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27 aIn the beginning of the reign of bJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Thus ||saith the Lord to me; cMake thee bonds and dyokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of eEdom, and to the king of eMoab, and to the king of the eAmmonites, and to the king of eTyrus, and to the king of eZidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem bunto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them ||to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; 5 fI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and gby my outstretched arm, and hhave given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, imy servant; and kthe beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7 lAnd all nations shall serve him, and mhis son, and nhis son’s son, lountil the very time of his land come: and then pmany nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and qthat will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, rwith the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 vTherefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to syour diviners, nor to your †dreamers, nor to your tenchanters, nor to your usorcerers, vwhich speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 vwFor they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11 But qthe nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12 I spake also *xto Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, qBring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and yserve him and his people, and live. 13 zWhy will ye die, thou and thy people, raby the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, bas the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 cTherefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: dfor they prophesy a lie unto you. 15 eFor I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy †a lie in my name; fthat I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; vHearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, gthe vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: vfor they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; yserve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city hbe laid waste? 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now imake intercession to the Lord of hosts, that kthe vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning lthe pillars, and concerning lthe sea, and concerning lthe bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, mwhen he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 nThey shall be carried to Babylon, and othere shall they be until the day that pI visit them, saith the Lord; then qwill I bring them up, and pqrestore them to this place.
28 *And it came to pass athe same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that bHananiah the son of cAzur the prophet, which was of dGibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken othe yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 fWithin †two full years will I bring again into this place fall the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the †captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for eI will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, gAmen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; 8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 9 hThe prophet which prophesieth iof peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him. 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the kyoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; eEven so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon lfrom the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken kthe yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; mI have put a yoke of iron lupon the neck of all these nations, nthat they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and oI have given him the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; pThe Lord hath not sent thee; but pthou makest this people to trust qin a lie. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, rbecause thou hast taught †rebellion against the Lord. 17 *So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
29 *Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of athe elders which were carried away captives, and bto the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After that cdJeconiah the king, and cethe queen, and cthe ||eunuchs, dthe princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and dthe carpenters, and dthe smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of fShaphan, and Gemariah the son of gHilkiah, h(whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5 iBuild ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and kpray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and lyour diviners, that be in the midst of you, mdeceive you, neither hearken to lyour dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 n*For they prophesy †falsely unto you in my name: nI have not sent them, saith the Lord. 10 For thus saith the Lord, That oafter seventy years be accomplished at Babylon pI will visit you, and qperform my good word toward you, pqin causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, rto give you an †expected end. 12 Then sshall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And stvye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me uwith all your heart. 14 And vI will be found of you, saith the Lord: and wI will turn away your captivity, and xI will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places ywhither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king zthat sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, aI will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them blike vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and cwill deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, †to be dea curse, and dfgan astonishment, and gan hissing, and da reproach, hamong all the nations iwhither I have driven them: 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, krising up early and sending them; lbut ye would not hear, saith the Lord. 20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, mwhom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, nwhich prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22 And oof them shall be taken up pa curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, qwhom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have rcommitted villany in Israel, and shave committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and nshave spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and tam a witness, saith the Lord.
24 *Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the ||Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to uZephaniah the son of uuMaaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of vJehoiada the priest, that ye should be wofficers in the house of the Lord, for every man xthat is mad, and ymaketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in zthe stocks. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved aJeremiah of Anathoth, ywhich maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: bbuild ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and cdI sent him not, and che caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither eshall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; fbecause he hath taught †rebellion against the Lord.
30 *The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, aWrite thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, aathe days come, saith the Lord, that bI will bring again the captivity of my people cIsrael and Judah, saith the Lord: and dI will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning cIsrael and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith the Lord;
We have heard a voice of trembling,
||Of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask ye now, and see whether †a man doth travail with child?
Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, eas a woman in travail,
And fall faces are turned into paleness?
7 Alas! for gthat day is great, hso that none is like it:
It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;
But he shall be saved out of it.
8 For it shall come to pass iin that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
That jI will break his kyoke from off thy neck,
And mstrangers shall no more lserve themselves of him:
9 But they shall serve the Lord their God,
And nDavid their king, owhom I will raise up unto them.
10 pTherefore qfear thou not, O rmy servant Jacob, saith the Lord;
Neither be dismayed, O Israel:
pFor, lo, I will save thee from afar,
And thy seed sfrom the land of their captivity;
pAnd Jacob shall return,
pAnd shall be in rest, and tbe quiet,
puAnd none shall make him afraid.
