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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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Jeremiah 1

1. The words <1697> of Jeremiah <3414> the son <1121> of

Hilkiah <2518>, of the priests <3548> that [were] in Anathoth

<6068> in the land <0776> of Benjamin <1144>:

2 To whom <0834> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961>

in the days <3117> of Josiah <2977> the son <1121> of Amon

<0526> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, in the thirteenth year

<8141> of his reign <4427>.

3 It came <1961> also in the days <3117> of Jehoiakim <3079>

the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>,

unto the end <8537> of the eleventh year <8141> of Zedekiah

<6667> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah

<3063>, unto the carrying <1540> away of Jerusalem <3389>

captive <1540> in the fifth <2549> month <2320>.

4. Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto me,

saying <0559>,

5 Before <2962> I formed <3335> thee in the belly <0990> I knew

<3045> thee; and before <2962> thou camest <3318> forth <3318>

out of the womb <7358> I sanctified <6942> thee, [and] I

ordained <5414> thee a prophet <5030> unto the nations <1471>.

6 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <3069>! behold

<2009>, I cannot <3808> speak <1696>: for I [am] a child <5288>.

7 But the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, Say <0559> not, I

[am] a child <5288>: for thou shalt go <3212> to all <3605> that

I shall send <7971> thee, and whatsoever I command <6680> thee

thou shalt speak <1696>.

8 Be not afraid <3372> of their faces <6440>: for I [am] with

thee to deliver <5337> thee, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

9 Then the LORD <3068> put <7971> forth <7971> his hand <3027>,

and touched <5060> my mouth <6310>. And the LORD <3068> said

<0559> unto me, Behold <2009>, I have put <5414> my words <1697>

in thy mouth <6310>.

10 See <7200>, I have this <2088> day <3117> set <6485> thee

over <5921> the nations <1471> and over <5921> the kingdoms

<4467>, to root <5428> out, and to pull <5422> down, and to

destroy <6>, and to throw <2040> down <2040>, to build <1129>,

and to plant <5193>.

11. Moreover the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961>

unto me, saying <0559>, Jeremiah <3414>, what <4100> seest

<7200> thou? And I said <0559>, I see <7200> a rod <4731> of an

almond <8247> tree.

12 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, Thou hast well

<3190> seen <7200>: for I will hasten <8245> my word <1697> to

perform <6213> it.

13 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto me

the second <8145> time, saying <0559>, What <4100> seest <7200>

thou? And I said <0559>, I see <7200> a seething <5301> pot

<5518>; and the face <6440> thereof [is] toward <6440> the north

<6828>.

14 Then the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, Out of the north

<6828> an evil <7451> shall break <6605> forth upon all <3605>

the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>.

15 For, lo <2009>, I will call <7121> all <3605> the families

<4940> of the kingdoms <4467> of the north <6828>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>; and they shall come <0935>, and they shall set

<5414> every <0376> one <0376> his throne <3678> at the entering

<6607> of the gates <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>, and against

<5921> all <3605> the walls <2346> thereof round <5439> about,

and against <5921> all <3605> the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>.

16 And I will utter <1696> my judgments <4941> against <5921>

them touching <5921> all <3605> their wickedness <7451>, who

have forsaken <5800> me, and have burned <6999> incense <6999>

unto other <0312> gods <0430>, and worshipped <7812> the works

<4639> of their own <0249> hands <3027>.

17 Thou therefore gird <2296> up thy loins <4975>, and arise

<6965>, and speak <1696> unto them all <3605> that I command

<6680> thee: be not dismayed <2865> at their faces <6440>, lest

<6435> I confound <2865> thee before <6440> them.

18 For, behold <2009>, I have made <5414> thee this day <3117>

a defenced <4013> city <5892>, and an iron <1270> pillar <5982>,

and brasen <5178> walls <2346> against <5921> the whole <3605>

land <0776>, against the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, against

the princes <8269> thereof, against the priests <3548> thereof,

and against the people <5971> of the land <0776>.

19 And they shall fight <3898> against <0413> thee; but they

shall not prevail <3201> against thee; for I [am] with thee,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, to deliver <5337> thee.

Jeremiah 2

1. Moreover the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to

me, saying <0559>,

2 Go <1980> and cry <7121> in the ears <0241> of Jerusalem

<3389>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

I remember <2142> thee, the kindness <2617> of thy youth <5271>,

the love <0160> of thine espousals <3623>, when thou wentest

<3212> after <0310> me in the wilderness <4057>, in a land

<0776> [that was] not sown <2232>.

3 Israel <3478> [was] holiness <6944> unto the LORD <3068>,

[and] the firstfruits <7225> of his increase <8393>: all <3605>

that devour <0398> him shall offend <0816>; evil <7451> shall

come <0935> upon them, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

4 Hear <8085> ye the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, O house

<1004> of Jacob <3290>, and all <3605> the families <4940> of

the house <1004> of Israel <3478>:

5 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, What <4100>

iniquity <5766> have your fathers <1> found <4672> in me, that

they are gone far <7368> from me, and have walked <3212> after

<0310> vanity <1892>, and are become <1891> vain <1891>?

6 Neither <3808> said <0559> they, Where <0346> [is] the LORD

<3068> that brought <5927> us up out of the land <0776> of Egypt

<4714>, that led <3212> us through the wilderness <4057>,

through a land <0776> of deserts <6160> and of pits <7745>,

through a land <0776> of drought <6723>, and of the shadow

<6757> of death <6757>, through a land <0776> that no <3808> man

<0376> passed <5674> through, and where <8033> no <3808> man

<0120> dwelt <3427>?

7 And I brought <0935> you into <0413> a plentiful <3759>

country <0776>, to eat <0398> the fruit <6529> thereof and the

goodness <2898> thereof; but when ye entered <0935>, ye defiled

<2930> my land <0776>, and made <7760> mine heritage <5159> an

abomination <8441>.

8 The priests <3548> said <0559> not, Where <0346> [is] the

LORD <3068>? and they that handle <8610> the law <8451> knew

<3045> me not: the pastors <7462> also transgressed <6586>

against me, and the prophets <5030> prophesied <5012> by Baal

<1168>, and walked <1980> after <0310> [things that] do not

profit <3276>.

9. Wherefore <3651> I will yet <5750> plead <7378> with you,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, and with your children's <1121>

children <1121> will I plead <7378>.

10 For pass <5674> over <5674> the isles <0339> of Chittim

<3794>, and see <7200>; and send <7971> unto Kedar <6938>, and

consider <0995> diligently <3966>, and see <7200> if there be

such <2063> a thing.

11 Hath a nation <1471> changed <4171> [their] gods <0430>,

which <1992> [are] yet no <3808> gods <0430>? but my people

<5971> have changed <4171> their glory <3519> for [that which

<1992>] doth not profit <3276>.

12 Be astonished <8074>, O ye heavens <8064>, at <5921> this

<2063>, and be horribly <8175> afraid <8175>, be ye very <3966>

desolate <2717>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

13 For my people <5971> have committed <6213> two <8147> evils

<7451>; they have forsaken <5800> me the fountain <4726> of

living <2416> waters <4325>, [and] hewed <2672> them out

cisterns <0877>, broken <7665> cisterns <0877>, that can hold

<3557> no <3808> water <4325>.

14. [Is] Israel <3478> a servant <5650>? [is] he a homeborn

<1004> [slave]? why <4069> is he spoiled <0957>?

15 The young <3715> lions <3715> roared <7580> upon him, [and]

yelled, and they made <7896> his land <0776> waste <8047>: his

cities <5892> are burned <3341> without <1097> inhabitant <3427>.

16 Also <1571> the children <1121> of Noph <5297> and Tahapanes

<8471> have broken <7462> the crown <6936> of thy head <6936>.

17 Hast thou not procured <6213> this <2063> unto thyself, in

that thou hast forsaken <5800> the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>,

when <6256> he led <3212> thee by the way <1870>?

18 And now <6258> what <4100> hast thou to do in the way <1870>

of Egypt <4714>, to drink <8354> the waters <4325> of Sihor

<7883>? or what <4100> hast thou to do in the way <1870> of

Assyria <0804>, to drink <8354> the waters <4325> of the river

<5104>?

19 Thine own wickedness <7451> shall correct <3256> thee, and

thy backslidings <4878> shall reprove <3198> thee: know <3045>

therefore and see <7200> that [it is] an evil <7451> [thing] and

bitter <4751>, that thou hast forsaken <5800> the LORD <3068>

thy God <0430>, and that my fear <6345> [is] not in thee, saith

<5002> the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635>.

20. For of old <5769> time I have broken <7665> thy yoke <5923>,

[and] burst <5423> thy bands <4147>; and thou saidst <0559>, I

will not transgress <5647>; when <3588> upon every <3605> high

<1364> hill <1389> and under <8478> every <3605> green <7488>

tree <6086> thou wanderest <6808>, playing the harlot <2181>.

21 Yet I had planted <5193> thee a noble vine <8321>, wholly

<3605> a right <0571> seed <2233>: how <0349> then art thou

turned <2015> into the degenerate <5494> plant of a strange

<5237> vine <1612> unto me?

22 For though <0518> thou wash <3526> thee with nitre <5427>,

and take thee much <7235> soap <1287>, [yet] thine iniquity

<5771> is marked <3799> before <6440> me, saith <5002> the Lord

<0136> GOD <3069>.

23 How <0349> canst thou say <0559>, I am not polluted <2930>,

I have not gone <1980> after <0310> Baalim <1168>? see <7200>

thy way <1870> in the valley <1516>, know <3045> what <4100>

thou hast done <6213>: [thou art] a swift <7031> dromedary

<1072> traversing <8308> her ways <1870>;

24 A wild <6501> ass <6501> used <3928> to the wilderness

<4057>, [that] snuffeth <7602> up the wind <7307> at her

pleasure; in her occasion <8385> who <4310> can turn <7725> her

away? all <3605> they that seek <1245> her will not weary <3286>

themselves; in her month <2320> they shall find <4672> her.

25 Withhold <4513> thy foot <7272> from being unshod <3182>,

and thy throat <1627> from thirst <6773>: but thou saidst <0559>,

There is no hope <2976>: no <3808>; for I have loved <0157>

strangers <2114>, and after <0310> them will I go <3212>.

26 As the thief <1590> is ashamed <1322> when <3588> he is

found <4672>, so <3651> is the house <1004> of Israel <3478>

ashamed <0954>; they, their kings <4428>, their princes <8269>,

and their priests <3548>, and their prophets <5030>,

27 Saying <0559> to a stock <6086>, Thou [art] my father <1>;

and to a stone <68>, Thou hast brought <3205> me forth <3205>:

for they have turned <6437> [their] back <6203> unto me, and not

[their] face <6440>: but in the time <6256> of their trouble

<7451> they will say <0559>, Arise <6965>, and save <3467> us.

28 But where <0346> [are] thy gods <0430> that thou hast made

<6213> thee? let them arise <6965>, if they can save <3467> thee

in the time <6256> of thy trouble <7451>: for [according to] the

number <4557> of thy cities <5892> are thy gods <0430>, O Judah

<3063>.

29. Wherefore <4100> will ye plead <7378> with me? ye all

<3605> have transgressed <6586> against me, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

30 In vain <7723> have I smitten <5221> your children <1121>;

they received <3947> no <3808> correction <4148>: your own sword

<2719> hath devoured <0398> your prophets <5030>, like a

destroying <7843> lion <0738>.

31 O generation <1755>, see <7200> ye the word <1697> of the

LORD <3068>. Have I been <1961> a wilderness <4057> unto Israel

<3478>? a land <0776> of darkness <3991>? wherefore <4069> say

<0559> my people <5971>, We are lords <7300>; we will come

<0935> no <3808> more <5750> unto thee?

32 Can a maid <1330> forget <7911> her ornaments <5716>, [or] a

bride <3618> her attire <7196>? yet my people <5971> have

forgotten <7911> me days <3117> without <0369> number <4557>.

33 Why <4100> trimmest <3190> thou thy way <1870> to seek

<1245> love <0160>? therefore <3651> hast thou also <1571>

taught <3925> the wicked <7451> ones thy ways <1870>.

34 Also <1571> in thy skirts <3671> is found <4672> the blood

<1818> of the souls <5315> of the poor <34> innocents <5355>: I

have not found <4672> it by secret <5643> search <4290>, but

upon all <3605> these <0428>.

35 Yet thou sayest <0559>, Because <3588> I am innocent <5352>,

surely <0389> his anger <0639> shall turn <7725> from me. Behold

<2005>, I will plead <8199> with thee, because <5921> thou

sayest <0559>, I have not sinned <2398>.

36 Why <4100> gaddest <0235> thou about <0235> so much <3966>

to change <8138> thy way <1870>? thou also <1571> shalt be

ashamed <0954> of Egypt <4714>, as thou wast ashamed <0954> of

Assyria <0804>.

37 Yea <1571>, thou shalt go <3318> forth <3318> from him, and

thine hands <3027> upon thine head <7218>: for the LORD <3068>

hath rejected <3988> thy confidences <4009>, and thou shalt not

prosper <6743> in them.

Jeremiah 3

1. They say <0559>, If a man <0376> put <7971> away his wife

<0802>, and she go <1980> from him, and become <1961> another

<0312> man's <0376>, shall he return <7725> unto her again

<5750>? shall not that land <0776> be greatly polluted <2610>?

but thou hast played the harlot <2181> with many <7227> lovers

<7453>; yet return <7725> again to me, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

2 Lift <5375> up thine eyes <5869> unto the high <8205> places,

and see <7200> where <0375> thou hast not been lien <7693> with.

In the ways <1870> hast thou sat <3427> for them, as the Arabian

<6163> in the wilderness <4057>; and thou hast polluted <2610>

the land <0776> with thy whoredoms <2184> and with thy

wickedness <7451>.

3 Therefore the showers <7241> have been withholden <4513>, and

there hath been <1961> no <3808> latter <4456> rain <4456>; and

thou hadst a whore's <2181> forehead <4696>, thou refusedst

<3985> to be ashamed <3637>.

4 Wilt thou not from this time <6258> cry <7121> unto me, My

father <1>, thou [art] the guide <0441> of my youth <5271>?

5 Will he reserve <5201> [his anger] for ever? will he keep

<8104> [it] to the end <5331>? Behold <2009>, thou hast spoken

<1696> and done <6213> evil <7451> things as thou couldest

<3201>.

6. The LORD <3068> said <0559> also unto me in the days <3117>

of Josiah <2977> the king <4428>, Hast thou seen <7200> [that]

which <0834> backsliding <4878> Israel <3478> hath done <6213>?

she is gone <1980> up upon every <3605> high <1364> mountain

<2022> and under every <3605> green <7488> tree <6086>, and

there <8033> hath played the harlot <2181>.

7 And I said <0559> after <0310> she had done <6213> all <3605>

these <0428> [things], Turn <7725> thou unto me. But she

returned <7725> not. And her treacherous <0901> sister <0269>

Judah <3063> saw <7200> [it].

8 And I saw <7200>, when <3588> for all <3605> the causes

<0182> whereby <0834> backsliding <4878> Israel <3478> committed

<5003> adultery <5003> I had put <7971> her away, and given

<5414> her a bill <5612> of divorce <3748>; yet her treacherous

<0898> sister <0269> Judah <3063> feared <3372> not, but went

<3212> and played the harlot <2181> also <1571>.

9 And it came <1961> to pass through the lightness <6963> of

her whoredom <2184>, that she defiled <2610> the land <0776>,

and committed <5003> adultery <5003> with stones <68> and with

stocks <6086>.

10 And yet for all <3605> this <2063> her treacherous <0901>

sister <0269> Judah <3063> hath not turned <7725> unto me with

her whole <3605> heart <3820>, but feignedly <8267>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

11 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, The backsliding

<4878> Israel <3478> hath justified <6663> herself more than

treacherous <0898> Judah <3063>.

12. Go <1980> and proclaim <7121> these <0428> words <1697>

toward the north <6828>, and say <0559>, Return <7725>, thou

backsliding <4878> Israel <3478>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>;

[and] I will not cause mine anger <6440> to fall <5307> upon you:

for I [am] merciful <2623>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, [and]

I will not keep <5201> [anger] for ever <5769>.

13 Only <0389> acknowledge <3045> thine iniquity <5771>, that

thou hast transgressed <6586> against the LORD <3068> thy God

<0430>, and hast scattered <6340> thy ways <1870> to the

strangers <2114> under <8478> every <3605> green <7488> tree

<6086>, and ye have not obeyed <8085> my voice <6963>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

14 Turn <7725>, O backsliding <7726> children <1121>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>; for I am married <1166> unto you: and I

will take <3947> you one <0259> of a city <5892>, and two <8147>

of a family <4940>, and I will bring <0935> you to Zion <6726>:

15 And I will give <5414> you pastors <7462> according to mine

heart <3820>, which shall feed <7462> you with knowledge <1844>

and understanding <7919>.

16 And it shall come <1961> to pass, when <3588> ye be

multiplied <7235> and increased <6509> in the land <0776>, in

those <1992> days <3117>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, they

shall say <0559> no <3808> more <5750>, The ark <0727> of the

covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>: neither <3808> shall it come

<5927> to mind <3820>: neither <3808> shall they remember <2142>

it; neither <3808> shall they visit <6485> [it]; neither <3808>

shall [that] be done <6213> any more <5750>.

17 At that time <6256> they shall call <7121> Jerusalem <3389>

the throne <3678> of the LORD <3068>; and all <3605> the nations

<1471> shall be gathered <6960> unto it, to the name <8034> of

the LORD <3068>, to Jerusalem <3389>: neither <3808> shall they

walk <3212> any more <5750> after <0310> the imagination <8307>

of their evil <7451> heart <3820>.

18 In those <1992> days <3117> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>

shall walk <3212> with the house <1004> of Israel <3478>, and

they shall come <0935> together <3162> out of the land <0776> of

the north <6828> to the land <0776> that I have given for an

inheritance <5157> unto your fathers <1>.

19 But I said <0559>, How <0349> shall I put <7896> thee among

the children <1121>, and give <5414> thee a pleasant <2532> land

<0776>, a goodly <6643> heritage <5159> of the hosts <6635> of

nations <1471>? and I said <0559>, Thou shalt call <7121> me, My

father <1>; and shalt not turn <7725> away from me.

20. Surely <0403> [as] a wife <0802> treacherously <0898>

departeth from her husband <1167>, so <3651> have ye dealt

treacherously <0898> with me, O house <1004> of Israel <3478>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

21 A voice <6963> was heard <8085> upon the high <8205> places,

weeping <1065> [and] supplications <8469> of the children <1121>

of Israel <3478>: for they have perverted <5753> their way

<1870>, [and] they have forgotten <7911> the LORD <3068> their

God <0430>.

22 Return <7725>, ye backsliding <7726> children <1121>, [and]

I will heal <7495> your backslidings <4878>. Behold <2005>, we

come <0857> unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD <3068> our God

<0430>.

23 Truly <0403> in vain <8267> [is salvation hoped for] from

the hills <1389>, [and from] the multitude <1995> of mountains

<2022>: truly <0403> in the LORD <3068> our God <0430> [is] the

salvation <8668> of Israel <3478>.

24 For shame <1322> hath devoured <0398> the labour <3018> of

our fathers <1> from our youth <5271>; their flocks <6629> and

their herds <1241>, their sons <1121> and their daughters <1121>.

25 We lie <7901> down <7901> in our shame <1322>, and our

confusion <3639> covereth <3680> us: for we have sinned <2398>

against the LORD <3068> our God <0430>, we and our fathers <1>,

from our youth <5271> even unto this <2088> day <3117>, and have

not obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068> our God

<0430>.

Jeremiah 4

1. If <0518> thou wilt return <7725>, O Israel <3478>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, return <7725> unto me: and if thou wilt

put <5493> away <5493> thine abominations <8251> out of my sight

<6440>, then shalt thou not remove <5110>.

2 And thou shalt swear <7650>, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>,

in truth <0571>, in judgment <4941>, and in righteousness <6666>;

and the nations <1471> shall bless <1288> themselves in him,

and in him shall they glory <1984>.

3. For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> to the men

<0376> of Judah <3063> and Jerusalem <3389>, Break <5214> up

your fallow <5215> ground, and sow <2232> not among <0413>

thorns <6975>.

4 Circumcise <4135> yourselves to the LORD <3068>, and take

<5493> away <5493> the foreskins <6190> of your heart <3824>, ye

men <0376> of Judah <3063> and inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>: lest <6435> my fury <2534> come <3318> forth <3318> like

fire <0784>, and burn <1197> that none <0369> can quench <3518>

[it], because <6440> of the evil <7451> of your doings <4611>.

5. Declare <5046> ye in Judah <3063>, and publish <8085> in

Jerusalem <3389>; and say <0559>, Blow <8628> ye the trumpet

<7782> in the land <0776>: cry <7121>, gather <4390> together,

and say <0559>, Assemble <0622> yourselves, and let us go <0935>

into <0413> the defenced <4013> cities <5892>.

6 Set <5375> up the standard <5251> toward Zion <6726>: retire

<5756>, stay <5975> not: for I will bring <0935> evil <7451>

from the north <6828>, and a great <1419> destruction <7667>.

7 The lion <0738> is come <5927> up from his thicket <5441>,

and the destroyer <7843> of the Gentiles <1471> is on his way

<5265>; he is gone <3318> forth <3318> from his place <4725> to

make <7760> thy land <0776> desolate <8047>; [and] thy cities

<5892> shall be laid waste <5327>, without <0369> an inhabitant

<3427>.

8 For this <2063> gird <2296> you with sackcloth <8242>, lament

<5594> and howl <3213>: for the fierce <2740> anger <0639> of

the LORD <3068> is not turned <7725> back <7725> from us.

9 And it shall come <1961> to pass at that day <3117>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, [that] the heart <3820> of the king

<4428> shall perish <6>, and the heart <3820> of the princes

<8269>; and the priests <3548> shall be astonished <8074>, and

the prophets <5030> shall wonder <8539>.

10 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <3069>!

surely <0403> thou hast greatly deceived <5377> this <2088>

people <5971> and Jerusalem <3389>, saying <0559>, Ye shall have

<1961> peace <7965>; whereas the sword <2719> reacheth <5060>

unto the soul <5315>.

11 At that time <6256> shall it be said <0559> to this <2088>

people <5971> and to Jerusalem <3389>, A dry <6703> wind <7307>

of the high <8205> places in the wilderness <4057> toward the

daughter <1323> of my people <5971>, not to fan <2219>, nor

<3808> to cleanse <1305>,

12 [Even] a full <4392> wind <7307> from those <0428> [places]

shall come <0935> unto me: now <6258> also <1571> will I give

<1696> sentence <4941> against them.

13 Behold <2009>, he shall come <5927> up as clouds <6053>, and

his chariots <4818> [shall be] as a whirlwind <5492>: his horses

<5483> are swifter <7043> than eagles <5404>. Woe <0188> unto us!

for we are spoiled <7703>.

14 O Jerusalem <3389>, wash <3526> thine heart <3820> from

wickedness <7451>, that thou mayest be saved <3467>. How <5704>

long <5704> shall thy vain <0205> thoughts <4284> lodge <3885>

within <7130> thee?

15 For a voice <6963> declareth <5046> from Dan <1835>, and

publisheth <8085> affliction <0205> from mount <2022> Ephraim

<0669>.

16 Make ye mention <2142> to the nations <1471>; behold <2009>,

publish <8085> against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>, [that] watchers

<5341> come <0935> from a far <4801> country <0776>, and give

<5414> out their voice <6963> against <5921> the cities <5892>

of Judah <3063>.

17 As keepers <8104> of a field <7704>, are they against <5921>

her round <5439> about; because <3588> she hath been rebellious

<4784> against me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

18 Thy way <1870> and thy doings <4611> have procured <6213>

these <0428> [things] unto thee; this <2063> [is] thy wickedness

<7451>, because <3588> it is bitter <4751>, because <3588> it

reacheth <5060> unto thine heart <3820>.

19. My bowels <4578>, my bowels <4578>! I am pained <3176> at

my very <7023> heart <3820>; my heart <3820> maketh a noise

<1993> in me; I cannot <3808> hold <2790> my peace <2790>,

because <3588> thou hast heard <8085>, O my soul <5315>, the

sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>, the alarm <8643> of war

<4421>.

20 Destruction <7667> upon destruction <7667> is cried <7121>;

for the whole <3605> land <0776> is spoiled <7703>: suddenly

<6597> are my tents <0168> spoiled <7703>, [and] my curtains

<3407> in a moment <7281>.

21 How <5704> long <5704> shall I see <7200> the standard

<5251>, [and] hear <8085> the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>?

22 For my people <5971> [is] foolish <0191>, they have not

known <3045> me; they [are] sottish <5530> children <1121>, and

they have none <3808> understanding <0995>: they [are] wise

<2450> to do evil <7489>, but to do good <3190> they have no

<3808> knowledge <3045>.

23 I beheld <7200> the earth <0776>, and, lo <2009>, [it was]

without <8414> form <8414>, and void <0922>; and the heavens

<8064>, and they [had] no <0369> light <0216>.

24 I beheld <7200> the mountains <2022>, and, lo <2009>, they

trembled <7493>, and all <3605> the hills <1389> moved <7043>

lightly <7043>.

25 I beheld <7200>, and, lo <2009>, [there was] no <0369> man

<0120>, and all <3605> the birds <5775> of the heavens <8064>

were fled <5074>.

26 I beheld <7200>, and, lo <2009>, the fruitful <3759> place

[was] a wilderness <4057>, and all <3605> the cities <5892>

thereof were broken <5422> down <5422> at the presence <6440> of

the LORD <3068>, [and] by his fierce <2740> anger <0639>.

27 For thus <3541> hath the LORD <3068> said <0559>, The whole

<3605> land <0776> shall be desolate <8077>; yet will I not make

<6213> a full end <3615>.

28 For this <2063> shall the earth <0776> mourn <56>, and the

heavens <8064> above <4605> be black <6937>: because I have

spoken <1696> [it], I have purposed <2161> [it], and will not

repent <5162>, neither <3808> will I turn <7725> back <7725>

from it.

29 The whole <3605> city <5892> shall flee <1272> for the noise

<6963> of the horsemen <6571> and bowmen; they shall go <0935>

into thickets <5645>, and climb <5927> up upon the rocks <3710>:

every <3605> city <5892> [shall be] forsaken <5800>, and not a

man <0376> dwell <3427> therein <2004>.

30 And [when] thou [art] spoiled <7703>, what <4100> wilt thou

do <6213>? Though <3588> thou clothest <3847> thyself with

crimson <8144>, though <3588> thou deckest <5710> thee with

ornaments <5716> of gold <2091>, though <3588> thou rentest

<7167> thy face <5869> with painting <6320>, in vain <7723>

shalt thou make thyself fair <3302>; [thy] lovers <5689> will

despise <3988> thee, they will seek <1245> thy life <5315>.

31 For I have heard <8085> a voice <6963> as of a woman in

travail <2470>, [and] the anguish <6869> as of her that bringeth

<1069> forth her first <1069> child, the voice <6963> of the

daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>, [that] bewaileth <3306> herself,

[that] spreadeth <6566> her hands <3709>, [saying], Woe <0188>

[is] me now <4994>! for my soul <5315> is wearied <5888> because

of murderers <2026>.

Jeremiah 5

1. Run <7751> ye to and fro <7751> through the streets <2351>

of Jerusalem <3389>, and see <7200> now <4994>, and know <3045>,

and seek <1245> in the broad <7339> places thereof, if <0518> ye

can find <4672> a man <0376>, if <0518> there be [any] that

executeth <6213> judgment <4941>, that seeketh <1245> the truth

<0530>; and I will pardon <5545> it.

2 And though <0518> they say <0559>, The LORD <3068> liveth

<2416>; surely <0403> they swear <7650> falsely <8267>.

3 O LORD <3068>, [are] not thine eyes <5869> upon the truth

<0530>? thou hast stricken <5221> them, but they have not

grieved <2342>; thou hast consumed <3615> them, [but] they have

refused <3985> to receive <3947> correction <4148>: they have

made their faces <6440> harder <2388> than a rock <5553>; they

have refused <3985> to return <7725>.

4 Therefore I said <0559>, Surely <0389> these <1992> [are]

poor <1800>; they are foolish <2973>: for they know <3045> not

the way <1870> of the LORD <3068>, [nor] the judgment <4941> of

their God <0430>.

5 I will get <3212> me unto the great <1419> men, and will

speak <1696> unto them; for they have known <3045> the way

<1870> of the LORD <3068>, [and] the judgment <4941> of their

God <0430>: but these <1992> have altogether <3162> broken

<7665> the yoke <5923>, [and] burst <5423> the bonds <4147>.

6 Wherefore a lion <0738> out of the forest <3293> shall slay

<5221> them, [and] a wolf <2061> of the evenings <6160> shall

spoil <7703> them, a leopard <5246> shall watch <8245> over

<5921> their cities <5892>: every one that goeth <3318> out

thence <2007> shall be torn <2963> in pieces: because <3588>

their transgressions <6588> are many <7231>, [and] their

backslidings <4878> are increased <6105>.

7 How <0335> shall I pardon <5545> thee for this <2063>? thy

children <1121> have forsaken <5800> me, and sworn <7650> by

[them that are] no <3808> gods <0430>: when I had fed them to

the full <7646>, they then committed <5003> adultery <5003>, and

assembled <1413> themselves by troops in the harlots <2181>'

houses <1004>.

8 They were [as] fed <2109> horses <5483> in the morning <7904>:

every <0376> one <0376> neighed <6670> after <0413> his

neighbour's <7453> wife <0802>.

9 Shall I not visit <6485> for these <0428> [things]? saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>: and shall not my soul <5315> be avenged

<5358> on such <0834> a nation <1471> as this <2088>?

10. Go <5927> ye up upon her walls <8284>, and destroy <7843>;

but make <6213> not a full end <3615>: take <5493> away <5493>

her battlements <5189>; for they [are] not the LORD'S <3068>.

11 For the house <1004> of Israel <3478> and the house <1004>

of Judah <3063> have dealt very treacherously <0898> against me,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

12 They have belied <3584> the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>,

[It is] not he; neither <3808> shall evil <7451> come <0935>

upon us; neither <3808> shall we see <7200> sword <2719> nor

famine <7458>:

13 And the prophets <5030> shall become <1961> wind <7307>, and

the word <1699> [is] not in them: thus <3541> shall it be done

<6213> unto them.

14 Wherefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

God <0430> of hosts <6635>, Because <3282> ye speak <1696> this

<2088> word <1697>, behold <2005>, I will make <5414> my words

<1697> in thy mouth <6310> fire <0784>, and this <2088> people

<5971> wood <6086>, and it shall devour <0398> them.

15 Lo <2009>, I will bring <0935> a nation <1471> upon you from

far <4801>, O house <1004> of Israel <3478>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>: it [is] a mighty <0386> nation <1471>, it [is] an

ancient <5769> nation <1471>, a nation <1471> whose language

<3956> thou knowest <3045> not, neither <3808> understandest

<8085> what <4100> they say <1696>.

16 Their quiver <0827> [is] as an open <6605> sepulchre <6913>,

they [are] all <3605> mighty <1368> men.

17 And they shall eat <0398> up thine harvest <7105>, and thy

bread <3899>, [which] thy sons <1121> and thy daughters <1121>

should eat <0398>: they shall eat <0398> up thy flocks <6629>

and thine herds <1241>: they shall eat <0398> up thy vines

<1612> and thy fig <8384> trees: they shall impoverish <7567>

thy fenced <4013> cities <5892>, wherein <0834> thou trustedst

<0982>, with the sword <2719>.

18 Nevertheless <1571> in those <1992> days <3117>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, I will not make <6213> a full end <3615>

with you.

19 And it shall come <1961> to pass, when <3588> ye shall say

<0559>, Wherefore doeth <6213> the LORD <3068> our God <0430>

all <3605> these <0428> [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer

<0559> them, Like as ye have forsaken <5800> me, and served

<5647> strange <5236> gods <0430> in your land <0776>, so <3651>

shall ye serve <5647> strangers <2114> in a land <0776> [that

is] not yours.

20. Declare <5046> this <2063> in the house <1004> of Jacob

<3290>, and publish <8085> it in Judah <3063>, saying <0559>,

21 Hear <8085> now <4994> this <2063>, O foolish <5530> people

<5971>, and without <0369> understanding <3820>; which have eyes

<5869>, and see <7200> not; which have ears <0241>, and hear

<8085> not:

22 Fear <3372> ye not me? saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: will ye

not tremble <2342> at my presence <6440>, which <0834> have

placed <0776> the sand <2344> [for] the bound <1366> of the sea

<3220> by a perpetual <5769> decree <2706>, that it cannot

<3201> pass <5674> it: and though the waves <1530> thereof toss

<1607> themselves, yet can they not prevail <3201>; though they

roar <1993>, yet can <3201> they not pass <5674> over <5674> it?

23 But this <2088> people <5971> hath a revolting <5637> and a

rebellious <4784> heart <3820>; they are revolted <5498> and

gone <3212>.

24 Neither <3808> say <0559> they in their heart <3824>, Let us

now <4994> fear <3372> the LORD <3068> our God <0430>, that

giveth <5414> rain <1653>, both the former <3138> and the latter

<4456>, in his season <6256>: he reserveth <8104> unto us the

appointed <2708> weeks <7620> of the harvest <7105>.

25. Your iniquities <5771> have turned <5186> away these <0428>

[things], and your sins <2403> have withholden <4513> good

<2896> [things] from you.

26 For among my people <5971> are found <4672> wicked <7563>

[men]: they lay wait <7789>, as he that setteth <7918> snares

<3353>; they set <5324> a trap <4889>, they catch <3920> men

<0582>.

27 As a cage <3619> is full <4392> of birds <5775>, so <3651>

[are] their houses <1004> full <4392> of deceit <4820>:

therefore they are become <6238> great <1431>, and waxen rich

<6238>.

28 They are waxen fat <8080>, they shine <6245>: yea <1571>,

they overpass <5674> the deeds <1697> of the wicked <7451>: they

judge <1777> not the cause <1779>, the cause of the fatherless

<3490>, yet they prosper <6743>; and the right <4941> of the

needy <34> do they not judge <8199>.

29 Shall I not visit <6485> for these <0428> [things]? saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>: shall not my soul <5315> be avenged

<5358> on such <0834> a nation <1471> as this?

30 A wonderful <8047> and horrible <8186> thing is committed

<1961> in the land <0776>;

31 The prophets <5030> prophesy <5012> falsely <8267>, and the

priests <3548> bear <7287> rule <7287> by their means <3027>;

and my people <5971> love <0157> [to have it] so <3651>: and

what <4100> will ye do <6213> in the end <0319> thereof?

Jeremiah 6

1. O ye children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>, gather <5756>

yourselves to flee <5756> out of the midst <7130> of Jerusalem

<3389>, and blow <8628> the trumpet <7782> in Tekoa <8620>, and

set <5375> up a sign <4864> of fire in Bethhaccerem <1021>: for

evil <7451> appeareth <8259> out of the north <6828>, and great

<1419> destruction <7667>.

2 I have likened <1819> the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> to a

comely <5000> and delicate <6026> [woman].

3 The shepherds <7462> with their flocks <5739> shall come

<0935> unto her; they shall pitch <8628> [their] tents <0168>

against <5921> her round <5439> about; they shall feed <7462>

every <0376> one <0376> in his place <3027>.

4 Prepare <6942> ye war <4421> against <5921> her; arise <6965>,

and let us go <5927> up at noon <6672>. Woe <0188> unto us! for

the day <3117> goeth <6437> away, for the shadows <6752> of the

evening <6153> are stretched <5186> out.

5 Arise <6965>, and let us go <5927> by night <3915>, and let

us destroy <7843> her palaces <0759>.

6 For thus <3541> hath the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> said

<0559>, Hew <3772> ye down trees <6097>, and cast <8210> a mount

<5550> against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>: this <1931> [is] the

city <5892> to be visited <6485>; she [is] wholly <3605>

oppression <6233> in the midst <7130> of her.

7 As a fountain <0953> casteth <6979> out her waters <4325>, so

<3651> she casteth <6979> out her wickedness <7451>: violence

<2555> and spoil <7701> is heard <8085> in her; before me

continually <8548> [is] grief <2483> and wounds <4347>.

8 Be thou instructed <3256>, O Jerusalem <3389>, lest <6435> my

soul <5315> depart <3363> from thee; lest <6435> I make <7760>

thee desolate <8077>, a land <0776> not inhabited <3427>.

9. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

They shall throughly glean <5953> the remnant <7611> of Israel

<3478> as a vine <1612>: turn <7725> back <7725> thine hand

<3027> as a grapegatherer <1219> into <5921> the baskets <5552>.

10 To whom <4310> shall I speak <1696>, and give warning <5749>,

that they may hear <8085>? behold <2009>, their ear <0241> [is]

uncircumcised <6189>, and they cannot hearken <7181>: behold

<2009>, the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> is unto them a

reproach <2781>; they have no <3808> delight <2654> in it.

11 Therefore I am full <4392> of the fury <2534> of the LORD

<3068>; I am weary <3811> with holding <3557> in: I will pour

<8210> it out upon the children <5768> abroad <2351>, and upon

the assembly <5475> of young <0970> men together <3162>: for

even <1571> the husband <0376> with the wife <0802> shall be

taken <3920>, the aged <2205> with [him that is] full <4390> of

days <3117>.

12 And their houses <1004> shall be turned <5437> unto others

<0312>, [with their] fields <7704> and wives <0802> together

<3162>: for I will stretch <5186> out my hand <3027> upon the

inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

13 For from the least <6996> of them even unto the greatest

<1419> of them every <3605> one [is] given to covetousness

<1215>; and from the prophet <5030> even unto the priest <3548>

every <3605> one dealeth <6213> falsely <8267>.

14 They have healed <7495> also the hurt <7667> [of the

daughter] of my people <5971> slightly <7043>, saying <0559>,

Peace <7965>, peace <7965>; when [there is] no <0369> peace

<7965>.

15 Were they ashamed <0954> when <3588> they had committed

<6213> abomination <8441>? nay <1571>, they were not at all

ashamed <0954>, neither could <3045> they blush <3637>:

therefore <3651> they shall fall <5307> among them that fall

<5307>: at the time <6256> [that] I visit <6485> them they shall

be cast <3782> down <3782>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

16 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Stand <5975> ye in

the ways <1870>, and see <7200>, and ask <7592> for the old

<5769> paths <5410>, where <0335> [is] the good <2896> way

<1870>, and walk <3212> therein, and ye shall find <4672> rest

<4771> for your souls <5315>. But they said <0559>, We will not

walk <3212> [therein].

17 Also I set <6965> watchmen <6822> over <5921> you, [saying],

Hearken <7181> to the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>. But

they said <0559>, We will not hearken <7181>.

18. Therefore <3651> hear <8085>, ye nations <1471>, and know

<3045>, O congregation <5712>, what [is] among them.

19 Hear <8085>, O earth <0776>: behold <2009>, I will bring

<0935> evil <7451> upon this <2088> people <5971>, [even] the

fruit <6529> of their thoughts <4284>, because they have not

hearkened <7181> unto my words <1697>, nor to my law <8451>, but

rejected <3988> it.

20 To what <4100> purpose cometh <0935> there to me incense

<3828> from Sheba <7614>, and the sweet <2896> cane <7070> from

a far <4801> country <0776>? your burnt <5930> offerings [are]

not acceptable <7522>, nor <3808> your sacrifices <2077> sweet

<6147> unto me.

21 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>,

Behold <2005>, I will lay <5414> stumblingblocks <4383> before

<0413> this <2088> people <5971>, and the fathers <1> and the

sons <1121> together <3162> shall fall <3782> upon them; the

neighbour <7934> and his friend <7453> shall perish <6>.

22 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2009>, a

people <5971> cometh <0935> from the north <6828> country <0776>,

and a great <1419> nation <1471> shall be raised <5782> from

the sides <3411> of the earth <0776>.

23 They shall lay hold <2388> on bow <7198> and spear <3591>;

they [are] cruel <0394>, and have no <3808> mercy <7355>; their

voice <6963> roareth <1993> like the sea <3220>; and they ride

<7392> upon horses <5483>, set in array <6186> as men <0376> for

war <4421> against <5921> thee, O daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>.

24 We have heard <8085> the fame <8089> thereof: our hands

<3027> wax feeble <7503>: anguish <6869> hath taken <2388> hold

<2388> of us, [and] pain <2427>, as of a woman in travail <3205>.

25 Go <3318> not forth <3318> into the field <7704>, nor <0408>

walk <3212> by the way <1870>; for the sword <2719> of the enemy

<0341> [and] fear <4032> [is] on every <5437> side <5439>.

26 O daughter <1323> of my people <5971>, gird <2296> [thee]

with sackcloth <8242>, and wallow <6428> thyself in ashes <0665>:

make <6213> thee mourning <60>, [as for] an only <3173> son

<3173>, most bitter <8563> lamentation <4553>: for the spoiler

<7703> shall suddenly <6597> come <0935> upon us.

27 I have set <5414> thee [for] a tower <0969> [and] a fortress

<4013> among my people <5971>, that thou mayest know <3045> and

try <0974> their way <1870>.

28 They [are] all <3605> grievous <5493> revolters <5637>,

walking <1980> with slanders <7400>: [they are] brass <5178> and

iron <1270>; they [are] all <3605> corrupters <7843>.

29 The bellows <4647> are burned <2787>, the lead <5777> is

consumed <8552> of the fire <0784>; the founder <6884> melteth

<6884> in vain <7723>: for the wicked <7451> are not plucked

<5423> away.

30 Reprobate <3988> silver <3701> shall [men] call <7121> them,

because <3588> the LORD <3068> hath rejected <3988> them.

Jeremiah 7

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414> from the

LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Stand <5975> in the gate <8179> of the LORD'S <3068> house

<1004>, and proclaim <7121> there <8033> this <2088> word <1697>,

and say <0559>, Hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>,

all <3605> [ye of] Judah <3063>, that enter <0935> in at these

<0428> gates <8179> to worship <7812> the LORD <3068>.

3 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the

God <0430> of Israel <3478>, Amend <3190> your ways <1870> and

your doings <4611>, and I will cause you to dwell <7931> in this

<2088> place <4725>.

4 Trust <0982> ye not in lying <8267> words <1697>, saying

<0559>, The temple <1964> of the LORD <3068>, The temple <1964>

of the LORD <3068>, The temple <1964> of the LORD <3068>, [are]

these <1992>.

5 For if <0518> ye throughly amend <3190> your ways <1870> and

your doings <4611>; if <0518> ye throughly execute <6213>

judgment <4941> between <0996> a man <0376> and his neighbour

<7453>;

6 [If] ye oppress <6231> not the stranger <1616>, the

fatherless <3490>, and the widow <0490>, and shed <8210> not

innocent <5355> blood <1818> in this <2088> place <4725>,

neither <3808> walk <3212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>

to your hurt <7451>:

7 Then will I cause you to dwell <7931> in this <2088> place

<4725>, in the land <0776> that I gave <5414> to your fathers

<1>, for ever <5769> and ever <5769>.

8 Behold <2009>, ye trust <0982> in lying <8267> words <1697>,

that cannot <1115> profit <3276>.

