Restoration of Israel. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. c Is. 1. 26. JEREMIAH, XXXI. as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 21 And their nobles shall be of dGen. 49.10. themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and Num.16.5. I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. fch.24.7. & 31. 1, 33. & 32.38. Ezek. 11.20. & 36. 28. & 37.27. 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a 2 con20. & 25. 32. tinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. g ch. 23. 19, 2 Heb. cutting. 8 Or, remain. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the Gen. 49.1. intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. The publication thereof. vaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with 2 supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk P P 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 firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. OPs.126.5,6. ch. 50. 4. 2 Or, favours. Zech. 12.10. PIs. 35.8. 49.10, 11. & 43. 19. & q Ex. 4. 22. 18. 40. 11. 13, 14. Is. 44. 23. Is. 49. 24, Ezek. 34.12, & 48. 20. 25. u Ezek. 17. 23. & 20.40. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in "the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Hos. 3.5. LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul 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 them rejoice from their 18.53.11. * Is. 35. 10. & 65. 19. Rev. 21. 4. 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy_work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land 4 ver. 4, 5. of the enemy. d 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake Ezra 1.5. Hos. 1. 11. Lam.5.21. Deut.30.2. Christ is promised. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. g Deut. 32. 36. Is. 63. 15. Hos. 11. 8. 2 Heb. sound. b Is. 57. 18. Hos. 14. 4. 1 ch. 50. 5. k ch. 2. 18, 23, 36. 1 ch. 3. 6, 8, JEREMIAH, XXXII. 22 ¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou 'backsliding daughter? for the 11,12,14,22. LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall 5, bring again their captivity; m The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. Ps. 122. 6,7,8. Zech. 8.3. och. 33. 12, 13. 10, 11. 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. 27 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith PEzek.36.9, the LORD, that PI will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. Hos. 2. 23. Zech, 10. 9. r ch. 1. 10. & 18.7. 28 And it shall come to pass, that ach. 41. 27. like as I have a watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, "to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. . ch. 24. 6. t Ezek. 18. 2,3. u Gal. 6. 5, 7. I ch. 32. 40. & 33. 14. Heb. 8.812. & 10. 16, 17. 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 "But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31 T Behold, the days come, Ezek.37.26. saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; 3 Or, should which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, | Amplitude of the church. LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. b 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar ; & The LORD of hosts is his name: f с BEFORE CHRIST cir. 606. a Ps. 40. 8. Ezek. 11.19, 20. & 36. 26, Cor. 3. 3. bch. 24.7. 32.38. 18.54. 13. Cor. 2. 10. ach. 33.8.& & 30. 22. & John 6. 45. 1 John 2.20. 50.20. Mic. 7. 18. 36 "If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; 'If hea- ch. 33. 22. ven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 38 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Ha-Neh. 3.1. naneel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And 1the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, "shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. Hanameel's field. and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, BEFORE CHRIST cir. 590. 1 ver. 37, 43. 19. 15. 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, m thou m 2 Kings hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing 2 too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, P the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 8 6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of 19 Great in counsel, and mighty Shallum thine uncle shall come unto in 3 work: for thine eyes are open thee, saying, Buy thee my field that upon all the ways of the sons of men: Lev. 25.24, is in Anathoth: for the right of re-to give every one according to his demption is thine to buy it. ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: 25, 32. Ruth 4. 4, Gen.23.16. Zech. 11. 12. 2 Or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver. in the book. 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. 2 10 And I subscribed the evidence, 8Heb.crate and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 1 ch. 36.4. 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, *See Is. 8.2. 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, 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields n Gen.18.14. ver. 27. Luke 1. 37. 2 Or, hid from thee. • Ex. 20. 6. & 34.7. Deut.3.9,10. PIS. 9.6. q ch. 10. 16. Is. 28. 29. doing. 8 Heb. 22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing Ex.3.8,17. with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand 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, thou seest it. God promiseth BEFORE CHRIST cir. 590. ech. 21.10. & 37.8, 10. & 52. 13. b ch. 19. 13. I ch. 2.7. & 3. 25. & 7. 22-26. & 22. 21. Ezek. 20.28. 2 Heb. for my anger. 27. & 24.3. JEREMIAH, XXXIII. hand of the Chaldeans, and into the 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. k 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they 2Kings 23. 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 princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 1 Is. 1.4, 6. Dun. 9.8. m ch. 2. 27. 33 And they have turned unto me a gracious return. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 590. covenant with them, that I will not 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 2 Heb.from a ch. 31. 33. Zeph. 3. 17. Deut.30.9. ech. 24.6. Amos 9.15. Heb. in stability. ch.31. 28. & 31. 28. truth, or, ever. 15. ch.33.10. 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land ch. 17. 26. of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, 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 ch. 33. 7, cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD. CHAPTER XXXIII. 3 Heb.neck. the 3 m back, and not the face: though 1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return, 9 a joyful state, 12 a settled govern- 11, 26. M LORD came unto Jeremiah the OREOVER the word of the cir. 590. second time, while he was yet shut ch.32.2,3. up in the court of the prison, saying, 4 Or, JEΠΟΥΛΙ. 2 Thus saith the LORD the "maker Is. 37. 26. 4 For thus saith the LORD, the 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and Ï will cause them " to dwell safely : 38 And they shall be my people, 39 And I will give them one 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, 'as at the Christ the Branch BEFORE CHRIST cir. 590. 1 ch. 31. 34. Mic. 7. 18. m Is. 62. 7. ch. 13. 11. n Is. 60. 5. JEREMIAH, XXXIV. all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will1pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 m And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall "fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, och. 32. 43. 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, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, p ch. 7. 34. & 16. 9. & 25. 10. Rev. 18. 23. q 1 Chr. 16. 8, 31. 2 Chr. 5. 13. & 7. 3. Ezra 3. 11. Ps. 136. 1. Is. 12. 4. 11 The P 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, a Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring r the sacrifice of praise into Lev. 7.12. the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 13. 65. 10. Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Ps. 107. 22. & 116. 17. • ver. 7. ch. 31. 24. & 50. 19. u ch. 17. 26. & 32. 44. x Lev. 27. 32. y ch. 23. 5. & 31. 27,31. z ch. 29. 10. a Is. 4. 2. & 11. 1. ch. 23. 5. t 13 "In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of 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 the LORD. 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and b ch. 23. 6. righteousness in the land. 2 Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu. 3 Heb. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell There shall safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, 2 The LORD our righteousness. not be cut off from David. c 2 Sam. 7. 16. Pa. 89. 29, 17 For thus saith the LORD; 1 Kings 2.4. David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 36. Luke 1. 32, 33. of righteousness. 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, ch. 31. 36. and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be Pa. 89. 34. broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot | be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, g Gen. 13. 16. & 15. 5. ch. 31. 37. & 22. 17. 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The hver. 21, 22. two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 'Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. |