24 And the captain of the gu took Seraiah the chief priest, a Zephaniah the second priest, the three keepers of the thresho 25 and out of the city he took officer that was set over the mer war; and seven men of them t saw the king's face, that were for in the city; and the scribe of captain of the host, who muste the people of the land; and th score men of the people of the la that were found in the midst of city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the o tain of the guard took them, a brought them to the king of Ba lon to Riblah. 27 And the king Babylon smote them, and put th to death at Riblah in the land Hamath. So Judah was carr away captive out of his land. Jerusalem taken and burned. Deportation of Temple Treasures and of Capt Nebuzaradan the captain of the and the second pillar also had guard, who stood before the king of unto these, and pomegranates. Babylon, into Jerusalem. 13 And And there were ninety and he burned the house of Jehovah, pomegranates on the sides; all and the king's house; and all the pomegranates were a hundred u houses of Jerusalem, even every the network round about. great house, burned he with fire. 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 17 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah-the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 21 And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: 1 Or, every great man's house 28 This is the people whom Ne chadrezzar carried away captive: the seventh year three thousa Jews and three and twenty; 29 the eighteenth year of Nebuch rezzar he carried away capt from Jerusalem eight hund thirty and two persons; 30 in three and twentieth year of Ne chadrezzar Nebuzaradan the c tain of the guard carried aw captive of the Jews seven hund forty and five persons: all the p sons were four thousand and hundred. 31 And it came to pass in seven and thirtieth year of the c tivity of Jehoiachin king of Jud in the twelfth month, in the f and twentieth day of the mon that Evil-merodach king of Ba lon, in the first year of his rei lifted up the head of Jehoiacl king of Judah, and brought h forth out of prison; 32 and he spa kindly to him, and set his thr above the throne of the kings th 8 Or, on the outside Heb. towards the winds. 4 Or, eunuch Jehoiachin treated kindly by Evil-merodach were with him in Babylon, 33 and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life: 34 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH 1 The Sorrows of Captive Zion How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary! 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: 1 All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies. 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great.servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits. 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the 2 solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: 7 Jerusalem remembereth in days of her affliction and of 4 miseries all her pleasant thi that were from the days of c When her people fell into hand of the adversary, and n did help her, The adversaries saw her, they mock at her desolations. 8 Jerusalem hath grievou sinned; therefore she is come as an unclean thing; All that honored her despise because they have seen nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, and turn backward. 9 Her filthiness was in her ski she remembered not her lat end; 10 Therefore is she come down w derfully; she hath no Co forter: Behold, O Jehovah, my afflicti for the enemy hath magnit himself. The adversary hath spread his hand upon all her pleas things: For she hath seen that the nati are entered into her sand ary, Concerning whom thou di command that they should enter into thine assembly. All her people sigh, they se bread; They have given their pleasa things for food to refresh soul: The Sorrows of Captive Zion. Zion's Sorrows come from Jehovah 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, 1 Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 13 From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to 2 fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, 3 against whom I am not able to stand. 15 The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: 19 20 21 22 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls. 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof. 3 He hath cut off in fierce anger 4all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the emy: 4 Or, every horn en Zion's Sorrows come from Jehovah And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: 1In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire. 5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. Yea, her prophets find no visi from Jehovah. 10 The elders of the daughter of Zi sit upon the ground, they ke silence; 11 6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath de- 12 stroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 7 Jehovah hath cast off his altar, He hath given up into the hand 8 Jehovah hath purposed to de- He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his 9 Her gates are sunk into the 13 14 15 Her king and her princes are among the nations where the 16 law is not; They have cast up dust up their heads; they have gird themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem ha down their heads to t ground. Mine eyes do fail with tears, n heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon t earth, because of the 5 destru tion of the daughter of n people, Because the young children ar the sucklings swoon in th streets of the city. They say to their mothers, Whe is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounde in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured o into their mothers' bosom. What shall I 6 testify unto thee what shall I liken to thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to the that I may comfort thee, O vi gin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like th sea who can heal thee? Thy prophets have seen for the false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovere thine iniquity, to bring bac thy captivity, But have seen for thee fals 7 oracles and 8 causes of banish ment. All that pass by clap their hand at thee; They hiss and wag their head a the daughter of Jerusalem saying, Is this the city that men calle The perfection of beauty, Th joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opene their mouth wide agains thee: |