Chap. xv. A famine The Jews rejected. Thus have they loved to wander, they have thou shall tell them, Thus faith the LORD, not refained their feet, therefore LORD Such as are for death,to death; and fuch as doth not accept them she will now remem- are for the fword, to the fword, and fuch as ber their iniquity, and vifit their fins. are for the famine,to the famine, and fuch 11 Then faid the LORD unto me, Pray as are for the captivity, to the captivity. not for this people for their good. 12 When they faft, I will not hear their cry, and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept them but I will confume them by the fword,and by the famine, and by the peftilence. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, faith the LORD, the fword to flay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beafts of the earth, to devour and deftroy. 4 And I will caufe them to be removed 13 Then faid I, Ah Lord God, Behold, into all kingdoms of the earth, becaufe prophets fay unto them, Ye fhall not fee of Manaffeh the fon of Hezekiah king of Tword, neither thall ye have famine, but Judah, for that which he did in Jerufalem. I wil give you affured peace in this place. 5 But who fhali have pity upon thee, O 14 Then the LORD faid unto me, The Jerufalem? or who fhat bemoan thee? or prophets prophefy lies in my Name, I fent who fhall,go afide to ask how thou doet? them not, neither have I commanded 6 Thou haft forfaken me,faith the Lord, them, neither fpake unto them: they pro- thou art gone backward: therefore will I phefy unto you a falfe vifion and divina- ftretch out mine hand against thee, and tion, and a thing of nought, and the de- deftroy thee, I am weary with repenting. ceit of their heart. 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the 15 Therefore thus faith the LORD con- gates of the land: I will bereave them of cerning the prophets that prophely in my children, I will deftroy my people, fith Name, and I fent them not, yet they fay, they return not from their wayes. Sword and famine thall not be in this 8 Their widows are increased to me land,By fword and famine fhalt thofe pro- above the fand of the feas: I have brought phets be confumed. upon them against the mother of the 16 And the people to whom they pro- young men,afpoiler at noon-day: I have phely fhall be caft out in the streets of Je- caufed bim to fall upon it fuddenly, and rufalem, becaufe of the famine, and the terrours upon the city fword, and they fhall have none to bury 9 She that hath born feven languifheth them them, their wives, nor their fons, he hath given up the gholt, her fun is uor their daughters: for I will pour their gone down while it was yet day: he hath wickedness upon them. Been afhamedand confounded, and the re17 Therefore thou fhalt fay this word fidue of them will I deliver to the fword unto them,Let mine eyes run down with before their enemies, faith the LORD. tears night and day, & let them not ceale: to Wois me my mother, that thou haft for the virgin daughter of my people is born me a man offtrife;anda man of conbroken with a great breach, with a very tention to the whole earth: I have neither grievous blow. let on ufury, nor men have lent to me on ufury,yet every one of theni doth curfe nie. The LORD faid, Verilyi: fhall be well. with thy remnant, verily will caule the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil, and in the the affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron, and the (teel? 18 If I go forth into y field, then behold the lain with the fword, and if I enter into city,then behold them that are fick with famine, yea, both the prophet & the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19 Halt thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy foul loathed Zion? why haft thou fmitten us, and there is no healing for us? we 13 Thy fubftance and thy treasures will looked for peace, and there is no good, and I give to the fpoil without price, and tha for the time of healing, & behold trouble. for all thy fins, even in all thy borders. 