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17 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> upon them the sword <02719>, the famine <07458>, and the pestilence <01698>, and will make <05414> them like vile <08182> figs <08384>, that cannot <03808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <07455>.
18 And I will persecute them with the sword <02719>, with the famine <07458>, and with the pestilence <01698>, and will deliver <05414> them to be removed <02189> to all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>, to be a curse <0423>, and an astonishment <08047>, and an hissing <08322>, and a reproach <02781>, among all <03605> the nations <01471> whither I have driven <05080> them:
19 Because they have not hearkened <08085> to my words <01697>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, which <0834> I sent <07971> unto them by my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, rising <07925> up early <07925> and sending <07971> [them]; but ye would not hear <08085>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
20 Hear <08085> ye therefore the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, all <03605> ye of the captivity <01473>, whom <0834> I have sent <07971> from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894>:
21 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, of Ahab <0256> the son <01121> of Kolaiah <06964>, and of Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641>, which prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you in my name <08034>; Behold <02009>, I will deliver <05414> them into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>; and he shall slay <05221> them before your eyes <05869>;
22 And of them shall be taken <03947> up a curse <07045> by all <03605> the captivity <01546> of Judah <03063> which <0834> [are] in Babylon <0894>, saying <0559>, The LORD <03068> make <07760> thee like Zedekiah <06667> and like Ahab <0256>, whom <0834> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> roasted <07033> in the fire <0784>;
23 Because they have committed <06213> villany <05039> in Israel <03478>, and have committed <06213> adultery <05003> with their neighbours <07453>' wives <0802>, and have spoken <01696> lying <08267> words <01697> in my name <08034>, which <0834> I have not commanded <06680> them; even I know <03045>, and [am] a witness <05707>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
24. [Thus] shalt thou also speak <0559> to Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>, saying <0559>,
25 Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Because thou hast sent <07971> letters <05612> in thy name <08034> unto all <03605> the people <05971> that [are] at Jerusalem <03389>, and to Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548>, and to all <03605> the priests <03548>, saying <0559>,
26 The LORD <03068> hath made <05414> thee priest <03548> in the stead <08478> of Jehoiada <03111> the priest <03548>, that ye should be officers <06496> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, for every man <0376> [that is] mad <07696>, and maketh himself a prophet <05012>, that thou shouldest put <05414> him in prison <04115>, and in the stocks <06729>.
27 Now <06258> therefore why <04100> hast thou not reproved <01605> Jeremiah <03414> of Anathoth <06068>, which maketh himself a prophet <05012> to you?
28 For therefore he sent <07971> unto us [in] Babylon <0894>, saying <0559>, This <01931> [captivity is] long <0752>: build <01129> ye houses <01004>, and dwell <03427> [in them]; and plant <05193> gardens <01593>, and eat <0398> the fruit <06529> of them.
29 And Zephaniah <06846> the priest <03548> read <07121> this letter <05612> in the ears <0241> of Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030>.
30 Then came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559>,
31 Send <07971> to all <03605> them of the captivity <01473>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> concerning <0413> Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>; Because that Shemaiah <08098> hath prophesied <05012> unto you, and I sent <07971> him not, and he caused you to trust <0982> in a lie <08267>:
32 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I will punish <06485> Shemaiah <08098> the Nehelamite <05161>, and his seed <02233>: he shall not have <01961> a man <0376> to dwell <03427> among <08432> this <02088> people <05971>; neither <03808> shall he behold <07200> the good <02896> that I will do <06213> for my people <05971>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; because <03588> he hath taught <01696> rebellion <05627> against <05921> the LORD <03068>.
Jeremiah 30
1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Write <03789> thee all <03605> the words <01697> that I have spoken <01696> unto thee in a book <05612>.
3 For, lo <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that I will bring <07725> again <07725> the captivity <07622> of my people <05971> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>: and I will cause them to return <07725> to the land <0776> that I gave <05414> to their fathers <01>, and they shall possess <03423> it.
4 And these <0428> [are] the words <01697> that the LORD <03068> spake <01696> concerning <0413> Israel <03478> and concerning <0413> Judah <03063>.
