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saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod A. C. 629. of an almond tree.

12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen : for I will hasten my word to perform it.

13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is * toward the north.

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14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the m north an evil + shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, lo, I will " call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

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18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced Is. 1.7. ch. city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole vi. 27. & xv. land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

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The reasons which have induced me to assign to these several prophecies their respective places and dates are given in the notes; without entering into the contending opinions of the different authorities. The biblical student, by referring to the arguments of these writers, will have the satisfaction of forming his own judgment; and will make such an arrangement as he may consider the most judicious.

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588

11th of Zedekiah

588

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&

Ditto

587

Ditto

Ditto

4th of Jehoiakim

606

to ver. 13. 4th of Jehoiakim

ver. 13. to end, 11th Zedekiah

10th of Zedekiah

589

4th of Zedekiah

595

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A.C. 629.

sake.

JEREMIAH II.

1 God, having shewed his former kindness, 5 expostulateth with the Jews their causeless revolt, 9 beyond any example. 14 They are the causes of their own calamities. 20 The sins of Judah. 31 Her confidence is rejected.

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith

Or, for thy the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy P youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

p Ezek. xvi. 8.

q ch. xii. 14.

r Is. lxiii. 9, 11, 13. Hos. xiii. 4.

+ Or, the land of Carmel.

B Ps. lxxviii.

58. & cvi. 38.

3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain ?

6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

7 And I brought you into a † plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye ' defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that t Rom. ii. 20. handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

+ Or, over to.

u ch. xvi. 20.

ch. xvii. 13, &

9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are "yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

13 For my people have committed two evils; they have x Ps. xxxvi. 9. forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them xviii. 14. out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why Heb. become is he spoiled?

a spoil?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and A. C. 629. they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

* Heb. gave out their voice.

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes + have +Or, feed on broken the crown of thy head.

thy crown, Deut. xxxiii.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou 20. Is. viii. 8. hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy y Is. iii. 9. backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that Hos. v. 5. it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GoD of hosts.

Or, serve.

ch. iii. 6.

20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when - upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wan- z Is. lvii. 5, 7. derest, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had a planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right & Ex. xv. 17. seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of xxx. 8. 18. v. a strange vine unto me?

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Ps. xliv. 2. &

1, &c. Matt. xxi. 33. Mark xii. 1. Luke

22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee xx. 9. much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the b Job ix. 30. Lord GOD.

23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: § thou art a swift dromedary traversing her

ways;

dromedary.

ass, &c.

Or, O swift 24 || A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up || Or, 0 wild the wind at + her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

*Heb. taught. sire of her

+ Heb. the de

heart.
+ Or, reverse

it.

25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, § There is no hope: no; for I Or, Is the have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

their

case desperate?

me.

Or, begotten Heb. the hinder part of the neck. c Is. xxvi. 16.

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their • trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy + trou- d Is xlv. 20.

+ Heb. evil.

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