Before CHRIST, 591. wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and Mic. 7. 18. truth. 7 And I will cause the captivity of Ju c c. 31. 34. break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then also may my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his dah and the captivity of Israel to return, & c. 7. 34. & throne; and with the Levites the priests, and will build them, as at the first. C 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned, and by which they have transgressed against me. 16. 9. Is. 11. 1. & 4.2. c. 23. 5. my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this peovah-tsidke-ple have spoken, saying, The two faminu. c. 23.6. lies which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all the na-2 Heb. Jehotions of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure to it. 10T Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah,| and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without in-ƒ2 Sam.7.16. habitant, and without beast, 1 Kings 2.4. 11 The a voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that counteth them, saith the LORD. 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 3 Heb. There cut off from David. shall not be Is. 54. 9. c. 31. 36. h c. 31. 37. 2 Kings 25. 1, &c. c. 52. 1. 1 Heb. the dominion of his hand. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this is the name by which she shall be c. 32. 4. called, 2 JEHOVAH our righteousness. 17 For thus saith the LORD; 3 David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 19¶ And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can 2 Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of Zedekiah and the city. 8 The princes and the people having dismissed their bond-servants, contrary to the covenant of God, take them back. 12 Jeremiah, for their disobedience, giveth them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies. HE word which came to Jeremiah nezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth 1 of his dominion, and all the people fought against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 3 And thou shalt not escape from his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thy eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and 2 he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn odors for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah. 8¶ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them; 9 That every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in service, to wit, a Jew his brother. Before CHRIST, 607. C Ex. 21. 2. d Ex. 21. 2. Deut. 15.12. sold him3 or, hath self. to-day. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people who had entered into the cov-4 Heb. enant, heard that every one should liberate his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, that none should retain them in service any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 11 But afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had liberated, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond-men, saying, 14 At the end of a seven years dismiss 5 Heb. on name is which my called. Heb. for a removing bodies shall be for food to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. CHAP. XXXV. 1 By the obedience of the Rechabites, 12 Jeremiah condemneth the disobedience of the Jews. 18 God blesseth the Rechabites for their obedience. HE word which came to Jeremiah Tfrom the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Deut 28.64. Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; c. 29. 18. 4 And I brought them into the house ye every man his brother a Hebrew, who. 7. 33. & of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons 3 hath been sold to thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not to me, neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye had 4 now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house 5 which is called by my name: 16 But ye turned and profaned my] name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you 6 to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when. they cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts of it, 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their ƒ dead! 16. 4. 1Heb.thresh hold, or, vessel. of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, who was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the 1 door: 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink ye wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye are strangers. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when Nebachadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. 12 Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink_none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken to you, rising early and & 25. 5. speaking; but ye hearkened not to me. 15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, a Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me. 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened to me: 2 a c. 18. 11. Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand, &c. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that a c. 25. 8. I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered. 18 And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 2 Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his proph ecy, 5 and publicly to read it. 11 The prin ces having intelligence of it by Michaiah, send Jehudi to fetch the roll, and read it. 19 They order Baruch to hide himself and Jeremiah. 20 The king Jehoiakim being certified of it, heareth part of it, and burneth the roll. 17 Jeremiah denounceth his judgment. 32 Baruch writeth a new copy AND it came to pass in the fourth 1 Heb. their supplica. tion shall fall. year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 3 or, door. king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to thee, from the days of a Josiah, even to this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may for- c. 26. 10. give their iniquity and their sin. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 6 Therefore go thou and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the day of fasting: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. 10 Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the 2 entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. 11 ¶ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them. 15 And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears, So Baruch read it in their ears. 16 Now it came to pass when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in Ithe book. 19 Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide thyself, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are. 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. Before 590. 3 or, of the 21 So the king sent Jehudi to bring the roll and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama, the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in c. 22. 19. the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the scribe's pen-knife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 4 Heb. visit 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 5 Heb. as 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah they. and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll but he would not hear them. 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son 3 of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. 27 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim 1 king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sendeth lo Jer. emiah to pray for the people. 6 Jeremiak prophesieth the Chaldeans certain return and victory. 11 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. 16 He assureth Zedekiah of the captivity. 18 Entreating for his liberty, he obtaineth some favor. AND king a Zedekiah the son of Jo siah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke 1 by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army had come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 6 T Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you to me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which hath come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not 42 Kings 24. 2 yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely depart from us: for they will not depart. 17. 2 Chr.36.10. Heb. by the hand of the prophet. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but 3 wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was 4 broken 2 Heb. souls. up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of 3 Heb.thrust David: and his dead body shall be cast through. out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will 4 punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity;} and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. Heb. made to ascend. 5 or, to slip thence in of the peo. 32 Then Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah 6 Heb. false 12 Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 5 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is 6 false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put had burned in the fire: and there were hood, or, ahim in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. besides added to them many 5 like words. CHAP. XXXVII. 1 The Egyptians having raised the siege of lie. 16 ¶ When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the 7 cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there! any word from the LORD? And Jeremi Before CHRIST, 589. ah said, There is: for, said he, thou 7 or, cells. shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, In what have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: s let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 8 Heb. let my suppli cation fall. 4 c. 21.9. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jere-1 Heb.peace. miah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. CHAP. XXXVIII. 1 Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah. 7 Ebed-melech, by petition, obtaineth for him some enlargement. 14 Upon secret conference he counseleth the king, by yielding to save his life. 24 By the king's instructions he concealeth the confer ence from the princes. 2 or, of the king. THEN the son of Pashur, will die. HEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, 3 Heb. he and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the 4 Heb. in king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and 3 he is like to die by hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Cushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men 4 with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dieth. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old decayed rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and decayed rags under thy arm-holes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the 5 third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken to me? 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house: 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this hands of the men of war that remain in thy hand. city be given into the hand of the Chal this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeketh not the 1 welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son 2 of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the deans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape from their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to thee: so it shall be well to thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me: 22 And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's |