The Chaldeans return, &c. CHRIST JEREMIAH. CHRIST cir. 599. Jeremiah imprisoned. Before lemian the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, & Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear Before car. 606. and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. of Pharaoh's army, 27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, (after that the king had burnt the roll, and the words Ps. 27, 5. Which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,) saying, e 1 Kings 18, 14. verse 19. cir. 605. 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to 'separate himself ver. 15,16 thence in the midst of the people. m 1 Mat 10. 16, 17. m 1 Thess. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, 5, 22. 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in ita captain of the ward was there, whose name was Philip. 4, & Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; n Ps. 35, 11. and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou 1 Cor. 13, 5 "fallest away to the Chaldeans. g Pr. 21, 30. allthe former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burnt. Acts 5, 29. h Isa. 55, 10. 11. ch. 28, 18, Zech. 1, 5, Tim. 2,3. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is† false; I fall not away Heb to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so or, lie, Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jer- Gen. 59, emiah, and P smote him, and put him in prison in 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakimthe house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had king of Judah, He shall have none to sit upon the made that the prison. throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out 16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dunin the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.geon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remain31 And I will punish him, and his seed, and his ed there many days; servants, from their iniquity; and I will bring upon 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and out; and the king asked him secretly in the house, is upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pro-and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Mark 6, nounced against them: but they hearkened not. Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be "delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy x Dan. 6, servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophe- y 2 Kings sied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall chap. 28, 4 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the Chaldeans' certain return and vic-not come against you, nor against this land? tory....11 He is smitten and put in prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt and when the Chaldeans that besieged Je-Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard rusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the a Micah 2, Isa. 26, Jerusalem. people, saying, ch. 34, 11. 6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We flsa. 1, 10 beseech thee, let this man be put to death; for thus he "weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in John 11, 28 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army speaking such words unto them: for this man seekof the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there re-eth not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. mained but wounded men among them, yet should 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city { your hand: for the king is not he that can do any 1 Sam with fire. thing against you. 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the k i Acts 17, 6 & 24, 5. 29, 9. Eccl. 10.10 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the 'dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was 2 Cor. 4, no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7 Now when Ebed-melech the " Ethiopian, one of m Luke 10, the eunuchs, which was "in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon, (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,) Heb. 11, 36. n Phil. 4, 12 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, Mat. 8, 10. and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet,whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Rev. 12, 16. Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 26. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags,and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto JereJudg. 5, miah, Put now these old cast clouts and 'rotten rags Isai. 51, 6. & 64, 6. Mark 12, 42. 1 Cor. 1, 27. " under thine arm-holes, under the cords. And Jags miah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and Mat 26, took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah Eph. 4, 32. remained in the court of the prison. 13. t ch. 37, 21. verse 6. u chap. 37, Before CHRIST Zedekiah sent to Babylon. 'children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of cir. 589. the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burnt with fire. 12 Kings 25, 4, 6. chap. 39 6 24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no & 41, 10 man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. & 43,6 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked k ver. 1,5 with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee; 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I 'presented chap. 38, my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to "Jonathan's house, to die there. 1,5" 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and a Mat. 10, asked him: and he told them "according to all these Acts 23, words that the king had commanded. So they left off Col speaking with him: for the matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison 128, 16. until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was verse s there when Jerusalem was taken. IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in b 19. 588. c Micah 3, 3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came i is in the house of the LORD: and the king said untoin, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, dzeph. 1, Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-share- 10. from me. zer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare chap. 57, it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? 1 Kings and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken chap. 42, 4 unto me? 4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, Abs 2, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain. 25, 4. h e 14. f2 Kings h & 52, 9. i ch. 38, 4. Mat. 7, 2. James 2,13 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith when they had taken him, they brought him up to the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If thou Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah, in the g 2 Kings wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 23, 33. princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Ze- ch.4 12. be burnt with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house: dekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Baby-Babylon slew all the 'nobles of Judah. lon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I Judg. 9, am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, 1 Sam. 31,4 lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. f Dan. 4, 27. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which Phil. ver. 9. I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 7 Moreover, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Ps. 107, 8 And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house, and 10 Prov. 5, 11, the 'houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. ch. 38, 20. 12 Kings 25, 9. Isa. 5, 8, 9 chap. 5, 27. 9 Then Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the 25, 11 people that remained. m 2 Kings verses 6, 7. n Num. 25, 4. 10 But Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, 4 left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, Ezek. 34, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and Rev. 19, 18 fields at the same time. 17, 22. 20. 11 1 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave 10, 2 charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the $4 captain of the guard, saying, Dan. 1, 9 12 Take him, and look well to him, and Pdo him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee, Pet. 2, a ·Jeremiah set free. Before CHRIST 588 q chap. 38, 28. q JEREMIAH. CHRIST 588. p 1 Chr. 2, 1 Chr. & 29. & 9, 55. Ishmael's conspiracy. 13 So Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the P Netopha-Before sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-thite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they q sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's and their men. princes; 9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of 54 14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the Shaphan, 'sware unto them, and to their men, saycourt of the prison, and committed him unto 'Geda-ing, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the r2 Kings 2 Kings liah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be should carry him home: so he dwelt among the well with you. people. 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, † to 151 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jere-serve the Chaldeans which will come unto us: but miah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, ye, gather ye wine, and summer-fruits, and oil, and saying, put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. 25, 22. s ch. 1, 4. ་ t t ch. 38, 7. 