The Book of the Prophet JEREMIAH. CHAP. I. THE words of Jeremiah a the son of B. C. 629. Jand brazen walls against the whole land, Hilkiah, of the priests that were in a 2Ch.36.21. Anathoth, b in the land of Benjamin: b 1Ch.6.60. 2 To whom the word of the LORD c c.25.3. came in the days of Josiah the son of d Jos.1.9. Amon king of Judah, in c the thirteenth e c.39.2. ear of his reign. f c.52.12,&c. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim g 2Ki.25.8. the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto e the 1 or, for thy end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the sake. son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the car-h Hos.2.15. rying away ƒ of Jerusalem captive in the i De.2.7. fifth g month. 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, k Is.49.1,5. 5 Before k I formed thee in the belly I 8 Ber not afraid of their faces: for Is am t 2Ki.17.15. 3 2Co.10.4,5. or, the land of Carmel. z Ps. 106.38. 11 Moreover, the word of the LORD a Mal.2.6,7. came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what b c.5.31. seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of c Hab.2.18. an almond-tree. MOREOVER, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem. saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remem ber 1 thee, the kindness of thy h youth, the love of thine espousals, when i thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness I unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: m all that devour him shall offend; evil n shall come upon them, saith the LORD. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 Thus saith the LORD, What q iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and t have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither u said they, Where is the Lond that brought us up w out of the land of Egypt, and led x us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits; through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death; through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into 3 a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof: but when ye entered, ye defiled z my land, and made mine he d Eze.20.35.ritage an abomination. 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou e Eze.11.3.7. hast well seen: for I will hasten my 24.3,&c. word to perform it. 4 from the face of. fc.4.6. 6.1,22. be opened. 6 or, over to. g Is.23.1,12. 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot, e and the face thereof is 4 toward the north. 16 And I will utter my judgments p Job 38.3. against them touching all their wicked-q Eze.2.6. ness, whom have forsaken me, and haver Ex.4.22. burnt incense unto other gods, and wor- break to shipped the works of their own hands. pieces. 17 Thou therefore gird p up thy loins, s'become a and arise, and speak unto them all that I spoil. command thee: be q not dismayed at theirs c.15.20. faces, lest I confound thee before them. t Ps.5" 4. 18 For, behold, I s have made thee this gave out day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, their voice. 468 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the a law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that c do not profit. 9 Wherefore d I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your chil dren's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of g Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, h and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing: 11 Hathi a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed k their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, 7 at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, n the foun tain o of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterus, that can hold no water. 14 Is Israel a servant?r is he a homeborn slave? why is he 8 spoiled? 15 The young lions t roared upon him land 9 yelled, & they made his land waste, Expostulation with Israel. JEREMIAH, III. B. C. 629. his cities are burnt without inhabitant. 1Jno.1.8,10. or, feed on เท crown, De.33.20. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thy-b c.43.7. self, din that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, g to drink the waters of c Is. 1.6,7. Sihor?horwhat hast thou to do in the way d Hos. 13.9. cf Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? e Hos.12.1. 19 Thine ownk wickedness shall correct f2Ch.28.20. thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove g Is.30.1,2. thee: know, therefore, and see, that it is an h Jos. 13.3. evil thing & bitter that thou has forsaken i 2Sa.13.19. the LORD thy God, and that my tear is k Is.5.5. not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Is.28.15-17. 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, 2 saying. and burst thy bands; and o thou saidst, m De.24.4. I will not 3 transgress; when upon every n Eze.16.26high hill, and under every green tree, 29. thou wanderest, playing the harlot. q. o Ex. 19.8. 21 Yet I had planted thee a nobler vine, 1Sa. 12.10. wholly a right seed; how then art thoup Zec.1.3. turned into the degenerate plant of a 3 or, serve, strange t vine unto me? Jos.24.18,21. 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, q Is. 1.21. and take thee much soap,yet thine iniquity De.12.2. is marked v before me,saith the Lord GOD. r Ps.80.8. 23 How canst thou say, I am not x pol- & Pr.23.28. luted, I have not gone after Baalim? See t De.32.32. thy way in the valley, know what thou u Le.26.19. hast done thou art a swift dromedary De.28.23,24. traversing her ways; c.9.12. 14.4. The Wickedness of Israel. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am a innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me: behold I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned." 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, e as thou wast fashanied of Assyria. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands i upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences and I thou shalt not prosper in them. CHAP. III. THEY 2 say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and be come another man's, shail be return unto her again?m shall not that land be greatly polluted: but thou n hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return p again to me, saith the LORD. