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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 <01697> of Jeremiah <03414> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, of the priests <03548> that [were] in Anathoth <06068> in the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>:

2 To whom <0834> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Amon <0526> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, in the thirteenth year <08141> of his reign <04427>.

3 It came <01961> also in the days <03117> of Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, unto the end <08537> of the eleventh year <08141> of Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, unto the carrying <01540> away of Jerusalem <03389> captive <01540> in the fifth <02549> month <02320>.

4. Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,

5 Before <02962> I formed <03335> thee in the belly <0990> I knew <03045> thee; and before <02962> thou camest <03318> forth <03318> out of the womb <07358> I sanctified <06942> thee, [and] I ordained <05414> thee a prophet <05030> unto the nations <01471>.

6 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! behold <02009>, I cannot <03808> speak <01696>: for I [am] a child <05288>.

7 But the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Say <0559> not, I [am] a child <05288>: for thou shalt go <03212> to all <03605> that I shall send <07971> thee, and whatsoever I command <06680> thee thou shalt speak <01696>.

8 Be not afraid <03372> of their faces <06440>: for I [am] with thee to deliver <05337> thee, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

9 Then the LORD <03068> put <07971> forth <07971> his hand <03027>, and touched <05060> my mouth <06310>. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Behold <02009>, I have put <05414> my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310>.

10 See <07200>, I have this <02088> day <03117> set <06485> thee over <05921> the nations <01471> and over <05921> the kingdoms <04467>, to root <05428> out, and to pull <05422> down, and to destroy <06>, and to throw <02040> down <02040>, to build <01129>, and to plant <05193>.

11. Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>, Jeremiah <03414>, what <04100> seest <07200> thou? And I said <0559>, I see <07200> a rod <04731> of an almond <08247> tree.

12 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Thou hast well <03190> seen <07200>: for I will hasten <08245> my word <01697> to perform <06213> it.

13 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me the second <08145> time, saying <0559>, What <04100> seest <07200> thou? And I said <0559>, I see <07200> a seething <05301> pot <05518>; and the face <06440> thereof [is] toward <06440> the north <06828>.

14 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Out of the north <06828> an evil <07451> shall break <06605> forth upon all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>.

15 For, lo <02009>, I will call <07121> all <03605> the families <04940> of the kingdoms <04467> of the north <06828>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and they shall come <0935>, and they shall set <05414> every <0376> one <0376> his throne <03678> at the entering <06607> of the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>, and against <05921> all <03605> the walls <02346> thereof round <05439> about, and against <05921> all <03605> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.

16 And I will utter <01696> my judgments <04941> against <05921> them touching <05921> all <03605> their wickedness <07451>, who have forsaken <05800> me, and have burned <06999> incense <06999> unto other <0312> gods <0430>, and worshipped <07812> the works <04639> of their own <0249> hands <03027>.

17 Thou therefore gird <02296> up thy loins <04975>, and arise <06965>, and speak <01696> unto them all <03605> that I command <06680> thee: be not dismayed <02865> at their faces <06440>, lest <06435> I confound <02865> thee before <06440> them.

18 For, behold <02009>, I have made <05414> thee this day <03117> a defenced <04013> city <05892>, and an iron <01270> pillar <05982>, and brasen <05178> walls <02346> against <05921> the whole <03605> land <0776>, against the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, against the princes <08269> thereof, against the priests <03548> thereof, and against the people <05971> of the land <0776>.

19 And they shall fight <03898> against <0413> thee; but they shall not prevail <03201> against thee; for I [am] with thee, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, to deliver <05337> thee.

Jeremiah 2

1. Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to me, saying <0559>,

2 Go <01980> and cry <07121> in the ears <0241> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; I remember <02142> thee, the kindness <02617> of thy youth <05271>, the love <0160> of thine espousals <03623>, when thou wentest <03212> after <0310> me in the wilderness <04057>, in a land <0776> [that was] not sown <02232>.

3 Israel <03478> [was] holiness <06944> unto the LORD <03068>, [and] the firstfruits <07225> of his increase <08393>: all <03605> that devour <0398> him shall offend <0816>; evil <07451> shall come <0935> upon them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

4 Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and all <03605> the families <04940> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>:

5 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, What <04100> iniquity <05766> have your fathers <01> found <04672> in me, that they are gone far <07368> from me, and have walked <03212> after <0310> vanity <01892>, and are become <01891> vain <01891>?

6 Neither <03808> said <0559> they, Where <0346> [is] the LORD <03068> that brought <05927> us up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, that led <03212> us through the wilderness <04057>, through a land <0776> of deserts <06160> and of pits <07745>, through a land <0776> of drought <06723>, and of the shadow <06757> of death <06757>, through a land <0776> that no <03808> man <0376> passed <05674> through, and where <08033> no <03808> man <0120> dwelt <03427>?

7 And I brought <0935> you into <0413> a plentiful <03759> country <0776>, to eat <0398> the fruit <06529> thereof and the goodness <02898> thereof; but when ye entered <0935>, ye defiled <02930> my land <0776>, and made <07760> mine heritage <05159> an abomination <08441>.

8 The priests <03548> said <0559> not, Where <0346> [is] the LORD <03068>? and they that handle <08610> the law <08451> knew <03045> me not: the pastors <07462> also transgressed <06586> against me, and the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> by Baal <01168>, and walked <01980> after <0310> [things that] do not profit <03276>.

9. Wherefore <03651> I will yet <05750> plead <07378> with you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and with your children's <01121> children <01121> will I plead <07378>.

10 For pass <05674> over <05674> the isles <0339> of Chittim <03794>, and see <07200>; and send <07971> unto Kedar <06938>, and consider <0995> diligently <03966>, and see <07200> if there be such <02063> a thing.

11 Hath a nation <01471> changed <04171> [their] gods <0430>, which <01992> [are] yet no <03808> gods <0430>? but my people <05971> have changed <04171> their glory <03519> for [that which <01992>] doth not profit <03276>.

12 Be astonished <08074>, O ye heavens <08064>, at <05921> this <02063>, and be horribly <08175> afraid <08175>, be ye very <03966> desolate <02717>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

13 For my people <05971> have committed <06213> two <08147> evils <07451>; they have forsaken <05800> me the fountain <04726> of living <02416> waters <04325>, [and] hewed <02672> them out cisterns <0877>, broken <07665> cisterns <0877>, that can hold <03557> no <03808> water <04325>.

14. [Is] Israel <03478> a servant <05650>? [is] he a homeborn <01004> [slave]? why <04069> is he spoiled <0957>?

15 The young <03715> lions <03715> roared <07580> upon him, [and] yelled, and they made <07896> his land <0776> waste <08047>: his cities <05892> are burned <03341> without <01097> inhabitant <03427>.

16 Also <01571> the children <01121> of Noph <05297> and Tahapanes <08471> have broken <07462> the crown <06936> of thy head <06936>.

17 Hast thou not procured <06213> this <02063> unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken <05800> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, when <06256> he led <03212> thee by the way <01870>?

18 And now <06258> what <04100> hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Egypt <04714>, to drink <08354> the waters <04325> of Sihor <07883>? or what <04100> hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Assyria <0804>, to drink <08354> the waters <04325> of the river <05104>?

19 Thine own wickedness <07451> shall correct <03256> thee, and thy backslidings <04878> shall reprove <03198> thee: know <03045> therefore and see <07200> that [it is] an evil <07451> [thing] and bitter <04751>, that thou hast forsaken <05800> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and that my fear <06345> [is] not in thee, saith <05002> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> of hosts <06635>.

20. For of old <05769> time I have broken <07665> thy yoke <05923>, [and] burst <05423> thy bands <04147>; and thou saidst <0559>, I will not transgress <05647>; when <03588> upon every <03605> high <01364> hill <01389> and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086> thou wanderest <06808>, playing the harlot <02181>.

21 Yet I had planted <05193> thee a noble vine <08321>, wholly <03605> a right <0571> seed <02233>: how <0349> then art thou turned <02015> into the degenerate <05494> plant of a strange <05237> vine <01612> unto me?

22 For though <0518> thou wash <03526> thee with nitre <05427>, and take thee much <07235> soap <01287>, [yet] thine iniquity <05771> is marked <03799> before <06440> me, saith <05002> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.

23 How <0349> canst thou say <0559>, I am not polluted <02930>, I have not gone <01980> after <0310> Baalim <01168>? see <07200> thy way <01870> in the valley <01516>, know <03045> what <04100> thou hast done <06213>: [thou art] a swift <07031> dromedary <01072> traversing <08308> her ways <01870>;

24 A wild <06501> ass <06501> used <03928> to the wilderness <04057>, [that] snuffeth <07602> up the wind <07307> at her pleasure; in her occasion <08385> who <04310> can turn <07725> her away? all <03605> they that seek <01245> her will not weary <03286> themselves; in her month <02320> they shall find <04672> her.

25 Withhold <04513> thy foot <07272> from being unshod <03182>, and thy throat <01627> from thirst <06773>: but thou saidst <0559>, There is no hope <02976>: no <03808>; for I have loved <0157> strangers <02114>, and after <0310> them will I go <03212>.

26 As the thief <01590> is ashamed <01322> when <03588> he is found <04672>, so <03651> is the house <01004> of Israel <03478> ashamed <0954>; they, their kings <04428>, their princes <08269>, and their priests <03548>, and their prophets <05030>,

27 Saying <0559> to a stock <06086>, Thou [art] my father <01>; and to a stone <068>, Thou hast brought <03205> me forth <03205>: for they have turned <06437> [their] back <06203> unto me, and not [their] face <06440>: but in the time <06256> of their trouble <07451> they will say <0559>, Arise <06965>, and save <03467> us.

28 But where <0346> [are] thy gods <0430> that thou hast made <06213> thee? let them arise <06965>, if they can save <03467> thee in the time <06256> of thy trouble <07451>: for [according to] the number <04557> of thy cities <05892> are thy gods <0430>, O Judah <03063>.

29. Wherefore <04100> will ye plead <07378> with me? ye all <03605> have transgressed <06586> against me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

30 In vain <07723> have I smitten <05221> your children <01121>; they received <03947> no <03808> correction <04148>: your own sword <02719> hath devoured <0398> your prophets <05030>, like a destroying <07843> lion <0738>.

31 O generation <01755>, see <07200> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>. Have I been <01961> a wilderness <04057> unto Israel <03478>? a land <0776> of darkness <03991>? wherefore <04069> say <0559> my people <05971>, We are lords <07300>; we will come <0935> no <03808> more <05750> unto thee?

32 Can a maid <01330> forget <07911> her ornaments <05716>, [or] a bride <03618> her attire <07196>? yet my people <05971> have forgotten <07911> me days <03117> without <0369> number <04557>.

33 Why <04100> trimmest <03190> thou thy way <01870> to seek <01245> love <0160>? therefore <03651> hast thou also <01571> taught <03925> the wicked <07451> ones thy ways <01870>.

34 Also <01571> in thy skirts <03671> is found <04672> the blood <01818> of the souls <05315> of the poor <034> innocents <05355>: I have not found <04672> it by secret <05643> search <04290>, but upon all <03605> these <0428>.

35 Yet thou sayest <0559>, Because <03588> I am innocent <05352>, surely <0389> his anger <0639> shall turn <07725> from me. Behold <02005>, I will plead <08199> with thee, because <05921> thou sayest <0559>, I have not sinned <02398>.

36 Why <04100> gaddest <0235> thou about <0235> so much <03966> to change <08138> thy way <01870>? thou also <01571> shalt be ashamed <0954> of Egypt <04714>, as thou wast ashamed <0954> of Assyria <0804>.

37 Yea <01571>, thou shalt go <03318> forth <03318> from him, and thine hands <03027> upon thine head <07218>: for the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> thy confidences <04009>, and thou shalt not prosper <06743> in them.

Jeremiah 3

1. They say <0559>, If a man <0376> put <07971> away his wife <0802>, and she go <01980> from him, and become <01961> another <0312> man's <0376>, shall he return <07725> unto her again <05750>? shall not that land <0776> be greatly polluted <02610>? but thou hast played the harlot <02181> with many <07227> lovers <07453>; yet return <07725> again to me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

2 Lift <05375> up thine eyes <05869> unto the high <08205> places, and see <07200> where <0375> thou hast not been lien <07693> with. In the ways <01870> hast thou sat <03427> for them, as the Arabian <06163> in the wilderness <04057>; and thou hast polluted <02610> the land <0776> with thy whoredoms <02184> and with thy wickedness <07451>.

3 Therefore the showers <07241> have been withholden <04513>, and there hath been <01961> no <03808> latter <04456> rain <04456>; and thou hadst a whore's <02181> forehead <04696>, thou refusedst <03985> to be ashamed <03637>.

4 Wilt thou not from this time <06258> cry <07121> unto me, My father <01>, thou [art] the guide <0441> of my youth <05271>?

5 Will he reserve <05201> [his anger] for ever? will he keep <08104> [it] to the end <05331>? Behold <02009>, thou hast spoken <01696> and done <06213> evil <07451> things as thou couldest <03201>.

6. The LORD <03068> said <0559> also unto me in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the king <04428>, Hast thou seen <07200> [that] which <0834> backsliding <04878> Israel <03478> hath done <06213>? she is gone <01980> up upon every <03605> high <01364> mountain <02022> and under every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>, and there <08033> hath played the harlot <02181>.

7 And I said <0559> after <0310> she had done <06213> all <03605> these <0428> [things], Turn <07725> thou unto me. But she returned <07725> not. And her treacherous <0901> sister <0269> Judah <03063> saw <07200> [it].

8 And I saw <07200>, when <03588> for all <03605> the causes <0182> whereby <0834> backsliding <04878> Israel <03478> committed <05003> adultery <05003> I had put <07971> her away, and given <05414> her a bill <05612> of divorce <03748>; yet her treacherous <0898> sister <0269> Judah <03063> feared <03372> not, but went <03212> and played the harlot <02181> also <01571>.

9 And it came <01961> to pass through the lightness <06963> of her whoredom <02184>, that she defiled <02610> the land <0776>, and committed <05003> adultery <05003> with stones <068> and with stocks <06086>.

10 And yet for all <03605> this <02063> her treacherous <0901> sister <0269> Judah <03063> hath not turned <07725> unto me with her whole <03605> heart <03820>, but feignedly <08267>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

11 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, The backsliding <04878> Israel <03478> hath justified <06663> herself more than treacherous <0898> Judah <03063>.

12. Go <01980> and proclaim <07121> these <0428> words <01697> toward the north <06828>, and say <0559>, Return <07725>, thou backsliding <04878> Israel <03478>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; [and] I will not cause mine anger <06440> to fall <05307> upon you: for I [am] merciful <02623>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, [and] I will not keep <05201> [anger] for ever <05769>.

13 Only <0389> acknowledge <03045> thine iniquity <05771>, that thou hast transgressed <06586> against the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and hast scattered <06340> thy ways <01870> to the strangers <02114> under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>, and ye have not obeyed <08085> my voice <06963>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

14 Turn <07725>, O backsliding <07726> children <01121>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; for I am married <01166> unto you: and I will take <03947> you one <0259> of a city <05892>, and two <08147> of a family <04940>, and I will bring <0935> you to Zion <06726>:

15 And I will give <05414> you pastors <07462> according to mine heart <03820>, which shall feed <07462> you with knowledge <01844> and understanding <07919>.

16 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> ye be multiplied <07235> and increased <06509> in the land <0776>, in those <01992> days <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, they shall say <0559> no <03808> more <05750>, The ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>: neither <03808> shall it come <05927> to mind <03820>: neither <03808> shall they remember <02142> it; neither <03808> shall they visit <06485> [it]; neither <03808> shall [that] be done <06213> any more <05750>.

17 At that time <06256> they shall call <07121> Jerusalem <03389> the throne <03678> of the LORD <03068>; and all <03605> the nations <01471> shall be gathered <06960> unto it, to the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, to Jerusalem <03389>: neither <03808> shall they walk <03212> any more <05750> after <0310> the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451> heart <03820>.

18 In those <01992> days <03117> the house <01004> of Judah <03063> shall walk <03212> with the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, and they shall come <0935> together <03162> out of the land <0776> of the north <06828> to the land <0776> that I have given for an inheritance <05157> unto your fathers <01>.

19 But I said <0559>, How <0349> shall I put <07896> thee among the children <01121>, and give <05414> thee a pleasant <02532> land <0776>, a goodly <06643> heritage <05159> of the hosts <06635> of nations <01471>? and I said <0559>, Thou shalt call <07121> me, My father <01>; and shalt not turn <07725> away from me.

20. Surely <0403> [as] a wife <0802> treacherously <0898> departeth from her husband <01167>, so <03651> have ye dealt treacherously <0898> with me, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

21 A voice <06963> was heard <08085> upon the high <08205> places, weeping <01065> [and] supplications <08469> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: for they have perverted <05753> their way <01870>, [and] they have forgotten <07911> the LORD <03068> their God <0430>.

22 Return <07725>, ye backsliding <07726> children <01121>, [and] I will heal <07495> your backslidings <04878>. Behold <02005>, we come <0857> unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.

23 Truly <0403> in vain <08267> [is salvation hoped for] from the hills <01389>, [and from] the multitude <01995> of mountains <02022>: truly <0403> in the LORD <03068> our God <0430> [is] the salvation <08668> of Israel <03478>.

24 For shame <01322> hath devoured <0398> the labour <03018> of our fathers <01> from our youth <05271>; their flocks <06629> and their herds <01241>, their sons <01121> and their daughters <01121>.

25 We lie <07901> down <07901> in our shame <01322>, and our confusion <03639> covereth <03680> us: for we have sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, we and our fathers <01>, from our youth <05271> even unto this <02088> day <03117>, and have not obeyed <08085> the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.

Jeremiah 4

1. If <0518> thou wilt return <07725>, O Israel <03478>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, return <07725> unto me: and if thou wilt put <05493> away <05493> thine abominations <08251> out of my sight <06440>, then shalt thou not remove <05110>.

2 And thou shalt swear <07650>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, in truth <0571>, in judgment <04941>, and in righteousness <06666>; and the nations <01471> shall bless <01288> themselves in him, and in him shall they glory <01984>.

3. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> to the men <0376> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, Break <05214> up your fallow <05215> ground, and sow <02232> not among <0413> thorns <06975>.

4 Circumcise <04135> yourselves to the LORD <03068>, and take <05493> away <05493> the foreskins <06190> of your heart <03824>, ye men <0376> of Judah <03063> and inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>: lest <06435> my fury <02534> come <03318> forth <03318> like fire <0784>, and burn <01197> that none <0369> can quench <03518> [it], because <06440> of the evil <07451> of your doings <04611>.

5. Declare <05046> ye in Judah <03063>, and publish <08085> in Jerusalem <03389>; and say <0559>, Blow <08628> ye the trumpet <07782> in the land <0776>: cry <07121>, gather <04390> together, and say <0559>, Assemble <0622> yourselves, and let us go <0935> into <0413> the defenced <04013> cities <05892>.

6 Set <05375> up the standard <05251> toward Zion <06726>: retire <05756>, stay <05975> not: for I will bring <0935> evil <07451> from the north <06828>, and a great <01419> destruction <07667>.

7 The lion <0738> is come <05927> up from his thicket <05441>, and the destroyer <07843> of the Gentiles <01471> is on his way <05265>; he is gone <03318> forth <03318> from his place <04725> to make <07760> thy land <0776> desolate <08047>; [and] thy cities <05892> shall be laid waste <05327>, without <0369> an inhabitant <03427>.

8 For this <02063> gird <02296> you with sackcloth <08242>, lament <05594> and howl <03213>: for the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> is not turned <07725> back <07725> from us.

