Jeremiah apprehended. CHAP. XXVIL

He is acquatted.

3 80 be they will hearken,and turn [ye put me to death, ye shall surely every man from his evil way, that bring innocent blood upon yourseles, way repent me of the evil which I and upon this city, and upon the inpurpose to do unto them, because of (habitants thereof: for of a truth the the evil of their doings. LORD hath sent me unto you to speak 4 And thou shalt say unto them, all these words in your ears. Thus saith the Lond, If ye will not 16 Then said the princes and ail hearken to me, to walk in my Jaw the people unto the priests and to the which I have set before you, prophets, This man is not worthy to 5 To hearken to the words of my ser-die: for he hath spoken to us in the vants the prophets, whom I sent unto name of the Lond our God. you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; 6 Then will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

7 So the priests, and the prophets, wird all the people, heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

ST Now it came to pass,when Jereiniah had made an end of speaking ail that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the aseembly of the people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiab king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judali, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ? did he not fear the LORD,aud besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced Why hast thou prophesied in the against them? Thus might we proarme of the LORD, saying, This house cure great evil against our souls. sttall be like Shiloh, and this city shall|| 20 And there was also a man that be desolate without an inhabitant? prophesied in the name of the LORD, And all the people were gathered Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath against Jeremiah in the house of the jearim, who prophesied against this Lond. city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 21 And when Jeboiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and

10 When the princes of Judab heard these things, then they came up troʼn the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the enfy of the new gate of the LORD's

1 Then spake the priests and the fled, and went into Egypt; rophets unto the princes and to all 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men he people, saying, This man is wor-into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son thy to die; for he hath prophesied of Achbor, and certain men with him gainst this city, as ye have heard into Egypt. with your ears.

12 T Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, say. ng, The LORD sent me to prophesy #gamst this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

23 And they fetched forth Urijal: out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew bim with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Abikamı 13 Therefore now amend your ways the son of Shaphan was with Jere and your doings, and obey the voicemiah, that they should not give him of the LORD your God; and the Loan into the hand of the people to put will repeut him of the evil that be him to death. hath pronounced against you. 14 As for me, behold, I am in your TN the beginning of the reign of Je 1 into the son of Josiah king of hand: do with me as seemeth good

and weet unto you.

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CHAP. XXVII.

Judah, case this word into Jeremiah

15 But know ye for certain, that if from the Lord saying,

The people exhorte i to

JEREMIAH. yield to Nebuchadnezz 2 Thus saith the Lond to me; Make, 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy thee bonds and yokes, and put them people, by the sword, by the famine, upon thy neck,

and by the pestilence, as the Lond 3 And send them to the king of hath spoken against the nation that Edom, and to the king of Moab, and will not serve the king of Babylon? to the king of the Ammonites, and to 14 Therefore hearken not unto the the king of Tyrus, and to the king of words of the prophets that speak unto Zidon, by the hand of the messengers you, saying, Ye shall not nerve the which come to Jerusalem unto Zede-king of Babylon: for they prophesy kiah king of Judah; a lie unto you.

4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out,and that ye might perish, ye, and the 5 1 have made the earth, the man and propliets that prophesy unto you. the beast that are upon the ground,by 16 Also I spake to the priests and to зny great power, and by mine out-all this people, saying, Thus saith the stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto ine.

6 And now have I given all these Jands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve theinselves of him.

8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pesti lence, until I have consumed thein by his hand.

9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers,nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land: and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lowo; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

13 π I spake also to Zedekia king saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and les people, and live.

LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be propliets, and is the word of the Lonv be with them, let them now make intercession to the LonD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Loup, and in the house of the king of Judah,aud at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19 T For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and con cerning the sea, and 'concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzer king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusa lem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lond, and in the house of the king of Judah and Jerusalem;

22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that 1 visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

CHAP. XXVIII.

AND it came to pasal te same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Ha Tuaniah the son of Azur the prophet,

which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Loup, in the pres. ence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

false prophecy

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lond; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, 14 For thus saith the Lord of hosta, the God of Israel, saying, I have brok- the God of Israel; I have put a yoke en the yoke of the king of Babylon. of iron upon the neck of all these na3 Within two full years will I bring tions, that they may serve Nebuchadagain into this place all the vessels of nezzar king of Babylon; and they the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnez-|shall serve him; and 1 have given him zar king of Babylon took away from the beasts of the field also. this place, and carried them to Baby-] 15 T Then said the prophet Jeremiah Jon: unto Hananiah the prophet,Hear now, 4 And I will bring again to this place Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of thee; but thou makest this people to Judah, with all the captives of Judah, trust in a lie. that went into Babylon, saith the Lono: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

5 Then the prophet Jeremial said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord,

16 Therefore thus saith the Lond; Behold, I will cast thee from of the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.

