Jeremiah is arraigned. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. b Ps. 76. 2. 2 Heb. a desolation. 610. ending. 609. JEREMIAH, XXVI. He is quit in judgment. h 2 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 Jeremiah by promises and threatenings ex horteth to repentance. 8 He is therefore by the care of Ahikam. N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king beginning. of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, a ch. 19. 14. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in a the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's bEzek.3.10. house, ball the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: Matt. 28. 20. c Acts 20.27. с 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. f 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my gch.7.13,25. servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; 25.3, 4. 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. ways and your doings, and obey the 15 But know ye for certain, that 16 ¶ Then said the princes and 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down 3 in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. 11 Then spake the priests and the 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan 26. Chr. 32. face of the 2 Sam. 24. 16. t Acts 5. 39. Jeremiah prophesieth BEFORE CHRIST cir. 710. cir. 609. JEREMIAH, XXVII. the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. 23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead 2 Heb. sons body into the graves of the 2 common people. of the people. u 2 King822. 12, 14. ch. 39. 14. 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophesieth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nebuchadnezzar. 8 He exhorteth them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets. 12 The like he doeth to Zedekiah. 19 He be carried to Babylon, and there continue foretelleth, the remnant of the vessels shall until the day of visitation. IN N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah aking of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto 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 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and a have 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, 'my serEzek. 29.18, vant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. f ch. 25. 0. & 43. 10. 20. g ch. 28. 14. Dan. 2. 38. 7 b And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, 'until the very time of his land come: *and then many nations and great kings ch. 25. 14. shall serve themselves of him. & 50. 27. Dan. 5. 26. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. the subduing of BEFORE CHRIST cir. 598. 9 Therefore hearken not yeto your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your 2 dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which rem speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 For 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 the 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. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that 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; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, Pthe vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the 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. n Ezek. 18. 31. o ch. 14. 14. & 23. 21. & 29. 8,9. Heb. in a wingly. lie, or, the neighbour kings. BEFORE CHRIST 598. • 2 Kings 25. 13. 2 Chr. 36. 18. 21. JEREMIAH, XXVIII. Hananiah's false prophecy. salem 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 They shall be carried to Baby12 Chr. 36. lon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then "will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. ch. 29. 10. & 32. 5. u Ezra 1.7. & 7. 19. cir. 596. a ch. 27. 1. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah. 5 Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets. 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiah's yoke. 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke, 15 and foretelleth Hananiah's death. AND it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I b ch. 27.12. have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. • ch. 27. 16. 2 Heb. tico years of days. 3 Heb. captivity. 36. b 3. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 3 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 I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 T 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, BEFORE CHRIST cir. 596. 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD 22. hath truly sent him. • Deut. 18. f 10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet ch. 27. 2. Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 5 from the neck of 8 ch. 27.7. 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 bro ken the 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. 48. 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; "I have puth Deut. 28. a yoke of iron upon the neck of all ch. 27.7. these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and 'I have ch. 27.6. given him the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest kch. 29. 31. this people to trust in a lie. 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah 1 Kings 1. said, a Amen: 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 Now these are the words of the 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. OW letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the 'eunuchs, the 2 Heb. revolt. 32. cir. 595. Jeremiah's letter to the BEFORE CHRIST cir. 599. b ver. 28. JEREMIAH, XXIX. princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem ;) captives in Babylon. 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, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pesti BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. m ch.24. 10. 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebu-lence, and will make them like "vile ch. 24. 8. chadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, figs, that cannot be eaten, they are 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, so evil. the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5 Build 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 carEzra 6.10. ried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 1 Tim. 2. 2. d ch. 14. 14. & 23. 21. & 27. 14, 15. Ephes. 5. 6. e ver. 31. 2 Heb. in a lie. cir. 606. f 2 Chr. 36. 21, 22. Ezra 1. 1. ch. 25. 12. & 27.22. Dan. 9. 2. 3 Heb. end and expectation. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy 2falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. 10 T For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in 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, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye "call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and Lev. 20.39, I will hearken unto you. g Dan. 9. 3, &c. 40, &c. Deut. 30. 1, &c. 1 ch. 24.7. k Deut. 4. 7. Ps. 32. 6. & 46.1. Is. 55. 6. & 30. 3. & 32.37. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me 'with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away 1 ch. 23.3, 8. your captivity, and 'I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither 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 that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 20 T Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom 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, which 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; ch. 15. 4. & 24. 9. & 34. 17. 2 Heb. for pch. 26. 6. ch. 42. 18. q ch. 25. 4. & 32. 33. r See Gen. 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah L. 65. 15. which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am 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 Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, Jacob is comforted, and a BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. a ver. 5. b ch. 28. 15. e ch. 28. 16. 2 Hcb. revolt. a ver. 18. ch. 32. 44. Amos 9. 14, 15. JEREMIAH, XXX. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? a 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build 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 I sent him not, and he 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 shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught 2 rebellion against the LORD. с HE word that came to Jeremiah Tfrom the LORD, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the Ezek. 39.25. captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. b ch. 16. 15. 8 Or, there is fear, and not peacc. 4 Heb. a male. • ch. 4. 31. & 6. 24. d Joel 2. 11, 31. Amos 5. 18. Zeph. 1.14, Dan. 12. 1. : 4 ¶ And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel 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, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 d Alas! for that day is great, so 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 in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and gracious return promised. strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. q Is. 27.8. m Ps. 6. 1. ch. 10. 24. 46.28. & 16. n 2 Chr. 36. ch. 15. 18. Heb. for binding up, or,pressing. och. 8. 22. p Lam. 1. 2. q Job 13. 24. & 16. 9. & 14 PAll thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound ¶ of an enemy, with the chastisement of a 19.11. cruel one, for the multitude of thine Job 30. 21. iniquity; because thy sins were in-ch. 5. 6. creased. 15 Why criest thou for thine af- tch. 15. 18. fliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. 16 Therefore all they that devour thee "shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. |