9 And it shall come <01961> to pass at that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, [that] the heart <03820> of the king <04428> shall perish <06>, and the heart <03820> of the princes <08269>; and the priests <03548> shall be astonished <08074>, and the prophets <05030> shall wonder <08539>.

10 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! surely <0403> thou hast greatly deceived <05377> this <02088> people <05971> and Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Ye shall have <01961> peace <07965>; whereas the sword <02719> reacheth <05060> unto the soul <05315>.

11 At that time <06256> shall it be said <0559> to this <02088> people <05971> and to Jerusalem <03389>, A dry <06703> wind <07307> of the high <08205> places in the wilderness <04057> toward the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>, not to fan <02219>, nor <03808> to cleanse <01305>,

12 [Even] a full <04392> wind <07307> from those <0428> [places] shall come <0935> unto me: now <06258> also <01571> will I give <01696> sentence <04941> against them.

13 Behold <02009>, he shall come <05927> up as clouds <06053>, and his chariots <04818> [shall be] as a whirlwind <05492>: his horses <05483> are swifter <07043> than eagles <05404>. Woe <0188> unto us! for we are spoiled <07703>.

14 O Jerusalem <03389>, wash <03526> thine heart <03820> from wickedness <07451>, that thou mayest be saved <03467>. How <05704> long <05704> shall thy vain <0205> thoughts <04284> lodge <03885> within <07130> thee?

15 For a voice <06963> declareth <05046> from Dan <01835>, and publisheth <08085> affliction <0205> from mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>.

16 Make ye mention <02142> to the nations <01471>; behold <02009>, publish <08085> against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>, [that] watchers <05341> come <0935> from a far <04801> country <0776>, and give <05414> out their voice <06963> against <05921> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.

17 As keepers <08104> of a field <07704>, are they against <05921> her round <05439> about; because <03588> she hath been rebellious <04784> against me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

18 Thy way <01870> and thy doings <04611> have procured <06213> these <0428> [things] unto thee; this <02063> [is] thy wickedness <07451>, because <03588> it is bitter <04751>, because <03588> it reacheth <05060> unto thine heart <03820>.

19. My bowels <04578>, my bowels <04578>! I am pained <03176> at my very <07023> heart <03820>; my heart <03820> maketh a noise <01993> in me; I cannot <03808> hold <02790> my peace <02790>, because <03588> thou hast heard <08085>, O my soul <05315>, the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, the alarm <08643> of war <04421>.

20 Destruction <07667> upon destruction <07667> is cried <07121>; for the whole <03605> land <0776> is spoiled <07703>: suddenly <06597> are my tents <0168> spoiled <07703>, [and] my curtains <03407> in a moment <07281>.

21 How <05704> long <05704> shall I see <07200> the standard <05251>, [and] hear <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>?

22 For my people <05971> [is] foolish <0191>, they have not known <03045> me; they [are] sottish <05530> children <01121>, and they have none <03808> understanding <0995>: they [are] wise <02450> to do evil <07489>, but to do good <03190> they have no <03808> knowledge <03045>.

23 I beheld <07200> the earth <0776>, and, lo <02009>, [it was] without <08414> form <08414>, and void <0922>; and the heavens <08064>, and they [had] no <0369> light <0216>.

24 I beheld <07200> the mountains <02022>, and, lo <02009>, they trembled <07493>, and all <03605> the hills <01389> moved <07043> lightly <07043>.

25 I beheld <07200>, and, lo <02009>, [there was] no <0369> man <0120>, and all <03605> the birds <05775> of the heavens <08064> were fled <05074>.

26 I beheld <07200>, and, lo <02009>, the fruitful <03759> place [was] a wilderness <04057>, and all <03605> the cities <05892> thereof were broken <05422> down <05422> at the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>, [and] by his fierce <02740> anger <0639>.

27 For thus <03541> hath the LORD <03068> said <0559>, The whole <03605> land <0776> shall be desolate <08077>; yet will I not make <06213> a full end <03615>.

28 For this <02063> shall the earth <0776> mourn <056>, and the heavens <08064> above <04605> be black <06937>: because I have spoken <01696> [it], I have purposed <02161> [it], and will not repent <05162>, neither <03808> will I turn <07725> back <07725> from it.

29 The whole <03605> city <05892> shall flee <01272> for the noise <06963> of the horsemen <06571> and bowmen; they shall go <0935> into thickets <05645>, and climb <05927> up upon the rocks <03710>: every <03605> city <05892> [shall be] forsaken <05800>, and not a man <0376> dwell <03427> therein <02004>.

30 And [when] thou [art] spoiled <07703>, what <04100> wilt thou do <06213>? Though <03588> thou clothest <03847> thyself with crimson <08144>, though <03588> thou deckest <05710> thee with ornaments <05716> of gold <02091>, though <03588> thou rentest <07167> thy face <05869> with painting <06320>, in vain <07723> shalt thou make thyself fair <03302>; [thy] lovers <05689> will despise <03988> thee, they will seek <01245> thy life <05315>.

31 For I have heard <08085> a voice <06963> as of a woman in travail <02470>, [and] the anguish <06869> as of her that bringeth <01069> forth her first <01069> child, the voice <06963> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>, [that] bewaileth <03306> herself, [that] spreadeth <06566> her hands <03709>, [saying], Woe <0188> [is] me now <04994>! for my soul <05315> is wearied <05888> because of murderers <02026>.

Jeremiah 5

1. Run <07751> ye to and fro <07751> through the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>, and see <07200> now <04994>, and know <03045>, and seek <01245> in the broad <07339> places thereof, if <0518> ye can find <04672> a man <0376>, if <0518> there be [any] that executeth <06213> judgment <04941>, that seeketh <01245> the truth <0530>; and I will pardon <05545> it.

2 And though <0518> they say <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; surely <0403> they swear <07650> falsely <08267>.

3 O LORD <03068>, [are] not thine eyes <05869> upon the truth <0530>? thou hast stricken <05221> them, but they have not grieved <02342>; thou hast consumed <03615> them, [but] they have refused <03985> to receive <03947> correction <04148>: they have made their faces <06440> harder <02388> than a rock <05553>; they have refused <03985> to return <07725>.

4 Therefore I said <0559>, Surely <0389> these <01992> [are] poor <01800>; they are foolish <02973>: for they know <03045> not the way <01870> of the LORD <03068>, [nor] the judgment <04941> of their God <0430>.

5 I will get <03212> me unto the great <01419> men, and will speak <01696> unto them; for they have known <03045> the way <01870> of the LORD <03068>, [and] the judgment <04941> of their God <0430>: but these <01992> have altogether <03162> broken <07665> the yoke <05923>, [and] burst <05423> the bonds <04147>.

6 Wherefore a lion <0738> out of the forest <03293> shall slay <05221> them, [and] a wolf <02061> of the evenings <06160> shall spoil <07703> them, a leopard <05246> shall watch <08245> over <05921> their cities <05892>: every one that goeth <03318> out thence <02007> shall be torn <02963> in pieces: because <03588> their transgressions <06588> are many <07231>, [and] their backslidings <04878> are increased <06105>.

7 How <0335> shall I pardon <05545> thee for this <02063>? thy children <01121> have forsaken <05800> me, and sworn <07650> by [them that are] no <03808> gods <0430>: when I had fed them to the full <07646>, they then committed <05003> adultery <05003>, and assembled <01413> themselves by troops in the harlots <02181>' houses <01004>.

8 They were [as] fed <02109> horses <05483> in the morning <07904>: every <0376> one <0376> neighed <06670> after <0413> his neighbour's <07453> wife <0802>.

9 Shall I not visit <06485> for these <0428> [things]? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: and shall not my soul <05315> be avenged <05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this <02088>?

10. Go <05927> ye up upon her walls <08284>, and destroy <07843>; but make <06213> not a full end <03615>: take <05493> away <05493> her battlements <05189>; for they [are] not the LORD'S <03068>.

11 For the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and the house <01004> of Judah <03063> have dealt very treacherously <0898> against me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

12 They have belied <03584> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, [It is] not he; neither <03808> shall evil <07451> come <0935> upon us; neither <03808> shall we see <07200> sword <02719> nor famine <07458>:

13 And the prophets <05030> shall become <01961> wind <07307>, and the word <01699> [is] not in them: thus <03541> shall it be done <06213> unto them.

14 Wherefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>, Because <03282> ye speak <01696> this <02088> word <01697>, behold <02005>, I will make <05414> my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310> fire <0784>, and this <02088> people <05971> wood <06086>, and it shall devour <0398> them.

15 Lo <02009>, I will bring <0935> a nation <01471> upon you from far <04801>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: it [is] a mighty <0386> nation <01471>, it [is] an ancient <05769> nation <01471>, a nation <01471> whose language <03956> thou knowest <03045> not, neither <03808> understandest <08085> what <04100> they say <01696>.

16 Their quiver <0827> [is] as an open <06605> sepulchre <06913>, they [are] all <03605> mighty <01368> men.

17 And they shall eat <0398> up thine harvest <07105>, and thy bread <03899>, [which] thy sons <01121> and thy daughters <01121> should eat <0398>: they shall eat <0398> up thy flocks <06629> and thine herds <01241>: they shall eat <0398> up thy vines <01612> and thy fig <08384> trees: they shall impoverish <07567> thy fenced <04013> cities <05892>, wherein <0834> thou trustedst <0982>, with the sword <02719>.

18 Nevertheless <01571> in those <01992> days <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, I will not make <06213> a full end <03615> with you.

19 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> ye shall say <0559>, Wherefore doeth <06213> the LORD <03068> our God <0430> all <03605> these <0428> [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer <0559> them, Like as ye have forsaken <05800> me, and served <05647> strange <05236> gods <0430> in your land <0776>, so <03651> shall ye serve <05647> strangers <02114> in a land <0776> [that is] not yours.

20. Declare <05046> this <02063> in the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and publish <08085> it in Judah <03063>, saying <0559>,

21 Hear <08085> now <04994> this <02063>, O foolish <05530> people <05971>, and without <0369> understanding <03820>; which have eyes <05869>, and see <07200> not; which have ears <0241>, and hear <08085> not:

22 Fear <03372> ye not me? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: will ye not tremble <02342> at my presence <06440>, which <0834> have placed <0776> the sand <02344> [for] the bound <01366> of the sea <03220> by a perpetual <05769> decree <02706>, that it cannot <03201> pass <05674> it: and though the waves <01530> thereof toss <01607> themselves, yet can they not prevail <03201>; though they roar <01993>, yet can <03201> they not pass <05674> over <05674> it?

23 But this <02088> people <05971> hath a revolting <05637> and a rebellious <04784> heart <03820>; they are revolted <05498> and gone <03212>.

24 Neither <03808> say <0559> they in their heart <03824>, Let us now <04994> fear <03372> the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, that giveth <05414> rain <01653>, both the former <03138> and the latter <04456>, in his season <06256>: he reserveth <08104> unto us the appointed <02708> weeks <07620> of the harvest <07105>.

25. Your iniquities <05771> have turned <05186> away these <0428> [things], and your sins <02403> have withholden <04513> good <02896> [things] from you.

26 For among my people <05971> are found <04672> wicked <07563> [men]: they lay wait <07789>, as he that setteth <07918> snares <03353>; they set <05324> a trap <04889>, they catch <03920> men <0582>.

27 As a cage <03619> is full <04392> of birds <05775>, so <03651> [are] their houses <01004> full <04392> of deceit <04820>: therefore they are become <06238> great <01431>, and waxen rich <06238>.

28 They are waxen fat <08080>, they shine <06245>: yea <01571>, they overpass <05674> the deeds <01697> of the wicked <07451>: they judge <01777> not the cause <01779>, the cause of the fatherless <03490>, yet they prosper <06743>; and the right <04941> of the needy <034> do they not judge <08199>.

29 Shall I not visit <06485> for these <0428> [things]? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: shall not my soul <05315> be avenged <05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this?

30 A wonderful <08047> and horrible <08186> thing is committed <01961> in the land <0776>;

31 The prophets <05030> prophesy <05012> falsely <08267>, and the priests <03548> bear <07287> rule <07287> by their means <03027>; and my people <05971> love <0157> [to have it] so <03651>: and what <04100> will ye do <06213> in the end <0319> thereof?

Jeremiah 6

1. O ye children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>, gather <05756> yourselves to flee <05756> out of the midst <07130> of Jerusalem <03389>, and blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> in Tekoa <08620>, and set <05375> up a sign <04864> of fire in Bethhaccerem <01021>: for evil <07451> appeareth <08259> out of the north <06828>, and great <01419> destruction <07667>.

2 I have likened <01819> the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> to a comely <05000> and delicate <06026> [woman].

3 The shepherds <07462> with their flocks <05739> shall come <0935> unto her; they shall pitch <08628> [their] tents <0168> against <05921> her round <05439> about; they shall feed <07462> every <0376> one <0376> in his place <03027>.

4 Prepare <06942> ye war <04421> against <05921> her; arise <06965>, and let us go <05927> up at noon <06672>. Woe <0188> unto us! for the day <03117> goeth <06437> away, for the shadows <06752> of the evening <06153> are stretched <05186> out.

5 Arise <06965>, and let us go <05927> by night <03915>, and let us destroy <07843> her palaces <0759>.

6 For thus <03541> hath the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> said <0559>, Hew <03772> ye down trees <06097>, and cast <08210> a mount <05550> against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>: this <01931> [is] the city <05892> to be visited <06485>; she [is] wholly <03605> oppression <06233> in the midst <07130> of her.

7 As a fountain <0953> casteth <06979> out her waters <04325>, so <03651> she casteth <06979> out her wickedness <07451>: violence <02555> and spoil <07701> is heard <08085> in her; before me continually <08548> [is] grief <02483> and wounds <04347>.

8 Be thou instructed <03256>, O Jerusalem <03389>, lest <06435> my soul <05315> depart <03363> from thee; lest <06435> I make <07760> thee desolate <08077>, a land <0776> not inhabited <03427>.

9. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, They shall throughly glean <05953> the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478> as a vine <01612>: turn <07725> back <07725> thine hand <03027> as a grapegatherer <01219> into <05921> the baskets <05552>.

10 To whom <04310> shall I speak <01696>, and give warning <05749>, that they may hear <08085>? behold <02009>, their ear <0241> [is] uncircumcised <06189>, and they cannot hearken <07181>: behold <02009>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> is unto them a reproach <02781>; they have no <03808> delight <02654> in it.

11 Therefore I am full <04392> of the fury <02534> of the LORD <03068>; I am weary <03811> with holding <03557> in: I will pour <08210> it out upon the children <05768> abroad <02351>, and upon the assembly <05475> of young <0970> men together <03162>: for even <01571> the husband <0376> with the wife <0802> shall be taken <03920>, the aged <02205> with [him that is] full <04390> of days <03117>.

12 And their houses <01004> shall be turned <05437> unto others <0312>, [with their] fields <07704> and wives <0802> together <03162>: for I will stretch <05186> out my hand <03027> upon the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

13 For from the least <06996> of them even unto the greatest <01419> of them every <03605> one [is] given to covetousness <01215>; and from the prophet <05030> even unto the priest <03548> every <03605> one dealeth <06213> falsely <08267>.

14 They have healed <07495> also the hurt <07667> [of the daughter] of my people <05971> slightly <07043>, saying <0559>, Peace <07965>, peace <07965>; when [there is] no <0369> peace <07965>.

15 Were they ashamed <0954> when <03588> they had committed <06213> abomination <08441>? nay <01571>, they were not at all ashamed <0954>, neither could <03045> they blush <03637>: therefore <03651> they shall fall <05307> among them that fall <05307>: at the time <06256> [that] I visit <06485> them they shall be cast <03782> down <03782>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.

16 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Stand <05975> ye in the ways <01870>, and see <07200>, and ask <07592> for the old <05769> paths <05410>, where <0335> [is] the good <02896> way <01870>, and walk <03212> therein, and ye shall find <04672> rest <04771> for your souls <05315>. But they said <0559>, We will not walk <03212> [therein].

17 Also I set <06965> watchmen <06822> over <05921> you, [saying], Hearken <07181> to the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>. But they said <0559>, We will not hearken <07181>.

18. Therefore <03651> hear <08085>, ye nations <01471>, and know <03045>, O congregation <05712>, what [is] among them.

19 Hear <08085>, O earth <0776>: behold <02009>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon this <02088> people <05971>, [even] the fruit <06529> of their thoughts <04284>, because they have not hearkened <07181> unto my words <01697>, nor to my law <08451>, but rejected <03988> it.

20 To what <04100> purpose cometh <0935> there to me incense <03828> from Sheba <07614>, and the sweet <02896> cane <07070> from a far <04801> country <0776>? your burnt <05930> offerings [are] not acceptable <07522>, nor <03808> your sacrifices <02077> sweet <06147> unto me.

21 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will lay <05414> stumblingblocks <04383> before <0413> this <02088> people <05971>, and the fathers <01> and the sons <01121> together <03162> shall fall <03782> upon them; the neighbour <07934> and his friend <07453> shall perish <06>.

22 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02009>, a people <05971> cometh <0935> from the north <06828> country <0776>, and a great <01419> nation <01471> shall be raised <05782> from the sides <03411> of the earth <0776>.

23 They shall lay hold <02388> on bow <07198> and spear <03591>; they [are] cruel <0394>, and have no <03808> mercy <07355>; their voice <06963> roareth <01993> like the sea <03220>; and they ride <07392> upon horses <05483>, set in array <06186> as men <0376> for war <04421> against <05921> thee, O daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>.

24 We have heard <08085> the fame <08089> thereof: our hands <03027> wax feeble <07503>: anguish <06869> hath taken <02388> hold <02388> of us, [and] pain <02427>, as of a woman in travail <03205>.

25 Go <03318> not forth <03318> into the field <07704>, nor <0408> walk <03212> by the way <01870>; for the sword <02719> of the enemy <0341> [and] fear <04032> [is] on every <05437> side <05439>.

26 O daughter <01323> of my people <05971>, gird <02296> [thee] with sackcloth <08242>, and wallow <06428> thyself in ashes <0665>: make <06213> thee mourning <060>, [as for] an only <03173> son <03173>, most bitter <08563> lamentation <04553>: for the spoiler <07703> shall suddenly <06597> come <0935> upon us.

27 I have set <05414> thee [for] a tower <0969> [and] a fortress <04013> among my people <05971>, that thou mayest know <03045> and try <0974> their way <01870>.

28 They [are] all <03605> grievous <05493> revolters <05637>, walking <01980> with slanders <07400>: [they are] brass <05178> and iron <01270>; they [are] all <03605> corrupters <07843>.

29 The bellows <04647> are burned <02787>, the lead <05777> is consumed <08552> of the fire <0784>; the founder <06884> melteth <06884> in vain <07723>: for the wicked <07451> are not plucked <05423> away.

30 Reprobate <03988> silver <03701> shall [men] call <07121> them, because <03588> the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> them.

Jeremiah 7

1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,

2 Stand <05975> in the gate <08179> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, and proclaim <07121> there <08033> this <02088> word <01697>, and say <0559>, Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, all <03605> [ye of] Judah <03063>, that enter <0935> in at these <0428> gates <08179> to worship <07812> the LORD <03068>.

3 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Amend <03190> your ways <01870> and your doings <04611>, and I will cause you to dwell <07931> in this <02088> place <04725>.

4 Trust <0982> ye not in lying <08267> words <01697>, saying <0559>, The temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, The temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, The temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, [are] these <01992>.

