1 The words 01697 of Jeremiah 03414 the son 01121 of Hilkiah 02518, of the priests 03548 that were in Anathoth 06068 in the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144:
2 To whom the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came in the days 03117 of Josiah 02977 the son 01121 of Amon 0526 king 04428 of Judah 03063, in the thirteenth 07969, 6240 year 08141 of his reign 04427.
3 It came also in the days 03117 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, to the end 08552 of the eleventh 06249, 6240 year 08141 of Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, to the carrying away 01540 of Jerusalem 03389 captive 01540 in the fifth 02549 month 02320.
4 Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
5 Before 02962 I formed 03335 thee in the womb 0990 I knew 03045 thee; and before thou wast born 03318, 7358 I sanctified 06942 thee, and I ordained 05414 thee a prophet 05030 to the nations 01471. ordained: Heb. gave
6 Then said 0559 I, Ah 0162, Lord 0136 GOD 03069! behold, I cannot 03045 speak 01696: for I am a child 05288.
7 But the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Say 0559 not, I am a child 05288: for thou shalt go 03212 to all that I shall send 07971 thee, and whatever I command 06680 thee thou shalt speak 01696.
8 Be not afraid 03372 of their faces 06440: for I am with thee to deliver 05337 thee, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
9 Then the LORD 03068 put forth 07971 his hand 03027, and touched 05060 my mouth 06310. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Behold, I have put 05414 my words 01697 in thy mouth 06310.
10 See 07200, I have this day 03117 set 06485 thee over the nations 01471 and over the kingdoms 04467, to root out 05428, and to pull down 05422, and to destroy 06, and to throw down 02040, to build 01129, and to plant 05193.
11 Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559, Jeremiah 03414, what seest 07200 thou? And I said 0559, I see 07200 a rod 04731 of an almond tree 08247.
12 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, Thou hast well 03190 seen 07200: for I will hasten 08245 my word 01697 to perform 06213 it.
13 And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me the second time 08145, saying 0559, What seest 07200 thou? And I said 0559, I see 07200 a boiling 05301 pot 05518; and its face 06440 is toward 06440 the north 06828. toward…: Heb. from the face of the north
14 Then the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Out of the north 06828 an evil 07451 shall break forth 06605 upon all the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776. shall…: Heb. shall be opened
15 For, lo, I will call 07121 all the families 04940 of the kingdoms 04467 of the north 06828, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and they shall come 0935, and they shall set 05414 every one 0376 his throne 03678 at the entrance 06607 of the gates 08179 of Jerusalem 03389, and against all its walls 02346 on every side 05439, and against all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
16 And I will utter 01696 my judgments 04941 against them concerning 05921 all their wickedness 07451, who have forsaken 05800 me, and have burned incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430, and worshipped 07812 the works 04639 of their own hands 03027.
17 Thou therefore gird up 0247 thy loins 04975, and arise 06965, and speak 01696 to them all that I command 06680 thee: be not dismayed 02865 at their faces 06440, lest I confound 02865 thee before 06440 them. confound: or, break to pieces
18 For, behold, I 0589 have made 05414 thee this day 03117 a fortified 04013 city 05892, and an iron 01270 pillar 05982, and brasen 05178 walls 02346 against the whole land 0776, against the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, against its princes 08269, against its priests 03548, and against the people 05971 of the land 0776.
19 And they shall fight 03898 against thee; but they shall not prevail 03201 against thee; for I am with thee, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, to deliver 05337 thee.
1 Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
2 Go 01980 and cry 07121 in the ears 0241 of Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; I remember 02142 thee, the kindness 02617 of thy youth 05271, the love 0160 of thy espousals 03623, when thou wentest 03212 after 0310 me in the wilderness 04057, in a land 0776 that was not sown 02232. thee: or, for thy sake
3 Israel 03478 was holiness 06944 to the LORD 03068, and the firstfruits 07225 of his increase 08393: all that devour 0398 him shall offend 0816; evil 07451 shall come 0935 upon them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
4 Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O house 01004 of Jacob 03290, and all the families 04940 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478:
5 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, What iniquity 05766 have your fathers 01 found 04672 in me, that they have gone far 07368 from me, and have walked 03212 after 0310 vanity 01892, and have become vain 01891?
6 Neither said 0559 they, Where is the LORD 03068 that brought us 05927 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, that led 03212 us through the wilderness 04057, through a land 0776 of deserts 06160 and of pits 07745, through a land 0776 of drought 06723, and of the shadow of death 06757, through a land 0776 that no man 0376 passed through 05674, and where no man 0120 dwelt 03427?
7 And I brought 0935 you into a plentiful 03759 country 0776, to eat 0398 the fruit 06529 of it and the goodness 02898 of it but when ye entered 0935, ye defiled 02930 my land 0776, and made 07760 my heritage 05159 an abomination 08441. a plentiful…: or, the land of Carmel
8 The priests 03548 said 0559 not, Where is the LORD 03068? and they that handle 08610 the law 08451 knew 03045 me not: the rulers 07462 also transgressed 06586 against me, and the prophets 05030 prophesied 05012 by Baal 01168, and walked 01980 after 0310 things that do not profit 03276.
9 Therefore I will yet plead 07378 with you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and with your children’s 01121 children 01121 will I plead 07378.
10 For pass over 05674 the isles 0339 of Chittim 03794, and see 07200; and send 07971 to Kedar 06938, and consider 0995 diligently 03966, and see 07200 if there is such a thing. over: or, over to
11 Hath a nation 01471 changed 03235 their gods 0430, which are yet no gods 0430? but my people 05971 have changed 04171 their glory 03519 for that which doth not profit 03276.
12 Be astonished 08074, O ye heavens 08064, at this, and be horribly afraid 08175, be ye very 03966 desolate 02717, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
13 For my people 05971 have committed 06213 two 08147 evils 07451; they have forsaken 05800 me the fountain 04726 of living 02416 waters 04325, and hewed out 02672 for themselves cisterns 0877, broken 07665 cisterns 0877, that can hold 03557 no water 04325.
14 Is Israel 03478 a servant 05650? is he a homeborn 01004, 3211 slave? why 04069 is he laid waste 0957? spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?
15 The young lions 03715 roared 07580 upon him, and yelled 05414, 6963, and they made 07896 his land 0776 waste 08047: his cities 05892 are burned 03341 without inhabitant 03427. yelled: Heb. gave out their voice
16 Also the children 01121 of Noph 05297 and Tahapanes 08471 have broken 07462 the crown of thy head 06936. have…: or, feed on thy crown
17 Hast thou not procured 06213 this to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, when 06256 he led 03212 thee by the way 01870?
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way 01870 of Egypt 04714, to drink 08354 the waters 04325 of Sihor 07883? or what hast thou to do in the way 01870 of Assyria 0804, to drink 08354 the waters 04325 of the river 05104?
19 Thy own wickedness 07451 shall correct 03256 thee, and thy backslidings 04878 shall reprove 03198 thee: know 03045 therefore and see 07200 that it is an evil 07451 thing and bitter 04751, that thou hast forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, and that my fear 06345 is not in thee, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635.
20 For of old time 05769 I have broken 07665 thy yoke 05923, and burst 05423 thy bands 04147; and thou saidst 0559, I will not transgress 05674; when upon every high 01364 hill 01389 and under every green 07488 tree 06086 thou wanderest 06808, playing the harlot 02181. transgress: or, serve
21 Yet I had planted 05193 thee a noble vine 08321, wholly a right 0571 seed 02233: how then art thou turned 02015 into the degenerate plant 05494 of a strange 05237 vine 01612 to me?
22 For though thou shalt wash 03526 thee with lye 05427, and take thee much 07235 soap 01287, yet thy iniquity 05771 is marked 03799 before 06440 me, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.
23 How canst thou say 0559, I am not polluted 02930, I have not gone 01980 after 0310 Baalim 01168? see 07200 thy way 01870 in the valley 01516, know 03045 what thou hast done 06213: thou art a swift 07031 dromedary 01072 traversing 08308 her ways 01870; thou art…: or, O swift dromedary
24 A wild donkey 06501 used 03928 to the wilderness 04057, that snuffeth up 07602 the wind 07307 at her pleasure 0185, 5315; in her occasion 08385 who can turn her away 07725? all they that seek 01245 her will not weary 03286 themselves; in her month 02320 they shall find 04672 her. A wild…: or, O wild ass, etcused: Heb. taughther pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heartturn…: or, reverse it?
25 Withhold 04513 thy foot 07272 from being unshod 03182, and thy throat 01627 from thirst 06773: but thou saidst 0559, There is no hope 02976: no; for I have loved 0157 strangers 02114, and after 0310 them will I go 03212. There…: or, Is the case desperate?
26 As the thief 01590 is ashamed 01322 when he is found 04672, so is the house 01004 of Israel 03478 ashamed 03001; they, their kings 04428, their princes 08269, and their priests 03548, and their prophets 05030,
27 Saying 0559 to a stock 06086, Thou art my father 01; and to a stone 068, Thou hast brought me forth 03205: for they have turned 06437 their back 06203 to me, and not their face 06440: but in the time 06256 of their trouble 07451 they will say 0559, Arise 06965, and save 03467 us. brought…: or, begotten metheir back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck
28 But where are thy gods 0430 that thou hast made 06213 for thyself? let them arise 06965, if they can save 03467 thee in the time 06256 of thy trouble 07451: for according to the number 04557 of thy cities 05892 are thy gods 0430, O Judah 03063. trouble: Heb. evil
29 Why will ye plead 07378 with me? ye all have transgressed 06586 against me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
30 In vain 07723 have I smitten 05221 your children 01121; they have received 03947 no correction 04148: your own sword 02719 hath devoured 0398 your prophets 05030, like a destroying 07843 lion 0738.
31 O generation 01755, see 07200 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068. Have I been a wilderness 04057 to Israel 03478? a land 0776 of darkness 03991? why say 0559 my people 05971, We are lords 07300; we will come 0935 no more to thee? We are…: Heb. We have dominion
32 Can a maid 01330 forget 07911 her ornaments 05716, or a bride 03618 her attire 07196? yet my people 05971 have forgotten 07911 me days 03117 without number 04557.
33 Why trimmest 03190 thou thy way 01870 to seek 01245 love 0160? therefore hast thou also taught 03925 the wicked ones 07451 thy ways 01870.
34 Also in thy skirts 03671 is found 04672 the blood 01818 of the souls 05315 of the poor 034 innocents 05355: I have not found 04672 it by secret search 04290, but upon all these. secret…: Heb. digging
35 Yet thou sayest 0559, Because I am innocent 05352, surely his anger 0639 shall turn 07725 from me. Behold, I will plead 08199 with thee, because thou sayest 0559, I have not sinned 02398.
36 Why dost thou go about 0235 so much 03966 to change 08138 thy way 01870? thou also shalt be ashamed 0954 of Egypt 04714, as thou wast ashamed 0954 of Assyria 0804.
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth 03318 from him, and thy hands 03027 upon thy head 07218: for the LORD 03068 hath rejected 03988 thy confidences 04009, and thou shalt not prosper 06743 in them.
1 They say 0559, If a man 0376 shall put away 07971 his wife 0802, and she shall go 01980 from him, and become another 0312 man’s 0376, shall he return to her again 07725? shall not that land 0776 be greatly 02610 polluted 02610? but thou hast played the harlot 02181 with many 07227 lovers 07453; yet return again 07725 to me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. They say: Heb. Saying
2 Lift up 05375 thy eyes 05869 to the high places 08205, and see 07200 where 0375 thou hast not been lain 07693, 7901 with. In the ways 01870 hast thou sat 03427 for them, as the Arabian 06163 in the wilderness 04057; and thou hast polluted 02610 the land 0776 with thy harlotry 02184 and with thy wickedness 07451.
3 Therefore the showers 07241 have been withheld 04513, and there hath been no latter rain 04456; and thou hadst an harlot’s 02181, 802 forehead 04696, thou didst refuse 03985 to be ashamed 03637.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry 07121 to me, My father 01, thou art the guide 0441 of my youth 05271?
5 Will he retain 05201 his anger for ever 05769? will he keep 08104 it to the end 05331? Behold, thou hast spoken 01696 and done 06213 evil things 07451 as thou couldest 03201.
6 The LORD 03068 said 0559 also to me in the days 03117 of Josiah 02977 the king 04428, Hast thou seen 07200 that which backsliding 04878 Israel 03478 hath done 06213? she hath gone up 01980 upon every high 01364 mountain 02022 and under 08478 every green 07488 tree 06086, and there hath played the harlot 02181.
7 And I said 0559 after 0310 she had done 06213 all these things, Turn 07725 thou to me. But she returned 07725 not. And her treacherous 0901 sister 0269 Judah 03063 saw 07200 it.
8 And I saw 07200, when for all the causes 0182 by which backsliding 04878 Israel 03478 committed adultery 05003 I had put her away 07971, and given 05414 her a bill 05612 of divorce 03748; yet her treacherous 0898 sister 0269 Judah 03063 feared 03372 not, but went 03212 and played the harlot 02181 also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness 06963 of her harlotry 02184, that she defiled 02610 the land 0776, and committed adultery 05003 with stones 068 and with stocks 06086. lightness: or, fame
10 And yet for all this her treacherous 0901 sister 0269 Judah 03063 hath not turned 07725 to me with her whole heart 03820, but deceitfully 08267, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. feignedly: Heb. in falsehood
11 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, The backsliding 04878 Israel 03478 hath justified 06663 herself 05315 more than treacherous 0898 Judah 03063.
12 Go 01980 and proclaim 07121 these words 01697 toward the north 06828, and say 0559, Return 07725, thou backsliding 04878 Israel 03478, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and I will not cause my anger 06440 to fall 05307 upon you: for I am merciful 02623, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and I will not keep 05201 anger for ever 05769.
13 Only acknowledge 03045 thy iniquity 05771, that thou hast transgressed 06586 against the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, and hast scattered 06340 thy ways 01870 to the strangers 02114 under every green 07488 tree 06086, and ye have not obeyed 08085 my voice 06963, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
14 Turn 07725, O backsliding 07726 children 01121, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; for I am married 01166 to you: and I will take 03947 you one 0259 of a city 05892, and two 08147 of a family 04940, and I will bring 0935 you to Zion 06726:
15 And I will give 05414 you shepherds 07462 according to my heart 03820, who shall feed 07462 you with knowledge 01844 and understanding 07919.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall be multiplied 07235 and increased 06509 in the land 0776, in those days 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, they shall say 0559 no more, The ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068: neither shall it come 05927 to mind 03820: neither shall they remember 02142 it; neither shall they miss 06485 it; neither shall that be done 06213 any more. come to mind: Heb. come upon the heartthat…: or, it be magnified
17 At that time 06256 they shall call 07121 Jerusalem 03389 the throne 03678 of the LORD 03068; and all the nations 01471 shall be gathered 06960 to it, to the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, to Jerusalem 03389: neither shall they walk 03212 any more after 0310 the imagination 08307 of their evil 07451 heart 03820. imagination: or, stubbornness
18 In those days 03117 the house 01004 of Judah 03063 shall walk 03212 with the house 01004 of Israel 03478, and they shall come 0935 together 03162 from the land 0776 of the north 06828 to the land 0776 that I have given for an inheritance 05157 to your fathers 01. with: or, togiven…: or, caused your fathers to possess
19 But I said 0559, How shall I put 07896 thee among the children 01121, and give 05414 thee a pleasant 02532 land 0776, a beautiful 06643 heritage 05159 of the hosts 06635 of nations 01471? and I said 0559, Thou shalt call 07121 me, My father 01; and shalt not turn away 07725 from me 0310. a goodly…: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beautypleasant…: Heb. land of desirefrom me: Heb. from after me
20 Surely 0403 as a wife 0802 treacherously 0898 departeth from her husband 07453, so have ye dealt treacherously 0898 with me, O house 01004 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. husband: Heb. friend
21 A voice 06963 was heard 08085 upon the high places 08205, weeping 01065 and supplications 08469 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478: for they have perverted 05753 their way 01870, and they have forgotten 07911 the LORD 03068 their God 0430.
22 Return 07725, ye backsliding 07726 children 01121, and I will heal 07495 your backslidings 04878. Behold, we come 0857 to thee; for thou art the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
23 Truly 0403 in vain 08267 is salvation hoped for from the hills 01389, and from the multitude 01995 of mountains 02022: truly 0403 in the LORD 03068 our God 0430 is the salvation 08668 of Israel 03478.
24 For shame 01322 hath devoured 0398 the labour 03018 of our fathers 01 from our youth 05271; their flocks 06629 and their herds 01241, their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323.
25 We lie down 07901 in our shame 01322, and our confusion 03639 covereth 03680 us: for we have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068 our God 0430, we and our fathers 01, from our youth 05271 even to this day 03117, and have not obeyed 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
1 If thou wilt return 07725, O Israel 03478, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, return 07725 to me: and if thou wilt put away 05493 thy abominations 08251 out of my sight 06440, then shalt thou not be removed 05110.
2 And thou shalt swear 07650, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416, in truth 0571, in judgment 04941, and in righteousness 06666; and the nations 01471 shall bless 01288 themselves in him, and in him shall they glory 01984.
3 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to the men 0376 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, Break up 05214 your fallow ground 05215, and sow 02232 not among thorns 06975.
4 Circumcise 04135 yourselves to the LORD 03068, and take away 05493 the foreskins 06190 of your heart 03824, ye men 0376 of Judah 03063 and inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389: lest my fury 02534 come forth 03318 like fire 0784, and burn 01197 that none can quench 03518 it, because 06440 of the evil 07455 of your doings 04611.
5 Declare 05046 ye in Judah 03063, and proclaim 08085 in Jerusalem 03389; and say 0559, Blow 08628 ye the trumpet 07782 in the land 0776: cry 07121, confirm 04390, and say 0559, Assemble 0622 yourselves, and let us go 0935 into the fortified 04013 cities 05892.
6 Set up 05375 the standard 05251 toward Zion 06726: retire 05756, stay 05975 not: for I will bring 0935 evil 07451 from the north 06828, and a great 01419 destruction 07667. retire: or, strengthendestruction: Heb. breaking
7 The lion 0738 is come up 05927 from his thicket 05441, and the destroyer 07843 of the Gentiles 01471 is on his way 05265; he is gone forth 03318 from his place 04725 to make 07760 thy land 0776 desolate 08047; thy cities 05892 shall be laid waste 05327, without an inhabitant 03427.
8 For this gird 02296 yourselves with sackcloth 08242, lament 05594 and wail 03213: for the fierce 02740 anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 is not turned back 07725 from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at that day 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that the heart 03820 of the king 04428 shall perish 06, and the heart 03820 of the princes 08269; and the priests 03548 shall be astonished 08074, and the prophets 05030 shall wonder 08539.
10 Then said 0559 I, Ah 0162, Lord 0136 GOD 03069! surely 0403 thou hast greatly 05377 deceived 05377 this people 05971 and Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, Ye shall have peace 07965; though the sword 02719 reacheth 05060 to the soul 05315.
11 At that time 06256 shall it be said 0559 to this people 05971 and to Jerusalem 03389, A dry 06703 wind 07307 of the high places 08205 in the wilderness 04057 toward 01870 the daughter 01323 of my people 05971, not to fan 02219, nor to cleanse 01305,
12 Even a full 04392 wind 07307 from those places shall come 0935 to me: now also will I give 01696 sentence 04941 against them. a full…: or, a fuller wind than thosegive…: Heb. utter judgments
13 Behold, he shall come up 05927 as clouds 06051, and his chariots 04818 shall be as a whirlwind 05492: his horses 05483 are swifter 07043 than eagles 05404. Woe 0188 to us! for we are laid waste 07703.
14 O Jerusalem 03389, wash 03526 thy heart 03820 from wickedness 07451, that thou mayest be saved 03467. How long shall thy vain 0205 thoughts 04284 lodge 03885 within 07130 thee?
15 For a voice 06963 declareth 05046 from Dan 01835, and proclaimeth 08085 affliction 0205 from mount 02022 Ephraim 0669.
16 Make ye mention 02142 to the nations 01471; behold, proclaim 08085 against Jerusalem 03389, that watchers 05341 come 0935 from a far 04801 country 0776, and give out 05414 their voice 06963 against the cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
17 As keepers 08104 of a field 07704, they are against her on all sides 05439; because she hath been rebellious 04784 against me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
18 Thy way 01870 and thy doings 04611 have procured 06213 these things to thee; this is thy wickedness 07451, because it is bitter 04751, because it reacheth 05060 to thy heart 03820.
19 My heart 04578, my heart 04578! I am pained 02342, 3176 at my very 07023 heart 03820; my heart 03820 maketh a noise 01993 in me; I cannot hold my peace 02790, because thou hast heard 08085, O my soul 05315, the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, the alarm 08643 of war 04421. my very…: Heb. the walls of my heart
20 Destruction 07667 upon destruction 07667 is cried 07121; for the whole land 0776 is laid waste 07703: suddenly 06597 are my tents 0168 ruined 07703, and my curtains 03407 in a moment 07281.
21 How long shall I see 07200 the standard 05251, and hear 08085 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782?
22 For my people 05971 are foolish 0191, they have not known 03045 me; they are silly 05530 children 01121, and they have no understanding 0995: they are wise 02450 to do evil 07489, but to do good 03190 they have no knowledge 03045.
23 I beheld 07200 the earth 0776, and, lo, it was without form 08414, and void 0922; and the heavens 08064, and they had no light 0216.
24 I beheld 07200 the mountains 02022, and, lo, they trembled 07493, and all the hills 01389 moved lightly 07043.
25 I beheld 07200, and, lo, there was no man 0120, and all the fowls 05775 of the heavens 08064 had fled 05074.
26 I beheld 07200, and, lo, the fruitful place 03759 was a wilderness 04057, and all its cities 05892 were broken down 05422 at the presence 06440 of the LORD 03068, and by his fierce 02740 anger 0639.
27 For thus hath the LORD 03068 said 0559, The whole land 0776 shall be desolate 08077; yet will I not make 06213 a full end 03617.
28 For this shall the earth 0776 mourn 056, and the heavens 08064 above 04605 be black 06937: because I have spoken 01696 it, I have purposed 02161 it, and will not repent 05162, neither will I turn back 07725 from it.
29 The whole city 05892 shall flee 01272 for the noise 06963 of the horsemen 06571 and bowmen 07198, 7411; they shall go 0935 into thickets 05645, and climb up 05927 upon the rocks 03710: every city 05892 shall be forsaken 05800, and not a man 0376 dwell 03427 in it 02004.
30 And when thou art laid waste 07703, what wilt thou do 06213? Though thou clothest 03847 thyself with crimson 08144, though thou deckest 05710 thee with ornaments 05716 of gold 02091, though thou enlarge 07167 thy eyes 05869 with painting 06320, in vain 07723 shalt thou make thyself fair 03302; thy lovers 05689 will despise 03988 thee, they will seek 01245 thy life 05315. face: Heb. eyes
31 For I have heard 08085 a voice 06963 as of a woman in travail 02470, and the anguish 06869 as of her that bringeth forth her first child 01069, the voice 06963 of the daughter 01323 of Zion 06726, that bewaileth 03306 herself, that spreadeth 06566 her hands 03709, saying, Woe 0188 is me now! for my soul 05315 is wearied 05888 because of murderers 02026.
1 Run ye to and fro 07751 through the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389, and see 07200 now, and know 03045, and seek 01245 in her broad places 07339, if ye can find 04672 a man 0376, if there is 03426 any that executeth 06213 judgment 04941, that seeketh 01245 the truth 0530; and I will pardon 05545 it.
2 And though they say 0559, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416; surely they swear 07650 falsely 08267.
3 O LORD 03068, are not thy eyes 05869 upon the truth 0530? thou hast stricken 05221 them, but they have not grieved 02342; thou hast consumed 03615 them, but they have refused 03985 to receive 03947 correction 04148: they have made their faces 06440 harder 02388 than a rock 05553; they have refused 03985 to return 07725.
