H that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst that the mountains might flow down at come down, thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thy adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! a Ps. 31. 19. 547 not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my 3 nose, a fire that burneth all the day. will not keep silence, but will recom6 Behold, it is written before me: I pense, even recompense into their bosom, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, who have burned incense upon the moun hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. 3 When thou didst terrible things 1 Cor. 2. 9. tains, and blasphemed me upon the which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of the world a men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye 2 seen, God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. God besides 2 or, seen a thee which doeth so for him, &c. wine is found in the cluster, and one 8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in : so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. it: 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of my mountains: and my eléct shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth, P. 90. 5, 6. Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 3 Heb. < Ps. 79. 8. 25, 26. & 10. 20. Ephes. 2. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast 3 consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 But now, O LORD, thou art our fa-1 Heb. upon ther; we are the clay, and thou our pot- bricks. ter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not very wroth, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and grievously afflict us? CHAP. LXV. 1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem. 2or, pieces. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that 5 troop, and that furnish the drink-offering to that 6 number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to ye did not answer; when I spoke, ye did the slaughter: because when I called, not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that in which I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants 3 or, anger. shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: or, dishonored, or, re-joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for proached. of heart, and shall howl for 7 vexation of spirit. 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifi-8 Heb. come ceth in gardens, and burneth incense upon the 1 upon altars of brick; heart. 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat 17 ¶ For behold, I create new heashall not be remembered, nor 8 come into vens and a new earth: and the former mind. in that which I create: for behold, I cre- and joy in my people: and the a voice of 20 There shall be no more thence an swine's flesh, and 2 broth of abominable Rev. 21. 4. not filled his days: for the child shall die things is in their vessels; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come a hundred years old: but the sinner being 21 And they shall build houses, and] inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another Before CHRIST, 698. make them inhabit; they shall not plant, and anoth-Heb. shall 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. out. Ps. 32. 5. 1 Kings 8. 27. 2Chr. 6. 18. Acts 7. 49. & 17. 24. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpents' food. They shall not hurt nor de-1or, stroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. kid. 2 Heb. ma 3or, devices. Prov. 1. 24. c. 65. 12. Jer. 7. 13. HUS saith the LORD, « The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my c. 5. 19. footstool where is the house that ye build to me? and where is the place of 4 or, beget. my rest? 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 5 or, bright ness. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a 1 lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that 2 burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their 60.4 own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That we may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the 5 abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. 18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them. c. 49. 22. & and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among 4 I also will choose their 3 delusions, 6 or, one af and will bring their fears upon them; ter another because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your but they did evil before my eyes, and 7or, coaches. brethren for an offering to the LORD out chose that in which I delighted not. of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in 7 litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, thats from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not Mark 9. 44. fire be quenched; and they shall be an 4 cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: abhorring to all flesh. ¶ JEREMIAH.' CHAP. I. 1 The time, 3 and the calling of Jeremiah. 11 His prophetical visions of an almond-rod, and a seething-pot. 15 His heavy message against Judah. 17 God encourageth him. with his promise of assistance. THE a Before against all its walls around, and against CHRIST, all the cities of Judah. 629. Isa. 49. 1.5. 6 Gal.1.15.16. Heb. gave. d Ezek. 3. 9. THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoia-Ex. 3. 12. kim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in embryo I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, and I 1 ordained thee a prophet to the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7¶ But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 d Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Deut.31.6.8. Hebr. 13. 6. h c. 18. 7. 2 2 Cor. 10.4.5. Heb. from the face of the north. ic. 4. 6. 3 Heb. shall be opened. k c. 5.15.& 6. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and wor shiped the works of their own hands. 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I 4 confound thee before them. 18 For behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. CHAP. II. 1 God having shown his former kindness, er. postulateth with the Jews concerning their causeless revolt, 9 beyond any example. 14 They are the causes of their own calamities. 20 The sins of Judah. 31 Her confidence is rejected. M OREOVER the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy a youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that il¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, What seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an or, for thy they have gone far from me, and have almond-tree. 12 Then said the LORD to me, Thou sake. walked after vanity, and have become vain ? 6 Neither said they, Where is the hast well seen: for I will hasten my Ezek. 16. 