9 Will ye steal <1589>, murder <7523>, and commit <5003>

adultery <5003>, and swear <7650> falsely <8267>, and burn

<6999> incense <6999> unto Baal <1168>, and walk <1980> after

<0310> other <0312> gods <0430> whom <0834> ye know <3045> not;

10 And come <0935> and stand <5975> before <6440> me in this

<2088> house <1004>, which <0834> is called <7121> by my name

<8034>, and say <0559>, We are delivered <5337> to do <6213> all

<3605> these <0428> abominations <8441>?

11 Is this <2088> house <1004>, which <0834> is called <7121>

by my name <8034>, become <1961> a den <4631> of robbers <6530>

in your eyes <5869>? Behold <2009>, even <1571> I have seen

<7200> [it], saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

12 But go <3212> ye now <4994> unto my place <4725> which

<0834> [was] in Shiloh <7887>, where I set <7931> my name <8034>

at the first <7223>, and see <7200> what I did <6213> to it for

the wickedness <7451> of my people <5971> Israel <3478>.

13 And now <4994>, because <3282> ye have done <6213> all

<3605> these <0428> works <4639>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

and I spake <1696> unto you, rising <7925> up early <7925> and

speaking <1696>, but ye heard <8085> not; and I called <7121>

you, but ye answered <6030> not;

14 Therefore will I do <6213> unto [this] house <1004>, which

<0834> is called <7121> by my name <8034>, wherein <0834> ye

trust <0982>, and unto the place <4725> which <0834> I gave

<5414> to you and to your fathers <1>, as I have done <6213> to

Shiloh <7887>.

15 And I will cast <7993> you out of my sight <6440>, as I have

cast <7993> out all <3605> your brethren <0251>, [even <0853>]

the whole <3605> seed <2233> of Ephraim <0669>.

16. Therefore pray <6419> not thou for this <2088> people

<5971>, neither <0408> lift <5375> up cry <7440> nor <0408>

prayer <8605> for them, neither <0408> make intercession <6293>

to me: for I will not hear <8085> thee.

17 Seest <7200> thou not what <4100> they do <6213> in the

cities <5892> of Judah <3063> and in the streets <2351> of

Jerusalem <3389>?

18 The children <1121> gather <3950> wood <6086>, and the

fathers <1> kindle <1197> the fire <0784>, and the women <0802>

knead <3888> [their] dough <1217>, to make <6213> cakes <3561>

to the queen <4446> of heaven <8064>, and to pour <5258> out

drink <5262> offerings <5262> unto other <0312> gods <0430>,

that they may provoke me to anger <3707>.

19 Do they provoke me to anger <3707>? saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion

<1322> of their own faces <6440>?

20 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the Lord <0136>

GOD <3069>; Behold <2009>, mine anger <0639> and my fury <2534>

shall be poured <5413> out upon this <2088> place <4725>, upon

man <0120>, and upon beast <0929>, and upon the trees <6086> of

the field <7704>, and upon the fruit <6529> of the ground <0127>;

and it shall burn <1197>, and shall not be quenched <3518>.

21. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Put <5595> your burnt <5930>

offerings unto your sacrifices <2077>, and eat <0398> flesh

<1320>.

22 For I spake <1696> not unto your fathers <1>, nor <3808>

commanded <6680> them in the day <3117> that I brought <3318>

them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, concerning burnt

<5930> offerings or sacrifices <2077>:

23 But this <2088> thing <1697> commanded <6680> I them, saying

<0559>, Obey <8085> my voice <6963>, and I will be your God

<0430>, and ye shall be my people <5971>: and walk <1980> ye in

all <3605> the ways <1870> that I have commanded <6680> you,

that it may be well <3190> unto you.

24 But they hearkened <8085> not, nor <3808> inclined <5186>

their ear <0241>, but walked <3212> in the counsels <4156> [and]

in the imagination <8307> of their evil <7451> heart <3820>, and

went <1961> backward <0268>, and not forward <6440>.

25 Since <4480> the day <3117> that your fathers <1> came

<3318> forth <3318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714> unto

this <2088> day <3117> I have even sent <7971> unto you all

<3605> my servants <5650> the prophets <5030>, daily <3117>

rising <7925> up early <7925> and sending <7971> [them]:

26 Yet they hearkened <8085> not unto me, nor <3808> inclined

<5186> their ear <0241>, but hardened <7185> their neck <6202>:

they did worse <7489> than their fathers <1>.

27 Therefore thou shalt speak <1696> all <3605> these <0428>

words <1697> unto them; but they will not hearken <8085> to thee:

thou shalt also call <7121> unto them; but they will not answer

<6030> thee.

28 But thou shalt say <0559> unto them, This <2088> [is] a

nation <1471> that obeyeth <8085> not the voice <6963> of the

LORD <3068> their God <0430>, nor <3808> receiveth <3947>

correction <4148>: truth <0530> is perished <6>, and is cut

<3772> off from their mouth <6310>.

29. Cut <1494> off thine hair <5145>, [O Jerusalem], and cast

<7993> [it] away, and take <5375> up a lamentation <7015> on

<5921> high <8205> places; for the LORD <3068> hath rejected

<3988> and forsaken <5203> the generation <1755> of his wrath

<5678>.

30 For the children <1121> of Judah <3063> have done <6213>

evil <7451> in my sight <5869>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>:

they have set <7760> their abominations <8251> in the house

<1004> which <0834> is called <7121> by my name <8034>, to

pollute <2930> it.

31 And they have built <1129> the high <1116> places of Tophet

<8612>, which <0834> [is] in the valley <1516> of the son <1121>

of Hinnom <2011>, to burn <8313> their sons <1121> and their

daughters <1121> in the fire <0784>; which <0834> I commanded

<6680> [them] not, neither <3808> came <5927> it into <5921> my

heart <3820>.

32 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that it shall no <3808> more

<5750> be called <0559> Tophet <8612>, nor the valley <1516> of

the son <1121> of Hinnom <2011>, but the valley <1516> of

slaughter <2028>: for they shall bury <6912> in Tophet <8612>,

till there be no <0369> place <4725>.

33 And the carcases <5038> of this <2088> people <5971> shall

be meat <3978> for the fowls <5775> of the heaven <8064>, and

for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>; and none <0369> shall

fray <2729> [them] away.

34 Then will I cause to cease <7673> from the cities <5892> of

Judah <3063>, and from the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389>,

the voice <6963> of mirth <8342>, and the voice <6963> of

gladness <8057>, the voice <6963> of the bridegroom <2860>, and

the voice <6963> of the bride <3618>: for the land <0776> shall

be desolate <2723>.

Jeremiah 8

1. At that time <6256>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, they

shall bring <3318> out the bones <6106> of the kings <4428> of

Judah <3063>, and the bones <6106> of his princes <8269>, and

the bones <6106> of the priests <3548>, and the bones <6106> of

the prophets <5030>, and the bones <6106> of the inhabitants

<3427> of Jerusalem <3389>, out of their graves <6913>:

2 And they shall spread <7849> them before the sun <8121>, and

the moon <3394>, and all <3605> the host <6635> of heaven <8064>,

whom <0834> they have loved <0157>, and whom <0834> they have

served <5647>, and after <0310> whom <0834> they have walked

<1980>, and whom they have sought <1875>, and whom <0834> they

have worshipped <7812>: they shall not be gathered <0622>, nor

<3808> be buried <6912>; they shall be for dung <1828> upon the

face <6440> of the earth <0127>.

3 And death <4194> shall be chosen <0977> rather than life

<2416> by all <3605> the residue <7611> of them that remain

<7604> of this <2063> evil <7451> family <4940>, which remain

<7604> in all <3605> the places <4725> whither I have driven

<5080> them, saith <5002> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

4. Moreover thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068>; Shall they fall <5307>, and not arise

<6965>? shall he turn <7725> away, and not return <7725>?

5 Why <4069> [then] is this <2088> people <5971> of Jerusalem

<3389> slidden <7725> back <7725> by a perpetual <5331>

backsliding <4878>? they hold <2388> fast deceit <8649>, they

refuse <3985> to return <7725>.

6 I hearkened <8085> and heard <8085>, [but] they spake <1696>

not aright <3651>: no <0369> man <0376> repented <5162> him of

his wickedness <7451>, saying <0559>, What <4100> have I done

<6213>? every <3605> one turned <7725> to his course <4794>, as

the horse <5483> rusheth <7857> into the battle <4421>.

7 Yea <1571>, the stork <2624> in the heaven <8064> knoweth

<3045> her appointed <4150> times <6256>; and the turtle <8449>

and the crane <5483> and the swallow <5693> observe <8104> the

time <6256> of their coming <0935>; but my people <5971> know

<3045> not the judgment <4941> of the LORD <3068>.

8 How <0349> do ye say <0559>, We [are] wise <2450>, and the

law <8451> of the LORD <3068> [is] with us? Lo <2009>, certainly

<0403> in vain <8267> made <6213> he [it]; the pen <5842> of the

scribes <5608> [is] in vain <8267>.

9 The wise <2450> [men] are ashamed <0954>, they are dismayed

<2865> and taken: lo <2009>, they have rejected <3988> the word

<1697> of the LORD <3068>; and what <4100> wisdom <2451> [is] in

them?

10 Therefore <3651> will I give <5414> their wives <0802> unto

others <0312>, [and] their fields <7704> to them that shall

inherit <3423> [them]: for every <3605> one from the least

<6996> even unto the greatest <1419> is given to covetousness

<1215>, from the prophet <5030> even unto the priest <3548>

every <3605> one dealeth <6213> falsely <8267>.

11 For they have healed <7495> the hurt <7667> of the daughter

<1323> of my people <5971> slightly <7043>, saying <0559>, Peace

<7965>, peace <7965>; when [there is] no <0369> peace <7965>.

12 Were they ashamed <0954> when <3588> they had committed

<6213> abomination <8441>? nay <1571>, they were not at all

ashamed <0954>, neither <3808> could <3045> they blush <3637>:

therefore <3651> shall they fall <5307> among them that fall

<5307>: in the time <6256> of their visitation <6486> they shall

be cast <3782> down <3782>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

13. I will surely consume <5486> them, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>: [there shall be] no <0369> grapes <6025> on the vine

<1612>, nor <0369> figs <8384> on the fig <8384> tree, and the

leaf <5929> shall fade <5034>; and [the things that] I have

given <5414> them shall pass <5674> away from them.

14 Why do we sit <3427> still? assemble <0622> yourselves, and

let us enter <0935> into <0413> the defenced <4013> cities

<5892>, and let us be silent <1826> there <8033>: for the LORD

<3068> our God <0430> hath put us to silence <1826>, and given

us water <4325> of gall <7219> to drink <8248>, because <3588>

we have sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>.

15 We looked <6960> for peace <7965>, but no <0369> good <2896>

[came; and] for a time <6256> of health <4832>, and behold

<2009> trouble <1205>!

16 The snorting <5170> of his horses <5483> was heard <8085>

from Dan <1835>: the whole <3605> land <0776> trembled <7493> at

the sound <6963> of the neighing <4684> of his strong <47> ones;

for they are come <0935>, and have devoured <0398> the land

<0776>, and all <4393> that is in it; the city <5892>, and those

that dwell <3427> therein.

17 For, behold <2005>, I will send <7971> serpents <5175>,

cockatrices <6848>, among you, which <0834> [will] not [be]

charmed <3908>, and they shall bite <5391> you, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

18 [When] I would comfort <4010> myself against sorrow <3015>,

my heart <3820> [is] faint <1742> in me.

19 Behold <2009> the voice <6963> of the cry <7775> of the

daughter <1323> of my people <5971> because of them that dwell

in a far <4801> country <0776>: [Is] not the LORD <3068> in Zion

<6726>? [is] not her king <4428> in her? Why <4069> have they

provoked me to anger <3707> with their graven <6456> images,

[and] with strange <5236> vanities <1892>?

20 The harvest <7105> is past <5674>, the summer <7019> is

ended <3615>, and we are not saved <3467>.

21 For the hurt <7667> of the daughter <1323> of my people

<5971> am I hurt <7665>; I am black <6937>; astonishment <8047>

hath taken <2388> hold <2388> on me.

22 [Is there] no <0369> balm <6875> in Gilead <1568>; [is

there] no <0369> physician <7495> there? why <4069> then <3588>

is not the health <0724> of the daughter <1323> of my people

<5971> recovered <5927>?

Jeremiah 9

1. Oh that my head <7218> were waters <4325>, and mine eyes

<5869> a fountain <4726> of tears <1832>, that I might weep

<1058> day <3119> and night <3915> for the slain <2491> of the

daughter <1323> of my people <5971>!

2 Oh that I had in the wilderness <4057> a lodging <4411> place

of wayfaring <0732> men; that I might leave <5800> my people

<5971>, and go <3212> from them! for they [be] all <3605>

adulterers <5003>, an assembly <6116> of treacherous <0898> men.

3 And they bend <1869> their tongues <3956> [like] their bow

<7198> [for] lies <8267>: but they are not valiant <1396> for

the truth <0530> upon the earth <0776>; for they proceed <3318>

from evil <7451> to evil <7451>, and they know <3045> not me,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

4 Take ye heed <8104> every <0376> one <0376> of his neighbour

<7453>, and trust <0982> ye not in any <3605> brother <0251>:

for every <3605> brother <0251> will utterly supplant <6117>,

and every <3605> neighbour <7453> will walk <1980> with slanders

<7400>.

5 And they will deceive <2048> every <0376> one <0376> his

neighbour <7453>, and will not speak <1696> the truth <0571>:

they have taught <3925> their tongue <3956> to speak <1696> lies

<8267>, [and] weary <3811> themselves to commit <5753> iniquity

<5753>.

6 Thine habitation <3427> [is] in the midst <8432> of deceit

<4820>; through deceit <4820> they refuse <3985> to know <3045>

me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

7 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, Behold <2005>, I will melt <6884> them, and try

<0974> them; for how <0349> shall I do <6213> for the daughter

<1323> of my people <5971>?

8 Their tongue <3956> [is as] an arrow <2671> shot <7819> out;

it speaketh <1696> deceit <4820>: [one] speaketh <1696>

peaceably <7965> to his neighbour <7453> with his mouth <6310>,

but in heart <7130> he layeth <7760> his wait <0696>.

9 Shall I not visit <6485> them for these <0428> [things]?

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: shall not my soul <5315> be

avenged <5358> on such <0834> a nation <1471> as this <2088>?

10 For the mountains <2022> will I take <5375> up a weeping

<1065> and wailing <5092>, and for the habitations <4999> of the

wilderness <4057> a lamentation <7015>, because <3588> they are

burned <3341> up, so that none can <3201> pass <5674> through

[them]; neither <3808> can <3201> [men] hear <8085> the voice

<6963> of the cattle <4735>; both the fowl <5775> of the heavens

<8064> and the beast <0929> are fled <5074>; they are gone

<1980>.

11 And I will make <5414> Jerusalem <3389> heaps <1530>, [and]

a den <4583> of dragons <8577>; and I will make <5414> the

cities <5892> of Judah <3063> desolate <8077>, without <1097> an

inhabitant <3427>.

12. Who <4310> [is] the wise <2450> man <0376>, that may

understand <0995> this <2063>? and [who is he] to whom <0834>

the mouth <6310> of the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696>, that he

may declare <5046> it, for what <4100> the land <0776> perisheth

<6> [and] is burned <3341> up like a wilderness <4057>, that

none <1997> passeth <5674> through?

13 And the LORD <3068> saith <0559>, Because <5921> they have

forsaken <5800> my law <8451> which <0834> I set <5414> before

<6440> them, and have not obeyed <8085> my voice <6963>, neither

<3808> walked <1980> therein;

14 But have walked <3212> after <0310> the imagination <8307>

of their own heart <3820>, and after <0310> Baalim <1168>, which

<0834> their fathers <1> taught <3925> them:

15 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I

will feed <0398> them, [even] this <2088> people <5971>, with

wormwood <3939>, and give them water <4325> of gall <7219> to

drink <8248>.

16 I will scatter <6327> them also among the heathen <1471>,

whom <0834> neither <3808> they nor their fathers <1> have known

<3045>: and I will send <7971> a sword <2719> after <0310> them,

till <5704> I have consumed <3615> them.

17 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

Consider <0995> ye, and call <7121> for the mourning <6969>

women, that they may come <0935>; and send <7971> for cunning

<2450> [women], that they may come <0935>:

18 And let them make haste <4116>, and take <5375> up a wailing

<5092> for us, that our eyes <5869> may run <3381> down with

tears <1832>, and our eyelids <6079> gush <5140> out with waters

<4325>.

19 For a voice <6963> of wailing <5092> is heard <8085> out of

Zion <6726>, How <0349> are we spoiled <7703>! we are greatly

<3966> confounded <0954>, because <3588> we have forsaken <5800>

the land <0776>, because <3588> our dwellings <4908> have cast

<7993> [us] out.

20 Yet <3588> hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, O

ye women <0802>, and let your ear <0241> receive <3947> the word

<1697> of his mouth <6310>, and teach <3925> your daughters

<1121> wailing <5092>, and every <0802> one her neighbour <7468>

lamentation <7015>.

21 For death <4194> is come <5927> up into our windows <2474>,

[and] is entered <0935> into our palaces <0759>, to cut <3772>

off the children <5768> from without <2351>, [and] the young

<0970> men from the streets <7339>.

22 Speak <1696>, Thus <3541> saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, Even

the carcases <5038> of men <0120> shall fall <5307> as dung

<1828> upon the open <6440> field <7704>, and as the handful

<5995> after <0310> the harvestman <7114>, and none <0369> shall

gather <0622> [them].

23. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Let not the wise

<2450> [man] glory <1984> in his wisdom <2451>, neither <0408>

let the mighty <1368> [man] glory <1984> in his might <1369>,

let not the rich <6223> [man] glory <1984> in his riches <6239>:

24 But let him that glorieth <1984> glory <1984> in this <2063>,

that he understandeth <7919> and knoweth <3045> me, that I [am]

the LORD <3068> which exercise <6213> lovingkindness <2617>,

judgment <4941>, and righteousness <6666>, in the earth <0776>:

for in these <0428> [things] I delight <2654>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

25 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that I will punish <6485> all <3605> [them which

are] circumcised <4135> with the uncircumcised <6190>;

26 Egypt <4714>, and Judah <3063>, and Edom <0123>, and the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and Moab <4124>, and all <3605>

[that are] in the utmost <7112> corners <6285>, that dwell

<3427> in the wilderness <4057>: for all <3605> [these] nations

<1471> [are] uncircumcised <6189>, and all <3605> the house

<1004> of Israel <3478> [are] uncircumcised <6189> in the heart

<3820>.

Jeremiah 10

1. Hear <8085> ye the word <1697> which <0834> the LORD <3068>

speaketh <1696> unto you, O house <1004> of Israel <3478>:

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Learn <3925> not

the way <1870> of the heathen <1471>, and be not dismayed <2865>

at the signs <0226> of heaven <8064>; for the heathen <1471> are

dismayed <2865> at them.

3 For the customs <2708> of the people <5971> [are] vain <1892>:

for [one] cutteth <3772> a tree <6086> out of the forest <3293>,

the work <4639> of the hands <3027> of the workman <2796>, with

the axe <4621>.

4 They deck <3302> it with silver <3701> and with gold <2091>;

they fasten <2388> it with nails <4548> and with hammers <4717>,

that it move <6328> not.

5 They [are] upright <4749> as the palm <8560> tree, but speak

<1696> not: they must needs be borne <5375>, because <3588> they

cannot <3808> go <6805>. Be not afraid <3372> of them; for they

cannot <3808> do evil <7489>, neither also <1571> [is it] in

them to do good <3190>.

6 Forasmuch as [there is] none <0369> like <3644> unto thee, O

LORD <3068>; thou [art] great <1419>, and thy name <8034> [is]

great <1419> in might <1369>.

7 Who <4310> would not fear <3372> thee, O King <4428> of

nations <1471>? for to thee doth it appertain <2969>: forasmuch

as among all <3605> the wise <2450> [men] of the nations <1471>,

and in all <3605> their kingdoms <4467>, [there is] none <0369>

like <3644> unto thee.

8 But they are altogether <0259> brutish <1197> and foolish

<3688>: the stock <6086> [is] a doctrine <4148> of vanities

<1892>.

9 Silver <3701> spread <7554> into plates is brought <0935>

from Tarshish <8659>, and gold <2091> from Uphaz <0210>, the

work <4639> of the workman <2796>, and of the hands <3027> of

the founder <6884>: blue <8504> and purple <0713> [is] their

clothing <3830>: they [are] all <3605> the work <4639> of

cunning <2450> [men].

10 But the LORD <3068> [is] the true <0571> God <0430>, he [is]

the living <2416> God <0430>, and an everlasting <5769> king

<4428>: at his wrath <7110> the earth <0776> shall tremble

<7493>, and the nations <1471> shall not be able <3201> to abide

<3557> his indignation <2195>.

11 Thus <1836> shall ye say <0560> unto them, The gods <0426>

that have not made <5648> the heavens <8065> and the earth

<0778>, [even] they shall perish <7> from the earth <0772>, and

from under <8460> these <0429> heavens <8065>.

12 He hath made <6213> the earth <0776> by his power <3581>, he

hath established <3559> the world <8398> by his wisdom <2451>,

and hath stretched <5186> out the heavens <8064> by his

discretion <8394>.

13 When he uttereth <5414> his voice <6963>, [there is] a

multitude <1995> of waters <4325> in the heavens <8064>, and he

causeth the vapours <5387> to ascend <5927> from the ends <7097>

of the earth <0776>; he maketh <6213> lightnings <1300> with

rain <4306>, and bringeth <3318> forth <3318> the wind <7307>

out of his treasures <0214>.

14 Every <3605> man <0120> is brutish <1197> in [his] knowledge

<1847>: every <3605> founder <6884> is confounded <3001> by the

graven <6459> image <6459>: for his molten <5262> image [is]

falsehood <8267>, and [there is] no <3808> breath <7307> in them.

15 They [are] vanity <1892>, [and] the work <4639> of errors

<8595>: in the time <6256> of their visitation <6486> they shall

perish <6>.

16 The portion <2506> of Jacob <3290> [is] not like them: for

he [is] the former <3335> of all <3605> [things]; and Israel

<3478> [is] the rod <7626> of his inheritance <5159>: The LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635> [is] his name <8034>.

17. Gather <0622> up thy wares <3666> out of the land <0776>, O

inhabitant <3427> of the fortress <4693>.

18 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>,

I will sling <7049> out the inhabitants <3427> of the land

<0776> at this <2063> once <6471>, and will distress <6887> them,

that they may find <4672> [it so].

19 Woe <0188> is me for my hurt <7667>! my wound <4347> is

grievous <2470>: but I said <0559>, Truly <0389> this <2088>

[is] a grief <2483>, and I must bear <5375> it.

20 My tabernacle <0168> is spoiled <7703>, and all <3605> my

cords <4340> are broken <5423>: my children <1121> are gone

<3318> forth <3318> of me, and they [are] not: [there is] none

<0369> to stretch <5186> forth my tent <0168> any more <5750>,

and to set <6965> up my curtains <3407>.

21 For the pastors <7462> are become <1197> brutish <1197>, and

have not sought <1875> the LORD <3068>: therefore they shall not

prosper <7919>, and all <3605> their flocks <4830> shall be

scattered <6327>.

22 Behold <2009>, the noise <6963> of the bruit <8052> is come

<0935>, and a great <1419> commotion <7494> out of the north

<6828> country <0776>, to make <7760> the cities <5892> of Judah

<3063> desolate <8077>, [and] a den <4583> of dragons <8577>.

23 O LORD <3068>, I know <3045> that the way <1870> of man

<0120> [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh

<1980> to direct <3559> his steps <6806>.

24 O LORD <3068>, correct <3256> me, but with judgment <4941>;

not in thine anger <0639>, lest <6435> thou bring me to nothing

<4591>.

25 Pour <8210> out thy fury <2534> upon the heathen <1471> that

know <3045> thee not, and upon the families <4940> that call

<7121> not on thy name <8034>: for they have eaten <0398> up

Jacob <3290>, and devoured <0398> him, and consumed <3615> him,

and have made his habitation <5116> desolate <8074>.

Jeremiah 11

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414> from the

LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Hear <8085> ye the words <1697> of this <2088> covenant

<1285>, and speak <1696> unto the men <0376> of Judah <3063>,

and to the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem <3389>;

3 And say <0559> thou unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Cursed <0779> [be] the

man <0376> that obeyeth <8085> not the words <1697> of this

<2088> covenant <1285>,

4 Which <0834> I commanded <6680> your fathers <1> in the day

<3117> [that] I brought <3318> them forth <3318> out of the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>, from the iron <1270> furnace <3564>,

saying <0559>, Obey <8085> my voice <6963>, and do <6213> them,

according to all <3605> which <0834> I command <6680> you: so

shall ye be my people <5971>, and I will be your God <0430>:

5 That I may perform <6965> the oath <7621> which <0834> I have

sworn <7650> unto your fathers <1>, to give <5414> them a land

<0776> flowing <2100> with milk <2461> and honey <1706>, as [it

is] this <2088> day <3117>. Then answered <6030> I, and said

<0559>, So <0543> be it, O LORD <3068>.

6 Then the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, Proclaim <7121> all

<3605> these <0428> words <1697> in the cities <5892> of Judah

<3063>, and in the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389>, saying

<0559>, Hear <8085> ye the words <1697> of this <2088> covenant

<1285>, and do <6213> them.

7 For I earnestly protested <5749> unto your fathers <1> in the

day <3117> [that] I brought <5927> them up out of the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>, [even] unto this <2088> day <3117>,

rising <7925> early <7925> and protesting <5749>, saying <0559>,

Obey <8085> my voice <6963>.

8 Yet they obeyed <8085> not, nor <3808> inclined <5186> their

ear <0241>, but walked <3212> every <0376> one <0376> in the

imagination <8307> of their evil <7451> heart <3820>: therefore

I will bring <0935> upon them all <3605> the words <1697> of

this <2088> covenant <1285>, which <0834> I commanded <6680>

[them] to do <6213>; but they did <6213> [them] not.

9 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, A conspiracy <7195>

is found <4672> among the men <0376> of Judah <3063>, and among

the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem <3389>.

10 They are turned <7725> back <7725> to the iniquities <5771>

of their forefathers, which <0834> refused <3985> to hear <8085>

my words <1697>; and they went <1980> after <0310> other <0312>

gods <0430> to serve <5647> them: the house <1004> of Israel

<3478> and the house <1004> of Judah <3063> have broken <6565>

my covenant <1285> which <0834> I made <3772> with their fathers

<1>.

11. Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>,

Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil <7451> upon them, which

<0834> they shall not be able <3201> to escape <3318>; and

though they shall cry <2199> unto me, I will not hearken <8085>

unto them.

12 Then shall the cities <5892> of Judah <3063> and inhabitants

<3427> of Jerusalem <3389> go <1980>, and cry <2199> unto the

gods <0430> unto whom they offer incense <6999>: but they shall

not save <3467> them at all in the time <6256> of their trouble

<7451>.

13 For [according to] the number <4557> of thy cities <5892>

were thy gods <0430>, O Judah <3063>; and [according to] the

number <4557> of the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389> have ye

set <7760> up altars <4196> to [that] shameful <1322> thing,

[even] altars <4196> to burn <6999> incense <6999> unto Baal

<1168>.

14 Therefore pray <6419> not thou for this <2088> people <5971>,

neither <0408> lift <5375> up a cry <7440> or prayer <8605> for

them: for I will not hear <8085> [them] in the time <6256> that

they cry <7121> unto me for their trouble <7451>.

15 What <4100> hath my beloved <3039> to do in mine house

<1004>, [seeing] she hath wrought <6213> lewdness <4209> with

many <7227>, and the holy <6944> flesh <1320> is passed <5674>

from thee? when <3588> thou doest evil <7451>, then <0227> thou

rejoicest <5937>.

16 The LORD <3068> called <7121> thy name <8034>, A green

<7488> olive <2132> tree, fair <3303>, [and] of goodly fruit

<6529>: with the noise <6963> of a great <1419> tumult <1999> he

hath kindled <3341> fire <0784> upon it, and the branches <1808>

of it are broken <7489>.

17 For the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, that planted <5193>

thee, hath pronounced <1696> evil <7451> against <5921> thee,

for the evil <7451> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478> and of

the house <1004> of Judah <3063>, which <0834> they have done

<6213> against themselves <1992> to provoke me to anger <3707>

in offering incense <6999> unto Baal <1168>.

18. And the LORD <3068> hath given me knowledge <3045> [of it],

and I know <3045> [it]: then <0227> thou shewedst <7200> me

their doings <4611>.

19 But I [was] like a lamb <3532> [or] an ox <0441> [that] is

brought <2986> to the slaughter <2873>; and I knew <3045> not

that they had devised <2803> devices <4284> against <5921> me,

[saying], Let us destroy <7843> the tree <6086> with the fruit

<3899> thereof, and let us cut <3772> him off from the land

<0776> of the living <2416>, that his name <8034> may be no

<3808> more <5750> remembered <2142>.

20 But, O LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, that judgest <8199>

righteously <6664>, that triest <0974> the reins <3629> and the

heart <3820>, let me see <7200> thy vengeance <5360> on them:

for unto thee have I revealed <1540> my cause <7379>.

21 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

the men <0582> of Anathoth <6068>, that seek <1245> thy life

<5315>, saying <0559>, Prophesy <5012> not in the name <8034> of

the LORD <3068>, that thou die <4191> not by our hand <3027>:

22 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, Behold <2005>, I will punish <6485> them: the

young <0970> men shall die <4191> by the sword <2719>; their

sons <1121> and their daughters <1121> shall die <4191> by

famine <7458>:

23 And there shall be no <3808> remnant <7611> of them: for I

will bring <0935> evil <7451> upon the men <0582> of Anathoth

<6068>, [even] the year <8141> of their visitation <6486>.

Jeremiah 12

1. Righteous <6662> [art] thou, O LORD <3068>, when <3588> I

plead <7378> with thee: yet <0389> let me talk <1696> with thee

of [thy] judgments <4941>: Wherefore <4069> doth the way <1870>

of the wicked <7563> prosper <6743>? [wherefore] are all <3605>

they happy <7951> that deal very <0899> treacherously <0898>?

2 Thou hast planted <5193> them, yea <1571>, they have taken

root <8327>: they grow <3212>, yea <1571>, they bring <6213>

forth <6213> fruit <6529>: thou [art] near <7138> in their mouth

<6310>, and far <7350> from their reins <3629>.

3 But thou, O LORD <3068>, knowest <3045> me: thou hast seen

<7200> me, and tried <0974> mine heart <3820> toward <0854> thee:

pull <5423> them out like sheep <6629> for the slaughter <2873>,

and prepare <6942> them for the day <3117> of slaughter <2028>.

4 How <5704> long <5704> shall the land <0776> mourn <56>, and

the herbs <6212> of every <3605> field <7704> wither <3001>, for

the wickedness <7451> of them that dwell <3427> therein? the

beasts <0929> are consumed <5595>, and the birds <5775>; because

<3588> they said <0559>, He shall not see <7200> our last <0319>

end.

5 If <3588> thou hast run <7323> with the footmen <7273>, and

they have wearied <3811> thee, then how <0349> canst thou

contend <8474> with horses <5483>? and [if] in the land <0776>

of peace <7965>, [wherein] thou trustedst <0982>, [they wearied

thee], then how <0349> wilt thou do <6213> in the swelling

<1347> of Jordan <3383>?

6 For even <1571> thy brethren <0251>, and the house <1004> of

thy father <1>, even <1571> they have dealt treacherously <0898>

with thee; yea <1571>, they have called <7121> a multitude

<4392> after <0310> thee: believe <0539> them not, though <3588>

they speak <1696> fair <2896> words unto thee.

7. I have forsaken <5800> mine house <1004>, I have left <5203>

mine heritage <5159>; I have given <5414> the dearly beloved

<3039> of my soul <5315> into the hand <3709> of her enemies

<0341>.

8 Mine heritage <5159> is unto me as a lion <0738> in the

forest <3293>; it crieth out against <5921> me: therefore have I

hated <8130> it.

9 Mine heritage <5159> [is] unto me [as] a speckled <6641> bird

<5861>, the birds <5861> round <5439> about [are] against <5921>

her; come <3212> ye, assemble <0622> all <3605> the beasts

<2416> of the field <7704>, come <0857> to devour <0402>.

10 Many <7227> pastors <7462> have destroyed <7843> my vineyard

<3754>, they have trodden <0947> my portion <2513> under foot

<0947>, they have made <5414> my pleasant <2532> portion <2513>

a desolate <8077> wilderness <4057>.

11 They have made <7760> it desolate <8074>, [and being]

desolate <8077> it mourneth <56> unto me; the whole <3605> land

<0776> is made desolate <8074>, because <3588> no <0369> man

<0376> layeth <7760> [it] to heart <3820>.

12 The spoilers <7703> are come <0935> upon all <3605> high

<8205> places through the wilderness <4057>: for the sword

<2719> of the LORD <3068> shall devour <0398> from the [one] end

<7097> of the land <0776> even to the [other] end <7097> of the

land <0776>: no <0369> flesh <1320> shall have peace <7965>.

13 They have sown <2232> wheat <2406>, but shall reap <7114>

thorns <6975>: they have put themselves to pain <2470>, [but]

shall not profit <3276>: and they shall be ashamed <0954> of

your revenues <8393> because of the fierce <2740> anger <0639>

of the LORD <3068>.

14. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> against <5921> all

<3605> mine evil <7451> neighbours <7934>, that touch <5060> the

inheritance <5159> which <0834> I have caused my people <5971>

Israel <3478> to inherit <5157>; Behold <2005>, I will pluck

<5428> them out of their land <0127>, and pluck <5428> out the

house <1004> of Judah <3063> from among <8432> them.

15 And it shall come to pass, after <0310> that I have plucked

<5428> them out I will return <7725>, and have compassion <7355>

on them, and will bring <7725> them again <7725>, every man

<0376> to his heritage <5159>, and every man <0376> to his land

<0776>.

16 And it shall come to pass, if <0518> they will diligently

learn <3925> the ways <1870> of my people <5971>, to swear

<7650> by my name <8034>, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>; as they

taught <3925> my people <5971> to swear <7650> by Baal <1168>;

then shall they be built <1129> in the midst <8432> of my people

<5971>.

17 But if <0518> they will not obey <8085>, I will utterly

pluck <5428> up and destroy <6> that nation <1471>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 13

1. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, Go <1980>

and get <7069> thee a linen <6593> girdle <0232>, and put <7760>

it upon thy loins <4975>, and put <7760> it not in water <4325>.

2 So I got <7069> a girdle <0232> according to the word <1697>

of the LORD <3068>, and put <7760> [it] on <5921> my loins

<4975>.

3 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto me

the second <8145> time, saying <0559>,

4 Take <3947> the girdle <0232> that thou hast got <7069>,

which <0834> [is] upon thy loins <4975>, and arise <6965>, go

<3212> to Euphrates <6578>, and hide <2934> it there <8033> in a

hole <5357> of the rock.

5 So I went <3212>, and hid <2934> it by Euphrates <6578>, as

the LORD <3068> commanded <6680> me.

6 And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> many <7227> days

<3117>, that the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, Arise <6965>,

go <3212> to Euphrates <6578>, and take <3947> the girdle <0232>

from thence <8033>, which <0834> I commanded <6680> thee to hide

<2934> there <8033>.

7 Then I went <3212> to Euphrates <6578>, and digged <2658>,

and took <3947> the girdle <0232> from the place <4725> where I

had hid <2934> it: and, behold <2009>, the girdle <0232> was

marred <7843>, it was profitable <6743> for nothing.

8 Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto me,

saying <0559>,

9 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, After <3602> this

manner <3541> will I mar <7843> the pride <1347> of Judah <3063>,

and the great <7227> pride <1347> of Jerusalem <3389>.

10 This <2088> evil <7451> people <5971>, which refuse <3987>

to hear <8085> my words <1697>, which walk <1980> in the

imagination <8307> of their heart <3820>, and walk <1980> after

<0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, to serve <5647> them, and to

worship <7812> them, shall even be as this <2088> girdle <0232>,

which <0834> is good <6743> for nothing.

11 For as the girdle <0232> cleaveth <1692> to the loins <4975>

of a man <0376>, so <3651> have I caused to cleave <1692> unto

me the whole <3605> house <1004> of Israel <3478> and the whole

<3605> house <1004> of Judah <3063>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>; that they might be unto me for a people <5971>, and for

a name <8034>, and for a praise <8416>, and for a glory <8597>:

but they would not hear <8085>.

12. Therefore thou shalt speak <0559> unto them this <2088>

word <1697>; Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430>

of Israel <3478>, Every <3605> bottle <5035> shall be filled

<4390> with wine <3196>: and they shall say <0559> unto thee, Do

we not certainly know <3045> that every <3605> bottle <5035>

shall be filled <4390> with wine <3196>?

13 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>, I will fill <5433> all

<3605> the inhabitants <3427> of this land <0776>, even the

kings <4428> that sit <3427> upon David's <1732> throne <3678>,

and the priests <3548>, and the prophets <5030>, and all <3605>

the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem <3389>, with drunkenness

<7943>.

14 And I will dash <5310> them one <0376> against <0413>

another <0250>, even the fathers <1> and the sons <1121>

together <3162>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: I will not pity

<2550>, nor <3808> spare <2347>, nor <3808> have mercy <7355>,

but destroy <7843> them.

15 Hear <8085> ye, and give ear <0238>; be not proud <1341>:

for the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696>.

16 Give <5414> glory <3519> to the LORD <3068> your God <0430>,

before <2962> he cause darkness <2821>, and before <2962> your

feet <7272> stumble <5062> upon the dark <5399> mountains <2022>,

and, while ye look <6960> for light <0216>, he turn <7760> it

into the shadow <6757> of death <6757>, [and] make <7896> [it]

gross <6205> darkness <6205>.

17 But if <0518> ye will not hear <8085> it, my soul <5315>

shall weep <1058> in secret <4565> places for [your] pride

<1466>; and mine eye <5869> shall weep <1830> sore, and run

<3381> down with tears <1832>, because <3588> the LORD'S <3068>

flock <5739> is carried <7617> away captive <7617>.

18 Say <0559> unto the king <4428> and to the queen <1377>,

Humble <8213> yourselves, sit <3427> down: for your

principalities <4761> shall come <3381> down <3381>, [even] the

crown <5850> of your glory <8597>.

19 The cities <5892> of the south <5045> shall be shut <5462>

up, and none <0369> shall open <6605> [them]: Judah <3063> shall

be carried <1540> away captive <1540> all <3605> of it, it shall

be wholly <7965> carried <1540> away captive <1540>.

20 Lift <5375> up your eyes <5869>, and behold <7200> them that

come <0935> from the north <6828>: where <0346> [is] the flock

<5739> [that] was given <5414> thee, thy beautiful <8597> flock

<6629>?

21 What <4100> wilt thou say <0559> when <3588> he shall punish

<6485> thee? for thou hast taught <3925> them [to be] captains

<0441>, [and] as chief <7218> over <5921> thee: shall not

sorrows <2256> take <0270> thee, as a woman <0802> in travail

<3205>?

22. And if <3588> thou say <0559> in thine heart <3824>,

Wherefore <4069> come <7122> these <0428> things upon me? For

the greatness <7230> of thine iniquity <5771> are thy skirts

<7757> discovered <1540>, [and] thy heels <6119> made bare

<2554>.

23 Can the Ethiopian <3569> change <2015> his skin <5785>, or

the leopard <5246> his spots <2272>? [then] may <3201> ye also

<1571> do good <3190>, that are accustomed <3928> to do evil

<7489>.

24 Therefore will I scatter <6327> them as the stubble <7179>

that passeth <5674> away by the wind <7307> of the wilderness

<4057>.

25 This <2088> [is] thy lot <1486>, the portion <4490> of thy

measures <4055> from me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; because

<0834> thou hast forgotten <7911> me, and trusted <0982> in

falsehood <8267>.

26 Therefore will I discover <2834> thy skirts <7757> upon thy

face <6440>, that thy shame <7036> may appear <7200>.

27 I have seen <7200> thine adulteries <5004>, and thy

neighings <4684>, the lewdness <2154> of thy whoredom <2184>,

[and] thine abominations <8251> on <5921> the hills <1389> in

the fields <7704>. Woe <0188> unto thee, O Jerusalem <3389>!

wilt thou not be made clean <2891>? when [shall it] once <5750>

[be]?

Jeremiah 14

1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> that came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414> concerning the dearth <1226>.

2 Judah <3063> mourneth <56>, and the gates <8179> thereof

languish <0535>; they are black <6937> unto the ground <0776>;

and the cry <6682> of Jerusalem <3389> is gone <5927> up.

3 And their nobles <0117> have sent <7971> their little <6810>

ones to the waters <4325>: they came <0935> to the pits <1356>,

[and] found <4672> no <3808> water <4325>; they returned <7725>

with their vessels <3627> empty <7387>; they were ashamed <0954>

and confounded <3637>, and covered <2645> their heads <7218>.

4 Because <5668> the ground <0127> is chapt <2865>, for there

was no <3808> rain <1653> in the earth <0776>, the plowmen

<0406> were ashamed <0954>, they covered <2645> their heads

<7218>.

5 Yea, the hind <0365> also <1571> calved <3205> in the field

<7704>, and forsook <5800> [it], because <3588> there was no

<3808> grass <1758>.

6 And the wild <6501> asses <6501> did stand <5975> in the high

<8205> places, they snuffed <7602> up the wind <7307> like

dragons <8577>; their eyes <5869> did fail <3615>, because

<3588> [there was] no <0369> grass <6212>.

7 O LORD <3068>, though <0518> our iniquities <5771> testify

<6030> against us, do <6213> thou [it] for thy name's <8034>

sake <4616>: for our backslidings <4878> are many <7231>; we

have sinned <2398> against thee.

8 O the hope <4723> of Israel <3478>, the saviour <3467>

thereof in time <6256> of trouble <6869>, why <4100> shouldest

thou be as a stranger <1616> in the land <0776>, and as a

wayfaring <0732> man [that] turneth <5186> aside <5186> to tarry

<3885> for a night?

9 Why <4100> shouldest thou be as a man <0376> astonied <1724>,

as a mighty <1368> man <0376> [that] cannot save <3467>? yet

thou, O LORD <3068>, [art] in the midst <7130> of us, and we are

called <7121> by thy name <8034>; leave <3241> us not.

10. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> unto this <2088>

people <5971>, Thus <3651> have they loved <0157> to wander

<5128>, they have not refrained <2820> their feet <7272>,

therefore the LORD <3068> doth not accept <7521> them; he will

now <4994> remember <2142> their iniquity <5771>, and visit

<6485> their sins <2403>.

11 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, Pray <6419> not

for this <2088> people <5971> for [their] good <2896>.

12 When <3588> they fast <6684>, I will not hear <8085> their

cry <7440>; and when <3588> they offer <5927> burnt <5930>

offering and an oblation <4503>, I will not accept <7521> them:

but I will consume <3615> them by the sword <2719>, and by the

famine <7458>, and by the pestilence <1698>.

13 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <3069>!

behold <2009>, the prophets <5030> say <0559> unto them, Ye

shall not see <7200> the sword <2719>, neither <3808> shall ye

have famine <7458>; but I will give <5414> you assured <0571>

peace <7965> in this <2088> place <4725>.