5 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; We have heard <08085> a voice <06963> of trembling <02731>, of fear <06343>, and not of peace <07965>.
6 Ask <07592> ye now <04994>, and see <07200> whether <0518> a man <02145> doth travail <03205> with child <03205>? wherefore <04069> do I see <07200> every <03605> man <01397> with his hands <03027> on <05921> his loins <02504>, as a woman in travail <03205>, and all <03605> faces <06440> are turned <02015> into paleness <03420>?
7 Alas <01945>! for that day <03117> [is] great <01419>, so that none <0369> [is] like <03644> it: it [is] even the time <06256> of Jacob's <03290> trouble <06869>; but he shall be saved <03467> out of it.
8 For it shall come <01961> to pass in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, [that] I will break <07665> his yoke <05923> from off <05921> thy neck <06677>, and will burst <05423> thy bonds <04147>, and strangers <02114> shall no <03808> more <05750> serve <05647> themselves of him:
9 But they shall serve <05647> the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and David <01732> their king <04428>, whom <0834> I will raise <06965> up unto them.
10. Therefore fear <03372> thou not, O my servant <05650> Jacob <03290>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; neither <0408> be dismayed <02865>, O Israel <03478>: for, lo <02009>, I will save <03467> thee from afar <07350>, and thy seed <02233> from the land <0776> of their captivity <07628>; and Jacob <03290> shall return <07725>, and shall be in rest <08252>, and be quiet <07599>, and none <0369> shall make [him] afraid <02729>.
11 For I [am] with thee, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, to save <03467> thee: though <03588> I make <06213> a full end <03615> of all <03605> nations <01471> whither I have scattered <06327> thee, yet <0389> will I not make <06213> a full end <03615> of thee: but I will correct <03256> thee in measure <04941>, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished <05352>.
12 For thus <03541> saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, Thy bruise <07667> [is] incurable <0605>, [and] thy wound <04347> [is] grievous <02470>.
13 [There is] none <0369> to plead <01777> thy cause <01779>, that thou mayest be bound <04205> up: thou hast no <0369> healing <08585> medicines <07499>.
14 All <03605> thy lovers <0157> have forgotten <07911> thee; they seek <01875> thee not; for I have wounded <05221> thee with the wound <04347> of an enemy <0341>, with the chastisement <04148> of a cruel <0394> one, for the multitude <07230> of thine iniquity <05771>; [because] thy sins <02403> were increased <06105>.
15 Why <04100> criest <02199> thou for thine affliction <07667>? thy sorrow <04341> [is] incurable <0605> for the multitude <07230> of thine iniquity <05771>: [because] thy sins <02403> were increased <06105>, I have done <06213> these <0428> things unto thee.
16 Therefore <03651> all <03605> they that devour <0398> thee shall be devoured <0398>; and all <03605> thine adversaries <06862>, every <03605> one of them, shall go <03212> into captivity <07633>; and they that spoil <07701> thee shall be a spoil <04933>, and all <03605> that prey <0962> upon thee will I give <05414> for a prey <07998>.
17 For I will restore <05927> health <0724> unto thee, and I will heal <07495> thee of thy wounds <04347>, saith the LORD <03068>; because <03588> they called <07121> thee an Outcast <05080>, [saying], This <01931> [is] Zion <06726>, whom no <0369> man seeketh <01875> after <0310>.
18. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I will bring <07725> again <07725> the captivity <07622> of Jacob's <03290> tents <0168>, and have mercy <07355> on his dwellingplaces <04908>; and the city <05892> shall be builded <01129> upon her own heap <08510>, and the palace <0759> shall remain <03427> after <05921> the manner <04941> thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed <03318> thanksgiving <08426> and the voice <06963> of them that make merry <07832>: and I will multiply <07235> them, and they shall not be few <04591>; I will also glorify <03513> them, and they shall not be small <06819>.
20 Their children <01121> also shall be as aforetime <06924>, and their congregation <05712> shall be established <03559> before <06440> me, and I will punish <06485> all <03605> that oppress <03905> them.