4 Therefore I said 0559, Surely these are poor 01800; they are foolish 02973: for they know 03045 not the way 01870 of the LORD 03068, nor the judgment 04941 of their God 0430.
5 I will go 03212 to the great men 01419, and will speak 01696 to them; for they have known 03045 the way 01870 of the LORD 03068, and the judgment 04941 of their God 0430: but these have altogether 03162 broken 07665 the yoke 05923, and burst 05423 the bonds 04147.
6 Therefore a lion 0738 from the forest 03293 shall slay 05221 them, and a wolf 02061 of the evenings 06160 shall spoil 07703 them, a leopard 05246 shall watch 08245 over their cities 05892: every one that goeth out 03318 from there shall 02007 be torn in pieces 02963: because their transgressions 06588 are many 07231, and their backslidings 04878 are increased 06105. evenings: or, desertsare increased: Heb. are strong
7 How 0335 shall I pardon 05545 thee for this 02063? thy children 01121 have forsaken 05800 me, and sworn 07650 by them that are no 03808 gods 0430: when I had fed them to the full 07650, then they committed adultery 05003, and assembled themselves by troops 01413 in the harlots 02181’ houses 01004.
8 They were as fed 02109 horses 05483 in the morning 07904: every one 0376 neighed 06670 after his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802.
9 Shall I not punish 06485 for these things? saith 05002 the LORD 03068: and shall not my soul 05315 be avenged 05358 on such a nation 01471 as this?
10 Go ye up 05927 upon her walls 08284, and destroy 07843; but make 06213 not a full end 03617: take away 05493 her battlements 05189; for they are not the LORD’S 03068.
11 For the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and the house 01004 of Judah 03063 have dealt very 0898 treacherously 0898 against me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
12 They have denied 03584 the LORD 03068, and said 0559, It is not he; neither shall evil 07451 come 0935 upon us; neither shall we see 07200 sword 02719 nor famine 07458:
13 And the prophets 05030 shall become wind 07307, and the word 01696 is not in them: thus shall it be done 06213 to them.
14 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of hosts 06635, Because ye speak 01696 this word 01697, behold, I will make 05414 my words 01697 in thy mouth 06310 fire 0784, and this people 05971 wood 06086, and it shall devour 0398 them.
15 Lo, I will bring 0935 a nation 01471 upon you from far 04801, O house 01004 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: it is a mighty 0386 nation 01471, it is an ancient 05769 nation 01471, a nation 01471 whose language 03956 thou knowest 03045 not, neither understandest 08085 what they say 01696.
16 Their quiver 0827 is as an open 06605 sepulchre 06913, they are all mighty men 01368.
17 And they shall eat up 0398 thy harvest 07105, and thy bread 03899, which thy sons 01121 and thy daughters 01323 should eat 0398: they shall eat up 0398 thy flocks 06629 and thy herds 01241: they shall eat up 0398 thy vines 01612 and thy fig trees 08384: they shall impoverish 07567 with the sword 02719 thy fortified 04013 cities 05892, in which thou 02007 didst trust 0982.
18 Nevertheless in those days 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, I will not make 06213 a full end 03617 with you.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say 0559, Why 08478, 4100 doeth 06213 the LORD 03068 our God 0430 all these things to us? then shalt thou answer 0559 them, As ye have forsaken 05800 me, and served 05647 foreign 05236 gods 0430 in your land 0776, so shall ye serve 05647 strangers 02114 in a land 0776 that is not yours.
20 Declare 05046 this in the house 01004 of Jacob 03290, and proclaim 08085 it in Judah 03063, saying 0559,
21 Hear 08085 now this, O foolish 05530 people 05971, and without understanding 03820; who have eyes 05869, and see 07200 not; who have ears 0241, and hear 08085 not: understanding: Heb. heart
22 Fear 03372 ye not me? saith 05002 the LORD 03068: will ye not tremble 02342 at my presence 06440, who have placed 07760 the sand 02344 for the bound 01366 of the sea 03220 by a perpetual 05769 decree 02706, that it cannot pass 05674 it: and though its waves 01530 toss 01607 themselves, yet can they not prevail 03201; though they roar 01993, yet can they not pass over 05674 it?
23 But this people 05971 have a revolting 05637 and a rebellious 04784 heart 03820; they have revolted 05493 and gone 03212.
24 Neither say 0559 they in their heart 03824, Let us now fear 03372 the LORD 03068 our God 0430, that giveth 05414 rain 01653, both the former 03138 and the latter 04456, in its season 06256: he reserveth 08104 to us the appointed 02708 weeks 07620 of harvest 07105.
25 Your iniquities 05771 have turned away 05186 these things, and your sins 02403 have withheld 04513 good 02896 things from you.
26 For among my people 05971 are found 04672 wicked 07563 men: they lie in wait 07789, as he that setteth 07918 snares 03353; they set 05324 a trap 04889, they catch 03920 men 0582. they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait
27 As a cage 03619 is full 04392 of birds 05775, so are their houses 01004 full 04392 of deceit 04820: therefore they have become great 01431, and have grown rich 06238. cage: or, coop
28 They have become fat 08080, they shine 06245: yea, they exceed 05674 the deeds 01697 of the wicked 07451: they judge 01777 not the cause 01779, the cause of the fatherless 03490, yet they prosper 06743; and the right 04941 of the needy 034 do they not judge 08199.
29 Shall I not punish 06485 for these things? saith 05002 the LORD 03068: shall not my soul 05315 be avenged 05358 on such a nation 01471 as this?
30 A wonderful 08047 and horrible thing 08186 is committed 01961 in the land 0776; A wonderful…: or, Astonishment and filthiness
31 The prophets 05030 prophesy 05012 falsely 08267, and the priests 03548 bear rule 07287 by their means 03027; and my people 05971 love 0157 to have it so: and what will ye do 06213 in its end 0319? bear…: or, take into their hands
1 O ye children 01121 of Benjamin 01144, gather yourselves to flee 05756 out of the midst 07130 of Jerusalem 03389, and blow 08628 the trumpet 07782 in Tekoa 08620, and set up 05375 a sign 04864 of fire in Bethhaccerem 01021: for evil 07451 appeareth 08259 out of the north 06828, and great 01419 destruction 07667.
2 I have likened 01820 the daughter 01323 of Zion 06726 to a comely 05116 and delicate 06026 woman. comely: or, dwelling at home
3 The shepherds 07462 with their flocks 05739 shall come 0935 to her; they shall pitch 08628 their tents 0168 against her on every side 05439; they shall feed 07462 every one 0376 in his place 03027.
4 Prepare 06942 ye war 04421 against her; arise 06965, and let us go up 05927 at noon 06672. Woe 0188 to us! for the day 03117 departeth 06437, for the shadows 06752 of the evening 06153 are lengthened 05186.
5 Arise 06965, and let us go 05927 by night 03915, and let us destroy 07843 her palaces 0759.
6 For thus hath the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 said 0559, Hew ye down 03772 trees 06097, and cast 08210 a mount 05550 against Jerusalem 03389: this is the city 05892 to be visited 06485; she is wholly oppression 06233 in the midst 07130 of her. cast…: or, pour out the engine of shot
7 As a fountain 0953 casteth out 06979 her waters 04325, so she casteth out 06979 her wickedness 07451: violence 02555 and destruction 07701 is heard 08085 in her; before me 06440 continually 08548 are grief 02483 and wounds 04347.
8 Be thou instructed 03256, O Jerusalem 03389, lest my soul 05315 depart 03363 from thee; lest I make 07760 thee desolate 08077, a land 0776 not inhabited 03427. depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed
9 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, They shall thoroughly 05953 glean 05953 the remnant 07611 of Israel 03478 as a vine 01612: turn back 07725 thy hand 03027 as a grapegatherer 01219 into the baskets 05552.
10 To whom shall I speak 01696, and give warning 05749, that they may hear 08085? behold, their ear 0241 is uncircumcised 06189, and they cannot 03201 hearken 07181: behold, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 is to them a reproach 02781; they have no delight 02654 in it.
11 Therefore I am full 04392 of the fury 02534 of the LORD 03068; I am weary 03811 with holding in 03557: I will pour it out 08210 upon the children 05768 abroad 02351, and upon the assembly 05475 of young men 0970 together 03162: for even the husband 0376 with the wife 0802 shall be taken 03920, the aged 02205 with him that is full 04390 of days 03117.
12 And their houses 01004 shall be turned 05437 to others 0312, with their fields 07704 and wives 0802 together 03162: for I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
13 For from the least 06996 of them even to the greatest 01419 of them every one is given 01214 to covetousness 01215; and from the prophet 05030 even to the priest 03548 every one dealeth 06213 falsely 08267.
14 They have healed 07495 also the hurt 07667 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971 slightly 07043, saying 0559, Peace 07965, peace 07965; when there is no peace 07965. hurt: Heb. bruise, or, breach
15 Were they ashamed 03001 when they had committed 06213 abomination 08441? nay 01571, they were not at all 0954 ashamed 0954, neither 01571 could 03045 they blush 03637: therefore they shall fall 05307 among them that fall 05307: at the time 06256 that I visit 06485 them they shall be cast down 03782, saith 0559 the LORD 03068.
16 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Stand 05975 ye in the ways 01870, and see 07200, and ask 07592 for the old 05769 paths 05410, where is the good 02896 way 01870, and walk 03212 in it, and ye shall find 04672 rest 04771 for your souls 05315. But they said 0559, We will not walk 03212 in it.
17 Also I set 06965 watchmen 06822 over you, saying, Hearken 07181 to the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782. But they said 0559, We will not hearken 07181.
18 Therefore hear 08085, ye nations 01471, and know 03045, O congregation 05712, what is among them.
19 Hear 08085, O earth 0776: behold, I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon this people 05971, even the fruit 06529 of their thoughts 04284, because they have not hearkened 07181 to my words 01697, nor to my law 08451, but have rejected 03988 it.
20 To what purpose cometh 0935 there to me incense 03828 from Sheba 07614, and the sweet 02896 cane 07070 from a distant 04801 country 0776? your burnt offerings 05930 are not acceptable 07522, nor your sacrifices 02077 sweet 06149 to me.
21 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will lay 05414 stumblingblocks 04383 before this people 05971, and the fathers 01 and the sons 01121 together 03162 shall fall 03782 upon them; the neighbour 07934 and his friend 07453 shall perish 06.
22 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, a people 05971 cometh 0935 from the north 06828 country 0776, and a great 01419 nation 01471 shall be raised 05782 from the sides 03411 of the earth 0776.
23 They shall lay hold 02388 on bow 07198 and spear 03591; they are cruel 0394, and have no mercy 07355; their voice 06963 roareth 01993 like the sea 03220; and they ride 07392 upon horses 05483, set in array 06186 as men 0376 for war 04421 against thee, O daughter 01323 of Zion 06726.
24 We have heard 08085 the report 08089 of it: our hands 03027 become feeble 07503: anguish 06869 hath taken hold 02388 of us, and pain 02427, as of a woman in travail 03205.
25 Go not forth 03318 into the field 07704, nor walk 03212 by the way 01870; for the sword 02719 of the enemy 0341 and fear 04032 is on every side 05439.
26 O daughter 01323 of my people 05971, gird 02296 thee with sackcloth 08242, and wallow 06428 thyself in ashes 0665: make 06213 thee mourning 060, as for an only son 03173, most bitter 08563 lamentation 04553: for the spoiler 07703 shall suddenly 06597 come 0935 upon us.
27 I have set 05414 thee for a tower 0969 and a fortress 04013 among my people 05971, that thou mayest know 03045 and try 0974 their way 01870.
28 They are all grievous 05493 revolters 05637, walking 01980 with slanders 07400: they are brass 05178 and iron 01270; they are all corrupters 07843.
29 The bellows 04647 are burned 02787, the lead 05777 is consumed 08552 by the fire 0800, 784; the founder 06884 melteth 06884 in vain 07723: for the wicked 07451 are not plucked away 05423.
30 Rejected 03988 silver 03701 shall men call 07121 them, because the LORD 03068 hath rejected 03988 them. Reprobate…: or, Refuse silver
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Stand 05975 in the gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, and proclaim 07121 there this word 01697, and say 0559, Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, all ye of Judah 03063, that enter in 0935 at these gates 08179 to worship 07812 the LORD 03068.
3 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, Amend 03190 your ways 01870 and your doings 04611, and I will cause you to dwell 07931 in this place 04725.
4 Trust 0982 ye not in lying 08267 words 01697, saying 0559, The temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, The temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, The temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, are these.
5 For if ye thoroughly 03190 amend 03190 your ways 01870 and your doings 04611; if ye thoroughly 06213 execute 06213 judgment 04941 between a man 0376 and his neighbour 07453;
6 If ye oppress 06231 not the stranger 01616, the fatherless 03490, and the widow 0490, and shed 08210 not innocent 05355 blood 01818 in this place 04725, neither walk 03212 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 to your harm 07451:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell 07931 in this place 04725, in the land 0776 that I gave 05414 to your fathers 01, for 05704 ever 05769 and ever 05769.
8 Behold, ye trust 0982 in lying 08267 words 01697, that cannot profit 03276.
9 Will ye steal 01589, murder 07523, and commit adultery 05003, and swear 07650 falsely 08267, and burn incense 06999 to Baal 01168, and walk 01980 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 whom ye know 03045 not;
10 And come 0935 and stand 05975 before 06440 me in this house 01004, which is called 07121 by my name 08034, and say 0559, We are delivered 05337 to do 06213 all these abominations 08441? which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called
11 Is this house 01004, which is called 07121 by my name 08034, become a den 04631 of robbers 06530 in your eyes 05869? Behold, even I have seen 07200 it, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
12 But go 03212 ye now to my place 04725 which was in Shiloh 07887, where I set 07931 my name 08034 at the first 07223, and see 07200 what I did 06213 to it for 06440 the wickedness 07451 of my people 05971 Israel 03478.
13 And now, because ye have done 06213 all these works 04639, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and I spoke 01696 to you, rising early 07925 and speaking 01696, but ye heard 08085 not; and I called 07121 you, but ye answered 06030 not;
14 Therefore will I do 06213 to this house 01004, which is called 07121 by my name 08034, in which ye trust 0982, and to the place 04725 which I gave 05414 to you and to your fathers 01, as I have done 06213 to Shiloh 07887.
15 And I will cast you out 07993 of my sight 06440, as I have cast out 07993 all your brethren 0251, even the whole seed 02233 of Ephraim 0669.
16 Therefore pray 06419 not thou for this people 05971, neither lift up 05375 cry 07440 nor prayer 08605 for them 01157, neither make intercession 06293 to me: for I will not hear 08085 thee.
17 Seest 07200 thou not what they do 06213 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389?
18 The children 01121 gather 03950 wood 06086, and the fathers 01 kindle 01197 the fire 0784, and the women 0802 knead 03888 dough 01217, to make 06213 cakes 03561 to the queen 04446 of heaven 08064, and to pour out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to other 0312 gods 0430, that they may provoke me to anger 03707. queen…: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven
19 Do they provoke me to anger 03707? saith 05002 the LORD 03068: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion 01322 of their own faces 06440?
20 Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, my anger 0639 and my fury 02534 shall be poured out 05413 upon this place 04725, upon man 0120, and upon beast 0929, and upon the trees 06086 of the field 07704, and upon the fruit 06529 of the ground 0127; and it shall burn 01197, and shall not be quenched 03518.
21 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Put 05595 your burnt offerings 05930 to your sacrifices 02077, and eat 0398 flesh 01320.
22 For I spoke 01696 not to your fathers 01, nor commanded 06680 them in the day 03117 that I brought them out 03318 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, concerning 01697 burnt offerings 05930 or sacrifices 02077: concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of
23 But this thing 01697 I commanded 06680 them, saying 0559, Obey 08085 my voice 06963, and I will be your God 0430, and ye shall be my people 05971: and walk 01980 ye in all the ways 01870 that I have commanded 06680 you, that it may be well 03190 to you.
24 But they hearkened 08085 not, nor inclined 05186 their ear 0241, but walked 03212 in the counsels 04156 and in the imagination 08307 of their evil 07451 heart 03820, and went backward 0268, and not forward 06440. imagination: or, stubbornnesswent: Heb. were
25 Since the day 03117 that your fathers 01 came forth from 03318 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to this day 03117 I have even sent 07971 to you all my servants 05650 the prophets 05030, daily 03117 rising early 07925 and sending 07971 them:
26 Yet they hearkened 08085 not to me, nor inclined 05186 their ear 0241, but hardened 07185 their neck 06203: they did worse 07489 than their fathers 01.
27 Therefore thou shalt speak 01696 all these words 01697 to them; but they will not hearken 08085 to thee: thou shalt also call 07121 to them; but they will not answer 06030 thee.
28 But thou shalt say 0559 to them, This is a nation 01471 that obeyeth 08085 not the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 their God 0430, nor receiveth 03947 correction 04148: truth 0530 hath perished 06, and is cut off 03772 from their mouth 06310. correction: or, instruction
29 Cut off 01494 thy hair 05145, O Jerusalem, and cast it away 07993, and take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 on high places 08205; for the LORD 03068 hath rejected 03988 and forsaken 05203 the generation 01755 of his wrath 05678.
30 For the children 01121 of Judah 03063 have done 06213 evil 07451 in my sight 05869, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: they have set 07760 their abominations 08251 in the house 01004 which is called 07121 by my name 08034, to pollute 02930 it.
31 And they have built 01129 the high places 01116 of Tophet 08612, which is in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, to burn 08313 their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323 in the fire 0784; which I commanded 06680 them not, neither came 05927 it into my heart 03820. came…: Heb. came it upon my heart
32 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that it shall no more be called 0559 Tophet 08612, nor the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, but the valley 01516 of slaughter 02028: for they shall bury 06912 in Tophet 08612, till there shall be no 0369 place 04725.
33 And the dead bodies 05038 of this people 05971 shall be food 03978 for the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064, and for the beasts 0929 of the earth 0776; and none shall frighten them away 02729.
34 Then will I cause to cease 07673 from the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and from the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389, the voice 06963 of mirth 08342, and the voice 06963 of gladness 08057, the voice 06963 of the bridegroom 02860, and the voice 06963 of the bride 03618: for the land 0776 shall be desolate 02723.
1 At that time 06256, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, they shall bring 03318 the bones 06106 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, and the bones 06106 of his princes 08269, and the bones 06106 of the priests 03548, and the bones 06106 of the prophets 05030, and the bones 06106 of the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, out of their graves 06913:
2 And they shall spread 07849 them before the sun 08121, and the moon 03394, and all the host 06635 of heaven 08064, whom they have loved 0157, and whom they have served 05647, and after 0310 whom they have walked 01980, and whom they have sought 01875, and whom they have worshipped 07812: they shall not be gathered 0622, nor be buried 06912; they shall be for refuse 01828 upon the face 06440 of the earth 0127.
3 And death 04194 shall be chosen 0977 rather than life 02416 by all the remnant 07611 of them that remain 07604 of this evil 07451 family 04940, who remain 07604 in all the places 04725 where I have driven 05080 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.
4 Moreover thou shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Shall they fall 05307, and not rise 06965? shall he turn away 07725, and not return 07725?
5 Why then hath this people 05971 of Jerusalem 03389 slidden back 07725 by a perpetual 05329 backsliding 04878? they hold 02388 fast deceit 08649, they refuse 03985 to return 07725.
6 I hearkened 07181 and heard 08085, but they spoke not aright 01696: no man 0376 repented 05162 of 05921 his wickedness 07451, saying 0559, What have I done 06213? every one turned 07725 to his course 04794, as the horse 05483 rusheth 07857 to the battle 04421.
7 Yea, the stork 02624 in the heaven 08064 knoweth 03045 her appointed times 04150; and the turtledove 08449 and the crane 05483 and the swallow 05693 observe 08104 the time 06256 of their coming 0935; but my people 05971 know 03045 not the judgment 04941 of the LORD 03068.
8 How do ye say 0559, We are wise 02450, and the law 08451 of the LORD 03068 is with us? Lo, certainly 0403 in vain 08267 he hath made 06213 it; the pen 05842 of the scribes 05608 is in vain 08267. in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood
9 The wise 02450 men are ashamed 03001, they are dismayed 02865 and taken 03920: lo, they have rejected 03988 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068; and what wisdom 02451 is in them? The wise…: or, Have they been ashamed, etcwhat…: Heb. the wisdom of what thing
10 Therefore will I give 05414 their wives 0802 to others 0312, and their fields 07704 to them that shall inherit 03423 them: for every one from the least 06996 even to the greatest 01419 is given 01214 to covetousness 01215, from the prophet 05030 even to the priest 03548 every one dealeth 06213 falsely 08267.
11 For they have healed 07495 the hurt 07667 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971 slightly 07043, saying 0559, Peace 07965, peace 07965; when there is no peace 07965.
12 Were they ashamed 03001 when they had committed 06213 abomination 08441? nay, they were not at all 0954 ashamed 0954, neither could 03045 they blush 03637: therefore shall they fall 05307 among them that fall 05307: in the time 06256 of their punishment 06486 they shall be cast down 03782, saith 0559 the LORD 03068.
13 I will surely 0622 consume 05486 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: there shall be no grapes 06025 on the vine 01612, nor figs 08384 on the fig tree 08384, and the leaf 05929 shall fade 05034; and the things that I have given 05414 to them shall pass away 05674 from them. I will…: or, In gathering I will consume
14 Why do we sit still 03427? assemble 0622 yourselves, and let us enter 0935 into the fortified 04013 cities 05892, and let us be silent 01826 there: for the LORD 03068 our God 0430 hath put us to silence 01826, and given us water 04325 of gall 07219 to drink 08248, because we have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068. gall: or, poison
15 We looked 06960 for peace 07965, but no good 02896 came; and for a time 06256 of health 04832, and behold trouble 01205!
16 The snorting 05170 of his horses 05483 was heard 08085 from Dan 01835: the whole land 0776 trembled 07493 at the sound 06963 of the neighing 04684 of his strong ones 047; for they have come 0935, and have devoured 0398 the land 0776, and all 04393 that is in it; the city 05892, and those that dwell 03427 in it. all…: Heb. the fulness thereof
17 For, behold, I will send 07971 serpents 05175, cockatrices 06848, among you, which will not be charmed 03908, and they shall bite 05391 you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
18 When I would comfort 04010 myself against sorrow 03015, my heart 03820 is faint 01742 in me. in: Heb. upon
19 Behold the voice 06963 of the cry 07775 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971 because of them that dwell in a distant 04801 country 0776: Is not the LORD 03068 in Zion 06726? is not her king 04428 in her? Why have they provoked me to anger 03707 with their graven images 06456, and with foreign 05236 vanities 01892? them…: Heb. the country of them that are far off
20 The harvest 07105 is past 05674, the summer 07019 is ended 03615, and we are not saved 03467.
21 For the hurt 07667 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971 am I hurt 07665; I am black 06937; astonishment 08047 hath taken hold 02388 on me.
22 Is there no balm 06875 in Gilead 01568; is there no physician 07495 there? why then 03588 is not the health 0724 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971 recovered 05927? recovered: Heb. gone up?
1 O that 05414 my head 07218 were waters 04325, and my eyes 05869 a fountain 04726 of tears 01832, that I might weep 01058 day 03119 and night 03915 for the slain 02491 of the daughter 01323 of my people 05971! Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc
2 O that 05414 I had in the wilderness 04057 a lodging place 04411 of wayfaring men 0732; that I might leave 05800 my people 05971, and go 03212 from them! for they are all adulterers 05003, an assembly 06116 of treacherous men 0898.