14 Then the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto me, The prophets

<5030> prophesy <5012> lies <8267> in my name <8034>: I sent

<7971> them not, neither <3808> have I commanded <6680> them,

neither <3808> spake <1696> unto them: they prophesy <5012> unto

you a false <8267> vision <2377> and divination <7081>, and a

thing of nought <0434>, and the deceit <8649> of their heart

<3820>.

15 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

concerning <5921> the prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012> in my

name <8034>, and I sent <7971> them not, yet they say <0559>,

Sword <2719> and famine <7458> shall not be in this <2063> land

<0776>; By sword <2719> and famine <7458> shall those <1992>

prophets <5030> be consumed <8552>.

16 And the people <5971> to whom they prophesy <5012> shall be

cast <7993> out in the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389>

because <6440> of the famine <7458> and the sword <2719>; and

they shall have none <0369> to bury <6912> them, them, their

wives <0802>, nor their sons <1121>, nor their daughters <1121>:

for I will pour <8210> their wickedness <7451> upon them.

17. Therefore thou shalt say <0559> this <2088> word <1697>

unto them; Let mine eyes <5869> run <3381> down with tears

<1832> night <3915> and day <3119>, and let them not cease

<1820>: for the virgin <1330> daughter <1323> of my people

<5971> is broken <7665> with a great <1419> breach <7667>, with

a very <3966> grievous <2470> blow <4347>.

18 If <0518> I go <3318> forth <3318> into the field <7704>,

then behold <2009> the slain <2491> with the sword <2719>! and

if <0518> I enter <0935> into the city <5892>, then behold

<2009> them that are sick <8463> with famine <7458>! yea, both

<1571> the prophet <5030> and the priest <3548> go <5503> about

<5503> into <0413> a land <0776> that they know <3045> not.

19 Hast thou utterly rejected <3988> Judah <3063>? hath thy

soul <5315> lothed <1602> Zion <6726>? why <4069> hast thou

smitten <5221> us, and [there is] no <0369> healing <4832> for

us? we looked <6960> for peace <7965>, and [there is] no <0369>

good <2896>; and for the time <6256> of healing <4832>, and

behold <2009> trouble <1205>!

20 We acknowledge <3045>, O LORD <3068>, our wickedness <7562>,

[and] the iniquity <5771> of our fathers <1>: for we have sinned

<2398> against thee.

21 Do not abhor <5006> [us], for thy name's <8034> sake <4616>,

do not disgrace <5034> the throne <3678> of thy glory <3519>:

remember <2142>, break <6565> not thy covenant <1285> with us.

22 Are there [any] among the vanities <1892> of the Gentiles

<1471> that can cause rain <1653>? or can the heavens <8064>

give <5414> showers <7241>? [art] not thou he, O LORD <3068> our

God <0430>? therefore we will wait <6960> upon thee: for thou

hast made <6213> all <3605> these <0428> [things].

Jeremiah 15

1. Then said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, Though <0518>

Moses <4872> and Samuel <8050> stood <5975> before <6440> me,

[yet] my mind <5315> [could] not [be] toward <0413> this <2088>

people <5971>: cast <7971> [them] out of my sight <6440>, and

let them go <3318> forth <3318>.

2 And it shall come <1961> to pass, if <3588> they say <0559>

unto thee, Whither <0575> shall we go <3318> forth <3318>? then

thou shalt tell <0559> them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD

<3068>; Such as [are] for death <4194>, to death <4194>; and

such as [are] for the sword <2719>, to the sword <2719>; and

such as [are] for the famine <7458>, to the famine <7458>; and

such as [are] for the captivity <7628>, to the captivity <7628>.

3 And I will appoint <6485> over <5921> them four <0702> kinds

<4940>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: the sword <2719> to slay

<2026>, and the dogs <3611> to tear <5498>, and the fowls <5775>

of the heaven <8064>, and the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>,

to devour <0398> and destroy <7843>.

4 And I will cause <5414> them to be removed <2189> into all

<3605> kingdoms <4467> of the earth <0776>, because <1558> of

Manasseh <4519> the son <1121> of Hezekiah <2396> king <4428> of

Judah <3063>, for [that] which <0834> he did <6213> in Jerusalem

<3389>.

5 For who <4310> shall have pity <2550> upon thee, O Jerusalem

<3389>? or who <4310> shall bemoan <5110> thee? or who shall go

<5493> aside <5493> to ask <7592> how thou doest <7965>?

6 Thou hast forsaken <5203> me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

thou art gone <3212> backward <0268>: therefore will I stretch

<5186> out my hand <3027> against <5921> thee, and destroy

<7843> thee; I am weary <3811> with repenting <5162>.

7 And I will fan <2219> them with a fan <2219> in the gates

<8179> of the land <0776>; I will bereave <7921> [them] of

children, I will destroy <6> my people <5971>, [since] they

return <7725> not from their ways <1870>.

8 Their widows <0490> are increased <6105> to me above the sand

<2344> of the seas <3220>: I have brought <0935> upon them

against <5921> the mother <0517> of the young <0970> men a

spoiler <7703> at noonday <6672>: I have caused [him] to fall

<5307> upon it suddenly <6597>, and terrors <0928> upon the city

<5892>.

9 She that hath borne <3205> seven <7651> languisheth <0535>:

she hath given <5301> up the ghost <5315>; her sun <8121> is

gone <0935> down while [it was] yet <5750> day <3119>: she hath

been <1961> ashamed <0954> and confounded <2659>: and the

residue <7611> of them will I deliver <5414> to the sword <2719>

before <6440> their enemies <0341>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

10. Woe <0188> is me, my mother <0517>, that thou hast borne

<3205> me a man <0376> of strife <7379> and a man <0376> of

contention <4066> to the whole <3605> earth <0776>! I have

neither <3808> lent <5383> on usury <5383>, nor <3808> men have

lent <5383> to me on usury <5383>; [yet] every <3605> one of

them doth curse <7043> me.

11 The LORD <3068> said <0559>, Verily it shall be well <2896>

with thy remnant <8293>; verily <0518> I will cause the enemy

<0341> to entreat <6293> thee [well] in the time <6256> of evil

<7451> and in the time <6256> of affliction <6869>.

12 Shall iron <1270> break <7489> the northern <6828> iron

<1270> and the steel <5178>?

13 Thy substance <2428> and thy treasures <0214> will I give

<5414> to the spoil <0957> without price <4242>, and [that] for

all <3605> thy sins <2403>, even in all <3605> thy borders

<1366>.

14 And I will make [thee] to pass <5674> with thine enemies

<0341> into a land <0776> [which] thou knowest <3045> not: for a

fire <0784> is kindled <6919> in mine anger <0639>, [which]

shall burn <3344> upon you.

15. O LORD <3068>, thou knowest <3045>: remember <2142> me, and

visit <6485> me, and revenge <5358> me of my persecutors <7291>;

take <3947> me not away in thy longsuffering: know <3045> that

for thy sake I have suffered <5375> rebuke <2781>.

16 Thy words <1697> were found <4672>, and I did eat <0398>

them; and thy word <1697> was unto me the joy <8342> and

rejoicing <8057> of mine heart <3824>: for I am called <7121> by

thy name <8034>, O LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>.

17 I sat <3427> not in the assembly <5475> of the mockers

<7832>, nor rejoiced <5937>; I sat <3427> alone <0909> because

<6440> of thy hand <3027>: for thou hast filled <4390> me with

indignation <2195>.

18 Why <4100> is my pain <3511> perpetual <5331>, and my wound

<4347> incurable <0605>, [which] refuseth <3985> to be healed

<7495>? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar <0391>, [and

as] waters <4325> [that] fail <0539>?

19 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>,

If <0518> thou return <7725>, then will I bring <7725> thee

again <7725>, [and] thou shalt stand <5975> before <6440> me:

and if <0518> thou take <3318> forth <3318> the precious <3368>

from the vile <2151>, thou shalt be as my mouth <6310>: let them

return <7725> unto thee; but return <7725> not thou unto them.

20 And I will make <5414> thee unto this <2088> people <5971> a

fenced <1219> brasen <5178> wall <2346>: and they shall fight

<3898> against <0413> thee, but they shall not prevail <3201>

against thee: for I [am] with thee to save <3467> thee and to

deliver <5337> thee, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

21 And I will deliver <5337> thee out of the hand <3027> of the

wicked <7451>, and I will redeem <6299> thee out of the hand

<3709> of the terrible <6184>.

Jeremiah 16

1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> also unto me,

saying,

2 Thou shalt not take <3947> thee a wife <0802>, neither <3808>

shalt thou have sons <1121> or <0176> daughters <1121> in this

<2088> place <4725>.

3 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> concerning

<5921> the sons <1121> and concerning <5921> the daughters

<1121> that are born <3205> in this <2088> place <4725>, and

concerning <5921> their mothers <0517> that bare <3205> them,

and concerning <5921> their fathers <1> that begat <3205> them

in this <2088> land <0776>;

4 They shall die <4191> of grievous <8463> deaths <4463>; they

shall not be lamented <5594>; neither <3808> shall they be

buried <6912>; [but] they shall be as dung <1828> upon the face

<6440> of the earth <0127>: and they shall be consumed <3615> by

the sword <2719>, and by famine <7458>; and their carcases

<5038> shall be meat <3978> for the fowls <5775> of heaven

<8064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.

5 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Enter <0935>

not into the house <1004> of mourning <4798>, neither <3808> go

<3212> to lament <5594> nor <3808> bemoan <5110> them: for I

have taken <0622> away my peace <7965> from this <2088> people

<5971>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, [even <0853>]

lovingkindness <2617> and mercies <7356>.

6 Both the great <1419> and the small <6996> shall die <4191>

in this <2063> land <0776>: they shall not be buried <6912>,

neither <3808> shall [men] lament <5594> for them, nor <3808>

cut <1413> themselves, nor <3808> make themselves bald <7139>

for them:

7 Neither <3808> shall [men] tear <6536> [themselves] for them

in mourning <60>, to comfort <5162> them for the dead <4191>;

neither <3808> shall [men] give them the cup <3563> of

consolation <8575> to drink <8248> for their father <1> or for

their mother <0517>.

8 Thou shalt not also go <0935> into the house <1004> of

feasting <4960>, to sit <3427> with them to eat <0398> and to

drink <8354>.

9 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I will cause to

cease <7673> out of this <2088> place <4725> in your eyes <5869>,

and in your days <3117>, the voice <6963> of mirth <8342>, and

the voice <6963> of gladness <8057>, the voice <6963> of the

bridegroom <2860>, and the voice <6963> of the bride <3618>.

10. And it shall come <1961> to pass, when <3588> thou shalt

shew <5046> this <2088> people <5971> all <3605> these <0428>

words <1697>, and they shall say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore

hath the LORD <3068> pronounced <1696> all <3605> this <2063>

great <1419> evil <7451> against <5921> us? or what <4100> [is]

our iniquity <5771>? or what <4100> [is] our sin <2403> that we

have committed <2398> against the LORD <3068> our God <0430>?

11 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Because your fathers

<1> have forsaken <5800> me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, and

have walked <3212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, and

have served <5647> them, and have worshipped <7812> them, and

have forsaken <5800> me, and have not kept <8104> my law <8451>;

12 And ye have done <6213> worse <7489> than your fathers <1>;

for, behold <2009>, ye walk <1980> every <0376> one <0376> after

<0310> the imagination <8307> of his evil <7451> heart <3820>,

that they may not hearken <8085> unto me:

13 Therefore will I cast <2904> you out of this <2063> land

<0776> into <5921> a land <0776> that ye know <3045> not,

[neither] ye nor your fathers <1>; and there <8033> shall ye

serve <5647> other <0312> gods <0430> day <3119> and night

<3915>; where <0834> I will not shew <5414> you favour <2594>.

14. Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come

<0935>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that it shall no <3808>

more <5750> be said <0559>, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, that

brought <5927> up the children <1121> of Israel <3478> out of

the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>;

15 But, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, that brought <5927> up

the children <1121> of Israel <3478> from the land <0776> of the

north <6828>, and from all <3605> the lands <0776> whither he

had driven <5080> them: and I will bring <7725> them again

<7725> into <5921> their land <0127> that I gave <5414> unto

their fathers <1>.

16 Behold <2005>, I will send <7971> for many <7227> fishers

<1728>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, and they shall fish <1770>

them; and after <0310> will I send <7971> for many <7227>

hunters <6719>, and they shall hunt <6679> them from every

<3605> mountain <2022>, and from every <3605> hill <1389>, and

out of the holes <5357> of the rocks <5553>.

17 For mine eyes <5869> [are] upon all <3605> their ways <1870>:

they are not hid <5641> from my face <6440>, neither <3808> is

their iniquity <5771> hid <6845> from mine eyes <5869>.

18 And first <7223> I will recompense <7999> their iniquity

<5771> and their sin <2403> double <4932>; because <5921> they

have defiled <2490> my land <0776>, they have filled <4390> mine

inheritance <5159> with the carcases <5038> of their detestable

<8251> and abominable <8441> things.

19 O LORD <3068>, my strength <5797>, and my fortress <4581>,

and my refuge <4498> in the day <3117> of affliction <6869>, the

Gentiles <1471> shall come <0935> unto thee from the ends <0657>

of the earth <0776>, and shall say <0559>, Surely <0389> our

fathers <1> have inherited <5157> lies <8267>, vanity <1892>,

and [things] wherein [there is] no <0369> profit <3276>.

20 Shall a man <0120> make <6213> gods <0430> unto himself, and

they [are] no <3808> gods <0430>?

21 Therefore <3651>, behold <2005>, I will this <2063> once

<6471> cause them to know <3045>, I will cause them to know

<3045> mine hand <3027> and my might <1369>; and they shall know

<3045> that my name <8034> [is] The LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 17

1. The sin <2403> of Judah <3063> [is] written <3789> with a

pen <5842> of iron <1270>, [and] with the point <6856> of a

diamond <8068>: [it is] graven <2790> upon the table <3871> of

their heart <3820>, and upon the horns <7161> of your altars

<4196>;

2 Whilst their children <1121> remember <2142> their altars

<4196> and their groves <0842> by the green <7488> trees <6086>

upon the high <1364> hills <1389>.

3 O my mountain <2042> in the field <7704>, I will give <5414>

thy substance <2428> [and] all <3605> thy treasures <0214> to

the spoil <0957>, [and] thy high <1116> places for sin <2403>,

throughout all <3605> thy borders <1366>.

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue <8058> from thine

heritage <5159> that I gave <5414> thee; and I will cause thee

to serve <5647> thine enemies <0341> in the land <0776> which

<0834> thou knowest <3045> not: for ye have kindled <6919> a

fire <0784> in mine anger <0639>, [which] shall burn <3344> for

ever <5769>.

5. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Cursed <0779> [be]

the man <1397> that trusteth <0982> in man <0120>, and maketh

flesh <1320> his arm <2220>, and whose heart <3820> departeth

<5493> from the LORD <3068>.

6 For he shall be like the heath <6176> in the desert <6160>,

and shall not see <7200> when <3588> good <2896> cometh <0935>;

but shall inhabit <7931> the parched <2788> places in the

wilderness <4057>, [in] a salt <4420> land <0776> and not

inhabited <3427>.

7 Blessed <1288> [is] the man <1397> that trusteth <0982> in

the LORD <3068>, and whose hope <4009> the LORD <3068> is.

8 For he shall be as a tree <6086> planted <8362> by the waters

<4325>, and [that] spreadeth <7971> out her roots <8328> by the

river <3105>, and shall not see <7200> when <3588> heat <2527>

cometh <0935>, but her leaf <5929> shall be green <7488>; and

shall not be careful <1672> in the year <8141> of drought <1226>,

neither <3808> shall cease <4185> from yielding <6213> fruit

<6529>.

9 The heart <3820> [is] deceitful <6121> above all <3605>

[things], and desperately <0605> wicked <0605>: who <4310> can

know <3045> it?

10 I the LORD <3068> search <2713> the heart <3820>, [I] try

<0974> the reins <3629>, even to give <5414> every man <0376>

according to his ways <1870>, [and] according to the fruit

<6529> of his doings <4611>.

11 [As] the partridge <7124> sitteth <1716> [on eggs], and

hatcheth <3205> [them] not; [so] he that getteth <6213> riches

<6239>, and not by right <4941>, shall leave <5800> them in the

midst <2677> of his days <3117>, and at his end <0319> shall be

a fool <5036>.

12. A glorious <3519> high <4791> throne <3678> from the

beginning <7223> [is] the place <4725> of our sanctuary <4720>.

13 O LORD <3068>, the hope <4723> of Israel <3478>, all <3605>

that forsake <5800> thee shall be ashamed <0954>, [and] they

that depart <3249> from me shall be written <3789> in the earth

<0776>, because <3588> they have forsaken <5800> the LORD <3068>,

the fountain <4726> of living <2416> waters <4325>.

14 Heal <7495> me, O LORD <3068>, and I shall be healed <7495>;

save <3467> me, and I shall be saved <3467>: for thou [art] my

praise <8416>.

15 Behold <2009>, they say <0559> unto me, Where <0346> [is]

the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>? let it come <0935> now

<4994>.

16 As for me, I have not hastened <0213> from [being] a pastor

<7462> to follow <0310> thee: neither <3808> have I desired

<0183> the woeful <0605> day <3117>; thou knowest <3045>: that

which came <4161> out of my lips <8193> was [right <5227>]

before <5227> thee.

17 Be not a terror <4288> unto me: thou [art] my hope <4268> in

the day <3117> of evil <7451>.

18 Let them be confounded <0954> that persecute <7291> me, but

let not me be confounded <0954>: let them be dismayed <2865>,

but let not me be dismayed <2865>: bring <0935> upon them the

day <3117> of evil <7451>, and destroy <7665> them with double

<4932> destruction <7670>.

19. Thus <3541> said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me; Go <1980>

and stand <5975> in the gate <8179> of the children <1121> of

the people <5971>, whereby <0834> the kings <4428> of Judah

<3063> come <0935> in, and by the which <0834> they go <3318>

out, and in all <3605> the gates <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>;

20 And say <0559> unto them, Hear <8085> ye the word <1697> of

the LORD <3068>, ye kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, and all <3605>

Judah <3063>, and all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>, that enter <0935> in by these <0428> gates <8179>:

21 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Take heed <8104>

to yourselves <5315>, and bear <5375> no <0408> burden <4853> on

the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, nor bring <0935> [it] in by the

gates <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>;

22 Neither <3808> carry <3318> forth <3318> a burden <4853> out

of your houses <1004> on the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, neither

<3808> do <6213> ye any <3605> work <4399>, but hallow <6942> ye

the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, as I commanded <6680> your

fathers <1>.

23 But they obeyed <8085> not, neither <3808> inclined <5186>

their ear <0241>, but made their neck <6202> stiff <7185>, that

they might not hear <8085>, nor <1115> receive <3947>

instruction <4148>.

24 And it shall come <1961> to pass, if <0518> ye diligently

hearken <8085> unto me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, to bring

<0935> in no <1115> burden <4853> through the gates <8179> of

this <2063> city <5892> on the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, but

hallow <6942> the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, to do <6213> no

<1115> work <4399> therein;

25 Then shall there enter <0935> into the gates <8179> of this

<2063> city <5892> kings <4428> and princes <8269> sitting

<3427> upon the throne <3678> of David <1732>, riding <7392> in

chariots <7393> and on horses <5483>, they, and their princes

<8269>, the men <0376> of Judah <3063>, and the inhabitants

<3427> of Jerusalem <3389>: and this <2088> city <5892> shall

remain <3427> for ever <5769>.

26 And they shall come <0935> from the cities <5892> of Judah

<3063>, and from the places <5439> about <5439> Jerusalem <3389>,

and from the land <0776> of Benjamin <1144>, and from the plain

<8219>, and from the mountains <2022>, and from the south <5045>,

bringing <0935> burnt <5930> offerings, and sacrifices <2077>,

and meat offerings <4503>, and incense <3828>, and bringing

<0935> sacrifices of praise <8426>, unto the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>.

27 But if <0518> ye will not hearken <8085> unto me to hallow

<6942> the sabbath <7676> day <3117>, and not to bear <5375> a

burden <4853>, even entering <0935> in at the gates <8179> of

Jerusalem <3389> on the sabbath <7676> day <3117>; then will I

kindle <3341> a fire <0784> in the gates <8179> thereof, and it

shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Jerusalem <3389>, and

it shall not be quenched <3518>.

Jeremiah 18

1. The word <1697> which <0834> came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414>

from the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Arise <6965>, and go <3381> down <3381> to the potter's

<3335> house <1004>, and there <8033> I will cause thee to hear

<8085> my words <1697>.

3 Then I went <3381> down <3381> to the potter's <3335> house

<1004>, and, behold <2009>, he wrought <6213> a work <4399> on

<5921> the wheels <70>.

4 And the vessel <3627> that he made <6213> of clay <2563> was

marred <7843> in the hand <3027> of the potter <3335>: so he

made <6213> it again <7725> another <0312> vessel <3627>, as

seemed <5869> good <3474> to the potter <3335> to make <6213>

[it].

5 Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to me,

saying <0559>,

6 O house <1004> of Israel <3478>, cannot I do <6213> with you

as this <2088> potter <3335>? saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

Behold <2009>, as the clay <2563> [is] in the potter's <3335>

hand <3027>, so <3651> [are] ye in mine hand <3027>, O house

<1004> of Israel <3478>.

7 [At what] instant <7281> I shall speak <1696> concerning

<5921> a nation <1471>, and concerning <5921> a kingdom <4467>,

to pluck <5428> up, and to pull <5422> down, and to destroy <6>

[it];

8 If that nation <1471>, against <5921> whom <0834> I have

pronounced <1696>, turn <7725> from their evil <7451>, I will

repent <5162> of the evil <7451> that I thought <2803> to do

<6213> unto them.

9 And [at what] instant <7281> I shall speak <1696> concerning

<5921> a nation <1471>, and concerning <5921> a kingdom <4467>,

to build <1129> and to plant <5193> [it];

10 If it do <6213> evil <7451> in my sight <5869>, that it obey

<8085> not my voice <6963>, then I will repent <5162> of the

good <2896>, wherewith <0834> I said <0559> I would benefit

<3190> them.

11. Now <6258> therefore go <4994> to, speak <0559> to the men

<0376> of Judah <3063>, and to the inhabitants <3427> of

Jerusalem <3389>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068>; Behold <2009>, I frame <3335> evil <7451> against

<5921> you, and devise <2803> a device <4284> against <5921> you:

return <7725> ye now <4994> every <0376> one <0376> from his

evil <7451> way <1870>, and make your ways <1870> and your

doings <4611> good <3190>.

12 And they said <0559>, There is no hope <2976>: but we will

walk <1980> after <0310> our own devices <4284>, and we will

every <0376> one <0376> do <6213> the imagination <8307> of his

evil <7451> heart <3820>.

13 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

Ask <7592> ye now <4994> among the heathen <1471>, who <4310>

hath heard <8085> such <0428> things: the virgin <1330> of

Israel <3478> hath done <6213> a very <3966> horrible <8186>

thing.

14 Will [a man] leave <5800> the snow <7950> of Lebanon <3844>

[which cometh] from the rock <6697> of the field <7704>? [or]

shall the cold <7119> flowing <5140> waters <4325> that come

from another <2114> place be forsaken <5428>?

15 Because <3588> my people <5971> hath forgotten <7911> me,

they have burned <6999> incense <6999> to vanity <7723>, and

they have caused them to stumble <3782> in their ways <1870>

[from] the ancient <5769> paths <7635>, to walk <1980> in paths

<5410>, [in] a way <1870> not cast <5549> up;

16 To make <7760> their land <0776> desolate <8047>, [and] a

perpetual <5769> hissing <8292>; every <3605> one that passeth

<5674> thereby <5921> shall be astonished <8074>, and wag <5110>

his head <7218>.

17 I will scatter <6327> them as with an east <6921> wind

<7307> before <6440> the enemy <0341>; I will shew <7200> them

the back <6203>, and not the face <6440>, in the day <3117> of

their calamity <0343>.

18. Then said <0559> they, Come <3212>, and let us devise

<2803> devices <4284> against <5921> Jeremiah <3414>; for the

law <8451> shall not perish <6> from the priest <3548>, nor

counsel <6098> from the wise <2450>, nor the word <1697> from

the prophet <5030>. Come <3212>, and let us smite <5221> him

with the tongue <3956>, and let us not give heed <7181> to any

<3605> of his words <1697>.

19 Give heed <7181> to me, O LORD <3068>, and hearken <8085> to

the voice <6963> of them that contend <3401> with me.

20 Shall evil <7451> be recompensed <7999> for good <2896>? for

they have digged <3738> a pit <7745> for my soul <5315>.

Remember <2142> that I stood <5975> before <6440> thee to speak

<1696> good <2896> for them, [and] to turn <7725> away thy wrath

<2534> from them.

21 Therefore <3651> deliver <5414> up their children <1121> to

the famine <7458>, and pour <5064> out their [blood] by the

force <3027> of the sword <2719>; and let their wives <0802> be

bereaved <7909> of their children, and [be] widows <0490>; and

let their men <0582> be put <2026> to death <4194>; [let] their

young <0970> men [be] slain <5221> by the sword <2719> in battle

<4421>.

22 Let a cry <2201> be heard <8085> from their houses <1004>,

when <3588> thou shalt bring <0935> a troop <1416> suddenly

<6597> upon them: for they have digged <3738> a pit to take

<3920> me, and hid <2934> snares <6341> for my feet <7272>.

23 Yet, LORD <3068>, thou knowest <3045> all <3605> their

counsel <6098> against <5921> me to slay <1194> [me]: forgive

<3722> not their iniquity <5771>, neither <0408> blot <4229> out

their sin <2403> from thy sight <6440>, but let them be

overthrown <3782> before <6440> thee; deal <6213> [thus] with

them in the time <6256> of thine anger <0639>.

Jeremiah 19

1. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Go <1980> and get

<7069> a potter's <3335> earthen <2789> bottle <1228>, and

[take] of the ancients <2204> of the people <5971>, and of the

ancients <2204> of the priests <3548>;

2 And go <3318> forth <3318> unto the valley <1516> of the son

<1121> of Hinnom <2011>, which <0834> [is] by the entry <6607>

of the east <2777> gate <8179>, and proclaim <7121> there <8033>

the words <1697> that I shall tell <1696> thee,

3 And say <0559>, Hear <8085> ye the word <1697> of the LORD

<3068>, O kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, and inhabitants <3427>

of Jerusalem <3389>; Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I

will bring <0935> evil <7451> upon this <2088> place <4725>, the

which <0834> whosoever <3605> heareth <8085>, his ears <0241>

shall tingle <6750>.

4 Because they have forsaken <5800> me, and have estranged

<5234> this <2088> place <4725>, and have burned <6999> incense

<6999> in it unto other <0312> gods <0430>, whom <0834> neither

<3808> they nor their fathers <1> have known <3045>, nor the

kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, and have filled <4390> this <2088>

place <4725> with the blood <1818> of innocents <5355>;

5 They have built <1129> also the high <1116> places of Baal

<1168>, to burn <8313> their sons <1121> with fire <0784> [for]

burnt <5930> offerings unto Baal <1168>, which <0834> I

commanded <6680> not, nor <3808> spake <1696> [it], neither

<3808> came <5927> [it] into <5921> my mind <3820>:

6 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that this <2088> place <4725>

shall no <3808> more <5750> be called <7121> Tophet <8612>, nor

The valley <1516> of the son <1121> of Hinnom <2011>, but The

valley <1516> of slaughter <2028>.

7 And I will make void <1238> the counsel <6098> of Judah

<3063> and Jerusalem <3389> in this <2088> place <4725>; and I

will cause them to fall <5307> by the sword <2719> before <6440>

their enemies <0341>, and by the hands <3027> of them that seek

<1245> their lives <5315>: and their carcases <5038> will I give

<5414> to be meat <3978> for the fowls <5775> of the heaven

<8064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.

8 And I will make <7760> this <2063> city <5892> desolate

<8047>, and an hissing <8322>; every <3605> one that passeth

<5674> thereby <5921> shall be astonished <8074> and hiss <8319>

because <5921> of all <3605> the plagues <4347> thereof.

9 And I will cause them to eat <0398> the flesh <1320> of their

sons <1121> and the flesh <1320> of their daughters <1121>, and

they shall eat <0398> every <0376> one <0376> the flesh <1320>

of his friend <7453> in the siege <4692> and straitness <4689>,

wherewith <0834> their enemies <0341>, and they that seek <1245>

their lives <5315>, shall straiten <6693> them.

10. Then shalt thou break <7665> the bottle <1228> in the sight

<5869> of the men <0582> that go <1980> with thee,

11 And shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; Even <3602> so <3602> will I break

<7665> this <2088> people <5971> and this <2063> city <5892>, as

[one] breaketh <7665> a potter's <3335> vessel <3627>, that

cannot be made <7495> whole <7495> again <5750>: and they shall

bury <6912> [them] in Tophet <8612>, till [there be] no <0369>

place <4725> to bury <6912>.

12 Thus <3651> will I do <6213> unto this <2088> place <4725>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, and to the inhabitants <3427>

thereof, and [even] make <5414> this <2063> city <5892> as

Tophet <8612>:

13 And the houses <1004> of Jerusalem <3389>, and the houses

<1004> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, shall be defiled

<2931> as the place <4725> of Tophet <8612>, because <3605> of

all <3605> the houses <1004> upon whose <0834> roofs <1406> they

have burned <6999> incense <6999> unto all <3605> the host

<6635> of heaven <8064>, and have poured <5258> out drink <5262>

offerings unto other <0312> gods <0430>.

14 Then came <0935> Jeremiah <3414> from Tophet <8612>, whither

<0834> the LORD <3068> had sent <7971> him to prophesy <5012>;

and he stood <5975> in the court <2691> of the LORD'S <3068>

house <1004>; and said <0559> to all <3605> the people <5971>,

15 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I will bring

<0935> upon this city <5892> and upon all <3605> her towns

<5892> all <3605> the evil <7451> that I have pronounced <1696>

against <5921> it, because <3588> they have hardened <7185>

their necks <6203>, that they might not hear <8085> my words

<1697>.

Jeremiah 20

1. Now Pashur <6583> the son <1121> of Immer <0564> the priest

<3548>, who <1931> [was] also chief <5051> governor <5057> in

the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, heard <8085> that Jeremiah

<3414> prophesied <5012> these <0428> things <1697>.

2 Then Pashur <6583> smote <5221> Jeremiah <3414> the prophet

<5030>, and put <5414> him in the stocks <4115> that [were] in

the high <5945> gate <8179> of Benjamin <1144>, which <0834>

[was] by the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>.

3 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4283>, that Pashur

<6583> brought <3318> forth <3318> Jeremiah <3414> out of the

stocks <4115>. Then said <0559> Jeremiah <3414> unto him, The

LORD <3068> hath not called <7121> thy name <8034> Pashur <6583>,

but Magormissabib <4036>.

4 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>,

I will make <5414> thee a terror <4320> to thyself, and to all

<3605> thy friends <0157>: and they shall fall <5307> by the

sword <2719> of their enemies <0341>, and thine eyes <5869>

shall behold <7200> [it]: and I will give <5414> all <3605>

Judah <3063> into the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Babylon

<0894>, and he shall carry <1540> them captive <1540> into

Babylon <0894>, and shall slay <5221> them with the sword <2719>.

5 Moreover I will deliver <5414> all <3605> the strength <2633>

of this <2063> city <5892>, and all <3605> the labours <3018>

thereof, and all <3605> the precious <3366> things thereof, and

all <3605> the treasures <0214> of the kings <4428> of Judah

<3063> will I give <5414> into the hand <3027> of their enemies

<0341>, which shall spoil <0962> them, and take <3947> them, and

carry <0935> them to Babylon <0894>.

6 And thou, Pashur <6583>, and all <3605> that dwell <3427> in

thine house <1004> shall go <3212> into captivity <7628>: and

thou shalt come <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there <8033> thou

shalt die <4191>, and shalt be buried <6912> there <8033>, thou,

and all <3605> thy friends <0157>, to whom thou hast prophesied

<5012> lies <8267>.

7. O LORD <3068>, thou hast deceived <6601> me, and I was

deceived <6601>: thou art stronger <2388> than I, and hast

prevailed <3201>: I am in derision <7814> daily, every <3605>

one mocketh <3932> me.

8 For since <1767> I spake <1696>, I cried <2199> out, I cried

<7121> violence <2555> and spoil <7701>; because <3588> the word

<1697> of the LORD <3068> was made <1961> a reproach <2781> unto

me, and a derision <7047>, daily.

9 Then I said <0559>, I will not make mention <2142> of him,

nor <3808> speak <1696> any more <5750> in his name <8034>. But

[his word] was in mine heart <3820> as a burning <1197> fire

<0784> shut <6113> up in my bones <6106>, and I was weary <3811>

with forbearing <3557>, and I could <3201> not [stay].

10 For I heard <8085> the defaming <1681> of many <7227>, fear

<4032> on every <5437> side <5439>. Report <5046>, [say they],

and we will report <5046> it. All <3605> my familiars <7965>

watched <8104> for my halting <6761>, [saying], Peradventure

<0194> he will be enticed <6601>, and we shall prevail <3201>

against him, and we shall take <3947> our revenge <5360> on him.

11 But the LORD <3068> [is] with me as a mighty <1368> terrible

<6184> one: therefore my persecutors <7291> shall stumble <3782>,

and they shall not prevail <3201>: they shall be greatly <3966>

ashamed <0954>; for they shall not prosper <7919>: [their]

everlasting <5769> confusion <3639> shall never be forgotten

<7911>.

12 But, O LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, that triest <0974> the

righteous <6662>, [and] seest <7200> the reins <3629> and the

heart <3820>, let me see <7200> thy vengeance <5360> on them:

for unto thee have I opened <1540> my cause <7379>.

13 Sing <7891> unto the LORD <3068>, praise <1984> ye the LORD

<3068>: for he hath delivered <5337> the soul <5315> of the poor

<34> from the hand <3027> of evildoers <7489>.

14. Cursed <0779> [be] the day <3117> wherein <0834> I was born

<3205>: let not the day <3117> wherein <0834> my mother <0517>

bare <3205> me be blessed <1288>.

15 Cursed <0779> [be] the man <0376> who <0834> brought <1319>

tidings <1319> to my father <1>, saying <0559>, A man <2145>

child <1121> is born <3205> unto thee; making him very glad

<8056>.

16 And let that man <0376> be as the cities <5892> which <0834>

the LORD <3068> overthrew <2015>, and repented <5162> not: and

let him hear <8085> the cry <2201> in the morning <1242>, and

the shouting <8643> at noontide;

17 Because <0834> he slew <4191> me not from the womb <7358>;

or that my mother <0517> might have been <1961> my grave <6913>,

and her womb <7358> [to be] always <5769> great <2030> [with me].

18 Wherefore <4100> came <3318> I forth <3318> out of the womb

<7358> to see <7200> labour <5999> and sorrow <3015>, that my

days <3117> should be consumed <3615> with shame <1322>?

Jeremiah 21

1. The word <1697> which <0834> came <1961> unto Jeremiah

<3414> from the LORD <3068>, when king <4428> Zedekiah <6667>

sent <7971> unto him Pashur <6583> the son <1121> of Melchiah

<4441>, and Zephaniah <6846> the son <1121> of Maaseiah <4641>

the priest <3548>, saying <0559>,

2 Enquire <1875>, I pray <4994> thee, of the LORD <3068> for us;

for Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> maketh

war <3898> against <5921> us; if <0194> so be that the LORD

<3068> will deal <6213> with us according to all <3605> his

wondrous <6381> works, that he may go <5927> up from us.

3 Then said <0559> Jeremiah <3414> unto them, Thus <3541> shall

ye say <0559> to Zedekiah <6667>:

4 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel

<3478>; Behold <2005>, I will turn <5437> back <5437> the

weapons <3627> of war <4421> that [are] in your hands <3027>,

wherewith <0834> ye fight <3898> against the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894>, and [against] the Chaldeans <3778>, which

besiege <6696> you without <2351> the walls <2346>, and I will

assemble <0622> them into <0413> the midst <8432> of this <2063>

city <5892>.

5 And I myself <0589> will fight <3898> against you with an

outstretched <5186> hand <3027> and with a strong <2389> arm

<2220>, even in anger <0639>, and in fury <2534>, and in great

<1419> wrath <7110>.

6 And I will smite <5221> the inhabitants <3427> of this <2063>

city <5892>, both man <0120> and beast <0929>: they shall die

<4191> of a great <1419> pestilence <1698>.

7 And afterward, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, I will deliver

<5414> Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and his

servants <5650>, and the people <5971>, and such as are left

<7604> in this <2063> city <5892> from the pestilence <1698>,

from the sword <2719>, and from the famine <7458>, into the hand

<3027> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

and into the hand <3027> of their enemies <0341>, and into the

hand <3027> of those that seek <1245> their life <5315>: and he

shall smite <5221> them with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>;

he shall not spare <2347> them, neither <3808> have pity <2550>,

nor <3808> have mercy <7355>.

8. And unto this <2088> people <5971> thou shalt say <0559>,

Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2005>, I set

<5414> before <6440> you the way <1870> of life <2416>, and the

way <1870> of death <4194>.

9 He that abideth <3427> in this <2063> city <5892> shall die

<4191> by the sword <2719>, and by the famine <7458>, and by the

pestilence <1698>: but he that goeth <3318> out, and falleth

<5307> to the Chaldeans <3778> that besiege <6696> you, he shall

live <2421>, and his life <5315> shall be unto him for a prey

<7998>.

10 For I have set <7760> my face <6440> against this <2063>

city <5892> for evil <7451>, and not for good <2896>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>: it shall be given <5414> into the hand

<3027> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall burn

<8313> it with fire <0784>.

11 And touching the house <1004> of the king <4428> of Judah

<3063>, [say], Hear <8085> ye the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>;

12 O house <1004> of David <1732>, thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068>; Execute <1777> judgment <4941> in the morning

<1242>, and deliver <5337> [him that is] spoiled <1497> out of

the hand <3027> of the oppressor <6231>, lest <6435> my fury

<2534> go <3318> out like fire <0784>, and burn <1197> that none

<0369> can quench <3518> [it], because <6440> of the evil <7455>

of your doings <4611>.

13 Behold <2005>, I [am] against <0413> thee, O inhabitant

<3427> of the valley <6010>, [and] rock <6697> of the plain

<4334>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; which say <0559>, Who

<4310> shall come <5181> down <5181> against <5921> us? or who

<4310> shall enter <0935> into our habitations <4585>?

14 But I will punish <6485> you according to the fruit <6529>

of your doings <4611>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: and I will

kindle <3341> a fire <0784> in the forest <3293> thereof, and it

shall devour <0398> all <3605> things round <5439> about it.

Jeremiah 22

1. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Go <3381> down

<3381> to the house <1004> of the king <4428> of Judah <3063>,

and speak <1696> there <8033> this <2088> word <1697>,

2 And say <0559>, Hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD

<3068>, O king <4428> of Judah <3063>, that sittest <3427> upon

the throne <3678> of David <1732>, thou, and thy servants <5650>,

and thy people <5971> that enter <0935> in by these <0428>

gates <8179>:

3 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Execute <6213> ye

judgment <4941> and righteousness <6666>, and deliver <5337> the

spoiled <1497> out of the hand <3027> of the oppressor <6216>:

and do no <0408> wrong <3238>, do no <0408> violence <2554> to

the stranger <1616>, the fatherless <3490>, nor the widow <0490>,

neither <0408> shed <8210> innocent <5355> blood <1818> in this

<2088> place <4725>.

4 For if <0518> ye do <6213> this <2088> thing <1697> indeed,

then shall there enter <0935> in by the gates <8179> of this

<2088> house <1004> kings <4428> sitting <3427> upon the throne

<3678> of David <1732>, riding <7392> in chariots <7393> and on

horses <5483>, he, and his servants <5650>, and his people

<5971>.

5 But if <0518> ye will not hear <8085> these <0428> words

<1697>, I swear <7650> by myself, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

that this <2088> house <1004> shall become <1961> a desolation

<2723>.

6 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> unto the king's

<4428> house <1004> of Judah <3063>; Thou [art] Gilead <1568>

unto me, [and] the head <7218> of Lebanon <3844>: [yet] surely I

will make <7896> thee a wilderness <4057>, [and] cities <5892>

[which] are not inhabited <3427>.

7 And I will prepare <6942> destroyers <7843> against <5921>

thee, every <0376> one <0376> with his weapons <3627>: and they

shall cut <3772> down thy choice <4005> cedars <0730>, and cast

[them] into <5921> the fire <0784>.

8 And many <7227> nations <1471> shall pass <5674> by this

<2063> city <5892>, and they shall say <0559> every man <0376>

to his neighbour <7453>, Wherefore hath the LORD <3068> done

<6213> thus <3602> unto this <2063> great <1419> city <5892>?

9 Then they shall answer <0559>, Because they have forsaken

<5800> the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> their God <0430>,

and worshipped <7812> other <0312> gods <0430>, and served

<5647> them.

10. Weep <1058> ye not for the dead <4191>, neither <0408>

bemoan <5110> him: [but] weep <1058> sore for him that goeth

<1980> away: for he shall return <7725> no <3808> more <5750>,

nor see <7200> his native <4138> country <0776>.

11 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> touching <0413>

Shallum <7967> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of

Judah <3063>, which reigned <4427> instead <8478> of Josiah

<2977> his father <1>, which <0834> went <3318> forth <3318> out

of this <2088> place <4725>; He shall not return <7725> thither

<8033> any more <5750>:

12 But he shall die <4191> in the place <4725> whither they

have led him captive <1540>, and shall see <7200> this <2063>

land <0776> no <3808> more <5750>.

13 Woe <1945> unto him that buildeth <1129> his house <1004> by

unrighteousness, and his chambers <5944> by wrong; [that] useth

his neighbour's <7453> service <5647> without <2600> wages

<2600>, and giveth <5414> him not for his work <6467>;

14 That saith <0559>, I will build <1129> me a wide <4060>

house <1004> and large <7304> chambers <5944>, and cutteth

<7167> him out windows <2474>; and [it is] cieled <5603> with

cedar <0730>, and painted <4886> with vermilion <8350>.

15 Shalt thou reign <4427>, because <3588> thou closest <8474>

[thyself] in cedar <0730>? did not thy father <1> eat <0398> and

drink <8354>, and do <6213> judgment <4941> and justice <6666>,

[and] then <0227> [it was] well <2896> with him?

16 He judged <1777> the cause <1779> of the poor <6041> and

needy <34>; then <0227> [it was] well <2896> [with him: was] not

this <1931> to know <1847> me? saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

17 But thine eyes <5869> and thine heart <3820> [are] not but

for thy covetousness <1215>, and for to shed <8210> innocent

<5355> blood <1818>, and for oppression <6233>, and for violence

<4835>, to do <6213> [it].

18 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

concerning <0413> Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah

<2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>; They shall not lament <5594>

for him, [saying], Ah <1945> my brother <0251>! or, Ah <1945>

sister <0269>! they shall not lament <5594> for him, [saying],

Ah <1945> lord <0113>! or, Ah <1945> his glory <1935>!

19 He shall be buried <6912> with the burial <6900> of an ass

<2543>, drawn <5498> and cast <7993> forth beyond <1973> the

gates <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>.

20. Go <5927> up to Lebanon <3844>, and cry <6817>; and lift

<5414> up thy voice <6963> in Bashan <1316>, and cry <6817> from

the passages <5676>: for all <3605> thy lovers <0157> are

destroyed <7665>.

