The prophet bewaileth the sins Before heard from a Dan: the whole land | out; it speaketh i deceit: one speak- Before CHRIST trembled at the sound of the neigh-eth kpeaceably to his neighbour CHRIST about 600. with his mouth, but fin heart he a ch. 4. 15. b Judg. 5, 22. ch. 47. 3. † Heb.the ful ness thereof. ePs. 58. 4, 5, Esc. 10. 11. † Heb. upon. + Heb. because of the country of them that are far off. d Is. 33. 3. ing of his b strong ones; for they are 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, 18 When I would comfort myself me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people † because of them that dwell in da far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven e Deut. 32.21. images, and with strange vanities? Is. 1. 4. fch. 4. 19. & 9. 1. & 14. 17. g Joel 2. 6. Nah. 2. 10. hGen, 37, 25. & 43.11. ch. 46. 11. & 51.8. † Heb. gone up. about 600. † Heb, Who will give my head, fc. a Is. 22, 4. ch. 4. 19. & 13. 17, & 14. 17. Lam. 2. 11. & 3. 48. bch. 5. 7, 8. cPs. 61. 3. 15. about 600. i Ps. 12. 2. & 120. 3. ver. 3. 91 Shall I not visit them for these 10 For the mountains will I take up 11 And I will make Jerusalem 20 The harvest is past, the summer | olate, without an inhabitant. 3 And they bend their tongues like Is. 59. 4, 13, their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, dknow not me, saith the d1 Sam. 2. 12. Hos, 4. 1. o ch. 12. 6. Mic. 7. 5, 6. || Or, friend. fch. 6. 28. Or, mock. gIs. 1. 25. Mal. 3. 3. h Hos, 11. 8. LORD. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will f walk with slanders. 5 And they will || deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; hfor how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot 55. 21. † Heb. in the 1ch. 5. 9, 29. [ Or, desolate. † Heb. from the fowl even to, fc. n ch, 4. 25. o Is. 25. 2. p Is. 13. 22. & 34. 13. ch. 10. 32. † Heb. desolation. 12 4 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is q Ps. 107. 43. burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the || imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, "with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 16 I will scatter them also among 18 And let them make haste, and 22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Job 3. 8. Ecc. 12. 5. Amos 5. 16. ach. 14. 17. b Lev. 18. 23. & 20, 22, ech. 6. 11. deh. 8. 2. & 16. 4. The great disparity Before JEREMIAH. as the handful after the harvestman, CHRIST and none shall gather them. about 600. e Ecc. 9. 11. f1 Cor. 1. 31. e 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But flet him that glorieth glory 2 Cor. 10. 17. in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: g Mic. 6.8.&7. 5 for in these things I delight, saith 18. 1 Rom. 2. 8,9. † Heb, visit upon. † Heb. cut off into eor ners, or, haν ing the cor ners of their hair polled ich. 25. 23. & 49.33. the LORD. 2511 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the iutmost corners, that dwell in the wilder k Lev. 26. 41. ness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are k uncircumcised in the heart. Ez. 44. 7. Rom. 2, 28, 29. the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, 0 house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for bone cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm d Ps. 115. 5. & tree, dbut speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for fthey cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. 6 Forasmuch as there is none & like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 h Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for || to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as i among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. 8 But they are † altogether k brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and Igold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: n 1 Tim. 6. 17. they are all the work of cunning + Heb. God of truth. Ps. 31. 5. † Heb. King men. 10 But the LORD is the † true God, he is the living God, and an ever between God and idols. about 600. i In the Chaldean language. lasting King: at his wrath the earth Before shall tremble, and the nations shall CHRIST not be able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, P The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from p See Ps. 96.5. under these heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and thath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a || multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings || with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 14 Every man || is "brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: bfor his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my chil- 1Ps. 77. 10. dren are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. 22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah h desolate, and of eternity. o Ps. 10. 16. 1 Thess 4.5. 2 Thess, 1.8. u ch. 8, 16. God's covenant proclaimed. Before CHRIST about 608. CHAPTER XI. JEREMIAH. 1 Jeremiah proclaimeth God's covenant, 8 rebuketh the Jews' disobeying thereof, 11 prophesieth evils to come upon them, 18 and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill Jeremiah. THE word that came to Jeremiah Towne that amin, 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 And say thou unto them, Thus a Dout. 27.26. saith the LORD God of Israel; a Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, Gal, 3. 10. b Deut. 4. 20. 1 Kin, 8, 51. c Lev. 26.8.12. ch. 7, 23. d Deut. 7. 12, 13. Ps. 105.9, 10. 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, bfrom the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 5 That I may perform the doath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, † Heb. Amen, So be it, O LORD. Deut. 27. 15 -26. e Rom. 2. 13. James 1.22. fch. 7. 13, 25. & 35. 15. g ch. 7. 26. hch. 3. 17. & 7. 24. & 9. 11. 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, frising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. A conspiracy against Jeremiah. altars to that † 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. Before CHRIST about 608. † Heb. shame, ch. 3. 24. Нов. 9. 10. o Ex. 32. 10. oh. 7. 16. & 14. 11. 1 Jolin 5. 16. + Heb, evil, 15 P† What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? PPs. 50. 16. || when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Is. 1. 11. & c. t Heb. Ilhat is to my beloved in my house? q Ez. 16.25, &c. 14. Tit. 1. 15. 