3 And they bend 01869 their tongues 03956 like their bow 07198 for lies 08267: but they are not valiant 01396 for the truth 0530 upon the earth 0776; for they proceed 03318 from evil 07451 to evil 07451, and they know 03045 not me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
4 Take ye heed 08104 every one 0376 of his neighbour 07453, and trust 0982 ye not in any brother 0251: for every brother 0251 will utterly 06117 supplant 06117, and every neighbour 07453 will walk 01980 with slanders 07400. neighbour: or, friend
5 And they will deceive 02048 every one 0376 his neighbour 07453, and will not speak 01696 the truth 0571: they have taught 03925 their tongue 03956 to speak 01696 lies 08267, and weary 03811 themselves to commit iniquity 05753. deceive: or, mock
6 Thy habitation 03427 is in the midst 08432 of deceit 04820; through deceit 04820 they refuse 03985 to know 03045 me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
7 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Behold, I will melt 06884 them, and try 0974 them; for how shall I do 06213 for 06440 the daughter 01323 of my people 05971?
8 Their tongue 03956 is as an arrow 02671 shot out 07819; it speaketh 01696 deceit 04820: one speaketh 01696 peaceably 07965 to his neighbour 07453 with his mouth 06310, but in heart 07130 he lieth 07760 in wait 0696. in heart: Heb. in the midst of himhis wait: or, wait for him
9 Shall I not punish 06485 them for these things? saith 05002 the LORD 03068: shall not my soul 05315 be avenged 05358 on such a nation 01471 as this?
10 For the mountains 02022 will I take up 05375 a weeping 01065 and wailing 05092, and for the habitations 04999 of the wilderness 04057 a lamentation 07015, because they are burned up 03341, so that none 0376 can pass 05674 through them; neither can men hear 08085 the voice 06963 of the cattle 04735; both the fowl 05775 of the heavens 08064 and the beast 0929 have fled 05074; they are gone 01980. habitations: or, pasturesburned up: or, desolateboth…: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc
11 And I will make 05414 Jerusalem 03389 heaps 01530, and a den 04583 of dragons 08577; and I will make 05414 the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 desolate 08077, without an inhabitant 03427. desolate: Heb. desolation
12 Who is the wise 02450 man 0376, that may understand 0995 this? and who is he to whom the mouth 06310 of the LORD 03068 hath spoken 01696, that he may declare 05046 it, for what the land 0776 perisheth 06 and is burned up 03341 like a wilderness 04057, that none passeth through 05674?
13 And the LORD 03068 saith 0559, Because they have forsaken 05800 my law 08451 which I set 05414 before 06440 them, and have not obeyed 08085 my voice 06963, neither walked 01980 in it;
14 But have walked 03212 after 0310 the imagination 08307 of their own heart 03820, and after 0310 Baalim 01168, which their fathers 01 taught 03925 them: imagination: or, stubbornness
15 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will feed 0398 them, even this people 05971, with wormwood 03939, and give them water 04325 of gall 07219 to drink 08248.
16 I will scatter 06327 them also among the heathen 01471, whom neither they nor their fathers 01 have known 03045: and I will send 07971 a sword 02719 after 0310 them, till I have consumed 03615 them.
17 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Consider 0995 ye, and call 07121 for the mourning women 06969, that they may come 0935; and send 07971 for skilful 02450 women, that they may come 0935:
18 And let them make haste 04116, and take up 05375 a wailing 05092 for us, that our eyes 05869 may run down 03381 with tears 01832, and our eyelids 06079 gush out 05140 with waters 04325.
19 For a voice 06963 of wailing 05092 is heard 08085 out of Zion 06726, How are we laid waste 07703! we are greatly 03966 confounded 0954, because we have forsaken 05800 the land 0776, because our dwellings 04908 have cast us out 07993.
20 Yet hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O ye women 0802, and let your ear 0241 receive 03947 the word 01697 of his mouth 06310, and teach 03925 your daughters 01323 wailing 05092, and every one 0802 her neighbour 07468 lamentation 07015.
21 For death 04194 hath come up 05927 into our windows 02474, and hath entered 0935 into our palaces 0759, to cut off 03772 the children 05768 from outside 02351, and the young men 0970 from the streets 07339.
22 Speak 01696, Thus saith 05002 the LORD 03068, Even the dead bodies 05038 of men 0120 shall fall 05307 as refuse 01828 upon the open 06440 field 07704, and as the handful 05995 after 0310 the harvestman 07114, and none shall gather 0622 them.
23 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Let not the wise 02450 man glory 01984 in his wisdom 02451, neither let the mighty 01368 man glory 01984 in his might 01369, let not the rich 06223 man glory 01984 in his riches 06239:
24 But let him that glorieth 01984 glory 01984 in this, that he understandeth 07919 and knoweth 03045 me, that I am the LORD 03068 who exercise 06213 lovingkindness 02617, judgment 04941, and righteousness 06666, in the earth 0776: for in these things I delight 02654, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
25 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will punish 06485 all them who are circumcised 04135 with the uncircumcised 06190; punish: Heb. visit upon
26 Egypt 04714, and Judah 03063, and Edom 0123, and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and Moab 04124, and all that are in the utmost 07112 corners 06285, that dwell 03427 in the wilderness 04057: for all these nations 01471 are uncircumcised 06189, and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 are uncircumcised 06189 in the heart 03820. in the utmost…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled
1 Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 which the LORD 03068 speaketh 01696 to you, O house 01004 of Israel 03478:
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Learn 03925 not the way 01870 of the heathen 01471, and be not dismayed 02865 at the signs 0226 of heaven 08064; for the heathen 01471 are dismayed 02865 at them 01992.
3 For the customs 02708 of the people 05971 are vain 01892: for one cutteth 03772 a tree 06086 out of the forest 03293, the work 04639 of the hands 03027 of the workman 02796, with the axe 04621. customs…: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity
4 They deck 03302 it with silver 03701 and with gold 02091; they fasten 02388 it with nails 04548 and with hammers 04717, that it may not move 06328.
5 They are upright 04749 as the palm tree 08560, but speak 01696 not: they must needs 05375 be borne 05375, because they cannot go 06805. Be not afraid 03372 of them; for they cannot do evil 07489, neither also is it in them to do good 03190.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like thee, O LORD 03068; thou art great 01419, and thy name 08034 is great 01419 in might 01369.
7 Who would not fear 03372 thee, O King 04428 of nations 01471? for to thee doth it appertain 02969: forasmuch as among all the wise 02450 men of the nations 01471, and in all their kingdoms 04438, there is none like thee. to…: or, it liketh thee
8 But they are altogether 0259 stupid 01197 and foolish 03688: the stock 06086 is a doctrine 04148 of vanities 01892. altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once
9 Silver 03701 beaten into plates 07554 is brought 0935 from Tarshish 08659, and gold 02091 from Uphaz 0210, the work 04639 of the craftsman 02796, and of the hands 03027 of the goldsmith 06884: blue 08504 and purple 0713 is their clothing 03830: they are all the work 04639 of skilful 02450 men.
10 But the LORD 03068 is the true 0571 God 0430, he is the living 02416 God 0430, and an everlasting 05769 king 04428: at his wrath 07110 the earth 0776 shall tremble 07493, and the nations 01471 shall not be able to abide 03557 his indignation 02195. true…: Heb. God of truthliving God: Heb. living Godseverlasting…: Heb. king of eternity
11 Thus 01836 shall ye say 0560 to them, The gods 0426 that have not 03809 made 05648 the heavens 08065 and the earth 0778, even they shall perish 07 from the earth 0772, and from under 08460 these 0429 heavens 08065.
12 He hath made 06213 the earth 0776 by his power 03581, he hath established 03559 the world 08398 by his wisdom 02451, and hath stretched out 05186 the heavens 08064 by his understanding 08394.
13 When he uttereth 05414 his voice 06963, there is a multitude 01995 of waters 04325 in the heavens 08064, and he causeth the vapours 05387 to ascend 05927 from the ends 07097 of the earth 0776; he maketh 06213 lightnings 01300 with rain 04306, and bringeth forth 03318 the wind 07307 out of his treasures 0214. multitude: or, noisewith: or, for
14 Every man 0120 is stupid 01197 in his knowledge 01847: every goldsmith 06884 is confounded 03001 by the graven image 06459: for his molten image 05262 is falsehood 08267, and there is no breath 07307 in them. brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know
15 They are vanity 01892, and the work 04639 of errors 08595: in the time 06256 of their punishment 06486 they shall perish 06.
16 The portion 02506 of Jacob 03290 is not like them: for he is the former 03335 of all things; and Israel 03478 is the rod 07626 of his inheritance 05159: The LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 is his name 08034.
17 Gather up 0622 thy wares 03666 out of the land 0776, O inhabitant 03427 of the fortress 04692. inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
18 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will sling 07049 out the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776 at this once 06471, and will distress 06887 them, that they may find 04672 it so.
19 Woe 0188 is me for my hurt 07667! my wound 04347 is grievous 02470: but I said 0559, Truly 0389 this is a grief 02483, and I must bear 05375 it.
20 My tabernacle 0168 is spoiled 07703, and all my cords 04340 are broken 05423: my children 01121 are gone forth 03318 from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth 05186 my tent 0168 any more, and to set up 06965 my curtains 03407.
21 For the pastors 07462 have become stupid 01197, and have not sought 01875 the LORD 03068: therefore they shall not prosper 07919, and all their flocks 04830 shall be scattered 06327.
22 Behold, the sound 06963 of a rumour 08052 is come 0935, and a great 01419 commotion 07494 from the north 06828 country 0776, to make 07760 the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 desolate 08077, and a den 04583 of dragons 08577.
23 O LORD 03068, I know 03045 that the way 01870 of man 0120 is not in himself: it is not in man 0376 that walketh 01980 to direct 03559 his steps 06806.
24 O LORD 03068, correct 03256 me, but with judgment 04941; not in thy anger 0639, lest thou bring me to nothing 04591. bring…: Heb. diminish me
25 Pour out 08210 thy fury 02534 upon the heathen 01471 that know 03045 thee not, and upon the families 04940 that call 07121 not on thy name 08034: for they have eaten up 0398 Jacob 03290, and devoured 0398 him, and consumed 03615 him, and have made his habitation 05116 desolate 08074.
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Hear 08085 ye the words 01697 of this covenant 01285, and speak 01696 to the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and to the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389;
3 And say 0559 thou to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478; Cursed 0779 be the man 0376 that obeyeth 08085 not the words 01697 of this covenant 01285,
4 Which I commanded 06680 your fathers 01 in the day 03117 that I brought them forth 03318 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, from the iron 01270 furnace 03564, saying 0559, Obey 08085 my voice 06963, and do 06213 them, according to all which I command 06680 you: so shall ye be my people 05971, and I will be your God 0430:
5 That I may perform 06965 the oath 07621 which I have sworn 07650 to your fathers 01, to give 05414 them a land 0776 flowing 02100 with milk 02461 and honey 01706, as it is this day 03117. Then answered 06030 I, and said 0559, So be it 0543, O LORD 03068. So…: Heb. Amen
6 Then the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Proclaim 07121 all these words 01697 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, Hear 08085 ye the words 01697 of this covenant 01285, and do 06213 them.
7 For I earnestly 05749 protested 05749 to your fathers 01 in the day 03117 that I brought them 05927 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, even to this day 03117, rising early 07925 and protesting 05749, saying 0559, Obey 08085 my voice 06963.
8 Yet they obeyed 08085 not, nor inclined 05186 their ear 0241, but walked 03212 every one 0376 in the imagination 08307 of their evil 07451 heart 03820: therefore I will bring 0935 upon them all the words 01697 of this covenant 01285, which I commanded 06680 them to do 06213; but they did 06213 them not. imagination: or, stubbornness
9 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, A conspiracy 07195 is found 04672 among the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and among the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389.
10 They have turned back 07725 to the iniquities 05771 of their forefathers 07223, 1, who refused 03985 to hear 08085 my words 01697; and they went 01980 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 to serve 05647 them: the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and the house 01004 of Judah 03063 have broken 06565 my covenant 01285 which I made 03772 with their fathers 01.
11 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon them, which they shall not be able 03201 to escape 03318; and though they shall cry 02199 to me, I will not hearken 08085 to them. to escape: Heb. to go forth of
12 Then shall the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 and inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 go 01980, and cry 02199 to the gods 0430 to which they offer incense 06999: but they shall not save 03467 them at all 03467 in the time 06256 of their trouble 07451. trouble: Heb. evil
13 For according to the number 04557 of thy cities 05892 were thy gods 0430, O Judah 03063; and according to the number 04557 of the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389 have ye set up 07760 altars 04196 to that shameful thing 01322, even altars 04196 to burn incense 06999 to Baal 01168. shameful…: Heb. shame
14 Therefore pray 06419 not thou for this people 05971, neither lift up 05375 a cry 07440 or prayer 08605 for them: for I will not hear 08085 them in the time 06256 when they cry 07121 to me for their trouble 07451. trouble: Heb. evil
15 What hath my beloved 03039 to do in my house 01004, seeing she hath wrought 06213 lewdness 04209 with many 07227, and the holy 06944 flesh 01320 is passed 05674 from thee? when thou doest evil 07451, then thou rejoicest 05937. What…: Heb. What is to my beloved in my housewhen…: or, when thy evil is
16 The LORD 03068 called 07121 thy name 08034, A green 07488 olive tree 02132, fair 03303, and of goodly 08389 fruit 06529: with the noise 06963 of a great 01419 tumult 01999 he hath kindled 03341 fire 0784 upon it, and the branches 01808 of it are broken 07489.
17 For the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that planted 05193 thee, hath pronounced 01696 evil 07451 against thee, for 01558 the evil 07451 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and of the house 01004 of Judah 03063, which they have done 06213 against themselves to provoke me to anger 03707 in offering incense 06999 to Baal 01168.
18 And the LORD 03068 hath given me knowledge 03045 of it, and I know 03045 it: then thou didst show 07200 me their doings 04611.
19 But I was like a lamb 03532 or an ox 0441 that is brought 02986 to the slaughter 02873; and I knew 03045 not that they had devised 02803 devices 04284 against me, saying, Let us destroy 07843 the tree 06086 with its fruit 03899, and let us cut him off 03772 from the land 0776 of the living 02416, that his name 08034 may be no more remembered 02142. the tree…: Heb. the stalk with his bread
20 But, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that judgest 08199 righteously 06664, that triest 0974 the reins 03629 and the heart 03820, let me see 07200 thy vengeance 05360 on them: for to thee have I revealed 01540 my cause 07379.
21 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning the men 0582 of Anathoth 06068, that seek 01245 thy life 05315, saying 0559, Prophesy 05012 not in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, that thou die 04191 not by our hand 03027:
22 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Behold, I will punish 06485 them: the young men 0970 shall die 04191 by the sword 02719; their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323 shall die 04191 by famine 07458: punish: Heb. visit upon
23 And there shall be no remnant 07611 of them: for I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon the men 0582 of Anathoth 06068, even the year 08141 of their punishment 06486.
1 Righteous 06662 art thou, O LORD 03068, when I plead 07378 with thee: yet let me speak 01696 with thee of thy judgments 04941: Why doth the way 01870 of the wicked 07563 prosper 06743? why are they all happy 07951 that deal very 0899 treacherously 0898? talk…: or, reason the case with thee
2 Thou hast planted 05193 them, yea, they have taken root 08327: they grow 03212, yea, they bring forth 06213 fruit 06529: thou art near 07138 in their mouth 06310, and far from 07350 their reins 03629. they grow: Heb. they go on
3 But thou, O LORD 03068, knowest 03045 me: thou hast seen 07200 me, and tried 0974 my heart 03820 toward thee: pull them out 05423 like sheep 06629 for the slaughter 02878, and prepare 06942 them for the day 03117 of slaughter 02028. toward…: Heb. with thee
4 How long shall the land 0776 mourn 056, and the herbs 06212 of every field 07704 wither 03001, for the wickedness 07451 of them that dwell 03427 in it? the beasts 0929 are consumed 05595, and the birds 05775; because they said 0559, He shall not see 07200 our last end 0319.
5 If thou hast run 07323 with the footmen 07273, and they have wearied 03811 thee, then how canst thou contend 08474 with horses 05483? and if in the land 0776 of peace 07965, in which thou didst trust 0982, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do 06213 in the swelling 01347 of Jordan 03383?
6 For even thy brethren 0251, and the house 01004 of thy father 01, even they have dealt treacherously 0898 with thee; yea, they have called 07121 a multitude 04392 after 0310 thee: believe 0539 them not, though they speak 01696 fair words 02896 to thee. they have called…: or, they cried after thee fullyfair…: Heb. good things
7 I have forsaken 05800 my house 01004, I have left 05203 my heritage 05159; I have given 05414 the dearly beloved 03033 of my soul 05315 into the hand 03709 of her enemies 0341. the dearly…: Heb. the love
8 My heritage 05159 is to me as a lion 0738 in the forest 03293; it crieth out 05414, 6963 against me: therefore have I hated 08130 it. crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice
9 My heritage 05159 is to me as a speckled 06641 bird 05861, the birds 05861 on every side 05439 are against her; come 03212 ye, assemble 0622 all the beasts 02416 of the field 07704, come 0857 to devour 0402. speckled: or, talonedcome to: or, cause them to come to
10 Many 07227 shepherds 07462 have destroyed 07843 my vineyard 03754, they have trodden 0947 my portion 02513 under foot 0947, they have made 05414 my pleasant 02532 portion 02513 a desolate 08077 wilderness 04057. pleasant…: Heb. portion of desire
11 They have made 07760 it desolate 08076, and being desolate 08077 it mourneth 056 to me; the whole land 0776 is made desolate 08074, because no man 0376 layeth 07760 it to heart 03820.
12 The spoilers 07703 have come 0935 upon all high places 08205 through the wilderness 04057: for the sword 02719 of the LORD 03068 shall devour 0398 from the one end 07097 of the land 0776 even to the other end 07097 of the land 0776: no flesh 01320 shall have peace 07965.
13 They have sown 02232 wheat 02406, but shall reap 07114 thorns 06975: they have put themselves to pain 02470, but shall not profit 03276: and they shall be ashamed 0954 of your revenues 08393 because of the fierce 02740 anger 0639 of the LORD 03068. they shall: or, ye shall
14 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 against all my evil 07451 neighbours 07934, that touch 05060 the inheritance 05159 which I have caused my people 05971 Israel 03478 to inherit 05157; Behold, I will pluck them out 05428 of their land 0127, and pluck out 05428 the house 01004 of Judah 03063 from among 08432 them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after 0310 I have plucked them out 05428 I will return 07725, and have compassion 07355 on them, and will bring them again 07725, every man 0376 to his heritage 05159, and every man 0376 to his land 0776.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently 03925 learn 03925 the ways 01870 of my people 05971, to swear 07650 by my name 08034, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416; as they taught 03925 my people 05971 to swear 07650 by Baal 01168; then shall they be built 01129 in the midst 08432 of my people 05971.
17 But if they will not obey 08085, I will utterly 05428 pluck up 05428 and destroy 06 that nation 01471, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
1 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, Go 01980 and purchase 07069 a linen 06593 waistband 0232, and put 07760 it upon thy loins 04975, and put 0935 it not in water 04325.
2 So I bought 07069 a waistband 0232 according to the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, and put 07760 it on my loins 04975.
3 And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me the second time 08145, saying 0559,
4 Take 03947 the waistband 0232 that thou hast bought 07069, which is upon thy loins 04975, and arise 06965, go 03212 to Euphrates 06578, and hide 02934 it there in a cleft 05357 of the rock 05553.
5 So I went 03212, and hid 02934 it by Euphrates 06578, as the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 me.
6 And it came to pass after 07093 many 07227 days 03117, that the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Arise 06965, go 03212 to Euphrates 06578, and take 03947 the waistband 0232 from there, which I commanded 06680 thee to hide 02934 there.
7 Then I went 03212 to Euphrates 06578, and dug 02658, and took 03947 the waistband 0232 from the place 04725 where I had hid 02934 it: and, behold, the waistband 0232 was marred 07843, it was profitable 06743 for nothing.
8 Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
9 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, After this manner will I mar 07843 the pride 01347 of Judah 03063, and the great 07227 pride 01347 of Jerusalem 03389.
10 This evil 07451 people 05971, who refuse 03987 to hear 08085 my words 01697, who walk 01980 in the imagination 08307 of their heart 03820, and walk 03212 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430, to serve 05647 them, and to worship 07812 them, shall even be as this waistband 0232, which is good 06743 for nothing. imagination: or, stubbornness
11 For as the waistband 0232 cleaveth 01692 to the loins 04975 of a man 0376, so have I caused to cleave 01692 to me the whole house 01004 of Israel 03478 and the whole house 01004 of Judah 03063, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; that they might be to me for a people 05971, and for a name 08034, and for a praise 08416, and for a glory 08597: but they would not hear 08085.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak 0559 to them this word 01697; Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, Every bottle 05035 shall be filled 04390 with wine 03196: and they shall say 0559 to thee, Do we not certainly 03045 know 03045 that every bottle 05035 shall be filled 04390 with wine 03196?
13 Then shalt thou say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will fill 04390 all the inhabitants 03427 of this land 0776, even the kings 04428 that sit 03427 upon David’s 01732 throne 03678, and the priests 03548, and the prophets 05030, and all the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, with drunkenness 07943.
14 And I will dash 05310 them one 0376 against another 0251, even the fathers 01 and the sons 01121 together 03162, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: I will not pity 02550, nor spare 02347, nor have mercy 07355, but destroy 07843 them. one…: Heb. a man against his brotherbut…: Heb. from destroying them
15 Hear 08085 ye, and give ear 0238; be not proud 01361: for the LORD 03068 hath spoken 01696.
16 Give 05414 glory 03519 to the LORD 03068 your God 0430, before he shall cause darkness 02821, and before your feet 07272 stumble 05062 upon the dark 05399 mountains 02022, and, while ye look 06960 for light 0216, he shall turn 07760 it into the shadow of death 06757, and make 07896 it gross darkness 06205.
17 But if ye will not hear 08085 it, my soul 05315 shall weep 01058 in secret places 04565 for 06440 your pride 01466; and my eye 05869 shall weep 01830 bitterly 01830, and run down 03381 with tears 01832, because the LORD’S 03068 flock 05739 is carried away captive 07617.
18 Say 0559 to the king 04428 and to the queen 01377, Humble 08213 yourselves, sit down 03427: for your principalities 04761 shall come down 03381, even the crown 05850 of your glory 08597. principalities: or, head tires
19 The cities 05892 of the south 05045 shall be shut up 05462, and none shall open 06605 them: Judah 03063 shall be carried away captive 01540 all of it, it shall be wholly 07965 carried away captive 01540.
20 Lift up 05375 your eyes 05869, and behold 07200 them that come 0935 from the north 06828: where is the flock 05739 that was given 05414 thee, thy beautiful 08597 flock 06629?
21 What wilt thou say 0559 when he shall punish 06485 thee? for thou hast taught 03925 them to be captains 0441, and as chief 07218 over thee: shall not sorrows 02256 take 0270 thee, as a woman 0802 in travail 03205? punish: Heb visit upon
22 And if thou shalt say 0559 in thy heart 03824, Why come 07122 these things upon me? For the greatness 07230 of thy iniquity 05771 are thy skirts 07757 uncovered 01540, and thy heels 06119 made bare 02554. made…: or, shall be violently taken away
23 Can the Ethiopian 03569 change 02015 his skin 05785, or the leopard 05246 his spots 02272? then may 03201 ye also do good 03190, that are accustomed 03928 to do evil 07489. accustomed: Heb. taught
24 Therefore will I scatter 06327 them as the stubble 07179 that passeth away 05674 by the wind 07307 of the wilderness 04057.
25 This is thy lot 01486, the portion 04490 of thy measures 04055 from me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; because thou hast forgotten 07911 me, and trusted 0982 in falsehood 08267.
