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12 Then shall the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom 12 Kings they offer encense: but they shall not save them at

10, 13.

r chap. 2,

28.

Hos. 3, 10.

1 ch. 7, 16. & 14, 11.

all in the time of their trouble.

13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah ; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that

5 ch. 3, 24. shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. 15 What hath my beloved "to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and

u Psal. 50,

16.

chi 7, 7, 8.

* Ezek. 16, the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest

26.

y Hag. 2,

18.

Fitus 1, 15.

z Prov. 2,

14.

Isai. 5, 19.

a Isa. 5, 2.

Ezek. 15, 6.

evil, then thou ' rejoicest.

16 The LORD called thy name, A green olivetree, fair, and of goodly fruit; with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

17 For the LORD of hosts that planted thee hath Luke 13,7. pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house 6 Exod. 15, of Israel, and of the house of Judah, which they have Isalah 5, 1. done against themselves, to provoke me to anger, in

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20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed h

my cause.

21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

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16 And it shall come to pass if they will diligently a Num. 25, learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; (as they taught my people to izech. 10,

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Be-swear by Baal;) then shall they be built in the midst Eph. 2, 18.

Amos 2, 12. hold, I will punish them; the young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;

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Hos. 4, 2.

the day of slaughter.

4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs Psal. 105, of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that

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15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Mal. 1, 3. LORD hath spoken.

Kom. 11, 10.

s Josh. 7-19, Hosea 9, 7. cause

16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he * darkness, and before your feet stumble upon 1 Isa. 8, 22. the dark mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Lam. 2, 1.

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A grievous famine.

me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, Befors and trusted in falsehood.

26 'Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

cir. 602.

f ch. 7, 4. Micah 3,11

chap. &, 8.

27 1 have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, g 2 Chr. 15, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall h ch. 4, 14. it once be?

CHAPTER XIV.

A grievous famine causeth Jeremiah to pray. HE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah

THE

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Hosea 8, 1

cir. 601.

a chap. 7,1

3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; b ch. 2, 13 they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 52 Sam. 14, 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no d Lev. 26, rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they 19. covered their heads.

30.

James 5, 17

5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and for- e Joel 2, 11 sook it, because there was no grass.

Ps. 28, 9.

6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they & snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes g ch. 2,24 did fail, because there was no grass.

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h1 Sam. 14, 29.

fom. 4, 17.

70 LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings i Ps. 50, 15. are many; we have sinned against thee.

k Ps. 25, 11,

8 O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in 1 ch. 17, 13 time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry form a night?

m2 Chr. 33,

8.

9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as n Ps. 115,8. a mighty man that° cannot save ? yet thou, O LORD, o Isa. 59, 1. art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy pZech. 2,5. name: leave us not.

10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained 9 ch. 2, 23. their feet; therefore the LORD doth not accept them: he will now 'remember their iniquity, and visit their r. Ps. 50, 21. sins.

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22 And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore cometion, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their & 27, 15. Hosea 2,9. iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the made bare. prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them

cisa. 3, 17. Naii. 3, 5.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leop-not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in ard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are d Hos. 15, 3. accustomed to do evil.

Zeph. 2, 2.

e Job 20,

29.

Psal. 11, 6.

24 Therefore will I d scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy slot, the portion of thy measures from

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JEREMIAH.

The rejection of the Jews.
Jeremiah's complaint and prayer.
Before bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nored: and the residue of them will I deliver to the CHRIST

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CHRIST their daughters; for I will pour their wickednesssword before their enemies, saith the LORD. cir. 601. upon them.

ch. 9, 1.

a Ps. 79, 3. 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them, bch. 10, 25. c Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Lam. 1, 16. & 2, 18.

d Lam. 4, 9. Ezek. 7 15

e Lain. 5,

22.

18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and 12 Chr. 36, there is 'no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble !

16.

ch. 15, 18.

20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, & Hosea 14, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have & sinned Daniel 3, 9. against thee.

h Ps. 74, 2.

& 106, 43.

i Num. 14,

34.

Ps. 89, 39.

21.

21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, 'break not thy covenant with us.

22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give

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10P Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne p Ps. 120,5.

q Acts 17,6.

me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the
whole earth! I have neither 'lent on usury, nor men r Ps. 109, 4.
have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them
doth curse me.

11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to 'entreat 5 ch. 39, 17 thee well in the time of evil, and in the time of affliction. t ch. 40, 4. 12 Shall "iron break the northern iron and the steel?

13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

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17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor f Psal. 1, 1. Hosen 2, showers? Art not thou he, O LORD our God? there-rejoiced; I sat alone, because of thy hand: for g Hos. 7, 5.

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and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people; cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword, and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

3_And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD; the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusa-and concerning the daughters that are born in this b Ps. 78, 64. lem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward; therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary James 1,14. with repenting.

i Amos 7,

k Lev. 26,

33.

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7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will de-famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the e Ps. 79, 2.

