140 against Judah to destroy it, accordin which he spake by his servants t} slept with his fathers: and Jehr 30 stead. And the king of Egypt his land: for the king of Bab Egypt unto the river Euphr of Egypt. JEREM Jeremiah 26.1. In th 35 the son of Josiah king unto thee against nations, from the 6t *** unto this wurn every all the evil quity and Neriah 70 words of And Jehadi read it. s of all the princes which king sat in the winterhouse in was the chafing dish burning before , that when Jehudi had read three or with the penknife, and cast it into the fire ating dish, until all the roll was consumed in in the chafing dish. Yet they were not afraid, r garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants all these words. Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah emariah had made intercession to the king that he would arn the roll: but he would not hear them. But the king will I · curse prop' 50 Wo 3 mmanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Saruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but Jehovah hid them. 36.7. Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah; 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? Therefore thus saith Jehovah of Jehoiakim king ginning 80 ", and het, ah, S 85 At that 5 came up 2.8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of El-natha Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight Jehovah, according to all that his father had done. time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchad nezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and 10 his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as 15 Jehovah had said. And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. And he carried Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the 20 away king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And And Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 105 they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How 110 didst thou write all these words at his mouth ? Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. And they went in to the 115 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. So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which 120 stood beside the king. Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was the chafing dish burning before him. And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the chafing dish, until all the roll was consumed in 125 the fire that was in the chafing dish. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. But the king 130 commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but Jehovah hid them. 36.27. Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after 135 that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith 140 Jehovah; 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? Therefore thus saith Jehovah of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and 145 in the night to the frost. And I will 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. Then took Jeremiah another 150 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 had burned in the fire and there were added besides unto them many like words. LESSON LXXXIII ZEDEKIAH 2 KINGS 24, 25; JEREMIAH 27, 28 24.8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of El-nathan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done. At that 5 time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and 10 his princes, and his officers and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as 15 Jehovah had said. And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the 20 king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for 25 war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 24.17. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he 30 began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of Jehovah it came to pass in Jerusalem 35 and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. (25.1) And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against 40 Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. And the city was broken into, and 45 all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about :) and the king went the way toward the Arâbah. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the parts 50 of the Arâbah about Jericho and all his army were scattered from him. So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, 55 and carried him to Babylon. : Jeremiah 27.1. In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, and send them 60 to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to |