18 But since we left off to burn incense to the Ezek. 16,49. queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 19 And when we burnt incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out Gen. 3, 16 drink-offerings unto her & without our men? 1 ch. 7, 18. Acts 13,50. 20 I Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people, which had given him that answer, saying, 21 The incense that ye burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people h2 Kings of the land, did not the LORD" remember them, and Hosea 2,7. came it not into his mind? 23, 26. i2 Chr. 36, 16. Isa. 3, 24. 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the Luke 13, 7. abominations which ye have committed; thereLam. 1, a fore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Because ye have burnt incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. 24 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, Lev. 26, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt; 44, 45. Before CHRIST cir. 607. 20. THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto e 2 Cor.1, 4. thee, O Baruch; d Ps. 120, 5. & 121, 1. 3 Thou didst say," Wo is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in myers. 69, 27. sighing, and I find no rest. Acts 20, 23. 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break (Ps. 52, 5. down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? & seek g Ps. 4, 6. Jeremiah prophesieth the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh- 62 Kings necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Eu- 23, 28. phrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king 2 Kings of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 25, 7. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw dc. 51, 11. near to battle. 4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, e1 Kings and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, 2 Kings 10, and put on the brigandines. 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is- 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turrael, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken ned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, say-down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for ing, We will surely perform our vows that we have fear was round about, saith the LORD. vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: ye will surely 1st. 28, 15. accomplish your vows, and surely "perform your 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Gen 22, Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt ; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that P my name shall no more be named in the mouth of p Ps. 50, 18. any man of Judah, in all the land of Egypt, saying, al 1,9, The Lord God liveth. 10. Mat. 3, 9. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and Ps. 56, 6. not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in 112 the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 20, 10, 10 For this is the day of the Lord GoD of hosts, o Isa. 61, 2. a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it P Isa. 34, 6. shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord GoD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 17. 11 Go up into Gilead and take balm, O virgin, r ch. 8, 22. the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many, ch. 51,8,9 medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. 12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. t ver. 10, 16. 13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah u Isa. 12, 1 the prophet, "how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon x Isa. 19, 6 should come and smite the land of Egypt. The conquest of Egypt. Before CHRIST cir. 607. y Joel S, 3. 2 ch. 44, 1. a2 Kings 24, 7. 21. Judges 5, JEREMIAH. 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, { 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they 16 He made many to fall, "yea, one fell upon c Joshua 21, another; and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from d Lev. 26, the oppressing sword. 44. $7. c Rev. €, 15. f Ex. 15, 3. g Isa. 47, 4. & 48, 2. 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mounh Titus 1,2. tains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. i Rev. 17, 7. 4. h i CHRIST cir. 600 The judgment of Moab. Philistines, and to cutoff from Tyrus and Zidon every Before helper that remaineth; for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut 18. off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt i Gen. 10, thou 'cut thyself? h Rev. 19, 13. 60 thou sword of the LORD, "how long will it k ch. 16, 6 be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scab- 1 Lev.10,12. bard, rest, and be still. m Deut. 32, 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the n Isa.16,11. sea-shore? there hath he Pappointed it. CHAPTER XLVIII. The judgment of Moab for their contempt of God. 19 Othon danger, dwelling in Egypt, furnish A the God of israci, We unto Nebo! for it is ¡Hosea 10, 20 Egypt is like 'a very fair heifer, but destruction? rach. 1, 14 cometh; it cometh out of the north. " o Rev. 18, P, 9. ם n 21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together they did not stand, because ch. 50, 27. the day of their calamity was come upon them, and p Ps. 29, 4 the time of their visitation. Ps. 37, 13. Isa. 51, 1. ch. 50, 11. 22 The P voice thereof shall go like a serpent; Is 10,18. for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. q Isa r Judg. 6, S. Rev. 13, 3. Nah. 3, 8. a 52, 28. * ch. 44, 30. 23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers,and are innumerable. § 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 7 t 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith," Ex. 12, 12. Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and ach. 50, 41. Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and "kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: the plain shall be destroyed, asthe LORD hath spoken. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchad-get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, rezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his without any to dwell therein. Micah 7, 11. servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as Zec. 10, 10. in the days of old, saith the LORD. 2 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, waters rise up Rev. 17, is out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; cu 40, 8. the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the 2 m Judg. 11 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emp-s ch. 12, 2 tied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into P. 75, 4. captivity therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. The judgment of Moab, CHRIST cir. 600. j Num. 21, 15, 14. Before CHRIST o Deut. 28. Ps. 15, 10. CHAPTER XLIX. and of the Amnunites, &c. Before down from thy glory, and sit 'in thirst; for the spoiler 40 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, he shall fly of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. cir. 600. thy strong holds. 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her paugs. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a H, 1 people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon Micals 4,, thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and k1 Sam. 4, espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 13. 1 Ps. 46, 8. m 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is n Num. 21, spoiled, m Isa 16,7. 13. 21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; Deut. 18. upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, p Ps. 75, 4. q Job 22, 9. r ch. 25, 17. • Acts 9, 4. t Isa. 19, 14. Judg. 1, x ch. 2, 28. y Ps. 22, 7. 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon t arm 26 Make ye him 'drunken; for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a " derision unto thee? was{ he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. a 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the 'rock, and be like the ' dove that maketh Judg. 20, her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. 45. a Song 2,14. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exb Isa 16, 6. Ceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. e 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD: but it shall e Zeph. 2,8. not be so; his "lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the Isa. 16,7. men of Kir-heres. d Ps. 7, 15. ch. 50, 36. Chap 41 Ezek. 17, 3. Hab. 1, 8. p Isa. 21, 3. chap. 49, 22. 10. Isaiah 7, 8. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the 9. 83, 4. pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be ta- Mar 7, 2 ken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon r Isa. 24, 17. Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. $1 Kings 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of 18, 17. Heshbon, because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the "crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard Amos 1, 19 in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israelbe heir unto them that were d Rom. 1 his heirs, saith the LORD. 26. 19. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, yee Rev. 13, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king Is 2, 21. shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. 1 Gen. 4, 14 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flow- Pr. 11,4 wine to fail from the wine-presses: none shall treading valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in h Ps. 52, 7. with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, Lord GoD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; h Imm. 15, 5. from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as a heifer of three and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; years old; for the waters also of Nimrim shall be and none shall gather up him that wandereth. desolate. 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. 71 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of m Isa. 21, hosts, "Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 22, 25. 8 Flee ye, turn back, ° dwell deep, O inhabitants Hosen 5, of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau p Mal. 1, 3 upon him, the time that I will visit him. 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all 10 But I have made Esau' bare, I have uncover- 39 They shall howl, saying, "How is it broken Rer. 16, down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will " preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly Hose, ch. 25, 29. The judgment of Edom, Before CHRIST Before CHRIST drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether gos tants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezદુ C. 600. unpunished? thou shalt not go 'unpunished, but thou zar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, cir. 600. shalt surely drink of it. and hath conceived a purpose against you. z ch. 25, 29. & 41, 28. a 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORd, n 1st. 63, 1. that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Mal. 1, 4. b versos 1, 2, 3. ch. 25, 3. & 34, 22. verse 28. A Micah 6, 9. e Ex. 15, 9. Mal. 1, 4. f 14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an 'ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. e 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though Amos 9, thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation; every one b ch. 18, 16. that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 3. Obadiah, verse 4. & 50, 13. Gen. 19, 25. 18 As in the overthrow of 'Sodom and Gomorrah, Deut. 29, 25. and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no Hosoa 11,8. man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her; and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that Will stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: chap. 50, Surely the Pleast of the flock shall draw them out; 46. Zoch. 4, 6, surely he shall make their habitations desolate with I Cor. 1, 27. q Rev. 11, 13. r Rev. 18, 10. s chap. 48, 40, 41. 20. them. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry, the noise thereof was heard in the 'Red Sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up 'and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 23 I Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings; they are faint-hearted: there is sorrow on the sea; it Isaiah 57, cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and Ps. 48, 6. sorrows have taken her, "as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with their Zec. 12, 10. 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join our- i ch. 6, 16. Rev. 17, 16. and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,§ selves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that k chap. 31, I shall not be forgotten. saith the LORD of hosts. z Rev. 19, 13. 33. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Da- 6 My people hath been lost sheep; their "shep- 11 Peter 2, b 25. a Anios 1, 4. mascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-herds have caused them to go astray, they have turned m Ezek. 34 b1 Kings hadad. them away on the mountains: they have gone from 8. mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-n Mat. 11, place. 28 1 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the Gen. 25, kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king Judg. 4,2. of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise 7 All that found them have devoured them; and Ps. 14, 4. eJudg. 6, 3. ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the cast. their adversaries said, We offend not, because they p. Ps. 72,11 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they takes have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of jusf Isn. 54,2. away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, tice; even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. q Job 1, 3. and all their vessels, and their camels; and they 8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go h ch. 6, 25. shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the 20 30 1 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, Oye inhabi-he-goats before the flocks. Psal. 22, 4 r Isa. 48, Rev. 18, 4 The judgment of Babylon. CHRIST 805. 3 CHAPTER L. h CHRIST 595. The redemption of Israel. Before 9 For, lo, I will raise, and cause to come up against; 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down Before Babylon, an assembly of great nations from the to the slaughter: wo unto them! for their day is north country: and they shall set themselves in array come, the time of their visitation. against her; from thence she shall be taken their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none 12 Sam. 1, shall return in vain. siteve 17, 16 22. 17. x Lam. 2, 16. X 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil Rev. 19, her shall be "satisfied, saith the LORD. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, YO ye destroyers of my heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she 11 Peter 5, that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hinderDeut. 32, most of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the "wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and e hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow shoot at her, 'spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round about; she hath given Rev. 16, her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: Rev. 17,1. take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. k Rev. 18, 6. I ch. 51, 9. 22. h k 16 Cut off the 'sower from Babylon, and him that Rev. 13, handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. g Psal. 25 i Ps. 8. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the 12. Isa. 34, 7. land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance Rev. 18, 17, of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 18. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all Isa. 33, 4. ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about: let none thereof escape: 'recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, dok Lake 18, unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, Rev. 18, 24 against the Holy One of Israel. m 6. 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have 36 A sword is upon the † liars; and they shall t 2 Thess. 1 6, 7. Isai. 44, 25. tlieb, bars, 47, 12, 13. & 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become "as women: a chap. 51, sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the kinga of Assyria. r 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there chap. 51, shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall 'not be found: for I will " pardon them whom I reserve. 21 Go up against the land of || Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: rebels Waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. § 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 1 Or, The Rev. 19, 20. 1 Rev. 17, 38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 50. clinp. 51, Rev. 16, 12 35, 36. y Dan. 3, 1. Rev. 13, 14. z Isa. 13, 21 Rov. 18, 2 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of the islands, shall dwell there, and 4, the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. a 18. chap. 49, 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; SO 2 Pet. 2, 6. shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised chap. 27, up from the coasts of the earth. c 14. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance; they. are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice Ps. 137, & shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 31. 43 The king of Babylon hath "heard the report of d chap. 51. them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took Dan. 5, 25. & Dan. 2.34 brought forth the weapons of his indignation: forhold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. Rev. 15, 1. this is the work of the Lord GoD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 2 Thes. 2, 8. e lag. 12, 5. d 26 Come against her from the utmost border, 'open Rev. 18,11. her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly let nothing of her be left. |