cap:ive pah to ferve the Chaldeans which their hand, to bring them to the house of come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, the LORD. fummer-fruits, and oyl, and put them 6 And Ishmael the fon of Ne haniah our veffels, and dwell in your cities ye have taken. Likewife when all the Jews that e in Moab,and among the Ammonites, ig, Edom, and that were in all the taries, heard that the king of Babylon left a remnant of Judah, and that he fet over them Gedaliah the fon of Aam the fon of Shaphan, 2 Even all the Jews returned out of all es whither they were driven,and came he land of Judah, to Gedaliah unto pah, and gathered wine and fummer. s, very much. Moreover, Johanan the fon of eah, and all the captains of the forces were in the fields, came to Gedaliah Mizpah, And faid unto him, Doft thou cery know that Baalis the king of the nonites hath fent Ifhmael the fon of haniah to flay thee? But Gedaliah the of Ahikam believed them not. The Johanan the fon of Kareah e to Gedaliah in Mizpah fecretly, fayLet me go, I pray thee, and I will flay ael the fon of Nethaniah, and ro man know ir: wherefore fhould he flay , that all the Jews which are gathered thee thould be fcattered, and the nant of Judah perish? 6 But Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam unto Johanan the fon of Kareah, Thou t not do this thing, for thou fpeakeft ? of Ishmael. CHAP. XLI. TOw it came to pafs in the feventh month, that Ifhmael the fon of Neah the fon of Elishama of the feed and the princes of the king, even men with him, came unto Gedaliah fon of Ahikam to Mizpah, and there did eat bread together in Mizpah. Then arofe Ishmael the fon of Netha, and the ten men that were with him, mote Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam on of Shaphan with the fword, and him, whom the king of Babylon had e governour over the land. Lihmael alfo flew all the Jews that e with him, even with Gedaliah at ah, and the Chaldeans that were If there, and the men of war. went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and it came to pafs as he met them, he faid unto them, Come to Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam. 7. And it was fo when they came into the midft of the city, that Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah flew them, and cast them into the midft of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them that faid unto Ifhmael, Slay us not: for we have treafures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oyl, and of hony. So he forbare, and flew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit wherein Ifhmael had caft all the dead bodies of the men (whom he had flain becaufe of Gedaliah) was it which Afa the king had made for fear of Baatha king of Ifrael, and Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah filled it with them that were flain. Io Then Ishmael carried away captive all the refidue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the kings daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah,whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, and Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. II But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 And it came to pafs, that when all the people which were with Ishmael faw Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ifhmael had carried away captive from Mizpah, caft about and returned, and went unto Johanan the fon of Kareah. 15 But Ift miel the fon of Nethaniah efcaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16 Then took Johanan the fon of KaAnd it came to pafs the fecond day after reah, and all the captains of the forces adflain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, that were with him, all the remnant of That there came certain from She- the people whom he had recovered from n, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,cven Ihmel the fon of Nethaniah. from Mizcore men having their beards fhaven, pah (after that he had flain Gedaliah the their cloaths rent, and having cut fon of Ahikam) even mighty men of war felves, with offerings and incenfe in and the women, and the children, Jeremiah. His request to Jeremiah. the eunuchs whom he had brought again from Gibeon. 17 And they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, becaufe Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah had fain Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governour in the land. CHAP. XLII. and Johanan the fon of Kareah, and Jezaniah the fon of Hofhaiah, and all the people from the leaft even unto the greateft, came near, 2 And faid unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our fupplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us) 3 That the LORD thy God may fhew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet faid unto them, I have heard you, behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words, and it fhall come to paf, that' whatfoever thing the LORD fhall anfwer you, I will declare it unto you: I will Keep nothing back from you. s Then they faid to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God fhall fend thee to us. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD Our God, to whom we fend thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. 7 And it came to pafs after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the leaft even to the great ft, 9And faid unto them, Thus faiththe LORD, the God of Ifrael, unto whom ye fent me to prefent your fupplication before him, Io If ye will fill abide in this land, then will I build you, and nor pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. II Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid:be not afraid of him, faith the LORD: for I am with you, to fave you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And I will fhew mercies unto you, hat he may have mercy upon you, and you to return to your own land. The peoples bypocryje reproved 13. But if ye fay, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall fee no war, nor hear the found of the trumpet, m have hunger of bread, and there will we dwell: Is (And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah, Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, into Egypt, and go to fojourn there) 16 Then it fhall come to paf, that the fword which ye feared, fhall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the fa mine whereof ye were afraid, fhall follow clofe after you there in Egypt, and there ye fhall die. 17 So fhall it be with all the men that fet their faces to go into Egypt to fojour there, they fhall die by the fword, by famine, and by the peftilence : and note of them hall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, As mine anger and my fuŋ hath been poured forth upon the inhab tants of Jerufalem; fo fhall my fury be pour ed forth upon