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with: in the ways s hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness? and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore u the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no lat ter rain; and w thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of y my youth? 5 Will z he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. 6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon a every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 And I said, c after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me: but she returned not. And her treacherous a 1Ki.14.23.sister Judah d saw it. 24 A5 wild ass 6 used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at 7 her pleasure; v Ps.90.8. in her occasion who can turn her away? w Eze.3.7. all they that seek her will not wearythem-x Pr.30.12,20. selves; in her month they shall find her. 4 or, O swift. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, y Pr.2.17. and thy throat from thirst; but thou saidst, z Ps.77.7-9. There 9 is no hope: b no; for I have 5 or, 0. loved strangers, and after them will I go. 6 taught. 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is the desire of found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; her heart. they, their kings, their princes, and their 8 or,reverse it. priests, and their prophets, 27 Saying to a stock, e Thou art my fa-9 or, Is the ther; and to a stone, Thou hast 1 brought case despe me forth; for they have turned 2 their rate? back unto me, and not their face: but in b c.18.12. the time of their trouble f they will say, Ro.8.24. Arise, and save us. c2Ki.17.10,13 28 But where are thy gods that thou d Eze.23.2,&c hast made thee? let them arise, if they e Is. 44.19. can save thee in the time of thy 3 trou-1 or, begotten ble for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. me. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the 5 in false- Mar.12.2-8. minion. 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, 6 have door a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten n me days without number. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. * Ps. 12.4. 12Ch.30.9. Ps.86.15. m De.30.1-6. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood n Hos.8.14. of the souls of the poor innocent: o Io Ps.106.38. have not found it by secret search, but digging. upon all these. Is.54.5. 40 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with g stocks. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but 5 feignedly, saith the LORD. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words to ward the north, and say, Return, thou hacksliding Israel, saith the LORD, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, I saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge m thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married p unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two lof a family, and I will bring you to Zion 469 Promises of Mercy. JEREMIAH, IV. 15 And I will give you pastors a accord-| B. C. 612. mg to mine heart, which shall feed b you with knowledge and understanding. a Ep.4.11. 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye bJno.21.15-17 be multiplied and increased in the land, Ac.20.28. in those days, saith the LORD, they shall 1Pe.5.2. say no more, The ark of the covenant of 1 breaking. the LORD; neither f shall it come 2 to c Da.7.4. mind, neither shall they remember it, d 2Ki.24.1. neither shall they visit it, neither shall that 3 be done any more. 25.1. e c.25.9. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusa-f Is.65.17. lem the throne of the LORD: and all the 2 upon the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the heart. name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither g Is.22.12. shall they walk any more h after the 3 or, it be 4 imagination of their evil heart. magnified. 18 In those days the house of Judah i shall h Ro.6.14. walk 5 with the house of Israel, and they 4 or, stubshal! come together out of the land of the bornness. north to the land that I have given for i Is.11.13. an inheritance unto your fathers. Eze.37.16-22 19 But I said, How shall I put thee k Is.37.35. among the children, and give thee a plea- 5 or, to. sant land, a 8 goodly heritage of the La.2.21. hosts of nations? And I said, Thou shalt 6 or, caused call me, My m father; and shalt not turn your fathers away 2 from me. to possess. land of desire. an heritage of glory, or, of beauty. or, fuller wind than those. 1 utter judg 22 Return, ye backsliding children, ments. and I will heal your backslidings. Be-m Ro.8.15. hold, we come unto thee; for s thou art 2 from after. the LORD our God. 3 friend. 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her 3 husband, so have ye dealt treacherously n with me, O houses of Israel, saith the LORD. 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping p and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their q way, and they have for gotten the LORD their God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for n Is.48.8. from the hills, and from the multitude of o Ja.4.8. mountains: truly t in the LORD our God p 2Co.7.10. is the salvation of Israel. q Pr.19.3. 24 For shame hath devoured the labour r Hos.6.1. of our fathers from our youth: theirs Hos.13.4. flocks and their herds, their sons and their t Ps.121.1,2. daughters. 25 We w lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. CHAP. IV. IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. Is.63.16. the walls of 2 And thou shalt swear, y The LORD y De.10.20. liveth, in truth, z in judgment, and in z Is.48.1. righteousness; and the nations a shall a Ge.22.18. bless themselves in him, and in him shall Ps.72.17. b they glory. b Is.45.25. 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of ICo.1.31. Judah and Jerusalem, Break d up your fal- c Mi.2.1. ow ground, and sow not among e thorns. Ro.16.19. 4 Circumcise f yourselves to the LORD, d Hos.10.12. and take away the foreskins of your heart, e Mat. 13.7,22. ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jeru-f De.10.16. salem; lest my fury come forth like fire, Ro.2.28,29. and burn that none can quench it, beg Is.24.19. cause of the evil of your doings. h Is.5.25. 6 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Eze.38.20. Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trum- Hab.3.6. pet in the land: cry, gather together, i Zep.1.3. and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us k Ps.76.7. go into the defenced cities. 