5 For if <0518> ye throughly amend <03190> your ways <01870> and your doings <04611>; if <0518> ye throughly execute <06213> judgment <04941> between <0996> a man <0376> and his neighbour <07453>;

6 [If] ye oppress <06231> not the stranger <01616>, the fatherless <03490>, and the widow <0490>, and shed <08210> not innocent <05355> blood <01818> in this <02088> place <04725>, neither <03808> walk <03212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to your hurt <07451>:

7 Then will I cause you to dwell <07931> in this <02088> place <04725>, in the land <0776> that I gave <05414> to your fathers <01>, for ever <05769> and ever <05769>.

8 Behold <02009>, ye trust <0982> in lying <08267> words <01697>, that cannot <01115> profit <03276>.

9 Will ye steal <01589>, murder <07523>, and commit <05003> adultery <05003>, and swear <07650> falsely <08267>, and burn <06999> incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>, and walk <01980> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> whom <0834> ye know <03045> not;

10 And come <0935> and stand <05975> before <06440> me in this <02088> house <01004>, which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, and say <0559>, We are delivered <05337> to do <06213> all <03605> these <0428> abominations <08441>?

11 Is this <02088> house <01004>, which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, become <01961> a den <04631> of robbers <06530> in your eyes <05869>? Behold <02009>, even <01571> I have seen <07200> [it], saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

12 But go <03212> ye now <04994> unto my place <04725> which <0834> [was] in Shiloh <07887>, where I set <07931> my name <08034> at the first <07223>, and see <07200> what I did <06213> to it for the wickedness <07451> of my people <05971> Israel <03478>.

13 And now <04994>, because <03282> ye have done <06213> all <03605> these <0428> works <04639>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and I spake <01696> unto you, rising <07925> up early <07925> and speaking <01696>, but ye heard <08085> not; and I called <07121> you, but ye answered <06030> not;

14 Therefore will I do <06213> unto [this] house <01004>, which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, wherein <0834> ye trust <0982>, and unto the place <04725> which <0834> I gave <05414> to you and to your fathers <01>, as I have done <06213> to Shiloh <07887>.

15 And I will cast <07993> you out of my sight <06440>, as I have cast <07993> out all <03605> your brethren <0251>, [even <0853>] the whole <03605> seed <02233> of Ephraim <0669>.

16. Therefore pray <06419> not thou for this <02088> people <05971>, neither <0408> lift <05375> up cry <07440> nor <0408> prayer <08605> for them, neither <0408> make intercession <06293> to me: for I will not hear <08085> thee.

17 Seest <07200> thou not what <04100> they do <06213> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>?

18 The children <01121> gather <03950> wood <06086>, and the fathers <01> kindle <01197> the fire <0784>, and the women <0802> knead <03888> [their] dough <01217>, to make <06213> cakes <03561> to the queen <04446> of heaven <08064>, and to pour <05258> out drink <05262> offerings <05262> unto other <0312> gods <0430>, that they may provoke me to anger <03707>.

19 Do they provoke me to anger <03707>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion <01322> of their own faces <06440>?

20 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; Behold <02009>, mine anger <0639> and my fury <02534> shall be poured <05413> out upon this <02088> place <04725>, upon man <0120>, and upon beast <0929>, and upon the trees <06086> of the field <07704>, and upon the fruit <06529> of the ground <0127>; and it shall burn <01197>, and shall not be quenched <03518>.

21. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Put <05595> your burnt <05930> offerings unto your sacrifices <02077>, and eat <0398> flesh <01320>.

22 For I spake <01696> not unto your fathers <01>, nor <03808> commanded <06680> them in the day <03117> that I brought <03318> them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, concerning burnt <05930> offerings or sacrifices <02077>:

23 But this <02088> thing <01697> commanded <06680> I them, saying <0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>, and I will be your God <0430>, and ye shall be my people <05971>: and walk <01980> ye in all <03605> the ways <01870> that I have commanded <06680> you, that it may be well <03190> unto you.

24 But they hearkened <08085> not, nor <03808> inclined <05186> their ear <0241>, but walked <03212> in the counsels <04156> [and] in the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451> heart <03820>, and went <01961> backward <0268>, and not forward <06440>.

25 Since <04480> the day <03117> that your fathers <01> came <03318> forth <03318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> unto this <02088> day <03117> I have even sent <07971> unto you all <03605> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, daily <03117> rising <07925> up early <07925> and sending <07971> [them]:

26 Yet they hearkened <08085> not unto me, nor <03808> inclined <05186> their ear <0241>, but hardened <07185> their neck <06202>: they did worse <07489> than their fathers <01>.

27 Therefore thou shalt speak <01696> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> unto them; but they will not hearken <08085> to thee: thou shalt also call <07121> unto them; but they will not answer <06030> thee.

28 But thou shalt say <0559> unto them, This <02088> [is] a nation <01471> that obeyeth <08085> not the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, nor <03808> receiveth <03947> correction <04148>: truth <0530> is perished <06>, and is cut <03772> off from their mouth <06310>.

29. Cut <01494> off thine hair <05145>, [O Jerusalem], and cast <07993> [it] away, and take <05375> up a lamentation <07015> on <05921> high <08205> places; for the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> and forsaken <05203> the generation <01755> of his wrath <05678>.

30 For the children <01121> of Judah <03063> have done <06213> evil <07451> in my sight <05869>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: they have set <07760> their abominations <08251> in the house <01004> which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, to pollute <02930> it.

31 And they have built <01129> the high <01116> places of Tophet <08612>, which <0834> [is] in the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, to burn <08313> their sons <01121> and their daughters <01121> in the fire <0784>; which <0834> I commanded <06680> [them] not, neither <03808> came <05927> it into <05921> my heart <03820>.

32 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that it shall no <03808> more <05750> be called <0559> Tophet <08612>, nor the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, but the valley <01516> of slaughter <02028>: for they shall bury <06912> in Tophet <08612>, till there be no <0369> place <04725>.

33 And the carcases <05038> of this <02088> people <05971> shall be meat <03978> for the fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>; and none <0369> shall fray <02729> [them] away.

34 Then will I cause to cease <07673> from the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and from the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>, the voice <06963> of mirth <08342>, and the voice <06963> of gladness <08057>, the voice <06963> of the bridegroom <02860>, and the voice <06963> of the bride <03618>: for the land <0776> shall be desolate <02723>.

Jeremiah 8

1. At that time <06256>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, they shall bring <03318> out the bones <06106> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and the bones <06106> of his princes <08269>, and the bones <06106> of the priests <03548>, and the bones <06106> of the prophets <05030>, and the bones <06106> of the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, out of their graves <06913>:

2 And they shall spread <07849> them before the sun <08121>, and the moon <03394>, and all <03605> the host <06635> of heaven <08064>, whom <0834> they have loved <0157>, and whom <0834> they have served <05647>, and after <0310> whom <0834> they have walked <01980>, and whom they have sought <01875>, and whom <0834> they have worshipped <07812>: they shall not be gathered <0622>, nor <03808> be buried <06912>; they shall be for dung <01828> upon the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.

3 And death <04194> shall be chosen <0977> rather than life <02416> by all <03605> the residue <07611> of them that remain <07604> of this <02063> evil <07451> family <04940>, which remain <07604> in all <03605> the places <04725> whither I have driven <05080> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

4. Moreover thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Shall they fall <05307>, and not arise <06965>? shall he turn <07725> away, and not return <07725>?

5 Why <04069> [then] is this <02088> people <05971> of Jerusalem <03389> slidden <07725> back <07725> by a perpetual <05331> backsliding <04878>? they hold <02388> fast deceit <08649>, they refuse <03985> to return <07725>.

6 I hearkened <08085> and heard <08085>, [but] they spake <01696> not aright <03651>: no <0369> man <0376> repented <05162> him of his wickedness <07451>, saying <0559>, What <04100> have I done <06213>? every <03605> one turned <07725> to his course <04794>, as the horse <05483> rusheth <07857> into the battle <04421>.

7 Yea <01571>, the stork <02624> in the heaven <08064> knoweth <03045> her appointed <04150> times <06256>; and the turtle <08449> and the crane <05483> and the swallow <05693> observe <08104> the time <06256> of their coming <0935>; but my people <05971> know <03045> not the judgment <04941> of the LORD <03068>.

8 How <0349> do ye say <0559>, We [are] wise <02450>, and the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> [is] with us? Lo <02009>, certainly <0403> in vain <08267> made <06213> he [it]; the pen <05842> of the scribes <05608> [is] in vain <08267>.

9 The wise <02450> [men] are ashamed <0954>, they are dismayed <02865> and taken: lo <02009>, they have rejected <03988> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>; and what <04100> wisdom <02451> [is] in them?

10 Therefore <03651> will I give <05414> their wives <0802> unto others <0312>, [and] their fields <07704> to them that shall inherit <03423> [them]: for every <03605> one from the least <06996> even unto the greatest <01419> is given to covetousness <01215>, from the prophet <05030> even unto the priest <03548> every <03605> one dealeth <06213> falsely <08267>.

11 For they have healed <07495> the hurt <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> slightly <07043>, saying <0559>, Peace <07965>, peace <07965>; when [there is] no <0369> peace <07965>.

12 Were they ashamed <0954> when <03588> they had committed <06213> abomination <08441>? nay <01571>, they were not at all ashamed <0954>, neither <03808> could <03045> they blush <03637>: therefore <03651> shall they fall <05307> among them that fall <05307>: in the time <06256> of their visitation <06486> they shall be cast <03782> down <03782>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>.

13. I will surely consume <05486> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: [there shall be] no <0369> grapes <06025> on the vine <01612>, nor <0369> figs <08384> on the fig <08384> tree, and the leaf <05929> shall fade <05034>; and [the things that] I have given <05414> them shall pass <05674> away from them.

14 Why do we sit <03427> still? assemble <0622> yourselves, and let us enter <0935> into <0413> the defenced <04013> cities <05892>, and let us be silent <01826> there <08033>: for the LORD <03068> our God <0430> hath put us to silence <01826>, and given us water <04325> of gall <07219> to drink <08248>, because <03588> we have sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068>.

15 We looked <06960> for peace <07965>, but no <0369> good <02896> [came; and] for a time <06256> of health <04832>, and behold <02009> trouble <01205>!

16 The snorting <05170> of his horses <05483> was heard <08085> from Dan <01835>: the whole <03605> land <0776> trembled <07493> at the sound <06963> of the neighing <04684> of his strong <047> ones; for they are come <0935>, and have devoured <0398> the land <0776>, and all <04393> that is in it; the city <05892>, and those that dwell <03427> therein.

17 For, behold <02005>, I will send <07971> serpents <05175>, cockatrices <06848>, among you, which <0834> [will] not [be] charmed <03908>, and they shall bite <05391> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

18 [When] I would comfort <04010> myself against sorrow <03015>, my heart <03820> [is] faint <01742> in me.

19 Behold <02009> the voice <06963> of the cry <07775> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> because of them that dwell in a far <04801> country <0776>: [Is] not the LORD <03068> in Zion <06726>? [is] not her king <04428> in her? Why <04069> have they provoked me to anger <03707> with their graven <06456> images, [and] with strange <05236> vanities <01892>?

20 The harvest <07105> is past <05674>, the summer <07019> is ended <03615>, and we are not saved <03467>.

21 For the hurt <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> am I hurt <07665>; I am black <06937>; astonishment <08047> hath taken <02388> hold <02388> on me.

22 [Is there] no <0369> balm <06875> in Gilead <01568>; [is there] no <0369> physician <07495> there? why <04069> then <03588> is not the health <0724> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> recovered <05927>?

Jeremiah 9

1. Oh that my head <07218> were waters <04325>, and mine eyes <05869> a fountain <04726> of tears <01832>, that I might weep <01058> day <03119> and night <03915> for the slain <02491> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>!

2 Oh that I had in the wilderness <04057> a lodging <04411> place of wayfaring <0732> men; that I might leave <05800> my people <05971>, and go <03212> from them! for they [be] all <03605> adulterers <05003>, an assembly <06116> of treacherous <0898> men.

3 And they bend <01869> their tongues <03956> [like] their bow <07198> [for] lies <08267>: but they are not valiant <01396> for the truth <0530> upon the earth <0776>; for they proceed <03318> from evil <07451> to evil <07451>, and they know <03045> not me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

4 Take ye heed <08104> every <0376> one <0376> of his neighbour <07453>, and trust <0982> ye not in any <03605> brother <0251>: for every <03605> brother <0251> will utterly supplant <06117>, and every <03605> neighbour <07453> will walk <01980> with slanders <07400>.

5 And they will deceive <02048> every <0376> one <0376> his neighbour <07453>, and will not speak <01696> the truth <0571>: they have taught <03925> their tongue <03956> to speak <01696> lies <08267>, [and] weary <03811> themselves to commit <05753> iniquity <05753>.

6 Thine habitation <03427> [is] in the midst <08432> of deceit <04820>; through deceit <04820> they refuse <03985> to know <03045> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

7 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Behold <02005>, I will melt <06884> them, and try <0974> them; for how <0349> shall I do <06213> for the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>?

8 Their tongue <03956> [is as] an arrow <02671> shot <07819> out; it speaketh <01696> deceit <04820>: [one] speaketh <01696> peaceably <07965> to his neighbour <07453> with his mouth <06310>, but in heart <07130> he layeth <07760> his wait <0696>.

9 Shall I not visit <06485> them for these <0428> [things]? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: shall not my soul <05315> be avenged <05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this <02088>?

10 For the mountains <02022> will I take <05375> up a weeping <01065> and wailing <05092>, and for the habitations <04999> of the wilderness <04057> a lamentation <07015>, because <03588> they are burned <03341> up, so that none can <03201> pass <05674> through [them]; neither <03808> can <03201> [men] hear <08085> the voice <06963> of the cattle <04735>; both the fowl <05775> of the heavens <08064> and the beast <0929> are fled <05074>; they are gone <01980>.

11 And I will make <05414> Jerusalem <03389> heaps <01530>, [and] a den <04583> of dragons <08577>; and I will make <05414> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> desolate <08077>, without <01097> an inhabitant <03427>.

12. Who <04310> [is] the wise <02450> man <0376>, that may understand <0995> this <02063>? and [who is he] to whom <0834> the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>, that he may declare <05046> it, for what <04100> the land <0776> perisheth <06> [and] is burned <03341> up like a wilderness <04057>, that none <01997> passeth <05674> through?

13 And the LORD <03068> saith <0559>, Because <05921> they have forsaken <05800> my law <08451> which <0834> I set <05414> before <06440> them, and have not obeyed <08085> my voice <06963>, neither <03808> walked <01980> therein;

14 But have walked <03212> after <0310> the imagination <08307> of their own heart <03820>, and after <0310> Baalim <01168>, which <0834> their fathers <01> taught <03925> them:

15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will feed <0398> them, [even] this <02088> people <05971>, with wormwood <03939>, and give them water <04325> of gall <07219> to drink <08248>.

16 I will scatter <06327> them also among the heathen <01471>, whom <0834> neither <03808> they nor their fathers <01> have known <03045>: and I will send <07971> a sword <02719> after <0310> them, till <05704> I have consumed <03615> them.

17 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Consider <0995> ye, and call <07121> for the mourning <06969> women, that they may come <0935>; and send <07971> for cunning <02450> [women], that they may come <0935>:

18 And let them make haste <04116>, and take <05375> up a wailing <05092> for us, that our eyes <05869> may run <03381> down with tears <01832>, and our eyelids <06079> gush <05140> out with waters <04325>.

19 For a voice <06963> of wailing <05092> is heard <08085> out of Zion <06726>, How <0349> are we spoiled <07703>! we are greatly <03966> confounded <0954>, because <03588> we have forsaken <05800> the land <0776>, because <03588> our dwellings <04908> have cast <07993> [us] out.

20 Yet <03588> hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O ye women <0802>, and let your ear <0241> receive <03947> the word <01697> of his mouth <06310>, and teach <03925> your daughters <01121> wailing <05092>, and every <0802> one her neighbour <07468> lamentation <07015>.

21 For death <04194> is come <05927> up into our windows <02474>, [and] is entered <0935> into our palaces <0759>, to cut <03772> off the children <05768> from without <02351>, [and] the young <0970> men from the streets <07339>.

22 Speak <01696>, Thus <03541> saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, Even the carcases <05038> of men <0120> shall fall <05307> as dung <01828> upon the open <06440> field <07704>, and as the handful <05995> after <0310> the harvestman <07114>, and none <0369> shall gather <0622> [them].

23. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Let not the wise <02450> [man] glory <01984> in his wisdom <02451>, neither <0408> let the mighty <01368> [man] glory <01984> in his might <01369>, let not the rich <06223> [man] glory <01984> in his riches <06239>:

24 But let him that glorieth <01984> glory <01984> in this <02063>, that he understandeth <07919> and knoweth <03045> me, that I [am] the LORD <03068> which exercise <06213> lovingkindness <02617>, judgment <04941>, and righteousness <06666>, in the earth <0776>: for in these <0428> [things] I delight <02654>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

25 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that I will punish <06485> all <03605> [them which are] circumcised <04135> with the uncircumcised <06190>;

26 Egypt <04714>, and Judah <03063>, and Edom <0123>, and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and Moab <04124>, and all <03605> [that are] in the utmost <07112> corners <06285>, that dwell <03427> in the wilderness <04057>: for all <03605> [these] nations <01471> [are] uncircumcised <06189>, and all <03605> the house <01004> of Israel <03478> [are] uncircumcised <06189> in the heart <03820>.

Jeremiah 10

1. Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> which <0834> the LORD <03068> speaketh <01696> unto you, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>:

2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Learn <03925> not the way <01870> of the heathen <01471>, and be not dismayed <02865> at the signs <0226> of heaven <08064>; for the heathen <01471> are dismayed <02865> at them.

3 For the customs <02708> of the people <05971> [are] vain <01892>: for [one] cutteth <03772> a tree <06086> out of the forest <03293>, the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the workman <02796>, with the axe <04621>.

4 They deck <03302> it with silver <03701> and with gold <02091>; they fasten <02388> it with nails <04548> and with hammers <04717>, that it move <06328> not.

5 They [are] upright <04749> as the palm <08560> tree, but speak <01696> not: they must needs be borne <05375>, because <03588> they cannot <03808> go <06805>. Be not afraid <03372> of them; for they cannot <03808> do evil <07489>, neither also <01571> [is it] in them to do good <03190>.

6 Forasmuch as [there is] none <0369> like <03644> unto thee, O LORD <03068>; thou [art] great <01419>, and thy name <08034> [is] great <01419> in might <01369>.

7 Who <04310> would not fear <03372> thee, O King <04428> of nations <01471>? for to thee doth it appertain <02969>: forasmuch as among all <03605> the wise <02450> [men] of the nations <01471>, and in all <03605> their kingdoms <04467>, [there is] none <0369> like <03644> unto thee.

8 But they are altogether <0259> brutish <01197> and foolish <03688>: the stock <06086> [is] a doctrine <04148> of vanities <01892>.

9 Silver <03701> spread <07554> into plates is brought <0935> from Tarshish <08659>, and gold <02091> from Uphaz <0210>, the work <04639> of the workman <02796>, and of the hands <03027> of the founder <06884>: blue <08504> and purple <0713> [is] their clothing <03830>: they [are] all <03605> the work <04639> of cunning <02450> [men].

10 But the LORD <03068> [is] the true <0571> God <0430>, he [is] the living <02416> God <0430>, and an everlasting <05769> king <04428>: at his wrath <07110> the earth <0776> shall tremble <07493>, and the nations <01471> shall not be able <03201> to abide <03557> his indignation <02195>.

11 Thus <01836> shall ye say <0560> unto them, The gods <0426> that have not made <05648> the heavens <08065> and the earth <0778>, [even] they shall perish <07> from the earth <0772>, and from under <08460> these <0429> heavens <08065>.

