3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto ethe end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the car-h Hos.2.15. rying away f of Jerusalem captive in the fifth g month. 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [Jand brazen walls against the whole land came to me, saying, or, for the MOREOVER, the word of the LORD 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remem ber 1 thee, the kindness of thy h youth, the love of thine espousals, when i thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. De.2.7. k Is.49.1,5. Ga. 1.15,16. Ex.19.5,6. Pe.2.9. 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth 2 gave. out of the womb I sanctified thee; and 1m Ps. 105.14. ordained 2 thee a prophet unto the nations. n Joel 1.3,7,8 6 Then o said I, Ah! Lord GOD! be- o Ex.4.10,&c. hold, I cannot speak; for I am a child. p Mat.28.20 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, Ac 20.27. I am a child for thou shalt go to all q Is.5.4. that I shall send thee, and p whatsoever r Eze.2.6.3.9. I command thee thou shalt speak. s He.13.6. Is.6.7. w 18.63.11-13. 8 Ber not afraid of their faces: for Is amt 2Ki.17.15. with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. u PS.77.5. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched v my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Hos.13.4. x De.32.10. y c.18.7. 2Co.10.4,5. or, the land of Carmel, z Ps.106.38. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root y out, and to pull down, and to de-3 stroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 11 Moreover, the word of the LORD a Mal.2.6,7. came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what & c.5.31. seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an c Hab.2.18. d Eze.20.35 almond-tree. 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou e Eze.11.3,7. hast well seen: for I will hasten mv 24.3, &c. word to perform it. 4 from the 13 And the word of the LORD came face of. unto me the second time, saying, What fc.4.6. 6.1,22. seest thou? And I said, I see a seething be opened. pot, e and the face thereof is 4 toward 6 or, over to. the north. g Is.23.1,12. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of h Ps.120.5. the north f an evil shall break forth i Mi.4.5. k Ps. 106.20. upon all the inhabitants of the land. Ro.1.23. 15 For, lo, I will call all the families. of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Is.1.2. LORD; and they shall come, and they m De.28.20. shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and n Ps.81.11. against all the walls thereof round about, o Ps.36.9. Jno.4.14. and against all the cities of Judah. c.17.13. 16 And I will utter my judgments p Job 38.3. against them touching all their wicked-q Eze.2.6. ness, who have m forsaken me, and have r Ex.4.22. burnt incense unto other gods, and wor- break to shipped the works of their own hands. pieces. spoil. 17 Thou therefore gird p up thy loins, 8 become a and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be q not dismayed at theirs c.15.20. faces, lest I confound thee before them. t Ps.57.4. 18 For, behold, I s have made thee this 9 gave out day a defenced city, aud an iron pillar, their voice. 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: m ali that devour him shall offend; evil n shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith the LORD, What q iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and t have walked after vanity, and are become vain ? 6Neither u said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up w out of the land of Egypt, that led x us through the wilder ness, through a land of deserts and o pits; through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death; through a laud that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into 3 a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the goodness thereof: but when ye entered, ye defiled z my land, and made mine he ritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the a law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the b prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that e do not profit. 9 Wherefore d I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your chil dren's children will I plead. 10 For pass 6 over the isles of g Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, h and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing: 11 Hathi a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed k their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, I at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, n the foun tain o of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 14 Is Israel a servant?r is he a homeborn slave? why is he 8 spoiled? 15 The young lion t roared upon him and 9 yelled, & they made his land waste. Expostulation with Israel. JEREMIAH, III. his cities are burnt without inhabitant. B. C. 629. 16 Also the children of Noph and Ta-, hapanes b have 1 broken the crown of a Ro.7.9. thy head. c 1Jno.1.8,10. or, feed on Hast thou not procured this unto thy-b c.43.7. self, d in that thou hast forsaken the LORD tny God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt,g to drink the waters of c Is. 1.6,7. Sihorth or what hast thou to do in the way d Hos.13.9. of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?e Hos. 12.1. 