21 I spake <1696> unto thee in thy prosperity <7962>; [but]

thou saidst <0559>, I will not hear <8085>. This <2088> [hath

been] thy manner <1870> from thy youth <5271>, that thou

obeyedst <8085> not my voice <6963>.

22 The wind <7307> shall eat <7462> up all <3605> thy pastors

<7462>, and thy lovers <0157> shall go <3212> into captivity

<7628>: surely <3588> then <0227> shalt thou be ashamed <0954>

and confounded <3637> for all <3605> thy wickedness <7451>.

23 O inhabitant <3427> of Lebanon <3844>, that makest thy nest

<7077> in the cedars <0730>, how <4100> gracious <2603> shalt

thou be when pangs <2256> come <0935> upon thee, the pain <2427>

as of a woman in travail <3205>!

24 [As] I live <2416>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, though

<0518> Coniah <3659> the son <1121> of Jehoiakim <3079> king

<4428> of Judah <3063> were the signet <2368> upon my right

<3225> hand <3027>, yet <3588> would I pluck <5423> thee thence

<8033>;

25 And I will give <5414> thee into the hand <3027> of them

that seek <1245> thy life <5315>, and into the hand <3027> [of

them] whose face <6440> thou fearest <1481>, even into the hand

<3027> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

and into the hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>.

26 And I will cast <2904> thee out, and thy mother <0517> that

bare <3205> thee, into <5921> another <0312> country <0776>,

where ye were not born <3205>; and there <8033> shall ye die

<4191>.

27 But to the land <0776> whereunto <0834> they desire to

return <7725>, thither <8033> shall they not return <7725>.

28 [Is] this <2088> man <0376> Coniah <3659> a despised <0959>

broken <5310> idol <6089>? [is he] a vessel <3627> wherein [is]

no <0363> pleasure <2656>? wherefore <4069> are they cast <7993>

out, he and his seed <2233>, and are cast <2904> into <5921> a

land <0776> which <0834> they know <3045> not?

29 O earth <0776>, earth <0776>, earth <0776>, hear <8085> the

word <1697> of the LORD <3068>.

30 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Write <3789> ye

this <2088> man <0376> childless <6185>, a man <1397> [that]

shall not prosper <6743> in his days <3117>: for no <3808> man

<0376> of his seed <2233> shall prosper <6743>, sitting <3427>

upon the throne <3678> of David <1732>, and ruling <4910> any

more <5750> in Judah <3063>.

Jeremiah 23

1. Woe <1945> be unto the pastors <7462> that destroy <6> and

scatter <6327> the sheep <6629> of my pasture <4830>! saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

2 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God

<0430> of Israel <3478> against <5921> the pastors <7462> that

feed <7462> my people <5971>; Ye have scattered <6327> my flock

<6629>, and driven <5080> them away, and have not visited <6485>

them: behold <2005>, I will visit <6485> upon you the evil

<7455> of your doings <4611>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

3 And I will gather <6908> the remnant <7611> of my flock

<6629> out of all <3605> countries <0776> whither I have driven

<5080> them, and will bring <7725> them again <7725> to their

folds <5116>; and they shall be fruitful <6509> and increase

<7235>.

4 And I will set <6965> up shepherds <7462> over <5921> them

which shall feed <7462> them: and they shall fear <3372> no

<3808> more <5750>, nor <3808> be dismayed <2865>, neither

<3808> shall they be lacking <6485>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

5 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that I will raise <6965> unto David <1732> a

righteous <6662> Branch <6780>, and a King <4428> shall reign

<4427> and prosper <7919>, and shall execute <6213> judgment

<4941> and justice <6666> in the earth <0776>.

6 In his days <3117> Judah <3063> shall be saved <3467>, and

Israel <3478> shall dwell <7931> safely <0983>: and this <2088>

[is] his name <8034> whereby <0834> he shall be called <7121>,

THE LORD <3068> OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS <6664>.

7 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that they shall no <3808> more

<5750> say <0559>, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which <0834>

brought <5927> up the children <1121> of Israel <3478> out of

the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>;

8 But, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which <0834> brought

<5927> up and which <0834> led <0935> the seed <2233> of the

house <1004> of Israel <3478> out of the north <6828> country

<0776>, and from all <3605> countries <0776> whither I had

driven <5080> them; and they shall dwell <3427> in their own

land <0127>.

9. Mine heart <3820> within <7130> me is broken <7665> because

of the prophets <5030>; all <3605> my bones <6106> shake <7363>;

I am like a drunken <7910> man <0376>, and like a man <1397>

whom wine <3196> hath overcome <5674>, because <6440> of the

LORD <3068>, and because <3588> of the words <1697> of his

holiness <6944>.

10 For the land <0776> is full <4390> of adulterers <5003>; for

because <6440> of swearing <0423> the land <0776> mourneth <56>;

the pleasant <4999> places of the wilderness <4057> are dried

<3001> up, and their course <4794> is evil <7451>, and their

force <1369> [is] not right.

11 For both <1571> prophet <5030> and priest <3548> are profane

<2610>; yea <1571>, in my house <1004> have I found <4672> their

wickedness <7451>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

12 Wherefore <3651> their way <1870> shall be unto them as

slippery <2519> [ways] in the darkness <0653>: they shall be

driven <1760> on, and fall <5307> therein: for I will bring

<0935> evil <7451> upon them, [even] the year <8141> of their

visitation <6486>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

13 And I have seen <7200> folly <8604> in the prophets <5030>

of Samaria <8111>; they prophesied <5012> in Baal <1168>, and

caused my people <5971> Israel <3478> to err <8582>.

14 I have seen <7200> also in the prophets <5030> of Jerusalem

<3389> an horrible <8186> thing: they commit <5003> adultery

<5003>, and walk <1980> in lies <8267>: they strengthen <2388>

also the hands <3027> of evildoers <7489>, that none <1115> doth

return <7725> from his wickedness <7451>: they are all <3605> of

them unto me as Sodom <5467>, and the inhabitants <3427> thereof

as Gomorrah <6017>.

15 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635> concerning <5921> the prophets <5030>; Behold

<2005>, I will feed <0398> them with wormwood <3939>, and make

them drink <8248> the water <4325> of gall <7219>: for from the

prophets <5030> of Jerusalem <3389> is profaneness <2613> gone

<3318> forth <3318> into all <3605> the land <0776>.

16 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

Hearken <8085> not unto the words <1697> of the prophets <5030>

that prophesy <5012> unto you: they make you vain <1891>: they

speak <1696> a vision <2377> of their own heart <3820>, [and]

not out of the mouth <6310> of the LORD <3068>.

17 They say <0559> still unto them that despise <5006> me, The

LORD <3068> hath said <1696>, Ye shall have <1961> peace <7965>;

and they say <0559> unto every <3605> one that walketh <1980>

after the imagination <8307> of his own heart <3820>, No <3808>

evil <7451> shall come <0935> upon you.

18 For who <4310> hath stood <5975> in the counsel <5475> of

the LORD <3068>, and hath perceived <7200> and heard <8085> his

word <1697>? who <4310> hath marked <7181> his word <1697>, and

heard <8085> [it]?

19 Behold <2009>, a whirlwind <5591> of the LORD <3068> is gone

<3318> forth <3318> in fury <2534>, even a grievous <2342>

whirlwind <5591>: it shall fall <2342> grievously <2342> upon

the head <7218> of the wicked <7563>.

20 The anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> shall not return <7725>,

until <5704> he have executed <6213>, and till <5704> he have

performed <6965> the thoughts <4209> of his heart <3820>: in the

latter <0319> days <3117> ye shall consider <0995> it perfectly

<0998>.

21 I have not sent <7971> these prophets <5030>, yet they ran

<7323>: I have not spoken <1696> to them, yet they prophesied

<5012>.

22 But if they had stood <5975> in my counsel <5475>, and had

caused my people <5971> to hear <8085> my words <1697>, then

they should have turned <7725> them from their evil <7451> way

<1870>, and from the evil <7455> of their doings <4611>.

23 [Am] I a God <0430> at hand <7138>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, and not a God <0430> afar <7350> off?

24 Can any <0376> hide <5641> himself in secret <4565> places

that I shall not see <7200> him? saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

Do not I fill <4390> heaven <8064> and earth <0776>? saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

25 I have heard <8085> what the prophets <5030> said <0559>,

that prophesy <5012> lies <8267> in my name <8034>, saying

<0559>, I have dreamed <2492>, I have dreamed <2492>.

26 How <5704> long <5704> shall [this] be in the heart <3820>

of the prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012> lies <8267>? yea,

[they are] prophets <5030> of the deceit <8649> of their own

heart <3820>;

27 Which think <2803> to cause my people <5971> to forget

<7911> my name <8034> by their dreams <2472> which <0834> they

tell <5608> every man <0376> to his neighbour <7453>, as their

fathers <1> have forgotten <7911> my name <8034> for Baal <1168>.

28 The prophet <5030> that hath a dream <2472>, let him tell

<5608> a dream <2472>; and he that hath my word <1697>, let him

speak <1696> my word <1697> faithfully <0571>. What <4100> [is]

the chaff <8401> to the wheat <1250>? saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

29 [Is] not my word <1697> like <3541> as a fire <0784>? saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>; and like a hammer <6360> [that] breaketh

<6327> the rock <5553> in pieces?

30 Therefore <3651>, behold <2005>, I [am] against <5921> the

prophets <5030>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that steal <1589>

my words <1697> every <0376> one <0376> from his neighbour

<7453>.

31 Behold <2005>, I [am] against <5921> the prophets <5030>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that use <3747> their tongues

<3956>, and say, He saith <5002>.

32 Behold <2005>, I [am] against <5921> them that prophesy

<5012> false <8267> dreams <2472>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

and do <6213> tell <5608> them, and cause my people <5971> to

err <8582> by their lies <8267>, and by their lightness <6350>;

yet I sent <7971> them not, nor <3808> commanded <6680> them:

therefore they shall not profit <3276> this <2088> people <5971>

at all, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

33. And when <3588> this <2088> people <5971>, or <0176> the

prophet <5030>, or <0176> a priest <3548>, shall ask <7592> thee,

saying <0559>, What <4100> [is] the burden <4853> of the LORD

<3068>? thou shalt then say <0559> unto them, What <4100> burden

<4853>? I will even forsake <5203> you, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

34 And [as for] the prophet <5030>, and the priest <3548>, and

the people <5971>, that shall say <0559>, The burden <4853> of

the LORD <3068>, I will even punish <6485> that man <0376> and

his house <1004>.

35 Thus <3541> shall ye say <0559> every <0376> one <0376> to

his neighbour <7453>, and every <0376> one <0376> to his brother

<0251>, What <4100> hath the LORD <3068> answered <6030>? and,

What <4100> hath the LORD <3068> spoken <1696>?

36 And the burden <4853> of the LORD <3068> shall ye mention

<2142> no <3808> more <5750>: for every man's <0376> word <1697>

shall be his burden <4853>; for ye have perverted <2015> the

words <1697> of the living <2416> God <0430>, of the LORD <3068>

of hosts <6635> our God <0430>.

37 Thus <3541> shalt thou say <0559> to the prophet <5030>,

What <4100> hath the LORD <3068> answered <6030> thee? and, What

<4100> hath the LORD <3068> spoken <1696>?

38 But since <0518> ye say <0559>, The burden <4853> of the

LORD <3068>; therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD

<3068>; Because <3282> ye say <0559> this <2088> word <1697>,

The burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>, and I have sent <7971>

unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not say <0559>, The burden

<4853> of the LORD <3068>;

39 Therefore <3651>, behold <2005>, I, even I, will utterly

forget <5382> you, and I will forsake <5203> you, and the city

<5892> that I gave <5414> you and your fathers <1>, [and cast

you] out of my presence <6440>:

40 And I will bring <5414> an everlasting <5769> reproach

<2781> upon you, and a perpetual <5769> shame <3640>, which

<0834> shall not be forgotten <7911>.

Jeremiah 24

1. The LORD <3068> shewed <7200> me, and, behold <2009>, two

<8147> baskets <1736> of figs <8384> [were] set <3259> before

<6440> the temple <1964> of the LORD <3068>, after <0310> that

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> had carried

<1540> away captive <1540> Jeconiah <3204> the son <1121> of

Jehoiakim <3079> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and the princes

<8269> of Judah <3063>, with the carpenters <2796> and smiths

<4525>, from Jerusalem <3389>, and had brought <0935> them to

Babylon <0894>.

2 One <0259> basket <1731> [had] very <3966> good <2896> figs

<8384>, [even] like the figs <8384> [that are] first <1073> ripe:

and the other <0259> basket <1731> [had] very <3966> naughty

<7451> figs <8384>, which <0834> could not be eaten <0398>, they

were so bad <7451>.

3 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, What <4100> seest

<7200> thou, Jeremiah <3414>? And I said <0559>, Figs <8384>;

the good <2896> figs <8384>, very <3966> good <2896>; and the

evil <7451>, very <3966> evil <7451>, that cannot <3808> be

eaten <0398>, they are so evil <7455>.

4 Again the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto me,

saying <0559>,

5 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of

Israel <3478>; Like these <0428> good <2896> figs <8384>, so

<3651> will I acknowledge <5234> them that are carried <1546>

away captive <1546> of Judah <3063>, whom <0834> I have sent

<7971> out of this <2088> place <4725> into the land <0776> of

the Chaldeans <3778> for [their] good <2896>.

6 For I will set <7760> mine eyes <5869> upon them for good

<2896>, and I will bring <7725> them again <7725> to this <2063>

land <0776>: and I will build <1129> them, and not pull <2040>

[them] down; and I will plant <5193> them, and not pluck <5428>

[them] up.

7 And I will give <5414> them an heart <3820> to know <3045> me,

that I [am] the LORD <3068>: and they shall be my people <5971>,

and I will be their God <0430>: for they shall return <7725>

unto me with their whole <3605> heart <3820>.

8 And as the evil <7451> figs <8384>, which <0834> cannot

<3808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <7455>; surely <3588>

thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, So <3651> will I give

<5414> Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and his

princes <8269>, and the residue <7611> of Jerusalem <3389>, that

remain <7604> in this <2063> land <0776>, and them that dwell

<3427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>:

9 And I will deliver <5414> them to be removed <2189> into all

<3605> the kingdoms <4467> of the earth <0776> for [their] hurt

<7451>, [to be] a reproach <2781> and a proverb <4912>, a taunt

<8148> and a curse <7045>, in all <3605> places <4725> whither I

shall drive <5080> them.

10 And I will send <7971> the sword <2719>, the famine <7458>,

and the pestilence <1698>, among them, till <5704> they be

consumed <8552> from off <5921> the land <0127> that I gave

<5414> unto them and to their fathers <1>.

Jeremiah 25

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414>

concerning <5921> all <3605> the people <5971> of Judah <3063>

in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Jehoiakim <3079> the son

<1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, that [was]

the first <7224> year <8141> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king

<4428> of Babylon <0894>;

2 The which <0834> Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> spake

<1696> unto all <3605> the people <5971> of Judah <3063>, and to

all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem <3389>, saying

<0559>,

3 From the thirteenth year <8141> of Josiah <2977> the son

<1121> of Amon <0526> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, even unto

this <2088> day <3117>, that [is] the three <7969> and twentieth

<6242> year <8141>, the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> hath come

<1961> unto me, and I have spoken <1696> unto you, rising <7925>

early <7925> and speaking <1696>; but ye have not hearkened

<8085>.

4 And the LORD <3068> hath sent <7971> unto you all <3605> his

servants <5650> the prophets <5030>, rising <7925> early <7925>

and sending <7971> [them]; but ye have not hearkened <8085>, nor

<3808> inclined <5186> your ear <0241> to hear <8085>.

5 They said <0559>, Turn <7725> ye again <7725> now <4994>

every <0376> one <0376> from his evil <7451> way <1870>, and

from the evil <7455> of your doings <4611>, and dwell <3427> in

the land <0127> that the LORD <3068> hath given <5414> unto you

and to your fathers <1> for ever <5769> and ever <5769>:

6 And go <3212> not after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to

serve <5647> them, and to worship <7812> them, and provoke me

not to anger <3707> with the works <4639> of your hands <3027>;

and I will do you no <3808> hurt <7489>.

7 Yet ye have not hearkened <8085> unto me, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>; that ye might provoke me to anger <3707> with the

works <4639> of your hands <3027> to your own hurt <7451>.

8. Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>; Because ye have not heard <8085> my words <1697>,

9 Behold <2005>, I will send <7971> and take <3947> all <3605>

the families <4940> of the north <6828>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, and Nebuchadrezzar <5019> the king <4428> of Babylon

<0894>, my servant <5650>, and will bring <0935> them against

<5921> this <2063> land <0776>, and against <5921> the

inhabitants <3427> thereof, and against <5921> all <3605> these

<0428> nations <1471> round <5439> about, and will utterly

destroy <2763> them, and make <7760> them an astonishment <8047>,

and an hissing <8322>, and perpetual <5769> desolations <2723>.

10 Moreover I will take <6> from them the voice <6963> of mirth

<8342>, and the voice <6963> of gladness <8057>, the voice

<6963> of the bridegroom <2860>, and the voice <6963> of the

bride <3618>, the sound <6963> of the millstones <7347>, and the

light <0216> of the candle <5216>.

11 And this <2063> whole <3605> land <0776> shall be a

desolation <2723>, [and] an astonishment <8047>; and these

<0428> nations <1471> shall serve <5647> the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> seventy <7657> years <8141>.

12 And it shall come <1961> to pass, when seventy <7657> years

<8141> are accomplished <4390>, [that] I will punish <6485> the

king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and that nation <1471>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, for their iniquity <5771>, and the land

<0776> of the Chaldeans <3778>, and will make <7760> it

perpetual <5769> desolations <8077>.

13 And I will bring <0935> upon that land <0776> all <3605> my

words <1697> which <0834> I have pronounced <1696> against

<5921> it, [even] all <3605> that is written <3789> in this

<2088> book <5612>, which <0834> Jeremiah <3414> hath prophesied

<5012> against <5921> all <3605> the nations <1471>.

14 For many <7227> nations <1471> and great <1419> kings <4428>

shall serve <5647> themselves of them also <1571>: and I will

recompense <7999> them according to their deeds <6467>, and

according to the works <4639> of their own hands <3027>.

15. For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of

Israel <3478> unto me; Take <3947> the wine <3196> cup <3563> of

this <2063> fury <2534> at my hand <3027>, and cause all <3605>

the nations <1471>, to whom I send <7971> thee, to drink <8248>

it.

16 And they shall drink <8354>, and be moved <1607>, and be mad

<1984>, because <6440> of the sword <2719> that I will send

<7971> among <0996> them.

17 Then took <3947> I the cup <3563> at the LORD'S <3068> hand

<3027>, and made all <3605> the nations <1471> to drink <8248>,

unto whom the LORD <3068> had sent <7971> me:

18 [To wit], Jerusalem <3389>, and the cities <5892> of Judah

<3063>, and the kings <4428> thereof, and the princes <8269>

thereof, to make <5414> them a desolation <2723>, an

astonishment <8047>, an hissing <8322>, and a curse <7045>; as

[it is] this <2088> day <3117>;

19 Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and his servants

<5650>, and his princes <8269>, and all <3605> his people <5971>;

20 And all <3605> the mingled <6154> people, and all <3605> the

kings <4428> of the land <0776> of Uz <5780>, and all <3605> the

kings <4428> of the land <0776> of the Philistines <6430>, and

Ashkelon <0831>, and Azzah <5804>, and Ekron <6138>, and the

remnant <7611> of Ashdod <0795>,

21 Edom <0123>, and Moab <4124>, and the children <1121> of

Ammon <5983>,

22 And all <3605> the kings <4428> of Tyrus <6865>, and all

<3605> the kings <4428> of Zidon <6721>, and the kings <4428> of

the isles <0339> which <0834> [are] beyond <5676> the sea <3220>,

23 Dedan <1719>, and Tema <8485>, and Buz <0938>, and all

<3605> [that are] in the utmost <7112> corners <6285>,

24 And all <3605> the kings <4428> of Arabia <6152>, and all

<3605> the kings <4428> of the mingled <6154> people that dwell

<7931> in the desert <4057>,

25 And all <3605> the kings <4428> of Zimri <2174>, and all

<3605> the kings <4428> of Elam <5867>, and all <3605> the kings

<4428> of the Medes <4074>,

26 And all <3605> the kings <4428> of the north <6828>, far

<7350> and near <7138>, one <0376> with another <0250>, and all

<3605> the kingdoms <4467> of the world <0776>, which <0834>

[are] upon the face <6440> of the earth <0127>: and the king

<4428> of Sheshach <8347> shall drink <8354> after <0310> them.

27 Therefore thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel

<3478>; Drink <8354> ye, and be drunken <7937>, and spue <7006>,

and fall <5307>, and rise <6965> no <3808> more, because <6440>

of the sword <2719> which <0834> I will send <7971> among <0996>

you.

28 And it shall be, if they refuse <3985> to take <3947> the

cup <3563> at thine hand <3027> to drink <8354>, then shalt thou

say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

of hosts <6635>; Ye shall certainly drink <8354>.

29 For, lo <2009>, I begin <2490> to bring evil <7489> on the

city <5892> which <0834> is called <7121> by my name <8034>, and

should ye be utterly unpunished <5352>? Ye shall not be

unpunished <5352>: for I will call <7121> for a sword <2719>

upon all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of the earth <0776>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

30. Therefore prophesy <5012> thou against <0413> them all

<3605> these <0428> words <1697>, and say <0559> unto them, The

LORD <3068> shall roar <7580> from on high <4791>, and utter

<5414> his voice <6963> from his holy <6944> habitation <4583>;

he shall mightily roar <7580> upon his habitation <5116>; he

shall give a shout, as they that tread <1869> [the grapes],

against <0413> all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of the earth

<0776>.

31 A noise <7588> shall come <0935> [even] to the ends <7097>

of the earth <0776>; for the LORD <3068> hath a controversy

<7379> with the nations <1471>, he will plead <8199> with all

<3605> flesh <1320>; he will give <5414> them [that are] wicked

<7563> to the sword <2719>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

32 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

Behold <2009>, evil <7451> shall go <3318> forth <3318> from

nation <1471> to nation <1471>, and a great <1419> whirlwind

<5591> shall be raised <5782> up from the coasts <3411> of the

earth <0776>.

33 And the slain <2491> of the LORD <3068> shall be at that day

<3117> from [one] end <7097> of the earth <0776> even unto the

[other] end <7097> of the earth <0776>: they shall not be

lamented <5594>, neither <3808> gathered <0622>, nor <3808>

buried <6912>; they shall be dung <1828> upon the ground <0127>.

34 Howl <3213>, ye shepherds <7462>, and cry <2199>; and wallow

<6428> yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal <0117> of the

flock <6629>: for the days <3117> of your slaughter <2873> and

of your dispersions <8600> are accomplished <4390>; and ye shall

fall <5307> like a pleasant <2532> vessel <3627>.

35 And the shepherds <7462> shall have no <4480> way <4498> to

flee <4498>, nor the principal <0117> of the flock <6629> to

escape <6413>.

36 A voice <6963> of the cry <6818> of the shepherds <7462>,

and an howling <3213> of the principal <0117> of the flock

<6629>, [shall be heard <8085>]: for the LORD <3068> hath

spoiled <7703> their pasture <4830>.

37 And the peaceable <7965> habitations <4999> are cut <1826>

down because <6440> of the fierce <2740> anger <0639> of the

LORD <3068>.

38 He hath forsaken <5800> his covert <5520>, as the lion

<3715>: for their land <0776> is desolate <8047> because <6440>

of the fierceness <2740> of the oppressor <3238>, and because

<6440> of his fierce <2740> anger <0639>.

Jeremiah 26

1. In the beginning <7225> of the reign <4468> of Jehoiakim

<3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah

<3063> came <1961> this <2088> word <1697> from the LORD <3068>,

saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Stand <5975> in the

court <2691> of the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>, and speak <1696>

unto all <3605> the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, which come

<0935> to worship <7812> in the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>, all

<3605> the words <1697> that I command <6680> thee to speak

<1696> unto them; diminish <1639> not a word <1697>:

3 If <0194> so be they will hearken <8085>, and turn <7725>

every man <0376> from his evil <7451> way <1870>, that I may

repent <5162> me of the evil <7451>, which <0834> I purpose

<2803> to do <6213> unto them because <6440> of the evil <7455>

of their doings <4611>.

4 And thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559>

the LORD <3068>; If <0518> ye will not hearken <8085> to me, to

walk <1980> in my law <8451>, which <0834> I have set <5414>

before <6440> you,

5 To hearken <8085> to the words <1697> of my servants <5650>

the prophets <5030>, whom <0834> I sent <7971> unto you, both

rising <7925> up early <7925>, and sending <7971> [them], but ye

have not hearkened <8085>;

6 Then will I make <5414> this <2088> house <1004> like Shiloh

<7887>, and will make <5414> this <2063> city <5892> a curse

<7045> to all <3605> the nations <1471> of the earth <0776>.

7. So the priests <3548> and the prophets <5030> and all <3605>

the people <5971> heard <8085> Jeremiah <3414> speaking <1696>

these <0428> words <1697> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>.

8 Now it came <1961> to pass, when Jeremiah <3414> had made an

end <3615> of speaking <1696> all <3605> that the LORD <3068>

had commanded <6680> [him] to speak <1696> unto all <3605> the

people <5971>, that the priests <3548> and the prophets <5030>

and all <3605> the people <5971> took <8610> him, saying <0559>,

Thou shalt surely die <4191>.

9 Why <4069> hast thou prophesied <5012> in the name <8034> of

the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, This <2088> house <1004> shall

be like Shiloh <7887>, and this <2063> city <5892> shall be

desolate <2717> without <0369> an inhabitant <3427>? And all

<3605> the people <5971> were gathered <6950> against <0413>

Jeremiah <3414> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>.

10 When the princes <8269> of Judah <3063> heard <8085> these

<0428> things <1697>, then they came <5927> up from the king's

<4428> house <1004> unto the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,

and sat <3427> down in the entry <6607> of the new <2319> gate

<8179> of the LORD'S <3068> [house].

11 Then spake <0559> the priests <3548> and the prophets <5030>

unto the princes <8269> and to all <3605> the people <5971>,

saying <0559>, This <2088> man <0376> [is] worthy to die <4194>;

for he hath prophesied <5012> against <0413> this <2063> city

<5892>, as ye have heard <8085> with your ears <0241>.

12 Then spake <0559> Jeremiah <3414> unto all <3605> the

princes <8269> and to all <3605> the people <5971>, saying

<0559>, The LORD <3068> sent <7971> me to prophesy <5012>

against <0413> this <2088> house <1004> and against <0413> this

<2063> city <5892> all <3605> the words <1697> that ye have

heard <8085>.

13 Therefore now <6258> amend <3190> your ways <1870> and your

doings <4611>, and obey <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD

<3068> your God <0430>; and the LORD <3068> will repent <5162>

him of the evil <7451> that he hath pronounced <1696> against

<5921> you.

14 As for me, behold <2005>, I [am] in your hand <3027>: do

<6213> with me as seemeth <5869> good <2896> and meet <3477>

unto you.

15 But know <3045> ye for certain <3045>, that if <0518> ye put

me to death <4191>, ye shall surely <3588> bring <5414> innocent

<5355> blood <1818> upon yourselves, and upon this <2063> city

<5892>, and upon the inhabitants <3427> thereof: for of a truth

<0571> the LORD <3068> hath sent <7971> me unto you to speak

<1696> all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> in your ears <0241>.

16. Then said <0559> the princes <8269> and all <3605> the

people <5971> unto the priests <3548> and to the prophets <5030>;

This <2088> man <0376> [is] not worthy to die <4194>: for he

hath spoken <1696> to us in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>

our God <0430>.

17 Then rose <6965> up certain <0582> of the elders <2205> of

the land <0776>, and spake <0559> to all <3605> the assembly

<6951> of the people <5971>, saying <0559>,

18 Micah <4320> the Morasthite <4183> prophesied <5012> in the

days <3117> of Hezekiah <2396> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and

spake <0559> to all <3605> the people <5971> of Judah <3063>,

saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>; Zion <6726> shall be plowed <2790> [like] a field <7704>,

and Jerusalem <3389> shall become <1961> heaps <5856>, and the

mountain <2022> of the house <1004> as the high <1116> places of

a forest <3293>.

19 Did Hezekiah <2396> king <4428> of Judah <3063> and all

<3605> Judah <3063> put him at all <3605> to death <4191>? did

he not fear <3373> the LORD <3068>, and besought <2470> the LORD

<3068>, and the LORD <3068> repented <5162> him of the evil

<7451> which <0834> he had pronounced <1696> against <5921>

them? Thus might we procure <6213> great <1419> evil <7451>

against <5921> our souls <5315>.

20 And there was also <1571> a man <0376> that prophesied

<5012> in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, Urijah <0223> the

son <1121> of Shemaiah <8098> of Kirjathjearim <7157>, who

prophesied <5012> against <5921> this <2063> city <5892> and

against <5921> this <2063> land <0776> according to all <3605>

the words <1697> of Jeremiah <3414>:

21 And when Jehoiakim <3079> the king <4428>, with all <3605>

his mighty <1368> men, and all <3605> the princes <8269>, heard

<8085> his words <1697>, the king <4428> sought <1245> to put

him to death <4191>: but when Urijah <0223> heard <8085> it, he

was afraid <3372>, and fled <1272>, and went <0935> into Egypt

<4714>;

22 And Jehoiakim <3079> the king <4428> sent <7971> men <0582>

into Egypt <4714>, [namely], Elnathan <0494> the son <1121> of

Achbor <5907>, and [certain] men <0582> with him into <0413>

Egypt <4714>.

23 And they fetched <3318> forth <3318> Urijah <0223> out of

Egypt <4714>, and brought <0935> him unto Jehoiakim <3079> the

king <4428>; who slew <5221> him with the sword <2719>, and cast

<7993> his dead <5038> body <5038> into <0413> the graves <6913>

of the common <1121> people <5971>.

24 Nevertheless <0389> the hand <3027> of Ahikam <0296> the son

<1121> of Shaphan <8227> was with Jeremiah <3414>, that they

should not give <5414> him into the hand <3027> of the people

<5971> to put him to death <4191>.

Jeremiah 27

1. In the beginning <7225> of the reign <4467> of Jehoiakim

<3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah

<3063> came <1961> this <2088> word <1697> unto Jeremiah <3414>

from the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> to me; Make <6213>

thee bonds <4147> and yokes <4133>, and put <5414> them upon thy

neck <6677>,

3 And send <7971> them to the king <4428> of Edom <0123>, and

to the king <4428> of Moab <4124>, and to the king <4428> of the

Ammonites <5984>, and to the king <4428> of Tyrus <6865>, and to

the king <4428> of Zidon <6721>, by the hand <3027> of the

messengers <4397> which come <0935> to Jerusalem <3389> unto

Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063>;

4 And command <6680> them to say <0559> unto their masters

<0113>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Thus <3541> shall ye say

<0559> unto your masters <0113>;

5 I have made <6213> the earth <0776>, the man <0120> and the

beast <0929> that [are] upon the ground <0776>, by my great

<1419> power <3581> and by my outstretched <5186> arm <2220>,

and have given <5414> it unto whom <0834> it seemed <5869> meet

<3474> unto me.

6 And now <6258> have I given <5414> all <3605> these <0428>

lands <0776> into <0413> the hand <3027> of Nebuchadnezzar

<5019> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, my servant <5650>; and

the beasts <2416> of the field <7704> have I given <5414> him

also <1571> to serve <5647> him.

7 And all <3605> nations <1471> shall serve <5647> him, and his

son <1121>, and his son's <1121> son <1121>, until <5704> the

very time <6256> of his land <0776> come <0935>: and then many

<7227> nations <1471> and great <1419> kings <4428> shall serve

<5647> themselves of him.

8 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] the nation <1471>

and kingdom <4467> which <0834> will not serve <5647> the same

Nebuchadnezzar <5019> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and

that will not put <5414> their neck <6677> under the yoke <5923>

of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, that nation <1471> will I

punish <6485>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, with the sword

<2719>, and with the famine <7458>, and with the pestilence

<1698>, until <5704> I have consumed <8552> them by his hand

<3027>.

9 Therefore hearken <8085> not ye to your prophets <5030>, nor

to your diviners <7080>, nor to your dreamers <2492>, nor to

your enchanters <6049>, nor to your sorcerers <3786>, which

<0834> speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not serve

<5647> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>:

10 For they prophesy <5012> a lie <8267> unto you, to remove

<7368> you far <7368> from your land <0127>; and that I should

drive <5080> you out, and ye should perish <6>.

11 But the nations <1471> that bring <0935> their neck <6677>

under the yoke <5923> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and

serve <5647> him, those will I let remain <3241> still in their

own land <0127>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; and they shall

till <5647> it, and dwell <3427> therein.

12. I spake <1696> also to Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah

<3063> according to all <3605> these <0428> words <1697>, saying

<0559>, Bring <0935> your necks <6677> under the yoke <5923> of

the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and serve <5647> him and his

people <5971>, and live <2421>.

13 Why <4100> will ye die <4191>, thou and thy people <5971>,

by the sword <2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the pestilence

<1698>, as the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> against <0413> the

nation <1471> that will not serve <5647> the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894>?

14 Therefore hearken <8085> not unto the words <1697> of the

prophets <5030> that speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye

shall not serve <5647> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>: for

they prophesy <5012> a lie <8267> unto you.

15 For I have not sent <7971> them, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, yet they prophesy <5012> a lie <8267> in my name <8034>;

that I might drive <5080> you out, and that ye might perish <6>,

ye, and the prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012> unto you.

16 Also I spake <1696> to the priests <3548> and to all <3605>

this <2088> people <5971>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068>; Hearken <8085> not to the words <1697>

of your prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012> unto you, saying

<0559>, Behold <2009>, the vessels <3627> of the LORD'S <3068>

house <1004> shall now <6258> shortly <4120> be brought <7725>

again <7725> from Babylon <0894>: for they prophesy <5012> a lie

<8267> unto you.

17 Hearken <8085> not unto them; serve <5647> the king <4428>

of Babylon <0894>, and live <2421>: wherefore <4100> should this

<2063> city <5892> be laid waste <2723>?

18 But if <0518> they [be] prophets <5030>, and if <0518> the

word <1697> of the LORD <3068> be with them, let them now <4994>

make intercession <6293> to the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

that the vessels <3627> which are left <3498> in the house

<1004> of the LORD <3068>, and [in] the house <1004> of the king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, and at Jerusalem <3389>, go <0935> not

to Babylon <0894>.

19 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>

concerning <5921> the pillars <5982>, and concerning <5921> the

sea <3220>, and concerning <5921> the bases <4369>, and

concerning <5921> the residue <3499> of the vessels <3627> that

remain <3498> in this <2063> city <5892>,

20 Which <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon

<0894> took <3947> not, when he carried <1546> away captive

<1540> Jeconiah <3204> the son <1121> of Jehoiakim <3079> king

<4428> of Judah <3063> from Jerusalem <3389> to Babylon <0894>,

and all <3605> the nobles <2715> of Judah <3063> and Jerusalem

<3389>;

21 Yea <3588>, thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, concerning <5921>

the vessels <3627> that remain <3498> [in] the house <1004> of

the LORD <3068>, and [in] the house <1004> of the king <4428> of

Judah <3063> and of Jerusalem <3389>;

22 They shall be carried <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there

<8033> shall they be until <5704> the day <3117> that I visit

<6485> them, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; then will I bring

<5927> them up, and restore <7725> them to this <2008> place

<4725>.

Jeremiah 28

1. And it came <1961> to pass the same <1931> year <8141>, in

the beginning <7225> of the reign <4467> of Zedekiah <6667> king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, in the fourth <7243> year <8141>, [and]

in the fifth <2549> month <2320>, [that] Hananiah <2608> the son

<1121> of Azur <5809> the prophet <5030>, which <0834> [was] of

Gibeon <1391>, spake <0559> unto me in the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>, in the presence <5869> of the priests <3548> and of

all <3605> the people <5971>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, I have broken

<7665> the yoke <5923> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>.

3 Within <5750> two full <3117> years <8141> will I bring

<7725> again <7725> into this <2008> place <4725> all <3605> the

vessels <3627> of the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>, that

Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> took <3947>

away from this <2008> place <4725>, and carried <0935> them to

Babylon <0894>:

4 And I will bring <7725> again <7725> to this <2008> place

<4725> Jeconiah <3204> the son <1121> of Jehoiakim <3079> king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, with all <3605> the captives <1546> of

Judah <3063>, that went <0935> into Babylon <0894>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>: for I will break <7665> the yoke <5923> of the

king <4428> of Babylon <0894>.

5 Then the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto the

prophet <5030> Hananiah <2608> in the presence <5869> of the

priests <3548>, and in the presence <5869> of all <3605> the

people <5971> that stood <5975> in the house <1004> of the LORD

<3068>,

6 Even the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414> said <0559>, Amen

<0543>: the LORD <3068> do <6213> so <3651>: the LORD <3068>

perform <6965> thy words <1697> which <0834> thou hast

prophesied <5012>, to bring <7725> again <7725> the vessels

<3627> of the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>, and all <3605> that is

carried <1473> away captive <1473>, from Babylon <0894> into

<0413> this <2008> place <4725>.

7 Nevertheless <0389> hear <8085> thou now <4994> this <2008>

word <1697> that I speak <1696> in thine ears <0241>, and in the

ears <0241> of all <3605> the people <5971>;

8 The prophets <5030> that have been <1961> before <6440> me

and before <6440> thee of old <5769> prophesied <5012> both

against <0413> many <7227> countries <0776>, and against <5921>

great <1419> kingdoms <4467>, of war <4421>, and of evil <7451>,

and of pestilence <1698>.

9 The prophet <5030> which <0834> prophesieth <5012> of peace

<7965>, when the word <1697> of the prophet <5030> shall come

<0935> to pass, [then] shall the prophet <5030> be known <3045>,

that the LORD <3068> hath truly <0571> sent <7971> him.

10. Then Hananiah <2608> the prophet <5030> took <3947> the

yoke <4133> from off <5921> the prophet <5030> Jeremiah's <3414>

neck <6677>, and brake <7665> it.

11 And Hananiah <2608> spake <0559> in the presence <5869> of

all <3605> the people <5971>, saying <0559>, Thus <3602> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068>; Even <3602> so <3602> will I break

<7665> the yoke <5923> of Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> from the neck <6677> of all <3605> nations <1471>

within <5750> the space <5750> of two full <3117> years <8141>.

And the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414> went <3212> his way

<1870>.

12 Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414> [the prophet], after <0310> that Hananiah <2608>

the prophet <5030> had broken <7665> the yoke <4133> from off

<5921> the neck <6677> of the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414>,

saying <0559>,

13 Go <1980> and tell <0559> Hananiah <2608>, saying <0559>,

Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Thou hast broken

<7665> the yokes <4133> of wood <6086>; but thou shalt make

<6213> for them yokes <4133> of iron <1270>.

14 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; I have put <5414> a yoke

<5923> of iron <1270> upon the neck <6677> of all <3605> these

<0428> nations <1471>, that they may serve <5647> Nebuchadnezzar

<5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>; and they shall serve

<5647> him: and I have given <5414> him the beasts <2416> of the

field <7704> also <1571>.

15 Then said <0559> the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414> unto

Hananiah <2608> the prophet <5030>, Hear <8085> now <4994>,

Hananiah <2608>; The LORD <3068> hath not sent <7971> thee; but

thou makest this <2008> people <5971> to trust <0982> in a lie

<8267>.

16 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

Behold <2005>, I will cast <7971> thee from off <5921> the face

<6440> of the earth <0127>: this year <8141> thou shalt die

<4191>, because <3588> thou hast taught <1696> rebellion <5627>

against <0413> the LORD <3068>.

17 So Hananiah <2608> the prophet <5030> died <4191> the same

<1931> year <8141> in the seventh <7637> month <2320>.

Jeremiah 29

1. Now these <0428> [are] the words <1697> of the letter <5612>

that Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> sent <7971> from

Jerusalem <3389> unto the residue <3499> of the elders <2205>

which were carried <1473> away captives <1473>, and to the

priests <3548>, and to the prophets <5030>, and to all <3605>

the people <5971> whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <5019> had carried

<1540> away captive <1473> from Jerusalem <3389> to Babylon

<0894>;

2 (After that Jeconiah <3204> the king <4428>, and the queen

<1377>, and the eunuchs <5631>, the princes <8269> of Judah

<3063> and Jerusalem <3389>, and the carpenters <2796>, and the

smiths <4525>, were departed <3318> from Jerusalem <3389>;)

3 By the hand <3027> of Elasah <0501> the son <1121> of Shaphan

<8227>, and Gemariah <1587> the son <1121> of Hilkiah <2518>,

(whom Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063> sent <7971>

unto Babylon <0894> to Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king <4428> of

Babylon <0894>) saying <0559>,

4 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the

God <0430> of Israel <3478>, unto all <3605> that are carried

<1473> away captives <1473>, whom <0834> I have caused to be

carried <1540> away from Jerusalem <3389> unto Babylon <0894>;

5 Build <1129> ye houses <1004>, and dwell <3427> [in them];

and plant <5193> gardens <1593>, and eat <0398> the fruit <6529>

of them;

6 Take <3947> ye wives <0802>, and beget <3205> sons <1121> and

daughters <1121>; and take <3947> wives <0802> for your sons

<1121>, and give <5414> your daughters <1121> to husbands <0582>,

that they may bear <3205> sons <1121> and daughters <1121>;

that ye may be increased <7235> there <8033>, and not diminished

<4591>.

7 And seek <1875> the peace <7965> of the city <5892> whither I

have caused you to be carried <1540> away captives <1540>, and

pray <6419> unto the LORD <3068> for it: for in the peace <7965>

thereof shall ye have peace <7965>.

8. For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Let not your prophets <5030>

and your diviners <7080>, that [be] in the midst <7130> of you,

deceive <5377> you, neither <0408> hearken <8085> to your dreams

<2472> which <0834> ye cause to be dreamed <2492>.

9 For they prophesy <5012> falsely <8267> unto you in my name

<8034>: I have not sent <7971> them, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

10 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, That after

<6310> seventy <7657> years <8141> be accomplished <4390> at

Babylon <0894> I will visit <6485> you, and perform <6965> my

good <2896> word <1697> toward <5921> you, in causing you to

return <7725> to this <2088> place <4725>.

11 For I know <3045> the thoughts <4284> that I think <2803>

toward <5921> you, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, thoughts <4284>

of peace <7965>, and not of evil <7451>, to give <5414> you an

expected <8615> end <0319>.

12 Then shall ye call <7121> upon me, and ye shall go <1980>

and pray <6419> unto me, and I will hearken <8085> unto you.

13 And ye shall seek <1245> me, and find <4672> [me], when

<3588> ye shall search <1875> for me with all <3605> your heart

<3824>.

14 And I will be found <4672> of you, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>: and I will turn <7725> away your captivity <7622>, and I

will gather <6908> you from all <3605> the nations <1471>, and

from all <3605> the places <4725> whither I have driven <5080>

you, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; and I will bring <7725> you

again <7725> into <0413> the place <4725> whence I caused you to

be carried <1540> away captive <1540>.