21 And their nobles <0117> shall be of themselves, and their governor <04910> shall proceed <03318> from the midst <07130> of them; and I will cause him to draw near <07126>, and he shall approach <05066> unto me: for who <04310> [is] this that engaged <06148> his heart <03820> to approach <05066> unto me? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
22 And ye shall be my people <05971>, and I will be your God <0430>.
23 Behold <02009>, the whirlwind <05591> of the LORD <03068> goeth <03318> forth <03318> with fury <02534>, a continuing <01641> whirlwind <05591>: it shall fall <02342> with pain <02342> upon the head <07218> of the wicked <07563>.
24 The fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> shall not return <07725>, until <05704> he have done <06213> [it], and until <05704> he have performed <06965> the intents <04209> of his heart <03820>: in the latter <0319> days <03117> ye shall consider <0995> it.
Jeremiah 31
1. At the same <01931> time <06256>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, will I be the God <0430> of all <03605> the families <04940> of Israel <03478>, and they shall be my people <05971>.
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, The people <05971> [which were] left <08300> of the sword <02719> found <04672> grace <02580> in the wilderness <04057>; [even] Israel <03478>, when I went <01980> to cause him to rest <07280>.
3 The LORD <03068> hath appeared <07200> of old <07350> unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved <0157> thee with an everlasting <05769> love <0160>: therefore with lovingkindness <02617> have I drawn <04900> thee.
4 Again <05750> I will build <01129> thee, and thou shalt be built <01129>, O virgin <01330> of Israel <03478>: thou shalt again <05750> be adorned <05710> with thy tabrets <08596>, and shalt go <03318> forth <03318> in the dances of them that make merry <07832>.
5 Thou shalt yet <05750> plant <05193> vines <03754> upon the mountains <02022> of Samaria <08111>: the planters <05193> shall plant <05193>, and shall eat [them] as common <02490> things.
6 For there shall be a day <03117>, [that] the watchmen <05341> upon the mount <02022> Ephraim <0669> shall cry <07121>, Arise <06965> ye, and let us go <05927> up to Zion <06726> unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.
7 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Sing <07442> with gladness <08057> for Jacob <03290>, and shout <06670> among the chief <07218> of the nations <01471>: publish <08085> ye, praise <01984> ye, and say <0559>, O LORD <03068>, save <03467> thy people <05971>, the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478>.
8 Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> them from the north <06828> country <0776>, and gather <06908> them from the coasts <03411> of the earth <0776>, [and] with them the blind <05787> and the lame <06455>, the woman with child <02030> and her that travaileth <03205> with child <03205> together <03162>: a great <01419> company <06951> shall return <07725> thither <02008>.
9 They shall come <0935> with weeping <01065>, and with supplications <08469> will I lead <02986> them: I will cause them to walk <01980> by the rivers <05158> of waters <04325> in a straight <03474> way <01870>, wherein they shall not stumble <03782>: for I am a father <01> to Israel <03478>, and Ephraim <0669> [is] my firstborn <01060>.
10. Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O ye nations <01471>, and declare <05046> [it] in the isles <0339> afar <04801> off, and say <0559>, He that scattered <02219> Israel <03478> will gather <06908> him, and keep <08104> him, as a shepherd <07462> [doth] his flock <05739>.
11 For the LORD <03068> hath redeemed <06299> Jacob <03290>, and ransomed <01350> him from the hand <03027> of [him that was] stronger <02388> than he.
12 Therefore they shall come <0935> and sing <07442> in the height <04791> of Zion <06726>, and shall flow <05102> together to the goodness <02898> of the LORD <03068>, for wheat <01715>, and for wine <08492>, and for oil <03323>, and for the young <01121> of the flock <06629> and of the herd <01241>: and their soul <05315> shall be as a watered <07302> garden <01588>; and they shall not sorrow <01669> any more <03254> at all.
13 Then shall the virgin <01330> rejoice <08057> in the dance <04234>, both young <0970> men and old <02205> together <03162>: for I will turn <02015> their mourning <060> into joy <08342>, and will comfort <05162> them, and make them rejoice <08057> from their sorrow <03015>.