11 qvFor I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee:
vwThough I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,
vwxYet will I not make a full end of thee:
But I will correct thee yin measure,
vAnd yywill not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Thy bruise is zincurable,
And athy wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, †that thou mayest be bound up:
cThou hast no healing medicines.
14 dAll thy lovers have forgotten thee;
They seek thee not;
For I have wounded thee with the wound of ean enemy, with the chastisement of fa cruel one,
ffFor the multitude of thine iniquity;
Because thy sins gwere increased.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction?
hThy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity:
Because thy sins gwere increased, I have done these things unto thee.
16 iTherefore all kthey that devour thee lshall be devoured;
And all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
And mthey that spoil thee shall be na spoil,
And all that prey upon thee will I give nfor a prey.
17 For oI will restore health unto thee,
And pI will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord;
Because they called thee qan Outcast, saying,
This is Zion, rwhom no man seeketh after.
Behold, sI will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And thave mercy on his dwellingplaces; and
The city shall be builded upon her own ||uheap,
And the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed vthanksgiving and the voice of wthem that make merry:
And wI will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will also xyglorify them, and ythey shall not be small.
20 Their children also shall be zas aforetime,
And their congregation shall be established before me,
And I will punish all that oppress them.
21 And atheir nobles shall be of themselves,
And atheir governor shall proceed from the midst of them;
And I will bcause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me:
For cwho is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.
22 And dye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23 eBehold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury,
A †continuing whirlwind:
eIt shall ||fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 fThe fierce ganger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it,
gAnd until he have performed the intents of his heart:
31 aAt the same time, saith the Lord,
bWill I be the God of all the families of Israel,
And they shall be my people.
The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness;
Even Israel, cwhen I went to cause him to rest.
3 The Lord hath appeared †of old unto me, saying,
Yea, dI have loved thee with ean everlasting love:
Therefore ||with lovingkindness fhave I drawn thee.
4 Again gI will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:
Thou shalt again hbe adorned with thy ||tabrets,
And shalt go forth in ithe dances of jthem that make merry.
5 kThou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of lSamaria:
The planters shall plant, and shall †eat them as common things.
That the watchmen upon mthe mount Ephraim shall cry,
nArise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
oSing with gladness for Jacob,
And oshout among pthe chief of the nations:
Publish ye, praise ye, and say,
O Lord, qsave thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Behold, I will bring them rfrom the north country,
And sgather them tfrom the coasts of the earth,
And with them uthe blind and the lame,
The woman with child and her that travaileth with child together:
A great company shall return thither.
9 They shall come vwith weeping,
And with ||wsupplications will I lead them:
I will cause them to walk xby the rivers of waters
yIn a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble:
For zI am a father to Israel,
And zzEphraim is amy firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations,
And declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
He that scattered Israel bwill gather him,
And keep him, cas a shepherd doth his flock.
11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,
And dransomed him efrom the hand of him that was stronger than he.
12 Therefore they shall come and sing fin the height of Zion,
And gshall flow together hto the goodness of the Lord,
ijFor wheat, and ijkfor wine, and ifor oil,
And for the young of the flock and of the herd:
And their soul lshall be as a watered garden;
And mthey shall not sorrow any more at all.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice nin the dance,
Both young men and old together:
For I will turn their mourning into joy,
And will comfort them, and omake them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 And I will psatiate the soul of the priests with fatness,
And my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
Lamentation, and sbitter weeping;
Rahel weeping for her children
Refused to be comforted for her children, because tthey were not.
Refrain thy voice from weeping,
And thine eyes from tears:
For thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord;
And uthey shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17 And vthere is hope in thine end, saith the Lord,
That wthy children shall come again to their own border.
18 I have surely heard zzEphraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,
As a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke:
xTurn thou me, and I shall be turned;
For thou art the Lord my God.
19 Surely yafter that I was turned, I repented;
And after that I was instructed, I zsmote upon my thigh:
I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,
Because I did bear the reproach aof my youth.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a bpleasant child?
For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
Therefore cmy bowels †are troubled for him;
I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
21 Set thee up dwaymarks, make thee high heaps:
eSet thine heart toward the highway,
fEven the way which thou wentest:
Turn again, O virgin of Israel,
Turn again to these thy cities.
22 How long wilt thou ggo about, O thou hbacksliding daughter?
For the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth,
A woman shall compass ia man.
23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel;
As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof,
kWhen I shall bring again their captivity;
lThe Lord bless thee, mO habitation of justice, and nmountain of holiness.