12 He hath made <06213> the earth <0776> by his power <03581>, he hath established <03559> the world <08398> by his wisdom <02451>, and hath stretched <05186> out the heavens <08064> by his discretion <08394>.

13 When he uttereth <05414> his voice <06963>, [there is] a multitude <01995> of waters <04325> in the heavens <08064>, and he causeth the vapours <05387> to ascend <05927> from the ends <07097> of the earth <0776>; he maketh <06213> lightnings <01300> with rain <04306>, and bringeth <03318> forth <03318> the wind <07307> out of his treasures <0214>.

14 Every <03605> man <0120> is brutish <01197> in [his] knowledge <01847>: every <03605> founder <06884> is confounded <03001> by the graven <06459> image <06459>: for his molten <05262> image [is] falsehood <08267>, and [there is] no <03808> breath <07307> in them.

15 They [are] vanity <01892>, [and] the work <04639> of errors <08595>: in the time <06256> of their visitation <06486> they shall perish <06>.

16 The portion <02506> of Jacob <03290> [is] not like them: for he [is] the former <03335> of all <03605> [things]; and Israel <03478> [is] the rod <07626> of his inheritance <05159>: The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] his name <08034>.

17. Gather <0622> up thy wares <03666> out of the land <0776>, O inhabitant <03427> of the fortress <04693>.

18 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will sling <07049> out the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776> at this <02063> once <06471>, and will distress <06887> them, that they may find <04672> [it so].

19 Woe <0188> is me for my hurt <07667>! my wound <04347> is grievous <02470>: but I said <0559>, Truly <0389> this <02088> [is] a grief <02483>, and I must bear <05375> it.

20 My tabernacle <0168> is spoiled <07703>, and all <03605> my cords <04340> are broken <05423>: my children <01121> are gone <03318> forth <03318> of me, and they [are] not: [there is] none <0369> to stretch <05186> forth my tent <0168> any more <05750>, and to set <06965> up my curtains <03407>.

21 For the pastors <07462> are become <01197> brutish <01197>, and have not sought <01875> the LORD <03068>: therefore they shall not prosper <07919>, and all <03605> their flocks <04830> shall be scattered <06327>.

22 Behold <02009>, the noise <06963> of the bruit <08052> is come <0935>, and a great <01419> commotion <07494> out of the north <06828> country <0776>, to make <07760> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> desolate <08077>, [and] a den <04583> of dragons <08577>.

23 O LORD <03068>, I know <03045> that the way <01870> of man <0120> [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh <01980> to direct <03559> his steps <06806>.

24 O LORD <03068>, correct <03256> me, but with judgment <04941>; not in thine anger <0639>, lest <06435> thou bring me to nothing <04591>.

25 Pour <08210> out thy fury <02534> upon the heathen <01471> that know <03045> thee not, and upon the families <04940> that call <07121> not on thy name <08034>: for they have eaten <0398> up Jacob <03290>, and devoured <0398> him, and consumed <03615> him, and have made his habitation <05116> desolate <08074>.

Jeremiah 11

1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,

2 Hear <08085> ye the words <01697> of this <02088> covenant <01285>, and speak <01696> unto the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and to the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>;

3 And say <0559> thou unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Cursed <0779> [be] the man <0376> that obeyeth <08085> not the words <01697> of this <02088> covenant <01285>,

4 Which <0834> I commanded <06680> your fathers <01> in the day <03117> [that] I brought <03318> them forth <03318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, from the iron <01270> furnace <03564>, saying <0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>, and do <06213> them, according to all <03605> which <0834> I command <06680> you: so shall ye be my people <05971>, and I will be your God <0430>:

5 That I may perform <06965> the oath <07621> which <0834> I have sworn <07650> unto your fathers <01>, to give <05414> them a land <0776> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey <01706>, as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>. Then answered <06030> I, and said <0559>, So <0543> be it, O LORD <03068>.

6 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Proclaim <07121> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Hear <08085> ye the words <01697> of this <02088> covenant <01285>, and do <06213> them.

7 For I earnestly protested <05749> unto your fathers <01> in the day <03117> [that] I brought <05927> them up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, [even] unto this <02088> day <03117>, rising <07925> early <07925> and protesting <05749>, saying <0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>.

8 Yet they obeyed <08085> not, nor <03808> inclined <05186> their ear <0241>, but walked <03212> every <0376> one <0376> in the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451> heart <03820>: therefore I will bring <0935> upon them all <03605> the words <01697> of this <02088> covenant <01285>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> [them] to do <06213>; but they did <06213> [them] not.

9 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, A conspiracy <07195> is found <04672> among the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and among the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>.

10 They are turned <07725> back <07725> to the iniquities <05771> of their forefathers, which <0834> refused <03985> to hear <08085> my words <01697>; and they went <01980> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <05647> them: the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and the house <01004> of Judah <03063> have broken <06565> my covenant <01285> which <0834> I made <03772> with their fathers <01>.

11. Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon them, which <0834> they shall not be able <03201> to escape <03318>; and though they shall cry <02199> unto me, I will not hearken <08085> unto them.

12 Then shall the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> go <01980>, and cry <02199> unto the gods <0430> unto whom they offer incense <06999>: but they shall not save <03467> them at all in the time <06256> of their trouble <07451>.

13 For [according to] the number <04557> of thy cities <05892> were thy gods <0430>, O Judah <03063>; and [according to] the number <04557> of the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389> have ye set <07760> up altars <04196> to [that] shameful <01322> thing, [even] altars <04196> to burn <06999> incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>.

14 Therefore pray <06419> not thou for this <02088> people <05971>, neither <0408> lift <05375> up a cry <07440> or prayer <08605> for them: for I will not hear <08085> [them] in the time <06256> that they cry <07121> unto me for their trouble <07451>.

15 What <04100> hath my beloved <03039> to do in mine house <01004>, [seeing] she hath wrought <06213> lewdness <04209> with many <07227>, and the holy <06944> flesh <01320> is passed <05674> from thee? when <03588> thou doest evil <07451>, then <0227> thou rejoicest <05937>.

16 The LORD <03068> called <07121> thy name <08034>, A green <07488> olive <02132> tree, fair <03303>, [and] of goodly fruit <06529>: with the noise <06963> of a great <01419> tumult <01999> he hath kindled <03341> fire <0784> upon it, and the branches <01808> of it are broken <07489>.

17 For the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that planted <05193> thee, hath pronounced <01696> evil <07451> against <05921> thee, for the evil <07451> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and of the house <01004> of Judah <03063>, which <0834> they have done <06213> against themselves <01992> to provoke me to anger <03707> in offering incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>.

18. And the LORD <03068> hath given me knowledge <03045> [of it], and I know <03045> [it]: then <0227> thou shewedst <07200> me their doings <04611>.

19 But I [was] like a lamb <03532> [or] an ox <0441> [that] is brought <02986> to the slaughter <02873>; and I knew <03045> not that they had devised <02803> devices <04284> against <05921> me, [saying], Let us destroy <07843> the tree <06086> with the fruit <03899> thereof, and let us cut <03772> him off from the land <0776> of the living <02416>, that his name <08034> may be no <03808> more <05750> remembered <02142>.

20 But, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that judgest <08199> righteously <06664>, that triest <0974> the reins <03629> and the heart <03820>, let me see <07200> thy vengeance <05360> on them: for unto thee have I revealed <01540> my cause <07379>.

21 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of the men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, that seek <01245> thy life <05315>, saying <0559>, Prophesy <05012> not in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, that thou die <04191> not by our hand <03027>:

22 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Behold <02005>, I will punish <06485> them: the young <0970> men shall die <04191> by the sword <02719>; their sons <01121> and their daughters <01121> shall die <04191> by famine <07458>:

23 And there shall be no <03808> remnant <07611> of them: for I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon the men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, [even] the year <08141> of their visitation <06486>.

Jeremiah 12

1. Righteous <06662> [art] thou, O LORD <03068>, when <03588> I plead <07378> with thee: yet <0389> let me talk <01696> with thee of [thy] judgments <04941>: Wherefore <04069> doth the way <01870> of the wicked <07563> prosper <06743>? [wherefore] are all <03605> they happy <07951> that deal very <0899> treacherously <0898>?

2 Thou hast planted <05193> them, yea <01571>, they have taken root <08327>: they grow <03212>, yea <01571>, they bring <06213> forth <06213> fruit <06529>: thou [art] near <07138> in their mouth <06310>, and far <07350> from their reins <03629>.

3 But thou, O LORD <03068>, knowest <03045> me: thou hast seen <07200> me, and tried <0974> mine heart <03820> toward <0854> thee: pull <05423> them out like sheep <06629> for the slaughter <02873>, and prepare <06942> them for the day <03117> of slaughter <02028>.

4 How <05704> long <05704> shall the land <0776> mourn <056>, and the herbs <06212> of every <03605> field <07704> wither <03001>, for the wickedness <07451> of them that dwell <03427> therein? the beasts <0929> are consumed <05595>, and the birds <05775>; because <03588> they said <0559>, He shall not see <07200> our last <0319> end.

5 If <03588> thou hast run <07323> with the footmen <07273>, and they have wearied <03811> thee, then how <0349> canst thou contend <08474> with horses <05483>? and [if] in the land <0776> of peace <07965>, [wherein] thou trustedst <0982>, [they wearied thee], then how <0349> wilt thou do <06213> in the swelling <01347> of Jordan <03383>?

6 For even <01571> thy brethren <0251>, and the house <01004> of thy father <01>, even <01571> they have dealt treacherously <0898> with thee; yea <01571>, they have called <07121> a multitude <04392> after <0310> thee: believe <0539> them not, though <03588> they speak <01696> fair <02896> words unto thee.

7. I have forsaken <05800> mine house <01004>, I have left <05203> mine heritage <05159>; I have given <05414> the dearly beloved <03039> of my soul <05315> into the hand <03709> of her enemies <0341>.

8 Mine heritage <05159> is unto me as a lion <0738> in the forest <03293>; it crieth out against <05921> me: therefore have I hated <08130> it.

9 Mine heritage <05159> [is] unto me [as] a speckled <06641> bird <05861>, the birds <05861> round <05439> about [are] against <05921> her; come <03212> ye, assemble <0622> all <03605> the beasts <02416> of the field <07704>, come <0857> to devour <0402>.

10 Many <07227> pastors <07462> have destroyed <07843> my vineyard <03754>, they have trodden <0947> my portion <02513> under foot <0947>, they have made <05414> my pleasant <02532> portion <02513> a desolate <08077> wilderness <04057>.

11 They have made <07760> it desolate <08074>, [and being] desolate <08077> it mourneth <056> unto me; the whole <03605> land <0776> is made desolate <08074>, because <03588> no <0369> man <0376> layeth <07760> [it] to heart <03820>.

12 The spoilers <07703> are come <0935> upon all <03605> high <08205> places through the wilderness <04057>: for the sword <02719> of the LORD <03068> shall devour <0398> from the [one] end <07097> of the land <0776> even to the [other] end <07097> of the land <0776>: no <0369> flesh <01320> shall have peace <07965>.

13 They have sown <02232> wheat <02406>, but shall reap <07114> thorns <06975>: they have put themselves to pain <02470>, [but] shall not profit <03276>: and they shall be ashamed <0954> of your revenues <08393> because of the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068>.

14. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> against <05921> all <03605> mine evil <07451> neighbours <07934>, that touch <05060> the inheritance <05159> which <0834> I have caused my people <05971> Israel <03478> to inherit <05157>; Behold <02005>, I will pluck <05428> them out of their land <0127>, and pluck <05428> out the house <01004> of Judah <03063> from among <08432> them.

15 And it shall come to pass, after <0310> that I have plucked <05428> them out I will return <07725>, and have compassion <07355> on them, and will bring <07725> them again <07725>, every man <0376> to his heritage <05159>, and every man <0376> to his land <0776>.

16 And it shall come to pass, if <0518> they will diligently learn <03925> the ways <01870> of my people <05971>, to swear <07650> by my name <08034>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; as they taught <03925> my people <05971> to swear <07650> by Baal <01168>; then shall they be built <01129> in the midst <08432> of my people <05971>.

17 But if <0518> they will not obey <08085>, I will utterly pluck <05428> up and destroy <06> that nation <01471>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

Jeremiah 13

1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Go <01980> and get <07069> thee a linen <06593> girdle <0232>, and put <07760> it upon thy loins <04975>, and put <07760> it not in water <04325>.

2 So I got <07069> a girdle <0232> according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and put <07760> [it] on <05921> my loins <04975>.

3 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me the second <08145> time, saying <0559>,

4 Take <03947> the girdle <0232> that thou hast got <07069>, which <0834> [is] upon thy loins <04975>, and arise <06965>, go <03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and hide <02934> it there <08033> in a hole <05357> of the rock.

5 So I went <03212>, and hid <02934> it by Euphrates <06578>, as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> me.

6 And it came <01961> to pass after <07093> many <07227> days <03117>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Arise <06965>, go <03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and take <03947> the girdle <0232> from thence <08033>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> thee to hide <02934> there <08033>.

7 Then I went <03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and digged <02658>, and took <03947> the girdle <0232> from the place <04725> where I had hid <02934> it: and, behold <02009>, the girdle <0232> was marred <07843>, it was profitable <06743> for nothing.

8 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,

9 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, After <03602> this manner <03541> will I mar <07843> the pride <01347> of Judah <03063>, and the great <07227> pride <01347> of Jerusalem <03389>.

10 This <02088> evil <07451> people <05971>, which refuse <03987> to hear <08085> my words <01697>, which walk <01980> in the imagination <08307> of their heart <03820>, and walk <01980> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, to serve <05647> them, and to worship <07812> them, shall even be as this <02088> girdle <0232>, which <0834> is good <06743> for nothing.

11 For as the girdle <0232> cleaveth <01692> to the loins <04975> of a man <0376>, so <03651> have I caused to cleave <01692> unto me the whole <03605> house <01004> of Israel <03478> and the whole <03605> house <01004> of Judah <03063>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; that they might be unto me for a people <05971>, and for a name <08034>, and for a praise <08416>, and for a glory <08597>: but they would not hear <08085>.

12. Therefore thou shalt speak <0559> unto them this <02088> word <01697>; Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Every <03605> bottle <05035> shall be filled <04390> with wine <03196>: and they shall say <0559> unto thee, Do we not certainly know <03045> that every <03605> bottle <05035> shall be filled <04390> with wine <03196>?

13 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will fill <05433> all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of this land <0776>, even the kings <04428> that sit <03427> upon David's <01732> throne <03678>, and the priests <03548>, and the prophets <05030>, and all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, with drunkenness <07943>.

14 And I will dash <05310> them one <0376> against <0413> another <0250>, even the fathers <01> and the sons <01121> together <03162>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: I will not pity <02550>, nor <03808> spare <02347>, nor <03808> have mercy <07355>, but destroy <07843> them.

15 Hear <08085> ye, and give ear <0238>; be not proud <01341>: for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>.

16 Give <05414> glory <03519> to the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, before <02962> he cause darkness <02821>, and before <02962> your feet <07272> stumble <05062> upon the dark <05399> mountains <02022>, and, while ye look <06960> for light <0216>, he turn <07760> it into the shadow <06757> of death <06757>, [and] make <07896> [it] gross <06205> darkness <06205>.

17 But if <0518> ye will not hear <08085> it, my soul <05315> shall weep <01058> in secret <04565> places for [your] pride <01466>; and mine eye <05869> shall weep <01830> sore, and run <03381> down with tears <01832>, because <03588> the LORD'S <03068> flock <05739> is carried <07617> away captive <07617>.

18 Say <0559> unto the king <04428> and to the queen <01377>, Humble <08213> yourselves, sit <03427> down: for your principalities <04761> shall come <03381> down <03381>, [even] the crown <05850> of your glory <08597>.

19 The cities <05892> of the south <05045> shall be shut <05462> up, and none <0369> shall open <06605> [them]: Judah <03063> shall be carried <01540> away captive <01540> all <03605> of it, it shall be wholly <07965> carried <01540> away captive <01540>.

20 Lift <05375> up your eyes <05869>, and behold <07200> them that come <0935> from the north <06828>: where <0346> [is] the flock <05739> [that] was given <05414> thee, thy beautiful <08597> flock <06629>?

21 What <04100> wilt thou say <0559> when <03588> he shall punish <06485> thee? for thou hast taught <03925> them [to be] captains <0441>, [and] as chief <07218> over <05921> thee: shall not sorrows <02256> take <0270> thee, as a woman <0802> in travail <03205>?

22. And if <03588> thou say <0559> in thine heart <03824>, Wherefore <04069> come <07122> these <0428> things upon me? For the greatness <07230> of thine iniquity <05771> are thy skirts <07757> discovered <01540>, [and] thy heels <06119> made bare <02554>.

23 Can the Ethiopian <03569> change <02015> his skin <05785>, or the leopard <05246> his spots <02272>? [then] may <03201> ye also <01571> do good <03190>, that are accustomed <03928> to do evil <07489>.

24 Therefore will I scatter <06327> them as the stubble <07179> that passeth <05674> away by the wind <07307> of the wilderness <04057>.

25 This <02088> [is] thy lot <01486>, the portion <04490> of thy measures <04055> from me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; because <0834> thou hast forgotten <07911> me, and trusted <0982> in falsehood <08267>.

26 Therefore will I discover <02834> thy skirts <07757> upon thy face <06440>, that thy shame <07036> may appear <07200>.

27 I have seen <07200> thine adulteries <05004>, and thy neighings <04684>, the lewdness <02154> of thy whoredom <02184>, [and] thine abominations <08251> on <05921> the hills <01389> in the fields <07704>. Woe <0188> unto thee, O Jerusalem <03389>! wilt thou not be made clean <02891>? when [shall it] once <05750> [be]?

Jeremiah 14

1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> concerning the dearth <01226>.

2 Judah <03063> mourneth <056>, and the gates <08179> thereof languish <0535>; they are black <06937> unto the ground <0776>; and the cry <06682> of Jerusalem <03389> is gone <05927> up.

3 And their nobles <0117> have sent <07971> their little <06810> ones to the waters <04325>: they came <0935> to the pits <01356>, [and] found <04672> no <03808> water <04325>; they returned <07725> with their vessels <03627> empty <07387>; they were ashamed <0954> and confounded <03637>, and covered <02645> their heads <07218>.

4 Because <05668> the ground <0127> is chapt <02865>, for there was no <03808> rain <01653> in the earth <0776>, the plowmen <0406> were ashamed <0954>, they covered <02645> their heads <07218>.

5 Yea, the hind <0365> also <01571> calved <03205> in the field <07704>, and forsook <05800> [it], because <03588> there was no <03808> grass <01758>.

6 And the wild <06501> asses <06501> did stand <05975> in the high <08205> places, they snuffed <07602> up the wind <07307> like dragons <08577>; their eyes <05869> did fail <03615>, because <03588> [there was] no <0369> grass <06212>.

7 O LORD <03068>, though <0518> our iniquities <05771> testify <06030> against us, do <06213> thou [it] for thy name's <08034> sake <04616>: for our backslidings <04878> are many <07231>; we have sinned <02398> against thee.

8 O the hope <04723> of Israel <03478>, the saviour <03467> thereof in time <06256> of trouble <06869>, why <04100> shouldest thou be as a stranger <01616> in the land <0776>, and as a wayfaring <0732> man [that] turneth <05186> aside <05186> to tarry <03885> for a night?

9 Why <04100> shouldest thou be as a man <0376> astonied <01724>, as a mighty <01368> man <0376> [that] cannot save <03467>? yet thou, O LORD <03068>, [art] in the midst <07130> of us, and we are called <07121> by thy name <08034>; leave <03241> us not.

10. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto this <02088> people <05971>, Thus <03651> have they loved <0157> to wander <05128>, they have not refrained <02820> their feet <07272>, therefore the LORD <03068> doth not accept <07521> them; he will now <04994> remember <02142> their iniquity <05771>, and visit <06485> their sins <02403>.

11 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Pray <06419> not for this <02088> people <05971> for [their] good <02896>.

12 When <03588> they fast <06684>, I will not hear <08085> their cry <07440>; and when <03588> they offer <05927> burnt <05930> offering and an oblation <04503>, I will not accept <07521> them: but I will consume <03615> them by the sword <02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>.

13 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! behold <02009>, the prophets <05030> say <0559> unto them, Ye shall not see <07200> the sword <02719>, neither <03808> shall ye have famine <07458>; but I will give <05414> you assured <0571> peace <07965> in this <02088> place <04725>.

14 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, The prophets <05030> prophesy <05012> lies <08267> in my name <08034>: I sent <07971> them not, neither <03808> have I commanded <06680> them, neither <03808> spake <01696> unto them: they prophesy <05012> unto you a false <08267> vision <02377> and divination <07081>, and a thing of nought <0434>, and the deceit <08649> of their heart <03820>.

15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> concerning <05921> the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> in my name <08034>, and I sent <07971> them not, yet they say <0559>, Sword <02719> and famine <07458> shall not be in this <02063> land <0776>; By sword <02719> and famine <07458> shall those <01992> prophets <05030> be consumed <08552>.

16 And the people <05971> to whom they prophesy <05012> shall be cast <07993> out in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389> because <06440> of the famine <07458> and the sword <02719>; and they shall have none <0369> to bury <06912> them, them, their wives <0802>, nor their sons <01121>, nor their daughters <01121>: for I will pour <08210> their wickedness <07451> upon them.

17. Therefore thou shalt say <0559> this <02088> word <01697> unto them; Let mine eyes <05869> run <03381> down with tears <01832> night <03915> and day <03119>, and let them not cease <01820>: for the virgin <01330> daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is broken <07665> with a great <01419> breach <07667>, with a very <03966> grievous <02470> blow <04347>.

18 If <0518> I go <03318> forth <03318> into the field <07704>, then behold <02009> the slain <02491> with the sword <02719>! and if <0518> I enter <0935> into the city <05892>, then behold <02009> them that are sick <08463> with famine <07458>! yea, both <01571> the prophet <05030> and the priest <03548> go <05503> about <05503> into <0413> a land <0776> that they know <03045> not.

19 Hast thou utterly rejected <03988> Judah <03063>? hath thy soul <05315> lothed <01602> Zion <06726>? why <04069> hast thou smitten <05221> us, and [there is] no <0369> healing <04832> for us? we looked <06960> for peace <07965>, and [there is] no <0369> good <02896>; and for the time <06256> of healing <04832>, and behold <02009> trouble <01205>!

20 We acknowledge <03045>, O LORD <03068>, our wickedness <07562>, [and] the iniquity <05771> of our fathers <01>: for we have sinned <02398> against thee.

21 Do not abhor <05006> [us], for thy name's <08034> sake <04616>, do not disgrace <05034> the throne <03678> of thy glory <03519>: remember <02142>, break <06565> not thy covenant <01285> with us.

22 Are there [any] among the vanities <01892> of the Gentiles <01471> that can cause rain <01653>? or can the heavens <08064> give <05414> showers <07241>? [art] not thou he, O LORD <03068> our God <0430>? therefore we will wait <06960> upon thee: for thou hast made <06213> all <03605> these <0428> [things].

Jeremiah 15

1. Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Though <0518> Moses <04872> and Samuel <08050> stood <05975> before <06440> me, [yet] my mind <05315> [could] not [be] toward <0413> this <02088> people <05971>: cast <07971> [them] out of my sight <06440>, and let them go <03318> forth <03318>.

2 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <03588> they say <0559> unto thee, Whither <0575> shall we go <03318> forth <03318>? then thou shalt tell <0559> them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Such as [are] for death <04194>, to death <04194>; and such as [are] for the sword <02719>, to the sword <02719>; and such as [are] for the famine <07458>, to the famine <07458>; and such as [are] for the captivity <07628>, to the captivity <07628>.

3 And I will appoint <06485> over <05921> them four <0702> kinds <04940>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: the sword <02719> to slay <02026>, and the dogs <03611> to tear <05498>, and the fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>, and the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>, to devour <0398> and destroy <07843>.

4 And I will cause <05414> them to be removed <02189> into all <03605> kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>, because <01558> of Manasseh <04519> the son <01121> of Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, for [that] which <0834> he did <06213> in Jerusalem <03389>.

5 For who <04310> shall have pity <02550> upon thee, O Jerusalem <03389>? or who <04310> shall bemoan <05110> thee? or who shall go <05493> aside <05493> to ask <07592> how thou doest <07965>?

6 Thou hast forsaken <05203> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, thou art gone <03212> backward <0268>: therefore will I stretch <05186> out my hand <03027> against <05921> thee, and destroy <07843> thee; I am weary <03811> with repenting <05162>.

7 And I will fan <02219> them with a fan <02219> in the gates <08179> of the land <0776>; I will bereave <07921> [them] of children, I will destroy <06> my people <05971>, [since] they return <07725> not from their ways <01870>.

8 Their widows <0490> are increased <06105> to me above the sand <02344> of the seas <03220>: I have brought <0935> upon them against <05921> the mother <0517> of the young <0970> men a spoiler <07703> at noonday <06672>: I have caused [him] to fall <05307> upon it suddenly <06597>, and terrors <0928> upon the city <05892>.

9 She that hath borne <03205> seven <07651> languisheth <0535>: she hath given <05301> up the ghost <05315>; her sun <08121> is gone <0935> down while [it was] yet <05750> day <03119>: she hath been <01961> ashamed <0954> and confounded <02659>: and the residue <07611> of them will I deliver <05414> to the sword <02719> before <06440> their enemies <0341>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

10. Woe <0188> is me, my mother <0517>, that thou hast borne <03205> me a man <0376> of strife <07379> and a man <0376> of contention <04066> to the whole <03605> earth <0776>! I have neither <03808> lent <05383> on usury <05383>, nor <03808> men have lent <05383> to me on usury <05383>; [yet] every <03605> one of them doth curse <07043> me.

11 The LORD <03068> said <0559>, Verily it shall be well <02896> with thy remnant <08293>; verily <0518> I will cause the enemy <0341> to entreat <06293> thee [well] in the time <06256> of evil <07451> and in the time <06256> of affliction <06869>.

12 Shall iron <01270> break <07489> the northern <06828> iron <01270> and the steel <05178>?

13 Thy substance <02428> and thy treasures <0214> will I give <05414> to the spoil <0957> without price <04242>, and [that] for all <03605> thy sins <02403>, even in all <03605> thy borders <01366>.

14 And I will make [thee] to pass <05674> with thine enemies <0341> into a land <0776> [which] thou knowest <03045> not: for a fire <0784> is kindled <06919> in mine anger <0639>, [which] shall burn <03344> upon you.

15. O LORD <03068>, thou knowest <03045>: remember <02142> me, and visit <06485> me, and revenge <05358> me of my persecutors <07291>; take <03947> me not away in thy longsuffering: know <03045> that for thy sake I have suffered <05375> rebuke <02781>.

16 Thy words <01697> were found <04672>, and I did eat <0398> them; and thy word <01697> was unto me the joy <08342> and rejoicing <08057> of mine heart <03824>: for I am called <07121> by thy name <08034>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>.

17 I sat <03427> not in the assembly <05475> of the mockers <07832>, nor rejoiced <05937>; I sat <03427> alone <0909> because <06440> of thy hand <03027>: for thou hast filled <04390> me with indignation <02195>.

18 Why <04100> is my pain <03511> perpetual <05331>, and my wound <04347> incurable <0605>, [which] refuseth <03985> to be healed <07495>? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar <0391>, [and as] waters <04325> [that] fail <0539>?

19 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, If <0518> thou return <07725>, then will I bring <07725> thee again <07725>, [and] thou shalt stand <05975> before <06440> me: and if <0518> thou take <03318> forth <03318> the precious <03368> from the vile <02151>, thou shalt be as my mouth <06310>: let them return <07725> unto thee; but return <07725> not thou unto them.

20 And I will make <05414> thee unto this <02088> people <05971> a fenced <01219> brasen <05178> wall <02346>: and they shall fight <03898> against <0413> thee, but they shall not prevail <03201> against thee: for I [am] with thee to save <03467> thee and to deliver <05337> thee, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

21 And I will deliver <05337> thee out of the hand <03027> of the wicked <07451>, and I will redeem <06299> thee out of the hand <03709> of the terrible <06184>.

Jeremiah 16

1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> also unto me, saying,

2 Thou shalt not take <03947> thee a wife <0802>, neither <03808> shalt thou have sons <01121> or <0176> daughters <01121> in this <02088> place <04725>.

3 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> concerning <05921> the sons <01121> and concerning <05921> the daughters <01121> that are born <03205> in this <02088> place <04725>, and concerning <05921> their mothers <0517> that bare <03205> them, and concerning <05921> their fathers <01> that begat <03205> them in this <02088> land <0776>;

4 They shall die <04191> of grievous <08463> deaths <04463>; they shall not be lamented <05594>; neither <03808> shall they be buried <06912>; [but] they shall be as dung <01828> upon the face <06440> of the earth <0127>: and they shall be consumed <03615> by the sword <02719>, and by famine <07458>; and their carcases <05038> shall be meat <03978> for the fowls <05775> of heaven <08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.

5 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Enter <0935> not into the house <01004> of mourning <04798>, neither <03808> go <03212> to lament <05594> nor <03808> bemoan <05110> them: for I have taken <0622> away my peace <07965> from this <02088> people <05971>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, [even <0853>] lovingkindness <02617> and mercies <07356>.

6 Both the great <01419> and the small <06996> shall die <04191> in this <02063> land <0776>: they shall not be buried <06912>, neither <03808> shall [men] lament <05594> for them, nor <03808> cut <01413> themselves, nor <03808> make themselves bald <07139> for them:

7 Neither <03808> shall [men] tear <06536> [themselves] for them in mourning <060>, to comfort <05162> them for the dead <04191>; neither <03808> shall [men] give them the cup <03563> of consolation <08575> to drink <08248> for their father <01> or for their mother <0517>.

8 Thou shalt not also go <0935> into the house <01004> of feasting <04960>, to sit <03427> with them to eat <0398> and to drink <08354>.

9 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will cause to cease <07673> out of this <02088> place <04725> in your eyes <05869>, and in your days <03117>, the voice <06963> of mirth <08342>, and the voice <06963> of gladness <08057>, the voice <06963> of the bridegroom <02860>, and the voice <06963> of the bride <03618>.

10. And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> thou shalt shew <05046> this <02088> people <05971> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697>, and they shall say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD <03068> pronounced <01696> all <03605> this <02063> great <01419> evil <07451> against <05921> us? or what <04100> [is] our iniquity <05771>? or what <04100> [is] our sin <02403> that we have committed <02398> against the LORD <03068> our God <0430>?

11 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Because your fathers <01> have forsaken <05800> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and have walked <03212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, and have served <05647> them, and have worshipped <07812> them, and have forsaken <05800> me, and have not kept <08104> my law <08451>;

12 And ye have done <06213> worse <07489> than your fathers <01>; for, behold <02009>, ye walk <01980> every <0376> one <0376> after <0310> the imagination <08307> of his evil <07451> heart <03820>, that they may not hearken <08085> unto me:

13 Therefore will I cast <02904> you out of this <02063> land <0776> into <05921> a land <0776> that ye know <03045> not, [neither] ye nor your fathers <01>; and there <08033> shall ye serve <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> day <03119> and night <03915>; where <0834> I will not shew <05414> you favour <02594>.

14. Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that it shall no <03808> more <05750> be said <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, that brought <05927> up the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>;

15 But, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, that brought <05927> up the children <01121> of Israel <03478> from the land <0776> of the north <06828>, and from all <03605> the lands <0776> whither he had driven <05080> them: and I will bring <07725> them again <07725> into <05921> their land <0127> that I gave <05414> unto their fathers <01>.

16 Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> for many <07227> fishers <01728>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and they shall fish <01770> them; and after <0310> will I send <07971> for many <07227> hunters <06719>, and they shall hunt <06679> them from every <03605> mountain <02022>, and from every <03605> hill <01389>, and out of the holes <05357> of the rocks <05553>.

17 For mine eyes <05869> [are] upon all <03605> their ways <01870>: they are not hid <05641> from my face <06440>, neither <03808> is their iniquity <05771> hid <06845> from mine eyes <05869>.

18 And first <07223> I will recompense <07999> their iniquity <05771> and their sin <02403> double <04932>; because <05921> they have defiled <02490> my land <0776>, they have filled <04390> mine inheritance <05159> with the carcases <05038> of their detestable <08251> and abominable <08441> things.

19 O LORD <03068>, my strength <05797>, and my fortress <04581>, and my refuge <04498> in the day <03117> of affliction <06869>, the Gentiles <01471> shall come <0935> unto thee from the ends <0657> of the earth <0776>, and shall say <0559>, Surely <0389> our fathers <01> have inherited <05157> lies <08267>, vanity <01892>, and [things] wherein [there is] no <0369> profit <03276>.

20 Shall a man <0120> make <06213> gods <0430> unto himself, and they [are] no <03808> gods <0430>?

21 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I will this <02063> once <06471> cause them to know <03045>, I will cause them to know <03045> mine hand <03027> and my might <01369>; and they shall know <03045> that my name <08034> [is] The LORD <03068>.

Jeremiah 17

1. The sin <02403> of Judah <03063> [is] written <03789> with a pen <05842> of iron <01270>, [and] with the point <06856> of a diamond <08068>: [it is] graven <02790> upon the table <03871> of their heart <03820>, and upon the horns <07161> of your altars <04196>;

2 Whilst their children <01121> remember <02142> their altars <04196> and their groves <0842> by the green <07488> trees <06086> upon the high <01364> hills <01389>.

3 O my mountain <02042> in the field <07704>, I will give <05414> thy substance <02428> [and] all <03605> thy treasures <0214> to the spoil <0957>, [and] thy high <01116> places for sin <02403>, throughout all <03605> thy borders <01366>.

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue <08058> from thine heritage <05159> that I gave <05414> thee; and I will cause thee to serve <05647> thine enemies <0341> in the land <0776> which <0834> thou knowest <03045> not: for ye have kindled <06919> a fire <0784> in mine anger <0639>, [which] shall burn <03344> for ever <05769>.

5. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Cursed <0779> [be] the man <01397> that trusteth <0982> in man <0120>, and maketh flesh <01320> his arm <02220>, and whose heart <03820> departeth <05493> from the LORD <03068>.

6 For he shall be like the heath <06176> in the desert <06160>, and shall not see <07200> when <03588> good <02896> cometh <0935>; but shall inhabit <07931> the parched <02788> places in the wilderness <04057>, [in] a salt <04420> land <0776> and not inhabited <03427>.

7 Blessed <01288> [is] the man <01397> that trusteth <0982> in the LORD <03068>, and whose hope <04009> the LORD <03068> is.

8 For he shall be as a tree <06086> planted <08362> by the waters <04325>, and [that] spreadeth <07971> out her roots <08328> by the river <03105>, and shall not see <07200> when <03588> heat <02527> cometh <0935>, but her leaf <05929> shall be green <07488>; and shall not be careful <01672> in the year <08141> of drought <01226>, neither <03808> shall cease <04185> from yielding <06213> fruit <06529>.

9 The heart <03820> [is] deceitful <06121> above all <03605> [things], and desperately <0605> wicked <0605>: who <04310> can know <03045> it?

10 I the LORD <03068> search <02713> the heart <03820>, [I] try <0974> the reins <03629>, even to give <05414> every man <0376> according to his ways <01870>, [and] according to the fruit <06529> of his doings <04611>.

11 [As] the partridge <07124> sitteth <01716> [on eggs], and hatcheth <03205> [them] not; [so] he that getteth <06213> riches <06239>, and not by right <04941>, shall leave <05800> them in the midst <02677> of his days <03117>, and at his end <0319> shall be a fool <05036>.

12. A glorious <03519> high <04791> throne <03678> from the beginning <07223> [is] the place <04725> of our sanctuary <04720>.

13 O LORD <03068>, the hope <04723> of Israel <03478>, all <03605> that forsake <05800> thee shall be ashamed <0954>, [and] they that depart <03249> from me shall be written <03789> in the earth <0776>, because <03588> they have forsaken <05800> the LORD <03068>, the fountain <04726> of living <02416> waters <04325>.

14 Heal <07495> me, O LORD <03068>, and I shall be healed <07495>; save <03467> me, and I shall be saved <03467>: for thou [art] my praise <08416>.

15 Behold <02009>, they say <0559> unto me, Where <0346> [is] the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>? let it come <0935> now <04994>.

16 As for me, I have not hastened <0213> from [being] a pastor <07462> to follow <0310> thee: neither <03808> have I desired <0183> the woeful <0605> day <03117>; thou knowest <03045>: that which came <04161> out of my lips <08193> was [right <05227>] before <05227> thee.

17 Be not a terror <04288> unto me: thou [art] my hope <04268> in the day <03117> of evil <07451>.

18 Let them be confounded <0954> that persecute <07291> me, but let not me be confounded <0954>: let them be dismayed <02865>, but let not me be dismayed <02865>: bring <0935> upon them the day <03117> of evil <07451>, and destroy <07665> them with double <04932> destruction <07670>.

19. Thus <03541> said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me; Go <01980> and stand <05975> in the gate <08179> of the children <01121> of the people <05971>, whereby <0834> the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> come <0935> in, and by the which <0834> they go <03318> out, and in all <03605> the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>;

20 And say <0559> unto them, Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, ye kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and all <03605> Judah <03063>, and all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, that enter <0935> in by these <0428> gates <08179>:

21 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Take heed <08104> to yourselves <05315>, and bear <05375> no <0408> burden <04853> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, nor bring <0935> [it] in by the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>;

22 Neither <03808> carry <03318> forth <03318> a burden <04853> out of your houses <01004> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, neither <03808> do <06213> ye any <03605> work <04399>, but hallow <06942> ye the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, as I commanded <06680> your fathers <01>.

23 But they obeyed <08085> not, neither <03808> inclined <05186> their ear <0241>, but made their neck <06202> stiff <07185>, that they might not hear <08085>, nor <01115> receive <03947> instruction <04148>.

24 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <0518> ye diligently hearken <08085> unto me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, to bring <0935> in no <01115> burden <04853> through the gates <08179> of this <02063> city <05892> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, but hallow <06942> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, to do <06213> no <01115> work <04399> therein;

25 Then shall there enter <0935> into the gates <08179> of this <02063> city <05892> kings <04428> and princes <08269> sitting <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, riding <07392> in chariots <07393> and on horses <05483>, they, and their princes <08269>, the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>: and this <02088> city <05892> shall remain <03427> for ever <05769>.

26 And they shall come <0935> from the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and from the places <05439> about <05439> Jerusalem <03389>, and from the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>, and from the plain <08219>, and from the mountains <02022>, and from the south <05045>, bringing <0935> burnt <05930> offerings, and sacrifices <02077>, and meat offerings <04503>, and incense <03828>, and bringing <0935> sacrifices of praise <08426>, unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

27 But if <0518> ye will not hearken <08085> unto me to hallow <06942> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, and not to bear <05375> a burden <04853>, even entering <0935> in at the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>; then will I kindle <03341> a fire <0784> in the gates <08179> thereof, and it shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Jerusalem <03389>, and it shall not be quenched <03518>.