1 Isa. 9,13. stroy my people, since they'return not from their

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5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament norbemoan them: d Lev. 25, for I have taken away my peace from this people, 5, 6. saith the LORD, even loving-kindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make them selves bald for them:

was yet day; she hath been ashamed and confound- 7 Neither shall men + tear themselves for them in

& 47, 5. Heb. deal that is,

unto them,

bread, Deut. 26,14 Ezek. 24

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The Jews' return from captivity.

CHAPTER XVII.

Judah's captivity for sin. Betors mourning to comfort them for the dead; neither shall their groves by the green trees upon the high

car. 601.

e Prov. 31, 6, 7.

men give them the cup of consolation to drink for hills.
their father or for their mother.

Before cır. 601

d chap. 7,

30 my mountain in the field, I will give thy sub8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feast-stance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy 18. Eccl. 7, 2. ing, to sit with them to eat and to drink. high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. e chap. 16,

Eph. 5, 7.

9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt & discontinue from

Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place 2 Kings & in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth,

22, 20.

h Isa. 24, 7

13.

f Hosea 10,

Lev. 26, 34.

thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee & to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowand the voice of gladness, the voice of the bride-est not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, groom, and the voice of the bride.

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto 1 chap. 5, thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity ? or what is our sin, that we have committed against the LORD our God?

& 3, 13.

Mat. 25, 44.

1 Deut. 29,

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11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law:

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5 Thus saith the LORD, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and i Isa. 30, 1. whose heart departeth from the LORD:

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit k Job 3, 32. the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land 1 Deut. 29, and not inhabited.

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is:

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8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and 'Ps. 1, S. 12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall (for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagina-be green; and shall not be careful in the year of unto me ;)

n chap. 13, tion of his evil heart, that they may not hearken

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13 O LORD, the Hope of Israel, all that forsake y Luke 12

thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from 20.
me shall be written in the earth, because they have 2 Psal. 73,

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saithforsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I
send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them
from every mountain, and from every hill, and out
of the holes of the rocks.

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17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they Prov. 5, 21. are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity Ps. 94, 7. hid from mine eyes.

Isa. 29, 15.

a Isai. 40, 15.

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, b Lev. 26, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

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c Ps. 18, 2.

Mat. 8,

19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and d Mal 1,11. my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,

10.

sai. 44, and things wherein there is no profit.

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20 Shall a man 'make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

CHAPTER XVII.

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1 The captivity of Judah for her sin..... Trust in God is blessed. THE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns • Lev. 4,7, of your altars;

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2 Whilst their children remember their altars and

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a Prov. 10,

Luke 10, 2

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; 28. save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 15 Behold, they say unto me, • Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.

b Job 42,
5, 6.
ch. 15, 17.

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18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let 'not me be confounded; let them be dismayed, g Ps. 23, 4, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 1Ps. 25, 2

19 Thus said the LORD unto me, Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, but hallow the sabbath-day, to do no work therein; 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city $1sa. 1, 18, kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, chap. 22, 4. riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.

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CHRIST cir. 905.

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17 I will scatter them as with an east wind Mac. 6, 16.

before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and
not the face, in the day of their calamity.

26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the Kingsland of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the u Zech. 7, 7. mountains, and from the "south, bringing burnt-offer-perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise,

12, 21.

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2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

4 And the vessel that he made of clay was 21 Sam. 15, marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again Mat. 16,24 another vessel, fas seemed good to the potter to make it.

Gal. 1,

e Mat. 8, 11,

12.

Kom. 11, 15.

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me,

fPs. 115, 3. saying,

g Isa. 45, 9.

h Acts 17,

28.

6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, i ch. 1, 10. and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it :

8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, * turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I 2 Chr. 12,7. thought to do unto them.

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z Deut. 28 chap. 4, 11

21.

18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise a Job 27, devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not isa. 27, 8. hver nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us 2 Tim 4,3. smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed: Ezek. 11, to any of his words.

Acts 7, 54.

2.

d Mal. 2, 7.

19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the Jolin 7, 48. voice of them that contend with me.

20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and & to turn away thy wrath from them.

e Esther 3,

Amos 5, 3.

Acts 19, 25.

f Ps. 109, 4. g Ps. 106, 23.

Ps. 109,

21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the 8, 10. sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring 'a troop suddenly upon them; for they 12 Kings have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for 24, 2 my feet.

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2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of b2 kinge
Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, c Neh. 3,
and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee; 29.
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, Od Mat. 28,
kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus 20.
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, s.
I will bring evil upon this place, the which whoso- ch. 17, 20.
ever heareth, his ears shall & tingle.

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11 Now, therefore, go to, speak to the men of Ju-unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers h chap. 2, dah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Amos 3,6. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, "I frame evil against 12 Kings you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

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5 'They have built also the high places of Baal, Kings to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings unto 1 Lev. 18, Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither 2 k came it into my mind:

2 Kings 23, 10.

22.

6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith them Col. 2, LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Slaughter.

8.

chap. 7, 32.

Josh. 15, 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Isa. 30, 1, Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the &

S.

tchap. 5,

30.

1 Sam. 4,

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