26 Therefore will I uncover 02834 thy skirts 07757 upon thy face 06440, that thy shame 07036 may appear 07200.
27 I have seen 07200 thy adulteries 05004, and thy neighings 04684, the lewdness 02154 of thy harlotry 02184, and thy abominations 08251 on the hills 01389 in the fields 07704. Woe 0188 to thee, O Jerusalem 03389! wilt thou not be made clean 02891? when shall it once 05750, 310 be? when…: Heb. after when yet?
1 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 that came to Jeremiah 03414 concerning 01697 the dearth 01226. the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints
2 Judah 03063 mourneth 056, and her gates 08179 languish 0535; they are black 06937 to the ground 0776; and the cry 06682 of Jerusalem 03389 is gone up 05927.
3 And their nobles 0117 have sent 07971 their little ones 06810 to the waters 04325: they came 0935 to the pits 01356, 1360, and found 04672 no water 04325; they returned 07725 with their vessels 03627 empty 07387; they were ashamed 0954 and confounded 03637, and covered 02645 their heads 07218.
4 Because the ground 0127 is parched 02865, for there was no rain 01653 on the earth 0776, the plowmen 0406 were ashamed 0954, they covered 02645 their heads 07218.
5 Yea, the hind 0365 also calved 03205 in the field 07704, and forsook 05800 it, because there was no grass 01877.
6 And the wild donkeys 06501 stood 05975 in the high places 08205, they snuffed up 07602 the wind 07307 like dragons 08577; their eyes 05869 failed 03615, because there was no grass 06212.
7 O LORD 03068, though our iniquities 05771 testify 06030 against us, do 06213 thou it for thy name’s 08034 sake: for our backslidings 04878 are many 07231; we have sinned 02398 against thee.
8 O the hope 04723 of Israel 03478, his saviour 03467 in time 06256 of trouble 06869, why shouldest thou be as a stranger 01616 in the land 0776, and as a wayfaring man 0732 that turneth aside 05186 to tarry for a night 03885?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man 0376 dismayed 01724, as a mighty man 01368 that cannot 03201 save 03467? yet thou, O LORD 03068, art in the midst 07130 of us, and we are called 07121 by thy name 08034; leave 03240 us not. we…: Heb. thy name is called upon us
10 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to this people 05971, Thus have they loved 0157 to wander 05128, they have not restrained 02820 their feet 07272, therefore the LORD 03068 doth not accept 07521 them; he will now remember 02142 their iniquity 05771, and punish 06485 their sins 02403.
11 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, Pray 06419 not for this people 05971 for their good 02896.
12 When they fast 06684, I will not hear 08085 their cry 07440; and when they offer 05927 burnt offering 05930 and an oblation 04503, I will not accept 07521 them: but I will consume 03615 them by the sword 02719, and by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698.
13 Then said 0559 I, Ah 0162, Lord 0136 GOD 03069! behold, the prophets 05030 say 0559 to them, Ye shall not see 07200 the sword 02719, neither shall ye have famine 07458; but I will give 05414 you assured 0571 peace 07965 in this place 04725. assured…: Heb. peace of truth
14 Then the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, The prophets 05030 prophesy 05012 lies 08267 in my name 08034: I have not sent 07971 them, neither have I commanded 06680 them, neither spoken 01696 to them: they prophesy 05012 to you a false 08267 vision 02377 and divination 07081, and a thing of nought 0457, 434, and the deceit 08649 of their heart 03820.
15 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning the prophets 05030 that prophesy 05012 in my name 08034, and I sent 07971 them not, yet they say 0559, Sword 02719 and famine 07458 shall not be in this land 0776; By sword 02719 and famine 07458 shall those prophets 05030 be consumed 08552.
16 And the people 05971 to whom they prophesy 05012 shall be cast out 07993 in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389 because 06440 of the famine 07458 and the sword 02719; and they shall have none to bury 06912 them 01992, them, their wives 0802, nor their sons 01121, nor their daughters 01323: for I will pour 08210 their wickedness 07451 upon them.
17 Therefore thou shalt say 0559 this word 01697 to them; Let my eyes 05869 run down 03381 with tears 01832 night 03915 and day 03119, and let them not cease 01820: for the virgin 01330 daughter 01323 of my people 05971 is broken 07665 with a great 01419 breach 07667, with a very 03966 grievous 02470 blow 04347.
18 If I go forth 03318 into the field 07704, then behold the slain 02491 with the sword 02719! and if I enter 0935 into the city 05892, then behold them that are sick 08463 with famine 07458! yea, both the prophet 05030 and the priest 03548 go about 05503 into a land 0776 that they know 03045 not. go about…: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not
19 Hast thou utterly 03988 rejected 03988 Judah 03063? hath thy soul 05315 abhorred 01602 Zion 06726? why hast thou smitten 05221 us, and there is no healing 04832 for us? we looked 06960 for peace 07965, and there is no good 02896; and for the time 06256 of healing 04832, and behold trouble 01205!
20 We acknowledge 03045, O LORD 03068, our wickedness 07562, and the iniquity 05771 of our fathers 01: for we have sinned 02398 against thee.
21 Do not abhor 05006 us, for thy name’s 08034 sake, do not disgrace 05034 the throne 03678 of thy glory 03519: remember 02142, break 06565 not thy covenant 01285 with us.
22 Are there 03426 any among the vanities 01892 of the Gentiles 01471 that can cause rain 01652? or can the heavens 08064 give 05414 showers 07241? art not thou he, O LORD 03068 our God 0430? therefore we will wait 06960 upon thee: for thou hast made 06213 all these things.
1 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, Though Moses 04872 and Samuel 08050 stood 05975 before 06440 me, yet my mind 05315 could not be toward this people 05971: cast them out 07971 of my sight 06440, and let them go forth 03318.
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say 0559 to thee, Where shall we go forth 03318? then thou shalt tell 0559 them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Such as are for death 04194, to death 04194; and such as are for the sword 02719, to the sword 02719; and such as are for the famine 07458, to the famine 07458; and such as are for the captivity 07628, to the captivity 07628.
3 And I will appoint 06485 over them four 0702 kinds 04940, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: the sword 02719 to slay 02026, and the dogs 03611 to tear 05498, and the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064, and the beasts 0929 of the earth 0776, to devour 0398 and destroy 07843. kinds: Heb. families
4 And I will cause 05414 them to be removed 02189, 2113 into all kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776, because 01558 of Manasseh 04519 the son 01121 of Hezekiah 03169 king 04428 of Judah 03063, for that which he did 06213 in Jerusalem 03389. cause…: Heb. give them for a removing
5 For who shall have pity 02550 upon thee, O Jerusalem 03389? or who shall bemoan 05110 thee? or who shall go aside 05493 to ask 07592 concerning thy welfare 07965? how…: Heb. of thy peace?
6 Thou hast forsaken 05203 me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, thou art gone 03212 backward 0268: therefore will I stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 against thee, and destroy 07843 thee; I am weary 03811 with repenting 05162.
7 And I will fan 02219 them with a fan 04214 in the gates 08179 of the land 0776; I will bereave 07921 them of children, I will destroy 06 my people 05971, since they return 07725 not from their ways 01870. children: or, whatsoever is dear
8 Their widows 0490 are multiplied 06105 to me above the sand 02344 of the seas 03220: I have brought 0935 upon them against the mother 0517 of the young men 0970 a spoiler 07703 at noonday 06672: I have caused him to fall 05307 upon it suddenly 06597, and terrors 0928 upon the city 05892. the mother…: or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men
9 She that hath borne 03205 seven 07651 languisheth 0535: she hath breathed 05301 her last 05315; her sun 08121 is gone 0935 down while it was yet day 03119, 3117: she hath been ashamed 0954 and confounded 02659: and the remnant 07611 of them will I deliver 05414 to the sword 02719 before 06440 their enemies 0341, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
10 Woe 0188 is me, my mother 0517, that thou hast borne 03205 me a man 0376 of strife 07379 and a man 0376 of contention 04066 to the whole earth 0776! I have neither lent on interest 05383, nor have men lent to me on interest 05383; yet every one of them doth curse 07043 me.
11 The LORD 03068 said 0559, Verily 03808, 518 it shall be well 02896 with thy remnant 08281, 8293; verily 0518 I will cause the enemy 0341 to entreat 06293 thee well in the time 06256 of evil 07451 and in the time 06256 of affliction 06869. cause…: or, intreat the enemy for thee
12 Shall iron 01270 break 07489 the northern 06828 iron 01270 and the steel 05178?
13 Thy substance 02428 and thy treasures 0214 will I give 05414 to the spoil 0957 without price 04242, and that for all thy sins 02403, even in all thy borders 01366.
14 And I will make thee to pass 05674 with thy enemies 0341 into a land 0776 which thou knowest 03045 not: for a fire 0784 is kindled 06919 in my anger 0639, which shall burn 03344 upon you.
15 O LORD 03068, thou knowest 03045: remember 02142 me, and visit 06485 me, and avenge 05358 me of my persecutors 07291; take me not away 03947 in thy longsuffering 0639, 750: know 03045 that for thy sake I have suffered 05375 rebuke 02781.
16 Thy words 01697 were found 04672, and I ate 0398 them; and thy word 01697 was to me the joy 08342 and rejoicing 08057 of my heart 03824: for I am called 07121 by thy name 08034, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of hosts 06635. I am…: Heb. thy name is called upon me
17 I sat 03427 not in the assembly 05475 of the mockers 07832, nor rejoiced 05937; I sat 03427 alone 0910 because 06440 of thy hand 03027: for thou hast filled 04390 me with indignation 02195.
18 Why is my pain 03511 perpetual 05331, and my wound 04347 incurable 0605, which refuseth 03985 to be healed 07495? wilt thou be altogether to me as a liar 0391, and as waters 04325 that fail 0539? fail: Heb. be not sure?
19 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, If thou shalt return 07725, then will I bring thee again 07725, and thou shalt stand 05975 before 06440 me: and if thou shalt separate 03318 the precious 03368 from the vile 02151, thou shalt be as my mouth 06310: let them return 07725 to thee; but return 07725 not thou to them.
20 And I will make 05414 thee to this people 05971 a fortified 01219 brasen 05178 wall 02346: and they shall fight 03898 against thee, but they shall not prevail 03201 against thee: for I am with thee to save 03467 thee and to deliver 05337 thee, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
21 And I will deliver 05337 thee from the hand 03027 of the wicked 07451, and I will redeem 06299 thee from the hand 03709 of the terrible 06184.
1 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came also to me, saying 0559,
2 Thou shalt not take 03947 thee a wife 0802, neither shalt thou have sons 01121 nor daughters 01323 in this place 04725.
3 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning the sons 01121 and concerning the daughters 01323 that are born 03205 in this place 04725, and concerning their mothers 0517 that bore 03205 them, and concerning their fathers 01 that begat 03209 them in this land 0776;
4 They shall die 04191 by grievous 08463 deaths 04463; they shall not be lamented 05594; neither shall they be buried 06912; but they shall be as refuse 01828 upon the face 06440 of the earth 0127: and they shall be consumed 03615 by the sword 02719, and by famine 07458; and their dead bodies 05038 shall be food 03978 for the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064, and for the beasts 0929 of the earth 0776.
5 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Enter 0935 not into the house 01004 of mourning 04798, neither go 03212 to lament 05594 nor bemoan 05110 them: for I have taken away 0622 my peace 07965 from this people 05971, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, even lovingkindness 02617 and mercies 07356. mourning: or, mourning feast
6 Both the great 01419 and the small 06996 shall die 04191 in this land 0776: they shall not be buried 06912, neither shall men lament 05594 for them, nor cut 01413 themselves, nor make themselves bald 07139 for them:
7 Neither shall men tear 06536 themselves for them in mourning 060, to comfort 05162 them for the dead 04191; neither shall men give them the cup 03563 of consolation 08575 to drink 08248 for their father 01 or for their mother 0517. tear…: or, break bread for them
8 Also, thou shalt not go 0935 into the house 01004 of feasting 04960, to sit 03427 with them to eat 0398 and to drink 08354.
9 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will cause to cease 07673 out of this place 04725 in your eyes 05869, and in your days 03117, the voice 06963 of mirth 08342, and the voice 06963 of gladness 08057, the voice 06963 of the bridegroom 02860, and the voice 06963 of the bride 03618.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show 05046 this people 05971 all these words 01697, and they shall say 0559 to thee, Why hath the LORD 03068 pronounced 01696 all this great 01419 evil 07451 against us? or what is our iniquity 05771? or what is our sin 02403 that we have committed 02398 against the LORD 03068 our God 0430?
11 Then shalt thou say 0559 to them, Because your fathers 01 have forsaken 05800 me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and have walked 03212 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430, and have served 05647 them, and have worshipped 07812 them, and have forsaken 05800 me, and have not kept 08104 my law 08451;
12 And ye have done 06213 worse 07489 than your fathers 01; for, behold 02009, ye walk 01980 every one 0376 after 0310 the imagination 08307 of his evil 07451 heart 03820, that they may not hearken 08085 to me: imagination: or, stubbornness
13 Therefore will I cast 02904 you out of this land 0776 into a land 0776 that ye know 03045 not, neither ye nor your fathers 01; and there shall ye serve 05647 other 0312 gods 0430 day 03119 and night 03915; where I will not show 05414 you favour 02594.
14 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that it shall no more be said 0559, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416, that brought 05927 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714;
15 But, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416, that brought 05927 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 from the land 0776 of the north 06828, and from all the lands 0776 where he had driven 05080 them: and I will bring them again 07725 into their land 0127 that I gave 05414 to their fathers 01.
16 Behold, I will send 07971 for many 07227 fishermen 01771, 1728, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and they shall fish 01770 them; and afterwards 0310 will I send 07971 for many 07227 hunters 06719, and they shall hunt 06679 them from every mountain 02022, and from every hill 01389, and out of the clefts 05357 of the rocks 05553.
17 For my eyes 05869 are upon all their ways 01870: they are not hid 05641 from my face 06440, neither is their iniquity 05771 hid 06845 from 05048 my eyes 05869.
18 And first 07223 I will recompense 07999 their iniquity 05771 and their sin 02403 double 04932; because they have defiled 02490 my land 0776, they have filled 04390 my inheritance 05159 with the dead bodies 05038 of their detestable 08251 and abominable things 08441.
19 O LORD 03068, my strength 05797, and my fortress 04581, and my refuge 04498 in the day 03117 of affliction 06869, the Gentiles 01471 shall come 0935 to thee from the ends 0657 of the earth 0776, and shall say 0559, Surely our fathers 01 have inherited 05157 lies 08267, vanity 01892, and things in which there is no profit 03276.
20 Shall a man 0120 make 06213 gods 0430 to himself, and they are no gods 0430?
21 Therefore, behold, I will this once 06471 cause them to know 03045, I will cause them to know 03045 my hand 03027 and my might 01369; and they shall know 03045 that my name 08034 is The LORD 03068. The LORD: or, JEHOVAH
1 The sin 02403 of Judah 03063 is written 03789 with a pen 05842 of iron 01270, and with the point 06856 of a diamond 08068: it is graven 02790 upon the tablet 03871 of their heart 03820, and upon the horns 07161 of your altars 04196; point: Heb. nail
2 While their children 01121 remember 02142 their altars 04196 and their groves 0842 by the green 07488 trees 06086 upon the high 01364 hills 01389.
3 O my mountain 02042 in the field 07704, I will give 05414 thy substance 02428 and all thy treasures 0214 to the spoil 0957, and thy high places 01116 for sin 02403, throughout all thy borders 01366.
4 And thou, even thyself, shall discontinue 08058 from thy heritage 05159 that I gave 05414 thee; and I will cause thee to serve 05647 thy enemies 0341 in the land 0776 which thou knowest 03045 not: for ye have kindled 06919 a fire 0784 in my anger 0639, which shall burn 03344 for 05704 ever 05769. thyself: Heb. in thyself
5 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Cursed 0779 be the man 01397 that trusteth 0982 in man 0120, and maketh 07760 flesh 01320 his arm 02220, and whose heart 03820 departeth 05493 from the LORD 03068.
6 For he shall be like the heath 06199 in the desert 06160, and shall not see 07200 when good 02896 cometh 0935; but shall inhabit 07931 the parched places 02788 in the wilderness 04057, in a salt 04420 land 0776 and not inhabited 03427.
7 Blessed 01288 is the man 01397 that trusteth 0982 in the LORD 03068, and whose hope 04009 the LORD 03068 is.
8 For he shall be as a tree 06086 planted 08362 by the waters 04325, and that spreadeth out 07971 her roots 08328 by the river 03105, and shall not see 07200 when heat 02527 cometh 0935, but her leaf 05929 shall be green 07488; and shall not be anxious 01672 in the year 08141 of drought 01226, neither shall cease 04185 from yielding 06213 fruit 06529. drought: or, restraint
9 The heart 03820 is deceitful 06121 above all things, and desperately wicked 0605: who can know 03045 it?
10 I the LORD 03068 search 02713 the heart 03820, I try 0974 the reins 03629, even to give 05414 every man 0376 according to his ways 01870, and according to the fruit 06529 of his doings 04611.
11 As the partridge 07124 sitteth 01716 on eggs, and hatcheth 03205 them not; so he that getteth 06213 riches 06239, and not by right 04941, shall leave 05800 them in the midst 02677 of his days 03117, and at his end 0319 shall be a fool 05036. sitteth…: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth
12 A glorious 03519 high 04791 throne 03678 from the beginning 07223 is the place 04725 of our sanctuary 04720.
13 O LORD 03068, the hope 04723 of Israel 03478, all that forsake 05800 thee shall be ashamed 0954, and they that depart 03249 from me 05493 shall be written 03789 in the earth 0776, because they have forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068, the fountain 04726 of living 02416 waters 04325.
14 Heal 07495 me, O LORD 03068, and I shall be healed 07495; save 03467 me, and I shall be saved 03467: for thou art my praise 08416.
15 Behold, they say 0559 to me, Where is the word 01697 of the LORD 03068? let it come 0935 now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened 0213 from being a shepherd 07462 to follow 0310 thee: neither have I desired 0183 the woeful 0605 day 03117; thou knowest 03045: that which was uttered by 04161 my lips 08193 was right before 05227 thee 06440. to…: Heb. after thee
17 Be not a terror 04288 to me: thou art my hope 04268 in the day 03117 of evil 07451.
18 Let them be confounded 0954 that persecute 07291 me, but let not me be confounded 0954: let them be dismayed 02865, but let not me be dismayed 02865: bring 0935 upon them the day 03117 of evil 07451, and destroy 07665 them with double 04932 destruction 07670. destroy…: Heb. break them with a double breach
19 Thus said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me; Go 01980 and stand 05975 in the gate 08179 of the children 01121 of the people 05971, by which the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 come in 0935, and by which they go out 03318, and in all the gates 08179 of Jerusalem 03389;
20 And say 0559 to them, Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, ye kings 04428 of Judah 03063, and all Judah 03063, and all the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, that enter 0935 by these gates 08179:
21 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Take heed 08104 to yourselves 05315, and bear 05375 no burden 04853 on the sabbath 07676 day 03117, nor bring 0935 it in by the gates 08179 of Jerusalem 03389;
22 Neither carry forth 03318 a burden 04853 out of your houses 01004 on the sabbath 07676 day 03117, neither do 06213 ye any work 04399, but hallow 06942 ye the sabbath 07676 day 03117, as I commanded 06680 your fathers 01.
23 But they obeyed 08085 not, neither inclined 05186 their ear 0241, but made their neck 06203 stiff 07185, that they might not hear 08085, nor receive 03947 instruction 04148.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently 08085 hearken 08085 to me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, to bring 0935 in no burden 04853 through the gates 08179 of this city 05892 on the sabbath 07676 day 03117, but hallow 06942 the sabbath 07676 day 03117, to do 06213 no 01115 work 04399 in it;
25 Then shall there enter 0935 into the gates 08179 of this city 05892 kings 04428 and princes 08269 sitting 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732, riding 07392 in chariots 07393 and on horses 05483, they, and their princes 08269, the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389: and this city 05892 shall remain 03427 for ever 05769.
26 And they shall come 0935 from the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and from the places about 05439 Jerusalem 03389, and from the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, and from the plain 08219, and from the mountains 02022, and from the south 05045, bringing 0935 burnt offerings 05930, and sacrifices 02077, and meat offerings 04503, and incense 03828, and bringing 0935 sacrifices of praise 08426, to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
27 But if ye will not hearken 08085 to me to hallow 06942 the sabbath 07676 day 03117, and not to bear 05375 a burden 04853, even entering 0935 at the gates 08179 of Jerusalem 03389 on the sabbath 07676 day 03117; then will I kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in its gates 08179, and it shall devour 0398 the palaces 0759 of Jerusalem 03389, and it shall not be quenched 03518.
1 The word 01697 which came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Arise 06965, and go down 03381 to the potter’s 03335 house 01004, and there I will cause thee to hear 08085 my words 01697.
3 Then I went down 03381 to the potter’s 03335 house 01004, and, behold 02009, he wrought 06213 a work 04399 on the wheels 070. wheels: or, frames, or, seats
4 And the vessel 03627 that he made 06213 of clay 02563 was marred 07843 in the hand 03027 of the potter 03335: so he made 06213 it again 07725 another 0312 vessel 03627, as it seemed 05869 good 03474 to the potter 03335 to make 06213 it. of clay…: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the pottermade it…: Heb. returned and made, etc
5 Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
6 O house 01004 of Israel 03478, cannot 03201 I do 06213 with you as this potter 03335? saith 05002 the LORD 03068. Behold, as the clay 02563 is in the potter’s 03335 hand 03027, so are ye in my hand 03027, O house 01004 of Israel 03478.
7 At what instant 07281 I shall speak 01696 concerning a nation 01471, and concerning a kingdom 04467, to pluck up 05428, and to pull down 05422, and to destroy 06 it;
8 If that nation 01471, against which I have pronounced 01696, shall turn 07725 from their evil 07451, I will repent 05162 of the evil 07451 that I thought 02803 to do 06213 to them.
9 And at what instant 07281 I shall speak 01696 concerning a nation 01471, and concerning a kingdom 04467, to build 01129 and to plant 05193 it;
10 If it shall do 06213 evil 07451 in my sight 05869, that it obey 08085 not my voice 06963, then I will repent 05162 of the good 02896, with which I said 0559 I would benefit 03190 them.
11 Now therefore come, speak 0559 to the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and to the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I frame 03335 evil 07451 against you, and devise 02803 a plot 04284 against you: return 07725 ye now every one 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870, and make your ways 01870 and your doings 04611 good 03190.
12 And they said 0559, There is no hope 02976: but we will walk 03212 after 0310 our own devices 04284, and we will every one 0376 do 06213 the imagination 08307 of his evil 07451 heart 03820.
13 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Ask 07592 ye now among the heathen 01471, who hath heard 08085 such things: the virgin 01330 of Israel 03478 hath done 06213 a very 03966 horrible thing 08186.
14 Will a man leave 05800 the snow 07950 of Lebanon 03844 which cometh from the rock 06697 of the field 07704? or shall the cold 07119 flowing 05140 waters 04325 that come from another place 02114 be forsaken 05428? the snow…: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?
15 Because my people 05971 hath forgotten 07911 me, they have burned incense 06999 to vanity 07723, and they have caused them to stumble 03782 in their ways 01870 from the ancient 05769 paths 07635, 7635, to walk 03212 in paths 05410, in a way 01870 not cast up 05549;
16 To make 07760 their land 0776 desolate 08047, and a perpetual 05769 hissing 08292, 8292; every one that passeth 05674 by it shall be astonished 08074, and shake 05110 his head 07218.
17 I will scatter 06327 them as with an east 06921 wind 07307 before 06440 the enemy 0341; I will show 07200 them the back 06203, and not the face 06440, in the day 03117 of their calamity 0343.
