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. * Heb. from 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the m north an horim. the face of the evil + shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. ma ghlik, 15 For, lo, I will "call all the families of the kingdoms of be opened. the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they vi. 22. & x. 22. 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 II confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day oa defenced O is.1. 7. ch. city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole i. 27. & IV. 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. 1 Or, break to ARRANGEMENT OF THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAH (Continued). LIGHTFOOT, TAYLOR. EDITOR Year. 439 29 1st of Zedekiah 595 4th of Zedekiah 2d of Zedekiah 4th of Zedekiah 595 Ditto Ditto Ditto 10th of Zedekiah 588 10th of Zedekiah 588 Ditto { to ver. 8. 9th of Zedekiah to ver. 11. 9th of Zedekiah 589 34 End of the 9th of Zedekiah Ditto ver. 8. to end, 10th of Ditto ver. 11. to end, 10th of Ditto S 588 8th of Jehoiakim 606 ver. 1 to 5. 9th of Zedekiah 590 10th of Zedekiah ver. 5 to 11. 10th of Ditto 589 ver. 11. to end, 11th of Ditto 588 11th of Zedekiah 588 Ditto, chiefly 11th of Zedekiah, chiefly 588 Ditto, chiefly 40 11th of Zedekiah 11th of Zedekiah 538 Ditto 11th of Zedekiah Ditto Ditto Ditto 587 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 4th of Jehoiakim 4th of Jehoiakim 606 to ver. 13. 4th of Jehoiakim Ditto {ver. 13. to end, 11th Zedekiah 9th of Zedekiah 10th of Zedekiah 589 4th of Jehoiakim 48 Ditto Ditto 4th of Zedekiah 595 Şto ver. 34. 9th of Zedekiah 49 Ditto Ditto Ditto ver. 34. to end, 1st of Ditto 4th of Zedekiah 4th of Zedekiah Ditto Ditto Various Various 595 JEREMIAH 11. q ch. xii, 14. rls. Ixiii. 9, II, 13. Hos 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. A.C. 629 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Pr, for thy the LORD; I remember * thee, the kindness of thy P youth, pEzek. xvi. 8. the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 4 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 g 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 xiii. 4. us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wil derness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land 7 And I brought you into a + plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, Ps. Ixxvill. ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomina tion. 8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that + Rom. ii. 20. handle the law knew me not : the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. * Or, over to. 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 Ps. xxxvi. forsaken me the * fountain of living waters, and hewed them 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 ? + Or, the land of Carmc. 8. & coi. 8. uch. xvi. 20. ch. xvii. 13. & xviii. 14, * Heb. gave out their voice, 15 The young lions roared upon him, and * yelled, and A.C. 629. they made his land waste : his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes +haveOr,feed on broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou 20. Is, vili, 8. hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the ihy crown, Deut. xxxiii. way? ch. iij. 6. 1, &c. Matt. xxi. 33. Mark xii, 1. Luke 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 Thinë own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy Is. ii. 9. backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that 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. 20 g For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands ; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when 101, serve. * upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wan- 2 Is. Ivii. 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. 1.v. a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee 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 405, 0 swine ways; 24 | A wild ass * used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up || Or, 0 wild the wind at ther pleasure ; in her occasion who can I turn Heb. taught. her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat it. from thirst : but thou saidst, $ There is no hope: no; for I 2017 Is the have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, . The * 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- . xlv. 20. + Heb. the desire of her heart. Or, reverse casc desperatel able hinder part of + Heb. evit. |