5or, strength 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: 5 re-en. Punishment predicted. tire, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great 1 destruction. 7 The lion c is come up d from his thicket, and the destroyer e of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate: and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant. 8 For this g gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priest shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. 10 Then said I, Ab, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword I reacheth unto the soul. 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, a dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 12 Even a 9 full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will f1give sentence against them. 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Wo unto us! for we are spoiled. 14 0 Jerusalem, wash thine heart o from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth afflictionfrom mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the nations: be hold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because u she hath bees rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 18 Thy v way and thy doings have pro. cured these things unto thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at 4 my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me: I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried: for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish chil dren, and they have none understaud ing: they are wise c to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge." 23 I beheld the earth, and, ln, it was without g form and void; and the hea vens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, 10, they trembled, h and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds iof the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce kanger. 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate: yet will I Punishment predicted. not make a full end. JEREMIAH, VI. 28 For a this shall the earth mourn, and B. C. 612. the heavens above be black: because I a Hos.4.3. have spoken it, I have purposed it, and b c.14.13,15. will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. Is.5.26. 39.3,6. 1 eyes. c c.20.9,11. 29 The whole city shall flee for the d De.28.49. noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, e Eze.23:40. and not a man dwell therein. 30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt f c.22.20-22. thou do? Though thou clothest thyself La.1.2,19. with crimson, though theu e deckest thee g Le.26.16. with ornaments of gold, though thou rent- De.28.31,33. est thy face with painting, in vain shalt h Is. 1.15. thou make thyself fair: thy f lovers will La.1.17. despise thee, they will seek thy life. 31 For I have heard a voice as of a wok De.29.24,&c man in travail, and the anguish as of her 1Ki.9.8.9. that bringeth forth her first child; the Ge.18.23,&c. voice of the daughter of Zion, that beEze.22.30. waileth herself, that spreadeth h her m De.28.48. hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my n Tit.1.16. soul is wearied because of murderers. 2 heart, CHAP. V. Hos.7.11. RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, ifl ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say,n The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. i ver. 10. o 2Ch.16.9. p Is.9.13. c.7.28. Zep.3.1,2. q Is.6.9. Eze.12.2. Jno. 12.40. Ro.11.8. 30 LORD, are not thine eyes o upon the r He. 12.9. truth? thou hast stricken them, but they ps c.10.7. have not grieved; thou hast consumed Re. 15.4. them, but they have refused r to receivet Ps.99.1. correction: they have made their faces u Job 38.11. harder than a rock; they have refused to Pr.8.29. v Mat.11.5. return. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and a Hos. 13.7. will speak unto them: for they w have Am.5.18,19. known the way of the LORD, and the judg- bDe.11.13,14. ment of their God: but these have alto- c Eze.22.27. gether broken ≈ the yoke, and burst the Zep.3.3. bonds. d Ge.8.22. 6 Wherefore a lion out a of the forest e c.3.3. shall slay them, and a wolf c of the 3 even- 3 or, deserts. mgs shall spoil them, a leopard shall 4 or, pry as watch over their cities: every one that fowlers lie goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; in wait. because their transgressions are many, 5 strong. and their backslidings are increased. 3 f Jos.23.7. 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy Zep.1.5. children have forsaken me, and f sworn 6 or, coop. by them that are no gods: when I had g c.13.27. fed them to the full, they then committed h Mi. 1.12. alultery, g and assembled themselves by i De.32.15. troops in the harlots' houses. k c.22.15-19. ver.29. c.9.9. m c.4.27. 8 They were as fed horses in the mornng: every one neighed after his neighDour's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but m make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. 30.11. or, astonishment and filthiness. Hos.6.10. o Eze. 13.6. 8or, take into 11 For the house of Israel and the house their hands. of Judah have dealt very treacherously p Mi.2.11. against me, saith the LORD. q De.32.29. La. 1.9. 12 They have belied r the LORD, and said, It is not he, neither s shall evil come upon r2Ch.36.16. us, neither shall we see sword nor famine;s Is.28.15. Expostulation with Israel. 13 And the prophets b shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, be hold, I will make my words in thy mouth tire, c and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation d upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an an cient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understaudes: what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up g thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, Iwill not make a full i end with you. 