17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year, in the seventh month. CHAP. XXIX

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen; the LORD do so: the LORD NOW these are the words of the perform thy words which thou hast letter that Jeremiah the prophet prophesied, to bring again the vessels sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the LORD's bouse, and all that is of the elders which were carried away carried away captive, from Babylon captives, and to the priests, and to into this place. the prophets, and to all the people

7 Nevertheless hear thou now this] whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried word that I speak in thine ears, and away captives from Jerusalem to Babin the ears of all the people ;

ylon,

8 The prophets that have been before 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and me and before thee of old, prophesied the queen, and the eunuchs, the prmboth against many countries, and fces of Judah, and Jerusalein, and the against great kingdoms,of war, and of carpenters and the smiths, were deevil, and of pestilence.

9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremi ah's neck, and brake it.

parted from Jerusalem,)

3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekial king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchad nezzar king of Babylon,) saying,

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused II And Hananiah spake in the pres-to be carried away from Jerusalem ence of all the people, saying, Thus unto Babylon.

saith the LORD; Even so will I break 5 Build ye bouses,and dwell in them; the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of fand plant gardens, and eat the fruit of Babylon from the neck of all nations them;

way.

within the space of two full years. 6 Take ye wives and beget sons and And the prophet Jeremiah went his daughters; and take wives for your sous, and give your daughters to hus12 T Then the word of the LonD bands, that they may bear sons and came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after daughters; that ye may be increased that Hananiah the propliet had broken there, and not diminisfied. the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 And seek the peace of the city whither 1 bave caused you to be car

Ahab's and Zedekiah's

JEREMIAH.

fearful doom. ried away captives, and pray unto the them; but ye would not hear, saith Load for it: for in the peace thereof the LORD.

shall ye have peace.

20 T Hear ye therefore the word of 8 For thus saith the Lond of hosts, the LORD, all ye of the captivity, the God of Israel, Let not your proph-] whom I have sent from Jerusalem to ets and your diviners, that be in the Babylon; midst of you, deceive you, neither 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the nearken to your dreams which ye cause God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Koto be dreamed. |laiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Ma9 For they prophesy falsely unto you aseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you ju my name: I have not sent them, in my naine, Behold, I will deliver saith the LORD. them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes;

IC For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform] my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For 1 know the thoughts that 1 think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiali, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babyloc roasted in the fire;

23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbour's wives, and have spoken lying words in my 13 And ye shall seek me, and find[name, which I have not commanded me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD, and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away cantive.

them; even 1 know, and am a wit ness saith the LORD.

24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nebelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of l:osts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusa lem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

15 Because ye have said,The LORD bath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 26 The Lond hath made thee priest 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, the king that sitteth upon the throne that ye should be officers in the house of David, and of all the people that of the Lond, for every man that is dwelleth in this city, and of your mad, and maketh himself a prophet, brethren that are not gone forth with that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks: you into captivity;

17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that Cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

27 Now therefore why hast thou not ,which reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is 18 And I will persecute them with long; build ye houses, and dwell in the sword, with the famine, and with them; and plant gardens, and eat the the pestilence, and will deliver them fruit of them.

to be removed to all the kingdoms of 29 And Zephaniah the priest read the earth, to be a curse, and an aston-[this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the ishment, and hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

prophet.

30 T Then came the word of the Lono unto Jeremiah, saying,

19 Because they have not hearkened 31 Send to all them of the captivity, to my words, saith the Lord, which saying, Thus saith the LORD concernI sent unto them by my servants the ing Shemaiah the Nebelamite; Be pronheta, rising up early and sending cause that Shemaiah hath prophesied

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD; and 1 will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. ¶ And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

return foreshewed thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 12 For thus saith the Lono, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

13 There is none to plead thy cause, taat thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no bealing medicines.

14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wound. ed thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity because thy sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy ecrrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey, 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have wounds, saith the LORD; because beard a voice of trembling, of fear, they called thee an Outcast, saying, and not of peace. This is Zion, whom no man seekelh

6 Ask ye now, and see whether ajafter. man doth travail with child? where- 18 T Thus saith the Lono; Behold, fore do I see every man with his hands I will bring again the captivity of on bis loins, as a woman in travail, Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his and all faces are turned into paleness? dwelling-places; and the city shall be 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that builded upon her own heap, and the none is like it; it is even the time of palace shall remain after the manner Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved thereof. out of it.

S. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9. But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Loud: nei ther be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, au 1 none shall make him afraid.

19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multipiy them, and they shall not be few : 1 will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shal be established before me, and I wil! punish all that oppress them.

21 And their nobles shall be of them selves, and their governor shall pro ceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me; for who is this that engaged his heart to approach. junto me ? saith the LORD.

22 And ye shall be my people, and 1 will be your God.

11 For I am with thee, saith the LOR, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the scatter:d thee, yet will I not make a Lono goeth forth with fury, a con. full end of thee: but I will correct tinuing whiriwind: it shall fall with