about 698. tch. 42 14. u Ps. 83. 1. a Rom. 9. 24. 25, 26, 30, & 10. 20. Eph. 2. 12, 13. beh. 63. 19. d Deut. 32.21. ch. 1. 29. & 66. 17. See Lev. 17. 5. + Heb. upon bricks. gch. 66. 17. See Lev. 11. CHAPTER LXV. AM sought of them that asked IAM sought of them that asked 21 have spread out my hands 4fWhich remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments; which f Deut. 19. 11. eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 7. ¡Or, pieces. See Matt. 9. 11. Lake 5.30. & 18. 11. Jude 19. Or, anger. 6 Behold, it is written before me: kI will not keep silence, but will 1 Deut. 32. 34. recompense, even recompense into their bosom, Mal. 3. 16. k Ps. 50. 3. 1 Pa. 79. 12. Jer. 16, 18. E 11. 21. m Ex. 20.5. n Es. 18. 6. • Ea, 20.27,28. pJoel 2, 14. ver. 15, 22. Matt. 24. 22. Roni. 11.6.7. rch, 33.9. & 35. 2. Hos, 2, 15. Of the new Jerusalem. Before about 698. but ye shall be hungry: behold, my Juke 13. 28. + Heb. breaking.. 22. aver. 9, 22. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for See Jer. 29. the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and bcall his servants by another name: 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and dhe that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles a Deut. 6. 13. are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 17 For, behold, 1 create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusa- 7 Your iniquities, and m the iniqui-21 And they shall build houses, and 8 T Thus saith the LORD, As the 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine 4elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there." 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a Josh.7.24.26. place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11 T But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare "a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that || number. The gathering of all nations Before CHRIST about 698. that ye build unto me? and where is ye shall be comforted in Jerusa- 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have boh, 57. 15. & been, saith the LORD: bbut to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and a trembleth at my word. 61, 1. e Pa, 31, 18. & 61. 17. d Ezra 9. 4. & 10. 3. Prov. 28. 14. ver, 5. e ch. 1. 11. Or, kid. f Deut, 23, 18. + Heb.maketh a memorial of, Lov. 2. 2. g Prov. 1, 24. eh, 65. 12. Jer. 7. 13, h ver. 2. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he fcut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that t burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I also will choose their | delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; ៩ because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 5 T Hear the word of the LORD, hye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, iLet the LORD be glorified: but khe 12Thess.1.10 shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. i ch, 5. 19. Tit. 2. 13. Or, beget. ¡Or, bright 60. 5. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, 1 ch, 48. 18. & I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon ach. 49. 22, & her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. m ch, 60, 16. 60. 4. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. rch. 65, 3, 4. Or, one after another. ■ Luke 2, 34 18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; tand they shall declare my glory Mal. 1. 11. among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren "for an offering unto the u Rom, 15, 16. LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in lit-Or, coaches, ters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Ex. 19, 6, LORD. ch. 61. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 9. Rev. 1. 6. 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, ch. 65, 17. shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that † from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon bthe carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. 2 Pet. 3. 13. Rev. 21. 1. aZeeh.14.16. Heb. from New Moon to his new Moon, and from ab bath to kis sabbath. a Ps. 65, 2. b ver. 16. e Mark 9, 44. 45, 48. Before THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET CHAPTER 1. Before 15 For, lo, I will call all the famCHRIST 1 The time, 3 and the calling of Jeremiah.ilies of the kingdoms of the north, CHRIST about 629. a Josh, 21. 18. 1 Chr. 6. 60. cl.32.7,8,9. about 020. b ch. 25, 3. ech, 39, 2. 11 His prophetical visions of an almond 2 To whom the word of the LORD 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, Cunto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, dunto the carrying away 2 Kin. 25. 8. of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. tel. 52.12,15. fla. 49, 1, 5. h Luke 1. 15, 41. 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the Ex.33.12.17. belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I h sanctified thee, and I fordained Gal. 1. 15.16. thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, i Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. + Heb. gave. 1 Ex. 4. 10. & 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 81 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have "put my words in thy mouth. 10 P See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, pl Kin.19.17. and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. o Is. 51. 10. ch, 5. 11. qeh, 18. 7. 2 Cor. 10.4.3. r Ea. 11. 3,7.& eb.4.8.8.0.1. + Heb, shall be opened. 1 God, having shewed his former kind- M LORD came to me, saying, OREOVER the word of the 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy a youth, the love of thine espousals, bwhen thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see Ta scething pot; and the face thereof is † toward the north. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil tshall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: 5 T Thus saith the LORD, f What Is. 5. 4. and have walked after vanity, and 6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that h brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of 2Kin. 17.15. Jonah 2. 