15. Because <3588> ye have said <0559>, The LORD <3068> hath

raised <6965> us up prophets <5030> in Babylon <0894>;

16 [Know] that thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of the

king <4428> that sitteth <3427> upon the throne <3678> of David

<1732>, and of all <3605> the people <5971> that dwelleth <3427>

in this <2063> city <5892>, [and] of your brethren <0251> that

are not gone <3318> forth <3318> with you into captivity <1473>;

17 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>;

Behold <2005>, I will send <7971> upon them the sword <2719>,

the famine <7458>, and the pestilence <1698>, and will make

<5414> them like vile <8182> figs <8384>, that cannot <3808> be

eaten <0398>, they are so evil <7455>.

18 And I will persecute them with the sword <2719>, with the

famine <7458>, and with the pestilence <1698>, and will deliver

<5414> them to be removed <2189> to all <3605> the kingdoms

<4467> of the earth <0776>, to be a curse <0423>, and an

astonishment <8047>, and an hissing <8322>, and a reproach

<2781>, among all <3605> the nations <1471> whither I have

driven <5080> them:

19 Because they have not hearkened <8085> to my words <1697>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, which <0834> I sent <7971> unto

them by my servants <5650> the prophets <5030>, rising <7925> up

early <7925> and sending <7971> [them]; but ye would not hear

<8085>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

20 Hear <8085> ye therefore the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>,

all <3605> ye of the captivity <1473>, whom <0834> I have sent

<7971> from Jerusalem <3389> to Babylon <0894>:

21 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, of Ahab <0256> the son <1121>

of Kolaiah <6964>, and of Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of

Maaseiah <4641>, which prophesy <5012> a lie <8267> unto you in

my name <8034>; Behold <2009>, I will deliver <5414> them into

the hand <3027> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon

<0894>; and he shall slay <5221> them before your eyes <5869>;

22 And of them shall be taken <3947> up a curse <7045> by all

<3605> the captivity <1546> of Judah <3063> which <0834> [are]

in Babylon <0894>, saying <0559>, The LORD <3068> make <7760>

thee like Zedekiah <6667> and like Ahab <0256>, whom <0834> the

king <4428> of Babylon <0894> roasted <7033> in the fire <0784>;

23 Because they have committed <6213> villany <5039> in Israel

<3478>, and have committed <6213> adultery <5003> with their

neighbours <7453>' wives <0802>, and have spoken <1696> lying

<8267> words <1697> in my name <8034>, which <0834> I have not

commanded <6680> them; even I know <3045>, and [am] a witness

<5707>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

24. [Thus] shalt thou also speak <0559> to Shemaiah <8098> the

Nehelamite <5161>, saying <0559>,

25 Thus <3541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Because thou

hast sent <7971> letters <5612> in thy name <8034> unto all

<3605> the people <5971> that [are] at Jerusalem <3389>, and to

Zephaniah <6846> the son <1121> of Maaseiah <4641> the priest

<3548>, and to all <3605> the priests <3548>, saying <0559>,

26 The LORD <3068> hath made <5414> thee priest <3548> in the

stead <8478> of Jehoiada <3111> the priest <3548>, that ye

should be officers <6496> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,

for every man <0376> [that is] mad <7696>, and maketh himself a

prophet <5012>, that thou shouldest put <5414> him in prison

<4115>, and in the stocks <6729>.

27 Now <6258> therefore why <4100> hast thou not reproved

<1605> Jeremiah <3414> of Anathoth <6068>, which maketh himself

a prophet <5012> to you?

28 For therefore he sent <7971> unto us [in] Babylon <0894>,

saying <0559>, This <1931> [captivity is] long <0752>: build

<1129> ye houses <1004>, and dwell <3427> [in them]; and plant

<5193> gardens <1593>, and eat <0398> the fruit <6529> of them.

29 And Zephaniah <6846> the priest <3548> read <7121> this

letter <5612> in the ears <0241> of Jeremiah <3414> the prophet

<5030>.

30 Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

31 Send <7971> to all <3605> them of the captivity <1473>,

saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

concerning <0413> Shemaiah <8098> the Nehelamite <5161>; Because

that Shemaiah <8098> hath prophesied <5012> unto you, and I sent

<7971> him not, and he caused you to trust <0982> in a lie

<8267>:

32 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

Behold <2005>, I will punish <6485> Shemaiah <8098> the

Nehelamite <5161>, and his seed <2233>: he shall not have <1961>

a man <0376> to dwell <3427> among <8432> this <2088> people

<5971>; neither <3808> shall he behold <7200> the good <2896>

that I will do <6213> for my people <5971>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>; because <3588> he hath taught <1696> rebellion

<5627> against <5921> the LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 30

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414> from the

LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of

Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Write <3789> thee all <3605> the

words <1697> that I have spoken <1696> unto thee in a book

<5612>.

3 For, lo <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that I will bring <7725> again <7725> the captivity

<7622> of my people <5971> Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>, saith

<0559> the LORD <3068>: and I will cause them to return <7725>

to the land <0776> that I gave <5414> to their fathers <1>, and

they shall possess <3423> it.

4 And these <0428> [are] the words <1697> that the LORD <3068>

spake <1696> concerning <0413> Israel <3478> and concerning

<0413> Judah <3063>.

5 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; We have heard

<8085> a voice <6963> of trembling <2731>, of fear <6343>, and

not of peace <7965>.

6 Ask <7592> ye now <4994>, and see <7200> whether <0518> a man

<2145> doth travail <3205> with child <3205>? wherefore <4069>

do I see <7200> every <3605> man <1397> with his hands <3027> on

<5921> his loins <2504>, as a woman in travail <3205>, and all

<3605> faces <6440> are turned <2015> into paleness <3420>?

7 Alas <1945>! for that day <3117> [is] great <1419>, so that

none <0369> [is] like <3644> it: it [is] even the time <6256> of

Jacob's <3290> trouble <6869>; but he shall be saved <3467> out

of it.

8 For it shall come <1961> to pass in that day <3117>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, [that] I will break

<7665> his yoke <5923> from off <5921> thy neck <6677>, and will

burst <5423> thy bonds <4147>, and strangers <2114> shall no

<3808> more <5750> serve <5647> themselves of him:

9 But they shall serve <5647> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>,

and David <1732> their king <4428>, whom <0834> I will raise

<6965> up unto them.

10. Therefore fear <3372> thou not, O my servant <5650> Jacob

<3290>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; neither <0408> be dismayed

<2865>, O Israel <3478>: for, lo <2009>, I will save <3467> thee

from afar <7350>, and thy seed <2233> from the land <0776> of

their captivity <7628>; and Jacob <3290> shall return <7725>,

and shall be in rest <8252>, and be quiet <7599>, and none

<0369> shall make [him] afraid <2729>.

11 For I [am] with thee, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, to save

<3467> thee: though <3588> I make <6213> a full end <3615> of

all <3605> nations <1471> whither I have scattered <6327> thee,

yet <0389> will I not make <6213> a full end <3615> of thee: but

I will correct <3256> thee in measure <4941>, and will not leave

thee altogether unpunished <5352>.

12 For thus <3541> saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, Thy bruise

<7667> [is] incurable <0605>, [and] thy wound <4347> [is]

grievous <2470>.

13 [There is] none <0369> to plead <1777> thy cause <1779>,

that thou mayest be bound <4205> up: thou hast no <0369> healing

<8585> medicines <7499>.

14 All <3605> thy lovers <0157> have forgotten <7911> thee;

they seek <1875> thee not; for I have wounded <5221> thee with

the wound <4347> of an enemy <0341>, with the chastisement

<4148> of a cruel <0394> one, for the multitude <7230> of thine

iniquity <5771>; [because] thy sins <2403> were increased <6105>.

15 Why <4100> criest <2199> thou for thine affliction <7667>?

thy sorrow <4341> [is] incurable <0605> for the multitude <7230>

of thine iniquity <5771>: [because] thy sins <2403> were

increased <6105>, I have done <6213> these <0428> things unto

thee.

16 Therefore <3651> all <3605> they that devour <0398> thee

shall be devoured <0398>; and all <3605> thine adversaries

<6862>, every <3605> one of them, shall go <3212> into captivity

<7633>; and they that spoil <7701> thee shall be a spoil <4933>,

and all <3605> that prey <0962> upon thee will I give <5414> for

a prey <7998>.

17 For I will restore <5927> health <0724> unto thee, and I

will heal <7495> thee of thy wounds <4347>, saith the LORD

<3068>; because <3588> they called <7121> thee an Outcast <5080>,

[saying], This <1931> [is] Zion <6726>, whom no <0369> man

seeketh <1875> after <0310>.

18. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2005>, I

will bring <7725> again <7725> the captivity <7622> of Jacob's

<3290> tents <0168>, and have mercy <7355> on his dwellingplaces

<4908>; and the city <5892> shall be builded <1129> upon her own

heap <8510>, and the palace <0759> shall remain <3427> after

<5921> the manner <4941> thereof.

19 And out of them shall proceed <3318> thanksgiving <8426> and

the voice <6963> of them that make merry <7832>: and I will

multiply <7235> them, and they shall not be few <4591>; I will

also glorify <3513> them, and they shall not be small <6819>.

20 Their children <1121> also shall be as aforetime <6924>, and

their congregation <5712> shall be established <3559> before

<6440> me, and I will punish <6485> all <3605> that oppress

<3905> them.

21 And their nobles <0117> shall be of themselves, and their

governor <4910> shall proceed <3318> from the midst <7130> of

them; and I will cause him to draw near <7126>, and he shall

approach <5066> unto me: for who <4310> [is] this that engaged

<6148> his heart <3820> to approach <5066> unto me? saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>.

22 And ye shall be my people <5971>, and I will be your God

<0430>.

23 Behold <2009>, the whirlwind <5591> of the LORD <3068> goeth

<3318> forth <3318> with fury <2534>, a continuing <1641>

whirlwind <5591>: it shall fall <2342> with pain <2342> upon the

head <7218> of the wicked <7563>.

24 The fierce <2740> anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> shall not

return <7725>, until <5704> he have done <6213> [it], and until

<5704> he have performed <6965> the intents <4209> of his heart

<3820>: in the latter <0319> days <3117> ye shall consider

<0995> it.

Jeremiah 31

1. At the same <1931> time <6256>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

will I be the God <0430> of all <3605> the families <4940> of

Israel <3478>, and they shall be my people <5971>.

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, The people <5971>

[which were] left <8300> of the sword <2719> found <4672> grace

<2580> in the wilderness <4057>; [even] Israel <3478>, when I

went <1980> to cause him to rest <7280>.

3 The LORD <3068> hath appeared <7200> of old <7350> unto me,

[saying], Yea, I have loved <0157> thee with an everlasting

<5769> love <0160>: therefore with lovingkindness <2617> have I

drawn <4900> thee.

4 Again <5750> I will build <1129> thee, and thou shalt be

built <1129>, O virgin <1330> of Israel <3478>: thou shalt again

<5750> be adorned <5710> with thy tabrets <8596>, and shalt go

<3318> forth <3318> in the dances of them that make merry <7832>.

5 Thou shalt yet <5750> plant <5193> vines <3754> upon the

mountains <2022> of Samaria <8111>: the planters <5193> shall

plant <5193>, and shall eat [them] as common <2490> things.

6 For there shall be a day <3117>, [that] the watchmen <5341>

upon the mount <2022> Ephraim <0669> shall cry <7121>, Arise

<6965> ye, and let us go <5927> up to Zion <6726> unto the LORD

<3068> our God <0430>.

7 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Sing <7442>

with gladness <8057> for Jacob <3290>, and shout <6670> among

the chief <7218> of the nations <1471>: publish <8085> ye,

praise <1984> ye, and say <0559>, O LORD <3068>, save <3467> thy

people <5971>, the remnant <7611> of Israel <3478>.

8 Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> them from the north <6828>

country <0776>, and gather <6908> them from the coasts <3411> of

the earth <0776>, [and] with them the blind <5787> and the lame

<6455>, the woman with child <2030> and her that travaileth

<3205> with child <3205> together <3162>: a great <1419> company

<6951> shall return <7725> thither <2008>.

9 They shall come <0935> with weeping <1065>, and with

supplications <8469> will I lead <2986> them: I will cause them

to walk <1980> by the rivers <5158> of waters <4325> in a

straight <3474> way <1870>, wherein they shall not stumble

<3782>: for I am a father <1> to Israel <3478>, and Ephraim

<0669> [is] my firstborn <1060>.

10. Hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, O ye

nations <1471>, and declare <5046> [it] in the isles <0339> afar

<4801> off, and say <0559>, He that scattered <2219> Israel

<3478> will gather <6908> him, and keep <8104> him, as a

shepherd <7462> [doth] his flock <5739>.

11 For the LORD <3068> hath redeemed <6299> Jacob <3290>, and

ransomed <1350> him from the hand <3027> of [him that was]

stronger <2388> than he.

12 Therefore they shall come <0935> and sing <7442> in the

height <4791> of Zion <6726>, and shall flow <5102> together to

the goodness <2898> of the LORD <3068>, for wheat <1715>, and

for wine <8492>, and for oil <3323>, and for the young <1121> of

the flock <6629> and of the herd <1241>: and their soul <5315>

shall be as a watered <7302> garden <1588>; and they shall not

sorrow <1669> any more <3254> at all.

13 Then shall the virgin <1330> rejoice <8057> in the dance

<4234>, both young <0970> men and old <2205> together <3162>:

for I will turn <2015> their mourning <60> into joy <8342>, and

will comfort <5162> them, and make them rejoice <8057> from

their sorrow <3015>.

14 And I will satiate <7301> the soul <5315> of the priests

<3548> with fatness <1880>, and my people <5971> shall be

satisfied <7646> with my goodness <2898>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

15 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; A voice <6963> was

heard <8085> in Ramah <7414>, lamentation <5092>, [and] bitter

<8563> weeping <1065>; Rahel <7354> weeping <1058> for her

children <1121> refused <3985> to be comforted <5162> for her

children <1121>, because <3588> they [were] not.

16 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Refrain <4513> thy

voice <6963> from weeping <1065>, and thine eyes <5869> from

tears <1832>: for thy work <6468> shall be rewarded <7939>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>; and they shall come <7725> again

<7725> from the land <0776> of the enemy <0341>.

17 And there is hope <8615> in thine end <0319>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>, that thy children <1121> shall come <7725>

again <7725> to their own border <1366>.

18. I have surely heard <8085> Ephraim <0669> bemoaning <5110>

himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised <3256> me, and I was

chastised <3256>, as a bullock <5695> unaccustomed [to the yoke]:

turn <7725> thou me, and I shall be turned <7725>; for thou

[art] the LORD <3068> my God <0430>.

19 Surely <3588> after <0310> that I was turned <7725>, I

repented <5162>; and after <0310> that I was instructed <3045>,

I smote <5606> upon [my] thigh <3409>: I was ashamed <0954>, yea

<1571>, even <1571> confounded <3637>, because <3588> I did bear

<5375> the reproach <2781> of my youth <5271>.

20 [Is] Ephraim <0669> my dear <3357> son <1121>? [is he] a

pleasant <8191> child <3205>? for since <1767> I spake <1696>

against him, I do earnestly remember <2142> him still <5750>:

therefore my bowels <4578> are troubled <1993> for him; I will

surely have mercy <7355> upon him, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

21 Set <5324> thee up waymarks <6725>, make <7760> thee high

<8564> heaps <8564>: set <7896> thine heart <3820> toward the

highway <4546>, [even] the way <1870> [which] thou wentest

<1980>: turn <7725> again <7725>, O virgin <1330> of Israel

<3478>, turn <7725> again <7725> to these <0428> thy cities

<5892>.

22 How <5704> long <5704> wilt thou go <2559> about <2559>, O

thou backsliding <7728> daughter <1323>? for the LORD <3068>

hath created <1254> a new <2319> thing in the earth <0776>, A

woman <5347> shall compass <5437> a man <1397>.

23 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; As yet <5750> they shall use

<0559> this <2088> speech <1697> in the land <0776> of Judah

<3063> and in the cities <5892> thereof, when I shall bring

<7725> again <7725> their captivity <7622>; The LORD <3068>

bless <1288> thee, O habitation <5116> of justice <6664>, [and]

mountain <2022> of holiness <6944>.

24 And there shall dwell <3427> in Judah <3063> itself, and in

all <3605> the cities <5892> thereof together <3162>, husbandmen

<0406>, and they [that] go <5265> forth <5265> with flocks

<5739>.

25 For I have satiated <7301> the weary <5889> soul <5315>, and

I have replenished <4390> every <3605> sorrowful <1669> soul

<5315>.

26 Upon this <2063> I awaked <6974>, and beheld <7200>; and my

sleep <8142> was sweet <6147> unto me.

27. Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>, that I will sow <2232> the house <1004> of

Israel <3478> and the house <1004> of Judah <3063> with the seed

<2233> of man <0120>, and with the seed <2233> of beast <0929>.

28 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] like as I have

watched <8245> over <5921> them, to pluck <5428> up, and to

break <5422> down <5422>, and to throw <2040> down <2040>, and

to destroy <6>, and to afflict <7489>; so <3651> will I watch

<8245> over <5921> them, to build <1129>, and to plant <5193>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

29 In those <1992> days <3117> they shall say <0559> no <3808>

more <5750>, The fathers <1> have eaten <0398> a sour <1155>

grape <1155>, and the children's <1121> teeth <8127> are set on

edge <6949>.

30 But every <0376> one <0376> shall die <4191> for his own

iniquity <5771>: every man <0120> that eateth <0398> the sour

<1155> grape <1155>, his teeth <8127> shall be set on edge

<6949>.

31 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that I will make <3772> a new <2319> covenant

<1285> with the house <1004> of Israel <3478>, and with the

house <1004> of Judah <3063>:

32 Not according to the covenant <1285> that I made <3772> with

their fathers <1> in the day <3117> [that] I took <2388> them by

the hand <3027> to bring <3318> them out of the land <0776> of

Egypt <4714>; which <0834> my covenant <1285> they brake <6565>,

although I was an husband <1167> unto them, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>:

33 But this <2063> [shall be] the covenant <1285> that I will

make <3772> with the house <1004> of Israel <3478>; After <0310>

those <1992> days <3117>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, I will

put <5414> my law <8451> in their inward <7130> parts, and write

<3789> it in their hearts <3820>; and will be their God <0430>,

and they shall be my people <5971>.

34 And they shall teach <3925> no <3808> more <5750> every man

<0376> his neighbour <7453>, and every man <0376> his brother

<0251>, saying <0559>, Know <3045> the LORD <3068>: for they

shall all <3605> know <3045> me, from the least <6996> of them

unto the greatest <1419> of them, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>:

for I will forgive <5545> their iniquity <5771>, and I will

remember <2142> their sin <2403> no <3808> more <5750>.

35. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, which giveth

<5414> the sun <8121> for a light <0216> by day <3119>, [and]

the ordinances <2708> of the moon <3394> and of the stars <3556>

for a light <0216> by night <3915>, which divideth <7280> the

sea <3220> when the waves <1530> thereof roar <1993>; The LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635> [is] his name <8034>:

36 If <0518> those <0428> ordinances <2706> depart <4185> from

before <6440> me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, [then] the seed

<2233> of Israel <3478> also <1571> shall cease <7673> from

being <1961> a nation <1471> before <6440> me for ever.

37 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; If <0518> heaven

<8064> above <4605> can be measured <4058>, and the foundations

<4146> of the earth <0776> searched <2713> out beneath <4295>, I

will also <1571> cast <3988> off all <3605> the seed <2233> of

Israel <3478> for all <3605> that they have done <6213>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

38 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that the city <5892> shall be built <1129> to the

LORD <3068> from the tower <4026> of Hananeel <2606> unto the

gate <8179> of the corner <6438>.

39 And the measuring <4060> line <6957> shall yet <5750> go

<3318> forth <3318> over <5048> against <5048> it upon the hill

<1389> Gareb <1619>, and shall compass <5437> about to Goath

<1601>.

40 And the whole <3605> valley <6010> of the dead <6297> bodies

<6297>, and of the ashes <1880>, and all <3605> the fields

<8309> unto the brook <5158> of Kidron <6939>, unto the corner

<6438> of the horse <5483> gate <8179> toward the east <4217>,

[shall be] holy <6944> unto the LORD <3068>; it shall not be

plucked <5428> up, nor <3808> thrown <2040> down <2040> any more

<5750> for ever <5769>.

Jeremiah 32

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414> from the

LORD <3068> in the tenth <6224> year <8141> of Zedekiah <6667>

king <4428> of Judah <3063>, which <1958> [was] the eighteenth

year <8141> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019>.

2 For then <0227> the king <4428> of Babylon's <0894> army

<2428> besieged <6696> Jerusalem <3389>: and Jeremiah <3414> the

prophet <5030> was shut <3607> up in the court <2691> of the

prison <4307>, which <0834> [was] in the king <4428> of Judah's

<3063> house <1004>.

3 For Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063> had shut

<3607> him up, saying <0559>, Wherefore <4069> dost thou

prophesy <5012>, and say <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>, I will give <5414> this <2063> city

<5892> into the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

and he shall take <3920> it;

4 And Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063> shall not

escape <4422> out of the hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>,

but shall surely be delivered <5414> into the hand <3027> of the

king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and shall speak <1696> with him

mouth <6310> to mouth <6310>, and his eyes <5869> shall behold

<7200> his eyes <5869>;

5 And he shall lead <3212> Zedekiah <6667> to Babylon <0894>,

and there <8033> shall he be until <5704> I visit <6485> him,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: though <3588> ye fight <3898> with

the Chaldeans <3778>, ye shall not prosper <6743>.

6 And Jeremiah <3414> said <0559>, The word <1697> of the LORD

<3068> came <1961> unto me, saying <0559>,

7 Behold <2009>, Hanameel <2601> the son <1121> of Shallum

<7967> thine uncle <1730> shall come <0935> unto thee, saying

<0559>, Buy <7069> thee my field <7704> that [is] in Anathoth

<6068>: for the right <4941> of redemption <1353> [is] thine to

buy <7069> [it].

8 So Hanameel <2601> mine uncle's <1733> son <1121> came <0935>

to me in the court <2691> of the prison <4307> according to the

word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, and said <0559> unto me, Buy

<7069> my field <7704>, I pray <4994> thee, that [is] in

Anathoth <6068>, which <0834> [is] in the country <0776> of

Benjamin <1144>: for the right <4941> of inheritance <3425> [is]

thine, and the redemption <1353> [is] thine; buy <7069> [it] for

thyself. Then I knew <3045> that this <1931> [was] the word

<1697> of the LORD <3068>.

9 And I bought <7069> the field <7704> of Hanameel <2601> my

uncle's <1733> son <1121>, that [was] in Anathoth <6068>, and

weighed <8254> him the money <3701>, [even] seventeen <7651>

shekels <8255> of silver <3701>.

10 And I subscribed <3789> the evidence <5612>, and sealed

<2856> [it], and took witnesses <5707>, and weighed <8254> [him]

the money <3701> in the balances <3976>.

11 So I took <3947> the evidence <5612> of the purchase <4736>,

[both] that which was sealed <2856> [according] to the law

<4687> and custom <2706>, and that which was open <1540>:

12 And I gave <5414> the evidence <5612> of the purchase <4736>

unto Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah <5374>, the son

<1121> of Maaseiah <4271>, in the sight <5869> of Hanameel

<2601> mine uncle's <1733> [son], and in the presence <5869> of

the witnesses <5707> that subscribed <3789> the book <5612> of

the purchase <4736>, before <5869> all <3605> the Jews <3064>

that sat <3427> in the court <2691> of the prison <4307>.

13 And I charged <6680> Baruch <1263> before <5869> them,

saying <0559>,

14 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Take <3947> these <0428>

evidences <5612>, this <2088> evidence <5612> of the purchase

<4736>, both which is sealed <2856>, and this <2088> evidence

<5612> which is open <1540>; and put <5414> them in an earthen

<2789> vessel <3627>, that they may continue <5975> many <7227>

days <3117>.

15 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Houses <1004> and fields

<7704> and vineyards <3754> shall be possessed <7069> again

<5750> in this <2063> land <0776>.

16. Now when I had delivered <5414> the evidence <5612> of the

purchase <4736> unto Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah

<5374>, I prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

17 Ah <0162> Lord <0136> GOD <3069>! behold <2009>, thou hast

made <6213> the heaven <8064> and the earth <0776> by thy great

<1419> power <3581> and stretched <5186> out arm <2220>, [and]

there is nothing too hard <6381> for thee:

18 Thou shewest <6213> lovingkindness <2617> unto thousands

<0505>, and recompensest <7999> the iniquity <5771> of the

fathers <1> into <0413> the bosom <2436> of their children

<1121> after <0310> them: the Great <1419>, the Mighty <1368>

God <0410>, the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, [is] his name

<8034>,

19 Great <1419> in counsel <6098>, and mighty <7227> in work

<5950>: for thine eyes <5869> [are] open <6491> upon all <3605>

the ways <1870> of the sons <1121> of men <0120>: to give <5414>

every <0376> one <0376> according to his ways <1870>, and

according to the fruit <6529> of his doings <4611>:

20 Which <0834> hast set <7760> signs <0226> and wonders <4159>

in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, [even] unto this <2088> day

<3119>, and in Israel <3478>, and among [other] men <0120>; and

hast made <6213> thee a name <8034>, as at <5704> this <2088>

day <3119>;

21 And hast brought <3318> forth <3318> thy people <5971>

Israel <3478> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714> with signs

<0226>, and with wonders <4159>, and with a strong <2389> hand

<3027>, and with a stretched <5186> out arm <0248>, and with

great <1419> terror <4172>;

22 And hast given <5414> them this <2063> land <0776>, which

<0834> thou didst swear <7650> to their fathers <1> to give

<5414> them, a land <0776> flowing <2100> with milk <2461> and

honey <1706>;

23 And they came <0935> in, and possessed <3423> it; but they

obeyed <8085> not thy voice <6963>, neither <3808> walked <1980>

in thy law <8451>; they have done <6213> nothing <3808> of all

<3605> that thou commandedst <6680> them to do <6213>: therefore

thou hast caused all <3605> this <2063> evil <7451> to come

<7122> upon them:

24 Behold <2009> the mounts <5550>, they are come <0935> unto

the city <5892> to take <3920> it; and the city <5892> is given

<5414> into the hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>, that fight

<3898> against <5921> it, because <6440> of the sword <2719>,

and of the famine <7458>, and of the pestilence <1698>: and what

<0834> thou hast spoken <1696> is come <1961> to pass; and,

behold <2009>, thou seest <7200> [it].

25 And thou hast said <0559> unto me, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>,

Buy <7069> thee the field <7704> for money <3701>, and take

<5749> witnesses <5707>; for the city <5892> is given <5414>

into the hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>.

26. Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

27 Behold <2009>, I [am] the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of all

<3605> flesh <1320>: is there any <3605> thing <1697> too hard

<6381> for me?

28 Therefore thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold

<2005>, I will give <5414> this <2063> city <5892> into the hand

<3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>, and into the hand <3027> of

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and he

shall take <3920> it:

29 And the Chaldeans <3778>, that fight <3898> against <5921>

this <2063> city <5892>, shall come <0935> and set fire <0784>

on this <2063> city <5892>, and burn <8313> it with the houses

<1004>, upon whose <0834> roofs <1406> they have offered <6999>

incense <6999> unto Baal <1168>, and poured <5258> out drink

<5262> offerings unto other <0312> gods <0430>, to provoke me to

anger <3707>.

30 For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children

<1121> of Judah <3063> have only <0389> done <6213> evil <7451>

before <5869> me from their youth <5271>: for the children

<1121> of Israel <3478> have only <0389> provoked me to anger

<3707> with the work <4639> of their hands <3027>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>.

31 For this <2063> city <5892> hath been <1961> to me [as] a

provocation <3708> of mine anger <0639> and of my fury <2534>

from the day <3119> that they built <1129> it even unto this

<2088> day <3119>; that I should remove <5493> it from before

<5921> my face <6440>,

32 Because <5921> of all <3605> the evil <7451> of the children

<1121> of Israel <3478> and of the children <1121> of Judah

<3063>, which <0834> they have done <6213> to provoke me to

anger <3707>, they, their kings <4428>, their princes <8269>,

their priests <3548>, and their prophets <5030>, and the men

<0376> of Judah <3063>, and the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>.

33 And they have turned <6437> unto me the back <6203>, and not

the face <6440>: though I taught <3925> them, rising <7925> up

early <7925> and teaching <3925> [them], yet they have not

hearkened <8085> to receive <3947> instruction <4148>.

34 But they set <7760> their abominations <8251> in the house

<1004>, which <0834> is called <7121> by my name <8034>, to

defile <2930> it.

35 And they built <1129> the high <1116> places of Baal <1168>,

which <0834> [are] in the valley <1516> of the son <1121> of

Hinnom <2011>, to cause <4616> their sons <1121> and their

daughters <1121> to pass <5674> through [the fire <0784>] unto

Molech <4432>; which <0834> I commanded <6680> them not, neither

<3808> came <5927> it into <5921> my mind <3820>, that they

should do <6213> this <2063> abomination <8441>, to cause Judah

<3063> to sin <2398>.

36 And now <6258> therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, concerning <0413>

this <2063> city <5892>, whereof <0834> ye say <0559>, It shall

be delivered <5414> into the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> by the sword <2719>, and by the famine <7458>,

and by the pestilence <1698>;

37 Behold <2005>, I will gather <6908> them out of all <3605>

countries <0776>, whither I have driven <5080> them in mine

anger <0639>, and in my fury <2534>, and in great <1419> wrath

<7110>; and I will bring <7725> them again <7725> unto this

place <4725>, and I will cause them to dwell <3427> safely

<0983>:

38 And they shall be my people <5971>, and I will be their God

<0430>:

39 And I will give <5414> them one <0259> heart <3820>, and one

<0259> way <1870>, that they may fear <3372> me for ever, for

the good <2896> of them, and of their children <1121> after

<0310> them:

40 And I will make <3772> an everlasting <5769> covenant <1285>

with them, that I will not turn <7725> away from them, to do

them good <3190>; but I will put <5414> my fear <3374> in their

hearts <3824>, that they shall not depart <5493> from me.

41 Yea, I will rejoice <7797> over <5921> them to do them good

<2895>, and I will plant <5193> them in this <2063> land <0776>

assuredly <0571> with my whole <3605> heart <3820> and with my

whole <3605> soul <5315>.

42 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Like as I have

brought <0935> all <3605> this <2063> great <1419> evil <7451>

upon this <2088> people <5971>, so <3651> will I bring <0935>

upon them all <3605> the good <2896> that I have promised <1696>

them.

43 And fields <7704> shall be bought <7069> in this <2063> land

<0776>, whereof <0834> ye say <0559>, [It is] desolate <8077>

without <0369> man <0120> or beast <0929>; it is given <5414>

into the hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>.

44 Men shall buy <7069> fields <7704> for money <3701>, and

subscribe <3789> evidences <5612>, and seal <2856> [them], and

take <5749> witnesses <5707> in the land <0776> of Benjamin

<1144>, and in the places about <5439> Jerusalem <3389>, and in

the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, and in the cities <5892> of

the mountains <2022>, and in the cities <5892> of the valley

<8219>, and in the cities <5892> of the south <5045>: for I will

<7522> cause their captivity <7622> to return <7725>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 33

1. Moreover the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414> the second <8145> time, while he was yet <5750>

shut <6113> up in the court <2691> of the prison <4307>, saying

<0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> the maker <6213>

thereof, the LORD <3068> that formed <3335> it, to establish

<3559> it; the LORD <3068> [is] his name <8034>;

3 Call <7121> unto me, and I will answer <6030> thee, and shew

<5046> thee great <1419> and mighty <1219> things, which thou

knowest <3045> not.

4 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430>

of Israel <3478>, concerning <5921> the houses <1004> of this

<2063> city <5892>, and concerning <5921> the houses <1004> of

the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, which are thrown <5422> down

<5422> by the mounts <5550>, and by the sword <2719>;

5 They come <0935> to fight <3898> with the Chaldeans <3778>,

but [it is] to fill <4390> them with the dead <6297> bodies

<6297> of men <0120>, whom <0834> I have slain <5221> in mine

anger <0639> and in my fury <2534>, and for all <3605> whose

<0834> wickedness <7451> I have hid <5641> my face <6440> from

this <2063> city <5892>.

6 Behold <2005>, I will bring <4608> it health <0724> and cure

<7495>, and I will cure <7495> them, and will reveal <1540> unto

them the abundance <6283> of peace <7965> and truth <0571>.

7 And I will cause the captivity <7622> of Judah <3063> and the

captivity <7622> of Israel <3478> to return <7725>, and will

build <1129> them, as at the first <7223>.

8 And I will cleanse <2891> them from all <3605> their iniquity

<5771>, whereby <0834> they have sinned <2398> against me; and I

will pardon <5545> all <3605> their iniquities <5771>, whereby

<0834> they have sinned <2398>, and whereby <0834> they have

transgressed <6586> against me.

9 And it shall be to me a name <8034> of joy <8342>, a praise

<8416> and an honour <8597> before all <3605> the nations <1471>

of the earth <0776>, which <0834> shall hear <8085> all <3605>

the good <2896> that I do <6213> unto them: and they shall fear

<6342> and tremble <7264> for all <3605> the goodness <2896> and

for all <3605> the prosperity <7965> that I procure <6213> unto

it.

10. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Again <5750>

there shall be heard <8085> in this <2088> place <4725>, which

<0834> ye say <0559> [shall be] desolate <2717> without <0369>

man <0120> and without <0369> beast <0929>, [even] in the cities

<5892> of Judah <3063>, and in the streets <2351> of Jerusalem

<3389>, that are desolate <8074>, without <0369> man <0120>, and

without <0369> inhabitant <3427>, and without <0369> beast

<0929>,

11 The voice <6963> of joy <8342>, and the voice <6963> of

gladness <8057>, the voice <6963> of the bridegroom <2860>, and

the voice <6963> of the bride <3618>, the voice <6963> of them

that shall say <0559>, Praise <3034> the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>: for the LORD <3068> [is] good <2896>; for his mercy

<2617> [endureth] for ever <5769>: [and] of them that shall

bring <0935> the sacrifice of praise <8426> into the house

<1004> of the LORD <3068>. For I will cause to return <7725> the

captivity <7622> of the land <0776>, as at the first <7223>,

saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

12 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>;

Again <5750> in this <2088> place <4725>, which is desolate

<2717> without man <0120> and without beast <0929>, and in all

<3605> the cities <5892> thereof, shall be an habitation <5116>

of shepherds <7462> causing [their] flocks <6629> to lie <7257>

down <7901>.

13 In the cities <5892> of the mountains <2022>, in the cities

<5892> of the vale <8219>, and in the cities <5892> of the south

<5045>, and in the land <0776> of Benjamin <1144>, and in the

places about <5439> Jerusalem <3389>, and in the cities <5892>

of Judah <3063>, shall the flocks <6629> pass <5674> again

<5750> under <5921> the hands <3027> of him that telleth <4487>

[them], saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

14 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>, that I will perform <6965> that good <2896> thing

<1697> which <0834> I have promised <1696> unto the house <1004>

of Israel <3478> and to the house <1004> of Judah <3063>.

15 In those <1992> days <3117>, and at that time <6256>, will I

cause the Branch <6780> of righteousness <6666> to grow <6779>

up unto David <1732>; and he shall execute <6213> judgment

<4941> and righteousness <6666> in the land <0776>.

16 In those <1992> days <3117> shall Judah <3063> be saved

<3467>, and Jerusalem <3389> shall dwell <7931> safely <0983>:

and this <2088> [is the name] wherewith <0834> she shall be

called <7121>, The LORD <3068> our righteousness <6664>.

17. For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; David <1732>

shall never <3808> want <3772> a man <0376> to sit <3427> upon

the throne <3678> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478>;

18 Neither <3808> shall the priests <3548> the Levites <3881>

want <3772> a man <0376> before <6440> me to offer <5927> burnt

<5930> offerings, and to kindle <6999> meat offerings <4503>,

and to do <6213> sacrifice <2077> continually.

19 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

20 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; If <0518> ye can

break <6565> my covenant <1285> of the day <3117>, and my

covenant <1285> of the night <3915>, and that there should not

be day <3119> and night <3915> in their season <6256>;

21 [Then] may also <1571> my covenant <1285> be broken <6565>

with David <1732> my servant <5650>, that he should not have

<1961> a son <1121> to reign <4427> upon his throne <3678>; and

with the Levites <3881> the priests <3548>, my ministers <8334>.

22 As the host <6635> of heaven <8064> cannot <3808> be

numbered <5608>, neither <3808> the sand <2344> of the sea

<3220> measured <4058>: so <3651> will I multiply <7235> the

seed <2233> of David <1732> my servant <5650>, and the Levites

<3881> that minister <8334> unto me.

23 Moreover the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

24 Considerest <7200> thou not what <4100> this <2088> people

<5971> have spoken <1696>, saying <0559>, The two <8147>

families <4940> which <0834> the LORD <3068> hath chosen <0977>,

he hath even cast <3988> them off? thus they have despised

<5006> my people <5971>, that they should be no more <5750> a

nation <1471> before <6440> them.

25 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; If <0518> my

covenant <1285> [be] not with day <3119> and night <3915>, [and

if] I have not appointed <7760> the ordinances <2708> of heaven

<8064> and earth <0776>;

26 Then <1571> will I cast <3988> away the seed <2233> of Jacob

<3290>, and David <1732> my servant <5650>, [so] that I will not

take <3947> [any] of his seed <2233> [to be] rulers <4910> over

<0413> the seed <2233> of Abraham <85>, Isaac <3446>, and Jacob

<3290>: for I will cause their captivity <7622> to return <7725>,

and have mercy <7355> on them.

Jeremiah 34

1. The word <1697> which <0834> came <1961> unto Jeremiah

<3414> from the LORD <3068>, when Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king

<4428> of Babylon <0894>, and all <3605> his army <2428>, and

all <3605> the kingdoms <4467> of the earth <0776> of his

dominion <4475>, and all <3605> the people <5971>, fought <3898>

against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>, and against <5921> all <3605>

the cities <5892> thereof, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of

Israel <3478>; Go <1980> and speak <0559> to Zedekiah <6667>

king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and tell <0559> him, Thus <3541>

saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2005>, I will give <5414>

this <2063> city <5892> into the hand <3027> of the king <4428>

of Babylon <0894>, and he shall burn <8313> it with fire <0784>:

3 And thou shalt not escape <4422> out of his hand <3027>, but

shalt surely <3588> be taken <8610>, and delivered <5414> into

his hand <3027>; and thine eyes <5869> shall behold <7200> the

eyes <5869> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall

speak <1696> with thee mouth <6310> to mouth <6310>, and thou

shalt go <0935> to Babylon <0894>.

4 Yet <0389> hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, O

Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063>; Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of thee, Thou shalt not die <4191> by the

sword <2719>:

5 [But] thou shalt die <4191> in peace <7965>: and with the

burnings <4955> of thy fathers <1>, the former <7223> kings

<4428> which <0834> were before <6440> thee, so <3651> shall

they burn <8313> [odours] for thee; and they will lament <5594>

thee, [saying], Ah <1945> lord <0113>! for I have pronounced

<1696> the word <1697>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

6 Then Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> spake <1696> all

<3605> these <0428> words <1697> unto Zedekiah <6667> king

<4428> of Judah <3063> in Jerusalem <3389>,

7 When the king <4428> of Babylon's <0894> army <2428> fought

<3898> against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>, and against <5921> all

<3605> the cities <5892> of Judah <3063> that were left <3498>,

against <0413> Lachish <3923>, and against <0413> Azekah <5825>:

for these <2007> defenced <4013> cities <5892> remained <7604>

of the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>.

8. [This is] the word <1697> that came <1961> unto Jeremiah

<3414> from the LORD <3068>, after <0310> that the king <4428>

Zedekiah <6667> had made <3772> a covenant <1285> with all

<3605> the people <5971> which <0834> [were] at Jerusalem <3389>,

to proclaim <7121> liberty <1865> unto them;

9 That every man <0376> should let his manservant <5650>, and

every man <0376> his maidservant <8198>, [being] an Hebrew

<5680> or an Hebrewess <5680>, go <7971> free <2670>; that none

<1115> should serve <5647> himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew

<3064> his brother <0251>.

10 Now when all <3605> the princes <8269>, and all <3605> the

people <5971>, which <0834> had entered <0935> into the covenant

<1285>, heard <8085> that every <0376> one <0376> should let his

manservant <5650>, and every <0376> one <0376> his maidservant

<8198>, go <7971> free <2670>, that none <1115> should serve

<5647> themselves of them any more <5750>, then they obeyed

<8085>, and let [them] go <7971>.

11 But afterward they turned <7725>, and caused the servants

<5650> and the handmaids <8198>, whom <0834> they had let go

<7971> free <2670>, to return <7725>, and brought <3533> them

into subjection <3533> for servants <5650> and for handmaids

<8198>.

12 Therefore the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414> from the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

13 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of

Israel <3478>; I made <3772> a covenant <1285> with your fathers

<1> in the day <3117> that I brought <3318> them forth <3318>

out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, out of the house <1004>

of bondmen <5650>, saying <0559>,

14 At the end <7093> of seven <7651> years <8141> let ye go

<7971> every man <0376> his brother <0251> an Hebrew <5680>,

which <0834> hath been <1961> sold <4376> unto thee; and when he

hath served <5647> thee six <8337> years <8141>, thou shalt let

him go <7971> free <2670> from thee: but your fathers <1>

hearkened <8085> not unto me, neither <3808> inclined <5186>

their ear <0241>.

15 And ye were now <3117> turned <7725>, and had done <6213>

right <3477> in my sight <5869>, in proclaiming <7121> liberty

<1865> every man <0376> to his neighbour <7453>; and ye had made

<3772> a covenant <1285> before <6440> me in the house <1004>

which <0834> is called <7121> by my name <8034>:

16 But ye turned <7725> and polluted <2490> my name <8034>, and

caused every man <0376> his servant <5650>, and every man <0376>

his handmaid <8198>, whom <0834> ye had set <7971> at liberty

<2670> at their pleasure <5315>, to return <7725>, and brought

<3533> them into subjection <3533>, to be unto you for servants

<5650> and for handmaids <8198>.

17 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

Ye have not hearkened <8085> unto me, in proclaiming <7121>

liberty <1865>, every one <0376> to his brother <0251>, and

every man <0376> to his neighbour <7453>: behold <2005>, I

proclaim <7121> a liberty <1865> for you, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, to the sword <2719>, to the pestilence <1698>, and to

the famine <7458>; and I will make <5414> you to be removed

<2189> into all <3605> the kingdoms <4467> of the earth <0776>.

18 And I will give <5414> the men <0582> that have transgressed

<5674> my covenant <1285>, which <0834> have not performed

<6965> the words <1697> of the covenant <1285> which <0834> they

had made <3772> before <6440> me, when they cut <3772> the calf

<5695> in twain <8147>, and passed <5674> between <0996> the

parts <1335> thereof,

19 The princes <8269> of Judah <3063>, and the princes <8269>

of Jerusalem <3389>, the eunuchs <5631>, and the priests <3548>,

and all <3605> the people <5971> of the land <0776>, which

passed <5674> between <0996> the parts <1335> of the calf <5695>;

20 I will even give <5414> them into the hand <3027> of their

enemies <0341>, and into the hand <3027> of them that seek

<1245> their life <5315>: and their dead <5038> bodies <5038>

shall be for meat <3978> unto the fowls <5775> of the heaven

<8064>, and to the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.