16 The LORD called thy name, t A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, Hag 2.12,13, and the branches of it are broken. 17 For the LORD of hosts, "that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. 18 % And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that * they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, y and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy venge revealed my cause. 8 & Yet they obeyed not, nor in-ance on them: for unto thee have I clined their ear, but hwalked every one in the || imagination of their evil Or, stubborn- heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. 1 Εx. 22. 25. Hes, 6, 9, k Ez. 20, 18. † Heb, to go forth of. 1Ps. 18. 41. Prov. 1. 28. Is. 1. 15. ch. 14. 12. Ez. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4. Zech. 7. 13. m Deut. 32, 37, 38. † Heb, evil, nch. 2. 28. 9 And the LORD said unto me, iA conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and_1though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and mcry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their † trouble. 13 For according to the number of thycities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up God lamenteth his heritage. Before art near in their mouth, and far | 16 And it shall come to pass, if they CHRIST from their reins. about 608. d Ps. 17. 3. & 139. 1. ech. 11. 20. + Hob, with thee. f James 5. 5. gch. 23. 10. Hos. 4. 3. h Ps. 107.34. ich. 4. 25. & 7. 20. & 9. 10. Hos. 4. 3. 3 But thou, O LORD, dknowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart+toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. 4 How long shall & the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, hfor the wickedness of them that dwell therein? ithe beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied k Josh 3. 15. thee, then how wilt thou do in kthe 1 Chr 12.15. ch. 49. 19. & 50. 44. 1ch.9 4. & 11. 19,21. Or. they cried after thee fully. m Prov, 26.25, + Heb. good things. † Heb. the love. Or, yelleth. + Heb. giveth out his voicz, Or, birdhav ing talons. Or, cause them to 00m.. n Is. 58. 9. ch. 7.33. o ch. 6. 3. p Is. 5. 1, 5. q Is. 63. 18. † Hob. portion of de sire. rver 1. в 13. 42. 25. t Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 38. Mic. 6. 15. Hag. 1. 6. Or, ve. u Zech. 2. 8. swelling of Jordan? 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, || they have called a multitude after thee: m believe them not, though they speak † fair words unto thee. 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given † the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it || † crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a || speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, || come to devour. 10 Many pastors have destroyed P my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate 'it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. 13 t They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and || they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 14. Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that "touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, x Deut. 30. 3. I will * pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. ch. 32. 37. y Ez. 23. 25. z Amos 9. 14. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. TH THUS saith the LORD unto me, a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. b Eph. 2, 20, 21. 1 Pet. 2. 5. o Is. 60, 12. about 602. a Lev. 26. 19. 11. 8. & 16. 12. 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in bch. 9. 14. & the || imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will Or,stubborn ness. Ex. 19.5. deh. 33.9. God exhorteth to repentance. Before CHRIST about 602. JEREMIAH. A grievous dearth. that Before came to Jeremiah concerning CHRIST of this land, THE word of the LORD ; fill all the inhabitants • Is. 51. 17.21. lem, with drunkenness. & 63. 6. ch. 25. 27. & 51. 7. f Ps. 2. 9. † Heb, a man against his brother. † Heb. from destroying them. g Josh. 7. 19. h Is. 5. 30. & 8. 32. Amos 8. 9. 1 Is. 59. 9. k Ps. 41. 19. 17. 14 And I will dash them fone against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, † but destroy them. 15 10 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 16 & Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause h darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye i look for light, he turn it into k the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for 1 ch. 9.1 & 14. your pride; and Imine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. Lam. 1. 2,16. & 2. 18. m Sec 2 Kin. 21.12. ch. 22. 26. Or, head tires. nch, 6. 22. † Heb. visit upon. o ch. 6. 24. pch. 5. 19. & 16. 10. q Is. 3. 17. & 39. Nah. 3. 5. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are b black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. about 601. † Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints. a Is. 3. 26, bch. 8. 21. c See 1 Sam, 5. 12. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were d ashamed and confound- d Ps. 40. 14. ed, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapped, for there was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. e 2 Sam. 15. 30. 6 And the wild asses did stand in fch. 2. 24. 18 Say unto the king and to the 7 TO LORD, though our iniquities away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say when he shall † punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? 22 And if thou say in thine heart, P Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels || made bare. Επ. 16.37,38, 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are faccustomed to do evil. 8hO the hope of Israel, the Sav-hch. 17. 13. land, and as a wayfaring man that 10 Thus saith the LORD unto this i Is. 59. 1. k Ex. 29. 45, + Heb. thy name is called upon us, Dan.9.18,19. 1See ch. 2.23, 24, 25. m Hos. 8. 13. & 9. 9. 11 Then said the LORD unto me, 12o When they fast, I will not hear 13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! ch. 7. 16. & 11. 14. o Prov. 1. 28. is. 1. 15. & 58.3. ch. 11. 11. Ez. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4. Zech. 7. 13. pch. 6.20. & 7. 21, 22. qch. 9. 16. rch. 4. 10. † IHeb. peace of truth. sch. 27.10. 27. 15. & 29. 8. 9. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, * The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither tch. 23. 21. & have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that proph- |