24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself,
And oin all the cities thereof together,
Husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
25 For I have psatiated the qweary soul,
And I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld;
And my sleep was sweet unto me.
27 Behold, rthe days come, saith the Lord,
That sI will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah
With tthe seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
28 And it shall come to pass, that ttlike as uI have watched over them,
vTo pluck up, and vto break down, vand to throw down,
vAnd to destroy, and to afflict;
ttSo will I watch over them, to vwbuild, and to plant, saith the Lord.
29 xIn those days they shall say no more,
The fathers have eaten a sour grape,
And the children’s teeth yare set on edge.
30 zBut every one shall die for his own iniquity:
Every man that eateth the sour grape,
His teeth shall be set on edge.
31 aBehold, rthe days come, saith the Lord,
That I will make ba new covenant
With the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
In the day that cI took them by the hand
To bring them out of the land of Egypt;
Which my covenant they brake,
||Although dI was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 eBut this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the Lord,
efI will put my law in their inward parts,
And write it in their hearts;
And gwill be their God,
And they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying,
Know the Lord:
For hthey shall all know me,
iFrom the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord:
For I klwill forgive their iniquity,
kAnd mI will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus saith the Lord, nwhich giveth the sun for a light by day,
And othe ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,
pWhich qdivideth the sea when the waves thereof roar;
rThe Lord of hosts is his name:
36 sIf those oordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord,
Then the seed of Israel also shall cease
tFrom being a nation before me for ever.
uIf heaven above can be measured,
And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
vI will also cast off all the seed of Israel
For all that they have done, saith the Lord.
38 Behold, wthe days come, saith the Lord,
That the city shall be built to the Lord
From xthe tower of Hananeel unto ythe gate of the corner.
39 And zthe measuring line shall yet go forth over against it
Upon the hill aGareb, and shall compass about to aGoath.
40 And bthe whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes,
And all the fields unto cthe brook of Kidron,
Unto dthe corner of the horse gate toward the east,
eShall be holy unto the Lord;
fIt shall not be plucked up, nor fthrown down any more for ever.
32 *The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord ain the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, bwhich was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was cshut up din ethe court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, fBehold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and ghe shall take it; 4 hAnd Zedekiah king of Judah ishall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, hand shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes hshall behold his eyes; 5 And hjkhe shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be kuntil I visit him, saith the Lord: lthough ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of mShallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in nAnathoth: for othe right of redemption is thine to buy it. 8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me din the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in nAnathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in nAnathoth, and pweighed him the money, even ||seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I †subscribed the evidence, and qsealed it, and rtook witnesses, and pweighed him the money in the balances. 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both sthat which was sealed according to the law and tcustom, and sthat which was open: 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto uBaruch vthe son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of rthe witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat din the court of the prison. 13 And I charged uBaruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, sboth which is sealed, and sthis evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and wfields and vineyards shall be xpossessed again in this land.
16 Now when I had delivered ythe evidence of the purchase unto uBaruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying, 17 Ah Lord God! behold, zthou hast made the heaven and the earth aby thy great power aand stretched out arm, and bthere is nothing ||too hard for thee: 18 cThou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and cdrecompensest the iniquity of the fathers deinto the bosom of their children after them: the Great, fthe Mighty God, gthe Lord of hosts, is his name, 19 hGreat in counsel, and mighty in †work: ifor thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: kto give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: 20 Which hast set lmsigns and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and mhast made thee na name, as at this day; 21 And nnhast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and owith a strong hand, and opwith a stretched out arm, and owith great terror; 22 And hast given them this land, qwhich thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, qra land flowing with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possessed it; sbut they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: 24 Behold the ||mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and tthe city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, ubecause of the sword, uand of the famine, uand of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, vBuy thee the field for money, and wtake witnesses; ||for tthe city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Behold, I am the Lord, xthe God of all flesh: bis there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith the Lord; yBehold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and zburn it with the houses, aupon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and apoured out drink offerings unto other gods, bto provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me gfrom their youth: for the children of Israel have only bprovoked me to anger hwith the work of their hands, saith the Lord. 31 For this city hath been to me as †a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; ithat I should remove it from before my face, 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done bto provoke me to anger, kthey, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And lthey have turned unto me the †back, and not the face: though I taught them, mrising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened nto receive instruction. 34 But othey set their abominations in the house, owhich is called by my name, oto defile it. 35 pAnd they built the high places of Baal, pwhich are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, qto cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; pwhich I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, rto cause Judah to sin.