8. LORD that brought us out of the land of word to perform it. 13 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and its face is a towards the north. 14 Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil 3 shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. bc. 12. 14. C Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drouth, and of the shades of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man Isa. 63.9.11. dwelt? 13. Hos.13.4. 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it, and the goodness of it; but when ye entered, ye LORD; and they shall come, and they & Ps.78.58. & defiled my land, and made my heritage 15 For lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the 106. 38. shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after. things that do not profit. 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass 2 over the isles of Chit-3 tim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 4 5 14 ¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he 3 laid waste? 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without in-8 habitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes 5 have broken the crown of thy head. Before 629. Rom. 2. 20. 2 or, over to. c. 16. 20. Ps. 36. 9. 17. 13. & Heb. be c. 18. 14. come a spoil? out their voice. Isa. 8. 8. Isa. 3. 9. 6 or, serve. 7 Ex. 15. 17. 80.8.Isa. 5.1, 33. Mark 12 ! Job 9. 30. or, for wild vine. or, O swift dromedary. 9 or, Owild ass, &c. eign, or, 10 Heb. verse it? 17 Hast thou not procured this to thy-Heb. the desire of self in that thou hast forsaken the LORD her heart. thy God, when he led thee by the way? 12 or, re18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor or what hast thou to do in the 13 way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? or, is the case despe rate? shod, and thy throat from thirst = but thou saidst, 13 There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed: they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast 14 brought me forth: for they have turned 15 their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thon hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy 16 trouble for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29 Why will ye plead with me? yeall have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction : your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, 17 We are lords; we will come no more to thee? 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: have not found it by is secret search, but upon all these. I 36 Why dost thou go about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 19 Thy own h wickedness shall cor35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am inrect thee, and thy backslidings shall re- 14 or, begot-nocent, surely his anger will turn from prove thee: know therefore and see that ten me. me. Behold, I will plead with thee, beit is an evil thing and bitter, that thou cause thou sayest, I have not sinned." hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that 15 Heb. the my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord hinder part of the neck. GOD of hosts. 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thym Isa. 26. 16. yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not 6 transgress; when i up- Isa. 45. 20. on every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 16 Heb. evil, 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble c. 11. 13. vine, wholly a right seed: how then art? Isa. 9. 13. thou turned into the degenerate plant of 7 a strange vine to me? 37 Yes, thou shalt go forth from him, LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and and thy hands upon thy head: for the thou shalt not prosper in them. CHAP. III. 1 God's great mercy in Judah's vile idolatry. This way, If a mesh algo pon him, and become another man's, & shall be re- 2 Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy acts of lewdness, and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain and thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? CHAP. IV. Before CHRIST, 712. 5 Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou c. 6. 15. hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldst. dc. 2. 20. 8 given for an inheritance to your fa- 19 But I said, How shall I put thee 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her 12 husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house 6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? 2 or, fame. of Israel, saith the LORD. she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw, when for all the causes by which backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9 And it came to pass through the 2 lightness of her lewdness, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. 3 Heb. in 5 Ps. 86. 15. & 103. 8. 9. c. 23. 4. Heb. come upon the heart. or, it be magnified. 6 or, stub10 And yet for all this her treacherous bornness. sister Judah hath not turned to me with her whole heart, but a feignedly, saith 7 or, to. the LORD. 11 And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath justiñed herself more than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words to- 8 or, caused wards the north, and say, Return, thou your fabacksliding Israel, saith the LORD; and thers to I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast trangressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. possess. Heb. land of desire. 10 Heb. an glory, or, 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of 11 Heb. from after me. a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you pastors according to my heart, who shall feed you 12 Heb. with knowledge and understanding. friend. Joel 2. 12. 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame hath devoured the latheir bor of our fathers from our youth; flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. CHAP. IV. 1 God calleth Israel by his promise. 3 He exhorteth Judah to repentance by fearful judg. ments. 19 A grievous lamentation for the miseries of Judah. [F thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. 3¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth land, in those days, saith the LORD, they Hos. 14. 1. like fire, and burn that none can quench shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it 4 come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall 17. s that be done any more. it, because of the evil of your doings. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in 2 Cor. 10. Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, Gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. 17 At that time they shall call Jeru-1 or, 18 In those days the house of Judah 2 Heb. 6 Set up the standard towards Zion: 1 retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great 2 destruction. 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit ant. |