18 Then said 0559 they, Come 03212, and let us devise 02803 devices 04284 against Jeremiah 03414; for the law 08451 shall not perish 06 from the priest 03548, nor counsel 06098 from the wise 02450, nor the word 01697 from the prophet 05030. Come 03212, and let us smite 05221 him with the tongue 03956, and let us not give heed 07181 to any of his words 01697. with…: or, for the tongue
19 Give heed 07181 to me, O LORD 03068, and hearken 08085 to the voice 06963 of them that contend 03401 with me.
20 Shall evil 07451 be recompensed 07999 for good 02896? for they have dug 03738 a pit 07745 for my soul 05315. Remember 02142 that I stood 05975 before 06440 thee to speak 01696 good 02896 for them, and to turn away 07725 thy wrath 02534 from them.
21 Therefore deliver 05414 their children 01121 to the famine 07458, and pour out 05064 their blood by the force 03027 of the sword 02719; and let their wives 0802 be bereaved 07909 of their children, and be widows 0490; and let their men 0582 be put 02026 to death 04194; let their young men 0970 be slain 05221 by the sword 02719 in battle 04421. pour…: Heb. pour them out
22 Let a cry 02201 be heard 08085 from their houses 01004, when thou shalt bring 0935 a troop 01416 suddenly 06597 upon them: for they have dug 03738 a pit 07745, 7882 to take 03920 me, and hid 02934 snares 06341 for my feet 07272.
23 Yet, LORD 03068, thou knowest 03045 all their counsel 06098 against me to slay 04194 me: forgive 03722 not their iniquity 05771, neither blot out 04229 their sin 02403 from thy sight 06440, but let them be overthrown 03782 before 06440 thee; deal 06213 thus with them in the time 06256 of thy anger 0639. to slay…: Heb. for death
1 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Go 01980 and get 07069 a potter’s 03335 earthen 02789 bottle 01228, and take of the ancients 02205 of the people 05971, and of the ancients 02205 of the priests 03548;
2 And go forth 03318 to the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, which is by the entrance 06607 of the east 02777 gate 08179, and proclaim 07121 there the words 01697 that I shall tell 01696 thee, the east…: Heb. the sun gate
3 And say 0559, Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O kings 04428 of Judah 03063, and inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389; Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon this place 04725, which whoever heareth 08085, his ears 0241 shall tingle 06750.
4 Because they have forsaken 05800 me, and have estranged 05234 this place 04725, and have burned incense 06999 in it to other 0312 gods 0430, whom neither they nor their fathers 01 have known 03045, nor the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, and have filled 04390 this place 04725 with the blood 01818 of innocents 05355;
5 They have built 01129 also the high places 01116 of Baal 01168, to burn 08313 their sons 01121 with fire 0784 for burnt offerings 05930 to Baal 01168, which I commanded 06680 not, nor spoke 01696 it, neither came 05927 it into my mind 03820:
6 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that this place 04725 shall no more be called 07121 Tophet 08612, nor The valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, but The valley 01516 of slaughter 02028.
7 And I will make void 01238 the counsel 06098 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 in this place 04725; and I will cause them to fall 05307 by the sword 02719 before 06440 their enemies 0341, and by the hands 03027 of them that seek 01245 their lives 05315: and their dead bodies 05038 will I give 05414 to be food 03978 for the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064, and for the beasts 0929 of the earth 0776.
8 And I will make 07760 this city 05892 desolate 08047, and an hissing 08322; every one that passeth 05674 by it shall be astonished 08074 and hiss 08319 because of all its plagues 04347.
9 And I will cause them to eat 0398 the flesh 01320 of their sons 01121 and the flesh 01320 of their daughters 01323, and they shall eat 0398 every one 0376 the flesh 01320 of his friend 07453 in the siege 04692 and distress 04689, with which their enemies 0341, and they that seek 01245 their lives 05315, shall distress 06693 them.
10 Then shalt thou break 07665 the bottle 01228 in the sight 05869 of the men 0582 that go 01980 with thee,
11 And shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Even so 03602 will I break 07665 this people 05971 and this city 05892, as one breaketh 07665 a potter’s 03335 vessel 03627, that cannot 03201 be made whole again 07495: and they shall bury 06912 them in Tophet 08612, till there be no place 04725 to bury 06912. be made…: Heb. be healed
12 Thus will I do 06213 to this place 04725, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and to its inhabitants 03427, and even make 05414 this city 05892 as Tophet 08612:
13 And the houses 01004 of Jerusalem 03389, and the houses 01004 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, shall be defiled 02931 as the place 04725 of Tophet 08612, because of all the houses 01004 upon whose roofs 01406 they have burned incense 06999 to all the host 06635 of heaven 08064, and have poured out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to other 0312 gods 0430.
14 Then came 0935 Jeremiah 03414 from Tophet 08612, where the LORD 03068 had sent 07971 him to prophesy 05012; and he stood 05975 in the court 02691 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004; and said 0559 to all the people 05971,
15 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will bring 0935 upon this city 05892 and upon all her towns 05892 all the evil 07451 that I have pronounced 01696 against it, because they have hardened 07185 their necks 06203, that they might not hear 08085 my words 01697.
1 Now Pashur 06583 the son 01121 of Immer 0564 the priest 03548, who was also chief 06496 governor 05057 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, heard 08085 that Jeremiah 03414 prophesied 05012 these things 01697.
2 Then Pashur 06583 struck 05221 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, and put 05414 him in the stocks 04115 that were in the high 05945 gate 08179 of Benjamin 01144, which was by the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
3 And it came to pass on the next day 04283, that Pashur 06583 brought forth 03318 Jeremiah 03414 out of the stocks 04115. Then said 0559 Jeremiah 03414 to him, The LORD 03068 hath not called 07121 thy name 08034 Pashur 06583, but Magormissabib 04036. Magormissabib: that is, Fear round about
4 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will make 05414 thee a terror 04032 to thyself, and to all thy friends 0157: and they shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719 of their enemies 0341, and thy eyes 05869 shall behold 07200 it: and I will give 05414 all Judah 03063 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall carry them captive 01540 into Babylon 0894, and shall slay 05221 them with the sword 02719.
5 Moreover I will deliver 05414 all the strength 02633 of this city 05892, and all its labours 03018, and all its precious things 03366, and all the treasures 0214 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 will I give 05414 into the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341, who shall plunder 0962 them, and take 03947 them, and carry 0935 them to Babylon 0894.
6 And thou, Pashur 06583, and all that dwell 03427 in thy house 01004 shall go 03212 into captivity 07628: and thou shalt come 0935 to Babylon 0894, and there thou shalt die 04191, and shalt be buried 06912 there, thou, and all thy friends 0157, to whom thou hast prophesied 05012 lies 08267.
7 O LORD 03068, thou hast deceived 06601 me, and I was deceived 06601: thou art stronger 02388 than I, and hast prevailed 03201: I am in derision 07814 daily 03117, every one mocketh 03932 me. was deceived: or, was enticed
8 For since 01767 I spoke 01696, I cried out 02199, I cried 07121 violence 02555 and spoil 07701; because the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 was made a reproach 02781 to me, and a derision 07047, daily 03117.
9 Then I said 0559, I will not make mention 02142 of him, nor speak 01696 any more in his name 08034. But his word was in my heart 03820 as a burning 01197 fire 0784 shut up 06113 in my bones 06106, and I was weary 03811 with forbearing 03557, and I could 03201 not refrain.
10 For I heard 08085 the defaming 01681 of many 07227, fear 04032 on every side 05439. Report 05046, say they, and we will report 05046 it. All my friends 0582, 7965 watched 08104 for my fall 06763, 6761, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed 06601, and we shall prevail 03201 against him, and we shall take 03947 our revenge 05360 on him. All…: Heb. Every man of my peace
11 But the LORD 03068 is with me as a mighty 01368 terrible one 06184: therefore my persecutors 07291 shall stumble 03782, and they shall not prevail 03201: they shall be greatly 03966 ashamed 0954; for they shall not prosper 07919: their everlasting 05769 confusion 03639 shall never be forgotten 07911.
12 But, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that triest 0974 the righteous 06662, and seest 07200 the reins 03629 and the heart 03820, let me see 07200 thy vengeance 05360 on them: for to thee have I opened 01540 my cause 07379.
13 Sing 07891 to the LORD 03068, praise 01984 ye the LORD 03068: for he hath delivered 05337 the soul 05315 of the poor 034 from the hand 03027 of evildoers 07489.
14 Cursed 0779 be the day 03117 when I was born 03205: let not the day 03117 when my mother 0517 bore 03205 me be blessed 01288.
15 Cursed 0779 be the man 0376 who brought tidings 01319 to my father 01, saying 0559, A son 02145, 1121 is born 03205 to thee; making him very 08055 glad 08055.
16 And let that man 0376 be as the cities 05892 which the LORD 03068 overthrew 02015, and repented 05162 not: and let him hear 08085 the cry 02201 in the morning 01242, and the shouting 08643 at noon 06256, 6672;
17 Because he slew 04191 me not in the womb 07358; or that my mother 0517 might have been my grave 06913, and her womb 07358 to be always 05769 great 02030 with me.
18 Why was I brought 03318 out of the womb 07358 to see 07200 labour 05999 and sorrow 03015, that my days 03117 should be consumed 03615 with shame 01322?
1 The word 01697 which came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, when king 04428 Zedekiah 06667 sent 07971 to him Pashur 06583 the son 01121 of Melchiah 04441, and Zephaniah 06846 the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04641 the priest 03548, saying 0559,
2 Enquire 01875, I pray thee, of the LORD 03068 for us 01157; for Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 maketh war 03898 against us; it may be that the LORD 03068 will deal 06213 with us according to all his wondrous works 06381, that he may go up 05927 from us.
3 Then said 0559 Jeremiah 03414 to them, Thus shall ye say 0559 to Zedekiah 06667:
4 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will turn back 05437 the weapons 03627 of war 04421 that are in your hands 03027, with which ye fight 03898 against the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and against the Chaldeans 03778, who besiege 06696 you outside 02351 the walls 02346, and I will assemble 0622 them into the midst 08432 of this city 05892.
5 And I myself will fight 03898 against you with an outstretched 05186 hand 03027 and with a strong 02389 arm 02220, even in anger 0639, and in fury 02534, and in great 01419 wrath 07110.
6 And I will smite 05221 the inhabitants 03427 of this city 05892, both man 0120 and beast 0929: they shall die 04191 by a great 01419 pestilence 01698.
7 And afterward 0310, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, I will deliver 05414 Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and his servants 05650, and the people 05971, and such as are left 07604 in this city 05892 from the pestilence 01698, from the sword 02719, and from the famine 07458, into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and into the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341, and into the hand 03027 of those that seek 01245 their life 05315: and he shall smite 05221 them with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719; he shall not spare 02347 them, neither have pity 02550, nor have mercy 07355.
8 And to this people 05971 thou shalt say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I set 05414 before 06440 you the way 01870 of life 02416, and the way 01870 of death 04194.
9 He that abideth 03427 in this city 05892 shall die 04191 by the sword 02719, and by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698: but he that goeth out 03318, and falleth 05307 to the Chaldeans 03778 that besiege 06696 you, he shall live 02421, and his life 05315 shall be to him for a prize 07998.
10 For I have set 07760 my face 06440 against this city 05892 for evil 07451, and not for good 02896, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: it shall be given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall burn 08313 it with fire 0784.
11 And concerning the house 01004 of the king 04428 of Judah 03063, say, Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068;
12 O house 01004 of David 01732, thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Execute 01777 judgment 04941 in the morning 01242, and deliver 05337 him that is made desolate 01497 out of the hand 03027 of the oppressor 06231, lest my fury 02534 go out 03318 like fire 0784, and burn 01197 that none can quench 03518 it, because 06440 of the evil 07455 of your doings 04611. Execute: Heb. Judge
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant 03427 of the valley 06010, and rock 06697 of the plain 04334, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; who say 0559, Who shall come down 05181 against us? or who shall enter 0935 into our habitations 04585? inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
14 But I will punish 06485 you according to the fruit 06529 of your doings 04611, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: and I will kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in its forest 03293, and it shall devour 0398 all things on every side of 05439 it. punish: Heb. visit upon
1 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Go down 03381 to the house 01004 of the king 04428 of Judah 03063, and speak 01696 there this word 01697,
2 And say 0559, Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O king 04428 of Judah 03063, that sittest 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732, thou, and thy servants 05650, and thy people 05971 that enter 0935 by these gates 08179:
3 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Execute 06213 ye judgment 04941 and righteousness 06666, and deliver 05337 him that is laid waste 01497 out of the hand 03027 of the oppressor 06216: and do no wrong 03238, do no violence 02554 to the stranger 01616, the fatherless 03490, nor the widow 0490, neither shed 08210 innocent 05355 blood 01818 in this place 04725.
4 For if ye do 06213 this thing 01697 indeed 06213, then shall there enter 0935 by the gates 08179 of this house 01004 kings 04428 sitting 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732, riding 07392 in chariots 07393 and on horses 05483, he, and his servants 05650, and his people 05971. upon…: Heb. for David upon his throne
5 But if ye will not hear 08085 these words 01697, I swear 07650 by myself, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that this house 01004 shall become a desolation 02723.
6 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to the king’s 04428 house 01004 of Judah 03063; Thou art Gilead 01568 to me, and the head 07218 of Lebanon 03844: yet surely I will make 07896 thee a wilderness 04057, and cities 05892 which are not inhabited 03427.
7 And I will prepare 06942 destroyers 07843 against thee, every one 0376 with his weapons 03627: and they shall cut down 03772 thy choice 04005 cedars 0730, and cast 05307 them into the fire 0784.
8 And many 07227 nations 01471 shall pass 05674 by this city 05892, and they shall say 0559 every man 0376 to his neighbour 07453, Why hath the LORD 03068 done 06213 thus to this great 01419 city 05892?
9 Then they shall answer 0559, Because they have forsaken 05800 the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and worshipped 07812 other 0312 gods 0430, and served 05647 them.
10 Weep 01058 ye not for the dead 04191, neither bemoan 05110 him: but weep 01058 bitterly 01058 for him that goeth away 01980: for he shall return 07725 no more, nor see 07200 his native 04138 country 0776.
11 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning 0413 Shallum 07967 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, who reigned 04427 instead of Josiah 02977 his father 01, who went forth 03318 from this place 04725; He shall not return 07725 there any more:
12 But he shall die 04191 in the place 04725 where they have led him captive 01540, and shall see 07200 this land 0776 no more.
13 Woe 01945 to him that buildeth 01129 his house 01004 by 03808 unrighteousness 06664, and his chambers 05944 by wrong 04941; that useth his neighbour’s 07453 service 05647 without wages 02600, and giveth 05414 him not for his work 06467;
14 That saith 0559, I will build 01129 me a wide 04060 house 01004 and large 07304 chambers 05944, and cutteth him out 07167 windows 02474; and it is panelled 05603 with cedar 0730, and painted 04886 with vermilion 08350. large: Heb. through–airedwindows: or, my windows
15 Shalt thou reign 04427, because thou closest 08474 thyself in cedar 0730? did not thy father 01 eat 0398 and drink 08354, and do 06213 judgment 04941 and justice 06666, and then it was well 02896 with him?
16 He judged 01777 the cause 01779 of the poor 06041 and needy 034; then it was well 02896 with him: was not this to know 01847 me? saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
17 But thy eyes 05869 and thy heart 03820 are only for thy covetousness 01215, and for shedding 08210 innocent 05355 blood 01818, and for oppression 06233, and for violence 04835, to do 06213 it. violence: or, incursion
18 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063; They shall not lament 05594 for him, saying, Ah 01945 my brother 0251! or, Ah 01945 sister 0269! they shall not lament 05594 for him, saying, Ah 01945 lord 0113! or, Ah 01945 his glory 01935!
19 He shall be buried 06912 with the burial 06900 of a donkey 02543, drawn 05498 and cast forth 07993 beyond 01973 the gates 08179 of Jerusalem 03389.
20 Go up 05927 to Lebanon 03844, and cry 06817; and lift up 05414 thy voice 06963 in Bashan 01316, and cry 06817 from the passes 05676: for all thy lovers 0157 are destroyed 07665.
21 I spoke 01696 to thee in thy prosperity 07962; but thou saidst 0559, I will not hear 08085. This hath been thy manner 01870 from thy youth 05271, that thou didst obey 08085 not my voice 06963. prosperity: Heb. prosperities
22 The wind 07307 shall eat up 07462 all thy shepherds 07462, and thy lovers 0157 shall go 03212 into captivity 07628: surely then shalt thou be ashamed 0954 and confounded 03637 for all thy wickedness 07451.
23 O inhabitant 03427 of Lebanon 03844, that makest thy nest 07077 in the cedars 0730, how gracious 02603 shalt thou be when pangs 02256 come 0935 upon thee, the pain 02427 as of a woman in travail 03205! inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
24 As I live 02416, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, though Coniah 03659 the son 01121 of Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063 were the signet 02368 upon my right 03225 hand 03027, yet would I pluck 05423 thee from there;
25 And I will give 05414 thee into the hand 03027 of them that seek 01245 thy life 05315, and into the hand 03027 of them whose face 06440 thou fearest 03016, even into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778.
26 And I will cast thee out 02904, and thy mother 0517 that bore 03205 thee, into another 0312 country 0776, where ye were not born 03205; and there shall ye die 04191.
27 But to the land 0776 where they desire 05375, 5315 to return 07725, there shall they not return 07725. desire: Heb. lift up their mind
28 Is this man 0376 Coniah 03659 a despised 0959 broken 05310 idol 06089? is he a vessel 03627 in which is no pleasure 02656? why are they cast out 07993, he and his seed 02233, and are cast 02904 into a land 0776 which they know 03045 not?
29 O earth 0776, earth 0776, earth 0776, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.
30 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Write 03789 ye this man 0376 childless 06185, a man 01397 that shall not prosper 06743 in his days 03117: for no man 0376 of his seed 02233 shall prosper 06743, sitting 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732, and ruling 04910 any more in Judah 03063.
1 Woe 01945 be to the shepherds 07462 that destroy 06 and scatter 06327 the sheep 06629 of my pasture 04830! saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
2 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 against the shepherds 07462 that feed 07462 my people 05971; Ye have scattered 06327 my flock 06629, and driven them away 05080, and have not visited 06485 them: behold, I will visit 06485 upon you the evil 07455 of your doings 04611, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
3 And I will gather 06908 the remnant 07611 of my flock 06629 from all countries 0776 where I have driven 05080 them, and will bring them again 07725 to their folds 05116; and they shall be fruitful 06509 and increase 07235.
4 And I will set 06965 shepherds 07462 over them who shall feed 07462 them: and they shall fear 03372 no more, nor be dismayed 02865, neither shall they be lacking 06485, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
5 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will raise 06965 to David 01732 a righteous 06662 Branch 06780, and a King 04428 shall reign 04427 and prosper 07919, and shall execute 06213 judgment 04941 and justice 06666 upon the earth 0776.
6 In his days 03117 Judah 03063 shall be saved 03467, and Israel 03478 shall dwell 07931 in safety 0983: and this is his name 08034 by which he shall be called 07121, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS 03072. THE LORD…: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu
7 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that they shall no more say 0559, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416, who brought 05927 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714;
8 But, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416, who brought 05927 and who led 0935 the seed 02233 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 out of the north 06828 country 0776, and from all countries 0776 where I have driven 05080 them; and they shall dwell 03427 in their own land 0127.
9 My heart 03820 within 07130 me is broken 07665 because of the prophets 05030; all my bones 06106 shake 07363; I am like a drunken 07910 man 0376, and like a man 01397 whom wine 03196 hath overcome 05674, because 06440 of the LORD 03068, and because of the words 01697 of his holiness 06944.
10 For the land 0776 is full 04390 of adulterers 05003; for because 06440 of swearing 0423 the land 0776 mourneth 056; the pleasant places 04999 of the wilderness 04057 are dried up 03001, and their course 04794 is evil 07451, and their force 01369 is not right. swearing: or, cursingcourse: or, violence
11 For both prophet 05030 and priest 03548 are profane 02610; even, in my house 01004 have I found 04672 their wickedness 07451, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
12 Therefore their way 01870 shall be to them as slippery 02519 paths in the darkness 0653: they shall be driven on 01760, and fall 05307 in it: for I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon them, even the year 08141 of their punishment 06486, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
13 And I have seen 07200 folly 08604 in the prophets 05030 of Samaria 08111; they prophesied 05012 in Baal 01168, and caused my people 05971 Israel 03478 to err 08582. folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury
14 I have seen 07200 also in the prophets 05030 of Jerusalem 03389 an horrible thing 08186: they commit adultery 05003, and walk 01980 in lies 08267: they strengthen 02388 also the hands 03027 of evildoers 07489, that none 0376 doth return 07725 from his wickedness 07451: they are all of them to me as Sodom 05467, and its inhabitants 03427 as Gomorrah 06017. an…: or, filthiness
15 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 concerning the prophets 05030; Behold, I will feed 0398 them with wormwood 03939, and make them drink 08248 the water 04325 of gall 07219: for from the prophets 05030 of Jerusalem 03389 is profaneness 02613 gone forth 03318 into all the land 0776. profaneness: or, hypocrisy
16 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Hearken 08085 not to the words 01697 of the prophets 05030 that prophesy 05012 to you: they make you vain 01891: they speak 01696 a vision 02377 of their own heart 03820, and not from the mouth 06310 of the LORD 03068.
17 They say 0559 still 0559 to them that despise 05006 me, The LORD 03068 hath said 01696, Ye shall have peace 07965; and they say 0559 to every one that walketh 01980 after the imagination 08307 of his own heart 03820, No evil 07451 shall come 0935 upon you. imagination: or, stubbornness
18 For who hath stood 05975 in the counsel 05475 of the LORD 03068, and hath perceived 07200 and heard 08085 his word 01697? who hath marked 07181 his word 01697, and heard 08085 it? counsel: or, secret
19 Behold, a whirlwind 05591 of the LORD 03068 is gone forth 03318 in fury 02534, even a grievous 02342 whirlwind 05591: it shall fall grievously 02342 upon the head 07218 of the wicked 07563.
20 The anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 shall not return 07725, until he shall have executed 06213, and till he shall have performed 06965 the thoughts 04209 of his heart 03820: in the latter 0319 days 03117 ye shall consider 0995 it perfectly 0998.
21 I have not sent 07971 these prophets 05030, yet they ran 07323: I have not spoken 01696 to them, yet they prophesied 05012.
22 But if they had stood 05975 in my counsel 05475, and had caused my people 05971 to hear 08085 my words 01697, then they should have turned 07725 them from their evil 07451 way 01870, and from the evil 07455 of their doings 04611.
23 Am I a God 0430 at hand 07138, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and not a God 0430 afar off 07350?
24 Can any 0376 hide 05641 himself in secret places 04565 that I shall not see 07200 him? saith 05002 the LORD 03068. Do not I fill 04392 heaven 08064 and earth 0776? saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
25 I have heard 08085 what the prophets 05030 said 0559, that prophesy 05012 lies 08267 in my name 08034, saying 0559, I have dreamed 02492, I have dreamed 02492.
26 How long shall this be 03426 in the heart 03820 of the prophets 05030 that prophesy 05012 lies 08267? yea, they are prophets 05030 of the deceit 08649 of their own heart 03820;
27 Who think 02803 to cause my people 05971 to forget 07911 my name 08034 by their dreams 02472 which they tell 05608 every man 0376 to his neighbour 07453, as their fathers 01 have forgotten 07911 my name 08034 for Baal 01168.