you, when ye fhall entering Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and A an aftonishment,and a curfe,and a reproad, and ye fhall fee this place no more. 19 The LORD hath faid concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly, that I have admonished you this day. 20 For ye diffembled in your hearts when ye fent me unto the LORD your God, faying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God, and according unto all that the LORD our God fhall fay, fo declare unto us, and we will do it. 21 And now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath fent me unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly, that ye fhall die by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence, in the place whi ther ye defire to go, and to fojourn. CHAP. XLIII. came pass that Jerunt. ah had made an end of fpeaking unto all the people, all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had fent him to them,even all thefe words, 2 Then (pake Azariah, the fon of Ho fhaiah, and Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the proud men, faying unto Jeremiah, Thou fpeakeft falfly: the LORD our God hath not fent thee to fay, Go not into Egypt to fojourn there. 3 But a 2 e captivity of Judah Chap. xliv. for their idolatry. But Baruch the fon of Neriah fetteth this day they are a defolation, and no masi dwelleth therein. e on against us, for to deliver us into hand of the Chaldeans, that they might us to death, and carry us away captives Babylon. So Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all captains of the forces, and all the peoobeyed not the voice of the LORD, to ell in the land of Judah. But Johanan the fon of Kareah, and the captains of the forces took all the nant of Judah,that were returned from ations whither they had been driven, well in the land of Judah; Even men, and women, and children, the kings daughters, and every perfon Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left with Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam fon of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prot, and Baruch the fon of Neriah. So they came into the land of Egypt: they obeyed not the voice of the ; thus came they even to Tahpanhes. Then came the word of the LORD Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, faying, Take great ftones in thine hand, and them in the clay in the brick-kiln, his at the entry of Pharaohs houfe ahpanhes, in the fight of the men of 5: And fay unto them, Thus faith the Dof hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, fend and take Nebuchadrezzar the of Babylon my fervant, and will fet throne upon thefe ftones that I have and he hall fpread his royal pavilion them. And when he cometh, he fhall fmite ind of Egypt, and deliver fuch as are Lath, to death; and fuch as are for Vity, to captivity; and fuch as are efword, to the fword. And I will kindle a fire in the houfes e gods of Egypt, and he fhall burni and carry them away captives, and all aray himself with the land of Eas a fhepherd putteth on his garand he shall go forth from thence ice. 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incenfe, and to ferve other gods whom they knew not, neither they, you, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit, I fent unto you all my fervants the prophets, rifing early and fending them, faying, Oh do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5. But they hearkned not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incenfe unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerufalem, and they are wafted and defolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now, thus faith the LORD, the God of hofts,the God of Ifrael, Wherefore commit ye this great evil againft your fouls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and fuckling out of Judah, to leave you none to remain ; 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incenfe unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut your felves off, and that ye might be a curfe, and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickednefs of their wives, and your own wickedness and the wickednefs of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem? 10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared nor walked in my law, nor in my ftatutes that I fet before you, and before your fathers. II Therefore thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will fet my face againft you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah that have fet their faces to go into the land of Egypt to fojourn there, and they fhall all be confumed, and fall in the land of Egypt: they fhall even be confumed by the fword, and by the famine: they fhall, die, from the leaft even unto the greateft, by the fword, and by the famine: and they fhall be an execration, and an aftonishment, and a curfe, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerufalem, by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence: 14 So that none of the remnant Judah, which are gone into the l Dd The Jews obftinacy. Jeremiah! The deftruction of Egypt to fojourn there, fhall escape or re- furely perform our vows that we have main, that they fhould return into the land vowed, to burn incense to the queen of of Judah, to the which they have a defire heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to return to dwell there: for none shall unto her ye will furely accomplish your return but fuch as fhall escape. vows, and furely. perform your vows. 15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incenfe unto other gods, and all the women that ftood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, faying, 16 As for the word that thou haft fpoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do what foever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incenfe unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judab, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and faw no evil. 18 But fince we left off to burn incenfe to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have want ed all things, and have been confumed by the fword, and by the famine. 19 And when we burnt incenfe to the queen of heaven, and poured out drinkofferings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her without our men? 20 Then Jeremiah faid unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that anfwer, faying, 21 The incenfe that ye burnt in the ci ties of Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem, ye and your fathers, your kings, and your prices, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, becaufe of the evil of your doings, and becaufe of the abominations which ye have committed: therefore is your land a defolation, and an aftonishment,and a curfe without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Because you have burnt incenfe, and because ye have finned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law,nor in his ftatutes, nor in his teftimonies: therefore this evil is hapned unto you, as at this day. 24 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, ali Judah that are in the land of Egypt. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt, behold, I have fworn by my great name, faith the LORD, that my name hall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah, in all the land of Egyp faying, The Lord GoD liveth. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good, and all the men of Judah, that are in the land of Egypt fhall be confumed by the fword, and by the fa mine, until there be an end of them. 28 Yet a small number that escape the fword, fhall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah that are gone into the land of Egypt to fojourn there, fhall know whofe words fhall ftand, mine or theirs. 29 And this fhall be a fign unto you, faith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place,that ye may know that my words fhall furely ftand against you for evil. 30 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt int the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that feek his life, as I gave Zede kiah king of Judah into the hand of Ne buchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and that fought his life. CHAP. XLV. Take unto Baruch the fon of Ne- rian, when he had written these words in 2 Thus faith the LORD the God of i rael unto thee, O Baruch, 3 Thou didft fay,We is me now, for LORD hath added grief to my forrow, fainted in my fighing, and I find no ref 4 Thus fhalt thou fay unto him, T LORD faith thus, Behold, that whic have built will I break down, and t which I have planted, I will pluck even this whole land. 5 And feekeft thou great things for! felf? feek them not: for behold, I bring evil upon all flesh, faith the Lor but thy life will I give unto thee for prey in all places whither thou goeft. CHAP. XLVI. T He word of the LORD which ca to Jeremiah the prophet againfi Gentiles, 25 Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, faying, Ye and your wives 2 Against Egypt, against the arme e both fpoken with your mouths, and Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which led with your hand, faying, We will by the river Euphrates in Carcheni Fgypt foretold. Chap. xlvij. Jacob comforted.. which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon of Egypt is but a noife, he hath paffed the fmote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the time appointed. fon of Jofiah king of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and fhield, and draw near to battel. 4 Harness the horfes, and get up, ye horfemen, and ftand forth with your hel mets, furbish the fpears, and put on the brigandines. 5 Wherefore have I feen them difmayed, and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, faith the LORD. 6 Let not the fwift flee away, nor the mighty man escape, they fhall ftumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7 Who is this that cometh up as a floud, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8 Egypt rifeth up like a floud, and his waters are moved like the rivers, and he faith, I will go up, and will cover the earth, I will deftroy the city, and the inhabitants thercof. 9 Come up, ye horfes, and rage, ye chariots, and let the mighty men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Lybians that handle the fhield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow. 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hofts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adverfaries: and the fword fhall devour, and it fhall be fatiate, and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hofts hath a facrifice in the north-country by the river Euphrates. 11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain fhalt thou ufe many medicines: for thou fhalt not be cured. 12 The nations have heard of thy fhame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath ftumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. 13 The word that the LORD fpake to eremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrez ar king of Babylon fhould come and fmite he land of Egypt. 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahanhes fay ye, Stand faft, and prepare hee, for the word fhall devour round bout thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men fwept away? hey food not, because the LORD did rive them. 16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell pon another, and they faid, Arife, and tus go again to our own people, and to ie land of our nativity, from the opprefng fword. 18 As I live faith the king, whofe name is the LORD of hofts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the fea, fa fhall he come 19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thy felf to go into captivity: for Noph fhall be waste and defolate without an inhabitant. 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but deftruction cometh: it cometh out of the north. 21 Alfo her hired men are in the midft of her, like fatted bullocks, for they allo are turned back, and are fled away together; they did not ftand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their vifitation. 22 The voice thereof fhall go like a ferpent, for they fhall march with an army, and come againft her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23 They shall cut down her foreft, faith' the LORD, though it cannot be searched, because they are more than the grafhoppers, and are innumerable. 24 The daughter of Egypt fhall be confounded, the fhall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 25 The LORD of hofts the God of Ifrael faith, Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings, even Pharaoh, and all them that truft in him. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of thofe that feek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his fervants: and afterwards it fhall be inhabited, as in the days of old, faith the LORD. 27 But fear not thou, O my fervant Jacob, and be not difmayed, Ŏ Ifrael, for behold, I will fave thee from afar off, and thy feed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob fhall return and be in reft and at eafe, and none fhall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my fervant, faith the LORD, for I am with thee, for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in meafure, yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. CHAP. XLVII. He word of the LORD that came to The word the prophet againft the 2 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, v ters rife up out of the north, and 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king be an overflowing fioud, and thall Dd2 |