8. his. 63. 9. 11. 13. & 32, 10. God expostulateth with the Jews, Before k Num.13.27. & 14. 7, 8. Deut. 8. 7, 8, 9. JEREMIAH. drought, and of the shadow of death, CHRIST through a land that no man passed about 629. through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into ka plenOr, the land of Carmel. tiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the mlaw knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and ch.3. 1. & 16. walked after things that do not profit. 1 Lev. 18. 25, 27, 28. Num, 35.33, 31 Pa. 78. 58, 59, & 106, 38. 18. In Mal. 2, 6,7. Rom. 2. 23. n ch. 23. 13. o ver. 11. Hab. 2. 18. 9T Wherefore PI will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of ChitPE.20.35.36. tim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Mic, 6. 2. q Ex. 20, 5, Lev. 20. 5. Or, over to. r Mic. 4. 5. ■ Ps. 115. 4. Is, 37, 19.. ch. 16. 20. t Pa. 106. 20. Rom. 1 23. u ver, 8, x Is. 1. 2. ch, 6. 13. y Ps. 36. 9. ch. 17. 13. & 18. 14. John 4. 14. See Ex.4.22. + Heb, be come a spoil? a I. 1. 7. ch. 4. 7. ↑ Heb. gave out their voice. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, 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 the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 14 TIs Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? 15 The young lions roared upon him, and fyelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and bch. 43. 7,8,9.b Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 1 Or, feed on thy crown, Deut. 33, 20, Ia, 8. 8. 17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when dhe d Deut. 32.10. led thee by the way? cch. 4. 18. Is. 30. 1, 2, fJosh 13. 3. g Is. 3. 9. Ho. 5.5. h Ex. 19. 8. Judg. 10, 15. [Or, serve. i Deut. 12. 2. Is. 57, 5, 7. ch. 3. 6. k Ex. 34. 15. 10. 1 Ex. 15. 17. Pa. 44. 2. & 80.8. Is, 5. 1. &o. & 60, 21. Matt. 21.33. Mark 12. 1. Lake 20, 9. m Deut.32.32. Is. 1.21. &8. n Job 9. 30. 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of f Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and b thou saidst, I will not transgress; when i upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, k playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had I planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet and reproveth them of idolatry. thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 23 P How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; thou Before CHRIST about 629. o Deut. 32. 31. Job 14 17. Hos. 13. 12. pProv. 30.12. q ch. 7.31. dromedary. JobS9.5,&e. ch. 14. 6. ass, fi. +Heb. taught. 24 A wild ass † used to the wilder-Or. O swift ness, that snuffeth up the wind at ther pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they thator, O wild seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, | There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 20 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned t their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their "trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy ftrouble: 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. 80 In vain have I bsmitten your b Is. 1. 5. & 9. children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 TO generation, see ye the word of the LORD. d Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, "We are lords; fwe will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by † secret search, but upon all these. Judah's vile whoredom. Before CHRIST about 629. + Heb. Saying. JEREMIAH. head: for the LORD hath rejected CHAPTER III. Before CHRIST about 612. The people confess their sins. merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed 1 God's great mercy in Judah's vile against the LORD thy God, and hast whoredom. 6 Judah is worse than Is-d scattered thy ways to the "strangers rael. 12 The promises of the gospel funder every green tree, and ye have to the penitent. 20 Israel reproved, and not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. called by God, maketh a solemn confes- 14 Turn, O backsliding children, sion of their sins. saith the LORD; for I am married THEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, a Deut. 24. 4. and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that bland be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. beh. 2. 7. d ch 4.1. 86.15. & 103.8.9. ver. 5. Lev. 28, 40, &c. Dent, 30, 1, 2. &c. Prov. 28. 13. Ea. 16. 15,24, 25. ech. 2. 25. unto you: and I will take you hone dver 16 And it shall come to pass, when geh. 31. 32. Ea. 34. 23. k Acts 20, 28. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast pol-neither shall it f come to mind; nei-11. 65, 17. Ea. 16.21.25. luted the land with thy whoredoms ther shall they remember it; neither and with thy wickedness. shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. f Gen. 38. 14, Prov. 23. 28. gch, 2. 7. ver. 9. 3 Therefore the h showers have been h Lev. 28. 19. withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a i whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Deut. 29, 23, 24. ch. 9. 12. & 11.4. ich. 5,3. & G. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art k the guide of my youth?" 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done P.77.7.&. evil things as thou couldest. Hos. 2. 15. & 103. 9. Ja. 57. 16. ver. 12. about 612. n ver. 11, 14. ch. 7. 24. och, 2, 20. ས GT The LORD said also unto me in p2 Kia.17.13.7 P And I said after she had done > Es. 23. 9. a2 Kings 17. 6, 18. 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; Ex.23.11.&o, yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 18 In those days the house of X bornness. os Is.11.13. Ez. 37. 16- ver. 12. ch. 1. 8. Amos 9. 15. or, caused your fathers to possess. P. 106.24. Es. 20. 6. beauty. after me. + Heb.friend. 5. II os. 11. 1. 22 Return, ye backsliding chil-1.48.8. dren, and I will heal your back-ul, 15, 2. slidings. Behold, we come unto x ver. 11. thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 b For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. |