Jeremiah 18

1. The word <01697> which <0834> came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,

2 Arise <06965>, and go <03381> down <03381> to the potter's <03335> house <01004>, and there <08033> I will cause thee to hear <08085> my words <01697>.

3 Then I went <03381> down <03381> to the potter's <03335> house <01004>, and, behold <02009>, he wrought <06213> a work <04399> on <05921> the wheels <070>.

4 And the vessel <03627> that he made <06213> of clay <02563> was marred <07843> in the hand <03027> of the potter <03335>: so he made <06213> it again <07725> another <0312> vessel <03627>, as seemed <05869> good <03474> to the potter <03335> to make <06213> [it].

5 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to me, saying <0559>,

6 O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, cannot I do <06213> with you as this <02088> potter <03335>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>. Behold <02009>, as the clay <02563> [is] in the potter's <03335> hand <03027>, so <03651> [are] ye in mine hand <03027>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>.

7 [At what] instant <07281> I shall speak <01696> concerning <05921> a nation <01471>, and concerning <05921> a kingdom <04467>, to pluck <05428> up, and to pull <05422> down, and to destroy <06> [it];

8 If that nation <01471>, against <05921> whom <0834> I have pronounced <01696>, turn <07725> from their evil <07451>, I will repent <05162> of the evil <07451> that I thought <02803> to do <06213> unto them.

9 And [at what] instant <07281> I shall speak <01696> concerning <05921> a nation <01471>, and concerning <05921> a kingdom <04467>, to build <01129> and to plant <05193> [it];

10 If it do <06213> evil <07451> in my sight <05869>, that it obey <08085> not my voice <06963>, then I will repent <05162> of the good <02896>, wherewith <0834> I said <0559> I would benefit <03190> them.

11. Now <06258> therefore go <04994> to, speak <0559> to the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and to the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02009>, I frame <03335> evil <07451> against <05921> you, and devise <02803> a device <04284> against <05921> you: return <07725> ye now <04994> every <0376> one <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, and make your ways <01870> and your doings <04611> good <03190>.

12 And they said <0559>, There is no hope <02976>: but we will walk <01980> after <0310> our own devices <04284>, and we will every <0376> one <0376> do <06213> the imagination <08307> of his evil <07451> heart <03820>.

13 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Ask <07592> ye now <04994> among the heathen <01471>, who <04310> hath heard <08085> such <0428> things: the virgin <01330> of Israel <03478> hath done <06213> a very <03966> horrible <08186> thing.

14 Will [a man] leave <05800> the snow <07950> of Lebanon <03844> [which cometh] from the rock <06697> of the field <07704>? [or] shall the cold <07119> flowing <05140> waters <04325> that come from another <02114> place be forsaken <05428>?

15 Because <03588> my people <05971> hath forgotten <07911> me, they have burned <06999> incense <06999> to vanity <07723>, and they have caused them to stumble <03782> in their ways <01870> [from] the ancient <05769> paths <07635>, to walk <01980> in paths <05410>, [in] a way <01870> not cast <05549> up;

16 To make <07760> their land <0776> desolate <08047>, [and] a perpetual <05769> hissing <08292>; every <03605> one that passeth <05674> thereby <05921> shall be astonished <08074>, and wag <05110> his head <07218>.

17 I will scatter <06327> them as with an east <06921> wind <07307> before <06440> the enemy <0341>; I will shew <07200> them the back <06203>, and not the face <06440>, in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>.

18. Then said <0559> they, Come <03212>, and let us devise <02803> devices <04284> against <05921> Jeremiah <03414>; for the law <08451> shall not perish <06> from the priest <03548>, nor counsel <06098> from the wise <02450>, nor the word <01697> from the prophet <05030>. Come <03212>, and let us smite <05221> him with the tongue <03956>, and let us not give heed <07181> to any <03605> of his words <01697>.

19 Give heed <07181> to me, O LORD <03068>, and hearken <08085> to the voice <06963> of them that contend <03401> with me.

20 Shall evil <07451> be recompensed <07999> for good <02896>? for they have digged <03738> a pit <07745> for my soul <05315>. Remember <02142> that I stood <05975> before <06440> thee to speak <01696> good <02896> for them, [and] to turn <07725> away thy wrath <02534> from them.

21 Therefore <03651> deliver <05414> up their children <01121> to the famine <07458>, and pour <05064> out their [blood] by the force <03027> of the sword <02719>; and let their wives <0802> be bereaved <07909> of their children, and [be] widows <0490>; and let their men <0582> be put <02026> to death <04194>; [let] their young <0970> men [be] slain <05221> by the sword <02719> in battle <04421>.

22 Let a cry <02201> be heard <08085> from their houses <01004>, when <03588> thou shalt bring <0935> a troop <01416> suddenly <06597> upon them: for they have digged <03738> a pit to take <03920> me, and hid <02934> snares <06341> for my feet <07272>.

23 Yet, LORD <03068>, thou knowest <03045> all <03605> their counsel <06098> against <05921> me to slay <01194> [me]: forgive <03722> not their iniquity <05771>, neither <0408> blot <04229> out their sin <02403> from thy sight <06440>, but let them be overthrown <03782> before <06440> thee; deal <06213> [thus] with them in the time <06256> of thine anger <0639>.

Jeremiah 19

1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Go <01980> and get <07069> a potter's <03335> earthen <02789> bottle <01228>, and [take] of the ancients <02204> of the people <05971>, and of the ancients <02204> of the priests <03548>;

2 And go <03318> forth <03318> unto the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, which <0834> [is] by the entry <06607> of the east <02777> gate <08179>, and proclaim <07121> there <08033> the words <01697> that I shall tell <01696> thee,

3 And say <0559>, Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>; Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon this <02088> place <04725>, the which <0834> whosoever <03605> heareth <08085>, his ears <0241> shall tingle <06750>.

4 Because they have forsaken <05800> me, and have estranged <05234> this <02088> place <04725>, and have burned <06999> incense <06999> in it unto other <0312> gods <0430>, whom <0834> neither <03808> they nor their fathers <01> have known <03045>, nor the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and have filled <04390> this <02088> place <04725> with the blood <01818> of innocents <05355>;

5 They have built <01129> also the high <01116> places of Baal <01168>, to burn <08313> their sons <01121> with fire <0784> [for] burnt <05930> offerings unto Baal <01168>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> not, nor <03808> spake <01696> [it], neither <03808> came <05927> [it] into <05921> my mind <03820>:

6 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that this <02088> place <04725> shall no <03808> more <05750> be called <07121> Tophet <08612>, nor The valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, but The valley <01516> of slaughter <02028>.

7 And I will make void <01238> the counsel <06098> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> in this <02088> place <04725>; and I will cause them to fall <05307> by the sword <02719> before <06440> their enemies <0341>, and by the hands <03027> of them that seek <01245> their lives <05315>: and their carcases <05038> will I give <05414> to be meat <03978> for the fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.

8 And I will make <07760> this <02063> city <05892> desolate <08047>, and an hissing <08322>; every <03605> one that passeth <05674> thereby <05921> shall be astonished <08074> and hiss <08319> because <05921> of all <03605> the plagues <04347> thereof.

9 And I will cause them to eat <0398> the flesh <01320> of their sons <01121> and the flesh <01320> of their daughters <01121>, and they shall eat <0398> every <0376> one <0376> the flesh <01320> of his friend <07453> in the siege <04692> and straitness <04689>, wherewith <0834> their enemies <0341>, and they that seek <01245> their lives <05315>, shall straiten <06693> them.

10. Then shalt thou break <07665> the bottle <01228> in the sight <05869> of the men <0582> that go <01980> with thee,

11 And shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Even <03602> so <03602> will I break <07665> this <02088> people <05971> and this <02063> city <05892>, as [one] breaketh <07665> a potter's <03335> vessel <03627>, that cannot be made <07495> whole <07495> again <05750>: and they shall bury <06912> [them] in Tophet <08612>, till [there be] no <0369> place <04725> to bury <06912>.

12 Thus <03651> will I do <06213> unto this <02088> place <04725>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and to the inhabitants <03427> thereof, and [even] make <05414> this <02063> city <05892> as Tophet <08612>:

13 And the houses <01004> of Jerusalem <03389>, and the houses <01004> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, shall be defiled <02931> as the place <04725> of Tophet <08612>, because <03605> of all <03605> the houses <01004> upon whose <0834> roofs <01406> they have burned <06999> incense <06999> unto all <03605> the host <06635> of heaven <08064>, and have poured <05258> out drink <05262> offerings unto other <0312> gods <0430>.

14 Then came <0935> Jeremiah <03414> from Tophet <08612>, whither <0834> the LORD <03068> had sent <07971> him to prophesy <05012>; and he stood <05975> in the court <02691> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>; and said <0559> to all <03605> the people <05971>,

15 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> upon this city <05892> and upon all <03605> her towns <05892> all <03605> the evil <07451> that I have pronounced <01696> against <05921> it, because <03588> they have hardened <07185> their necks <06203>, that they might not hear <08085> my words <01697>.

Jeremiah 20

1. Now Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of Immer <0564> the priest <03548>, who <01931> [was] also chief <05051> governor <05057> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, heard <08085> that Jeremiah <03414> prophesied <05012> these <0428> things <01697>.

2 Then Pashur <06583> smote <05221> Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030>, and put <05414> him in the stocks <04115> that [were] in the high <05945> gate <08179> of Benjamin <01144>, which <0834> [was] by the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

3 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283>, that Pashur <06583> brought <03318> forth <03318> Jeremiah <03414> out of the stocks <04115>. Then said <0559> Jeremiah <03414> unto him, The LORD <03068> hath not called <07121> thy name <08034> Pashur <06583>, but Magormissabib <04036>.

4 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will make <05414> thee a terror <04320> to thyself, and to all <03605> thy friends <0157>: and they shall fall <05307> by the sword <02719> of their enemies <0341>, and thine eyes <05869> shall behold <07200> [it]: and I will give <05414> all <03605> Judah <03063> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall carry <01540> them captive <01540> into Babylon <0894>, and shall slay <05221> them with the sword <02719>.

5 Moreover I will deliver <05414> all <03605> the strength <02633> of this <02063> city <05892>, and all <03605> the labours <03018> thereof, and all <03605> the precious <03366> things thereof, and all <03605> the treasures <0214> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> will I give <05414> into the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341>, which shall spoil <0962> them, and take <03947> them, and carry <0935> them to Babylon <0894>.

6 And thou, Pashur <06583>, and all <03605> that dwell <03427> in thine house <01004> shall go <03212> into captivity <07628>: and thou shalt come <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there <08033> thou shalt die <04191>, and shalt be buried <06912> there <08033>, thou, and all <03605> thy friends <0157>, to whom thou hast prophesied <05012> lies <08267>.

7. O LORD <03068>, thou hast deceived <06601> me, and I was deceived <06601>: thou art stronger <02388> than I, and hast prevailed <03201>: I am in derision <07814> daily, every <03605> one mocketh <03932> me.

8 For since <01767> I spake <01696>, I cried <02199> out, I cried <07121> violence <02555> and spoil <07701>; because <03588> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> was made <01961> a reproach <02781> unto me, and a derision <07047>, daily.

9 Then I said <0559>, I will not make mention <02142> of him, nor <03808> speak <01696> any more <05750> in his name <08034>. But [his word] was in mine heart <03820> as a burning <01197> fire <0784> shut <06113> up in my bones <06106>, and I was weary <03811> with forbearing <03557>, and I could <03201> not [stay].

10 For I heard <08085> the defaming <01681> of many <07227>, fear <04032> on every <05437> side <05439>. Report <05046>, [say they], and we will report <05046> it. All <03605> my familiars <07965> watched <08104> for my halting <06761>, [saying], Peradventure <0194> he will be enticed <06601>, and we shall prevail <03201> against him, and we shall take <03947> our revenge <05360> on him.

11 But the LORD <03068> [is] with me as a mighty <01368> terrible <06184> one: therefore my persecutors <07291> shall stumble <03782>, and they shall not prevail <03201>: they shall be greatly <03966> ashamed <0954>; for they shall not prosper <07919>: [their] everlasting <05769> confusion <03639> shall never be forgotten <07911>.

12 But, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that triest <0974> the righteous <06662>, [and] seest <07200> the reins <03629> and the heart <03820>, let me see <07200> thy vengeance <05360> on them: for unto thee have I opened <01540> my cause <07379>.

13 Sing <07891> unto the LORD <03068>, praise <01984> ye the LORD <03068>: for he hath delivered <05337> the soul <05315> of the poor <034> from the hand <03027> of evildoers <07489>.

14. Cursed <0779> [be] the day <03117> wherein <0834> I was born <03205>: let not the day <03117> wherein <0834> my mother <0517> bare <03205> me be blessed <01288>.

15 Cursed <0779> [be] the man <0376> who <0834> brought <01319> tidings <01319> to my father <01>, saying <0559>, A man <02145> child <01121> is born <03205> unto thee; making him very glad <08056>.

16 And let that man <0376> be as the cities <05892> which <0834> the LORD <03068> overthrew <02015>, and repented <05162> not: and let him hear <08085> the cry <02201> in the morning <01242>, and the shouting <08643> at noontide;

17 Because <0834> he slew <04191> me not from the womb <07358>; or that my mother <0517> might have been <01961> my grave <06913>, and her womb <07358> [to be] always <05769> great <02030> [with me].

18 Wherefore <04100> came <03318> I forth <03318> out of the womb <07358> to see <07200> labour <05999> and sorrow <03015>, that my days <03117> should be consumed <03615> with shame <01322>?

Jeremiah 21

1. The word <01697> which <0834> came <01961> unto Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, when king <04428> Zedekiah <06667> sent <07971> unto him Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of Melchiah <04441>, and Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548>, saying <0559>,

2 Enquire <01875>, I pray <04994> thee, of the LORD <03068> for us; for Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> maketh war <03898> against <05921> us; if <0194> so be that the LORD <03068> will deal <06213> with us according to all <03605> his wondrous <06381> works, that he may go <05927> up from us.

3 Then said <0559> Jeremiah <03414> unto them, Thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> to Zedekiah <06667>:

4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will turn <05437> back <05437> the weapons <03627> of war <04421> that [are] in your hands <03027>, wherewith <0834> ye fight <03898> against the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and [against] the Chaldeans <03778>, which besiege <06696> you without <02351> the walls <02346>, and I will assemble <0622> them into <0413> the midst <08432> of this <02063> city <05892>.

5 And I myself <0589> will fight <03898> against you with an outstretched <05186> hand <03027> and with a strong <02389> arm <02220>, even in anger <0639>, and in fury <02534>, and in great <01419> wrath <07110>.

6 And I will smite <05221> the inhabitants <03427> of this <02063> city <05892>, both man <0120> and beast <0929>: they shall die <04191> of a great <01419> pestilence <01698>.

7 And afterward, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, I will deliver <05414> Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and his servants <05650>, and the people <05971>, and such as are left <07604> in this <02063> city <05892> from the pestilence <01698>, from the sword <02719>, and from the famine <07458>, into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and into the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341>, and into the hand <03027> of those that seek <01245> their life <05315>: and he shall smite <05221> them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; he shall not spare <02347> them, neither <03808> have pity <02550>, nor <03808> have mercy <07355>.

8. And unto this <02088> people <05971> thou shalt say <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I set <05414> before <06440> you the way <01870> of life <02416>, and the way <01870> of death <04194>.

9 He that abideth <03427> in this <02063> city <05892> shall die <04191> by the sword <02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>: but he that goeth <03318> out, and falleth <05307> to the Chaldeans <03778> that besiege <06696> you, he shall live <02421>, and his life <05315> shall be unto him for a prey <07998>.

10 For I have set <07760> my face <06440> against this <02063> city <05892> for evil <07451>, and not for good <02896>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: it shall be given <05414> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall burn <08313> it with fire <0784>.

11 And touching the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, [say], Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>;

12 O house <01004> of David <01732>, thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Execute <01777> judgment <04941> in the morning <01242>, and deliver <05337> [him that is] spoiled <01497> out of the hand <03027> of the oppressor <06231>, lest <06435> my fury <02534> go <03318> out like fire <0784>, and burn <01197> that none <0369> can quench <03518> [it], because <06440> of the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>.

13 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <0413> thee, O inhabitant <03427> of the valley <06010>, [and] rock <06697> of the plain <04334>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; which say <0559>, Who <04310> shall come <05181> down <05181> against <05921> us? or who <04310> shall enter <0935> into our habitations <04585>?

14 But I will punish <06485> you according to the fruit <06529> of your doings <04611>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: and I will kindle <03341> a fire <0784> in the forest <03293> thereof, and it shall devour <0398> all <03605> things round <05439> about it.

Jeremiah 22

1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Go <03381> down <03381> to the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and speak <01696> there <08033> this <02088> word <01697>,

2 And say <0559>, Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O king <04428> of Judah <03063>, that sittest <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, thou, and thy servants <05650>, and thy people <05971> that enter <0935> in by these <0428> gates <08179>:

3 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Execute <06213> ye judgment <04941> and righteousness <06666>, and deliver <05337> the spoiled <01497> out of the hand <03027> of the oppressor <06216>: and do no <0408> wrong <03238>, do no <0408> violence <02554> to the stranger <01616>, the fatherless <03490>, nor the widow <0490>, neither <0408> shed <08210> innocent <05355> blood <01818> in this <02088> place <04725>.

4 For if <0518> ye do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697> indeed, then shall there enter <0935> in by the gates <08179> of this <02088> house <01004> kings <04428> sitting <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, riding <07392> in chariots <07393> and on horses <05483>, he, and his servants <05650>, and his people <05971>.

5 But if <0518> ye will not hear <08085> these <0428> words <01697>, I swear <07650> by myself, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that this <02088> house <01004> shall become <01961> a desolation <02723>.

6 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto the king's <04428> house <01004> of Judah <03063>; Thou [art] Gilead <01568> unto me, [and] the head <07218> of Lebanon <03844>: [yet] surely I will make <07896> thee a wilderness <04057>, [and] cities <05892> [which] are not inhabited <03427>.

7 And I will prepare <06942> destroyers <07843> against <05921> thee, every <0376> one <0376> with his weapons <03627>: and they shall cut <03772> down thy choice <04005> cedars <0730>, and cast [them] into <05921> the fire <0784>.

8 And many <07227> nations <01471> shall pass <05674> by this <02063> city <05892>, and they shall say <0559> every man <0376> to his neighbour <07453>, Wherefore hath the LORD <03068> done <06213> thus <03602> unto this <02063> great <01419> city <05892>?

9 Then they shall answer <0559>, Because they have forsaken <05800> the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and worshipped <07812> other <0312> gods <0430>, and served <05647> them.

10. Weep <01058> ye not for the dead <04191>, neither <0408> bemoan <05110> him: [but] weep <01058> sore for him that goeth <01980> away: for he shall return <07725> no <03808> more <05750>, nor see <07200> his native <04138> country <0776>.

11 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> touching <0413> Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, which reigned <04427> instead <08478> of Josiah <02977> his father <01>, which <0834> went <03318> forth <03318> out of this <02088> place <04725>; He shall not return <07725> thither <08033> any more <05750>:

12 But he shall die <04191> in the place <04725> whither they have led him captive <01540>, and shall see <07200> this <02063> land <0776> no <03808> more <05750>.