19 Thine ownk wickedness shall correct ƒ 2Ch.28.20. thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove Is.30.1,2. thee: know,therefore, and see, that it is anh Jos. 13.3. evil thing & bitter that thou hast forsaken i 2Sa 13.19. the LORD thy God, and that my fear is k Is.5.5. not in thee, saith the Lord GoD of hosts. Is.28.15-17. 20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, 2 saying. and burst thy bands; and o thou saidst, I will not 3 transgress; when upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou wanderest, playing the harlot. q 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble r vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange t vine unto me? De.24.4. n Eze.16.26 29. o Ex. 19.8. 1Sa. 12.10. p Zec.1.3. cr, serve, Jos.24.18,21. q Is.1.21. De.12.2. 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap,yet thine iniquity is marked v beforeme,saith the Lord Gon.r Ps.80.3. 23 How canst thou say, I am not a pol-s Pr 23 28. luted, I have not gone after Baalim? Seet De 32.32. thy way in the valley, know what thou u Le.26.19. hast done: thou art a swift dromedary De.28.23,24. traversing her ways; c.9.12. 24 A5 wild ass 6 used to the wilderness, 8 The wickedness of Israel. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am a in nocent, surely his anger shall turn from me: Lehold I will plead with thee, be cause tho sayest, I have not sinned. 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt,e as thou wast f asham. ed of Assyria. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands i upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. CHAP. III. T HEY 2 say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? m shall not that land be greatly polluted: but thou n hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return p again to me, saith the LORD. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with: in the ways s hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness? and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore u the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and w thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of y my youth? 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. 6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon a every high moun tain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. Eze 3.7. Pr.30.12,20. or, O swift. y Pr.2.17. Ps.77.7-9. or, 0. taught. the desire of 7 And I said, c after she had done all her heart. these things, Turn thou unto me but or,reverse it. she returned not. And her treacherous 1Ki.14.23.sister Judah d saw it. 27 Saying to a stock, e Thou art my fa- or, Is the ther; and to a stone, Thou hast 1 brought case despeme forth; for they have turned 2 their rate? back unto me, and not their face: but in c.18.12. the time of their trouble f they will say, Ro.8.24. Arise, and save us. c2K1.17.10,13 23 But where are thy gods that thou d Eze.23.2, xc hast made thee? let them arise, if they e Is.44.19. can save thee in the time of thy 3 trou- or, begotten ble for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. me. 2 the hinder parts of the neck. f Ps.78.34. 30 In vain h have I smitten your chil-1 Hos.5.15. dren they received no correction: your 3 evil. own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We 5 are lords; kweli 2Ch.36.16. will come no more unto thee? or, fame. hood. Mar. 12.2-3. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood n Hos.S.14. of the souls of the poor innocents: o 1jo Ps. 106.38. have not found it by secret search, but digging. upon all these. ip Is.51.5, 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacher ous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness 4 of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with g stocks. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but 5 feignedly, saith the LORD. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge in thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every gree tree, and ye have not obeyed my voic saith the LORD. 14 Turn, O backsliding children, sait the LORD; for I ani married p unto you and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Promises of Mercy. 15 And I will give you pastors a accord. ing to mine heart, which shall feed b you with knowledge and understanding. JEREMIAH, IV. B. C. 612. a Ep.4.11. Ac.20.28. 16 And it shall come to pass, when yeb Jno.21.15-17 be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither f shall it come 2 to c Da.7 4. mind, neither shall they remember it, d 2K1.24.1. neither shall they visit it, neither shall 25.1. that 3 be done any more. e c.25.9. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusa-f Is.65.17. lem the throne of the LORD: and all the 2 upon the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the heart. name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither g Is.22.12. shall they walk any more h after the 3 or, it be 4 imagination of their evil heart. magnified. 18 In those days the house of Judah i shall h Ro.6.14. walk with the house of Israel, and they 4 or, stubshall come together out of the land of the bornness. north to the land that I have 6 given for i Is. 11.13. an inheritance unto your fathers. Eze.37.16-22 19 But I said, How shall I put thee k Is.37.35. among the children, and give thee a plea- 5 or, 10. sant land, a goodly heritage of the 7 La.2.21. hosts of nations? And I said, Thou shalt 6 or, caused call me, My m father; and shalt not turn away 2 from me. 