20 We acknowledge, O LORD our wick- 14 And I will make thee to pafs with edness, and the iniquity ofour fathers; thine enemies, into a land which thou for we have finned againit thee. knoweft not: for a fire is kindled in mine 21 Do not abhor us, for thy names fake, anger which fhall burn upon you. do not difgrace throne of thy glory; re- 5 OLORD, thou knoweft, remember member, break not thy covenant with us, me, and vifit me, and revenge me of my 22 Are there any among the vanities of perfecutors,take me not away in thy long Gentiles that can caufe rain? or can the fufferings: know that for thy fake 1 have heavens give fhowers? art not thou he, O fuffered rebuke. Lord our God?therefore we will wait upon thee, for thou haft made all thefe things. CHAP. XV. 16 Thy words were found,and I did eat. them, and thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoycing of mine heart, for I am The utter rejection of the Jews. called by thy nanie,OLORD God of holts. Hen faid the LORD unto me, Though 17 I fate not in theaffembly of mockers Mofes and Samuel loud before me, nor rejoyced: 1 fate alone, because of thy get my mind could not be toward this peo-hand: for thou haft filled me indignation ple, call them out of my fight,and let them 18 Why is my pain perpetual ? and my go forth. wound incurable which refufeth to be 2 And it fhall come to pafs, if they fay healed? wilt thou be altogether unto the to thee, Whithes fhall we go forth ?theu asalyas, and as waters that fail? 19 TT Jeremiah. The Jews ruine. The Jews defolation 19 Therefore thus faith the LORD, If ter the imagination of his evil heart, that thou return, then will I bring thee again: they may not hearken unto me) and thou shalt ftand before me: and ifthou 13 Therefore will caft you out of this take forth the precious from the vile,thou land, into a land that ye know not halt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee, but return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this peoPle a fenced brafen wall, and they shall fight against thee: but they fhall not prevail againit thee: for I am thee to fave Ghee, and to deliver thee, faith the LORD. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand ofthe terrible. CHAP. XVI. The Propbet under divers types fhewetb the The word of the LORD came alfo unto nej ther ye nor your fathers, and there fhall ye ferve other gods day and night, where I will not fhew you favour, 14 Therefore behold the days come, faith the LORD, that it fhall no more be faid, The LORD liveth that brought up children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypts 15 Butthe LORD liveth that brought up the children of Hrael from the land of the north, & from all the lands whither he had driven them, and 1 will bring them again into their land y I gave unto their fathers. 16 Beholds will fend for many fishers, faith Lorband they that fit them, & ftel me, faying, wil I fend for many hunters, & they shall 2 Thoufhalt not take thee a wife, nei- hunt them from every mountain, and from ther halt thou have fons, nordaughters in every hil, and out of the holes of the rocks this place, 17 For mine eyes are upon all their 3 For thus faith the LORD concerning wayes: they are not hid from my face, neithe fons & concerning the daughters that their is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. are born in this place,& concerning their 18 And first I will recompenfe their mothers that bare them, and concerning iniquitie, and their fin double; becaufe their fathers that begat them in this land. they dave defiled my land, they have fil4 They fhall die of griveous deaths, they led mine inheritance with the carcafes of fall not be lamented, neither fhal they their deteitable and abominable things. be buried but they fhall be as dung upon 190 LORD, my strength and my fortreffe the face of the earth, and they thal be con- and my refuge in the day of alliction, the fumed by the fword, and by famine, and Gentiles fhall come unto thee from the their carcafes fhall be meat for the fowls ends of the earth, and fhal fay, Surely our of heaven, and for the beafts of the earth. fathers have inherited lies, vanitie, and Forthus faith the LORD,Enter notin- things wherein there is no profit, toy houfe of mourning, neither go to la- 20 Shall a man make gods to himself, meut, norbemone them: for I have taken and they are no gods? away my peace from this people, faith the 21 Therefore behold, I will this once LORD,even loving kindness and mercies. caufe them to know, I will cause them to 6 Both the great and the fmall fhall die in know mine hand and my might, and they this land: they fhall not be buried, neither fhall know that my name is the LORD. fhall men lament for them, nor out themfelves,nor make themfelves bald for them. 7 Neither fhall men tear themselves for them in the mourning,to comfort them for CHAP. XVII, with a cup of confolation to drink for their fa- mond it is graven upon the table of their ther or for their mother. heart, and upon the horns of your altars: 8 Thou shalt not alfo go into the houfe of 2 Whilelt their children remember feafting, to fit with them to eat & to drink. their altars and their groves by the green 9 For thus faith the LORD ofhofts, the trees upon the high hills. God of Ifrael,Behold, I will caufe to ceale 3 Omy mountain in the field, I will out of this place in your eyes,and in your give thy fubftance, and all thy treasures dayes, thevoice ofmirth, and the voice of to the fpoil, and thy high places for fin, gladnefs, the voice of the bridegroom, and throughout allthy borders. 