The restoration of Israel. The stability of the church. CHAPTER XXXII. with them the blind and the lame, the woman with { 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have cir. cos. child and her that travaileth with child together: a replenished every sorrowful soul. great company shall return thither. 26 Upon this lawaked, and beheld; and my 'sleep Before CHRIST q Isni. 35, 5. 6. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with 'sup-was sweet unto me. ch. 50, 4. plications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. s Zech. 12, 10. t John 3, 1. & 12, 95. 13. Before CHRIST cir. 606. g Mat. 5, 6. h Zech. 4, 27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that 1,2 I will sow the house of Israel, and the house of i Ps. 127, 2. Judah, with the seed of man, and with the seed 1 Pet. 1, of beast. 23. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scat-watched over them, to 'pluck up, and to break down, 1 ch. 44, 27 Ezek. 34, tered Israel will "gather him, and keep him, as a{ and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so shepherd doth his flock. will I watch over them, to " build, and to plant, saith m ch. 24, 6. the LORD. x Gal. 3, 13. 1 Peter 1, y 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger Rev. 14,3,4 than he. 18. v Luke 11, 21, 22. z Isa. 2, 2. Hos. 3, 5 b Ezek 58, Hos. 2, 21. 35. Joel 3, 13. c Isa. 51, 5. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock, and of the herd: and their souls shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make d Rev. 21, 4. them rejoice from their "sorrow. 22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou back1 Song 3, 6. sliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new ach. 50, 5. thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Mat. 1, 21. As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Ju4 laiah co, wordthth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, 6, 7. dah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring Jeremiah imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy. d Isaiah co, again their captivity: The LORD bless thee, O THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD 97 King habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. which was the "eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. Dah 2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged c10.2014 Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up a Mats, a 21. Rev. 21, 27 • Ise. 11, 9. e 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they 151921 that go forth with flocks. Jeremiah's imprisonment. JEREMIAH. e The captivity confirmed. in the court of the prison, which was in the king of other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this Before cir. 590. Judah's house. day; Before CHRIST 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up,{ saying, "Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye tight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not CHRIST cir. 590. e Ex. 9, 16. 83, 17, 18. 21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt, with signs, and with wonders, P. 9, 16. & and with a strong hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terror; f Ex. 6, 6. 11. 22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst Ps. 136, 10, swear to their fathers to give them, "a land flowing g Deut. 4. with milk and honey ; 34. Deut. 6, 1 9, Dan. 9, 10. 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they hEx. 3, 8. obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law i Neh. 3, they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst 26. them to do; therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. & S7, 10 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand chap. 8, 1. of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken 'is come to pass; and, behold, 1zech. 1, 6. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for " the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jere- Ps. 77, 19 7 Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum, thine 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 8 So Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in 10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both Dan. 6,4,5 that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: Col. 4, 5. 3, 4. 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto chap. 36, Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in { the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. 13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of t 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, "I prayed a2 Sam. 7, unto the LORD, saying, 18. 17 Ah, Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the Dan. 9, 12. heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretch1 Gen. 18,4. ed-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest loving-kindness unto thousands, y Ex. 34,7. and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the Ps. 145, & bosom of their children after them: The Great, The Titus 1, 13. Mighty God, The LORD of hosts, is his name; 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: (for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons 1, 2. of men; to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings :) I 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. m 2 King 5,7. Isa. 55, 8. Mat. 16, 24 2 Cor. 5, 7. n Num. 16, 22. chap. 45, 3. Rom. 3, 20. o Gen. 18, 4 P. 115,3 verse 17. p Isa. 5, 5. John 19,11 q chap. 37, verse S. 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it, with the houses 'upon whose roofs they have offered o incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings r chap. 12, unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 13. 30 For the children of Israel, and the children of Judah'have only done evil before me from their youth: s ch. 2, 2. for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation t Is. C5, 5. of mine anger and of my fury, from the day that they built it, even unto this day, that I should remove it from before my face; 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, "they, their kings, their prin- u Isaiah 1, ces, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Dan. 9, 8. Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries b Ezek. 57, Pal. 62, of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my Rom. 11,25 A return promised. c CHAPTER XXXIII....XXXIV. e ch. 33, 16. d ch. 24, 7. e Exek. 11, 19. Arts 2, 1. fcb. 6, 16. 39 And I will give them one heart, and 'one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with Ach them, that I will not turn away from them to do Joan 146. them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, Eph. 4, 5, 6. that they shall not depart from me. ch. 31, 31. Ezek. 39,29. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, Rom. 8, 30. and I will plant them in this land † assuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul. 18. h Mat. 16, John 8, 30. 42 For thus saith the LORD, Like as I have brought iZeph 3,17. all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof Anos 9, 15. ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Heb. in truth, Hosea 2 20. k ch. 33, 10. 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, I ch. 17,26. and in the cities of Judah, and 'in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD. 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness; the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts for the LORD is good; for his mercy endu- Zech. 10,7 reth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacri- s Rev. 15,3 fice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the ch. 30, 20. first, saith the LORD. t n ch. 31, 24. 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be "a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of x Obadiah the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith y John 10,5 the LORD. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, "The LORD our Right- e Acts 2,58 eousness. d ch. 23, 6. 17 For thus saith the LORD, David shall never e1 Kings want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of 25 Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me, 'to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, 20 Thus saith the LORD, If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shewsaying, Ezek. 36, thee greatand mighty things, which thou knowest not. 