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her 3 husband, so have ye dealt treacherously a with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping p and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have for gotten the LORD their God. 9 your fathers 1 utter judg. 22 Return, ye backsliding children. ments. and I will heal your backslidings. Ben Rc.8.15. bold, we come unto thee; for s thou art 2 from after. the LORD our God. 3 friend. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for Is.48.8. rom the hills, and from the multitude of o Ja.4.S. mountains: truly t in the LORD our God p 2Co.7.10. is the salvation of Israel. 9 Pr. 19.3. 24 For shame hath devoured the labour Hos.6.1. of our fathers from our youth: theirs Hos. 13.4. flocks and their herds, their sons and their t Ps.121.1,2. daughters. 1s.63.16. 25 We w lie down in our shame, and u Ne.9.26,30. our confusion covereth us: for we have La.1.8. sinned against the LORD our God, we Da.9.7,&c. and our fathers, from our youth even v Is.50.1. unto this day, and have not obeyed the c.2.17,19. voice of the LORD our God. w Ezr.9.6,7. Ro.6.21. CHAP. IV. TF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 4the walls of my heart. Ps.42.7. Eze.7.26. 2 And thou shalt swear, y The LORD y De.10.20. liveth, in truth, z in judgment, and in Is.48.1. righteousness; and the nations a shall a Ge.22.18. bless themselves in him, and in him shall Ps.72.17. b they glory. b Is.45.25. 1Co. 1.31. 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break d up your fal- c Mi.2.1. low ground, and sow not among e thorns. Ro.16.19. 4 Circumcise f yourselves to the LORD, d Hos.10.12. and take away the foreskins of your heart, e Mat. 12.7,22. ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jeru. f De.10 16. salem; lest my fury come forth like fire, Ro.2.28,29. and burn that none can quench it, beg Is.24.19. cause of the evil of your doings. h 1s.5.25. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Eze.38.20. Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trum- Hab.3.6. pet in the land cry, gather together, i Zep.1.3. and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us k P's.76.7. go into the defenced cities. 5 or,strength 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: 5 re-en. Punishment predicted. tire, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great 1 destruction. 7The lione is come upd from his thicket, and the destroyer e of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant. 8 For this g gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Gop! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have k peace; whereas the sword I reacheth unto the soul. 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, a dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will f1give sentence against them. 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. 140 Jerusalem, wash thine heart o from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth afflictionfrom mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the nations: behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because u she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at 4 my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me: I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction x upon destruction is cried: for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shail I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish chil dren, and they have none understanding: they are wise e to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge." 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without g form and void; and the hea vens, and they had no light. 24 1 beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, h and a1 the hills moved lightly. 25 1 beheld, and, lo, there was no man, & all the birds i of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, le, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities there of were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce k anger. 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate: yet will Punishment predicted. not make a full end. JEREMIAH, VI. 28 For a this shall the earth mourr, and the heavens above be black: because I a Hos.4.3. have spoken it, I have purposed it, and b c.14.13,15. will not repent, neither will I turn back from it c c.20.9,11. d De.25.49. h 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they 1s.5.26. shall go into thickets, and climb up upon 39.3,6. the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, e Eze.23.40. and not a man dwell therein. 1 eyes. 30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt f c.22.20-22. thou do? Though thou clothest thyself La.1.2,19. with crimson, though thou e deckest thee g Le.26.16. with ornaments of gold, though thou rent- De.28.31,33. est thy 1 face with painting, in vain shalt Is. 1.15. thou make thyself fair: thy f lovers will La.1.17. despise thee, they will seek thy life. i ver. 10. 