21 And Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063> and his

princes <8269> will I give <5414> into the hand <3027> of their

enemies <0341>, and into the hand <3027> of them that seek

<1245> their life <5315>, and into the hand <3027> of the king

<4428> of Babylon's <0894> army <2428>, which are gone <5927> up

from you.

22 Behold <2005>, I will command <6680>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, and cause them to return <7725> to this <2063> city

<5892>; and they shall fight <3898> against <5921> it, and take

<3920> it, and burn <8313> it with fire <0784>: and I will make

<5414> the cities <5892> of Judah <3063> a desolation <8077>

without <0369> an inhabitant <3427>.

Jeremiah 35

1. The word <1697> which <0834> came <1961> unto Jeremiah

<3414> from the LORD <3068> in the days <3117> of Jehoiakim

<3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah

<3063>, saying <0559>,

2 Go <1980> unto the house <1004> of the Rechabites <7397>, and

speak <1696> unto them, and bring <0935> them into the house

<1004> of the LORD <3068>, into <0413> one <0259> of the

chambers <3957>, and give them wine <3196> to drink <8248>.

3 Then I took <3947> Jaazaniah <2970> the son <1121> of

Jeremiah <3414>, the son <1121> of Habaziniah <2262>, and his

brethren <0251>, and all <3605> his sons <1121>, and the whole

<3605> house <1004> of the Rechabites <7397>;

4 And I brought <0935> them into the house <1004> of the LORD

<3068>, into <0413> the chamber <3957> of the sons <1121> of

Hanan <2605>, the son <1121> of Igdaliah <3012>, a man <0376> of

God <0430>, which <0834> [was] by the chamber <2315> of the

princes <8269>, which <0834> [was] above <4605> the chamber

<3957> of Maaseiah <4641> the son <1121> of Shallum <7967>, the

keeper <8104> of the door <5592>:

5 And I set <5414> before <6440> the sons <1121> of the house

<1004> of the Rechabites <7397> pots <1375> full <4392> of wine

<3196>, and cups <3563>, and I said <0559> unto them, Drink

<8354> ye wine <3196>.

6 But they said <0559>, We will drink <8354> no <3808> wine

<3196>: for Jonadab <3122> the son <1121> of Rechab <7394> our

father <1> commanded <6680> us, saying <0559>, Ye shall drink

<8354> no <3808> wine <3196>, [neither ye], nor your sons <1121>

for ever <5769>:

7 Neither <3808> shall ye build <1129> house <1004>, nor <3808>

sow <2232> seed <2233>, nor <3808> plant <5193> vineyard <3754>,

nor <3808> have [any]: but all <3605> your days <3117> ye shall

dwell <3427> in tents <0168>; that ye may live <2421> many

<7227> days <3117> in the land <0127> where ye [be] strangers

<1481>.

8 Thus have we obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of Jonadab <3082>

the son <1121> of Rechab <7394> our father <1> in all <3605>

that he hath charged <6680> us, to drink <8354> no <1115> wine

<3196> all <3605> our days <3117>, we, our wives <0802>, our

sons <1121>, nor our daughters <1121>;

9 Nor <1115> to build <1129> houses <1004> for us to dwell

<3427> in: neither <3808> have <1961> we vineyard <3754>, nor

field <7704>, nor seed <2233>:

10 But we have dwelt <3427> in tents <0168>, and have obeyed

<8085>, and done <6213> according to all <3605> that Jonadab

<3122> our father <1> commanded <6680> us.

11 But it came <1961> to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king

<4428> of Babylon <0894> came <5927> up into <0413> the land

<0776>, that we said <0559>, Come <0935>, and let us go <0935>

to Jerusalem <3389> for fear <6440> of the army <2428> of the

Chaldeans <3778>, and for fear <6440> of the army <2428> of the

Syrians <0758>: so we dwell <3427> at Jerusalem <3389>.

12. Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

13 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Go <1980> and tell <0559> the

men <0376> of Judah <3063> and the inhabitants <3427> of

Jerusalem <3389>, Will ye not receive <3947> instruction <4148>

to hearken <8085> to my words <1697>? saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

14 The words <1697> of Jonadab <3082> the son <1121> of Rechab

<7394>, that he commanded <6680> his sons <1121> not to drink

<8354> wine <3196>, are performed <6965>; for unto this <2088>

day <3117> they drink <8354> none <3808>, but obey <8085> their

father's <1> commandment <4687>: notwithstanding I have spoken

<1696> unto you, rising <7925> early <7925> and speaking <1696>;

but ye hearkened <8085> not unto me.

15 I have sent <7971> also unto you all <3605> my servants

<5650> the prophets <5030>, rising <7925> up early <7925> and

sending <7971> [them], saying <0559>, Return <7725> ye now

<4994> every man <0376> from his evil <7451> way <1870>, and

amend <3190> your doings <4611>, and go <3212> not after <0310>

other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <5647> them, and ye shall

dwell <3427> in the land <0127> which <0834> I have given <5414>

to you and to your fathers <1>: but ye have not inclined <5186>

your ear <0241>, nor <3808> hearkened <8085> unto me.

16 Because <3588> the sons <1121> of Jonadab <3082> the son

<1121> of Rechab <7394> have performed <6965> the commandment

<4687> of their father <1>, which <0834> he commanded <6680>

them; but this <2088> people <5971> hath not hearkened <8085>

unto me:

17 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

God <0430> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>;

Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> upon Judah <3063> and upon

all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem <3389> all <3605>

the evil <7451> that I have pronounced <1696> against <5921>

them: because <3282> I have spoken <1696> unto them, but they

have not heard <8085>; and I have called <7121> unto them, but

they have not answered <6030>.

18 And Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto the house <1004> of the

Rechabites <7397>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Because ye have

obeyed <8085> the commandment <4687> of Jonadab <3082> your

father <1>, and kept <8104> all <3605> his precepts <4687>, and

done <6213> according unto all <3605> that he hath commanded

<6680> you:

19 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Jonadab <3122>

the son <1121> of Rechab <7394> shall not want <3772> a man

<0376> to stand <5975> before <6440> me for ever.

Jeremiah 36

1. And it came <1961> to pass in the fourth <7243> year <8141>

of Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428>

of Judah <3063>, [that] this <2088> word <1697> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414> from the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

2 Take <3947> thee a roll <4039> of a book <5612>, and write

<3789> therein <0413> all <3605> the words <1697> that I have

spoken <1696> unto thee against <5921> Israel <3478>, and

against <5921> Judah <3063>, and against <5921> all <3605> the

nations <1471>, from the day <3117> I spake <1696> unto thee,

from the days <3117> of Josiah <2977>, even unto this <2088> day

<3117>.

3 It may be that the house <1004> of Judah <3063> will hear

<8085> all <3605> the evil <7451> which <0834> I purpose <2803>

to do <6213> unto them; that they may return <7725> every man

<0376> from his evil <7451> way <1870>; that I may forgive

<5545> their iniquity <5771> and their sin <2403>.

4 Then Jeremiah <3414> called <7121> Baruch <1263> the son

<1121> of Neriah <5374>: and Baruch <1263> wrote <3789> from the

mouth <6310> of Jeremiah <3414> all <3605> the words <1697> of

the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he had spoken <1696> unto him,

upon a roll <4039> of a book <5612>.

5 And Jeremiah <3414> commanded <6680> Baruch <1263>, saying

<0559>, I [am] shut <6113> up; I cannot go <0935> into the house

<1004> of the LORD <3068>:

6 Therefore go <0935> thou, and read <7121> in the roll <4039>,

which <0834> thou hast written <3789> from my mouth <6310>, the

words <1697> of the LORD <3068> in the ears <0241> of the people

<5971> in the LORD'S <3068> house <1004> upon the fasting <6685>

day <3117>: and also <1571> thou shalt read <7121> them in the

ears <0241> of all <3605> Judah <3063> that come <0935> out of

their cities <5892>.

7 It may be they will present <5307> their supplication <8467>

before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and will return <7725> every

<0376> one from his evil <7451> way <1870>: for great <1419>

[is] the anger <0639> and the fury <2534> that the LORD <3068>

hath pronounced <1696> against <0413> this <2088> people <5971>.

8 And Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah <5374> did <6213>

according to all <3605> that Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>

commanded <6680> him, reading <7121> in the book <5612> the

words <1697> of the LORD <3068> in the LORD'S <3068> house

<1004>.

9. And it came <1961> to pass in the fifth <2549> year <8141>

of Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428>

of Judah <3063>, in the ninth <8671> month <2320>, [that] they

proclaimed <7121> a fast <6685> before <6440> the LORD <3068> to

all <3605> the people <5971> in Jerusalem <3389>, and to all

<3605> the people <5971> that came <0935> from the cities <5892>

of Judah <3063> unto Jerusalem <3389>.

10 Then read <7121> Baruch <1263> in the book <5612> the words

<1697> of Jeremiah <3414> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,

in the chamber <3957> of Gemariah <1587> the son <1121> of

Shaphan <8227> the scribe <5608>, in the higher <5945> court

<2691>, at the entry <6607> of the new <2319> gate <8179> of the

LORD'S <3068> house <1004>, in the ears <0241> of all <3605> the

people <5971>.

11 When Michaiah <4321> the son <1121> of Gemariah <1587>, the

son <1121> of Shaphan <8227>, had heard <8085> out of the book

<5612> all <3605> the words <1697> of the LORD <3068>,

12 Then he went <3381> down <3381> into the king's <4428> house

<1004>, into <5921> the scribe's <5608> chamber <3957>: and, lo

<2009>, all <3605> the princes <8269> sat <3427> there <8033>,

[even] Elishama <0476> the scribe <5608>, and Delaiah <1806> the

son <1121> of Shemaiah <8098>, and Elnathan <0494> the son

<1121> of Achbor <5907>, and Gemariah <1587> the son <1121> of

Shaphan <8227>, and Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Hananiah

<2608>, and all <3605> the princes <8269>.

13 Then Michaiah <4321> declared <5046> unto them all <3605>

the words <1697> that he had heard <8085>, when Baruch <1263>

read <7121> the book <5612> in the ears <0241> of the people

<5971>.

14 Therefore all <3605> the princes <8269> sent <7971> Jehudi

<3065> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>, the son <1121> of

Shelemiah <8018>, the son <1121> of Cushi <3569>, unto Baruch

<1263>, saying <0559>, Take <3947> in thine hand <3027> the roll

<4039> wherein <0834> thou hast read <7121> in the ears <0241>

of the people <5971>, and come <3212>. So Baruch <1263> the son

<1121> of Neriah <5374> took <3947> the roll <4039> in his hand

<3027>, and came <0935> unto them.

15 And they said <0559> unto him, Sit <3427> down now <4994>,

and read <7121> it in our ears <0241>. So Baruch <1263> read

<7121> [it] in their ears <0241>.

16 Now it came <1961> to pass, when they had heard <8085> all

<3605> the words <1697>, they were afraid <6342> both <0413> one

<0376> and other <7453>, and said <0559> unto Baruch <1263>, We

will surely tell <5046> the king <4428> of all <3605> these

<0428> words <1697>.

17 And they asked <7592> Baruch <1263>, saying <0559>, Tell

<5046> us now <4994>, How <0349> didst thou write <3789> all

<3605> these <0428> words <1697> at his mouth <6310>?

18 Then Baruch <1263> answered <0559> them, He pronounced

<7126> all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> unto me with his

mouth <6310>, and I wrote <3789> [them] with ink <1773> in the

book <5612>.

19 Then said <0559> the princes <8269> unto Baruch <1263>, Go

<3212>, hide <5641> thee, thou and Jeremiah <3414>; and let no

<0408> man <0376> know <3045> where <0375> ye be.

20. And they went <0935> in to the king <4428> into the court

<2691>, but they laid <6485> up the roll <4039> in the chamber

<3957> of Elishama <0476> the scribe <5608>, and told <5046> all

<3605> the words <1697> in the ears <0241> of the king <4428>.

21 So the king <4428> sent <7971> Jehudi <3065> to fetch <3947>

the roll <4039>: and he took <3947> it out of Elishama <0476>

the scribe's <5608> chamber <3957>. And Jehudi <3065> read

<7121> it in the ears <0241> of the king <4428>, and in the ears

<0241> of all <3605> the princes <8269> which stood <5975>

beside <5921> the king <4428>.

22 Now the king <4428> sat <3427> in the winterhouse <2779> in

the ninth <8671> month <2320>: and [there was a fire] on the

hearth <0254> burning <1197> before <6440> him.

23 And it came <1961> to pass, [that] when Jehudi <3065> had

read <7121> three <7969> or four <0702> leaves <1817>, he cut

<7167> it with the penknife <8593>, and cast <7933> [it] into

<0413> the fire <0784> that [was] on <0413> the hearth <0254>,

until <5704> all <3605> the roll <4039> was consumed <8552> in

the fire <0784> that [was] on <5921> the hearth <0254>.

24 Yet they were not afraid <6342>, nor <3808> rent <7167>

their garments <0899>, [neither] the king <4428>, nor any <3605>

of his servants <5650> that heard <8085> all <3605> these <0428>

words <1697>.

25 Nevertheless <1571> Elnathan <0494> and Delaiah <1806> and

Gemariah <1587> had made intercession <6293> to the king <4428>

that he would not burn <8313> the roll <4039>: but he would not

hear <8085> them.

26 But the king <4428> commanded <6680> Jerahmeel <3396> the

son <1121> of Hammelech <4429>, and Seraiah <8304> the son

<1121> of Azriel <5837>, and Shelemiah <8018> the son <1121> of

Abdeel <5655>, to take <3947> Baruch <1263> the scribe <5608>

and Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>: but the LORD <3068> hid

<5641> them.

27 Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414>, after <0310> that the king <4428> had burned

<8313> the roll <4039>, and the words <1697> which <0834> Baruch

<1263> wrote <3789> at the mouth <6310> of Jeremiah <3414>,

saying <0559>,

28 Take <3947> thee again <7725> another <0312> roll <4039>,

and write <3789> in it all <3605> the former <7223> words <1697>

that were in the first <7223> roll <4039>, which <0834>

Jehoiakim <3079> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> hath burned

<8313>.

29 And thou shalt say <0559> to Jehoiakim <3079> king <4428> of

Judah <3063>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Thou

hast burned <8313> this <2063> roll <4039>, saying <0559>, Why

<4069> hast thou written <3789> therein <5921>, saying <0559>,

The king <4428> of Babylon <0894> shall certainly come <0935>

and destroy <7843> this <2063> land <0776>, and shall cause to

cease <7673> from thence man <0120> and beast <0929>?

30 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

Jehoiakim <3079> king <4428> of Judah <3063>; He shall have

<1961> none <3808> to sit <3427> upon the throne <3678> of David

<1732>: and his dead <5038> body <5038> shall be cast <7933> out

in the day <3117> to the heat <2721>, and in the night <3915> to

the frost <7140>.

31 And I will punish <6485> him and his seed <2233> and his

servants <5650> for their iniquity <5771>; and I will bring

<0935> upon them, and upon the inhabitants <3427> of Jerusalem

<3389>, and upon the men <0376> of Judah <3063>, all <3605> the

evil <7451> that I have pronounced <1691> against <0413> them;

but they hearkened <8085> not.

32 Then took <3947> Jeremiah <3414> another <0312> roll <4039>,

and gave <5414> it to Baruch <1263> the scribe <5608>, the son

<1121> of Neriah <5374>; who wrote <3789> therein <5921> from

the mouth <6310> of Jeremiah <3414> all <3605> the words <1697>

of the book <5612> which <0834> Jehoiakim <3079> king <4428> of

Judah <3063> had burned <8313> in the fire <0784>: and there

were added <3254> besides <5750> unto them many <7227> like

<1922> words <1697>.

Jeremiah 37

1. And king <4428> Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Josiah

<2977> reigned <4427> instead <8478> of Coniah <3659> the son

<1121> of Jehoiakim <3079>, whom <0834> Nebuchadrezzar <5019>

king <4428> of Babylon <0894> made king <4428> in the land

<0776> of Judah <3063>.

2 But neither <3808> he, nor his servants <5650>, nor the

people <5971> of the land <0776>, did hearken <8085> unto the

words <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by

the prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414>.

3 And Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> sent <7971> Jehucal

<3081> the son <1121> of Shelemiah <8018> and Zephaniah <6846>

the son <1121> of Maaseiah <4641> the priest <3548> to the

prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>, Pray <6419> now

<4994> unto the LORD <3068> our God <0430> for us.

4 Now Jeremiah <3414> came <0935> in and went <3318> out among

<8432> the people <5971>: for they had not put <5414> him into

prison.

5 Then Pharaoh's <6547> army <2428> was come <3318> forth

<3318> out of Egypt <4714>: and when the Chaldeans <3778> that

besieged <6696> Jerusalem <3389> heard <8085> tidings <8088> of

them, they departed <5927> from Jerusalem <3389>.

6 Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto the

prophet <5030> Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

7 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of

Israel <3478>; Thus <3541> shall ye say <0559> to the king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, that sent <7971> you unto me to enquire

<1875> of me; Behold <2005>, Pharaoh's <6547> army <2428>, which

is come <3318> forth <3318> to help <5833> you, shall return

<7725> to Egypt <4714> into their own land <0776>.

8 And the Chaldeans <3778> shall come <7725> again <7725>, and

fight <3898> against <5921> this <2063> city <5892>, and take

<3920> it, and burn <8313> it with fire <0784>.

9 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Deceive <5377> not

yourselves <5315>, saying <0559>, The Chaldeans <3778> shall

surely depart <1980> from us: for they shall not depart <1980>.

10 For though <0518> ye had smitten <5221> the whole <3605>

army <2428> of the Chaldeans <3778> that fight <3898> against

you, and there remained <7604> [but] wounded <1856> men <0582>

among them, [yet] should they rise <6965> up every man <0376> in

his tent <0168>, and burn <8313> this <2063> city <5892> with

fire <0784>.

11. And it came <1961> to pass, that when the army <2428> of

the Chaldeans <3778> was broken <5927> up from Jerusalem <3389>

for fear <6440> of Pharaoh's <6547> army <2428>,

12 Then Jeremiah <3414> went <3318> forth <3318> out of

Jerusalem <3389> to go <3212> into the land <0776> of Benjamin

<1144>, to separate <2505> himself thence <8033> in the midst

<8432> of the people <5971>.

13 And when he was in the gate <8179> of Benjamin <1144>, a

captain <1167> of the ward <6488> [was] there <8033>, whose name

<8034> [was] Irijah <3376>, the son <1121> of Shelemiah <8018>,

the son <1121> of Hananiah <2608>; and he took <8610> Jeremiah

<3414> the prophet <5030>, saying <0559>, Thou fallest <5307>

away to the Chaldeans <3778>.

14 Then said <0559> Jeremiah <3414>, [It is] false <8267>; I

fall <5307> not away to the Chaldeans <3778>. But he hearkened

<8085> not to him: so Irijah <3376> took <8610> Jeremiah <3414>,

and brought <0935> him to the princes <8269>.

15 Wherefore the princes <8269> were wroth <7107> with Jeremiah

<3414>, and smote <5221> him, and put <5414> him in prison

<0612> in the house <1004> of Jonathan <3083> the scribe <5608>:

for they had made <6213> that the prison <3608>.

16 When <3588> Jeremiah <3414> was entered <0935> into <0413>

the dungeon <0953>, and into <0413> the cabins <2588>, and

Jeremiah <3414> had remained <3427> there <8033> many <7227>

days <3117>;

17 Then Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> sent <7971>, and took

<3947> him out: and the king <4428> asked <7592> him secretly

<5643> in his house <1004>, and said <0559>, Is there [any] word

<1697> from the LORD <3068>? And Jeremiah <3414> said <0559>,

There is: for, said <0559> he, thou shalt be delivered <5414>

into the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>.

18 Moreover Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto king <4428>

Zedekiah <6667>, What <4100> have I offended <2398> against thee,

or against thy servants <5650>, or against this <2088> people

<5971>, that ye have put <5414> me in prison?

19 Where <0346> [are] now your prophets <5030> which <0834>

prophesied <5012> unto you, saying <0559>, The king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> shall not come <0935> against <5921> you, nor

against <5921> this <2063> land <0776>?

20 Therefore hear <8085> now <6254>, I pray <4994> thee, O my

lord <0113> the king <4428>: let my supplication <8467>, I pray

<4994> thee, be accepted <5307> before <6440> thee; that thou

cause me not to return <7725> to the house <1004> of Jonathan

<3083> the scribe <5608>, lest <3808> I die <4191> there <8033>.

21 Then Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> commanded <6680> that

they should commit <6458> Jeremiah <3414> into the court <2691>

of the prison <4307>, and that they should give <5414> him daily

<3117> a piece <3603> of bread <3899> out of the bakers <0644>'

street <2351>, until <5704> all <3605> the bread <3899> in the

city <5892> were spent <8552>. Thus Jeremiah <3414> remained

<3427> in the court <2691> of the prison <4307>.

Jeremiah 38

1. Then Shephatiah <8203> the son <1121> of Mattan <4977>, and

Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Pashur <6583>, and Jucal

<3116> the son <1121> of Shelemiah <8018>, and Pashur <6583> the

son <1121> of Malchiah <4441>, heard <8085> the words <1697>

that Jeremiah <3414> had spoken <1696> unto all <3605> the

people <5971>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, He that remaineth

<3427> in this <2063> city <5892> shall die <4191> by the sword

<2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the pestilence <1698>: but

he that goeth <3318> forth <3318> to the Chaldeans <3778> shall

live <2421>; for he shall have his life <5315> for a prey <7998>,

and shall live <2425>.

3 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, This <2063> city

<5892> shall surely be given <5414> into the hand <3027> of the

king <4428> of Babylon's <0894> army <2428>, which shall take

<3920> it.

4 Therefore the princes <8269> said <0559> unto the king <4428>,

We beseech <4994> thee, let this <2088> man <0376> be put to

death <4191>: for thus he weakeneth <7503> the hands <3027> of

the men <0582> of war <4421> that remain <7604> in this <2063>

city <5892>, and the hands <3027> of all <3605> the people

<5971>, in speaking <1696> such <0428> words <1697> unto them:

for this <2088> man <0376> seeketh <1875> not the welfare <7965>

of this <2088> people <5971>, but the hurt <7451>.

5 Then Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> said <0559>, Behold

<2009>, he [is] in your hand <3027>: for the king <4428> [is]

not [he that] can <3201> do [any] thing <1697> against you.

6 Then took <3947> they Jeremiah <3414>, and cast <7933> him

into <0413> the dungeon <0953> of Malchiah <4441> the son <1121>

of Hammelech <4429>, that [was] in the court <2691> of the

prison <4307>: and they let <7971> down <7971> Jeremiah <3414>

with cords <2256>. And in the dungeon <0953> [there was] no

<0369> water <4325>, but mire <2916>: so Jeremiah <3414> sunk

<2883> in the mire <2916>.

7 Now when Ebedmelech <5663> the Ethiopian <3569>, one <0376>

of the eunuchs <5631> which <1931> was in the king's <4428>

house <1004>, heard <8085> that they had put <5414> Jeremiah

<3414> in the dungeon <0953>; the king <4428> then sitting

<3427> in the gate <8179> of Benjamin <1144>;

8 Ebedmelech <5663> went <3318> forth <3318> out of the king's

<4428> house <1004>, and spake <1696> to the king <4428>, saying

<0559>,

9 My lord <0113> the king <4428>, these <0428> men <0582> have

done evil <7489> in all <3605> that they have done <6213> to

Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>, whom they have cast <7933>

into <0413> the dungeon <0953>; and he is like to die <4191> for

hunger <7457> in the place <8478> where <8478> he is: for [there

is] no <0369> more <5750> bread <3899> in the city <5892>.

10 Then the king <4428> commanded <6680> Ebedmelech <5663> the

Ethiopian <3569>, saying <0559>, Take <3947> from hence <2088>

thirty <7970> men <0582> with thee, and take <3947> up Jeremiah

<3414> the prophet <5030> out of the dungeon <0953>, before

<2962> he die <4191>.

11 So Ebedmelech <5663> took <3947> the men <0582> with him,

and went <0935> into the house <1004> of the king <4428> under

the treasury <0214>, and took <3947> thence <8033> old <1094>

cast <5499> clouts <5499> and old <1094> rotten <4418> rags

<4418>, and let <7971> them down <7971> by cords <2256> into

<0413> the dungeon <0953> to Jeremiah <3414>.

12 And Ebedmelech <5663> the Ethiopian <3569> said <0559> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, Put <7760> now <4994> [these] old <1094> cast

<5499> clouts <5499> and rotten <4418> rags <4418> under <8478>

thine armholes under <8478> the cords <2256>. And Jeremiah

<3414> did <6213> so <3651>.

13 So they drew <4900> up Jeremiah <3414> with cords <2256>,

and took <5927> him up out of the dungeon <0953>: and Jeremiah

<3414> remained <3427> in the court <2691> of the prison <4307>.

14. Then Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> sent <7971>, and took

<3947> Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> unto him into <0413>

the third <7992> entry <3996> that [is] in the house <1004> of

the LORD <3068>: and the king <4428> said <0559> unto Jeremiah

<3414>, I will ask <7592> thee a thing <1697>; hide <3582>

nothing from me.

15 Then Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto Zedekiah <6667>, If

<0518> I declare <5046> [it] unto thee, wilt thou not surely put

me to death <4191>? and if <0518> I give thee counsel <3289>,

wilt thou not hearken <8085> unto me?

16 So Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> sware <7650> secretly

<5643> unto Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068>

liveth <2416>, that made <6213> us this <2063> soul <5315>, I

will not put thee to death <4191>, neither <0518> will I give

<5414> thee into the hand <3027> of these <0428> men <0582> that

seek <1245> thy life <5315>.

17 Then said <0559> Jeremiah <3414> unto Zedekiah <6667>, Thus

saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; If <0518> thou wilt assuredly

<3318> go <3318> forth <3318> unto the king <4428> of Babylon's

<0894> princes <8269>, then thy soul <5315> shall live <2421>,

and this <2063> city <5892> shall not be burned <8313> with fire

<0784>; and thou shalt live <2421>, and thine house <1004>:

18 But if <0518> thou wilt not go <3318> forth <3318> to the

king <4428> of Babylon's <0894> princes <8269>, then shall this

<2063> city <5892> be given <5414> into the hand <3027> of the

Chaldeans <3778>, and they shall burn <8313> it with fire <0784>,

and thou shalt not escape <4422> out of their hand <3027>.

19 And Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> said <0559> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, I am afraid <1672> of the Jews <3064> that are

fallen <5307> to the Chaldeans <3778>, lest <6435> they deliver

<5414> me into their hand <3027>, and they mock <5953> me.

20 But Jeremiah <3414> said <0559>, They shall not deliver

<5414> [thee]. Obey <8085>, I beseech <4994> thee, the voice

<6963> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> I speak <1696> unto thee:

so it shall be well <3190> unto thee, and thy soul <5315> shall

live <2421>.

21 But if thou refuse <3986> to go <3318> forth <3318>, this

<2088> [is] the word <1697> that the LORD <3068> hath shewed

<7200> me:

22 And, behold <2009>, all <3605> the women <0802> that are

left <7604> in the king <4428> of Judah's <3063> house <1004>

[shall be] brought <3318> forth <4163> to the king <4428> of

Babylon's <0894> princes <8269>, and those <2007> [women] shall

say <0559>, Thy friends have set <5496> thee on, and have

prevailed <3201> against thee: thy feet <7272> are sunk <2883>

in the mire <1206>, [and] they are turned <5472> away back

<0268>.

23 So they shall bring <4672> out all <3605> thy wives <0802>

and thy children <1121> to the Chaldeans <3778>: and thou shalt

not escape <4422> out of their hand <3027>, but shalt be taken

<8610> by the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>:

and thou shalt cause this <2063> city <5892> to be burned <8313>

with fire <0784>.

24 Then said <0559> Zedekiah <6667> unto Jeremiah <3414>, Let

no <0408> man <0376> know <3045> of these <0428> words <1697>,

and thou shalt not die <4191>.

25 But if <3588> the princes <8269> hear <8085> that I have

talked <1696> with thee, and they come <0935> unto thee, and say

<0559> unto thee, Declare <5046> unto us now <4994> what <4100>

thou hast said <1696> unto the king <4428>, hide <3582> it not

from us, and we will not put thee to death <4191>; also what

<4100> the king <4428> said <1696> unto thee:

26 Then thou shalt say <0559> unto them, I presented <5307> my

supplication <8467> before <6440> the king <4428>, that he would

not cause me to return <7725> to Jonathan's <3129> house <1004>,

to die <4191> there <8033>.

27 Then came <0935> all <3605> the princes <8269> unto Jeremiah

<3414>, and asked <7592> him: and he told <5046> them according

to all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> that the king <4428> had

commanded <6680>. So they left <2790> off speaking <2790> with

him; for the matter <1697> was not perceived <8085>.

28 So Jeremiah <3414> abode <3427> in the court <2691> of the

prison <4307> until <5704> the day <3117> that Jerusalem <3389>

was taken <3920>: and he was [there] when <0834> Jerusalem

<3389> was taken <3920>.

Jeremiah 39

1. In the ninth <8671> year <8141> of Zedekiah <6667> king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, in the tenth <6224> month <2320>, came

<0935> Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> and

all <3605> his army <2428> against <0413> Jerusalem <3389>, and

they besieged <6696> it.

2 [And] in the eleventh year <8141> of Zedekiah <6667>, in the

fourth <7243> month <2320>, the ninth <8672> [day <3117>] of the

month <2320>, the city <5892> was broken <1234> up.

3 And all <3605> the princes <8269> of the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> came <0935> in, and sat <3427> in the middle

<8484> gate <8179>, [even] Nergalsharezer <5371>, Samgarnebo

<5562>, Sarsechim <8310>, Rabsaris <7249>, Nergalsharezer <5371>,

Rabmag <7248>, with all <3605> the residue <7611> of the

princes <8269> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>.

4 And it came <1961> to pass, [that] when <0834> Zedekiah

<6667> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> saw <7200> them, and all

<3605> the men <0582> of war <4421>, then they fled <1272>, and

went <3318> forth <3318> out of the city <5892> by night <3915>,

by the way <1870> of the king's <4428> garden <1588>, by the

gate <8179> betwixt <0996> the two <8147> walls <2346>: and he

went <3318> out the way <1870> of the plain <6160>.

5 But the Chaldeans <3778>' army <2428> pursued <7291> after

<0310> them, and overtook <5381> Zedekiah <6667> in the plains

<6160> of Jericho <3405>: and when they had taken <3947> him,

they brought <5927> him up to Nebuchadnezzar <5019> king <4428>

of Babylon <0894> to Riblah <7247> in the land <0776> of Hamath

<2574>, where he gave <1696> judgment <4941> upon him.

6 Then the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> slew <7819> the sons

<1121> of Zedekiah <6667> in Riblah <7247> before his eyes

<5869>: also the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> slew <7819> all

<3605> the nobles <2715> of Judah <3063>.

7 Moreover he put <5786> out Zedekiah's eyes <5869>, and bound

<0631> him with chains <5178>, to carry <0935> him to Babylon

<0894>.

8 And the Chaldeans <3778> burned <8313> the king's <4428>

house <1004>, and the houses <1004> of the people <5971>, with

fire <0784>, and brake <5422> down <5422> the walls <2346> of

Jerusalem <3389>.

9 Then Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard

<2876> carried <1540> away captive <1540> into Babylon <0894>

the remnant <3499> of the people <5971> that remained <7604> in

the city <5892>, and those that fell <5307> away, that fell

<5307> to him, with the rest <3499> of the people <5971> that

remained <7604>.

10 But Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain of the guard <2876> left

<7604> of the poor <1800> of the people <5971>, which <0834> had

nothing, in the land <0776> of Judah <3063>, and gave <5414>

them vineyards <3754> and fields <3010> at the same <1931> time

<3117>.

11. Now Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>

gave charge <6680> concerning <5921> Jeremiah <3414> to

Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard <2876>,

saying <0559>,

12 Take <3947> him, and look <7760> well to him, and do <6213>

him no <0408> harm <7451>; but do <6213> unto him even <3651> as

he shall say <1696> unto thee.

13 So Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard <2876>

sent <7971>, and Nebushasban <5021>, Rabsaris <7249>, and

Nergalsharezer <5371>, Rabmag <7248>, and all <3605> the king

<4428> of Babylon's <0894> princes <7227>;

14 Even they sent <7971>, and took <3947> Jeremiah <3414> out

of the court <2691> of the prison <4307>, and committed <5414>

him unto Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296> the son

<1121> of Shaphan <8227>, that he should carry <3318> him home

<1004>: so he dwelt <3427> among <8432> the people <5971>.

15 Now the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, while he was shut <6113> up in the court <2691>

of the prison <4307>, saying <0559>,

16 Go <1980> and speak <0559> to Ebedmelech <5663> the

Ethiopian <3569>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the

LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>;

Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> my words <1697> upon this

<2063> city <5892> for evil <7451>, and not for good <2896>; and

they shall be [accomplished] in that day <3117> before <6440>

thee.

17 But I will deliver <5337> thee in that day <3117>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>: and thou shalt not be given <5414> into

the hand <3027> of the men <0582> of whom thou [art] afraid

<3025>.

18 For I will surely deliver <4422> thee, and thou shalt not

fall <5307> by the sword <2719>, but thy life <5315> shall be

for a prey <7998> unto thee: because <3588> thou hast put thy

trust <0982> in me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 40

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414> from the

LORD <3068>, after <0310> that Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain

<7227> of the guard <2876> had let him go <7971> from Ramah

<7414>, when he had taken <3947> him being bound <0631> in

chains <0246> among <8432> all <3605> that were carried <1546>

away captive <1546> of Jerusalem <3389> and Judah <3063>, which

were carried <1540> away captive <1540> unto Babylon <0894>.

2 And the captain <7227> of the guard <2876> took <3947>

Jeremiah <3414>, and said <0559> unto him, The LORD <3068> thy

God <0430> hath pronounced <1691> this <2063> evil <7451> upon

this <2088> place <4725>.

3 Now the LORD <3068> hath brought <0935> [it], and done <6213>

according as he hath said <1696>: because <3588> ye have sinned

<2398> against the LORD <3068>, and have not obeyed <8085> his

voice <6963>, therefore this <2088> thing <1697> is come <1961>

upon you.

4 And now <6258>, behold <2009>, I loose <6605> thee this day

<3117> from the chains <0246> which <0834> [were] upon thine

hand <3027>. If <0518> it seem <5869> good <2896> unto thee to

come <0935> with me into Babylon <0894>, come <0935>; and I will

look <7760> well unto thee: but if <0518> it seem <5869> ill

<7489> unto thee to come <0935> with me into Babylon <0894>,

forbear <2308>: behold <7200>, all <3605> the land <0776> [is]

before <6440> thee: whither <0413> it seemeth <5869> good <2896>

and convenient <3477> for thee to go <3212>, thither <8033> go

<3212>.

5 Now while he was not yet <5750> gone <7725> back <7725>, [he

said], Go <7725> back <7725> also to Gedaliah <1436> the son

<1121> of Ahikam <0296> the son <1121> of Shaphan <8227>, whom

<0834> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> hath made governor

<6485> over the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, and dwell <3427>

with him among <8432> the people <5971>: or <0176> go <3212>

wheresoever it seemeth <5869> convenient <3477> unto thee to go

<3212>. So the captain <7227> of the guard <2876> gave <5414>

him victuals <0737> and a reward <4864>, and let him go <7971>.

6 Then went <0935> Jeremiah <3414> unto Gedaliah <1436> the son

<1121> of Ahikam <0296> to Mizpah <4708>; and dwelt <3427> with

him among <8432> the people <5971> that were left <7604> in the

land <0776>.

7. Now when all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>

which <0834> [were] in the fields <7704>, [even] they and their

men <0582>, heard <8085> that the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>

had made Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296>

governor <6485> in the land <0776>, and had committed <6485>

unto him men <0582>, and women <0802>, and children <2945>, and

of the poor <1803> of the land <0776>, of them that were not

carried <1540> away captive <1540> to Babylon <0894>;

8 Then they came <0935> to Gedaliah <1436> to Mizpah <4708>,

even Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>, and

Johanan <3110> and Jonathan <3129> the sons <1121> of Kareah

<7143>, and Seraiah <8304> the son <1121> of Tanhumeth <8576>,

and the sons <1121> of Ephai <5778> the Netophathite <5200>, and

Jezaniah <3153> the son <1121> of a Maachathite <4602>, they and

their men <0582>.

9 And Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296> the son

<1121> of Shaphan <8227> sware <7650> unto them and to their men

<0582>, saying <0559>, Fear <3372> not to serve <5647> the

Chaldeans <3778>: dwell <3427> in the land <0776>, and serve

<5647> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and it shall be well

<3190> with you.

10 As for me, behold <2005>, I will dwell <3427> at Mizpah

<4708> to serve <5975> the Chaldeans <3778>, which <0834> will

come <0935> unto us: but ye, gather <0622> ye wine <3196>, and

summer <7019> fruits, and oil <8081>, and put <7760> [them] in

your vessels <3627>, and dwell <3427> in your cities <5892> that

ye have taken <8610>.

11 Likewise <1571> when all <3605> the Jews <3064> that [were]

in Moab <4124>, and among the Ammonites <5984>, and in Edom

<0123>, and that [were] in all <3605> the countries <0776>,

heard <8085> that the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> had left

<5414> a remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>, and that he had set

<6485> over <5921> them Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam

<0296> the son <1121> of Shaphan <8227>;

12 Even all <3605> the Jews <3064> returned <7725> out of all

<3605> places <4725> whither they were driven <5080>, and came

<0935> to the land <0776> of Judah <3063>, to Gedaliah <1436>,

unto Mizpah <4708>, and gathered <0622> wine <3196> and summer

<7019> fruits very <3966> much <7335>.

13 Moreover Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and

all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428> that [were]

in the fields <7704>, came <0935> to Gedaliah <1436> to Mizpah

<4708>,

14 And said <0559> unto him, Dost thou certainly know <3045>

that Baalis <1185> the king <4428> of the Ammonites <5984> hath

sent <7971> Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418> to

slay thee? But Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296>

believed <0539> them not.

15 Then Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143> spake

<0559> to Gedaliah <1436> in Mizpah <4709> secretly <5643>,

saying <0559>, Let me go <3212>, I pray thee, and I will slay

<5221> Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>, and no

<3808> man <0376> shall know <3045> [it]: wherefore <4100>

should he slay <5221> thee, that all <3605> the Jews <3064>

which are gathered <6908> unto thee should be scattered <6327>,

and the remnant <7611> in Judah <3063> perish <6>?

16 But Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296> said

<0559> unto Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, Thou

shalt not do <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>: for thou speakest

<1696> falsely <8267> of Ishmael <3458>.

Jeremiah 41

1. Now it came <1961> to pass in the seventh <7637> month

<2320>, [that] Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>

the son <1121> of Elishama <0476>, of the seed <2233> royal

<4410>, and the princes <7227> of the king <4428>, even ten

<6235> men <0582> with him, came <0935> unto Gedaliah <1436> the

son <1121> of Ahikam <0296> to Mizpah <4709>; and there <8033>

they did <6213> eat <0398> bread <3899> together <3162> in

Mizpah <4709>.

2 Then arose <6965> Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah

<5418>, and the ten <6235> men <0582> that were with him, and

smote <5221> Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296> the

son <1121> of Shaphan <8227> with the sword <2719>, and slew

<4191> him, whom <0834> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> had

made governor <6485> over the land <0776>.

3 Ishmael <3458> also slew <5221> all <3605> the Jews <3064>

that were with him, [even] with Gedaliah <1436>, at Mizpah

<4709>, and the Chaldeans <3778> that were found <4672> there

<8033>, [and] the men <0582> of war <4421>.

4 And it came <1961> to pass the second <8145> day <3117> after

he had slain <4191> Gedaliah <1436>, and no <3808> man <0376>

knew <3045> [it],

5 That there came <0935> certain <0582> from Shechem <7927>,

from Shiloh <7887>, and from Samaria <8111>, [even] fourscore

<8084> men <0376>, having their beards <2206> shaven <1548>, and

their clothes <0899> rent <7167>, and having cut <1413>

themselves, with offerings <4503> and incense <3828> in their

hand <3027>, to bring <0935> [them] to the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>.

6 And Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418> went

<3318> forth <3318> from Mizpah <4709> to meet <7125> them,

weeping <1058> all along <1980> as he went <1980>: and it came

<1961> to pass, as he met <6298> them, he said <0559> unto them,

Come <0935> to Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121> of Ahikam <0296>.

7 And it was [so], when they came <0935> into <0413> the midst

<8432> of the city <5892>, that Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of

Nethaniah <5418> slew <7819> them, [and cast them] into <0413>

the midst <8432> of the pit <0953>, he, and the men <0582> that

[were] with him.

8 But ten <6235> men <0582> were found <4672> among them that

said <0559> unto Ishmael <3458>, Slay <4191> us not: for we have

<3426> treasures <4301> in the field <7704>, of wheat <2406>,

and of barley <8184>, and of oil <8081>, and of honey <1706>. So

he forbare <2308>, and slew <4191> them not among <8432> their

brethren <0251>.

9 Now the pit <0953> wherein <0834> Ishmael <3458> had cast

<7993> all <3605> the dead <6297> bodies <6297> of the men

<0582>, whom <0834> he had slain <5221> because <3027> of

Gedaliah <1436>, [was] it which <0834> Asa <0609> the king

<4428> had made <6213> for fear <6440> of Baasha <1201> king

<4428> of Israel <3478>: [and] Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of

Nethaniah <5418> filled <4390> it with [them that were] slain

<2491>.

10 Then Ishmael <3458> carried <7617> away captive <7617> all

<3605> the residue <7611> of the people <5971> that [were] in

Mizpah <4709>, [even <0853>] the king's <4428> daughters <1121>,

and all <3605> the people <5971> that remained <7604> in Mizpah

<4709>, whom <0834> Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the

guard <2876> had committed <6485> to Gedaliah <1436> the son

<1121> of Ahikam <0296>: and Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of

Nethaniah <5418> carried <7617> them away captive <7617>, and

departed <3212> to go <5674> over <5674> to the Ammonites <5984>.

11. But when Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>,

and all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428> that

[were] with him, heard <8085> of all <3605> the evil <7451> that

Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418> had done

<6213>,

12 Then they took <3947> all <3605> the men <0582>, and went

<3212> to fight <3898> with Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of

Nethaniah <5418>, and found <4672> him by the great <7227>

waters <4325> that [are] in Gibeon <1391>.

13 Now it came <1961> to pass, [that] when all <3605> the

people <5971> which <0834> [were] with Ishmael <3458> saw <7200>

Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and all <3605>

the captains <8269> of the forces <2428> that [were] with him,

then they were glad <8056>.

14 So all <3605> the people <5971> that Ishmael <3458> had

carried <7617> away captive <7617> from Mizpah <4709> cast

<5437> about <5437> and returned <7725>, and went <3212> unto

Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>.

15 But Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>

escaped <4422> from Johanan <3110> with eight <8083> men <0582>,

and went <3212> to the Ammonites <5984>.