14 And I will satiate <07301> the soul <05315> of the priests <03548> with fatness <01880>, and my people <05971> shall be satisfied <07646> with my goodness <02898>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
15 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; A voice <06963> was heard <08085> in Ramah <07414>, lamentation <05092>, [and] bitter <08563> weeping <01065>; Rahel <07354> weeping <01058> for her children <01121> refused <03985> to be comforted <05162> for her children <01121>, because <03588> they [were] not.
16 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Refrain <04513> thy voice <06963> from weeping <01065>, and thine eyes <05869> from tears <01832>: for thy work <06468> shall be rewarded <07939>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and they shall come <07725> again <07725> from the land <0776> of the enemy <0341>.
17 And there is hope <08615> in thine end <0319>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that thy children <01121> shall come <07725> again <07725> to their own border <01366>.
18. I have surely heard <08085> Ephraim <0669> bemoaning <05110> himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised <03256> me, and I was chastised <03256>, as a bullock <05695> unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn <07725> thou me, and I shall be turned <07725>; for thou [art] the LORD <03068> my God <0430>.
19 Surely <03588> after <0310> that I was turned <07725>, I repented <05162>; and after <0310> that I was instructed <03045>, I smote <05606> upon [my] thigh <03409>: I was ashamed <0954>, yea <01571>, even <01571> confounded <03637>, because <03588> I did bear <05375> the reproach <02781> of my youth <05271>.
20 [Is] Ephraim <0669> my dear <03357> son <01121>? [is he] a pleasant <08191> child <03205>? for since <01767> I spake <01696> against him, I do earnestly remember <02142> him still <05750>: therefore my bowels <04578> are troubled <01993> for him; I will surely have mercy <07355> upon him, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
21 Set <05324> thee up waymarks <06725>, make <07760> thee high <08564> heaps <08564>: set <07896> thine heart <03820> toward the highway <04546>, [even] the way <01870> [which] thou wentest <01980>: turn <07725> again <07725>, O virgin <01330> of Israel <03478>, turn <07725> again <07725> to these <0428> thy cities <05892>.
22 How <05704> long <05704> wilt thou go <02559> about <02559>, O thou backsliding <07728> daughter <01323>? for the LORD <03068> hath created <01254> a new <02319> thing in the earth <0776>, A woman <05347> shall compass <05437> a man <01397>.
23 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; As yet <05750> they shall use <0559> this <02088> speech <01697> in the land <0776> of Judah <03063> and in the cities <05892> thereof, when I shall bring <07725> again <07725> their captivity <07622>; The LORD <03068> bless <01288> thee, O habitation <05116> of justice <06664>, [and] mountain <02022> of holiness <06944>.
24 And there shall dwell <03427> in Judah <03063> itself, and in all <03605> the cities <05892> thereof together <03162>, husbandmen <0406>, and they [that] go <05265> forth <05265> with flocks <05739>.
25 For I have satiated <07301> the weary <05889> soul <05315>, and I have replenished <04390> every <03605> sorrowful <01669> soul <05315>.
26 Upon this <02063> I awaked <06974>, and beheld <07200>; and my sleep <08142> was sweet <06147> unto me.
27. Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that I will sow <02232> the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and the house <01004> of Judah <03063> with the seed <02233> of man <0120>, and with the seed <02233> of beast <0929>.
28 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] like as I have watched <08245> over <05921> them, to pluck <05428> up, and to break <05422> down <05422>, and to throw <02040> down <02040>, and to destroy <06>, and to afflict <07489>; so <03651> will I watch <08245> over <05921> them, to build <01129>, and to plant <05193>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
29 In those <01992> days <03117> they shall say <0559> no <03808> more <05750>, The fathers <01> have eaten <0398> a sour <01155> grape <01155>, and the children's <01121> teeth <08127> are set on edge <06949>.
30 But every <0376> one <0376> shall die <04191> for his own iniquity <05771>: every man <0120> that eateth <0398> the sour <01155> grape <01155>, his teeth <08127> shall be set on edge <06949>.
