou shalt still [dx]be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dance of them that be joyful.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of [dy]Samaria, and the planters that plant them, [dz]shall make them common.
6 For the days shall come, that the [ea]watchmen upon the mount of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up unto [eb]Zion to the Lord our God.
7 For thus saith the Lord, Rejoice with gladness for Jacob, and shout for joy among the chief of the Gentiles: publish praise and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 [ec]Behold, I will bring them from the North country, and gather them from the coasts of the world, with the blind and the lame among them, with the woman with child, and her that is delivered also: a great company shall return hither.
9 They shall come [ed]weeping, and with mercy will I bring them again: I will lead them by the rivers of [ee]water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is [ef]my firstborn.
10 ¶ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye Gentiles, and declare in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel, will gather him, and will keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand [eg]of him, that was stronger than he.
12 Therefore they shall come, and rejoice in the height of Zion, and shall run to the bountifulness of the Lord, even for the [eh]wheat and for the wine, and for the oil, and for the increase of sheep and bullocks: and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall have no more sorrow.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the [ei]dance, and the young men and the old men together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrows.
14 And I will replenish the soul of the Priests with [ej]fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
15 Thus saith the Lord, A voice was heard on high, a mourning, and bitter weeping. [ek]Rachel weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Refrain the voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy:
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own borders.
18 I have heard [el]Ephraim lamenting thus, Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised as an [em]untamed calf: [en]convert thou me, and I shall be converted: for thou art the Lord my God.
19 Surely after that I was converted, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my [eo]thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
20 Is Ephraim [ep]my dear son or pleasant child? yet since I spake unto him, I still [eq]remembered him: therefore my bowels are troubled for him. I will surely have compassion upon him, saith the Lord.
21 Set thee up [er]signs: make thee heaps: set thine heart toward the path and way, that thou hast walked: turn again, O virgin of Israel: turn again to these thy cities.
22 How long wilt thou go astray, O thou rebellious daughter? for the Lord hath created [es]a new thing in the earth: A WOMAN shall compass a man.
23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Yet shall they say this thing in the land of Judah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity, The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice and holy mountain.
24 And Judah shall dwell in it, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen and they that go forth with the flock.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
26 Therefore I awaked and beheld, and my sleep [et]was sweet unto me.
27 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel, and the house of Judah [eu]with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28 And like as I have watched upon them, to pluck up and to root out, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to plague them, so will I watch over them, to build and to plant them, saith the Lord.
29 In those days shall they say no more, The fathers have [ev]eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity, every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a [ew]new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the which my covenant they [ex]brake, although I was [ey]an husband unto them, saith the Lord.
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After [ez]those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall [fa]teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and will remember their sins no more.
35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth [fb]the sun for a light to the day, and the courses of the moon and of the stars for a light to the night, which breaketh the sea, when the waves thereof roar: his Name is the Lord of hosts.
36 If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lord, then shall the seed of Israel cease from being a nation before me, forever.
37 Thus saith the Lord, If the heavens can be measured, [fc]or the foundations of the earth be searched out beneath, then will I cast off all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
38 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the [fd]city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananel, unto the gate of the corner.
39 And the line of the measure shall go forth [in] his presence upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, and unto the corner of the horsegate toward the East, shall be holy unto the Lord, neither shall it be plucked up nor destroyed anymore forever.
32 Jeremiah is cast into prison because he prophesied that the city should be taken of the king of Babylon. 7 He showeth that the people should come again to their own possession. 38 The people of God are his servants, and he is their Lord.
1 The word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, in the [fe]tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 For then the king of Babel’s host besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the Prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the King of Judah’s house.
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, (N)Behold, I will give this city into the hands of the King of Babel, and he shall take it?
4 And Zedekiah the king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hands of the king of Babel, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his face,
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babel, and there shall he be, until [ff]I visit him, saith the Lord: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
6 ¶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
7 Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee and say, [fg]Buy unto thee my field, that is in Anathoth: for the [fh]title by kindred appertaineth unto thee [fi]to buy it.
8 So Hanamel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my [fj]field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of the possession is thine, and the purchase belongeth unto thee: buy it for thee. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9 And I bought the field of Hanamel, mine uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the silver, even seven [fk]shekels, and ten pieces of silver.
10 And I wrote it in the book and signed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the silver in the balances.
11 So I took the book of the possession, being sealed [fl]according to the Law, and custom, with the book that was open,
12 And I gave the book of the possession unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses, written in the book of the possession, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Take the writings, even this book of the possession, both that is sealed, and this book that is open, and put them in an earthen [fm]vessel, that they may continue a long time.