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore k doth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land; so m shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 ilear now this, O foolish people, and without 2 understanding; which q have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear s ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble t at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound u of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted y and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God that giveth rain, b both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth d unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities e have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wick ed men: they 4 lay wait as he that settet snares: they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a 6 cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, i they shine. yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not k the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy do they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 Awonderful and n horrible thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, o and the priests 9 bear rule by their means; and my people love p to have it so: and what will ye do in the end q thereof? CHAP. VI. YE children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Punishment predicted. JEREMIAH, VII. B. C. 612. Jerusalem and blow the trumpet in Te-1 bEze.26.7,&c. Ro.11.9. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to c Eze.3.20. a 1 comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her: they shall pitch d their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for f the day goeth away, for the shadows g of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and 2 cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. e ver.1. fc.8.20. g Ca.2.17. h Is.5.30. 2 or, pour out the engine of shot. i Pr.1.27,28. c.13.21. La.1.12. 7 As k a fountain casteth out her waters, k Is.57.20. so she casteth out her wickedness: vio- Is. 1.20. lence m and spoil is heard in her; before c.4.10. me continually is grief and wounds. mEze.7.11,23 8 Be thou instructed, n O Jerusalem, n Pr.4.13 lest p my soul 3 depart from thee; lest I Zep.3.7. make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. o c.25.34. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They Mi.1.10. shall throughly glean the remnant of Is-p Eze.23.18. rael as a vine: turn back thine hand as a 3 be loosed, or, grape-gatherer into the baskets. disjointed. 10 To whom r shall I speak, and give a La.1.16, warning, that they may hear? behold, r Is.53.1. their ear is uncircumcised, u and they can-s c.9.4. not hearken: behold, the word of the t Is. 1.22,25. LORD is unto them a reproach; v they u Ac.7.51. have no delight in it. v c.20.8,9. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of 4 or, refuse. the LORD; I am weary with holding i: w Mat.5.13. I will pour it out upon the x children x c.9.21. abroad, and upon the assembly of young y De.28.30. men together: for even the husband with c.8.10. the wifey shall be taken, the aged with z Is.1.16,17. him that is full of days. Mat.3.8. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto a Mi.3.5,11. others, with their fields and wives together: b Mi.3.11. for I will stretch out my hand upon the Mat.3.9,10. inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. c c.8.11,12. 13 For from the least of them even unto bruise, or, the greatest of them every one is given to breach. covetousness; a and from the prophet even d La.2.14. unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. e c.3.3. 14 They c have healed also the 5 hurt of f Pr.29.1. the daughter of my people slightly, saying, g De.6.14,15. Peace, peace: when d there is no peace. h De.4.40. 15 Were they ashamed e when they had i c.50.5. committed abomination? nay, they were k c.18.15. not at all ashamed, neither could they Mal.4.4. blush: therefore f they shall fall among Ca.1.7. them that fall: at the time that I visit them m Col.2.6. they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. In Mat.11.29. 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the o Hos.4.1,2. ways, and see, and ask i for the old k paths, Ro.2.2,17,&c. where is the good way,land walk m there-p Eze.3.17. in, and ye shall find rest n for your souls. Hab.2.1. But they said, We will not walk therein. q Zec.7.11. 17 Also I set watchmen p over you, say-r Eze.23.29. ing, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. 6 whereupon But they said, We will not q hearken. my name is 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, called. O congregation, what is among them. s Pr.1.31. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bringt 2Ch.6.33. evil upon this people, even the fruit s of u Mat.21.13. their thoughts, because they have not v Pr.28.9. hearkened unto my words, nor to my w Ps.50.7-9. law, v but rejected it. 20 To what w purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet] Is.1.11. Am.5.21,22. Promises and Threatenings. cane from a far country? your burntofferings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks c before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. 22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, e a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised froin the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth h like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguishi hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way: for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow o thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, q as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. 27 I have set thee for a tower and a for tress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, walkings with slanders: they are t brass and irou; they are all corrupters. 29The bellows are burned,the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for thewicked are not plucked away: 30 Reprobate w silver shall men call them,because the LORDhath rejected them. CHAP. VII. THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, andproclaim there this word,and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend z your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not b in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD,The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you throughly exe cute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, g neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then h will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, tha cannot profit. 9 Willo ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And comer and stand before me it this house, 6 which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house which t is called by my name, become a den u of robbers in your eyes? behold, even I have scen it, saith the LORD |