28 The prophet 05030 that hath a dream 02472, let him tell 05608 a dream 02472; and he that hath my word 01697, let him speak 01696 my word 01697 faithfully 0571. What is the chaff 08401 to the wheat 01250? saith 05002 the LORD 03068. that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc
29 Is not my word 01697 like 03541 a fire 0784? saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and like a hammer 06360 that breaketh 06327 the rock 05553 in pieces 06327?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets 05030, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that steal 01589 my words 01697 every one 0376 from his neighbour 07453.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets 05030, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that use 03947 their tongues 03956, and say 05001, He saith 05002. that…: or, that smooth their tongues
32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy 05012 false 08267 dreams 02472, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and do tell 05608 them, and cause my people 05971 to err 08582 by their lies 08267, and by their reckless boasting 06350; yet I sent 07971 them not, nor commanded 06680 them: therefore they shall not profit 03276 this people 05971 at all 03276, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
33 And when this people 05971, or the prophet 05030, or a priest 03548, shall ask 07592 thee, saying 0559, What is the burden 04853 of the LORD 03068? thou shalt then say 0559 to them, What burden 04853? I will even forsake 05203 you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
34 And as for the prophet 05030, and the priest 03548, and the people 05971, that shall say 0559, The burden 04853 of the LORD 03068, I will even punish 06485 that man 0376 and his house 01004. punish: Heb. visit upon
35 Thus shall ye say 0559 every one 0376 to his neighbour 07453, and every one 0376 to his brother 0251, What hath the LORD 03068 answered 06030? and, What hath the LORD 03068 spoken 01696?
36 And the burden 04853 of the LORD 03068 shall ye mention 02142 no more: for every man’s 0376 word 01697 shall be his burden 04853; for ye have perverted 02015 the words 01697 of the living 02416 God 0430, of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 our God 0430.
37 Thus shalt thou say 0559 to the prophet 05030, What hath the LORD 03068 answered 06030 thee? and, What hath the LORD 03068 spoken 01696?
38 But 0518 since ye say 0559, The burden 04853 of the LORD 03068; therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Because ye say 0559 this word 01697, The burden 04853 of the LORD 03068, and I have sent 07971 to you, saying 0559, Ye shall not say 0559, The burden 04853 of the LORD 03068;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly 05377 forget 05382 you, and I will forsake 05203 you, and the city 05892 that I gave 05414 to you and your fathers 01, and cast you out of my presence 06440:
40 And I will bring 05414 an everlasting 05769 reproach 02781 upon you, and a perpetual 05769 shame 03640, which shall not be forgotten 07911.
1 The LORD 03068 showed 07200 me, and, behold, two 08147 baskets 01736 of figs 08384 were set 03259 before 06440 the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, after 0310 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 had carried away captive 01540 Jeconiah 03204 the son 01121 of Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and the princes 08269 of Judah 03063, with the craftsmen 02796 and smiths 04525, from Jerusalem 03389, and had brought 0935 them to Babylon 0894.
2 One 0259 basket 01731 had very 03966 good 02896 figs 08384, even like the figs 08384 that are first ripe 01073: and the other 0259 basket 01731 had very 03966 bad 07451 figs 08384, which could not be eaten 0398, they were so bad 07455. they…: Heb. for badness
3 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, What seest 07200 thou, Jeremiah 03414? And I said 0559, Figs 08384; the good 02896 figs 08384, very 03966 good 02896; and the bad 07451, very 03966 bad 07451, that cannot be eaten 0398, they are so bad 07455.
4 Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
5 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Like these good 02896 figs 08384, so will I acknowledge 05234 them that are carried away captive 01546 of Judah 03063, whom I have sent 07971 out of this place 04725 into the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778 for their good 02896. them…: Heb. the captivity
6 For I will set 07760 my eyes 05869 upon them for good 02896, and I will bring them again 07725 to this land 0776: and I will build 01129 them, and not pull them down 02040; and I will plant 05193 them, and not pluck them up 05428.
7 And I will give 05414 them an heart 03820 to know 03045 me, that I am the LORD 03068: and they shall be my people 05971, and I will be their God 0430: for they shall return 07725 to me with their whole heart 03820.
8 And as the bad 07451 figs 08384, which cannot be eaten 0398, they are so bad 07455; surely thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, So will I give 05414 Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 of Judah 03063, and his princes 08269, and the remnant 07611 of Jerusalem 03389, that remain 07604 in this land 0776, and them that dwell 03427 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714:
9 And I will deliver 05414 them to be removed 02189, 2113 into all the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776 for their hurt 07451, to be a reproach 02781 and a proverb 04912, a taunt 08148 and a curse 07045, in all places 04725 where I shall drive 05080 them. to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation
10 And I will send 07971 the sword 02719, the famine 07458, and the pestilence 01698, among them, till they are consumed 08552 from off the land 0127 that I gave 05414 to them and to their fathers 01.
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 concerning all the people 05971 of Judah 03063 in the fourth 07243 year 08141 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, that was the first 07224 year 08141 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894;
2 Which Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 spoke 01696 to all the people 05971 of Judah 03063, and to all the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, saying 0559,
3 From the thirteenth 07969, 6240 year 08141 of Josiah 02977 the son 01121 of Amon 0526 king 04428 of Judah 03063, even to this day 03117, that is the three 07969 and twentieth 06242 year 08141, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 hath come to me, and I have spoken 01696 to you, rising early 07925 and speaking 01696; but ye have not hearkened 08085.
4 And the LORD 03068 hath sent 07971 to you all his servants 05650 the prophets 05030, rising early 07925 and sending 07971 them; but ye have not hearkened 08085, nor inclined 05186 your ear 0241 to hear 08085.
5 They said 0559, Turn ye again 07725 now every one 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870, and from the evil 07455 of your doings 04611, and dwell 03427 in the land 0127 that the LORD 03068 hath given 05414 to you and to your fathers 01 for 05704 ever 05769 and ever 05769:
6 And go 03212 not after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 to serve 05647 them, and to worship 07812 them, and provoke me not to anger 03707 with the works 04639 of your hands 03027; and I will do you no harm 07489.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened 08085 to me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; that ye might provoke me to anger 03707 with the works 04639 of your hands 03027 to your own harm 07451.
8 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Because ye have not heard 08085 my words 01697,
9 Behold, I will send 07971 and take 03947 all the families 04940 of the north 06828, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and Nebuchadnezzar 05019 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, my servant 05650, and will bring 0935 them against this land 0776, and against its inhabitants 03427, and against all these nations 01471 on every side 05439, and will utterly destroy 02763 them, and make 07760 them an horror 08047, and an hissing 08322, and perpetual 05769 desolations 02723.
10 Moreover I will take 06 from them the voice 06963 of mirth 08342, and the voice 06963 of gladness 08057, the voice 06963 of the bridegroom 02860, and the voice 06963 of the bride 03618, the sound 06963 of the millstones 07347, and the light 0216 of the candle 05216. I will…: Heb. I will cause to perish from them
11 And this whole land 0776 shall be a desolation 02723, and an astonishment 08047; and these nations 01471 shall serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 seventy 07657 years 08141.
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy 07657 years 08141 are accomplished 04390, that I will punish 06485 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and that nation 01471, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, for their iniquity 05771, and the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778, and will make 07760 it perpetual 05769 desolations 08077. punish: Heb. visit upon
13 And I will bring 0935 upon that land 0776 all my words 01697 which I have pronounced 01696 against it, even all that is written 03789 in this book 05612, which Jeremiah 03414 hath prophesied 05012 against all the nations 01471.
14 For many 07227 nations 01471 and great 01419 kings 04428 shall be served 05647 by them also: and I will recompense 07999 them according to their deeds 06467, and according to the works 04639 of their own hands 03027.
15 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 to me; Take 03947 the wine 03196 cup 03563 of this fury 02534 at my hand 03027, and cause all the nations 01471, to whom I send 07971 thee, to drink 08248 it.
16 And they shall drink 08354, and be moved 01607, and go mad 01984, because 06440 of the sword 02719 that I will send 07971 among them.
17 Then I took 03947 the cup 03563 at the LORD’S 03068 hand 03027, and made all the nations 01471 to drink 08248, to whom the LORD 03068 had sent 07971 me:
18 That is, Jerusalem 03389, and the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and its kings 04428, and its princes 08269, to make 05414 them a desolation 02723, an horror 08047, an hissing 08322, and a curse 07045; as it is this day 03117;
19 Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, and his servants 05650, and his princes 08269, and all his people 05971;
20 And all the mixed 06153 people, and all the kings 04428 of the land 0776 of Uz 05780, and all the kings 04428 of the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, and Ashkelon 0831, and Azzah 05804, and Ekron 06138, and the remnant 07611 of Ashdod 0795,
21 Edom 0123, and Moab 04124, and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983,
22 And all the kings 04428 of Tyre 06865, and all the kings 04428 of Zidon 06721, and the kings 04428 of the isles 0339 which are beyond 05676 the sea 03220, isles: or, region by the sea side
23 Dedan 01719, and Tema 08485, and Buz 0938, and all that are in the utmost 07112 corners 06285, that…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled
24 And all the kings 04428 of Arabia 06152, and all the kings 04428 of the mixed people 06153 that dwell 07931 in the desert 04057,
25 And all the kings 04428 of Zimri 02174, and all the kings 04428 of Elam 05867, and all the kings 04428 of the Medes 04074,
26 And all the kings 04428 of the north 06828, far 07350 and near 07138, one 0376 with another 0251, and all the kingdoms 04467 of the world 0776, which are upon the face 06440 of the earth 0127: and the king 04428 of Sheshach 08347 shall drink 08354 after 0310 them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Drink 08354 ye, and be drunk 07937, and vomit 07006, and fall 05307, and rise 06965 no more, because 06440 of the sword 02719 which I will send 07971 among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse 03985 to take 03947 the cup 03563 at thy hand 03027 to drink 08354, then shalt thou say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Ye shall certainly 08354 drink 08354.
29 For, lo, I begin 02490 to bring evil 07489 on the city 05892 which is called 07121 by my name 08034, and should ye be utterly 05352 unpunished 05352? Ye shall not be unpunished 05352: for I will call 07121 for a sword 02719 upon all the inhabitants 03427 of the earth 0776, saith 05002 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. which…: Heb. upon which my name is called
30 Therefore prophesy 05012 thou against them all these words 01697, and say 0559 to them, The LORD 03068 shall roar 07580 from on high 04791, and utter 05414 his voice 06963 from his holy 06944 habitation 04583; he shall mightily 07580 roar 07580 upon his habitation 05116; he shall give 06030 a shout 01959, as they that tread 01869 the grapes, against all the inhabitants 03427 of the earth 0776.
31 A noise 07588 shall come 0935 even to the ends 07097 of the earth 0776; for the LORD 03068 hath a controversy 07379 with the nations 01471, he will plead 08199 with all flesh 01320; he will give 05414 them that are wicked 07563 to the sword 02719, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
32 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Behold, evil 07451 shall go forth 03318 from nation 01471 to nation 01471, and a great 01419 whirlwind 05591 shall be raised 05782 from the ends 03411 of the earth 0776.
33 And the slain 02491 of the LORD 03068 shall be at that day 03117 from one end 07097 of the earth 0776 even to the other end 07097 of the earth 0776: they shall not be lamented 05594, neither gathered 0622, nor buried 06912; they shall be refuse 01828 upon 06440 the ground 0127.
34 Wail 03213, ye shepherds 07462, and cry 02199; and wallow 06428 yourselves in the ashes, ye chief 0117 of the flock 06629: for the days 03117 of your slaughter 02873 and of your dispersions 08600 are accomplished 04390; and ye shall fall 05307 like a pleasant 02532 vessel 03627. the days…: Heb. your days for slaughtera pleasant…: Heb. a vessel of desire
35 And the shepherds 07462 shall have no way 04498 to flee 06, nor the chief 0117 of the flock 06629 to escape 06413. the shepherds…: Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc
36 A voice 06963 of the cry 06818 of the shepherds 07462, and a wailing 03215 of the chief 0117 of the flock 06629, shall be heard: for the LORD 03068 hath laid waste 07703 their pasture 04830.
37 And the peaceable 07965 habitations 04999 are cut down 01826 because 06440 of the fierce 02740 anger 0639 of the LORD 03068.
38 He hath forsaken 05800 his covert 05520, as the lion 03715: for their land 0776 is desolate 08047 because 06440 of the fierceness 02740 of the oppressor 03238, and because 06440 of his fierce 02740 anger 0639. desolate: Heb. a desolation
1 In the beginning 07225 of the reign 04468 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063 came this word 01697 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Stand 05975 in the court 02691 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, and speak 01696 to all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, which come 0935 to worship 07812 in the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, all the words 01697 that I command 06680 thee to speak 01696 to them; diminish 01639 not a word 01697:
3 It may be they will hearken 08085, and turn 07725 every man 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870, that I may repent 05162 of the evil 07451, which I purpose 02803 to do 06213 to them because 06440 of the evil 07455 of their doings 04611.
4 And thou shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; If ye will not hearken 08085 to me, to walk 03212 in my law 08451, which I have set 05414 before 06440 you,
5 To hearken 08085 to the words 01697 of my servants 05650 the prophets 05030, whom I have sent 07971 to you, both rising early 07925, and sending 07971 them, but ye have not hearkened 08085;
6 Then will I make 05414 this house 01004 like Shiloh 07887, and will make 05414 this city 05892 a curse 07045 to all the nations 01471 of the earth 0776.
7 So the priests 03548 and the prophets 05030 and all the people 05971 heard 08085 Jeremiah 03414 speaking 01696 these words 01697 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah 03414 had finished 03615 speaking 01696 all that the LORD 03068 had commanded 06680 him to speak 01696 to all the people 05971, that the priests 03548 and the prophets 05030 and all the people 05971 took 08610 him, saying 0559, Thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191.
9 Why hast thou prophesied 05012 in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, This house 01004 shall be like Shiloh 07887, and this city 05892 shall be desolate 02717 without an inhabitant 03427? And all the people 05971 were gathered 06950 against Jeremiah 03414 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
10 When the princes 08269 of Judah 03063 heard 08085 these things 01697, then they came up 05927 from the king’s 04428 house 01004 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and sat down 03427 in the entrance 06607 of the new 02319 gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house. in the…: or, at the door
11 Then the priests 03548 and the prophets 05030 spoke 0559 to the princes 08269 and to all the people 05971, saying 0559, This man 0376 is worthy 04941 to die 04194; for he hath prophesied 05012 against this city 05892, as ye have heard 08085 with your ears 0241. This man…: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man
12 Then Jeremiah 03414 spoke 0559 to all the princes 08269 and to all the people 05971, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 sent 07971 me to prophesy 05012 against this house 01004 and against this city 05892 all the words 01697 that ye have heard 08085.
13 Therefore now amend 03190 your ways 01870 and your doings 04611, and obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 your God 0430; and the LORD 03068 will repent 05162 of the evil 07451 that he hath pronounced 01696 against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand 03027: do 06213 with me as it seemeth 05869 good 02896 and right 03477 to you. as…: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes
15 But know 03045 ye for certain 03045, that if ye put me to death 04191, ye shall surely bring 05414 innocent 05355 blood 01818 upon yourselves, upon this city 05892, and upon its inhabitants 03427: for of a truth 0571 the LORD 03068 hath sent 07971 me to you to speak 01696 all these words 01697 in your ears 0241.
16 Then said 0559 the princes 08269 and all the people 05971 to the priests 03548 and to the prophets 05030; This man 0376 is not worthy 04941 to die 04194: for he hath spoken 01696 to us in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
17 Then arose 06965 certain 0582 of the elders 02205 of the land 0776, and spoke 0559 to all the assembly 06951 of the people 05971, saying 0559,
18 Micah 04320 the Morasthite 04183 prophesied 05012 in the days 03117 of Hezekiah 02396 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and spoke 0559 to all the people 05971 of Judah 03063, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Zion 06726 shall be plowed 02790 like a field 07704, and Jerusalem 03389 shall become heaps 05856, and the mountain 02022 of the house 01004 as the high places 01116 of the forest 03293.
19 Did Hezekiah 02396 king 04428 of Judah 03063 and all Judah 03063 put him 04191 to death 04191? did he not fear 03373 the LORD 03068, and besought 02470 the LORD 03068, 6440, and the LORD 03068 repented 05162 of the evil 07451 which he had pronounced 01696 against them? Thus 0587 might we procure 06213 great 01419 evil 07451 against our souls 05315. the LORD, and the: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc
20 And there was also a man 0376 that prophesied 05012 in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, Urijah 0223 the son 01121 of Shemaiah 08098 of Kirjathjearim 07157, who prophesied 05012 against this city 05892 and against this land 0776 according to all the words 01697 of Jeremiah 03414:
21 And when Jehoiakim 03079 the king 04428, with all his mighty men 01368, and all the princes 08269, heard 08085 his words 01697, the king 04428 sought 01245 to put him to death 04191: but when Urijah 0223 heard 08085 it, he was afraid 03372, and fled 01272, and went 0935 into Egypt 04714;
22 And Jehoiakim 03079 the king 04428 sent 07971 men 0582 into Egypt 04714, namely, Elnathan 0494 the son 01121 of Achbor 05907, and certain men 0582 with him into Egypt 04714.
23 And they brought forth 03318 Urijah 0223 from Egypt 04714, and brought 0935 him to Jehoiakim 03079 the king 04428; who slew 05221 him with the sword 02719, and cast 07993 his dead body 05038 into the burial place 06913 of the common 01121 people 05971. common…: Heb. sons of the people
24 Nevertheless the hand 03027 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227 was with Jeremiah 03414, that they should not give 05414 him into the hand 03027 of the people 05971 to put him to death 04191.
1 In the beginning 07225 of the reign 04467 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063 came this word 01697 to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 to me; Make 06213 for thee bonds 04147 and yokes 04133, and put 05414 them upon thy neck 06677, saith…: or, hath the LORD said
3 And send 07971 them to the king 04428 of Edom 0123, and to the king 04428 of Moab 04124, and to the king 04428 of the Ammonites 01121, 5983, and to the king 04428 of Tyre 06865, and to the king 04428 of Zidon 06721, by the hand 03027 of the messengers 04397 who come 0935 to Jerusalem 03389 to Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063;
4 And command 06680 them to say 0559 to their masters 0113, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Thus shall ye say 0559 to your masters 0113; to say…: or, concerning their masters, saying
5 I have made 06213 the earth 0776, the man 0120 and the beast 0929 that are upon 06440 the ground 0776, by my great 01419 power 03581 and by my outstretched 05186 arm 02220, and have given 05414 it to whom it seemed 05869 right 03474 to me.
6 And now have I given 05414 all these lands 0776 into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, my servant 05650; and the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 have I given 05414 him also to serve 05647 him.
7 And all nations 01471 shall serve 05647 him, and his son 01121, and his son’s 01121 son 01121, until the very time 06256 of his land 0776 shall come 0935: and then many 07227 nations 01471 and great 01419 kings 04428 shall bring 05647 him into subjection.
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation 01471 and kingdom 04467 which will not serve 05647 the same Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and that will not put 05414 their neck 06677 under the yoke 05923 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, that nation 01471 will I punish 06485, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, with the sword 02719, and with the famine 07458, and with the pestilence 01698, until I have consumed 08552 them by his hand 03027.
9 Therefore hearken 08085 ye not to your prophets 05030, nor to your diviners 07080, nor to your dreamers 02472, nor to your enchanters 06049, nor to your sorcerers 03786, who speak 0559 to you, saying 0559, Ye shall not serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894: dreamers: Heb. dreams
10 For they prophesy 05012 a lie 08267 to you, to remove you far 07368 from your land 0127; and that I should drive you out 05080, and ye should perish 06.
11 But the nations 01471 that bring 0935 their neck 06677 under the yoke 05923 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and serve 05647 him, those will I let remain still 03240 in their own land 0127, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and they shall till 05647 it, and dwell 03427 in it.
12 I spoke 01696 also to Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 according to all these words 01697, saying 0559, Bring 0935 your necks 06677 under the yoke 05923 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and serve 05647 him and his people 05971, and live 02421.
13 Why will ye die 04191, thou and thy people 05971, by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698, as the LORD 03068 hath spoken 01696 against the nation 01471 that will not serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894?
14 Therefore hearken 08085 not to the words 01697 of the prophets 05030 that speak 0559 to you, saying 0559, Ye shall not serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894: for they prophesy 05012 a lie 08267 to you.
15 For I have not sent 07971 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, yet they prophesy 05012 a lie 08267 in my name 08034; that I might drive you out 05080, and that ye might perish 06, ye, and the prophets 05030 that prophesy 05012 to you. a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly
16 Also I spoke 01696 to the priests 03548 and to all this people 05971, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Hearken 08085 not to the words 01697 of your prophets 05030 that prophesy 05012 to you, saying 0559, Behold, the vessels 03627 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004 shall now shortly 04120 be brought again 07725 from Babylon 0894: for they prophesy 05012 a lie 08267 to you.
17 Hearken 08085 not to them; serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and live 02421: why should this city 05892 be laid waste 02723?
18 But if they are prophets 05030, and if the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 is 03426 with them, let them now make intercession 06293 to the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that the vessels 03627 which are left 03498 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in the house 01004 of the king 04428 of Judah 03063, and at Jerusalem 03389, go 0935 not to Babylon 0894.
19 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 concerning the pillars 05982, and concerning the sea 03220, and concerning the bases 04350, and concerning the rest 03499 of the vessels 03627 that remain 03498 in this city 05892,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 took 03947 not, when he carried away captive 01540 Jeconiah 03204 the son 01121 of Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063 from Jerusalem 03389 to Babylon 0894, and all the nobles 02715 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389;
21 Yea, thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, concerning the vessels 03627 that remain 03498 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and in the house 01004 of the king 04428 of Judah 03063 and of Jerusalem 03389;
22 They shall be carried 0935 to Babylon 0894, and there shall they be until the day 03117 that I visit 06485 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; then will I bring 05927 them up, and restore 07725 them to this place 04725.
1 And it came to pass the same year 08141, in the beginning 07225 of the reign 04467 of Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, in the fourth 07243 year 08141, and in the fifth 02549 month 02320, that Hananiah 02608 the son 01121 of Azur 05809 the prophet 05030, who was of Gibeon 01391, spoke 0559 to me in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, in the presence 05869 of the priests 03548 and of all the people 05971, saying 0559,
2 Thus speaketh 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, I have broken 07665 the yoke 05923 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894.
3 Within two full 03117 years 08141 will I bring again 07725 into this place 04725 all the vessels 03627 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, that Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 took away 03947 from this place 04725, and carried 0935 them to Babylon 0894: two…: Heb. two years of days
4 And I will bring again 07725 to this place 04725 Jeconiah 03204 the son 01121 of Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063, with all the captives 01546 of Judah 03063, that went 0935 into Babylon 0894, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: for I will break 07665 the yoke 05923 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894. captives: Heb. captivity
5 Then the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to the prophet 05030 Hananiah 02608 in the presence 05869 of the priests 03548, and in the presence 05869 of all the people 05971 that stood 05975 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068,
6 Even the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414 said 0559, Amen 0543: the LORD 03068 do 06213 so: the LORD 03068 perform 06965 thy words 01697 which thou hast prophesied 05012, to bring again 07725 the vessels 03627 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, and all that is carried away captive 01473, from Babylon 0894 into this place 04725.
7 Nevertheless now hear 08085 thou this word 01697 that I speak 01696 in thy ears 0241, and in the ears 0241 of all the people 05971;
8 The prophets 05030 that have been before 06440 me and before 06440 thee of old 05769 prophesied 05012 both against many 07227 countries 0776, and against great 01419 kingdoms 04467, of war 04421, and of evil 07451, and of pestilence 01698.
9 The prophet 05030 who prophesieth 05012 of peace 07965, when the word 01697 of the prophet 05030 shall come to pass 0935, then 0227 shall the prophet 05030 be known 03045, that the LORD 03068 hath truly 0571 sent 07971 him.