4 Andthou, even thy felf fhalt difcon the voice of the bride. 10 And it shall come to pafs when tinue from thine heritage that I gave thee, thou shalt fhew this people all these words and I will caufe thee to ferve thine eneand they fhall fay unto thee, Wherefore mies in the land which thou knoweit not: hath the LORD pronounced all this for ye have kindled a fire din mine anger great evil against us? or what is our ini- wbich fhall burn forever. quitie? or what is our fin that we have ¶Thus faith the Lord, Curled be the man committed against the LORD our God? trueth in man, & maketh flesh his arm, 11 Then halt thou fay unto them, Be- & whofe heart departeth from the Lord. caufe your fathers have forfaken me, faith 6 For he fhall be like the heath in the dethe LORD, and have walked after other fert,and fhall not fee when good cometh, gods and have ferved them, and have wor- but fhall inhabit the parched places in the Thipped them, and have forfaken me, and wilderneffe, in a falt land & not inhabited. have not kept my law. 12 And ye have done worfe then your faAkers, (for behold, ye walk every one af 7 Bleffed is the man that trufteth in the LORD, and whofe hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the To deceitful heart. Chap. xviii. Fudgements threamed. waters, andthatfpreadeth out her roots by of Judeh, and from the piaces about jett the river, and fhal not fee when heat com- falem, and from the land of Benjamin meth, but her leaf fhall be green and fhall and from the plain, and from the moun not be carefull in the yearof drought, nei- tains, and from thefouth, bringing burnt ther fhall ceafe from yeelding fruit. offerings, and facrifices, and meat-o!far 9The heart is deceitful above al things, ings,and incenfe, and bringing facrifices & defperately wicked, who can know it? of praife unto the houfe ofthe LORD. To I the Lord fearch the heart, I try reins .27 Butifye will not hearken unto me evento give to every man according to his to hallow the fabbath-day: and not to wayes,&according to f fruit of his doings, bear a burden, even entringin at the gates 11 As the partridge fitteth on eggs, and of Jerufalem on the fabath day: then hatcheth them not So he y getteth riches will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof & not by right, fhall leave them in mid and it fhall devoure the palaces of Jerufaof his dayes, and at his end fhall be a fool. lemn, and it fhall not be quenched. 12 A glorious high throne from the beginning, is the place of our fanctuary. 13 OLORD, the hope of Ifrael, all that forfake thee fhall be afhame! that depart from me fhall be written in , and they the earth, because they have forfaken the LORD,the fountain of living waters. 2 14 Healme, OLORD, and I fhall be healed, fave me, and I fhall be faved? for thou art my praife. CHAP. XVIII. Under the type of a potter, God beweth bis abfolute power in difpofing of nations: 11 Judgement threatned to Judab. He word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, faying, Arife,& go down to the posters boufe,& there I will caufe thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down toy potters houfe &behold, he wrought a work on wheels. 15 Behold, they fay unto me, Where is 4 And the vellel that he made of clay the wordofthe LORD? letit come now. was marred in the hand of the potter, fo 16 As for me, I have not haltened from he made it again another vefell, as feembeing a paftour to follow thee, neither ed good to the potter to make it. have I delired the wofulday, thou knoweft: Then the word of the LORD came to that which came out of my lips, was right me, faying, before thee. 17 Be not a terrour unto me, thou art you as this potter, faith the LORD? bemy hope in the day of evil. hold, as the clay is in the porters hand, fo are ye in mine hand, O houfe of Ifrael. 