13 Woe <01945> unto him that buildeth <01129> his house <01004> by unrighteousness, and his chambers <05944> by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's <07453> service <05647> without <02600> wages <02600>, and giveth <05414> him not for his work <06467>;

14 That saith <0559>, I will build <01129> me a wide <04060> house <01004> and large <07304> chambers <05944>, and cutteth <07167> him out windows <02474>; and [it is] cieled <05603> with cedar <0730>, and painted <04886> with vermilion <08350>.

15 Shalt thou reign <04427>, because <03588> thou closest <08474> [thyself] in cedar <0730>? did not thy father <01> eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and do <06213> judgment <04941> and justice <06666>, [and] then <0227> [it was] well <02896> with him?

16 He judged <01777> the cause <01779> of the poor <06041> and needy <034>; then <0227> [it was] well <02896> [with him: was] not this <01931> to know <01847> me? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

17 But thine eyes <05869> and thine heart <03820> [are] not but for thy covetousness <01215>, and for to shed <08210> innocent <05355> blood <01818>, and for oppression <06233>, and for violence <04835>, to do <06213> [it].

18 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> concerning <0413> Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>; They shall not lament <05594> for him, [saying], Ah <01945> my brother <0251>! or, Ah <01945> sister <0269>! they shall not lament <05594> for him, [saying], Ah <01945> lord <0113>! or, Ah <01945> his glory <01935>!

19 He shall be buried <06912> with the burial <06900> of an ass <02543>, drawn <05498> and cast <07993> forth beyond <01973> the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>.

20. Go <05927> up to Lebanon <03844>, and cry <06817>; and lift <05414> up thy voice <06963> in Bashan <01316>, and cry <06817> from the passages <05676>: for all <03605> thy lovers <0157> are destroyed <07665>.

21 I spake <01696> unto thee in thy prosperity <07962>; [but] thou saidst <0559>, I will not hear <08085>. This <02088> [hath been] thy manner <01870> from thy youth <05271>, that thou obeyedst <08085> not my voice <06963>.

22 The wind <07307> shall eat <07462> up all <03605> thy pastors <07462>, and thy lovers <0157> shall go <03212> into captivity <07628>: surely <03588> then <0227> shalt thou be ashamed <0954> and confounded <03637> for all <03605> thy wickedness <07451>.

23 O inhabitant <03427> of Lebanon <03844>, that makest thy nest <07077> in the cedars <0730>, how <04100> gracious <02603> shalt thou be when pangs <02256> come <0935> upon thee, the pain <02427> as of a woman in travail <03205>!

24 [As] I live <02416>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, though <0518> Coniah <03659> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah <03063> were the signet <02368> upon my right <03225> hand <03027>, yet <03588> would I pluck <05423> thee thence <08033>;

25 And I will give <05414> thee into the hand <03027> of them that seek <01245> thy life <05315>, and into the hand <03027> [of them] whose face <06440> thou fearest <01481>, even into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>.

26 And I will cast <02904> thee out, and thy mother <0517> that bare <03205> thee, into <05921> another <0312> country <0776>, where ye were not born <03205>; and there <08033> shall ye die <04191>.

27 But to the land <0776> whereunto <0834> they desire to return <07725>, thither <08033> shall they not return <07725>.

28 [Is] this <02088> man <0376> Coniah <03659> a despised <0959> broken <05310> idol <06089>? [is he] a vessel <03627> wherein [is] no <0363> pleasure <02656>? wherefore <04069> are they cast <07993> out, he and his seed <02233>, and are cast <02904> into <05921> a land <0776> which <0834> they know <03045> not?

29 O earth <0776>, earth <0776>, earth <0776>, hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

30 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Write <03789> ye this <02088> man <0376> childless <06185>, a man <01397> [that] shall not prosper <06743> in his days <03117>: for no <03808> man <0376> of his seed <02233> shall prosper <06743>, sitting <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, and ruling <04910> any more <05750> in Judah <03063>.

Jeremiah 23

1. Woe <01945> be unto the pastors <07462> that destroy <06> and scatter <06327> the sheep <06629> of my pasture <04830>! saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

2 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> against <05921> the pastors <07462> that feed <07462> my people <05971>; Ye have scattered <06327> my flock <06629>, and driven <05080> them away, and have not visited <06485> them: behold <02005>, I will visit <06485> upon you the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

3 And I will gather <06908> the remnant <07611> of my flock <06629> out of all <03605> countries <0776> whither I have driven <05080> them, and will bring <07725> them again <07725> to their folds <05116>; and they shall be fruitful <06509> and increase <07235>.

4 And I will set <06965> up shepherds <07462> over <05921> them which shall feed <07462> them: and they shall fear <03372> no <03808> more <05750>, nor <03808> be dismayed <02865>, neither <03808> shall they be lacking <06485>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

5 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that I will raise <06965> unto David <01732> a righteous <06662> Branch <06780>, and a King <04428> shall reign <04427> and prosper <07919>, and shall execute <06213> judgment <04941> and justice <06666> in the earth <0776>.

6 In his days <03117> Judah <03063> shall be saved <03467>, and Israel <03478> shall dwell <07931> safely <0983>: and this <02088> [is] his name <08034> whereby <0834> he shall be called <07121>, THE LORD <03068> OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS <06664>.

7 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that they shall no <03808> more <05750> say <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which <0834> brought <05927> up the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>;

8 But, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which <0834> brought <05927> up and which <0834> led <0935> the seed <02233> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> out of the north <06828> country <0776>, and from all <03605> countries <0776> whither I had driven <05080> them; and they shall dwell <03427> in their own land <0127>.

9. Mine heart <03820> within <07130> me is broken <07665> because of the prophets <05030>; all <03605> my bones <06106> shake <07363>; I am like a drunken <07910> man <0376>, and like a man <01397> whom wine <03196> hath overcome <05674>, because <06440> of the LORD <03068>, and because <03588> of the words <01697> of his holiness <06944>.

10 For the land <0776> is full <04390> of adulterers <05003>; for because <06440> of swearing <0423> the land <0776> mourneth <056>; the pleasant <04999> places of the wilderness <04057> are dried <03001> up, and their course <04794> is evil <07451>, and their force <01369> [is] not right.

11 For both <01571> prophet <05030> and priest <03548> are profane <02610>; yea <01571>, in my house <01004> have I found <04672> their wickedness <07451>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

12 Wherefore <03651> their way <01870> shall be unto them as slippery <02519> [ways] in the darkness <0653>: they shall be driven <01760> on, and fall <05307> therein: for I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon them, [even] the year <08141> of their visitation <06486>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

13 And I have seen <07200> folly <08604> in the prophets <05030> of Samaria <08111>; they prophesied <05012> in Baal <01168>, and caused my people <05971> Israel <03478> to err <08582>.

14 I have seen <07200> also in the prophets <05030> of Jerusalem <03389> an horrible <08186> thing: they commit <05003> adultery <05003>, and walk <01980> in lies <08267>: they strengthen <02388> also the hands <03027> of evildoers <07489>, that none <01115> doth return <07725> from his wickedness <07451>: they are all <03605> of them unto me as Sodom <05467>, and the inhabitants <03427> thereof as Gomorrah <06017>.

15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> concerning <05921> the prophets <05030>; Behold <02005>, I will feed <0398> them with wormwood <03939>, and make them drink <08248> the water <04325> of gall <07219>: for from the prophets <05030> of Jerusalem <03389> is profaneness <02613> gone <03318> forth <03318> into all <03605> the land <0776>.

16 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Hearken <08085> not unto the words <01697> of the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> unto you: they make you vain <01891>: they speak <01696> a vision <02377> of their own heart <03820>, [and] not out of the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068>.

17 They say <0559> still unto them that despise <05006> me, The LORD <03068> hath said <01696>, Ye shall have <01961> peace <07965>; and they say <0559> unto every <03605> one that walketh <01980> after the imagination <08307> of his own heart <03820>, No <03808> evil <07451> shall come <0935> upon you.

18 For who <04310> hath stood <05975> in the counsel <05475> of the LORD <03068>, and hath perceived <07200> and heard <08085> his word <01697>? who <04310> hath marked <07181> his word <01697>, and heard <08085> [it]?

19 Behold <02009>, a whirlwind <05591> of the LORD <03068> is gone <03318> forth <03318> in fury <02534>, even a grievous <02342> whirlwind <05591>: it shall fall <02342> grievously <02342> upon the head <07218> of the wicked <07563>.

20 The anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> shall not return <07725>, until <05704> he have executed <06213>, and till <05704> he have performed <06965> the thoughts <04209> of his heart <03820>: in the latter <0319> days <03117> ye shall consider <0995> it perfectly <0998>.

21 I have not sent <07971> these prophets <05030>, yet they ran <07323>: I have not spoken <01696> to them, yet they prophesied <05012>.

22 But if they had stood <05975> in my counsel <05475>, and had caused my people <05971> to hear <08085> my words <01697>, then they should have turned <07725> them from their evil <07451> way <01870>, and from the evil <07455> of their doings <04611>.

23 [Am] I a God <0430> at hand <07138>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and not a God <0430> afar <07350> off?

24 Can any <0376> hide <05641> himself in secret <04565> places that I shall not see <07200> him? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>. Do not I fill <04390> heaven <08064> and earth <0776>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

25 I have heard <08085> what the prophets <05030> said <0559>, that prophesy <05012> lies <08267> in my name <08034>, saying <0559>, I have dreamed <02492>, I have dreamed <02492>.

26 How <05704> long <05704> shall [this] be in the heart <03820> of the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> lies <08267>? yea, [they are] prophets <05030> of the deceit <08649> of their own heart <03820>;

27 Which think <02803> to cause my people <05971> to forget <07911> my name <08034> by their dreams <02472> which <0834> they tell <05608> every man <0376> to his neighbour <07453>, as their fathers <01> have forgotten <07911> my name <08034> for Baal <01168>.

28 The prophet <05030> that hath a dream <02472>, let him tell <05608> a dream <02472>; and he that hath my word <01697>, let him speak <01696> my word <01697> faithfully <0571>. What <04100> [is] the chaff <08401> to the wheat <01250>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

29 [Is] not my word <01697> like <03541> as a fire <0784>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and like a hammer <06360> [that] breaketh <06327> the rock <05553> in pieces?

30 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921> the prophets <05030>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that steal <01589> my words <01697> every <0376> one <0376> from his neighbour <07453>.

31 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921> the prophets <05030>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that use <03747> their tongues <03956>, and say, He saith <05002>.

32 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921> them that prophesy <05012> false <08267> dreams <02472>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and do <06213> tell <05608> them, and cause my people <05971> to err <08582> by their lies <08267>, and by their lightness <06350>; yet I sent <07971> them not, nor <03808> commanded <06680> them: therefore they shall not profit <03276> this <02088> people <05971> at all, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

33. And when <03588> this <02088> people <05971>, or <0176> the prophet <05030>, or <0176> a priest <03548>, shall ask <07592> thee, saying <0559>, What <04100> [is] the burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>? thou shalt then say <0559> unto them, What <04100> burden <04853>? I will even forsake <05203> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

34 And [as for] the prophet <05030>, and the priest <03548>, and the people <05971>, that shall say <0559>, The burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>, I will even punish <06485> that man <0376> and his house <01004>.

35 Thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> every <0376> one <0376> to his neighbour <07453>, and every <0376> one <0376> to his brother <0251>, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> answered <06030>? and, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> spoken <01696>?

36 And the burden <04853> of the LORD <03068> shall ye mention <02142> no <03808> more <05750>: for every man's <0376> word <01697> shall be his burden <04853>; for ye have perverted <02015> the words <01697> of the living <02416> God <0430>, of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> our God <0430>.

37 Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> to the prophet <05030>, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> answered <06030> thee? and, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> spoken <01696>?

38 But since <0518> ye say <0559>, The burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>; therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Because <03282> ye say <0559> this <02088> word <01697>, The burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>, and I have sent <07971> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not say <0559>, The burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>;

39 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I, even I, will utterly forget <05382> you, and I will forsake <05203> you, and the city <05892> that I gave <05414> you and your fathers <01>, [and cast you] out of my presence <06440>:

40 And I will bring <05414> an everlasting <05769> reproach <02781> upon you, and a perpetual <05769> shame <03640>, which <0834> shall not be forgotten <07911>.

Jeremiah 24

1. The LORD <03068> shewed <07200> me, and, behold <02009>, two <08147> baskets <01736> of figs <08384> [were] set <03259> before <06440> the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, after <0310> that Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had carried <01540> away captive <01540> Jeconiah <03204> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and the princes <08269> of Judah <03063>, with the carpenters <02796> and smiths <04525>, from Jerusalem <03389>, and had brought <0935> them to Babylon <0894>.

2 One <0259> basket <01731> [had] very <03966> good <02896> figs <08384>, [even] like the figs <08384> [that are] first <01073> ripe: and the other <0259> basket <01731> [had] very <03966> naughty <07451> figs <08384>, which <0834> could not be eaten <0398>, they were so bad <07451>.

3 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, What <04100> seest <07200> thou, Jeremiah <03414>? And I said <0559>, Figs <08384>; the good <02896> figs <08384>, very <03966> good <02896>; and the evil <07451>, very <03966> evil <07451>, that cannot <03808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <07455>.

4 Again the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,

5 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Like these <0428> good <02896> figs <08384>, so <03651> will I acknowledge <05234> them that are carried <01546> away captive <01546> of Judah <03063>, whom <0834> I have sent <07971> out of this <02088> place <04725> into the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778> for [their] good <02896>.

6 For I will set <07760> mine eyes <05869> upon them for good <02896>, and I will bring <07725> them again <07725> to this <02063> land <0776>: and I will build <01129> them, and not pull <02040> [them] down; and I will plant <05193> them, and not pluck <05428> [them] up.

7 And I will give <05414> them an heart <03820> to know <03045> me, that I [am] the LORD <03068>: and they shall be my people <05971>, and I will be their God <0430>: for they shall return <07725> unto me with their whole <03605> heart <03820>.

8 And as the evil <07451> figs <08384>, which <0834> cannot <03808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <07455>; surely <03588> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, So <03651> will I give <05414> Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and his princes <08269>, and the residue <07611> of Jerusalem <03389>, that remain <07604> in this <02063> land <0776>, and them that dwell <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>:

9 And I will deliver <05414> them to be removed <02189> into all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776> for [their] hurt <07451>, [to be] a reproach <02781> and a proverb <04912>, a taunt <08148> and a curse <07045>, in all <03605> places <04725> whither I shall drive <05080> them.

10 And I will send <07971> the sword <02719>, the famine <07458>, and the pestilence <01698>, among them, till <05704> they be consumed <08552> from off <05921> the land <0127> that I gave <05414> unto them and to their fathers <01>.

Jeremiah 25

1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> concerning <05921> all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063> in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, that [was] the first <07224> year <08141> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>;

2 The which <0834> Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> spake <01696> unto all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063>, and to all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>,

3 From the thirteenth year <08141> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Amon <0526> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, even unto this <02088> day <03117>, that [is] the three <07969> and twentieth <06242> year <08141>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> hath come <01961> unto me, and I have spoken <01696> unto you, rising <07925> early <07925> and speaking <01696>; but ye have not hearkened <08085>.

4 And the LORD <03068> hath sent <07971> unto you all <03605> his servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, rising <07925> early <07925> and sending <07971> [them]; but ye have not hearkened <08085>, nor <03808> inclined <05186> your ear <0241> to hear <08085>.

5 They said <0559>, Turn <07725> ye again <07725> now <04994> every <0376> one <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, and from the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>, and dwell <03427> in the land <0127> that the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> unto you and to your fathers <01> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>:

6 And go <03212> not after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <05647> them, and to worship <07812> them, and provoke me not to anger <03707> with the works <04639> of your hands <03027>; and I will do you no <03808> hurt <07489>.

7 Yet ye have not hearkened <08085> unto me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; that ye might provoke me to anger <03707> with the works <04639> of your hands <03027> to your own hurt <07451>.

8. Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Because ye have not heard <08085> my words <01697>,

9 Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> and take <03947> all <03605> the families <04940> of the north <06828>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and Nebuchadrezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, my servant <05650>, and will bring <0935> them against <05921> this <02063> land <0776>, and against <05921> the inhabitants <03427> thereof, and against <05921> all <03605> these <0428> nations <01471> round <05439> about, and will utterly destroy <02763> them, and make <07760> them an astonishment <08047>, and an hissing <08322>, and perpetual <05769> desolations <02723>.

10 Moreover I will take <06> from them the voice <06963> of mirth <08342>, and the voice <06963> of gladness <08057>, the voice <06963> of the bridegroom <02860>, and the voice <06963> of the bride <03618>, the sound <06963> of the millstones <07347>, and the light <0216> of the candle <05216>.

11 And this <02063> whole <03605> land <0776> shall be a desolation <02723>, [and] an astonishment <08047>; and these <0428> nations <01471> shall serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> seventy <07657> years <08141>.

12 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when seventy <07657> years <08141> are accomplished <04390>, [that] I will punish <06485> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and that nation <01471>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, for their iniquity <05771>, and the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778>, and will make <07760> it perpetual <05769> desolations <08077>.

13 And I will bring <0935> upon that land <0776> all <03605> my words <01697> which <0834> I have pronounced <01696> against <05921> it, [even] all <03605> that is written <03789> in this <02088> book <05612>, which <0834> Jeremiah <03414> hath prophesied <05012> against <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471>.

14 For many <07227> nations <01471> and great <01419> kings <04428> shall serve <05647> themselves of them also <01571>: and I will recompense <07999> them according to their deeds <06467>, and according to the works <04639> of their own hands <03027>.

15. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> unto me; Take <03947> the wine <03196> cup <03563> of this <02063> fury <02534> at my hand <03027>, and cause all <03605> the nations <01471>, to whom I send <07971> thee, to drink <08248> it.

16 And they shall drink <08354>, and be moved <01607>, and be mad <01984>, because <06440> of the sword <02719> that I will send <07971> among <0996> them.

17 Then took <03947> I the cup <03563> at the LORD'S <03068> hand <03027>, and made all <03605> the nations <01471> to drink <08248>, unto whom the LORD <03068> had sent <07971> me:

18 [To wit], Jerusalem <03389>, and the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and the kings <04428> thereof, and the princes <08269> thereof, to make <05414> them a desolation <02723>, an astonishment <08047>, an hissing <08322>, and a curse <07045>; as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>;

19 Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and his servants <05650>, and his princes <08269>, and all <03605> his people <05971>;

20 And all <03605> the mingled <06154> people, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of Uz <05780>, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, and Ashkelon <0831>, and Azzah <05804>, and Ekron <06138>, and the remnant <07611> of Ashdod <0795>,

21 Edom <0123>, and Moab <04124>, and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>,

22 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Tyrus <06865>, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of Zidon <06721>, and the kings <04428> of the isles <0339> which <0834> [are] beyond <05676> the sea <03220>,

23 Dedan <01719>, and Tema <08485>, and Buz <0938>, and all <03605> [that are] in the utmost <07112> corners <06285>,

24 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Arabia <06152>, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of the mingled <06154> people that dwell <07931> in the desert <04057>,

25 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Zimri <02174>, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of Elam <05867>, and all <03605> the kings <04428> of the Medes <04074>,

26 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of the north <06828>, far <07350> and near <07138>, one <0376> with another <0250>, and all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the world <0776>, which <0834> [are] upon the face <06440> of the earth <0127>: and the king <04428> of Sheshach <08347> shall drink <08354> after <0310> them.

27 Therefore thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Drink <08354> ye, and be drunken <07937>, and spue <07006>, and fall <05307>, and rise <06965> no <03808> more, because <06440> of the sword <02719> which <0834> I will send <07971> among <0996> you.

28 And it shall be, if they refuse <03985> to take <03947> the cup <03563> at thine hand <03027> to drink <08354>, then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Ye shall certainly drink <08354>.