36 And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, sIt shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon sby the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; 37 Behold, tI will gather them out of all countries, uwhither I have driven them vin mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them wto dwell safely: 38 And xthey shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I xywill give them one heart, and one way, zthat they may fear me †for ever, zfor the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And abI will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away †from them, to do them good; but bI will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yea, cI will rejoice over them to do them good, and dI will plant them in this land †assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. 42 For thus saith the Lord; eLike as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, eso will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And ffields shall be bought in this land, gwhereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; hit is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and isubscribe evidences, and iseal them, and itake witnesses in kthe land of Benjamin, and in kthe places about Jerusalem, and in kthe cities of Judah, and in the cities of kthe mountains, and in the cities of kthe valley, and in the cities of kthe south: for lI will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
33 *Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet ashut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord bthe maker thereof, the Lord bthat formed it, to establish it; ||cthe Lord is his name; 3 dCall unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and ||mighty things, ewhich thou knowest not. 4 For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by fthe mounts, and by the sword; 5 gThey come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain hin mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness iI have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, kI will bring it health and cure, and kI will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And lI will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and mwill build them, nas at the first. 8 And oI will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and pI will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 And qit shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall rfear and stremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. 10 Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, twhich ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even uin the cities of Judah, uand in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and vwithout inhabitant, and without beast, 11 wThe 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, xPraise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring ythe sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For lI will cause to return the captivity of the land, nas at the first, saith the Lord. 12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate yywithout man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be zan habitation of shepherds acausing their flocks to lie down. 13 In bthe cities of the mountains, in bthe cities of the vale, and in bthe cities of the south, and in bthe land of Benjamin, and in bthe places about Jerusalem, and in bthe cities of Judah, cshall the flocks pass again dunder the hands eof him that telleth them, saith the Lord.
14 fBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I gwill perform that good thing which I have promised unto 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 unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, †The Lord our righteousness. 17 For thus saith the Lord; †hDavid shall never want a man ito sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall jthe priests the Levites want a man before me kto offer burnt offerings, and lto kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus saith the Lord; mIf ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 nThen may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son ito reign upon his throne; and with jthe Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As opthe host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither qthe sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even pcast them off? thus they have despised my people, qqthat they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the Lord; mIf my covenant be not with day and night, and rif I have not appointed sthe ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 pThen 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 tI will cause their captivity to return, uand have mercy on them.
34 *The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, awhen Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and ball the kingdoms of the earth †of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to aZedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, cI will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and dhe shall burn it with fire: 3 And ethou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and edelivered into his hand; eand thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, eand †he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and fthou shalt go to Babylon. 4 gYet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 5 But gthou shalt die in peace: and with hthe burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and ithey will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord. 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto 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 kLachish, and against lAzekah: for mthese ndefenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
8 *This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, oto proclaim liberty unto them; 9 pThat every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, qgo free; rthat none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, qgo free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 11 *But safterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let qgo free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
12 Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah tfrom the Lord, saying, 13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that uI brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 14 At vthe end of wxseven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which ||xhath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers yhearkened not unto me, yneither inclined their ear. 15 And ye were †now turned, and had done right in my sight, in oproclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and zye had made a covenant before me in the house †which is called by my name: 16 But ye turned and apolluted my name, band caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty cat their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in oproclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, dI proclaim ea liberty for you, saith the Lord, fto the sword, fto the pestilence, and fto the famine; and gI will make you †to be removed hinto all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, iwhich have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, jwhen they cut the calf in twain, and passed between kthe parts thereof, 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, lthe eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, jwhich passed between kthe parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and minto the hand of them that seek their life: and ntheir dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and minto the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, owhich are gone up from you. 22 Behold, pI will command, saith the Lord, and qcause them to return to this city; and qthey shall fight against it, and qrtake it, and qsburn it with fire: and tI will make the cities of Judah a desolation uwithout an inhabitant.
35 *The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord ain the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of bthe Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of cthe chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into cthe chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, da man of God, which was by cthe chamber of the princes, which was eabove the chamber of fMaaseiah the son of gShallum, hthe keeper of the †door: 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for iJonadab 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; kthat ye may live many days in the land where ye be 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, lwhen Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of mthe Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of mthe Syrians: nso we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 Then came the word of the Lord unto 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 oreceive 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 unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, prising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 15 pI have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, prising up early and sending them, saying, qReturn ye now every man from his evil way, qand amend your doings, rand 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 sye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto 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 unto me: 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 I have pronounced against them: because tI have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto 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 unto all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; †Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man uto stand before me for ever.