31 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that I will make <03772> a new <02319> covenant <01285> with the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, and with the house <01004> of Judah <03063>:
32 Not according to the covenant <01285> that I made <03772> with their fathers <01> in the day <03117> [that] I took <02388> them by the hand <03027> to bring <03318> them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>; which <0834> my covenant <01285> they brake <06565>, although I was an husband <01167> unto them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>:
33 But this <02063> [shall be] the covenant <01285> that I will make <03772> with the house <01004> of Israel <03478>; After <0310> those <01992> days <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, I will put <05414> my law <08451> in their inward <07130> parts, and write <03789> it in their hearts <03820>; and will be their God <0430>, and they shall be my people <05971>.
34 And they shall teach <03925> no <03808> more <05750> every man <0376> his neighbour <07453>, and every man <0376> his brother <0251>, saying <0559>, Know <03045> the LORD <03068>: for they shall all <03605> know <03045> me, from the least <06996> of them unto the greatest <01419> of them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: for I will forgive <05545> their iniquity <05771>, and I will remember <02142> their sin <02403> no <03808> more <05750>.
35. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, which giveth <05414> the sun <08121> for a light <0216> by day <03119>, [and] the ordinances <02708> of the moon <03394> and of the stars <03556> for a light <0216> by night <03915>, which divideth <07280> the sea <03220> when the waves <01530> thereof roar <01993>; The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] his name <08034>:
36 If <0518> those <0428> ordinances <02706> depart <04185> from before <06440> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, [then] the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> also <01571> shall cease <07673> from being <01961> a nation <01471> before <06440> me for ever.
37 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; If <0518> heaven <08064> above <04605> can be measured <04058>, and the foundations <04146> of the earth <0776> searched <02713> out beneath <04295>, I will also <01571> cast <03988> off all <03605> the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> for all <03605> that they have done <06213>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
38 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that the city <05892> shall be built <01129> to the LORD <03068> from the tower <04026> of Hananeel <02606> unto the gate <08179> of the corner <06438>.
39 And the measuring <04060> line <06957> shall yet <05750> go <03318> forth <03318> over <05048> against <05048> it upon the hill <01389> Gareb <01619>, and shall compass <05437> about to Goath <01601>.
40 And the whole <03605> valley <06010> of the dead <06297> bodies <06297>, and of the ashes <01880>, and all <03605> the fields <08309> unto the brook <05158> of Kidron <06939>, unto the corner <06438> of the horse <05483> gate <08179> toward the east <04217>, [shall be] holy <06944> unto the LORD <03068>; it shall not be plucked <05428> up, nor <03808> thrown <02040> down <02040> any more <05750> for ever <05769>.
Jeremiah 32
1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068> in the tenth <06224> year <08141> of Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, which <01958> [was] the eighteenth year <08141> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019>.
2 For then <0227> the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> army <02428> besieged <06696> Jerusalem <03389>: and Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> was shut <03607> up in the court <02691> of the prison <04307>, which <0834> [was] in the king <04428> of Judah's <03063> house <01004>.
3 For Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> had shut <03607> him up, saying <0559>, Wherefore <04069> dost thou prophesy <05012>, and say <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will give <05414> this <02063> city <05892> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall take <03920> it;
4 And Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> shall not escape <04422> out of the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>, but shall surely be delivered <05414> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and shall speak <01696> with him mouth <06310> to mouth <06310>, and his eyes <05869> shall behold <07200> his eyes <05869>;
5 And he shall lead <03212> Zedekiah <06667> to Babylon <0894>, and there <08033> shall he be until <05704> I visit <06485> him, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: though <03588> ye fight <03898> with the Chaldeans <03778>, ye shall not prosper <06743>.
6 And Jeremiah <03414> said <0559>, The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,
7 Behold <02009>, Hanameel <02601> the son <01121> of Shallum <07967> thine uncle <01730> shall come <0935> unto thee, saying <0559>, Buy <07069> thee my field <07704> that [is] in Anathoth <06068>: for the right <04941> of redemption <01353> [is] thine to buy <07069> [it].