29 For, lo <02009>, I begin <02490> to bring evil <07489> on the city <05892> which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, and should ye be utterly unpunished <05352>? Ye shall not be unpunished <05352>: for I will call <07121> for a sword <02719> upon all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the earth <0776>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

30. Therefore prophesy <05012> thou against <0413> them all <03605> these <0428> words <01697>, and say <0559> unto them, The LORD <03068> shall roar <07580> from on high <04791>, and utter <05414> his voice <06963> from his holy <06944> habitation <04583>; he shall mightily roar <07580> upon his habitation <05116>; he shall give a shout, as they that tread <01869> [the grapes], against <0413> all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the earth <0776>.

31 A noise <07588> shall come <0935> [even] to the ends <07097> of the earth <0776>; for the LORD <03068> hath a controversy <07379> with the nations <01471>, he will plead <08199> with all <03605> flesh <01320>; he will give <05414> them [that are] wicked <07563> to the sword <02719>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

32 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, Behold <02009>, evil <07451> shall go <03318> forth <03318> from nation <01471> to nation <01471>, and a great <01419> whirlwind <05591> shall be raised <05782> up from the coasts <03411> of the earth <0776>.

33 And the slain <02491> of the LORD <03068> shall be at that day <03117> from [one] end <07097> of the earth <0776> even unto the [other] end <07097> of the earth <0776>: they shall not be lamented <05594>, neither <03808> gathered <0622>, nor <03808> buried <06912>; they shall be dung <01828> upon the ground <0127>.

34 Howl <03213>, ye shepherds <07462>, and cry <02199>; and wallow <06428> yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal <0117> of the flock <06629>: for the days <03117> of your slaughter <02873> and of your dispersions <08600> are accomplished <04390>; and ye shall fall <05307> like a pleasant <02532> vessel <03627>.

35 And the shepherds <07462> shall have no <04480> way <04498> to flee <04498>, nor the principal <0117> of the flock <06629> to escape <06413>.

36 A voice <06963> of the cry <06818> of the shepherds <07462>, and an howling <03213> of the principal <0117> of the flock <06629>, [shall be heard <08085>]: for the LORD <03068> hath spoiled <07703> their pasture <04830>.

37 And the peaceable <07965> habitations <04999> are cut <01826> down because <06440> of the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068>.

38 He hath forsaken <05800> his covert <05520>, as the lion <03715>: for their land <0776> is desolate <08047> because <06440> of the fierceness <02740> of the oppressor <03238>, and because <06440> of his fierce <02740> anger <0639>.

Jeremiah 26

1. In the beginning <07225> of the reign <04468> of Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063> came <01961> this <02088> word <01697> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Stand <05975> in the court <02691> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, and speak <01696> unto all <03605> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, which come <0935> to worship <07812> in the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, all <03605> the words <01697> that I command <06680> thee to speak <01696> unto them; diminish <01639> not a word <01697>:

3 If <0194> so be they will hearken <08085>, and turn <07725> every man <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, that I may repent <05162> me of the evil <07451>, which <0834> I purpose <02803> to do <06213> unto them because <06440> of the evil <07455> of their doings <04611>.

4 And thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; If <0518> ye will not hearken <08085> to me, to walk <01980> in my law <08451>, which <0834> I have set <05414> before <06440> you,

5 To hearken <08085> to the words <01697> of my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, whom <0834> I sent <07971> unto you, both rising <07925> up early <07925>, and sending <07971> [them], but ye have not hearkened <08085>;

6 Then will I make <05414> this <02088> house <01004> like Shiloh <07887>, and will make <05414> this <02063> city <05892> a curse <07045> to all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776>.

7. So the priests <03548> and the prophets <05030> and all <03605> the people <05971> heard <08085> Jeremiah <03414> speaking <01696> these <0428> words <01697> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

8 Now it came <01961> to pass, when Jeremiah <03414> had made an end <03615> of speaking <01696> all <03605> that the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> [him] to speak <01696> unto all <03605> the people <05971>, that the priests <03548> and the prophets <05030> and all <03605> the people <05971> took <08610> him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt surely die <04191>.

9 Why <04069> hast thou prophesied <05012> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, This <02088> house <01004> shall be like Shiloh <07887>, and this <02063> city <05892> shall be desolate <02717> without <0369> an inhabitant <03427>? And all <03605> the people <05971> were gathered <06950> against <0413> Jeremiah <03414> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

10 When the princes <08269> of Judah <03063> heard <08085> these <0428> things <01697>, then they came <05927> up from the king's <04428> house <01004> unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and sat <03427> down in the entry <06607> of the new <02319> gate <08179> of the LORD'S <03068> [house].

11 Then spake <0559> the priests <03548> and the prophets <05030> unto the princes <08269> and to all <03605> the people <05971>, saying <0559>, This <02088> man <0376> [is] worthy to die <04194>; for he hath prophesied <05012> against <0413> this <02063> city <05892>, as ye have heard <08085> with your ears <0241>.

12 Then spake <0559> Jeremiah <03414> unto all <03605> the princes <08269> and to all <03605> the people <05971>, saying <0559>, The LORD <03068> sent <07971> me to prophesy <05012> against <0413> this <02088> house <01004> and against <0413> this <02063> city <05892> all <03605> the words <01697> that ye have heard <08085>.

13 Therefore now <06258> amend <03190> your ways <01870> and your doings <04611>, and obey <08085> the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>; and the LORD <03068> will repent <05162> him of the evil <07451> that he hath pronounced <01696> against <05921> you.

14 As for me, behold <02005>, I [am] in your hand <03027>: do <06213> with me as seemeth <05869> good <02896> and meet <03477> unto you.

15 But know <03045> ye for certain <03045>, that if <0518> ye put me to death <04191>, ye shall surely <03588> bring <05414> innocent <05355> blood <01818> upon yourselves, and upon this <02063> city <05892>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> thereof: for of a truth <0571> the LORD <03068> hath sent <07971> me unto you to speak <01696> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in your ears <0241>.

16. Then said <0559> the princes <08269> and all <03605> the people <05971> unto the priests <03548> and to the prophets <05030>; This <02088> man <0376> [is] not worthy to die <04194>: for he hath spoken <01696> to us in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.

17 Then rose <06965> up certain <0582> of the elders <02205> of the land <0776>, and spake <0559> to all <03605> the assembly <06951> of the people <05971>, saying <0559>,

18 Micah <04320> the Morasthite <04183> prophesied <05012> in the days <03117> of Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and spake <0559> to all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Zion <06726> shall be plowed <02790> [like] a field <07704>, and Jerusalem <03389> shall become <01961> heaps <05856>, and the mountain <02022> of the house <01004> as the high <01116> places of a forest <03293>.

19 Did Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> and all <03605> Judah <03063> put him at all <03605> to death <04191>? did he not fear <03373> the LORD <03068>, and besought <02470> the LORD <03068>, and the LORD <03068> repented <05162> him of the evil <07451> which <0834> he had pronounced <01696> against <05921> them? Thus might we procure <06213> great <01419> evil <07451> against <05921> our souls <05315>.

20 And there was also <01571> a man <0376> that prophesied <05012> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, Urijah <0223> the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098> of Kirjathjearim <07157>, who prophesied <05012> against <05921> this <02063> city <05892> and against <05921> this <02063> land <0776> according to all <03605> the words <01697> of Jeremiah <03414>:

21 And when Jehoiakim <03079> the king <04428>, with all <03605> his mighty <01368> men, and all <03605> the princes <08269>, heard <08085> his words <01697>, the king <04428> sought <01245> to put him to death <04191>: but when Urijah <0223> heard <08085> it, he was afraid <03372>, and fled <01272>, and went <0935> into Egypt <04714>;

22 And Jehoiakim <03079> the king <04428> sent <07971> men <0582> into Egypt <04714>, [namely], Elnathan <0494> the son <01121> of Achbor <05907>, and [certain] men <0582> with him into <0413> Egypt <04714>.

23 And they fetched <03318> forth <03318> Urijah <0223> out of Egypt <04714>, and brought <0935> him unto Jehoiakim <03079> the king <04428>; who slew <05221> him with the sword <02719>, and cast <07993> his dead <05038> body <05038> into <0413> the graves <06913> of the common <01121> people <05971>.

24 Nevertheless <0389> the hand <03027> of Ahikam <0296> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227> was with Jeremiah <03414>, that they should not give <05414> him into the hand <03027> of the people <05971> to put him to death <04191>.

Jeremiah 27

1. In the beginning <07225> of the reign <04467> of Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063> came <01961> this <02088> word <01697> unto Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> to me; Make <06213> thee bonds <04147> and yokes <04133>, and put <05414> them upon thy neck <06677>,

3 And send <07971> them to the king <04428> of Edom <0123>, and to the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, and to the king <04428> of the Ammonites <05984>, and to the king <04428> of Tyrus <06865>, and to the king <04428> of Zidon <06721>, by the hand <03027> of the messengers <04397> which come <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> unto Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>;

4 And command <06680> them to say <0559> unto their masters <0113>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> unto your masters <0113>;

5 I have made <06213> the earth <0776>, the man <0120> and the beast <0929> that [are] upon the ground <0776>, by my great <01419> power <03581> and by my outstretched <05186> arm <02220>, and have given <05414> it unto whom <0834> it seemed <05869> meet <03474> unto me.

6 And now <06258> have I given <05414> all <03605> these <0428> lands <0776> into <0413> the hand <03027> of Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, my servant <05650>; and the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> have I given <05414> him also <01571> to serve <05647> him.

7 And all <03605> nations <01471> shall serve <05647> him, and his son <01121>, and his son's <01121> son <01121>, until <05704> the very time <06256> of his land <0776> come <0935>: and then many <07227> nations <01471> and great <01419> kings <04428> shall serve <05647> themselves of him.

8 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] the nation <01471> and kingdom <04467> which <0834> will not serve <05647> the same Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and that will not put <05414> their neck <06677> under the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, that nation <01471> will I punish <06485>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, with the sword <02719>, and with the famine <07458>, and with the pestilence <01698>, until <05704> I have consumed <08552> them by his hand <03027>.

9 Therefore hearken <08085> not ye to your prophets <05030>, nor to your diviners <07080>, nor to your dreamers <02492>, nor to your enchanters <06049>, nor to your sorcerers <03786>, which <0834> speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>:

10 For they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you, to remove <07368> you far <07368> from your land <0127>; and that I should drive <05080> you out, and ye should perish <06>.

11 But the nations <01471> that bring <0935> their neck <06677> under the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and serve <05647> him, those will I let remain <03241> still in their own land <0127>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and they shall till <05647> it, and dwell <03427> therein.

12. I spake <01696> also to Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> according to all <03605> these <0428> words <01697>, saying <0559>, Bring <0935> your necks <06677> under the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and serve <05647> him and his people <05971>, and live <02421>.

13 Why <04100> will ye die <04191>, thou and thy people <05971>, by the sword <02719>, by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>, as the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> against <0413> the nation <01471> that will not serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>?

14 Therefore hearken <08085> not unto the words <01697> of the prophets <05030> that speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>: for they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you.

15 For I have not sent <07971> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, yet they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> in my name <08034>; that I might drive <05080> you out, and that ye might perish <06>, ye, and the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> unto you.

16 Also I spake <01696> to the priests <03548> and to all <03605> this <02088> people <05971>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Hearken <08085> not to the words <01697> of your prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> unto you, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, the vessels <03627> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004> shall now <06258> shortly <04120> be brought <07725> again <07725> from Babylon <0894>: for they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you.

17 Hearken <08085> not unto them; serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and live <02421>: wherefore <04100> should this <02063> city <05892> be laid waste <02723>?

18 But if <0518> they [be] prophets <05030>, and if <0518> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> be with them, let them now <04994> make intercession <06293> to the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that the vessels <03627> which are left <03498> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and [in] the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and at Jerusalem <03389>, go <0935> not to Babylon <0894>.

19 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> concerning <05921> the pillars <05982>, and concerning <05921> the sea <03220>, and concerning <05921> the bases <04369>, and concerning <05921> the residue <03499> of the vessels <03627> that remain <03498> in this <02063> city <05892>,

20 Which <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> took <03947> not, when he carried <01546> away captive <01540> Jeconiah <03204> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah <03063> from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894>, and all <03605> the nobles <02715> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>;

21 Yea <03588>, thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, concerning <05921> the vessels <03627> that remain <03498> [in] the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and [in] the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah <03063> and of Jerusalem <03389>;

22 They shall be carried <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there <08033> shall they be until <05704> the day <03117> that I visit <06485> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; then will I bring <05927> them up, and restore <07725> them to this <02008> place <04725>.

Jeremiah 28

1. And it came <01961> to pass the same <01931> year <08141>, in the beginning <07225> of the reign <04467> of Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, in the fourth <07243> year <08141>, [and] in the fifth <02549> month <02320>, [that] Hananiah <02608> the son <01121> of Azur <05809> the prophet <05030>, which <0834> [was] of Gibeon <01391>, spake <0559> unto me in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, in the presence <05869> of the priests <03548> and of all <03605> the people <05971>, saying <0559>,

2 Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, I have broken <07665> the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.

3 Within <05750> two full <03117> years <08141> will I bring <07725> again <07725> into this <02008> place <04725> all <03605> the vessels <03627> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, that Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> took <03947> away from this <02008> place <04725>, and carried <0935> them to Babylon <0894>:

4 And I will bring <07725> again <07725> to this <02008> place <04725> Jeconiah <03204> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, with all <03605> the captives <01546> of Judah <03063>, that went <0935> into Babylon <0894>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: for I will break <07665> the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.

5 Then the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> unto the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> in the presence <05869> of the priests <03548>, and in the presence <05869> of all <03605> the people <05971> that stood <05975> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,

6 Even the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> said <0559>, Amen <0543>: the LORD <03068> do <06213> so <03651>: the LORD <03068> perform <06965> thy words <01697> which <0834> thou hast prophesied <05012>, to bring <07725> again <07725> the vessels <03627> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, and all <03605> that is carried <01473> away captive <01473>, from Babylon <0894> into <0413> this <02008> place <04725>.

7 Nevertheless <0389> hear <08085> thou now <04994> this <02008> word <01697> that I speak <01696> in thine ears <0241>, and in the ears <0241> of all <03605> the people <05971>;

8 The prophets <05030> that have been <01961> before <06440> me and before <06440> thee of old <05769> prophesied <05012> both against <0413> many <07227> countries <0776>, and against <05921> great <01419> kingdoms <04467>, of war <04421>, and of evil <07451>, and of pestilence <01698>.

9 The prophet <05030> which <0834> prophesieth <05012> of peace <07965>, when the word <01697> of the prophet <05030> shall come <0935> to pass, [then] shall the prophet <05030> be known <03045>, that the LORD <03068> hath truly <0571> sent <07971> him.

10. Then Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030> took <03947> the yoke <04133> from off <05921> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah's <03414> neck <06677>, and brake <07665> it.

11 And Hananiah <02608> spake <0559> in the presence <05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>, saying <0559>, Thus <03602> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Even <03602> so <03602> will I break <07665> the yoke <05923> of Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> from the neck <06677> of all <03605> nations <01471> within <05750> the space <05750> of two full <03117> years <08141>. And the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> went <03212> his way <01870>.

12 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto Jeremiah <03414> [the prophet], after <0310> that Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030> had broken <07665> the yoke <04133> from off <05921> the neck <06677> of the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559>,

13 Go <01980> and tell <0559> Hananiah <02608>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Thou hast broken <07665> the yokes <04133> of wood <06086>; but thou shalt make <06213> for them yokes <04133> of iron <01270>.

14 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; I have put <05414> a yoke <05923> of iron <01270> upon the neck <06677> of all <03605> these <0428> nations <01471>, that they may serve <05647> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>; and they shall serve <05647> him: and I have given <05414> him the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> also <01571>.

15 Then said <0559> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> unto Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030>, Hear <08085> now <04994>, Hananiah <02608>; The LORD <03068> hath not sent <07971> thee; but thou makest this <02008> people <05971> to trust <0982> in a lie <08267>.

16 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I will cast <07971> thee from off <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>: this year <08141> thou shalt die <04191>, because <03588> thou hast taught <01696> rebellion <05627> against <0413> the LORD <03068>.

17 So Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030> died <04191> the same <01931> year <08141> in the seventh <07637> month <02320>.

Jeremiah 29

1. Now these <0428> [are] the words <01697> of the letter <05612> that Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> sent <07971> from Jerusalem <03389> unto the residue <03499> of the elders <02205> which were carried <01473> away captives <01473>, and to the priests <03548>, and to the prophets <05030>, and to all <03605> the people <05971> whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> had carried <01540> away captive <01473> from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894>;

2 (After that Jeconiah <03204> the king <04428>, and the queen <01377>, and the eunuchs <05631>, the princes <08269> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, and the carpenters <02796>, and the smiths <04525>, were departed <03318> from Jerusalem <03389>;)

3 By the hand <03027> of Elasah <0501> the son <01121> of Shaphan <08227>, and Gemariah <01587> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, (whom Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> sent <07971> unto Babylon <0894> to Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>) saying <0559>,

4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, unto all <03605> that are carried <01473> away captives <01473>, whom <0834> I have caused to be carried <01540> away from Jerusalem <03389> unto Babylon <0894>;

5 Build <01129> ye houses <01004>, and dwell <03427> [in them]; and plant <05193> gardens <01593>, and eat <0398> the fruit <06529> of them;

6 Take <03947> ye wives <0802>, and beget <03205> sons <01121> and daughters <01121>; and take <03947> wives <0802> for your sons <01121>, and give <05414> your daughters <01121> to husbands <0582>, that they may bear <03205> sons <01121> and daughters <01121>; that ye may be increased <07235> there <08033>, and not diminished <04591>.

7 And seek <01875> the peace <07965> of the city <05892> whither I have caused you to be carried <01540> away captives <01540>, and pray <06419> unto the LORD <03068> for it: for in the peace <07965> thereof shall ye have peace <07965>.

8. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Let not your prophets <05030> and your diviners <07080>, that [be] in the midst <07130> of you, deceive <05377> you, neither <0408> hearken <08085> to your dreams <02472> which <0834> ye cause to be dreamed <02492>.

9 For they prophesy <05012> falsely <08267> unto you in my name <08034>: I have not sent <07971> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

10 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, That after <06310> seventy <07657> years <08141> be accomplished <04390> at Babylon <0894> I will visit <06485> you, and perform <06965> my good <02896> word <01697> toward <05921> you, in causing you to return <07725> to this <02088> place <04725>.

11 For I know <03045> the thoughts <04284> that I think <02803> toward <05921> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, thoughts <04284> of peace <07965>, and not of evil <07451>, to give <05414> you an expected <08615> end <0319>.

12 Then shall ye call <07121> upon me, and ye shall go <01980> and pray <06419> unto me, and I will hearken <08085> unto you.

13 And ye shall seek <01245> me, and find <04672> [me], when <03588> ye shall search <01875> for me with all <03605> your heart <03824>.

14 And I will be found <04672> of you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: and I will turn <07725> away your captivity <07622>, and I will gather <06908> you from all <03605> the nations <01471>, and from all <03605> the places <04725> whither I have driven <05080> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and I will bring <07725> you again <07725> into <0413> the place <04725> whence I caused you to be carried <01540> away captive <01540>.

15. Because <03588> ye have said <0559>, The LORD <03068> hath raised <06965> us up prophets <05030> in Babylon <0894>;

16 [Know] that thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of the king <04428> that sitteth <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, and of all <03605> the people <05971> that dwelleth <03427> in this <02063> city <05892>, [and] of your brethren <0251> that are not gone <03318> forth <03318> with you into captivity <01473>;