16 Then took <3947> Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah

<7143>, and all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>

that [were] with him, all <3605> the remnant <7611> of the

people <5971> whom <0834> he had recovered <7725> from Ishmael

<3458> the son <1121> of Nethaniah <5418>, from Mizpah <4709>,

after <0310> [that] he had slain <5221> Gedaliah <1436> the son

<1121> of Ahikam <0296>, [even] mighty <1397> men <0582> of war

<4421>, and the women <0802>, and the children <2945>, and the

eunuchs <5631>, whom <0834> he had brought <7725> again <7725>

from Gibeon <1391>:

17 And they departed <3212>, and dwelt <3427> in the habitation

<1628> of Chimham <3643>, which <0834> is by Bethlehem <1035>,

to go <3212> to enter <0935> into Egypt <4714>,

18 Because <6440> of the Chaldeans <3778>: for they were afraid

<3372> of them, because <3588> Ishmael <3458> the son <1121> of

Nethaniah <5418> had slain <5221> Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121>

of Ahikam <0296>, whom <0834> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>

made governor <6485> in the land <0776>.

Jeremiah 42

1. Then all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>,

and Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and Jezaniah

<3153> the son <1121> of Hoshaiah <1955>, and all <3605> the

people <5971> from the least <6996> even unto the greatest

<1419>, came <5066> near <5066>,

2 And said <0559> unto Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>, Let,

we beseech <4994> thee, our supplication <8467> be accepted

<5307> before <6440> thee, and pray <6419> for us unto the LORD

<3068> thy God <0430>, [even] for all <3605> this <2063> remnant

<7611>; (for we are left <7604> [but] a few <4592> of many

<7235>, as thine eyes <5869> do behold <7200> us:)

3 That the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> may shew <5046> us the

way <1870> wherein <0834> we may walk <1980>, and the thing

<1697> that we may do <6213>.

4 Then Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> said <0559> unto them,

I have heard <8085> [you]; behold <2005>, I will pray <6419>

unto the LORD <3068> your God <0430> according to your words

<1697>; and it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] whatsoever

<3605> thing <1697> the LORD <3068> shall answer <6030> you, I

will declare <5046> [it] unto you; I will keep <4513> nothing

back <4513> from you.

5 Then they said <0559> to Jeremiah <3414>, The LORD <3068> be

a true <0571> and faithful <0539> witness <5707> between <0996>

us, if we do <6213> not even <3651> according to all <3605>

things <1697> for the which <0834> the LORD <3068> thy God

<0430> shall send <7971> thee to us.

6 Whether <0518> [it be] good <2896>, or whether <0518> [it be]

evil <7451>, we will obey <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD

<3068> our God <0430>, to whom we send <7971> thee; that it may

be well <2896> with us, when <3588> we obey <8085> the voice

<6963> of the LORD <3068> our God <0430>.

7. And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> ten <6235> days

<3117>, that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jeremiah <3414>.

8 Then called <7121> he Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah

<7143>, and all <3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>

which <0834> [were] with him, and all <3605> the people <5971>

from the least <6996> even to the greatest <1419>,

9 And said <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD

<3068>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, unto whom ye sent

<7971> me to present <5307> your supplication <8467> before

<6440> him;

10 If <0518> ye will still abide <3427> in this <2063> land

<0776>, then will I build <1129> you, and not pull <2040> [you]

down, and I will plant <5193> you, and not pluck <5428> [you] up:

for I repent <5162> me of the evil <7451> that I have done

<6213> unto you.

11 Be not afraid <3372> of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

of whom ye are afraid <3373>; be not afraid <3372> of him, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>: for I [am] with you to save <3467> you,

and to deliver <5337> you from his hand <3027>.

12 And I will shew <5414> mercies <7356> unto you, that he may

have mercy <7355> upon you, and cause you to return <7725> to

your own land <0127>.

13 But if <0518> ye say <0559>, We will not dwell <3427> in

this <2063> land <0776>, neither <1115> obey <8085> the voice

<6963> of the LORD <3068> your God <0430>,

14 Saying <0559>, No <3808>; but we will go <0935> into the

land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, where <0834> we shall see <7200> no

<3808> war <4421>, nor <3808> hear <8085> the sound <6963> of

the trumpet <7782>, nor <3808> have hunger <7456> of bread

<3899>; and there <8033> will we dwell <3427>:

15 And now <6258> therefore <3651> hear <8085> the word <1697>

of the LORD <3068>, ye remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>; Thus

<3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God

<0430> of Israel <3478>; If <0518> ye wholly <7760> set <7760>

your faces <6440> to enter <0935> into Egypt <4714>, and go

<0935> to sojourn <1481> there <8033>;

16 Then it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] the sword <2719>,

which <0834> ye feared <3373>, shall overtake <5381> you there

<8033> in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, and the famine <7458>,

whereof <0834> ye were afraid <1672>, shall follow <1692> close

<1692> after <0310> you there <8033> in Egypt <4714>; and there

<8033> ye shall die <4191>.

17 So shall it be with all <3605> the men <0582> that set

<7760> their faces <6440> to go <0935> into <0935> Egypt <4714>

to sojourn <1481> there <8033>; they shall die <4191> by the

sword <2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the pestilence <1698>:

and none <3808> of them shall remain <8300> or escape <6412>

from the evil <7451> that I will bring <0935> upon them.

18 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; As mine anger <0639> and my

fury <2534> hath been poured <5413> forth upon the inhabitants

<3427> of Jerusalem <3389>; so <3651> shall my fury <2534> be

poured <5413> forth upon you, when ye shall enter <0935> into

<0935> Egypt <4714>: and ye shall be an execration <0423>, and

an astonishment <8047>, and a curse <7045>, and a reproach

<2781>; and ye shall see <7200> this <2088> place <4725> no

<3808> more <5750>.

19 The LORD <3068> hath said <1696> concerning <5921> you, O ye

remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>; Go <0935> ye not into Egypt

<4714>: know <3045> certainly that I have admonished <5749> you

this day <3117>.

20 For ye dissembled <8582> in your hearts <5315>, when <3588>

ye sent <7971> me unto the LORD <3068> your God <0430>, saying

<0559>, Pray <6419> for us unto the LORD <3068> our God <0430>;

and according unto all <3605> that the LORD <3068> our God

<0430> shall say <0559>, so <3651> declare <5046> unto us, and

we will do <6213> [it].

21 And [now] I have this day <3117> declared <5046> [it] to you;

but ye have not obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD

<3068> your God <0430>, nor any <3605> [thing] for the which

<0834> he hath sent <7971> me unto you.

22 Now <6258> therefore know <3045> certainly that ye shall die

<4191> by the sword <2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the

pestilence <1698>, in the place <4725> whither ye desire <2654>

to go <0935> [and] to sojourn <1481>.

Jeremiah 43

1. And it came <1961> to pass, [that] when Jeremiah <3414> had

made an end <3615> of speaking <1696> unto all <3605> the people

<5971> all <3605> the words <1697> of the LORD <3068> their God

<0430>, for which <0834> the LORD <3068> their God <0430> had

sent <7971> him to them, [even <0853>] all <3605> these <0428>

words <1697>,

2 Then spake <0559> Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Hoshaiah

<1955>, and Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and

all <3605> the proud <2086> men <0582>, saying <0559> unto

Jeremiah <3414>, Thou speakest <1696> falsely <8267>: the LORD

<3068> our God <0430> hath not sent <7971> thee to say <0559>,

Go <0935> not into Egypt <4714> to sojourn <1481> there <8033>:

3 But Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah <5374> setteth

<5496> thee on against us, for to deliver <5414> us into the

hand <3027> of the Chaldeans <3778>, that they might put us to

death <4191>, and carry <1540> us away captives <1540> into

Babylon <0894>.

4 So Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and all

<3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>, and all <3605>

the people <5971>, obeyed <8085> not the voice <6963> of the

LORD <3068>, to dwell <3427> in the land <0776> of Judah <3063>.

5 But Johanan <3110> the son <1121> of Kareah <7143>, and all

<3605> the captains <8269> of the forces <2428>, took <3947> all

<3605> the remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>, that were returned

<7725> from all <3605> nations <1471>, whither they had been

driven <5080>, to dwell <1481> in the land <0776> of Judah

<3063>;

6 [Even <0853>] men <1397>, and women <0802>, and children

<2945>, and the king's <4428> daughters <1121>, and every <3605>

person <5315> that Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the

guard <2876> had left <3240> with Gedaliah <1436> the son <1121>

of Ahikam <0296> the son <1121> of Shaphan <8227>, and Jeremiah

<3414> the prophet <5030>, and Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of

Neriah <5374>.

7 So they came <0935> into the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>: for

they obeyed <8085> not the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068>: thus

came <0935> they [even] to Tahpanhes <8471>.

8. Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto

Jeremiah <3414> in Tahpanhes <8471>, saying <0559>,

9 Take <3947> great <1419> stones <68> in thine hand <3027>,

and hide <2934> them in the clay <4423> in the brickkiln <4404>,

which <0834> [is] at the entry <6607> of Pharaoh's <6547> house

<1004> in Tahpanhes <8471>, in the sight <5869> of the men

<0582> of Judah <3064>;

10 And say <0559> unto them, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold

<2005>, I will send <7971> and take <3947> Nebuchadrezzar <5019>

the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, my servant <5650>, and will

set <7760> his throne <3678> upon these <0428> stones <68> that

I have hid <2934>; and he shall spread <5186> his royal <8237>

pavilion <8237> over <5921> them.

11 And when he cometh <0935>, he shall smite <5221> the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>, [and deliver] such [as are] for death

<4194> to death <4194>; and such [as are] for captivity <7628>

to captivity <7628>; and such [as are] for the sword <2719> to

the sword <2719>.

12 And I will kindle <3341> a fire <0784> in the houses <1004>

of the gods <0430> of Egypt <4714>; and he shall burn <8313>

them, and carry <7617> them away captives <7617>: and he shall

array <5844> himself with the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, as a

shepherd <7462> putteth <5844> on his garment <0899>; and he

shall go <3318> forth <3318> from thence <8033> in peace <7965>.

13 He shall break <7665> also the images <4676> of Bethshemesh

<1053>, that [is] in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>; and the

houses <1004> of the gods <0430> of the Egyptians <4714> shall

he burn <8313> with fire <0784>.

Jeremiah 44

1. The word <1697> that came <1961> to Jeremiah <3414>

concerning <0413> all <3605> the Jews <3064> which dwell <3427>

in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, which dwell <3427> at Migdol

<4024>, and at Tahpanhes <8471>, and at Noph <5297>, and in the

country <0776> of Pathros <6624>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the

God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Ye have seen <7200> all <3605> the

evil <7451> that I have brought <0935> upon Jerusalem <3389>,

and upon all <3605> the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>; and,

behold <2009>, this <2088> day <3117> they [are] a desolation

<2723>, and no <0369> man dwelleth <3427> therein,

3 Because <6440> of their wickedness <7451> which <0834> they

have committed <6213> to provoke me to anger <3707>, in that

they went <3212> to burn <6999> incense <6999>, [and] to serve

<5647> other <0312> gods <0430>, whom <0834> they knew <3045>

not, [neither] they, ye, nor your fathers <1>.

4 Howbeit I sent <7971> unto you all <3605> my servants <5650>

the prophets <5030>, rising <7925> early <7925> and sending

<7971> [them], saying <0559>, Oh <4994>, do <6213> not this

<2088> abominable <8441> thing <1697> that I hate <8130>.

5 But they hearkened <8085> not, nor <3808> inclined <5186>

their ear <0241> to turn <7725> from their wickedness <7451>, to

burn <6999> no <1115> incense <6999> unto other <0312> gods

<0430>.

6 Wherefore my fury <2534> and mine anger <0639> was poured

<5413> forth, and was kindled <1197> in the cities <5892> of

Judah <3063> and in the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389>; and

they are wasted <2723> [and] desolate <8077>, as at this <2088>

day <3117>.

7 Therefore now <6258> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>,

the God <0430> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>;

Wherefore <4100> commit <6213> ye [this] great <1419> evil

<7451> against <0413> your souls <5315>, to cut <3772> off from

you man <0376> and woman <0802>, child <5768> and suckling

<3243>, out of Judah <3063>, to leave <3498> you none <1115> to

remain <7611>;

8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath <3707> with the works <4639>

of your hands <3027>, burning <6999> incense <6999> unto other

<0312> gods <0430> in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, whither

ye be gone <0935> to dwell <1481>, that ye might cut <3772>

yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse <7045> and a

reproach <2781> among all <3605> the nations <1471> of the earth

<0776>?

9 Have ye forgotten <7911> the wickedness <7451> of your

fathers <1>, and the wickedness <7451> of the kings <4428> of

Judah <3063>, and the wickedness <7451> of their wives <0802>,

and your own wickedness <7451>, and the wickedness <7451> of

your wives <0802>, which <0834> they have committed <6213> in

the land <0776> of Judah <3063>, and in the streets <2351> of

Jerusalem <3389>?

10 They are not humbled <1792> [even] unto this <2088> day

<3117>, neither <3808> have they feared <3372>, nor <3808>

walked <1980> in my law <8451>, nor in my statutes <2708>, that

I set <5414> before <6440> you and before <6440> your fathers

<1>.

11 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I

will set <7760> my face <6440> against you for evil <7451>, and

to cut <3772> off all <3605> Judah <3063>.

12 And I will take <3947> the remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>,

that have set <7760> their faces <6440> to go <0935> into the

land <0776> of Egypt <4714> to sojourn <1481> there <8033>, and

they shall all <3605> be consumed <8552>, [and] fall <5307> in

the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>; they shall [even] be consumed

<8552> by the sword <2719> [and] by the famine <7458>: they

shall die <4191>, from the least <6996> even unto the greatest

<1419>, by the sword <2719> and by the famine <7458>: and they

shall be an execration <0423>, [and] an astonishment <8047>, and

a curse <7045>, and a reproach <2781>.

13 For I will punish <6485> them that dwell <3427> in the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>, as I have punished <6485> Jerusalem

<3389>, by the sword <2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the

pestilence <1698>:

14 So that none <3808> of the remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>,

which are gone <0935> into the land <0776> of Egypt <4714> to

sojourn <1481> there <8033>, shall escape <6412> or remain

<8300>, that they should return <7725> into the land <0776> of

Judah <3063>, to the which <0834> they have <5375> a desire to

return <7725> to dwell <3427> there <8033>: for none <3808>

shall return <7725> but such as shall escape <6412>.

15. Then all <3605> the men <0582> which knew <3045> that their

wives <0802> had burned <6999> incense <6999> unto other <0312>

gods <0430>, and all <3605> the women <0802> that stood <5975>

by, a great <1419> multitude <6951>, even all <3605> the people

<5971> that dwelt <3427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, in

Pathros <6624>, answered <6030> Jeremiah <3414>, saying <0559>,

16 [As for] the word <1697> that thou hast spoken <1696> unto

us in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, we will not hearken

<8085> unto thee.

17 But we will certainly do <6213> whatsoever thing <1697>

goeth <3318> forth <3318> out of our own mouth <6310>, to burn

<6999> incense <6999> unto the queen <4446> of heaven <8064>,

and to pour <5258> out drink <5262> offerings unto her, as we

have done <6213>, we, and our fathers <1>, our kings <4428>, and

our princes <8269>, in the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, and in

the streets <2351> of Jerusalem <3389>: for [then] had <1961> we

plenty <7646> of victuals <3899>, and were well <2896>, and saw

<7200> no <3808> evil <7451>.

18 But since we left <2308> off to burn <6999> incense <6999>

to the queen <4446> of heaven <8064>, and to pour <5258> out

drink <5262> offerings unto her, we have wanted <2637> all

<3605> [things], and have been consumed <8552> by the sword

<2719> and by the famine <7458>.

19 And when <3588> we burned <6999> incense <6999> to the queen

<4446> of heaven <8064>, and poured <5258> out drink <5262>

offerings unto her, did we make <6213> her cakes <3561> to

worship <6087> her, and pour <5258> out drink <5262> offerings

unto her, without <1107> our men <0582>?

20. Then Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto all <3605> the people

<5971>, to the men <1397>, and to the women <0802>, and to all

<3605> the people <5971> which had given him [that] answer

<6030>, saying <0559>,

21 The incense <7002> that ye burned <6999> in the cities

<5892> of Judah <3063>, and in the streets <2351> of Jerusalem

<3389>, ye, and your fathers <1>, your kings <4428>, and your

princes <8269>, and the people <5971> of the land <0776>, did

not the LORD <3068> remember <2142> them, and came <5927> it

[not] into <5921> his mind <3820>?

22 So that the LORD <3068> could <3201> no <3808> longer <5750>

bear <5375>, because <6440> of the evil <7455> of your doings

<4611>, [and] because <6440> of the abominations <8441> which

<0834> ye have committed <6213>; therefore is your land <0776> a

desolation <2723>, and an astonishment <8047>, and a curse

<7045>, without <0369> an inhabitant <3427>, as at this <2088>

day <3117>.

23 Because ye have burned <6999> incense <6999>, and because

<0834> ye have sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>, and have

not obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068>, nor

<3808> walked <1980> in his law <8451>, nor in his statutes

<2708>, nor in his testimonies <5715>; therefore this <2063>

evil <7451> is happened <7122> unto you, as at this <2088> day

<3117>.

24 Moreover Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> unto all <3605> the

people <5971>, and to all <3605> the women <0802>, Hear <8085>

the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, all <3605> Judah <3063> that

[are] in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>:

25 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>; Ye and your

wives <0802> have both spoken <1696> with your mouths <6310>,

and fulfilled <4390> with your hand <3027>, saying <0559>, We

will surely perform <6213> our vows <5088> that we have vowed

<5087>, to burn <6999> incense <6999> to the queen <4446> of

heaven <8064>, and to pour <5258> out drink <5262> offerings

unto her: ye will surely accomplish <6965> your vows <5088>, and

surely perform <6213> your vows <5088>.

26 Therefore <3651> hear <8085> ye the word <1697> of the LORD

<3068>, all <3605> Judah <3063> that dwell <3427> in the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>; Behold <2005>, I have sworn <7650> by my

great <1419> name <8034>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, that my

name <8034> shall no <0518> more <5750> be named <7121> in the

mouth <6310> of any <3605> man <0376> of Judah <3063> in all

<3605> the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, saying <0559>, The Lord

<0136> GOD <3069> liveth <2416>.

27 Behold <2005>, I will watch <8245> over <5921> them for evil

<7451>, and not for good <2896>: and all <3605> the men <0376>

of Judah <3063> that [are] in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>

shall be consumed <8552> by the sword <2719> and by the famine

<7458>, until <5704> there be an end <3615> of them.

28 Yet a small <4962> number <4557> that escape <6412> the

sword <2719> shall return <7725> out of the land <0776> of Egypt

<4714> into the land <0776> of Judah <3063>, and all <3605> the

remnant <7611> of Judah <3063>, that are gone <0935> into the

land <0776> of Egypt <4714> to sojourn <1481> there <8033>,

shall know <3045> whose <4310> words <1697> shall stand <6965>,

mine, or theirs <1992>.

29 And this <2063> [shall be] a sign <0226> unto you, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, that I will punish <6485> you in this

<2088> place <4725>, that ye may know <3045> that my words

<1697> shall surely stand <6965> against <5921> you for evil

<7451>:

30 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2005>, I

will give <5414> Pharaohhophra <6548> king <4428> of Egypt

<4714> into the hand <3027> of his enemies <0341>, and into the

hand <3027> of them that seek <1245> his life <5315>; as I gave

<5414> Zedekiah <6667> king <4428> of Judah <3063> into the hand

<3027> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

his enemy <0341>, and that sought <1245> his life <5315>.

Jeremiah 45

1. The word <1697> that Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>

spake <1696> unto Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah <5374>,

when he had written <3789> these words <1697> in a book <5612>

at the mouth <6310> of Jeremiah <3414>, in the fourth <7243>

year <8141> of Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977>

king <4428> of Judah <3063>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of

Israel <3478>, unto thee, O Baruch <1263>;

3 Thou didst say <0559>, Woe <0188> is me now <4994>! for the

LORD <3068> hath added <3254> grief <3015> to my sorrow <4341>;

I fainted <3021> in my sighing <0585>, and I find <4672> no

<3808> rest <4496>.

4 Thus <3541> shalt thou say <0559> unto him, The LORD <3068>

saith <0559> thus <3541>; Behold <2009>, [that] which <0834> I

have built <1129> will I break <2040> down <2040>, and that

which <0834> I have planted <5193> I will pluck <5428> up, even

this <1931> whole <3605> land <0776>.

5 And seekest <1245> thou great <1419> things for thyself? seek

<1245> [them] not: for, behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil

<7451> upon all <3605> flesh <1320>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>: but thy life <5315> will I give <5414> unto thee for a

prey <7998> in all <3605> places <4725> whither thou goest

<3212>.

Jeremiah 46

1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> which <0834> came <1961>

to Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> against <5921> the

Gentiles <1471>;

2 Against Egypt <4714>, against the army <2428> of Pharaohnecho

<6549> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, which <0834> was by the

river <5104> Euphrates <6578> in Carchemish <3751>, which <0834>

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894> smote <5221>

in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Jehoiakim <3079> the son

<1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>.

3 Order <6186> ye the buckler <4043> and shield <6793>, and

draw near <5066> to battle <4421>.

4 Harness <0631> the horses <5483>; and get <5927> up, ye

horsemen <6571>, and stand <3320> forth with [your] helmets

<3553>; furbish <4838> the spears <7420>, [and] put <3847> on

the brigandines <5630>.

5 Wherefore <4069> have I seen <7200> them dismayed <2844>

[and] turned <5472> away back <0268>? and their mighty <1368>

ones are beaten <3807> down, and are fled <5127> apace, and look

<6437> not back <6437>: [for] fear <4032> [was] round <5439>

about, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

6 Let not the swift <7031> flee <5127> away, nor <0408> the

mighty <1368> man escape <4422>; they shall stumble <3782>, and

fall <5307> toward the north <6828> by the river <5104>

Euphrates <6578>.

7 Who <4310> [is] this <2088> [that] cometh <5927> up as a

flood <2975>, whose waters <4325> are moved <1607> as the rivers

<5104>?

8 Egypt <4714> riseth <5927> up like a flood <2975>, and [his]

waters <4325> are moved <1607> like the rivers <5104>; and he

saith <0559>, I will go <5927> up, [and] will cover <3680> the

earth <0776>; I will destroy <6> the city <5892> and the

inhabitants <3427> thereof.

9 Come <5927> up, ye horses <5483>; and rage <1984>, ye

chariots <7393>; and let the mighty <1368> men come <3318> forth

<3318>; the Ethiopians <3569> and the Libyans <6316>, that

handle <8610> the shield <4043>; and the Lydians <3866>, that

handle <8610> [and] bend <1869> the bow <7198>.

10 For this <1931> [is] the day <3117> of the Lord <0136> GOD

<3069> of hosts <6635>, a day <3117> of vengeance <5360>, that

he may avenge <5358> him of his adversaries <6862>: and the

sword <2719> shall devour <0398>, and it shall be satiate <7646>

and made drunk <7301> with their blood <1818>: for the Lord

<0136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635> hath a sacrifice <2077> in the

north <6828> country <0776> by the river <5104> Euphrates <6578>.

11 Go <5927> up into Gilead <1568>, and take <3947> balm <6875>,

O virgin <1330>, the daughter <1323> of Egypt <4714>: in vain

<7723> shalt thou use many <7235> medicines <7499>; [for] thou

shalt not be cured <8585>.

12. The nations <1471> have heard <8085> of thy shame <7036>,

and thy cry <6682> hath filled <4390> the land <0776>: for the

mighty <1368> man hath stumbled <3782> against the mighty <1368>,

[and] they are fallen <5307> both <8147> together <3162>.

13 The word <1697> that the LORD <3068> spake <1696> to

Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>, how Nebuchadrezzar <5019>

king <4428> of Babylon <0894> should come <0935> [and] smite

<5221> the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>.

14 Declare <5046> ye in Egypt <4714>, and publish <8085> in

Migdol <4024>, and publish <8085> in Noph <5297> and in

Tahpanhes <8471>: say <0559> ye, Stand <3320> fast, and prepare

<3559> thee; for the sword <2719> shall devour <0398> round

<5439> about thee.

15 Why <4069> are thy valiant <47> [men] swept <5502> away?

they stood <5975> not, because <3588> the LORD <3068> did drive

<1920> them.

16 He made many <7235> to fall <3782>, yea, one <0376> fell

<5307> upon another <7453>: and they said <0559>, Arise <6965>,

and let us go <7725> again <7725> to our own people <5971>, and

to the land <0776> of our nativity <4138>, from the oppressing

<3238> sword <2719>.

17 They did cry <7121> there <8033>, Pharaoh <6547> king <4428>

of Egypt <4714> [is but] a noise <7588>; he hath passed <5674>

the time appointed <4150>.

18 [As] I live <2416>, saith <5002> the King <4428>, whose name

<8034> [is] the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, Surely <3588> as

Tabor <8396> [is] among the mountains <2022>, and as Carmel

<3760> by the sea <3220>, [so] shall he come <0935>.

19 O thou daughter <1323> dwelling <3427> in Egypt <4714>,

furnish thyself to go into captivity <1473>: for Noph <5297>

shall be waste <8047> and desolate <3341> without <0369> an

inhabitant <3427>.

20 Egypt <4714> [is like] a very <3304> fair <3304> heifer

<5697>, [but] destruction <7171> cometh <0935>; it cometh <0935>

out of the north <6828>.

21 Also <1571> her hired <7916> men [are] in the midst <7130>

of her like fatted <4770> bullocks <5695>; for they also <1571>

are turned <6437> back <6437>, [and] are fled <5127> away

together <3162>: they did not stand <5975>, because <3588> the

day <3117> of their calamity <0343> was come <0935> upon them,

[and] the time <6256> of their visitation <6486>.

22 The voice <6963> thereof shall go <3212> like a serpent

<5175>; for they shall march <3212> with an army <2428>, and

come <0935> against her with axes <7134>, as hewers <2404> of

wood <6086>.

23 They shall cut <3772> down her forest <3293>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>, though it cannot <3808> be searched <2713>;

because <3588> they are more <7231> than the grasshoppers <0697>,

and [are] innumerable.

24 The daughter <1323> of Egypt <4714> shall be confounded

<3001>; she shall be delivered <5414> into the hand <3027> of

the people <5971> of the north <6828>.

25 The LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel

<3478>, saith <0559>; Behold <2005>, I will punish <6485> the

multitude <0582> of No, and Pharaoh <6547>, and Egypt <4714>,

with their gods <0430>, and their kings <4428>; even Pharaoh

<6547>, and [all] them that trust <0982> in him:

26 And I will deliver <5414> them into the hand <3027> of those

that seek <1245> their lives <5315>, and into the hand <3027> of

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <0894>, and into

the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>: and afterward it shall

be inhabited <7931>, as in the days <3117> of old <6924>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

27 But fear <3372> not thou, O my servant <5650> Jacob <3290>,

and be not dismayed <2865>, O Israel <3478>: for, behold <2005>,

I will save <3467> thee from afar <7350> off, and thy seed

<2233> from the land <0776> of their captivity <7633>; and Jacob

<3290> shall return <7725>, and be in rest <8252> and at ease

<7599>, and none <0369> shall make [him] afraid <2729>.

28 Fear <3372> thou not, O Jacob <3290> my servant <5650>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>: for I [am] with thee; for I will

make <6213> a full end <3615> of all <3605> the nations <1471>

whither I have driven <5080> thee: but I will not make <6213> a

full end <3615> of thee, but correct <3256> thee in measure

<4941>; yet will I not leave thee wholly <5352> unpunished

<5352>.

Jeremiah 47

1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> that came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> against <0413> the

Philistines <6430>, before <6440> that Pharaoh <6547> smote

<5221> Gaza <5804>.

2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2009>,

waters <4325> rise <5927> up out of the north <6828>, and shall

be an overflowing <7857> flood <5158>, and shall overflow <7857>

the land <0776>, and all <4393> that is therein <4393>; the city

<5892>, and them that dwell <3427> therein: then the men <0120>

shall cry <2199>, and all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of the

land <0776> shall howl <3213>.

3 At the noise <6963> of the stamping <8161> of the hoofs

<6541> of his strong <47> [horses], at the rushing <7494> of his

chariots <7393>, [and at] the rumbling <1995> of his wheels

<1534>, the fathers <1> shall not look <6437> back <6437> to

[their] children <1121> for feebleness <7510> of hands <3027>;

4 Because <5921> of the day <3117> that cometh <0935> to spoil

<7703> all <3605> the Philistines <6430>, [and] to cut <3772>

off from Tyrus <6865> and Zidon <6721> every <3605> helper

<5826> that remaineth <8300>: for the LORD <3068> will spoil

<7703> the Philistines <6430>, the remnant <7611> of the country

<0339> of Caphtor <3731>.

5 Baldness <7144> is come <0935> upon Gaza <5804>; Ashkelon

<0831> is cut <1820> off [with] the remnant <7611> of their

valley <6010>: how long <5704> wilt thou cut <1413> thyself?

6 O thou sword <2719> of the LORD <3068>, how <5704> long

<5704> [will it be] ere <3808> thou be quiet <8252>? put <0622>

up thyself into <0413> thy scabbard <8593>, rest <7280>, and be

still <1826>.

7 How <0349> can it be quiet <8252>, seeing the LORD <3068>

hath given it a charge <6680> against <0413> Ashkelon <0831>,

and against <0413> the sea <3220> shore <2348>? there <8033>

hath he appointed <3259> it.

Jeremiah 48

1. Against Moab <4124> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>

of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Woe <1945>

unto Nebo <5015>! for it is spoiled <7703>: Kiriathaim <7156> is

confounded <3001> [and] taken <3920>: Misgab <4869> is

confounded <3001> and dismayed <2865>.

2 [There shall be] no <0369> more <5750> praise <8416> of Moab

<4124>: in Heshbon <2809> they have devised <2803> evil <7451>

against <5921> it; come <3212>, and let us cut <3772> it off

from [being] a nation <1471>. Also <1571> thou shalt be cut

<1826> down, O Madmen <4086>; the sword <2719> shall pursue

<3212> thee.

3 A voice <6963> of crying <6818> [shall be] from Horonaim

<2773>, spoiling <7701> and great <1419> destruction <7667>.

4 Moab <4124> is destroyed <7665>; her little <6810> ones have

caused a cry <2201> to be heard <8085>.

5 For in the going <4608> up of Luhith <3872> continual weeping

<1065> shall go <5927> up; for in the going <4174> down <4174>

of Horonaim <2773> the enemies <6862> have heard <8085> a cry

<6818> of destruction <7667>.

6 Flee <5127>, save <4422> your lives <5315>, and be like

<2421> the heath <6176> in the wilderness <4057>.

7 For because thou hast trusted <0982> in thy works <4639> and

in thy treasures <0214>, thou shalt also <1571> be taken <3920>:

and Chemosh <3645> shall go <3318> forth <3318> into captivity

<1473> [with] his priests <3548> and his princes <8269> together

<3162>.

8 And the spoiler <7703> shall come <0935> upon every <3605>

city <5892>, and no <3808> city <5892> shall escape <4422>: the

valley <6010> also shall perish <6>, and the plain <4334> shall

be destroyed <8045>, as the LORD <3068> hath spoken <0559>.

9 Give <5414> wings <6731> unto Moab <4124>, that it may flee

<5323> and get <3318> away <3318>: for the cities <5892> thereof

shall be desolate <8047>, without <0369> any to dwell <3427>

therein <2004>.

10 Cursed <0779> [be] he that doeth <6213> the work <4399> of

the LORD <3068> deceitfully <7423>, and cursed <0779> [be] he

that keepeth <4513> back <4513> his sword <2719> from blood

<1818>.

11 Moab <4124> hath been at ease <7599> from his youth <5271>,

and he hath settled <8252> on <0413> his lees <8105>, and hath

not been <1961> emptied <7324> from vessel <3627> to vessel

<3627>, neither <3808> hath he gone <1980> into captivity <1473>:

therefore his taste <2940> remained <5975> in him, and his

scent <7381> is not changed <4171>.

12 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that I will send <7971> unto him

wanderers <6808>, that shall cause him to wander <6808>, and

shall empty <7324> his vessels <3627>, and break <5310> their

bottles <5035>.

13 And Moab <4124> shall be ashamed <0954> of Chemosh <3645>,

as the house <1004> of Israel <3478> was ashamed <0954> of

Bethel <1008> their confidence <4009>.

14. How <0349> say <0559> ye, We [are] mighty <1368> and strong

<2428> men <0582> for the war <4421>?

15 Moab <4124> is spoiled <7703>, and gone <5927> up [out of]

her cities <5892>, and his chosen <4005> young <0970> men are

gone <3381> down <3381> to the slaughter <2875>, saith <5002>

the King <4428>, whose name <8034> [is] the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>.

16 The calamity <0343> of Moab <4124> [is] near <7138> to come

<0935>, and his affliction <7451> hasteth <4116> fast <3966>.

17 All <3605> ye that are about <5439> him, bemoan <5110> him;

and all <3605> ye that know <3045> his name <8034>, say <0559>,

How <0349> is the strong <5797> staff <4294> broken <7665>,

[and] the beautiful <8597> rod <4731>!

18 Thou daughter <1323> that dost inhabit <3427> Dibon <1769>,

come <3381> down <3381> from [thy] glory <3519>, and sit <3427>

in thirst <6772>; for the spoiler <7703> of Moab <4124> shall

come <5927> upon thee, [and] he shall destroy <7843> thy strong

<4013> holds <4013>.

19 O inhabitant <3427> of Aroer <6177>, stand <5975> by the way

<1870>, and espy <6822>; ask <7592> him that fleeth <5127>, and

her that escapeth <4422>, [and] say <0559>, What <4100> is done?

20 Moab <4124> is confounded <3001>; for it is broken <2865>

down: howl <3213> and cry <2199>; tell <5046> ye it in Arnon

<0769>, that Moab <4124> is spoiled <7703>,

21 And judgment <4941> is come <0935> upon the plain <4334>

country <0776>; upon Holon <2473>, and upon Jahazah <3096>, and

upon Mephaath <4158>,

22 And upon Dibon <1769>, and upon Nebo <5015>, and upon

Bethdiblathaim <1015>,

23 And upon Kiriathaim <7156>, and upon Bethgamul <1014>, and

upon Bethmeon <1010>,

24 And upon Kerioth <7152>, and upon Bozrah <1224>, and upon

all <3605> the cities <5892> of the land <0776> of Moab <4124>,

far <7350> or near <7138>.

25 The horn <7161> of Moab <4124> is cut <1438> off, and his

arm <2220> is broken <7665>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

26 Make ye him drunken <7937>: for he magnified <1431>

[himself] against <5921> the LORD <3068>: Moab <4124> also shall

wallow <5606> in his vomit <6892>, and he also <1571> shall be

in derision <7814>.

27 For was not Israel <3478> a derision <7814> unto thee? was

he found <4672> among thieves <1590>? for since <1767> thou

spakest <1697> of him, thou skippedst <5110> for joy.

28 O ye that dwell <3427> in Moab <4124>, leave <5800> the

cities <5892>, and dwell <7931> in the rock <5553>, and be like

the dove <3123> [that] maketh her nest <7077> in the sides

<5676> of the hole's <6354> mouth <6310>.

29 We have heard <8085> the pride <1347> of Moab <4124>, (he is

exceeding <3966> proud <1343>) his loftiness <1363>, and his

arrogancy <1347>, and his pride <1347>, and the haughtiness

<7312> of his heart <3820>.

30 I know <3045> his wrath <5678>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>;

but [it shall] not [be] so <3651>; his lies <0907> shall not so

<3651> effect <6213> [it].

31 Therefore will I howl <3213> for Moab <4124>, and I will cry

<2199> out for all <3605> Moab <4124>; [mine heart] shall mourn

<1897> for the men <0582> of Kirheres <7025>.

32 O vine <1612> of Sibmah <7643>, I will weep <1058> for thee

with the weeping <1065> of Jazer <3270>: thy plants <5189> are

gone <5674> over <5674> the sea <3220>, they reach <5060> [even]

to the sea <3220> of Jazer <3270>: the spoiler <7703> is fallen

<5307> upon thy summer <7019> fruits and upon thy vintage <1210>.

33 And joy <8057> and gladness <8057> is taken <0622> from the

plentiful <3759> field, and from the land <0776> of Moab <4124>;

and I have caused wine <3196> to fail <7673> from the

winepresses <3342>: none <3808> shall tread <1869> with shouting

<1959>; [their] shouting <1959> [shall be] no <3808> shouting

<1959>.

34 From the cry <2201> of Heshbon <2809> [even] unto Elealeh

<0500>, [and even] unto Jahaz <3096>, have they uttered <5414>

their voice <6963>, from Zoar <6820> [even] unto Horonaim <2773>,

[as] an heifer <5697> of three <7992> years old <7992>: for the

waters <4325> also <1571> of Nimrim <5249> shall be desolate

<4923>.

35 Moreover I will cause to cease <7673> in Moab <4124>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, him that offereth <5927> in the high

<1116> places, and him that burneth <6999> incense <6999> to his

gods <0430>.

36 Therefore mine heart <3820> shall sound <1993> for Moab

<4124> like pipes <2485>, and mine heart <3820> shall sound

<1993> like pipes <2485> for the men <0582> of Kirheres <7025>:

because the riches <3502> [that] he hath gotten <6213> are

perished <6>.

37 For every <3605> head <7218> [shall be] bald <7144>, and

every <3605> beard <2206> clipped <1639>: upon all <3605> the

hands <3027> [shall be] cuttings <1417>, and upon the loins

<4975> sackcloth <8242>.

38 [There shall be] lamentation <4553> generally <3605> upon

all <3605> the housetops <1406> of Moab <4124>, and in the

streets <7339> thereof: for I have broken <7665> Moab <4124>

like a vessel <3627> wherein [is] no <0369> pleasure <2656>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

39 They shall howl <3213>, [saying], How <0349> is it broken

<2865> down! how <0349> hath Moab <4124> turned <6437> the back

<6203> with shame <0954>! so shall Moab <4124> be a derision

<7814> and a dismaying <4288> to all <3605> them about <5439>

him.

40 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2009>,

he shall fly <1675> as an eagle <5404>, and shall spread <6566>

his wings <3671> over <0413> Moab <4124>.

41 Kerioth <7152> is taken <3920>, and the strong <4679> holds

<4679> are surprised <8610>, and the mighty <1368> men's hearts

<3820> in Moab <4124> at that day <3117> shall be as the heart

<3820> of a woman <0802> in her pangs <6887>.

42 And Moab <4124> shall be destroyed <8045> from [being] a

people <5971>, because he hath magnified <1431> [himself]

against <5921> the LORD <3068>.

43 Fear <6343>, and the pit <6354>, and the snare <6341>,

[shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant <3427> of Moab <4124>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>.

44 He that fleeth <5211> from the fear <6343> shall fall <5307>

into <0413> the pit <6354>; and he that getteth <5927> up out of

the pit <6354> shall be taken <3920> in the snare <6341>: for I

will bring <0935> upon it, [even] upon Moab <4124>, the year

<8141> of their visitation <6486>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

45 They that fled <5127> stood <5975> under the shadow <6738>

of Heshbon <2809> because of the force <3581>: but a fire <0784>

shall come <3318> forth <3318> out of Heshbon <2809>, and a

flame <3852> from the midst of Sihon <5511>, and shall devour

<0398> the corner <6285> of Moab <4124>, and the crown <6936> of

the head <6936> of the tumultuous ones <1121>.

46 Woe <0188> be unto thee, O Moab <4124>! the people <5971> of

Chemosh <3645> perisheth <6>: for thy sons <1121> are taken

<3947> captives <7628>, and thy daughters <1121> captives <7633>.

47 Yet will I bring <7725> again <7725> the captivity <7622> of

Moab <4124> in the latter <0319> days <3117>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>. Thus <2008> far <2008> [is] the judgment <4941> of

Moab <4124>.

Jeremiah 49

1. Concerning the Ammonites <5984>, thus <3541> saith <0559>

the LORD <3068>; Hath Israel <3478> no <0369> sons <1121>? hath

he no <0369> heir <3423>? why <4069> [then] doth their king

<4428> inherit <3423> Gad <1410>, and his people <5971> dwell

<3427> in his cities <5892>?

2 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, that I will cause an alarm <8643>

of war <4421> to be heard <8085> in Rabbah <7237> of the

Ammonites <5984>; and it shall be a desolate <8077> heap <8510>,

and her daughters <1121> shall be burned <3341> with fire <0784>:

then shall Israel <3478> be heir <3423> unto them that were his

heirs <3423>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

3 Howl <3213>, O Heshbon <2809>, for Ai <5857> is spoiled

<7703>: cry <6817>, ye daughters <1121> of Rabbah <7237>, gird

<2296> you with sackcloth <8242>; lament <5594>, and run <7751>

to and fro <7751> by the hedges <1448>; for their king <4428>

shall go <3212> into captivity <1473>, [and] his priests <3548>

and his princes <8269> together <3162>.

4 Wherefore <4100> gloriest <1984> thou in the valleys <6010>,

thy flowing <2100> valley <6010>, O backsliding <7728> daughter

<1323>? that trusted <0982> in her treasures <0214>, [saying],

Who <4310> shall come <0935> unto me?

5 Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> a fear <6343> upon thee,

saith <5002> the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635>, from

all <3605> those that be about <5439> thee; and ye shall be

driven <5080> out every man <0376> right <6440> forth <6440>;

and none <0369> shall gather <6908> up him that wandereth <5074>.

6 And afterward I will bring <7725> again <7725> the captivity

<7622> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

7. Concerning Edom <0123>, thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>; [Is] wisdom <2451> no <0369> more <5750>

in Teman <8487>? is counsel <6098> perished <6> from the prudent

<0995>? is their wisdom <2451> vanished <5628>?

8 Flee <5127> ye, turn <6437> back <6437>, dwell <3427> deep

<6009>, O inhabitants <3427> of Dedan <1719>; for I will bring

<0935> the calamity <0343> of Esau <6215> upon him, the time

<6256> [that] I will visit <6485> him.

9 If <0518> grapegatherers <1219> come <0935> to thee, would

they not leave <7604> [some] gleaning <5955> grapes? if <0518>

thieves <1590> by night <3915>, they will destroy <7843> till

<5704> they have enough <1767>.

10 But I have made Esau <6215> bare <2834>, I have uncovered

<1540> his secret <4565> places, and he shall not be able <3201>

to hide <2247> himself: his seed <2233> is spoiled <7703>, and

his brethren <0251>, and his neighbours <7934>, and he [is] not.

11 Leave <5800> thy fatherless <3490> children <1121>, I will

preserve <2421> [them] alive <2421>; and let thy widows <0490>

trust <0982> in me.

12 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2009>,

they whose <0834> judgment <4941> [was] not to drink <8354> of

the cup <3563> have assuredly <8354> drunken <7937>; and [art]

thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished <5352>? thou shalt

not go <3212> unpunished <5352>, but thou shalt surely <3588>

drink <8354> [of it].

13 For I have sworn <7650> by myself, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, that Bozrah <1224> shall become <1961> a desolation

<8047>, a reproach <2781>, a waste <2721>, and a curse <7045>;

and all <3605> the cities <5892> thereof shall be perpetual

<5769> wastes <2723>.

14 I have heard <8085> a rumour <8052> from the LORD <3068>,

and an ambassador <6735> is sent <7971> unto the heathen <1471>,

[saying], Gather <6908> ye together, and come <0935> against

<5921> her, and rise <6965> up to the battle <4421>.

15 For, lo <2009>, I will make <5414> thee small <6996> among

the heathen <1471>, [and] despised <0959> among men <0120>.