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, conDan. 8, 24. cerning the houses of this city, and concerning the f houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown eb. 32, 24. down by the mounts, and by the sword; Luke 11, 13. í Isa. 22, 10. 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom T. 5, 5. I have slain in inine anger, and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. & 10,5 ! Isa. 58, 8. Hab. 3, 2. k Ps. 85, 8. Luke 1, 32. 1. fRom. 12, Rev. 1, 6. g ch. 31,-83 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to h Isa. 9, c. reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the 'priests, my ministers. Dan. 7, 14. i Rev. 1, 6. h 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, Gen. 13, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I mul- 15. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and Itiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites 11sn. 55, 8, will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abun- that minister unto me. 799, 8 dance of peace and truth. | Isa. 11, 12. John 1, 12. 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah, and the chap. 3, 12 captivity of Israel, to return, and will build them Hosea 1, 11. as at the first. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, Joel 3, 18. whereby they have sinned against me; and I will n Ezek. 56, pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, ch. 13, 11. Which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: p Esther 8, and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness, 10, 5, and for all the prosperity, that I procure unto it. 10 Thus saith the LORD, Again there shall be heard q ch. 32, 45. in this place (which 'ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate beast,) without man, and without inhabitant, and without TH s Hosea 1,7 cir. 591 a 2 Kings 25, 1. Jeremiah prophesieth the CHRIST JEREMIAH. Before CHRIST cir. 591. captivity of Zedekiah. Before Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty every one 9. the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: beagainst Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof,) hold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, saying, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; Mat. 7, 2 and I will make you to be removed into all the Ga kingdoms of the earth. h ch. 19, 15. 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him; ech. 21, 10. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: & 32, 3, 29. 8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from kch. 4, 5.& the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had † made 8, 14. y Judg. 1, 7. 1 Thes. 4,6. Eph. 6, 4. James 2, 13. z Deut. 28, 64. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed be- a Gen. 15, tween the parts thereof, a b 17, 18. Neh. 10, 29 Mat. 24, 51. b Mal. 2, 8. 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jeru- Ps. 50, 3. salem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts i Peter 5,3 of the calf; c & 16, 4. & 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto ch. 7, 33. the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 19,7 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes, will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are from you. d 8, 11. 10. gone up d ch. 87, 5, 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and e2 Sam. 16, cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight 2 Kirgs 24, against it, and take it, and burn it with fire and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant. CHAPTER XXXV. an 2. 2 Chr. S6, 17. ch. 49, 14 God blesseth the Rechabites for their obedience. a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusa-TLOW, in the days of Jehoiakim the son of a ch. 1,3 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of e 1 Chr. 24, Igdaliah, 'a man of God, which was by the chamber 5 of the princes, which was above the chamber of 1 Tim. 6, Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the 52.3, Rechabites, pots full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the 5, 26. son of Rechab, our father, in all that he hath charged chap 45,5. us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters ; 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in; P neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army 12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, The reading of Jeremiah's prophecy. Before CHRIST 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, read- cir. 606. ing in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house. Isa. 58, 5, 4. 5. verse 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is- 9 And it came to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiarael, Go and tell the men of Judah, and the inhabit-kim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth Detants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD k Ps. 79, 34, to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. ch.4, 5. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of 11 Kings 5, Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber 5,6 of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the m Ezek. 7, "higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. 11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son 2 Kings of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words 15, 35. of the LORD, Deut. 29, ver. 16, 18. 26. • 2 Chr. 36, 15. chap. 7, 13. & 11, 7. 1 ch. 18, 21. & 25, 5. Ps. 57, 27. Isa. 1, 19. chap. 7, 23. y ch. 15, 19. 2 Cor. 5, 20. & 13, 3. 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that P. 124. I have pronounced against them: * because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I Luke 16,10. have called unto them, but they have not answered. 18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the ReThess. 2, chabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Eph. 2, 17. Israel, Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Ps. 81, 11. Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and{ Heb. there done according unto all that he hath commanded you; 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab † shall not want a man to a stand before me for ever. 13. Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his prophecy. ND it came to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of That is, Josiah, even || unto this day. b ch. 1,17. Acts 20, 27. Mat. 19, 20. 23 years, chap. 25, 3. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all Deut. 5, the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they John 2, 24. may return every man from his evil way; that I ch. 18, 8. may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 29. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now, 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but as 23, 16. they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the z 2 Chr. 29, scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king, ch. 37,21. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and Rev. 6, he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neri- 22 Now the king sat in the winter-house, in the Judg. 3, e Est. 4, 16. ah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jere- ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth Mat. 16, 24. miah all the words of the LORD, which he had spo-burning before him. Hleb. 11, 27. ken unto him, upon a roll of a book. verse 18. f Num. 19, 11. 1 Sam. 21, 7. Neh. 6, 10. Lev. 23, ch. 14, 1, 2. verse 9. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am 'shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD, in the ears of the people, in the LORD's house upon the fasting-day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication Isa. 58, 3, before the LORD, and will return every one from Ch. 12, 12. his evil way for great is the anger and the fury that? Tim. 48. the LORD hath pronounced against this people. h cl. 37, 20. James 4, 9. 1 4, 20. b 1 Kings 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the pen-knife, and 22, 2 cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the verse 29. roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 18. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that Is 6,12 heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah, had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and She 2 Tim. 4, 3. & 37, 1. d Epli 5, |