8 So Hanameel <02601> mine uncle's <01733> son <01121> came <0935> to me in the court <02691> of the prison <04307> according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> unto me, Buy <07069> my field <07704>, I pray <04994> thee, that [is] in Anathoth <06068>, which <0834> [is] in the country <0776> of Benjamin <01144>: for the right <04941> of inheritance <03425> [is] thine, and the redemption <01353> [is] thine; buy <07069> [it] for thyself. Then I knew <03045> that this <01931> [was] the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
9 And I bought <07069> the field <07704> of Hanameel <02601> my uncle's <01733> son <01121>, that [was] in Anathoth <06068>, and weighed <08254> him the money <03701>, [even] seventeen <07651> shekels <08255> of silver <03701>.
10 And I subscribed <03789> the evidence <05612>, and sealed <02856> [it], and took witnesses <05707>, and weighed <08254> [him] the money <03701> in the balances <03976>.
11 So I took <03947> the evidence <05612> of the purchase <04736>, [both] that which was sealed <02856> [according] to the law <04687> and custom <02706>, and that which was open <01540>:
12 And I gave <05414> the evidence <05612> of the purchase <04736> unto Baruch <01263> the son <01121> of Neriah <05374>, the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04271>, in the sight <05869> of Hanameel <02601> mine uncle's <01733> [son], and in the presence <05869> of the witnesses <05707> that subscribed <03789> the book <05612> of the purchase <04736>, before <05869> all <03605> the Jews <03064> that sat <03427> in the court <02691> of the prison <04307>.
13 And I charged <06680> Baruch <01263> before <05869> them, saying <0559>,
14 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Take <03947> these <0428> evidences <05612>, this <02088> evidence <05612> of the purchase <04736>, both which is sealed <02856>, and this <02088> evidence <05612> which is open <01540>; and put <05414> them in an earthen <02789> vessel <03627>, that they may continue <05975> many <07227> days <03117>.
15 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Houses <01004> and fields <07704> and vineyards <03754> shall be possessed <07069> again <05750> in this <02063> land <0776>.
16. Now when I had delivered <05414> the evidence <05612> of the purchase <04736> unto Baruch <01263> the son <01121> of Neriah <05374>, I prayed <06419> unto the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
17 Ah <0162> Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! behold <02009>, thou hast made <06213> the heaven <08064> and the earth <0776> by thy great <01419> power <03581> and stretched <05186> out arm <02220>, [and] there is nothing too hard <06381> for thee:
18 Thou shewest <06213> lovingkindness <02617> unto thousands <0505>, and recompensest <07999> the iniquity <05771> of the fathers <01> into <0413> the bosom <02436> of their children <01121> after <0310> them: the Great <01419>, the Mighty <01368> God <0410>, the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, [is] his name <08034>,
19 Great <01419> in counsel <06098>, and mighty <07227> in work <05950>: for thine eyes <05869> [are] open <06491> upon all <03605> the ways <01870> of the sons <01121> of men <0120>: to give <05414> every <0376> one <0376> according to his ways <01870>, and according to the fruit <06529> of his doings <04611>:
20 Which <0834> hast set <07760> signs <0226> and wonders <04159> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, [even] unto this <02088> day <03119>, and in Israel <03478>, and among [other] men <0120>; and hast made <06213> thee a name <08034>, as at <05704> this <02088> day <03119>;
21 And hast brought <03318> forth <03318> thy people <05971> Israel <03478> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> with signs <0226>, and with wonders <04159>, and with a strong <02389> hand <03027>, and with a stretched <05186> out arm <0248>, and with great <01419> terror <04172>;
22 And hast given <05414> them this <02063> land <0776>, which <0834> thou didst swear <07650> to their fathers <01> to give <05414> them, a land <0776> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey <01706>;
23 And they came <0935> in, and possessed <03423> it; but they obeyed <08085> not thy voice <06963>, neither <03808> walked <01980> in thy law <08451>; they have done <06213> nothing <03808> of all <03605> that thou commandedst <06680> them to do <06213>: therefore thou hast caused all <03605> this <02063> evil <07451> to come <07122> upon them:
24 Behold <02009> the mounts <05550>, they are come <0935> unto the city <05892> to take <03920> it; and the city <05892> is given <05414> into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>, that fight <03898> against <05921> it, because <06440> of the sword <02719>, and of the famine <07458>, and of the pestilence <01698>: and what <0834> thou hast spoken <01696> is come <01961> to pass; and, behold <02009>, thou seest <07200> [it].