15 For the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel saith thus, Houses and fields, and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
16 ¶ Now when I had delivered the book of the possession unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,
17 Ah Lord God, behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power, and by thy stretched out arm, and there is nothing [fn]hard unto thee.
18 (O)Thou showest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their [fo]children after them: O God the great and mighty, whose name is the Lord of hosts,
19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work, (for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works)
20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt unto this day, and in Israel and among all men, and hast made thee a Name, [fp]as appeareth this day,
21 And hast brought thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm, and with great terror,
22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, even a land that floweth with milk and honey,
23 And they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy Law: all that thou commandedst them to do, they have not done: therefore thou hast caused this whole plague to come upon them.
24 Behold, the [fq]mounts, they are come into the city to take it, and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it by means of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence, and what thou hast spoken, is come to pass, and behold, thou seest it.
25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy unto thee the field for silver, and take witnesses: for the city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 ¶ Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
27 Behold, I am the LORD GOD of all [fr]flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
28 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, and he shall take it.
29 And the Chaldeans shall come and fight against this city, and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me unto anger.
30 For the children of Israel, and the children of Judah have surely done evil before me, from their [fs]youth: for the children of Israel have surely provoked me to anger with the works of their hands, saith the Lord.
31 Therefore this city hath been unto me as a provocation of mine anger, and of my wrath, from the day that they built it, even unto this day, that I should remove it out of my sight,
32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, even they, their Kings, their Princes, their Priests, and their Prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 And they have turned unto me the back and not the face: though I taught them, [ft]rising up early, and instructing them, yet they were not obedient to receive doctrine,
34 But they set their abominations in the house (whereupon my Name was called) to defile it.
35 And they built the high [fu]places of Baal, which are in the valley of [fv]Ben-Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to [fw]pass through the fire unto Molech, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do such abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 And now [fx]therefore, thus hath the Lord God of Israel spoken concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babel by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
37 (P)Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, wherein I have scattered them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation, and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
38 And they shall be (Q)my people, and I will be their God.
39 And I will give them [fy]one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever for the wealth of them, and of their children after them.
40 And I will make an everlasting [fz]covenant with them, that I will never turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
41 Yea, I will delight in them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with all my soul.
42 For thus saith the Lord, Like as I have brought all this great plague upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
43 And the fields shall be possessed in this land, whereof ye say, it is desolate without man or beast, and shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 Men shall buy [ga]fields for silver, and make writings and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
33 1 The Prophet is monished of the Lord to pray for the deliverance of the people which the Lord promised. 8 God forgiveth sins for his own glory. 15 Of the birth of Christ. 20 The kingdom of Christ in the Church shall never be ended.
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time (while he was yet shut up in the [gb]court of prison) saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord, the [gc]maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, and established it, the Lord is his Name.
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
4 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the Kings of Judah, which are destroyed by the [gd]mounts, and by the sword,
5 They come to [ge]fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill themselves with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath: for I have hid my [gf]face from this city, because of all their wickedness.
6 ¶ Behold, I [gg]will give it health and amendment: for I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace, and truth.
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them as at the first.
8 And I will [gh]cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me: yea, I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have rebelled against me.
9 And it shall be to me a name, a [gi]joy, a praise, and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness, and for all the wealth, that I show unto this city.
10 Thus saith the Lord, Again there shall be heard in this place (which ye say shall be desolate, without man, and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast)
11 The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, [gj]Praise the Lord of hosts, because the Lord is good: for his mercy endureth forever, and of them that offer the sacrifice of praise in the house of the Lord, for I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Again in this place, which is desolate, without man, and without beast, and in all the cities thereof there shall be dwelling for shepherds to rest their flocks.
13 In the cities of the [gk]mountains, in the cities in the plain, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin and about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall the sheep pass again, under the hand of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.
14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing, which I have promised unto the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah.
15 In those days, and at that time will I cause [gl]the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely, and he that shall call [gm]her, is the Lord our [gn]righteousness.
17 For thus saith the Lord, David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.
18 Neither shall the Priests and Levites want a man before me to offer [go]burnt offerings, and to offer meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 ¶ And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus saith the Lord, If you can break my covenant of the [gp]day, and my covenant of the night, that there should not be day and night in their season,
21 Then may my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites, and Priests my ministers.
22 As the army of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites, that minister unto me.
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