6 O houfe of Ifrael, cannot I do with 7 At what inftant I thall fpeak concerning a nation, and concerning a king dom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it : 18 Let them be confounded that perfecute me,but let not me be confounded; let them be difmayed, but let not me be difmayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and deftroy them with double deftruction. 19 Thus faith the LORD unto me,Go 8 Ifthat nation against whom I have proand ftandin the gate of the children of the nounced, turn from theirevil, I will repent people, whereby the kings of Judah come ofthe evill I thought to do unto them. in, and by the which they go out, and in And at what initant I fhall fpeak conallthe gates ofJerufalem; cerning a nation, and concerning a king20 Andfay unto them, Hear ye the word dom to build and to plant it; of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all to Ifit do evil in my fight, that it obey Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerufa- notmy voice, then I will repent of good Iem that enter in by thefe gates wherewith I faid I would benefit them. 21 Thus faith the LORD, Take heed to TI Now therefore go to, fpeak to the your felves and bear no burden on the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of fabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates Jerufalem, faying, Thus faith the LORD, of Jerufalem. Behold, Iframe evill against you, and de22 Neither carry forth a burden out of vife a device againit you; return ye now your houfes on the fabbath-day, neither do every one from his evill way, and make ye any work, but hallow ye the fabbath- your wayes and your doings good. day, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Butthey obeyed not, neither enclined their ear, but made their necks ftiff, that they might not hear nor receive inftruction. 24 And it fhall come to pafs, if ye diligently hearken unto me, faith the LORD to bring in no burden throughthe gates of this city on the fabbath-day, but hallow the fabbath-day, to do no work therein: 12 Andthey faid, There is no hope, but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination ofhisevill heart. 13 Therefore thus faith the LORD, Ask ye now among the heathens, Who hath heard fuch things, the virgin of Ifrael hath done a very horrible thing. 14 Will a man leave the now of Le banon, which cometh from the rock of the field?or fhall the cold flowing watersthat come from another place, be forfaken? 25. Then fhall there enter into the gates of this city,kings and princesfitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots, & 15 Because my people hath forgotten on horfes,they and their princes, the men me,they have burnt incenfe to vanity, and of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerufa- they have caufed them to ftumble ira lem, and this city thall remain for ever. their wayes from the ancient paths, 26 And they all come from the cities walk in paths, in a way not cast up. Jeremiah. The Fews defolation. Tafhurs doom. 16 To make their land defolate, & a per- Judah and Jerufalem in this place, and Petuali hiiling: every one y paffeth there- will caufe them to fall by the fword before by fhall be attonithed, and wag his head. their enemies, and by the hands of them 17 I will fcatter them as with an eaft that feek their lives: and their carcales winde before the enemy: I will shew them will I give to be meat for the fowls of the the back and not the face, in the day of heaven, and for the beafts of the earth. their calamitie. 8. And I will make this city defolate an an hifling: every one that paffeth thereby fhall be altonished and hifs, becaufeu all the plagues thereof. 18 then faid they, come, and let us devife devices againit Jeremiah; for the law fhall not perifh from the Prieft, nor counfell from the wife, northe word from 9. And I will caufe them to eat the flesh the prophet: come and let us fmite him of their fons, and the fefh of their daugh with the tongue, and let us not give heed to ters, and they shall eat every one the fleth any of his words. of his friend in the fiege and ftraitnefs, 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and wherewith their enemies, and they that hearken to the voyce of them that con- feek their lives fhall traiten them. zend with me. To Then fhalt thou break the bottle in 20 Shall evill be recompenfed for the fight of the men that go with thee, good? for they digged a pit for my foul: 11 Andfhalt fay unto them, Thus faith remember that I ftood before thee to fpeak the LORD of hofts, Even fo will I break good for them, and to turn away thy wrath this people and this city,as one breaketh a from them. potters veffel that cannot be made whole again, and they fhall bury them in Tophet till there be no place elfe to bury. 