10 Then Hananiah 02608 the prophet 05030 took 03947 the yoke 04133 from off the prophet 05030 Jeremiah’s 03414 neck 06677, and broke 07665 it.
11 And Hananiah 02608 spoke 0559 in the presence 05869 of all the people 05971, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Even so will I break 07665 the yoke 05923 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 from the neck 06677 of all nations 01471 within the space of two full 03117 years 08141. And the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414 went 03212 his way 01870.
12 Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414, after 0310 Hananiah 02608 the prophet 05030 had broken 07665 the yoke 04133 from off the neck 06677 of the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
13 Go 01980 and tell 0559 Hananiah 02608, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Thou hast broken 07665 the yokes 04133 of wood 06086; but thou shalt make 06213 for them yokes 04133 of iron 01270.
14 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; I have put 05414 a yoke 05923 of iron 01270 upon the neck 06677 of all these nations 01471, that they may serve 05647 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894; and they shall serve 05647 him: and I have given 05414 him the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 also.
15 Then said 0559 the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414 to Hananiah 02608 the prophet 05030, Hear 08085 now, Hananiah 02608; The LORD 03068 hath not sent 07971 thee; but thou makest this people 05971 to trust 0982 in a lie 08267.
16 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will cast 07971 thee from off the face 06440 of the earth 0127: this year 08141 thou shalt die 04191, because thou hast taught 01696 rebellion 05627 against the LORD 03068. rebellion: Heb. revolt
17 So Hananiah 02608 the prophet 05030 died 04191 the same year 08141 in the seventh 07637 month 02320.
1 Now these are the words 01697 of the letter 05612 that Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 sent 07971 from Jerusalem 03389 to the rest 03499 of the elders 02205 who were carried away captives 01473, and to the priests 03548, and to the prophets 05030, and to all the people 05971 whom Nebuchadnezzar 05019 had carried away captive 01540 from Jerusalem 03389 to Babylon 0894;
2 (After 0310 Jeconiah 03204 the king 04428, and the queen 01377, and the eunuchs 05631, the princes 08269 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389, and the craftsmen 02796, and the smiths 04525, had departed 03318 from Jerusalem 03389;) eunuchs: or, chamberlains
3 By the hand 03027 of Elasah 0501 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, and Gemariah 01587 the son 01121 of Hilkiah 02518, (whom Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 sent 07971 to Babylon 0894 to Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894) saying 0559,
4 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, to all that are carried away captives 01473, whom I have caused to be carried away 01540 from Jerusalem 03389 to Babylon 0894;
5 Build 01129 ye houses 01004, and dwell 03427 in them; and plant 05193 gardens 01593, and eat 0398 the fruit 06529 of them;
6 Take 03947 ye wives 0802, and beget 03205 sons 01121 and daughters 01323; and take 03947 wives 0802 for your sons 01121, and give 05414 your daughters 01323 to husbands 0582, that they may bear 03205 sons 01121 and daughters 01121; that ye may be increased 07235 there, and not diminished 04591.
7 And seek 01875 the peace 07965 of the city 05892 where I have caused you to be carried away captives 01540, and pray 06419 to the LORD 03068 for it: for in the peace 07965 of it ye shall have peace 07965.
8 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Let not your prophets 05030 and your diviners 07080, that are in the midst 07130 of you, deceive 05377 you, neither hearken 08085 to your dreams 02472 which ye cause to be dreamed 02492.
9 For they prophesy 05012 falsely 08267 to you in my name 08034: I have not sent 07971 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. falsely: Heb. in a lie
10 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, That after 06310 seventy 07657 years 08141 shall be accomplished 04390 at Babylon 0894 I will visit 06485 you, and perform 06965 my good 02896 word 01697 toward you, in causing you to return 07725 to this place 04725.
11 For I know 03045 the thoughts 04284 that I think 02803 toward you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, thoughts 04284 of peace 07965, and not of evil 07451, to give 05414 you an expected 08615 end 0319. expected…: Heb. end and expectation
12 Then shall ye call 07121 upon me, and ye shall go 01980 and pray 06419 to me, and I will hearken 08085 to you.
13 And ye shall seek 01245 me, and find 04672 me, when ye shall search 01875 for me with all your heart 03824.
14 And I will be found 04672 by you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: and I will turn away 07725 your captivity 07622, 7622, and I will gather 06908 you from all the nations 01471, and from all the places 04725 where I have driven 05080 you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and I will bring you again 07725 into the place 04725 from which I caused you to be carried away captive 01540.
15 Because ye have said 0559, The LORD 03068 hath raised up 06965 for us prophets 05030 in Babylon 0894;
16 Know that thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning the king 04428 that sitteth 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732, and concerning all the people 05971 that dwelleth 03427 in this city 05892, and concerning your brethren 0251 that are not gone forth 03318 with you into captivity 01473;
17 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Behold, I will send 07971 upon them the sword 02719, the famine 07458, and the pestilence 01698, and will make 05414 them like vile 08182 figs 08384, that cannot be eaten 0398, they are so bad 07455.
18 And I will persecute 07291 them 0310 with the sword 02719, with the famine 07458, and with the pestilence 01698, and will deliver 05414 them to be removed 02189, 2113 to all the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776, to be a curse 0423, and an horror 08047, and an hissing 08322, and a reproach 02781, among all the nations 01471 where I have driven 05080 them: to be a curse: Heb. for a curse
19 Because they have not hearkened 08085 to my words 01697, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, which I sent 07971 to them by my servants 05650 the prophets 05030, rising early 07925 and sending 07971 them; but ye would not hear 08085, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
20 Hear 08085 ye therefore the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, all ye of the captivity 01473, whom I have sent 07971 from Jerusalem 03389 to Babylon 0894:
21 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, concerning Ahab 0256 the son 01121 of Kolaiah 06964, and concerning Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04641, who prophesy 05012 a lie 08267 to you in my name 08034; Behold, I will deliver 05414 them into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894; and he shall slay 05221 them before your eyes 05869;
22 And concerning them shall be taken up 03947 a curse 07045 by all the captivity 01546 of Judah 03063 who are in Babylon 0894, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 make 07760 thee like Zedekiah 06667 and like Ahab 0256, whom the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 roasted 07033 in the fire 0784;
23 Because they have committed 06213 villany 05039 in Israel 03478, and have committed 06213 adultery 05003 with their neighbour’s 07453 wives 0802, and have spoken 01696 lying 08267 words 01697 in my name 08034, which I have not commanded 06680 them; even I know 03045, and am a witness 05707, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
24 Thus shalt thou also speak 0559 to Shemaiah 08098 the Nehelamite 05161, saying 0559, Nehelamite: or, dreamer
25 Thus speaketh 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, Because thou hast sent 07971 letters 05612 in thy name 08034 to all the people 05971 that are at Jerusalem 03389, and to Zephaniah 06846 the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04641 the priest 03548, and to all the priests 03548, saying 0559,
26 The LORD 03068 hath made 05414 thee priest 03548 in the stead of Jehoiada 03077 the priest 03548, that ye should be officers 06496 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, for every man 0376 that is mad 07696, and maketh himself a prophet 05012, that thou shouldest put 05414 him in prison 04115, and in the stocks 06729.
27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved 01605 Jeremiah 03414 of Anathoth 06069, who maketh himself a prophet 05012 to you?
28 For therefore he sent 07971 to us in Babylon 0894, saying 0559, This 01931 captivity is long 0752: build 01129 ye houses 01004, and dwell 03427 in them; and plant 05193 gardens 01593, and eat 0398 the fruit 06529 of them.
29 And Zephaniah 06846 the priest 03548 read 07121 this letter 05612 in the ears 0241 of Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030.
30 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
31 Send 07971 to all them of the captivity 01473, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning Shemaiah 08098 the Nehelamite 05161; Because Shemaiah 08098 hath prophesied 05012 to you, and I sent 07971 him not, and he caused you to trust 0982 in a lie 08267:
32 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will punish 06485 Shemaiah 08098 the Nehelamite 05161, and his seed 02233: he shall not have a man 0376 to dwell 03427 among 08432 this people 05971; neither shall he behold 07200 the good 02896 that I will do 06213 for my people 05971, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; because he hath taught 01696 rebellion 05627 against the LORD 03068. rebellion: Heb. revolt
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Thus speaketh 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, Write 03789 for thee all the words 01697 that I have spoken 01696 to thee in a book 05612.
3 For, lo, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will bring again 07725 the captives 07622 of my people 05971 Israel 03478 and Judah 03063, saith 0559 the LORD 03068: and I will cause them to return 07725 to the land 0776 that I gave 05414 to their fathers 01, and they shall possess 03423 it.
4 And these are the words 01697 that the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 concerning Israel 03478 and concerning Judah 03063.
5 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; We have heard 08085 a voice 06963 of trembling 02731, of fear 06343, and not of peace 07965. of fear…: or, there is fear, and not peace
6 Ask 07592 ye now, and see 07200 whether a man 02145 doth travail with child 03205? Why do I see 07200 every man 01397 with his hands 03027 on his loins 02504, as a woman in travail 03205, and all faces 06440 are turned 02015 into paleness 03420? a man: Heb. a male
7 Alas 01945! for that day 03117 is great 01419, so that 0369 none is like it: it is even the time 06256 of Jacob’s 03290 trouble 06869; but he shall be saved 03467 out of it.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that I will break 07665 his yoke 05923 from off thy neck 06677, and will burst 05423 thy bonds 04147, and strangers 02114 shall no more bring 05647 him into subjection:
9 But they shall serve 05647 the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and David 01732 their king 04428, whom I will raise up 06965 to them.
10 Therefore fear 03372 thou not, O my servant 05650 Jacob 03290, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; neither be dismayed 02865, O Israel 03478: for, lo, I will save 03467 thee from afar 07350, and thy seed 02233 from the land 0776 of their captivity 07628; and Jacob 03290 shall return 07725, and shall be in rest 08252, and quiet 07599, and none shall make him afraid 02729.
11 For I am with thee, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, to save 03467 thee: though I make 06213 a full end 03617 of all nations 01471 where I have scattered 06327 thee, yet will I not make 06213 a full end 03617 of thee: but I will correct 03256 thee in measure 04941, and will not leave thee altogether 05352 unpunished 05352.
12 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Thy bruise 07667 is incurable 0605, and thy wound 04347 is grievous 02470.
13 There is none to plead 01777 thy cause 01779, that thou mayest be bound up 04205: thou hast no healing 08585 medicines 07499. that…: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing
14 All thy lovers 0157 have forgotten 07911 thee; they seek 01875 thee not; for I have wounded 05221 thee with the wound 04347 of an enemy 0341, with the chastisement 04148 of a cruel one 0394, for the multitude 07230 of thy iniquity 05771; because thy sins 02403 were increased 06105.
15 Why criest 02199 thou over thy affliction 07667? thy sorrow 04341 is incurable 0605 for the multitude 07230 of thy iniquity 05771: because thy sins 02403 were increased 06105, I have done 06213 these things to thee.
16 Therefore all they that devour 0398 thee shall be devoured 0398; and all thy adversaries 06862, every one of them, shall go 03212 into captivity 07628; and they that plunder 07601, 8154 thee shall be a spoil 04933, and all that prey 0962 upon thee will I give 05414 for a prey 0957.
17 For I will restore 05927 health 0724 to thee, and I will heal 07495 thee of thy wounds 04347, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; because they called 07121 thee an Outcast 05080, saying, This is Zion 06726, whom no man seeketh after 01875.
18 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will bring again 07725 the captives 07622 of Jacob’s 03290 tents 0168, and have mercy 07355 on his dwellingplaces 04908; and the city 05892 shall be built 01129 upon her own heap 08510, and the palace 0759 shall remain 03427 after its manner 04941. heap: or, little hill
19 And out of them shall proceed 03318 thanksgiving 08426 and the voice 06963 of them that make merry 07832: and I will multiply 07235 them, and they shall not be few 04591; I will also glorify 03513 them, and they shall not be small 06819.
20 Their children 01121 also shall be as in former time 06924, and their congregation 05712 shall be established 03559 before 06440 me, and I will punish 06485 all that oppress 03905 them.
21 And their nobles 0117 shall be from themselves, and their governor 04910 shall proceed 03318 from the midst 07130 of them; and I will cause him to draw near 07126, and he shall approach 05066 to me: for who is this that engaged 06148 his heart 03820 to approach 05066 to me? saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
22 And ye shall be my people 05971, and I will be your God 0430.
23 Behold, the whirlwind 05591 of the LORD 03068 goeth forth 03318 with fury 02534, a continuing 01641 whirlwind 05591: it shall fall with pain 02342 upon the head 07218 of the wicked 07563. continuing: Heb. cuttingfall…: or, remain
24 The fierce 02740 anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 shall not return 07725, until he hath done 06213 it, and until he hath performed 06965 the intents 04209 of his heart 03820: in the latter 0319 days 03117 ye shall consider 0995 it.
1 At the same time 06256, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, I will be the God 0430 of all the families 04940 of Israel 03478, and they shall be my people 05971.
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, The people 05971 who were left 08300 by the sword 02719 found 04672 grace 02580 in the wilderness 04057; even Israel 03478, when I went 01980 to cause him to rest 07280.
3 The LORD 03068 appeared 07200 of old 07350 to me, saying, I have loved 0157 thee with an everlasting 05769 love 0160: therefore with lovingkindness 02617 have I drawn 04900 thee. of…: Heb. from afarwith lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee
4 Again I will build 01129 thee, and thou shalt be built 01129, O virgin 01330 of Israel 03478: thou shalt again be adorned 05710 with thy tabrets 08596, and shalt go forth 03318 in the dances 04234 of them that make merry 07832. tabrets: or, timbrels
5 Thou shalt yet plant 05193 vines 03754 upon the mountains 02022 of Samaria 08111: the planters 05193 shall plant 05193, and shall eat them as common things 02490. eat…: Heb. profane them
6 For there shall be 03426 a day 03117, that the watchmen 05341 upon the mount 02022 Ephraim 0669 shall cry 07121, Arise 06965 ye, and let us go up 05927 to Zion 06726 to the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
7 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Sing 07442 with gladness 08057 for Jacob 03290, and shout 06670 among the chief 07218 of the nations 01471: proclaim 08085 ye, praise 01984 ye, and say 0559, O LORD 03068, save 03467 thy people 05971, the remnant 07611 of Israel 03478.
8 Behold, I will bring 0935 them from the north 06828 country 0776, and gather 06908 them from the ends 03411 of the earth 0776, and with them the blind 05787 and the lame 06455, the woman with child 02030 and her that travaileth with child 03205 together 03162: a great 01419 company 06951 shall return 07725 there.
9 They shall come 0935 with weeping 01065, and with supplications 08469 will I lead 02986 them: I will cause them to walk 03212 by the rivers 05158 of waters 04325 in a straight 03477 way 01870, in which they shall not stumble 03782: for I am a father 01 to Israel 03478, and Ephraim 0669 is my firstborn 01060. supplications: or, favours
10 Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O ye nations 01471, and declare 05046 it in the isles 0339 afar off 04801, and say 0559, He that scattered 02219 Israel 03478 will gather 06908 him, and keep 08104 him, as a shepherd 07462 doth his flock 05739.
11 For the LORD 03068 hath redeemed 06299 Jacob 03290, and ransomed 01350 him from the hand 03027 of him that was stronger 02389 than he.
12 Therefore they shall come 0935 and sing 07442 in the height 04791 of Zion 06726, and shall flow together 05102 to the goodness 02898 of the LORD 03068, for grain 01715, and for wine 08492, and for oil 03323, and for the young 01121 of the flock 06629 and of the herd 01241: and their soul 05315 shall be as a watered 07302 garden 01588; and they shall not sorrow 01669 any more 03254 at all.
13 Then shall the virgin 01330 rejoice 08055 in the dance 04234, both young men 0970 and old 02205 together 03162: for I will turn 02015 their mourning 060 into joy 08342, and will comfort 05162 them, and make them rejoice 08055 from their sorrow 03015.
14 And I will abundantly satisfy 07301 the soul 05315 of the priests 03548 with fatness 01880, and my people 05971 shall be satisfied 07646 with my goodness 02898, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
15 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; A voice 06963 was heard 08085 in Ramah 07414, lamentation 05092, and bitter 08563 weeping 01065; Rachel 07354 weeping 01058 for her children 01121 refused 03985 to be comforted 05162 for her children 01121, because they were not.
16 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Restrain 04513 thy voice 06963 from weeping 01065, and thy eyes 05869 from tears 01832: for thy work 06468 shall be 03426 rewarded 07939, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and they shall come again 07725 from the land 0776 of the enemy 0341.
17 And there is 03426 hope 08615 in thy end 0319, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that thy children 01121 shall come again 07725 to their own border 01366.
18 I have surely 08085 heard 08085 Ephraim 0669 bemoaning 05110 himself thus; Thou hast chastised 03256 me, and I was chastised 03256, as a bull 05695 unaccustomed 03808, 3925 to the yoke: turn 07725 thou me, and I shall be turned 07725; for thou art the LORD 03068 my God 0430.
19 Surely after 0310 I was turned 07725, I repented 05162; and after 0310 I was instructed 03045, I smote 05606 upon my thigh 03409: I was ashamed 0954, and even confounded 03637, because I bore 05375 the reproach 02781 of my youth 05271.
20 Is Ephraim 0669 my dear 03357 son 01121? is he a pleasant 08191 child 03206? for since 01767 I spoke 01696 against him, I do earnestly 02142 remember 02142 him still: therefore my heart 04578 is troubled 01993 for him; I will surely 07355 have mercy 07355 upon him, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. are…: Heb. sound
21 Set thee up 05324 waymarks 06725, make 07760 thee high heaps 08564: set 07896 thy heart 03820 toward the highway 04546, even the way 01870 which thou wentest 01980: turn again 07725, O virgin 01330 of Israel 03478, turn again 07725 to these thy cities 05892.
22 How long wilt thou wander about 02559, O thou backsliding 07728 daughter 01323? for the LORD 03068 hath created 01254 a new thing 02319 in the earth 0776, A woman 05347 shall encompass 05437 a man 01397.
23 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; As yet they shall use 0559 this speech 01697 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063 and in its cities 05892, when I shall bring again 07725 their captives 07622; The LORD 03068 bless 01288 thee, O habitation 05116 of justice 06664, mountain 02022 of holiness 06944.
24 And there shall dwell 03427 in Judah 03063 itself, and in all its cities 05892 together 03162, farmers 0406, and they that go forth 05265 with flocks 05739.
25 For I have abundantly satisfied 07301 the weary 05889 soul 05315, and I have replenished 04390 every sorrowful 01669 soul 05315.
26 Upon this I awoke 06974, and beheld 07200; and my sleep 08142 was sweet 06149 to me.
27 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will sow 02232 the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and the house 01004 of Judah 03063 with the seed 02233 of man 0120, and with the seed 02233 of beast 0929.
28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over 08245 them, to pluck up 05428, and to break down 05422, and to throw down 02040, and to destroy 06, and to afflict 07489; so will I watch over 08245 them, to build 01129, and to plant 05193, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
29 In those days 03117 they shall say 0559 no more, The fathers 01 have eaten 0398 a sour grape 01155, and the children’s 01121 teeth 08127 are set on edge 06949.
30 But every one 0376 shall die 04191 for his own iniquity 05771: every man 0120 that eateth 0398 the sour grape 01155, his teeth 08127 shall be set on edge 06949.
31 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will make 03772 a new 02319 covenant 01285 with the house 01004 of Israel 03478, and with the house 01004 of Judah 03063:
32 Not according to the covenant 01285 that I made 03772 with their fathers 01 in the day 03117 that I took 02388 them by the hand 03027 to bring them out 03318 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714; which my covenant 01285 they broke 06565, although I was an husband 01166 to them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: although…: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?
33 But this shall be the covenant 01285 that I will make 03772 with the house 01004 of Israel 03478; After 0310 those days 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, I will put 05414 my law 08451 in their inward parts 07130, and write 03789 it in their hearts 03820; and will be their God 0430, and they shall be my people 05971.
34 And they shall teach 03925 no more every man 0376 his neighbour 07453, and every man 0376 his brother 0251, saying 0559, Know 03045 the LORD 03068: for they shall all know 03045 me, from the least 06996 of them to the greatest 01419 of them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: for I will forgive 05545 their iniquity 05771, and I will remember 02142 their sin 02403 no more.
35 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, who giveth 05414 the sun 08121 for a light 0216 by day 03119, and the ordinances 02708 of the moon 03394 and of the stars 03556 for a light 0216 by night 03915, who divideth 07280 the sea 03220 when its waves 01530 roar 01993; The LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 is his name 08034:
36 If those ordinances 02706 depart 04185 from before 06440 me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, then the seed 02233 of Israel 03478 also shall cease 07673 from being a nation 01471 before 06440 me for ever 03117.
37 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; If heaven 08064 above 04605 can be measured 04058, and the foundations 04146 of the earth 0776 searched out 02713 beneath 04295, I will also cast off 03988 all the seed 02233 of Israel 03478 for all that they have done 06213, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
38 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that the city 05892 shall be built 01129 to the LORD 03068 from the tower 04026 of Hananeel 02606 to the gate 08179 of the corner 06438.
39 And the measuring 04060 line 06957, 6961 shall yet go forth 03318 straight forward over the hill 01389 Gareb 01619, and shall turn 05437 toward Goath 01601.
40 And the whole valley 06010 of the dead bodies 06297, and of the ashes 01880, and all the fields 07709, 8309 to the brook 05158 of Kidron 06939, to the corner 06438 of the horse 05483 gate 08179 toward the east 04217, shall be holy 06944 to the LORD 03068; it shall not be plucked up 05428, nor thrown down 02040 any more for ever 05769.
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068 in the tenth 06224 year 08141 of Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, which was the eighteenth 08083, 6240, 8141 year 08141 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019.
2 For then the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 army 02428 besieged 06696 Jerusalem 03389: and Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 was shut up 03607 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307, which was in the king 04428 of Judah’s 03063 house 01004.
3 For Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 had shut him up 03607, saying 0559, Why dost thou prophesy 05012, and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will give 05414 this city 05892 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall take 03920 it;
4 And Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 shall not escape 04422 from the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778, but shall surely 05414 be delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and shall speak 01696 with him mouth 06310 to mouth 06310, and his eyes 05869 shall behold 07200 his eyes 05869;
5 And he shall lead 03212 Zedekiah 06667 to Babylon 0894, and there shall he be until I visit 06485 him, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: though ye fight 03898 with the Chaldeans 03778, ye shall not prosper 06743.
6 And Jeremiah 03414 said 0559, The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,
7 Behold, Hanameel 02601 the son 01121 of Shallum 07967 thy uncle 01730 shall come 0935 to thee, saying 0559, Buy 07069 for thee my field 07704 that is in Anathoth 06068: for the right 04941 of redemption 01353 is thine to buy 07069 it.
8 So Hanameel 02601 my uncle’s 01730 son 01121 came 0935 to me in the court 02691 of the prison 04307 according to the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, and said 0559 to me, Buy 07069 my field 07704, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth 06068, which is in the country 0776 of Benjamin 01144: for the right 04941 of inheritance 03425 is thine, and the redemption 01353 is thine; buy 07069 it for thyself. Then I knew 03045 that this was the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.
9 And I bought 07069 the field 07704 of Hanameel 02601 my uncle’s 01730 son 01121, that was in Anathoth 06068, and weighed 08254 him the money 03701, even seventeen 07651, 6235 shekels 08255 of silver 03701. seventeen…: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver
10 And I signed 03789 the deed 05612, and sealed 02856 it, and took 05749 witnesses 05707, and weighed 08254 him the money 03701 in the balances 03976. subscribed…: Heb. wrote in the book
11 So I took 03947 the deed 05612 of the purchase 04736, both that which was sealed 02856 according to the law 04687 and custom 02706, and that which was open 01540:
12 And I gave 05414 the deed 05612 of the purchase 04736 to Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374, the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04271, in the sight 05869 of Hanameel 02601 my uncle’s 01730 son, and in the presence 05869 of the witnesses 05707 that signed 03789 the deed 05612 of the purchase 04736, before 05869 all the Jews 03064 that sat 03427 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307.