31 For I have heard a voice as of a wo-k De.29.24,&c man in travail, and the anguish as of her IKI.9.8,9. that bringeth forth her first child; the Ge.18.23,&c. voice of the daughter of Zion, that be- Eze.22.30. waileth herself, that spreadeth h her m De.28.48. hands, saying, Woe is me now for my n Tit. 1.16. toul is wearied because of murderers. 2 heart, CHAP. V. Hos. 7.11. DUN ye to and fro through the streets o 2Ch. 16.9. of Jerusalem, aud see now, and know, p Is.9.13. and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man,if there be any that exeruteth judgment, that seeketh the truth; q Is.6.9. ! and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, n The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. c.7.28. Zep.3.1,2. Eze.12.2. Jno.12.40. Ro.11.8. He. 12.9. c.10.7. Re. 15.4. 30 LORD, are not thine eyes o upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they ps have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have retused r to receivet Ps.99.1. correction: they have made their faces u Job 38.11. harder than a rock; they have refused to Pr.8.29. v Mat.11.5. return. 2 Ps.2.3. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are w Mic.3.1. poor; they are foolish: for they v know Hos.4.8. not the way of the LORD, nor the judg-y Is.31.6. ment of their God. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and a Hos.13.7. will speak unto them: for they w have, Am.5.18, 19. Known the way of the LORD, and the judg- De.11.13,14. ment of their God: but these have alto- c Eze.22.27. gether broken z the yoke, and burst the Zep.3.3. bonds. d Ge.8.22. 6 Wherefore a lion out a of the forest e c.3.3. shall slay them,and a wolf c of the3even- 3 or, deserts. ings shall spoil them, a leopard shall or, pry as watch over their cities: every one that fowlers lie goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; in wait. because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and f sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, g and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy but m make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. 5 strong. f Jos 23.7. Zep.1.5. g 6 or, coop. c.13.27. Mi. 1.12. De.32.15. k c.22.15-19. ver.29. c.9.9. m c.4.27. 30.11. or, astonishment and filthiness. Hos.6.10. o Eze. 13.6. sor, take into 11 For the house of Israel and the house their hanas. of Judah have dealt very treacherously p Mi.2.11. 2gainst me, saith the LORD. q De.32.29. 12 They have belied r the LORD,and said, La 1.9. Expostulation with Israel. 13 And the prophet b shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, be hold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, c and this people wood, and it sha! devour them. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation d upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat upg thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds. they shall cat up thy vines and thy fig-trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, Iwill not make a full end with you. 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore k doth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have for. saken me, and served strange gods in your land; som shall ye serve suangers in a land that is not yours. 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without 2 understanding; which g have eyes, and see not; which have cars, and hear not: 22 Fear s ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble t at my presence which have placed the sand for th bound u of the sea,by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; x they are revolted y and gone. a 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God that giveth rain, b both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserve h d unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities e have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wick ed men: they 4 lay wait as he that setteth snares: they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a 6 cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. h 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea,they overpass the deeds of thewicked: they judge not k the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy do they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 A wonderful and n horrible thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, o a the priests 8 bear rule by their mea: and my people love p to have it so: a what will ye do in the end q thereof? CHAP. VI. YE children of Benjamin, gathe It is not he,neither s shall evil come upon r 2Ch.36.16. O yourselves to flee out of the midst e as, neither shall we sees word nor famine; s Is.28.15. Punishment predicted. Promises and Threatenings. cane from a far country? your burns offerings are not acceptable, nor your sa. crifices sweet unto me. JEREMIAH, VII. Jerusalem and blow the trumpet in Te-, B. C. 612. koa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: a for evil appeareth out of the a Ne.3.14. north, band great destruction. bEze.26.7,&c. 1 Ro. 11.9. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to c Eze.3.20. a comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her they shall pitch d their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. or, dwelling 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for f the day goeth away, for the sha-f c.8.20. dows g of the evening are stretched out. g Ca.2.18. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let h 1s.5.30. us destroy her palaces. 2 or, pour out 6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, the engine Hew ye down trees, and cast 2 a mount of shot. against Jerusalem: this is the city to bet Pr.1.27,28. visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. c.13.21. La.1.12. 7 Ask a fountain casteth out her waters, k is.57.20. so she casteth out her wickedness: vio- ls..20. lence m and spoil is heard in her; before c.4.10. me continually is grief and wounds. mEze.7.11,23 8 Be thou instructed, n O Jerusalem, n Pr.4.13. lest p my soul 3 depart from thee; lest Í Zep.3.7. make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. o c. 25.34. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They Mi. 1.10. shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Is- p Eze.23.18. rael as a vine: turn back thine hand as a 3 be loosed, or, grape-gatherer into the baskets. disjointed. 10 To whom r shall I speak, and give q La.1.16. warning, that they may hear? behold, r Is.53.1. their ear is uncircumcised, u & they can-8 c.9.4. not hearken: behold, the word of the t Is.1.22,25. LORD is unto them a reproach; v they u Ac.7.51. have no delight in it. v c.20.8,9. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of 4 or, refuse. the LORD; I am weary with holding in: w Mat.5.13. I will pour it out upon the x children x c.9.21. broad, and upon the assembly of young y De.28.30. en together for even the husband with c.8.10. the wife y shall be taken, the aged with z ls.1.16,17. Mat.3.8. hirn that is full of days. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto a M1.3.5,11. others, with their fields & wives together: b Mi.3.11. for I will stretch out my hand upon the Mat.3.9.10. inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. c c.8.11,12. 13 For from the least of them even untoj5 bruise, or, the greatest of them every one is given to breach. covetousness; a and from the prophet even d La.2.14. anto the priest every one dealeth falsely. e c.3.3. 14 They c have healed also the 5 hurt of f Pr.29.1. the daughter of mypeople slightly, saying, g De.6.14,15. Peace, peace: when dthere is no peace. h De.4.40. 15 Were they ashamed e when they had i c.50.5. committed abomination? nay, they were k c. 18.15. not at all ashamed, neither could they Mal.4.4. blush: therefore f they shall fall among Ca.1.7. them that fall: at the timethat I visit them m Col.2.6. they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. n Mat.11.29. 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the o Hos.4.1,2. ways, & see, and ask i for the old k paths, Ro.2.2, 17,&c where is the good way, I& walk m there- p Eze.3.17. Hab.2.1. in, and ye shall find rest n for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. q Zec.7.11. 17 Also I set watchmen p over you, say-r Eze.23.29. ing, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. 6 whereupon But they said, We will not q hearken. my name is 18 Therefore hear, ye nations,and know, called. O congregation, what is among them. s Pr.1.31. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring t 2Ch.6.33. evil upon this people, even the fruits of u Mat.21.13. their thoughts, because they have not v Pr.28.9. hearkened unto my words, nor to my w Ps.50.7-9. law, v but rejected it. 20 To what w purpose cometh there to we incense from Sheba, and the sweet 1s.1.11. Am.5.21,22. 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks c before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. 22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, e a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow & spear, they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth h like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 24 We have heard the fame thereof: cur hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way: for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow o thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, q as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. 27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking s with slanders: they are t brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 29The bellowsare burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for thewicked are not pluckedaway: 30 4 Reprobate w silver shall men call them,because the LORD hath rejected them. CHAP. VII. THE word that came to Jeremiah from Tthe LORD, saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and procla m there this word, & say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, tha: enter in at these gates toworship the LORD. 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend z your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not b in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The templeof the LORD,The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, g neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then h will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will o ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come r and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house which t is called by my name, become a den u of robbers in your eyes? behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. |