16 Go and 'speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian," saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 11 Likewise, when all the Jews that were in Israel, Behold, I will bring my words upon this city Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accom-that were in all the countries, heard that the king of 29. plished in that day " before thee. Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he x Isa 16, 4 had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan: Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goeth to Gedaliah: 7 The Jews repair to him....15 Ishmael's conspiracy. HE word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had b chap. 58, taken him, being bound in chains among all that? were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and e chap. 39, said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah † to slay thee? But Zech. 1, 15. Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. † Heb. to 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to in soul, Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I Num. $5,11 pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered Heb. unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do thing; for thou speakest † falsely of Ishmael. CHAPTER XLI. Ishmael treacherously killeth Gedaliah and others. 5 Now, while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Ps. 41,9. of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made the ten men that were with him, and smote Geda- d Ps. 78, St governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with liah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with Lam. 1, '1. him among the people; or go wheresoever it the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the cap-had made governor over the land. e tain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, { 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with e Ps.52, 1, 2 m 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to " Mizpah, and dwelt with him among 11 Sam. 2, the people that were left in the land. ch. 30. 16. 52, 94. 25. 23. 71 Now when all the "captains of the forces Josh. 18, which were in the fields, even they and their men, n2 Kings heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even 26,10. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Micah 7,5. Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of chap 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Judg. 6, Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense h Lev. 19, in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. Deut. 14, 1. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth 12 Kings from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he 25, 3 went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Pro, 12 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst k k 2 Sam. 1, 2. ch. 50, 10. m 1 Kings 15, 22. Isa. 22, 9. ch. 38, & 39, 6. 23. m 9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast 'all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain t because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel; and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. Before CHRIST Jeremiah's answer to Johanan. your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. 588. g1 Kings 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a 'true and faithful witness between us, if we do not h ch. 26, 2. even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. Acts 20, 27. i Ex. 20, 7. Prov. 14, 5, 15. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we Rev. 3, 14. will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom & Deut. 5, we send thee; that it may be 'well with us, when 28. we obey the voice of the LORD our God. 7 ¶ And it came to pass," after ten days, that the I Deus 6, 3. word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. 1 Kings 22, 8,28. m ch. 40, 1 n verse 1. o Titus 1 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people, from the "least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, 2 the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. 11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I the captains of the forces that were with him, build you, and not pull you down; and I will plant p ch. 40, 3. heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Netha-you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the niah had done, evil that I have done unto you. 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of y Pr. 35,7 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah "escaped Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Am-sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and monites. there will we dwell: 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 15 And now, therefore, hear the word of the the captains of the forces that were with him, all the LORD ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of remnant of the people whom he had recovered from hosts, the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, (after to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,) even 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, † mighty men of war, and the women, and the chil-which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the dren, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were Gen. 37, from Gibeon: afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; John 11, and there ye shall die. ↑ Heb. mensoldiers, Judges 4, 4. b 15. Ish. 30, 1. b Ezek. 11, 48. 12, 14, 18. d ch. 21, 7. 17 So shall it be with all the men that set their ch.44, faces to go into Egypt, to sojourn there; they shall 18+ Because of the Chaldeans: for they were die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti- &24, 10 afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Netha-lence: and none of them shall remain or escape from niah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the evil that I will bring upon them. the king of Babylon made governor in the land. CHAPTER XLII. 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel! As mine anger and my fury hath been poured 1 Johanan desireth Jeremiah to inquire of God, promising forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my obedience....7 Jeremiah's answer, &c. fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter THEN a HEN all the captains of the forces, and Joha-into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an is nan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye & 26,6. Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least even to shall see this place no more. the greatest, came near, 19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; I verse 19. verse unto you. 22 Now, therefore, i know certainly that ye shall *die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestiEzek 6,11. lence, in the place whither ye desire to go, and to sojourn. b? Chr. 35, 16. Ps. 109, 4. f Ps. 37, 22. ch. 12,11 g chap. 40, 11. 10. c 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. e 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the Voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah; 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; h 6 Even men, and women, and children, and the Before Judah's desolation Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, CHRIST behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein; 587. e chap. 4, Micab 3, 12 f ch. 7, 18. g ch. 19, 4 3 Because of their wickedness which they have 7, 20 committed, 'to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, "rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, ch. 7, 25 do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. h i Neb. 13, 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured 18. forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in 22 chap. 7, 12 the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and Zech. 1,5,6 desolate, as at this day. k Dan. 9, 12. 1 Cor. 10, 11. 18. 1 ch. 18, 6. 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of k chap. 25, hosts, the God of Israel, 'Wherefore commit ye this great evil" against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain ; ha m Num. 16 38. n ch. 25, 6. 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the chap. 7, 15 works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of o chap. 42, the earth? 18. 26. 2 Pct. 2, 4 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the P kings of Judah, and the p Neh. 13, h chap. 41, king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-wickedness of their wives, and your own wicked- verse & adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah ness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and 'Jere-have committed in the land of Judah, and in the Eccl. 14 miah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. streets of Jerusalem ? 7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD. Thus came they even to * Tahpanhes. 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will send and take Isa. 10, 5. Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 And when he cometh, he shall P smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death, to death; and such as are for captivity, to captivity; and such as are for the sword, to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he shall array himself with† the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garEx. 11,7. ment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. CHAPTER XLIV. Jeremiah prophesieth their destruction who commit idolatry. THE word that came HE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, 43,7 which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of "Pathros, saying, 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have 'set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourns chap. 42, there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an ch. 26, & astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. |