25 And thou hast said <0559> unto me, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, Buy <07069> thee the field <07704> for money <03701>, and take <05749> witnesses <05707>; for the city <05892> is given <05414> into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>.
26. Then came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559>,
27 Behold <02009>, I [am] the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of all <03605> flesh <01320>: is there any <03605> thing <01697> too hard <06381> for me?
28 Therefore thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I will give <05414> this <02063> city <05892> into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>, and into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall take <03920> it:
29 And the Chaldeans <03778>, that fight <03898> against <05921> this <02063> city <05892>, shall come <0935> and set fire <0784> on this <02063> city <05892>, and burn <08313> it with the houses <01004>, upon whose <0834> roofs <01406> they have offered <06999> incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>, and poured <05258> out drink <05262> offerings unto other <0312> gods <0430>, to provoke me to anger <03707>.
30 For the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and the children <01121> of Judah <03063> have only <0389> done <06213> evil <07451> before <05869> me from their youth <05271>: for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have only <0389> provoked me to anger <03707> with the work <04639> of their hands <03027>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
31 For this <02063> city <05892> hath been <01961> to me [as] a provocation <03708> of mine anger <0639> and of my fury <02534> from the day <03119> that they built <01129> it even unto this <02088> day <03119>; that I should remove <05493> it from before <05921> my face <06440>,
32 Because <05921> of all <03605> the evil <07451> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and of the children <01121> of Judah <03063>, which <0834> they have done <06213> to provoke me to anger <03707>, they, their kings <04428>, their princes <08269>, their priests <03548>, and their prophets <05030>, and the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>.
33 And they have turned <06437> unto me the back <06203>, and not the face <06440>: though I taught <03925> them, rising <07925> up early <07925> and teaching <03925> [them], yet they have not hearkened <08085> to receive <03947> instruction <04148>.
34 But they set <07760> their abominations <08251> in the house <01004>, which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, to defile <02930> it.
35 And they built <01129> the high <01116> places of Baal <01168>, which <0834> [are] in the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, to cause <04616> their sons <01121> and their daughters <01121> to pass <05674> through [the fire <0784>] unto Molech <04432>; which <0834> I commanded <06680> them not, neither <03808> came <05927> it into <05921> my mind <03820>, that they should do <06213> this <02063> abomination <08441>, to cause Judah <03063> to sin <02398>.
36 And now <06258> therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, concerning <0413> this <02063> city <05892>, whereof <0834> ye say <0559>, It shall be delivered <05414> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> by the sword <02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>;
37 Behold <02005>, I will gather <06908> them out of all <03605> countries <0776>, whither I have driven <05080> them in mine anger <0639>, and in my fury <02534>, and in great <01419> wrath <07110>; and I will bring <07725> them again <07725> unto this place <04725>, and I will cause them to dwell <03427> safely <0983>:
38 And they shall be my people <05971>, and I will be their God <0430>:
39 And I will give <05414> them one <0259> heart <03820>, and one <0259> way <01870>, that they may fear <03372> me for ever, for the good <02896> of them, and of their children <01121> after <0310> them:
40 And I will make <03772> an everlasting <05769> covenant <01285> with them, that I will not turn <07725> away from them, to do them good <03190>; but I will put <05414> my fear <03374> in their hearts <03824>, that they shall not depart <05493> from me.
41 Yea, I will rejoice <07797> over <05921> them to do them good <02895>, and I will plant <05193> them in this <02063> land <0776> assuredly <0571> with my whole <03605> heart <03820> and with my whole <03605> soul <05315>.
42 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Like as I have brought <0935> all <03605> this <02063> great <01419> evil <07451> upon this <02088> people <05971>, so <03651> will I bring <0935> upon them all <03605> the good <02896> that I have promised <01696> them.
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