16 Thy terribleness <8606> hath deceived <5377> thee, [and] the

pride <2087> of thine heart <3820>, O thou that dwellest <7931>

in the clefts <2288> of the rock <5553>, that holdest <8610> the

height <4791> of the hill <1389>: though <3588> thou shouldest

make thy nest <7064> as high <1361> as the eagle <5404>, I will

bring <3381> thee down <3381> from thence <8033>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>.

17 Also Edom <0123> shall be a desolation <8047>: every <3605>

one that goeth <5674> by it shall be astonished <8074>, and

shall hiss <8319> at <5921> all <3605> the plagues <4347>

thereof.

18 As in the overthrow <4114> of Sodom <5467> and Gomorrah

<6017> and the neighbour <7934> [cities] thereof, saith <0559>

the LORD <3068>, no <3808> man <0376> shall abide <3427> there

<8033>, neither <3808> shall a son <1121> of man <0120> dwell

<1481> in it.

19 Behold <2009>, he shall come <5927> up like a lion <0738>

from the swelling <1347> of Jordan <3383> against <0413> the

habitation <5116> of the strong <0386>: but I will suddenly

<7280> make him run <7323> away from her: and who <4310> [is] a

chosen <0970> [man, that] I may appoint <6485> over <0413> her?

for who <4310> [is] like <3644> me? and who <4310> will appoint

<3259> me the time? and who <4310> [is] that shepherd <7462>

that will stand <5975> before <6440> me?

20 Therefore <3651> hear <8085> the counsel <6098> of the LORD

<3068>, that he hath taken <3289> against <0413> Edom <0123>;

and his purposes <4284>, that he hath purposed <2803> against

<0413> the inhabitants <3427> of Teman <8487>: Surely the least

<6810> of the flock <6629> shall draw <5498> them out: surely he

shall make their habitations <5116> desolate <8074> with them.

21 The earth <0776> is moved <7493> at the noise <6963> of

their fall <5307>, at the cry <6818> the noise <6963> thereof

was heard <8085> in the Red <5488> sea <3220>.

22 Behold <2009>, he shall come <5927> up and fly <1675> as the

eagle <5404>, and spread <6566> his wings <3671> over <5921>

Bozrah <1224>: and at that day <3117> shall the heart <3820> of

the mighty <1368> men of Edom <0123> be as the heart <3820> of a

woman <0802> in her pangs <6887>.

23. Concerning Damascus <1834>. Hamath <2574> is confounded

<0954>, and Arpad <0774>: for they have heard <8085> evil <7451>

tidings <8052>: they are fainthearted <4127>; [there is] sorrow

<1974> on the sea <3220>; it cannot be quiet <8252>.

24 Damascus <1834> is waxed feeble <7503>, [and] turneth <6437>

herself to flee <5127>, and fear <7374> hath seized <2388> on

[her]: anguish <6869> and sorrows <2256> have taken <0270> her,

as a woman in travail <3205>.

25 How <0349> is the city <5892> of praise <8416> not left

<5800>, the city <7151> of my joy <4885>!

26 Therefore <3651> her young <0970> men shall fall <5307> in

her streets <7339>, and all <3605> the men <0582> of war <4421>

shall be cut <1826> off in that day <3117>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

27 And I will kindle <3341> a fire <0784> in the wall <2346> of

Damascus <1834>, and it shall consume <0398> the palaces <0759>

of Benhadad <1130>.

28. Concerning Kedar <6938>, and concerning the kingdoms <4467>

of Hazor <2674>, which <0834> Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428>

of Babylon <0894> shall smite <5221>, thus <3541> saith <0559>

the LORD <3068>; Arise <6965> ye, go <5927> up to Kedar <6938>,

and spoil <7703> the men <1121> of the east <6924>.

29 Their tents <0168> and their flocks <6629> shall they take

<3947> away: they shall take <5375> to themselves <1992> their

curtains <3407>, and all <3605> their vessels <3627>, and their

camels <1581>; and they shall cry <7121> unto them, Fear <4032>

[is] on every <5437> side <5439>.

30 Flee <5127>, get <5110> you far <3966> off, dwell <3427>

deep <6009>, O ye inhabitants <3427> of Hazor <2674>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>; for Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> hath taken counsel <6098> against <5921> you, and

hath conceived <2030> a purpose <4284> against <5921> you.

31 Arise <6965>, get <5927> you up unto the wealthy <7961>

nation <1471>, that dwelleth <3427> without care <0983>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, which have neither <3808> gates <1817>

nor <3808> bars <1280>, [which] dwell <7931> alone <0909>.

32 And their camels <1581> shall be a booty <0957>, and the

multitude <0527> of their cattle <4734> a spoil <7998>: and I

will scatter <2219> into all <3605> winds <7307> them [that are]

in the utmost <7112> corners <6285>; and I will bring <0935>

their calamity <0343> from all <3605> sides <5676> thereof,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

33 And Hazor <2674> shall be a dwelling <4583> for dragons

<8577>, [and] a desolation <8077> for ever <5769>: there shall

no <3808> man <0376> abide <3427> there <8033>, nor <3808> [any]

son <1121> of man <0120> dwell <1481> in it.

34. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> that came <1961> to

Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> against <0413> Elam <5867> in

the beginning <7225> of the reign <4438> of Zedekiah <6667> king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, saying <0559>,

35 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>;

Behold <2005>, I will break <7665> the bow <7198> of Elam <5867>,

the chief <7225> of their might <1369>.

36 And upon Elam <5867> will I bring <0935> the four <0702>

winds <7307> from the four <0702> quarters <7098> of heaven

<8064>, and will scatter <2219> them toward all <3605> those

<0428> winds <7307>; and there shall be no <3808> nation <1471>

whither the outcasts <5080> of Elam <5867> shall not come <0935>.

37 For I will cause Elam <5867> to be dismayed <2865> before

<6440> their enemies <0341>, and before <6440> them that seek

<1245> their life <5315>: and I will bring <0935> evil <7451>

upon them, [even <0853>] my fierce <2740> anger <0639>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>; and I will send <7971> the sword <2719>

after <0310> them, till <5704> I have consumed <3615> them:

38 And I will set <7760> my throne <3678> in Elam <5867>, and

will destroy <6> from thence <8033> the king <4428> and the

princes <8269>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

39 But it shall come <1961> to pass in the latter <0319> days

<3117>, [that] I will bring <7725> again <7725> the captivity

<7622> of Elam <5867>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

Jeremiah 50

1. The word <1697> that the LORD <3068> spake <1696> against

<0413> Babylon <0894> [and] against <0413> the land <0776> of

the Chaldeans <3778> by Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>.

2 Declare <5046> ye among the nations <1471>, and publish

<8085>, and set <5375> up a standard <5251>; publish <8085>,

[and] conceal <3582> not: say <0559>, Babylon <0894> is taken

<3920>, Bel <1078> is confounded <3001>, Merodach <4781> is

broken <2844> in pieces; her idols <6091> are confounded <3001>,

her images <1544> are broken <2865> in pieces.

3 For out of the north <6828> there cometh <5927> up a nation

<1471> against <5921> her, which <1931> shall make <7896> her

land <0776> desolate <8047>, and none <3808> shall dwell <3427>

therein: they shall remove <5110>, they shall depart <1980>,

both man <0120> and beast <0929>.

4 In those <1992> days <3117>, and in that time <6256>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

shall come <0935>, they and the children <1121> of Judah <3063>

together <3162>, going <1980> and weeping <1058>: they shall go

<3212>, and seek <1245> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>.

5 They shall ask <7592> the way <1870> to Zion <6726> with

their faces <6440> thitherward <2008>, [saying], Come <0935>,

and let us join <3867> ourselves to the LORD <3068> in a

perpetual <5769> covenant <1285> [that] shall not be forgotten

<7911>.

6 My people <5971> hath been <1961> lost <6> sheep <6629>:

their shepherds <7462> have caused them to go <8582> astray

<8582>, they have turned <7725> them away [on] the mountains

<2022>: they have gone <1980> from mountain <2022> to hill

<1389>, they have forgotten <7911> their restingplace <7258>.

7 All <3605> that found <4672> them have devoured <0398> them:

and their adversaries <6862> said <0559>, We offend <0816> not,

because they have sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>, the

habitation <5116> of justice <6664>, even the LORD <3068>, the

hope <4723> of their fathers <1>.

8 Remove <5110> out of the midst <8432> of Babylon <0894>, and

go <3318> forth <3318> out of the land <0776> of the Chaldeans

<3778>, and be as the he goats <6260> before <6440> the flocks

<6629>.

9. For, lo <2009>, I will raise <5782> and cause to come <5927>

up against <5921> Babylon <0894> an assembly <6951> of great

<1419> nations <1471> from the north <6828> country <0776>: and

they shall set themselves in array <6186> against her; from

thence <8033> she shall be taken <3920>: their arrows <2671>

[shall be] as of a mighty <1368> expert <7919> man; none <3808>

shall return <7725> in vain <7387>.

10 And Chaldea <3778> shall be a spoil <7998>: all <3605> that

spoil <7998> her shall be satisfied <7646>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

11 Because <3588> ye were glad <8056>, because <3588> ye

rejoiced <5937>, O ye destroyers <8154> of mine heritage <5159>,

because <3588> ye are grown <6335> fat <6335> as the heifer

<5697> at grass <1877>, and bellow <6670> as bulls <47>;

12 Your mother <0517> shall be sore <3966> confounded <0954>;

she that bare <3205> you shall be ashamed <2659>: behold <2009>,

the hindermost <0319> of the nations <1471> [shall be] a

wilderness <4057>, a dry <6723> land, and a desert <6160>.

13 Because of the wrath <7110> of the LORD <3068> it shall not

be inhabited <3427>, but it shall be wholly <3605> desolate

<8077>: every <3605> one that goeth <5674> by Babylon <0894>

shall be astonished <8074>, and hiss <8319> at <5921> all <3605>

her plagues <4347>.

14 Put yourselves in array <6186> against <5921> Babylon <0894>

round <5439> about: all <3605> ye that bend <1869> the bow

<7198>, shoot <3034> at <0413> her, spare <2550> no <0408>

arrows <2671>: for she hath sinned <2398> against the LORD

<3068>.

15 Shout <7321> against <5921> her round <5439> about: she hath

given <5414> her hand <3027>: her foundations <0803> are fallen

<5307>, her walls <2346> are thrown <2040> down <2040>: for it

[is] the vengeance <5360> of the LORD <3068>: take vengeance

<5358> upon her; as she hath done <6213>, do <6213> unto her.

16 Cut <3772> off the sower <2232> from Babylon <0894>, and him

that handleth <8610> the sickle <4038> in the time <6256> of

harvest <7105>: for fear <6440> of the oppressing <3238> sword

<2719> they shall turn <6437> every <0376> one <0376> to his

people <5971>, and they shall flee <5127> every <0376> one

<0376> to his own land <0776>.

17 Israel <3478> [is] a scattered <6340> sheep <7716>; the

lions <0738> have driven <5080> [him] away: first <7223> the

king <4428> of Assyria <0804> hath devoured <0398> him; and last

<0314> this <2088> Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon

<0894> hath broken <6105> his bones <6106>.

18 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; Behold <2005>, I

will punish <6485> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> and his

land <0776>, as I have punished <6485> the king <4428> of

Assyria <0804>.

19 And I will bring <7725> Israel <3478> again <7725> to his

habitation <5116>, and he shall feed <7462> on Carmel <3760> and

Bashan <1316>, and his soul <5315> shall be satisfied <7646>

upon mount <2022> Ephraim <0669> and Gilead <1568>.

20 In those <1992> days <3117>, and in that time <6256>, saith

<5002> the LORD <3068>, the iniquity <5771> of Israel <3478>

shall be sought <1245> for, and [there shall be] none <0369>;

and the sins <2403> of Judah <3063>, and they shall not be found

<4672>: for I will pardon <5545> them whom <0834> I reserve

<7604>.

21. Go <5927> up against <5921> the land <0776> of Merathaim

<4850>, [even] against <5921> it, and against <0413> the

inhabitants <3427> of Pekod <6489>: waste <2717> and utterly

destroy <2763> after <0310> them, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

and do <6213> according to all <3605> that I have commanded

<6680> thee.

22 A sound <6963> of battle <4421> [is] in the land <0776>, and

of great <1419> destruction <7667>.

23 How <0349> is the hammer <6360> of the whole <3605> earth

<0776> cut <1438> asunder and broken <7665>! how <0349> is

Babylon <0894> become <1961> a desolation <8047> among the

nations <1471>!

24 I have laid a snare <3369> for thee, and thou art also

<1571> taken <3920>, O Babylon <0894>, and thou wast not aware

<3045>: thou art found <4672>, and also <1571> caught <8610>,

because <3588> thou hast striven <1624> against the LORD <3068>.

25 The LORD <3068> hath opened <6605> his armoury <0214>, and

hath brought <3318> forth <3318> the weapons <3627> of his

indignation <2195>: for this <1931> [is] the work <4399> of the

Lord <0136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635> in the land <0776> of the

Chaldeans <3778>.

26 Come <0935> against her from the utmost <7093> border <7093>,

open <6605> her storehouses <3965>: cast <5549> her up as heaps

<6194>, and destroy <2763> her utterly: let nothing <0408> of

her be left <7611>.

27 Slay <2717> all <3605> her bullocks <6499>; let them go

<3381> down <3381> to the slaughter <2875>: woe <1945> unto them!

for their day <3117> is come <0935>, the time <6256> of their

visitation <6486>.

28 The voice <6963> of them that flee <5127> and escape <6412>

out of the land <0776> of Babylon <0894>, to declare <5046> in

Zion <6726> the vengeance <5360> of the LORD <3068> our God

<0430>, the vengeance <5360> of his temple <1964>.

29 Call <8085> together the archers <7228> against <0413>

Babylon <0894>: all <3605> ye that bend <1869> the bow <7198>,

camp <2583> against <5921> it round <5439> about; let none

<0408> thereof escape <6413>: recompense <7999> her according to

her work <6467>; according to all <3605> that she hath done

<6213>, do <6213> unto her: for she hath been proud <2102>

against <0413> the LORD <3068>, against <0413> the Holy <6944>

One of Israel <3478>.

30 Therefore <3651> shall her young <0970> men fall <5307> in

the streets <7339>, and all <3605> her men <0582> of war <4421>

shall be cut <1826> off in that day <3117>, saith <5002> the

LORD <3068>.

31 Behold <2005>, I [am <1961>] against <0413> thee, [O thou]

most proud <2087>, saith <5002> the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> of

hosts <6635>: for thy day <3117> is come <0935>, the time <6256>

[that] I will visit <6485> thee.

32 And the most proud <2087> shall stumble <3782> and fall

<5307>, and none <0369> shall raise <6965> him up: and I will

kindle <3341> a fire <0784> in his cities <5892>, and it shall

devour <0398> all <3605> round <5439> about him.

33. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>;

The children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children <1121> of

Judah <3063> [were] oppressed <6231> together <3162>: and all

<3605> that took them captives <7617> held <2388> them fast;

they refused <3985> to let them go <7971>.

34 Their Redeemer <1350> [is] strong <2389>; the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635> [is] his name <8034>: he shall throughly plead

<7378> their cause <7379>, that he may give rest <7280> to the

land <0776>, and disquiet <7264> the inhabitants <3427> of

Babylon <0894>.

35 A sword <2719> [is] upon the Chaldeans <3778>, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>, and upon the inhabitants <3427> of Babylon

<0894>, and upon her princes <8269>, and upon her wise <2450>

[men].

36 A sword <2719> [is] upon the liars <0907>; and they shall

dote <2973>: a sword <2719> [is] upon her mighty <1368> men; and

they shall be dismayed <2865>.

37 A sword <2719> [is] upon their horses <5483>, and upon their

chariots <7393>, and upon all <3605> the mingled <6154> people

that [are] in the midst <8432> of her; and they shall become

<1961> as women <0802>: a sword <2719> [is] upon her treasures

<0214>; and they shall be robbed <0962>.

38 A drought <2721> [is] upon her waters <4325>; and they shall

be dried <3001> up: for it [is] the land <0776> of graven <6456>

images, and they are mad <1984> upon [their] idols <0367>.

39 Therefore <3651> the wild <6728> beasts <6728> of the desert

<6728> with the wild <0338> beasts <0338> of the islands <0339>

shall dwell <3427> [there], and the owls shall dwell <3427>

therein: and it shall be no <3808> more <5750> inhabited <3427>

for ever <5331>; neither <3808> shall it be dwelt <7931> in from

generation <1755> to generation <1755>.

40 As God <0430> overthrew <4114> Sodom <5467> and Gomorrah

<6017> and the neighbour <7934> [cities] thereof, saith <5002>

the LORD <3068>; [so] shall no <3808> man <0376> abide <3427>

there <8033>, neither <3808> shall any son <1121> of man <0120>

dwell <1481> therein.

41 Behold <2009>, a people <5971> shall come <0935> from the

north <6828>, and a great <1419> nation <1471>, and many <7227>

kings <4428> shall be raised <5782> up from the coasts <3411> of

the earth <0776>.

42 They shall hold <2388> the bow <7198> and the lance <3591>:

they [are] cruel <0394>, and will not shew mercy <7355>: their

voice <6963> shall roar <1993> like the sea <3220>, and they

shall ride <7392> upon horses <5483>, [every one] put in array

<6186>, like a man <0376> to the battle <4421>, against <5921>

thee, O daughter <1323> of Babylon <0894>.

43 The king <4428> of Babylon <0894> hath heard <8085> the

report <8088> of them, and his hands <3027> waxed feeble <7503>:

anguish <6869> took hold <2388> of him, [and] pangs <2427> as of

a woman in travail <3205>.

44 Behold <2009>, he shall come <5927> up like a lion <0738>

from the swelling <1347> of Jordan <3383> unto the habitation

<5116> of the strong <0386>: but I will make them suddenly

<7280> run <7323> away from her: and who <4310> [is] a chosen

<0970> [man, that] I may appoint <6485> over <0413> her? for who

<4310> [is] like <3644> me? and who <4310> will appoint <3259>

me the time? and who <4310> [is] that shepherd <7462> that will

stand <5975> before <6440> me?

45 Therefore <3651> hear <8085> ye the counsel <6098> of the

LORD <3068>, that he hath taken <3289> against <0413> Babylon

<0894>; and his purposes <4284>, that he hath purposed <2803>

against <0413> the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <3778>: Surely

the least <6810> of the flock <6629> shall draw <5498> them out:

surely he shall make [their] habitation <5116> desolate <8074>

with them.

46 At the noise <6963> of the taking <8610> of Babylon <0894>

the earth <0776> is moved <7493>, and the cry <2201> is heard

<8085> among the nations <1471>.

Jeremiah 51

1. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2005>, I

will raise <5782> up against <5921> Babylon <0894>, and against

<0413> them that dwell <3427> in the midst <3820> of them that

rise <6965> up against me, a destroying <7843> wind <7307>;

2 And will send <7971> unto Babylon <0894> fanners <2114>, that

shall fan <2219> her, and shall empty <1238> her land <0776>:

for in the day <3117> of trouble <7451> they shall be against

<5921> her round <5439> about.

3 Against <0413> [him that] bendeth <1869> let the archer

<1869> bend <1869> his bow <7198>, and against <0413> [him that]

lifteth <5927> himself up in his brigandine <5630>: and spare

<2550> ye not her young <0970> men; destroy <2763> ye utterly

all <3605> her host <6635>.

4 Thus the slain <2491> shall fall <5307> in the land <0776> of

the Chaldeans <3778>, and [they that are] thrust <1856> through

<1856> in her streets <2351>.

5 For Israel <3478> [hath] not [been] forsaken <0488>, nor

Judah <3063> of his God <0430>, of the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>; though <3588> their land <0776> was filled <4390> with

sin <0817> against the Holy <6918> One of Israel <3478>.

6 Flee <5127> out of the midst <8432> of Babylon <0894>, and

deliver <4422> every man <0376> his soul <5315>: be not cut

<1826> off in her iniquity <5771>; for this <1931> [is] the time

<6256> of the LORD'S <3068> vengeance <5360>; he will render

<7999> unto her a recompence <1576>.

7 Babylon <0894> [hath been] a golden <2091> cup <3563> in the

LORD'S <3068> hand <3027>, that made all <3605> the earth <0776>

drunken <7937>: the nations <1471> have drunken <8354> of her

wine <3196>; therefore the nations <1471> are mad <1984>.

8 Babylon <0894> is suddenly <6597> fallen <5307> and destroyed

<7665>: howl <3213> for her; take <3947> balm <6875> for her

pain <4341>, if <0194> so be she may be healed <7495>.

9 We would have healed <7495> Babylon <0894>, but she is not

healed <7495>: forsake <5800> her, and let us go <3212> every

<0376> one <0376> into his own country <0776>: for her judgment

<4941> reacheth <5060> unto heaven <8064>, and is lifted <5375>

up [even] to the skies <7834>.

10 The LORD <3068> hath brought <3318> forth <3318> our

righteousness <6666>: come <0935>, and let us declare <5608> in

Zion <6726> the work <4639> of the LORD <3068> our God <0430>.

11 Make bright <1305> the arrows <1121>; gather <4390> the

shields <7982>: the LORD <3068> hath raised <5782> up the spirit

<7307> of the kings <4428> of the Medes <4074>: for his device

<4209> [is] against <5921> Babylon <0894>, to destroy <7843> it;

because <3588> it [is] the vengeance <5360> of the LORD <3068>,

the vengeance <5360> of his temple <1964>.

12 Set <5375> up the standard <5251> upon the walls <2346> of

Babylon <0894>, make the watch <4929> strong <2388>, set <6965>

up the watchmen <8104>, prepare <3559> the ambushes <0693>: for

the LORD <3068> hath both <1571> devised <2161> and done <6213>

that which <0834> he spake <1696> against <0413> the inhabitants

<3427> of Babylon <0894>.

13 O thou that dwellest <7931> upon many <7227> waters <4325>,

abundant <7227> in treasures <0214>, thine end <7093> is come

<0935>, [and] the measure <0520> of thy covetousness <1215>.

14 The LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> hath sworn <7650> by himself

<5315>, [saying], Surely I will fill <4390> thee with men <0120>,

as with caterpillers <3218>; and they shall lift <6030> up a

shout <1959> against <5921> thee.

15 He hath made <6213> the earth <0776> by his power <3581>, he

hath established <3559> the world <8398> by his wisdom <2451>,

and hath stretched <5186> out the heaven <8064> by his

understanding <8394>.

16 When he uttereth <5414> [his] voice <6963>, [there is] a

multitude <0527> of waters <4325> in the heavens <8064>; and he

causeth the vapours <5387> to ascend <5927> from the ends <7097>

of the earth <0776>: he maketh <6213> lightnings <1300> with

rain <4306>, and bringeth <3318> forth <3318> the wind <7307>

out of his treasures <0214>.

17 Every <3605> man <0120> is brutish <1197> by [his] knowledge

<1847>; every <3605> founder <6884> is confounded <3001> by the

graven <6459> image <6459>: for his molten <5262> image [is]

falsehood <8267>, and [there is] no <3808> breath <7307> in them.

18 They [are] vanity <1892>, the work <4639> of errors <8595>:

in the time <6256> of their visitation <6486> they shall perish

<6>.

19 The portion <2506> of Jacob <3290> [is] not like them; for

he [is] the former <3335> of all <3605> things: and [Israel

<3478> is] the rod <7626> of his inheritance <5159>: the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635> [is] his name <8034>.

20 Thou [art] my battle <4661> axe <4601> [and] weapons <3627>

of war <4421>: for with thee will I break <5310> in pieces the

nations <1471>, and with thee will I destroy <7843> kingdoms

<4467>;

21 And with thee will I break <5310> in pieces the horse <5483>

and his rider <7392>; and with thee will I break <5310> in

pieces the chariot <7393> and his rider <7392>;

22 With thee also will I break <5310> in pieces man <0376> and

woman <0802>; and with thee will I break <5310> in pieces old

<2205> and young <5288>; and with thee will I break <5310> in

pieces the young <0970> man and the maid <1330>;

23 I will also break <5310> in pieces with thee the shepherd

<7462> and his flock <5739>; and with thee will I break <5310>

in pieces the husbandman <0406> and his yoke <6776> of oxen; and

with thee will I break <5310> in pieces captains <6346> and

rulers <5461>.

24 And I will render <7999> unto Babylon <0894> and to all

<3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Chaldea <3778> all <3605> their

evil <7451> that they have done <6213> in Zion <6726> in your

sight <5869>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

25 Behold <2005>, I [am] against <0413> thee, O destroying

<4889> mountain <2022>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, which

destroyest <7843> all <3605> the earth <0776>: and I will

stretch <5186> out mine hand <3027> upon thee, and roll <1556>

thee down from the rocks <5553>, and will make <5414> thee a

burnt <8316> mountain <2022>.

26 And they shall not take <3947> of thee a stone <68> for a

corner <6438>, nor a stone <68> for foundations <4146>; but thou

shalt be desolate <8077> for ever <5769>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

27 Set <5375> ye up a standard <5251> in the land <0776>, blow

<8628> the trumpet <7782> among the nations <1471>, prepare

<6942> the nations <1471> against <5921> her, call <8085>

together against <5921> her the kingdoms <4467> of Ararat <0780>,

Minni <4508>, and Ashchenaz <0813>; appoint <6485> a captain

<2951> against <5921> her; cause the horses <5483> to come

<5927> up as the rough <5569> caterpillers <3218>.

28 Prepare <6942> against <5921> her the nations <1471> with

the kings <4428> of the Medes <4074>, the captains <6346>

thereof, and all <3605> the rulers <5461> thereof, and all

<3605> the land <0776> of his dominion <4475>.

29 And the land <0776> shall tremble <7493> and sorrow <2342>:

for every purpose <4284> of the LORD <3068> shall be performed

<6965> against <5921> Babylon <0894>, to make <7760> the land

<0776> of Babylon <0894> a desolation <8047> without <0369> an

inhabitant <3427>.

30 The mighty <1368> men of Babylon <0894> have forborn <2308>

to fight <3898>, they have remained <3427> in [their] holds

<4679>: their might <1369> hath failed <5405>; they became

<1961> as women <0802>: they have burned <3341> her

dwellingplaces <4908>; her bars <1280> are broken <7665>.

31 One post <7323> shall run <7323> to meet <7125> another, and

one messenger <5046> to meet <7125> another, to shew <5046> the

king <4428> of Babylon <0894> that his city <5892> is taken

<3920> at [one] end <7097>,

32 And that the passages <4569> are stopped <8610>, and the

reeds <98> they have burned <8313> with fire <0784>, and the men

<0582> of war <4421> are affrighted <0926>.

33 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

the God <0430> of Israel <3478>; The daughter <1323> of Babylon

<0894> [is] like a threshingfloor <1637>, [it is] time <6256> to

thresh <1869> her: yet <5750> a little <4592> while, and the

time <6256> of her harvest <7105> shall come <0935>.

34 Nebuchadrezzar <5019> the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> hath

devoured <0398> me, he hath crushed <2000> me, he hath made

<3322> me an empty <7385> vessel <3627>, he hath swallowed

<1104> me up like a dragon <8577>, he hath filled <4390> his

belly <3770> with my delicates <5730>, he hath cast <1740> me

out.

35 The violence <2555> done <6213> to me and to my flesh <7607>

[be] upon Babylon <0894>, shall the inhabitant <3427> of Zion

<6726> say <0559>; and my blood <1818> upon the inhabitants

<3427> of Chaldea <3778>, shall Jerusalem <3389> say <0559>.

36 Therefore <3651> thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>;

Behold <2005>, I will plead <7378> thy cause <7379>, and take

vengeance <5360> for thee; and I will dry <6717> up her sea

<3220>, and make her springs <4726> dry <3001>.

37 And Babylon <0894> shall become <1961> heaps <1530>, a

dwellingplace <3427> for dragons <8577>, an astonishment <8047>,

and an hissing <8322>, without <0369> an inhabitant <3427>.

38 They shall roar <7580> together <3162> like lions <3715>:

they shall yell <5286> as lions <0738>' whelps <1484>.

39 In their heat <2527> I will make <7896> their feasts <4960>,

and I will make them drunken <7937>, that they may rejoice

<5937>, and sleep <3462> a perpetual <5769> sleep <8142>, and

not wake <6974>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

40 I will bring <3381> them down <3381> like lambs <3733> to

the slaughter <2873>, like rams <0352> with he goats <6260>.

41 How <0349> is Sheshach <8347> taken <3920>! and how is the

praise <8416> of the whole <3605> earth <0776> surprised <8610>!

how <0349> is Babylon <0894> become <1961> an astonishment

<8047> among the nations <1471>!

42 The sea <3220> is come <5927> up upon Babylon <0894>: she is

covered <3680> with the multitude <0527> of the waves <1530>

thereof.

43 Her cities <5892> are a desolation <8047>, a dry <6723> land

<0776>, and a wilderness <6160>, a land <0776> wherein <0834> no

<3808> man <0376> dwelleth <3427>, neither <3808> doth [any] son

<1121> of man <0120> pass <5674> thereby <2004>.

44 And I will punish <6485> Bel <1078> in Babylon <0894>, and I

will bring <3318> forth <3318> out of his mouth <6310> that

which he hath swallowed <1104> up: and the nations <1471> shall

not flow <5102> together any more <5750> unto him: yea <1571>,

the wall <2346> of Babylon <0894> shall fall <5307>.

45 My people <5971>, go <3318> ye out of the midst <8432> of

her, and deliver <4422> ye every man <0376> his soul <5315> from

the fierce <2740> anger <0639> of the LORD <3068>.

46 And lest <6435> your heart <3824> faint <7401>, and ye fear

<3372> for the rumour <8052> that shall be heard <8085> in the

land <0776>; a rumour <8052> shall both come <0935> [one] year

<8141>, and after <0310> that in [another] year <8141> [shall

come] a rumour <8052>, and violence <2555> in the land <0776>,

ruler <4910> against <5921> ruler <4910>.

47 Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

that I will do judgment <6485> upon the graven <6456> images of

Babylon <0894>: and her whole <3605> land <0776> shall be

confounded <0954>, and all <3605> her slain <2491> shall fall

<5307> in the midst <8432> of her.

48 Then the heaven <8064> and the earth <0776>, and all <3605>

that [is] therein, shall sing <7442> for Babylon <0894>: for the

spoilers <7703> shall come <0935> unto her from the north <6828>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

49 As Babylon <0894> [hath caused] the slain <2491> of Israel

<3478> to fall <5307>, so at Babylon <0894> shall fall <5307>

the slain <2491> of all <3605> the earth <0776>.

50 Ye that have escaped <6412> the sword <2719>, go <1980> away,

stand <5975> not still <5975>: remember <2142> the LORD <3068>

afar <7350> off, and let Jerusalem <3389> come <5927> into

<5921> your mind <3824>.

51 We are confounded <0954>, because <3588> we have heard

<8085> reproach <2781>: shame <3639> hath covered <3680> our

faces <6440>: for strangers <2114> are come <0935> into <5921>

the sanctuaries <4720> of the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>.

52 Wherefore <3651>, behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, that I will do judgment <6485>

upon her graven <6456> images: and through all <3605> her land

<0776> the wounded <2491> shall groan <0602>.

53 Though <3588> Babylon <0894> should mount <5927> up to

heaven <8064>, and though <3588> she should fortify <1219> the

height <4791> of her strength <5797>, [yet] from me shall

spoilers <7703> come <0935> unto her, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>.

54 A sound <6963> of a cry <2201> [cometh <0935>] from Babylon

<0894>, and great <1419> destruction <7667> from the land <0776>

of the Chaldeans <3778>:

55 Because <3588> the LORD <3068> hath spoiled <7703> Babylon

<0894>, and destroyed <6> out of her the great <1419> voice

<6963>; when her waves <1530> do roar <1993> like great <7227>

waters <4325>, a noise <7588> of their voice <6963> is uttered

<5414>:

56 Because <3588> the spoiler <7703> is come <0935> upon her,

[even] upon Babylon <0894>, and her mighty <1368> men are taken

<3920>, every one of their bows <7198> is broken <2865>: for the

LORD <3068> God <0410> of recompences <1578> shall surely

requite <7999>.

57 And I will make drunk <7937> her princes <8269>, and her

wise <2450> [men], her captains <6346>, and her rulers <5461>,

and her mighty <1368> men: and they shall sleep <3462> a

perpetual <5769> sleep <8142>, and not wake <6974>, saith <5002>

the King <4428>, whose name <8034> [is] the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>.

58 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>;

The broad <7342> walls <2346> of Babylon <0894> shall be utterly

broken <6209>, and her high <1364> gates <8179> shall be burned

<3341> with fire <0784>; and the people <5971> shall labour

<3021> in vain <7385>, and the folk <3816> in the fire <0784>,

and they shall be weary <3286>.

59. The word <1697> which <0834> Jeremiah <3414> the prophet

<5030> commanded <6680> Seraiah <8304> the son <1121> of Neriah

<5374>, the son <1121> of Maaseiah <4271>, when he went <3212>

with Zedekiah <6667> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> into

Babylon <0894> in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of his reign

<4427>. And [this] Seraiah <8304> [was] a quiet <4496> prince

<8269>.

60 So Jeremiah <3414> wrote <3789> in a book <5612> all <3605>

the evil <7451> that should come <0935> upon Babylon <0894>,

[even <0853>] all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> that are

written <3789> against <0413> Babylon <0894>.

61 And Jeremiah <3414> said <0559> to Seraiah <8304>, When thou

comest <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and shalt see <7200>, and shalt

read <7121> all <3605> these <0428> words <1697>;

62 Then shalt thou say <0559>, O LORD <3068>, thou hast spoken

<1696> against <0413> this <2088> place <4725>, to cut <3772> it

off, that none <1115> shall remain <3427> in it, neither <1115>

man <0120> nor beast <0929>, but that it shall be desolate

<8077> for ever <5769>.

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end <3615> of

reading <7121> this <2088> book <5612>, [that] thou shalt bind

<7164> a stone <68> to it, and cast <7993> it into <0413> the

midst <8432> of Euphrates <6578>:

64 And thou shalt say <0559>, Thus <3602> shall Babylon <0894>

sink <8257>, and shall not rise <6965> from the evil <7451> that

I will bring <0935> upon her: and they shall be weary <3286>.

Thus <2008> far <2008> [are] the words <1697> of Jeremiah <3414>.

Jeremiah 52

1. Zedekiah <6667> [was] one <0259> and twenty <6242> years

<8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>, and he reigned

<4427> eleven years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's

<0517> name <8034> [was] Hamutal <2537> the daughter <1323> of

Jeremiah <3414> of Libnah <3841>.

2 And he did <6213> [that which was] evil <7451> in the eyes

<5869> of the LORD <3068>, according to all <3605> that

Jehoiakim <3079> had done <6213>.

3 For through <5921> the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> it

came <1961> to pass in Jerusalem <3389> and Judah <3063>, till

<5704> he had cast <7993> them out from his presence <6440>,

that Zedekiah <6667> rebelled <4775> against the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894>.

4 And it came <1961> to pass in the ninth <8671> year <8141> of

his reign <4427>, in the tenth <6224> month <2320>, in the tenth

<6218> [day] of the month <2320>, [that] Nebuchadrezzar <5019>

king <4428> of Babylon <0894> came <0935>, he and all <3605> his

army <2428>, against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>, and pitched <2583>

against <5921> it, and built <1129> forts <1785> against <5921>

it round <5439> about.

5 So the city <5892> was besieged unto the eleventh year <8141>

of king <4428> Zedekiah <6667>.

6 And in the fourth <7243> month <2320>, in the ninth <8672>

[day] of the month <2320>, the famine <7458> was sore <2388> in

the city <5892>, so that there was no <3808> bread <3899> for

the people <5971> of the land <0776>.

7 Then the city <5892> was broken <1234> up, and all <3605> the

men <0582> of war <4421> fled <1272>, and went <3318> forth

<3318> out of the city <5892> by night <3915> by the way <1870>

of the gate <8179> between <0996> the two <8147> walls <2346>,

which <0834> [was] by the king's <4428> garden <1588>; (now the

Chaldeans <3778> [were] by the city <5892> round <5439> about:)

and they went <3212> by the way <1870> of the plain <6160>.

8 But the army <2428> of the Chaldeans <3779> pursued <7291>

after <0310> the king <4428>, and overtook <5381> Zedekiah

<6667> in the plains <6160> of Jericho <3405>; and all <3605>

his army <2428> was scattered <6327> from him.

9 Then they took <8610> the king <4428>, and carried <5927> him

up unto the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> to Riblah <7247> in

the land <0776> of Hamath <2574>; where he gave <1696> judgment

<4941> upon him.

10 And the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> slew <7819> the sons

<1121> of Zedekiah <6667> before his eyes <5869>: he slew <7819>

also <1571> all <3605> the princes <8269> of Judah <3063> in

Riblah <7247>.

11 Then he put <5786> out the eyes <5869> of Zedekiah <6667>;

and the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> bound <0631> him in chains

<5178>, and carried <0935> him to Babylon <0894>, and put <5411>

him in prison till <5704> the day <3117> of his death <4194>.

12. Now in the fifth <2549> month <2320>, in the tenth <6218>

[day] of the month <2320>, which <1958> [was] the nineteenth

year <8141> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon

<0894>, came <0935> Nebuzaradan <5018>, captain <7227> of the

guard <2876>, [which] served <5975> the king <4428> of Babylon

<0894>, into Jerusalem <3389>,

13 And burned <8313> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and

the king's <4428> house <1004>; and all <3605> the houses <1004>

of Jerusalem <3389>, and all <3605> the houses <1004> of the

great <1419> [men], burned <8313> he with fire <0784>:

14 And all <3605> the army <2428> of the Chaldeans <3779>, that

[were] with the captain <7227> of the guard <2876>, brake <5422>

down <5422> all <3605> the walls <2346> of Jerusalem <3389>

round <5439> about.

15 Then Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard

<2876> carried <1540> away captive <1540> [certain] of the poor

<1803> of the people <5971>, and the residue <3499> of the

people <5971> that remained <7604> in the city <5892>, and those

that fell <5307> away, that fell <5307> to the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894>, and the rest <3499> of the multitude <0527>.

16 But Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard

<2876> left <7604> [certain] of the poor <1803> of the land

<0776> for vinedressers <3755> and for husbandmen <3009>.

17 Also the pillars <5982> of brass <5178> that [were] in the

house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the bases <4350>, and the

brasen <5178> sea <3220> that [was] in the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>, the Chaldeans <3779> brake <7665>, and carried

<5375> all <3605> the brass <5178> of them to Babylon <0894>.

18 The caldrons <5518> also, and the shovels <3257>, and the

snuffers <4212>, and the bowls <4219>, and the spoons <3709>,

and all <3605> the vessels <3627> of brass <5178> wherewith

<0834> they ministered <8334>, took <3947> they away.

19 And the basons <5592>, and the firepans <4289>, and the

bowls <4219>, and the caldrons <5518>, and the candlesticks

<4501>, and the spoons <3709>, and the cups <4518>; [that] which

<0834> [was] of gold <2091> [in] gold <2091>, and [that] which

<0834> [was] of silver <3701> [in] silver <3701>, took <3947>

the captain <7227> of the guard <2876> away.

20 The two <8147> pillars <5982>, one <0259> sea <3220>, and

twelve brasen <5178> bulls <1241> that [were] under <8478> the

bases <4350>, which <0834> king <4428> Solomon <8010> had made

<6213> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: the brass <5178>

of all <3605> these <0428> vessels <3627> was without <3808>

weight <4948>.

21 And [concerning] the pillars <5982>, the height <6967> of

one <0259> pillar <5982> [was] eighteen cubits <0520>; and a

fillet <2339> of twelve cubits <0520> did compass <5437> it; and

the thickness <5672> thereof [was] four <0702> fingers <0676>:

[it was] hollow <5014>.

22 And a chapiter <3805> of brass <5178> [was] upon it; and the

height <6967> of one <0259> chapiter <3805> [was] five <2568>

cubits <0520>, with network <7639> and pomegranates <7416> upon

the chapiters <3805> round <5439> about, all <3605> [of] brass

<5178>. The second <8145> pillar <5982> also and the

pomegranates <7416> [were] like unto these <0428>.

23 And there were ninety <8673> and six <8337> pomegranates

<7416> on a side <7307>; [and] all <3605> the pomegranates

<7416> upon the network <7639> [were] an hundred <3967> round

<5439> about.

24. And the captain <7227> of the guard <2876> took <3947>

Seraiah <8304> the chief <7218> priest <3548>, and Zephaniah

<6846> the second <4932> priest <3548>, and the three <7969>

keepers <8104> of the door <5592>:

25 He took <3947> also out of the city <5892> an eunuch <5631>,

which <0834> had <1961> the charge <6496> of the men <0582> of

war <4421>; and seven <7651> men <0582> of them that were near

<7200> the king's <4428> person <6440>, which <0834> were found

<4672> in the city <5892>; and the principal <8269> scribe

<5608> of the host <6635>, who mustered <6633> the people <5971>

of the land <0776>; and threescore <7657> men <0376> of the

people <5971> of the land <0776>, that were found <4672> in the

midst <8432> of the city <5892>.

26 So Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of the guard <2876>

took <3947> them, and brought <3212> them to the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> to Riblah <7247>.

27 And the king <4428> of Babylon <0894> smote <5221> them, and

put them to death <4191> in Riblah <7247> in the land <0127> of

Hamath <2574>. Thus Judah <3063> was carried <1540> away captive

<1540> out of his own land <0127>.

28 This <2088> [is] the people <5971> whom <0834>

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> carried <1540> away captive <1540>: in the

seventh <7651> year <8141> three <7969> thousand <0505> Jews

<3064> and three <7969> and twenty <6242>:

29 In the eighteenth year <8141> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> he

carried away captive <1540> from Jerusalem <3389> eight <8083>

hundred <3967> thirty <7970> and two <8147> persons <5315>:

30 In the three <7969> and twentieth <6242> year <8141> of

Nebuchadrezzar <5019> Nebuzaradan <5018> the captain <7227> of

the guard <2876> carried <1540> away captive <1540> of the Jews

<3064> seven <7651> hundred <3967> forty <0705> and five <2568>

persons <5315>: all <3605> the persons <5315> [were] four <0702>

thousand <0505> and six <8337> hundred <3967>.

31. And it came <1961> to pass in the seven <7651> and

thirtieth <7970> year <8141> of the captivity <1546> of

Jehoiachin <3078> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, in the twelfth

month <2320>, in the five <2568> and twentieth <6242> [day] of

the month <2320>, [that] Evilmerodach <0192> king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> in the [first] year <8141> of his reign <4438>

lifted <5375> up the head <7218> of Jehoiachin <3078> king

<4428> of Judah <3063>, and brought <3218> him forth <3318> out

of prison <3608>,

32 And spake <1696> kindly <2896> unto him, and set <5414> his

throne <3678> above <4605> the throne <3678> of the kings <4428>

that [were] with him in Babylon <0894>,

33 And changed <8138> his prison <3608> garments <0899>: and he

did continually <8548> eat <0398> bread <3899> before <6440> him

all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>.

34 And [for] his diet <0737>, there was a continual <8548> diet

<0737> given <5414> him of the king <4428> of Babylon <0894>,

every day <3117> a portion <1697> until <5704> the day <3117> of

his death <4194>, all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>.