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the fword, and let their wives 12 Thus will I do unto this place, faith be bereaved of their children,& be widows, the LORD,and to the inhabitants thereof, and let their men be put to death, let their and even make this city as Tophet. young men be flain by the fword in battel. 13 And the houles of Jerufalem, and 22 Let a cry be heard from their houfes, when thou shalt bring a troup fuddenly upon them, for they have digged a pit to cake me, and hid fnares for my feet. 23 Yet LORD, thou knoweft all their counfel against me to lay me : forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their fin from thy light,but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. CHAP. XIX. I Under the type of breaking a potters veffel, is fore-fhewed the defolation of the Jews for their fins. Hus faith y LORD, Go & get a potters earthen bottle, & take of the ancients F people,& of ancients of the priests, 2 And go forth unto the valley of the fon of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the raft-gate, and proclaim there the words chat Thailtell thee: the houfes of the kings of Judah fhallbe defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houfes upon whofe roofs they have burnt incenfe unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offering unto other gods. 14. Then came Jeremiah from Tophet. whither the LORD hadfent him to prophefy, and he stood in the court of the LORDS houfe, and faid to all the people. 15 Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it;because they might not hear my words. CHAP. XX. Pabur Smiteth Feremiah. 7 Jeremiah complainetb of contempt. Now Pathurthe fon of Immery priest, was alfo chief governour in the houfe of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophefied thefe things. And fay, Hear ye the word of the LORD, Okings of Judah, and inhabitants of Je- Then Pahur fmore Jeremiah the prorufalem, Thus faith the LORD of hosts, phet, and put him in the ftocks that were the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will bring in the high gate of Benjamin, which was evit upon this place, the which whofo- by the houfe of the LORD. ever heareth, his ears thalltingle. 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, 4 Becaule they have forfaken me, and that Pafhur brought forth Jeremiah out of have eftranged this place, and have burnt the ftocks, Then laid Jeremiah unto him, incenfe in it unto other gods, whom nei- The LORD hath not called thy name Fasther they nor their fathers have known, hur, but Magor-miflabib. nor the kings of Judah, and have filled 4For thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will this place with theblood ofinnocents. make thee a terrour to thy felf, and to all They have built alfo the high places thy friends, & they fhall fall by the fword of Baal, to burn their fons with fire for of their enemies, and thine eyes fhall beburnt-offerings unto Baal, which I com- hold it, and I will give all Judah into the manded not, nor fpake it, neither came it hand ofthe king of Babylon, and he thall into my mind, carry them captive into Babylon,and shall flay them with the fword. 6 Therefore behold, the days come, faith the LORD that this placehall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the fon Hinnom, but the valley of flaughter. And I will made void the counfel of Moreover, I will deliver all the ftrength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures, of the kingsof Judah will : Chap.xv. The Jews rejetted. A famine Thus have they loved to wander, they have thou shall tell them, Thus faith the LORD, not refained their feet, therefore LORD Such as are for death,to death; and fuch as doth not accept them;he will now remem- are for the fword, to the fword, and fuch as ber their iniquity, and vifit their fins. 11 Then faid the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. are for the famine, to the famine, and fuch as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, faith the LORD, the fword to day. and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beafts of theearth, to devour and deftroy. 12 When they faft, I will not hear their cry, and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept them but I will confume them by the fword,and by the famine, and by the peltilence. 