36 *And it came to pass ain the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Take thee ba roll of a book, and cwrite therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and dagainst Judah, and eagainst all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, ffrom the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 gIt may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that hthey may return every man from his evil way; ithat I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 4 Then Jeremiah called kBaruch the son of Neriah: and lBaruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon la roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, mI am shut up; 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 nthe fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 gIt may be †they will present their supplication before the Lord, and hwill 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 othey proclaimed na fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in pthe chamber of Gemariah the son of qShaphan rthe scribe, in sthe higher court, tat the ||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 qShaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord, 12 Then he went down into the king’s house, into rthe scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even uElishama rthe scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and vElnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of qShaphan, and Zedekiah the son of wHananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto 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 xShelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein 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 unto them. 15 And they said unto 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, ythey were afraid both one and other, and said unto 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 unto me with his mouth, and zI wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll ain the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of aElishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes bwhich stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in cthe winterhouse din 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 penknife, 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. 24 yYet they were not afraid, enor frent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless gElnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah hhad 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 ||of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and xShelemiah the son of Abdeel, ito 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 the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, jThe king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; kHe shall have none lto sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be mcast out nin the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 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. 32 Then took Jeremiah 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 had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many †like words.
37 *And aking Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of bConiah the son of Jehoiakim, acwhom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 dBut neither he, dnor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake †by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent eJehucal the son of efShelemiah and gZephaniah the son of hMaaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah icame in and went out among the people: kfor they had not put him into prison. 5 Then lPharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, mthey departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, nthat sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, oPharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, oshall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And pthe Chaldeans shall come again, and pfight against this city, and ptake it, and prburn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not †yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 qFor though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but †wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and rburn this city with fire.
11 And it came to pass, that swhen the army of the Chaldeans was †broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go tinto the land of Benjamin, ||to separate himself thence uin the midst of the people. 13 And when he was vin the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of fShelemiah, the son of wHananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, xThou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is †false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to ythe princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and zput him in prison in athe house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16 *When Jeremiah was entered into bthe dungeon, and into the ||cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and ctook him out: and the king asked him dsecretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, ethou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 fWhere are now your prophets which prophesied unto 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: †glet my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; gthat thou cause me not to return to athe house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah hinto the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily ia piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, kuntil all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained hin the court of the prison.
38 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and aJucal the son of Shelemiah, and bPashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken cunto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord, dHe that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: dbut 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, eThis city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, fwhich shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, glet this man be put to death: for thus hhe weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the †welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for ithe king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into kthe dungeon of Malchiah the son ||of Hammelech, that was lin the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And min the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah nsunk in the mire.
7 Now when oEbed-melech pthe Ethiopian, one of qthe eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting rin the gate of Benjamin; 8 oEbed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake 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 †he is like to die for hunger sin the place where he is: for tthere is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded oEbed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men †with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 11 So oEbed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast uclouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And oEbed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine varmholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah wwith cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the ||third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king sware xsecretly unto Jeremiah, saying, yAs the Lord liveth, zthat made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of athese men that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly bgo forth cunto the king of Babylon’s princes, then dthy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: 18 But bif thou wilt not go forth cto the king of Babylon’s princes, then eshall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, eand they shall burn it with fire, and fthou shalt not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews gthat are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they hmock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. dObey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so iit shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou refuse bto go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed 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 princes, and those women shall say, †Thy friends khave set thee on, and lhave prevailed against thee: thy feet mare sunk in the mire, and nthey are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and othy children to the Chaldeans: and fthou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and †ethou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 But pif the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, qI presented my supplication before the king, that rhe would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So †they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28 sSo Jeremiah abode tin the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
39 *aIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 *And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And ball the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and csat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, dRab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, eRab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to pass, that fwhen Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to gRiblah in the land of Hamath, where hhe †gave judgment upon him. 6 Then the king of Babylon slew ithe sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: kalso the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover he lput out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him †with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
8 And mthe Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the ||†captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and nthose that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left oof the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields †at the same time.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah †to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and †look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, dRab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, eRab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes; 14 Even they sent, and ptook Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and qcommitted him unto rGedaliah the son of sAhikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt tamong the people.
15 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, pwhile he was ushut up in the court of the prison, saying, 16 Go and speak to vEbed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, wI will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not xfor good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men yof whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but zthy life shall be for a prey unto thee: abecause thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
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