4 And I will caufe them to be removed 13 Then faid I, Ah Lord God, Behold, into all kingdoms of the earth, becaufe prophets fay unto them, Ye shall not fee of Manaffeh the fon of Hezekiah king of fword, neither thall ye have famine, but Judah, for that which he did in Jerufalem. I wil give you affured peace in this place. 5 But who fhall have pity upon thee, O 14 Then the LORD laid unto me, The Jerufalem? or who fha bemoan thee? of prophets prophefy lies in my Name, I fent who fhall,go afide to ask how thou doet? them not, neither have I commanded 6 Thou halt forfaken me,faith the Lord, them, neither fpake unto them: they pro- thou art gone backward: therefore will I phely unto you a falfe vifion and divina- ftretch out mine hand against thee, and tion, and a thing of nought, and the de- deftroy thee, I am weary with repenting. ceit of their heart. 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the 15 Therefore thus faith the LORD con- gates of the land: I will bereave them of cerning the prophets that prophely in my children, I will deftroy my people, fith Name, and I fent them not, yet they fay, they return not from their wayes. Sword and famine thall not be in this 8 Their widows are increafed to me land,By fword and famine fhalt thofe pro- above the fand of the feas: I have brought phets be confumed. upon them against the mother of the 16 And the people to whom they pro- young men,afpoiler at noon-day: I have phely fhall be caft out in the streets of Je- caufed bim to fall upon it fuddenly, and rufalem, becaufe of the famine, and the terrours upon the city fword, and they fhall have none to bury 9 She that hath born feven languifheth: them them, their wives, nor their fons, he hath given up the gholt, her fun is uor their daughters: for I will pour their gone down while it was yet day: fhe hath wickedness upon them. been afhamedand confounded, and the re17 Therefore thou fhalt fay this word fidue of them will I deliver to the fword unto them,aLet mine eyes run down with before their enemies, faith the LORD. tears night and day, & let them not ceale: to Wois me my mother, that thou haft for the virgin daughter of my people is born me a man offtrife;anda man of conbroken with a great breach, with a very tention to the whole earth: I have neither grievous blow. let on ufury, nor men have lent to me on. 18 If I go forth into y field, then behold ufury yet every one of themidoth curfe nie. the llain with the fword, and if I enter into The LORD faid, Verily it fhall be well. city,then behold them that are fick with with thy remnant, verily will caule the famine, yea, both the prophet & the priest enemy to entreat thee well in the time of go about into a land that they know not. evil, and in the the affliction. 19 Haft thou utterly rejected Judah hath thy foul loathed Zion? why halt thou fmitten us, and there is no healing for us? we 13 Thy fubftance and thy treafures will looked for peace, and there is no good, and I give to the fpoil without price, and tha for the time of healing, & behold trouble. for all thy fins, even in all thy borders. 20 We acknowledge, O LORD our wick- 14 And I will make thee to pass with edness, and the iniquity of our fathers; thine enemies, into a land which thou for we have finned againit thee. knowelt not for a fire is kindled in mine 21 Do not abhor us, for thy names fake, anger which fhall burn upon you. do not difgrace throne of thy glory; re- 15 OLORD, thou knoweft, remember member, break not thy covenant with us, me, and vifit me, and revenge me of my 22 Are there any among the vanities of y perfecutors take me not away in thy long Gentiles that can caufe rain? or can the fufferings: know that for thy fake 1 have heavens give fhowers? art not thou he, O fuffered rebuke. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron, and the teel? Lord our God?therefore we will wait upon 16 Thy words were found,and I did eat. thee, for thou haft made all these things. them, and thy word was unto me the joy CHAP. XV. and the rejoycing of mine heart, for I am called by thy nanie,OLORD God of holts. The utter rejelion of the Jews. Mofes and Samuel ftood before me, nor rejoyced: I fate alone,becaufe of thy and LoRDuntonte heug 17 the ackers et my mind could not be toward this peo-hand: for thou haft filled me indignation ple, calt them out of my fight,and let them 18 Why is my pain perpetual ? and my go forth. wound incurable which refufeth to be 2 And it fhall come to pafs, if they fay healed? wilt thon be altogetheruntome to thee, Whither fhall we go forth Ptheu asalyar, and as waters that fail? Ꮓ |