13 And I charged 06680 Baruch 01263 before 05869 them, saying 0559,
14 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Take 03947 these deeds 05612, this deed 05612 of the purchase 04736, both that which is sealed 02856, and this deed 05612 which is open 01540; and put 05414 them in an earthen 02789 vessel 03627, that they may continue 05975 many 07227 days 03117.
15 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Houses 01004 and fields 07704 and vineyards 03754 shall be possessed again 07069 in this land 0776.
16 Now when 0310 I had delivered 05414 the deed 05612 of the purchase 04736 to Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374, I prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
17 Ah 0162 Lord 0136 GOD 03069! behold, thou hast made 06213 the heaven 08064 and the earth 0776 by thy great 01419 power 03581 and outstretched 05186 arm 02220, and there is nothing 01697 too hard 06381 for thee: too…: or, hid from thee
18 Thou showest 06213 lovingkindness 02617 to thousands 0505, and recompensest 07999 the iniquity 05771 of the fathers 01 into the bosom 02436 of their children 01121 after 0310 them: the Great 01419, the Mighty 01368 God 0410, the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, is his name 08034,
19 Great 01419 in counsel 06098, and mighty 07227 in work 05950: for thy eyes 05869 are open 06491 upon all the ways 01870 of the sons 01121 of men 0120: to give 05414 every one 0376 according to his ways 01870, and according to the fruit 06529 of his doings 04611: work: Heb. doing
20 Who hast set 07760 signs 0226 and wonders 04159 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, even to this day 03117, and in Israel 03478, and among other men 0120; and hast made 06213 thee a name 08034, as at this day 03117;
21 And hast brought forth 03318 thy people 05971 Israel 03478 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 with signs 0226, and with wonders 04159, and with a strong 02389 hand 03027, and with an outstretched 05186 arm 0248, and with great 01419 terror 04172;
22 And hast given 05414 them this land 0776, which thou didst swear 07650 to their fathers 01 to give 05414 them, a land 0776 flowing 02100 with milk 02461 and honey 01706;
23 And they came in 0935, and possessed 03423 it; but they obeyed 08085 not thy voice 06963, neither walked 01980 in thy law 08451; they have done 06213 nothing of all that thou didst command 06680 them to do 06213: therefore thou hast caused all this evil 07451 to come 07122 upon them:
24 Behold the mounts 05550, they are come 0935 to the city 05892 to take 03920 it; and the city 05892 is given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778, that fight 03898 against it, because 06440 of the sword 02719, and of the famine 07458, and of the pestilence 01698: and what thou hast spoken 01696 is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest 07200 it. mounts: or, engines of shot
25 And thou hast said 0559 to me, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, Buy 07069 thee the field 07704 for money 03701, and take 05749 witnesses 05707; for the city 05892 is given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778. for the: or, though the
26 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
27 Behold, I am the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of all flesh 01320: is there any thing 01697 too hard 06381 for me?
28 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will give 05414 this city 05892 into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778, and into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall take 03920 it:
29 And the Chaldeans 03778, that fight 03898 against this city 05892, shall come 0935 and set 03341 fire 0784 on this city 05892, and burn 08313 it with the houses 01004, upon whose roofs 01406 they have offered incense 06999 to Baal 01168, and poured out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to other 0312 gods 0430, to provoke me to anger 03707.
30 For the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and the children 01121 of Judah 03063 have done 06213 evil 07451 only before 05869 me from their youth 05271: for the children 01121 of Israel 03478 have only provoked me to anger 03707 with the work 04639 of their hands 03027, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
31 For this city 05892 hath been to me as a provocation of my anger 0639 and of my fury 02534 from the day 03117 that they built 01129 it even to this day 03117; that I should remove 05493 it from before my face 06440, a provocation…: Heb. for my anger
32 Because of all the evil 07451 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and of the children 01121 of Judah 03063, which they have done 06213 to provoke me to anger 03707, they, their kings 04428, their princes 08269, their priests 03548, and their prophets 05030, and the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389.
33 And they have turned 06437 to me the back 06203, and not the face 06440: though I taught 03925 them, rising early 07925 and teaching 03925 them, yet they have not hearkened 08085 to receive 03947 instruction 04148. back: Heb. neck
34 But they set 07760 their abominations 08251 in the house 01004, which is called 07121 by my name 08034, to defile 02930 it.
35 And they built 01129 the high places 01116 of Baal 01168, which are in the valley 01516 of the son 01121 of Hinnom 02011, to cause their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323 to pass 05674 through the fire to Molech 04432; which I commanded 06680 them not, neither came 05927 it into my mind 03820, that they should do 06213 this abomination 08441, to cause Judah 03063 to sin 02398.
36 And now therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, concerning this city 05892, of which ye say 0559, It shall be delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 by the sword 02719, and by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698;
37 Behold, I will gather them out 06908 of all countries 0776, where I have driven 05080 them in my anger 0639, and in my fury 02534, and in great 01419 wrath 07110; and I will bring them again 07725 to this place 04725, and I will cause them to dwell 03427 in safety 0983:
38 And they shall be my people 05971, and I will be their God 0430:
39 And I will give 05414 them one 0259 heart 03820, and one 0259 way 01870, that they may fear 03372 me for ever 03117, for the good 02896 of them, and of their children 01121 after 0310 them: for ever: Heb. all days
40 And I will make 03772 an everlasting 05769 covenant 01285 with them, that I will not turn away 07725 from them 0310, to do them good 03190; but I will put 05414 my fear 03374 in their hearts 03824, that they shall not depart 05493 from me. from them: Heb. from after them
41 Yea, I will rejoice 07797 over them to do them good 02895, and I will plant 05193 them in this land 0776 assuredly 0571 with my whole heart 03820 and with my whole soul 05315. assuredly: Heb. in truth, or, stability
42 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; As I have brought 0935 all this great 01419 evil 07451 upon this people 05971, so will I bring 0935 upon them all the good 02896 that I have promised 01696 them.
43 And fields 07704 shall be bought 07069 in this land 0776, of which ye say 0559, It is desolate 08077 without man 0120 or beast 0929; it is given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778.
44 Men shall buy 07069 fields 07704 for money 03701, and sign 03789 deeds 05612, and seal 02856 them, and take 05749 witnesses 05707 in the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, and in the places about 05439 Jerusalem 03389, and in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and in the cities 05892 of the mountains 02022, and in the cities 05892 of the valley 08219, and in the cities 05892 of the south 05045: for I will cause their captives 07622 to return 07725, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
1 Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414 the second 08145 time, while he was yet shut up 06113 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 the maker 06213 of this, the LORD 03068 that formed 03335 it, to establish 03559 it; the LORD 03068 is his name 08034; the LORD is: or, JEHOVAH, etc
3 Call 07121 to me, and I will answer 06030 thee, and show 05046 thee great 01419 and mighty things 01219, which thou knowest 03045 not. mighty: or, hidden
4 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, concerning the houses 01004 of this city 05892, and concerning the houses 01004 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, which are thrown down 05422 by the mounts 05550, and by the sword 02719;
5 They come 0935 to fight 03898 with the Chaldeans 03778, but it is to fill 04390 them with the dead bodies 06297 of men 0120, whom I have slain 05221 in my anger 0639 and in my fury 02534, and for all whose wickedness 07451 I have hid 05641 my face 06440 from this city 05892.
6 Behold, I will bring 05927 it health 0724 and cure 04832, and I will cure 07495 them, and will reveal 01540 to them the abundance 06283 of peace 07965 and truth 0571.
7 And I will cause the captives 07622 of Judah 03063 and the captives 07622 of Israel 03478 to return 07725, and will build 01129 them, as at the first 07223.
8 And I will cleanse 02891 them from all their iniquity 05771, by which they have sinned 02398 against me; and I will pardon 05545 all their iniquities 05771, by which they have sinned 02398, and by which they have transgressed 06586 against me.
9 And it shall be to me a name 08034 of joy 08342, a praise 08416 and an honour 08597 before all the nations 01471 of the earth 0776, which shall hear 08085 all the good 02896 that I do 06213 for them: and they shall fear 06342 and tremble 07264 for all the goodness 02896 and for all the prosperity 07965 that I procure 06213 for it.
10 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Again there shall be heard 08085 in this place 04725, which ye say 0559 shall be desolate 02720 without man 0120 and without beast 0929, even in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389, that are desolate 08074, without man 0120, and without inhabitant 03427, and without beast 0929,
11 The voice 06963 of joy 08342, and the voice 06963 of gladness 08057, the voice 06963 of the bridegroom 02860, and the voice 06963 of the bride 03618, the voice 06963 of them that shall say 0559, Praise 03034 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635: for the LORD 03068 is good 02896; for his mercy 02617 endureth for ever 05769: and of them that shall bring 0935 the sacrifice of praise 08426 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. For I will cause to return 07725 the captives 07622 of the land 0776, as at the first 07223, saith 0559 the LORD 03068.
12 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Again in this place 04725, which is desolate 02720 without man 0120 and without beast 0929, and in all its cities 05892, shall be an habitation 05116 of shepherds 07462 causing their flocks 06629 to lie down 07257.
13 In the cities 05892 of the mountains 02022, in the cities 05892 of the vale 08219, and in the cities 05892 of the south 05045, and in the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, and in the places about 05439 Jerusalem 03389, and in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, shall the flocks 06629 pass again 05674 under the hands 03027 of him that counteth 04487 them, saith 0559 the LORD 03068.
14 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will perform 06965 that good 02896 thing 01697 which I have promised 01696 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and to the house 01004 of Judah 03063.
15 In those days 03117, and at that time 06256, will I cause the Branch 06780 of righteousness 06666 to grow up 06779 to David 01732; and he shall execute 06213 judgment 04941 and righteousness 06666 in the land 0776.
16 In those days 03117 shall Judah 03063 be saved 03467, and Jerusalem 03389 shall dwell 07931 in safety 0983: and this is the name by which she shall be called 07121, The LORD our righteousness 03072. The LORD…: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu
17 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; David 01732 shall never 03808 lack 03772 a man 0376 to sit 03427 upon the throne 03678 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478; David…: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David
18 Neither shall the priests 03548 the Levites 03881 lack 03772 a man 0376 before 06440 me to offer 05927 burnt offerings 05930, and to kindle 06999 meat offerings 04503, and to offer 06213 sacrifice 02077 continually 03117.
19 And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
20 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; If ye can break 06565 my covenant 01285 of the day 03117, and my covenant 01285 of the night 03915, so that there should not be day 03119 and night 03915 in their season 06256;
21 Then also may my covenant 01285 be broken 06565 with David 01732 my servant 05650, that he should not have a son 01121 to reign 04427 upon his throne 03678; and with the Levites 03881 the priests 03548, my ministers 08334.
22 As the host 06635 of heaven 08064 cannot be numbered 05608, neither the sand 02344 of the sea 03220 measured 04058: so will I multiply 07235 the seed 02233 of David 01732 my servant 05650, and the Levites 03881 that minister 08334 to me.
23 Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
24 Considerest 07200 thou not what this people 05971 have spoken 01696, saying 0559, The two 08147 families 04940 which the LORD 03068 hath chosen 0977, he hath even cast them off 03988? thus they have despised 05006 my people 05971, that they should be no more a nation 01471 before 06440 them.
25 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; If my covenant 01285 is not with day 03119 and night 03915, and if I have not appointed 07760 the ordinances 02708 of heaven 08064 and earth 0776;
26 Then 01571 will I cast away 03988 the seed 02233 of Jacob 03290, and David 01732 my servant 05650, so that I will not take 03947 any of his seed 02233 to be rulers 04910 over the seed 02233 of Abraham 085, Isaac 03446, and Jacob 03290: for I will cause their captives 07622 to return 07725, and have mercy 07355 on them.
1 The word 01697 which came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, when Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and all his army 02428, and all the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776 of his dominion 03027, 4475, and all the people 05971, fought 03898 against Jerusalem 03389, and against all its cities 05892, saying 0559, of his…: Heb. the dominion of his hand
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Go 01980 and speak 0559 to Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and tell 0559 him, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will give 05414 this city 05892 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall burn 08313 it with fire 0784:
3 And thou shalt not escape from 04422 his hand 03027, but shalt surely 08610 be taken 08610, and delivered 05414 into his hand 03027; and thy eyes 05869 shall behold 07200 the eyes 05869 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall speak 01696 with thee mouth 06310 to mouth 06310, and thou shalt go 0935 to Babylon 0894. he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth
4 Yet hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, O Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063; Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning thee, Thou shalt not die 04191 by the sword 02719:
5 But thou shalt die 04191 in peace 07965: and with the burnings 04955 of thy fathers 01, the former 07223 kings 04428 who were before 06440 thee, so shall they burn 08313 incense for thee; and they will lament 05594 thee, saying, Ah 01945 lord 0113! for I have pronounced 01696 the word 01697, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
6 Then Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 spoke 01696 all these words 01697 to Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 in Jerusalem 03389,
7 When the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 army 02428 fought 03898 against Jerusalem 03389, and against all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 that were left 03498, against Lachish 03923, and against Azekah 05825: for these fortified 04013 cities 05892 remained 07604 of the cities 05892 of Judah 03063.
8 This is the word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, after 0310 king 04428 Zedekiah 06667 had made 03772 a covenant 01285 with all the people 05971 who were at Jerusalem 03389, to proclaim 07121 liberty 01865 to them;
9 That every man 0376 should release 07971, 2670 his male servant 05650, and every man 0376 his female servant 08198, being a Hebrew man 05680 or woman 05680; that none should retain 05647 them in service, that is, a Jew 03064 his brother 0251.
10 Now when all the princes 08269, and all the people 05971, who had entered 0935 into the covenant 01285, heard 08085 that every one 0376 should release 07971, 2670 his male servants 05650, and every one 0376 his female servants 08198, that none should retain 05647 them in service any more, then they obeyed 08085, and let them go 07971.
11 But afterwards 0310 they turned 07725, and caused the male 05650 and female servants 08198, whom they had released 07971, 2670 to return 07725, and brought them into subjection 03533 for male 05650 and female servants 08198.
12 Therefore the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
13 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; I made 03772 a covenant 01285 with your fathers 01 in the day 03117 that I brought them forth 03318 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, out of the house 01004 of bondage 05650, saying 0559,
14 At the end 07093 of seven 07651 years 08141 release ye 07971 every man 0376 his brother 0251 an Hebrew 05680, who hath been sold 04376 to thee; and when he hath served 05647 thee six 08337 years 08141, thou shalt let him go 07971 free 02670 from thee: but your fathers 01 hearkened 08085 not to me, neither inclined 05186 their ear 0241. hath been…: or, hath sold himself
15 And ye had now 03117 turned 07725, and had done 06213 right 03477 in my sight 05869, in proclaiming 07121 liberty 01865 every man 0376 to his neighbour 07453; and ye had made 03772 a covenant 01285 before 06440 me in the house 01004 which is called 07121 by my name 08034: now: Heb. to daywhich…: Heb. whereupon my name is called
16 But ye turned 07725 and profaned 02490 my name 08034, and caused every man 0376 his male servant 05650, and every man 0376 his female servant 08198, whom he had set 07971 at liberty 02670 at their pleasure 05315, to return 07725, and brought them into subjection 03533, to be to you for male 05650 and female servants 08198.
17 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Ye have not hearkened 08085 to me, in proclaiming 07121 liberty 01865, every one 0376 to his brother 0251, and every man 0376 to his neighbour 07453: behold, I proclaim 07121 a liberty 01865 for you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, to the sword 02719, to the pestilence 01698, and to the famine 07458; and I will make 05414 you to be removed 02189, 2113 into all the kingdoms 04467 of the earth 0776. to be…: Heb. for a removing
18 And I will give 05414 the men 0582 that have transgressed 05674 my covenant 01285, who have not performed 06965 the words 01697 of the covenant 01285 which they had made 03772 before 06440 me, when they cut 03772 the calf 05695 in two 08147, and passed 05674 between the parts 01335 of it,
19 The princes 08269 of Judah 03063, and the princes 08269 of Jerusalem 03389, the eunuchs 05631, and the priests 03548, and all the people 05971 of the land 0776, who passed 05674 between the parts 01335 of the calf 05695;
20 I will even give 05414 them into the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341, and into the hand 03027 of them that seek 01245 their life 05315: and their dead bodies 05038 shall be for food 03978 to the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064, and to the beasts 0929 of the earth 0776.
21 And Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 and his princes 08269 I will give 05414 into the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341, and into the hand 03027 of them that seek 01245 their life 05315, and into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 army 02428, which are gone up 05927 from you.
22 Behold, I will command 06680, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and cause them to return 07725 to this city 05892; and they shall fight 03898 against it, and take 03920 it, and burn 08313 it with fire 0784: and I will make 05414 the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 a desolation 08077 without an inhabitant 03427.
1 The word 01697 which came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068 in the days 03117 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, saying 0559,
2 Go 01980 to the house 01004 of the Rechabites 07397, and speak 01696 to them, and bring 0935 them into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, into one 0259 of the chambers 03957, and give them wine 03196 to drink 08248.
3 Then I took 03947 Jaazaniah 02970 the son 01121 of Jeremiah 03414, the son 01121 of Habaziniah 02262, and his brethren 0251, and all his sons 01121, and the whole house 01004 of the Rechabites 07397;
4 And I brought 0935 them into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, into the chamber 03957 of the sons 01121 of Hanan 02605, the son 01121 of Igdaliah 03012, a man 0376 of God 0430, who was by 0681 the chamber 03957 of the princes 08269, which was above 04605 the chamber 03957 of Maaseiah 04641 the son 01121 of Shallum 07967, the keeper 08104 of the door 05592: door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel
5 And I set 05414 before 06440 the sons 01121 of the house 01004 of the Rechabites 07397 pots 01375 full 04392 of wine 03196, and cups 03563, and I said 0559 to them, Drink 08354 ye wine 03196.
6 But they said 0559, We will drink 08354 no wine 03196: for Jonadab 03122 the son 01121 of Rechab 07394 our father 01 commanded 06680 us, saying 0559, Ye shall drink 08354 no wine 03196, neither ye, nor your sons 01121 for 05704 ever 05769:
7 Neither shall ye build 01129 house 01004, nor sow 02232 seed 02233, nor plant 05193 vineyard 03754, nor have any: but all your days 03117 ye shall dwell 03427 in tents 0168; that ye may live 02421 many 07227 days 03117 in 06440 the land 0127 where ye are strangers 01481.
8 Thus have we obeyed 08085 the voice 06963 of Jonadab 03082 the son 01121 of Rechab 07394 our father 01 in all that he hath charged 06680 us, to drink 08354 no wine 03196 all our days 03117, we, our wives 0802, our sons 01121, nor our daughters 01323;
9 Nor to build 01129 houses 01004 for us to dwell in 03427: neither have we vineyard 03754, nor field 07704, nor seed 02233:
10 But we have dwelt in 03427 tents 0168, and have obeyed 08085, and done 06213 according to all that Jonadab 03122 our father 01 commanded 06680 us.
11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 came up 05927 into the land 0776, that we said 0559, Come 0935, and let us go 0935 to Jerusalem 03389 for fear 06440 of the army 02428 of the Chaldeans 03778, and for fear 06440 of the army 02428 of the Syrians 0758: so we dwell 03427 at Jerusalem 03389.
12 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
13 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Go 01980 and tell 0559 the men 0376 of Judah 03063 and the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, Will ye not receive 03947 instruction 04148 to hearken 08085 to my words 01697? saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
14 The words 01697 of Jonadab 03082 the son 01121 of Rechab 07394, that he commanded 06680 his sons 01121 not to drink 08354 wine 03196, are performed 06965; for to this day 03117 they drink 08354 none, but obey 08085 their father’s 01 commandment 04687: however I have spoken 01696 to you, rising early 07925 and speaking 01696; but ye hearkened 08085 not to me.
15 I have sent 07971 also to you all my servants 05650 the prophets 05030, rising early 07925 and sending 07971 them, saying 0559, Return 07725 ye now every man 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870, and amend 03190 your doings 04611, and go 03212 not after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 to serve 05647 them, and ye shall dwell in 03427 the land 0127 which I have given 05414 to you and to your fathers 01: but ye have not inclined 05186 your ear 0241, nor hearkened 08085 to me.
16 Because the sons 01121 of Jonadab 03082 the son 01121 of Rechab 07394 have performed 06965 the commandment 04687 of their father 01, which he commanded 06680 them; but this people 05971 hath not hearkened 08085 to me:
17 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will bring 0935 upon Judah 03063 and upon all the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 all the evil 07451 that I have pronounced 01696 against them: because I have spoken 01696 to them, but they have not heard 08085; and I have called 07121 to them, but they have not answered 06030.
18 And Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to the house 01004 of the Rechabites 07397, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Because ye have obeyed 08085 the commandment 04687 of Jonadab 03082 your father 01, and kept 08104 all his precepts 04687, and done 06213 according to all that he hath commanded 06680 you:
19 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Jonadab 03122 the son 01121 of Rechab 07394 shall not lack 03772 a man 0376 to stand 05975 before 06440 me for ever 03117. Jonadab…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand, etc
1 And it came to pass in the fourth 07243 year 08141 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, that this word 01697 came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, saying 0559,
2 Take 03947 thee a scroll 04039 of a book 05612, and write 03789 in it all the words 01697 that I have spoken 01696 to thee against Israel 03478, and against Judah 03063, and against all the nations 01471, from the day 03117 I spoke 01696 to thee, from the days 03117 of Josiah 02977, even to this day 03117.
3 It may be that the house 01004 of Judah 03063 will hear 08085 all the evil 07451 which I purpose 02803 to do 06213 to them; that they may return 07725 every man 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870; that I may forgive 05545 their iniquity 05771 and their sin 02403.
4 Then Jeremiah 03414 called 07121 Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374: and Baruch 01263 wrote 03789 from the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414 all the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, which he had spoken 01696 to him, upon a scroll 04039 of a book 05612.
5 And Jeremiah 03414 commanded 06680 Baruch 01263, saying 0559, I am shut up 06113; I cannot 03201 go 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068:
6 Therefore go 0935 thou, and read 07121 in the scroll 04039, which thou hast written 03789 from my mouth 06310, the words 01697 of the LORD 03068 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971 in the LORD’S 03068 house 01004 upon the day 03117 of fasting 06685: and also thou shalt read 07121 them in the ears 0241 of all Judah 03063 that come out 0935 of their cities 05892.
7 It may be they will present 05307 their supplication 08467 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and will return 07725 every one 0376 from his evil 07451 way 01870: for great 01419 is the anger 0639 and the fury 02534 that the LORD 03068 hath pronounced 01696 against this people 05971. they…: Heb. their supplication shall fail
8 And Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374 did 06213 according to all that Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 commanded 06680 him, reading 07121 in the book 05612 the words 01697 of the LORD 03068 in the LORD’S 03068 house 01004.
9 And it came to pass in the fifth 02549 year 08141 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, in the ninth 08671 month 02320, that they proclaimed 07121 a fast 06685 before 06440 the LORD 03068 to all the people 05971 in Jerusalem 03389, and to all the people 05971 that came 0935 from the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 to Jerusalem 03389.
10 Then Baruch 01263 read 07121 in the book 05612 the words 01697 of Jeremiah 03414 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, in the chamber 03957 of Gemariah 01587 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227 the scribe 05608, in the higher 05945 court 02691, at the entrance 06607 of the new 02319 gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, in the ears 0241 of all the people 05971. entry: or, door
11 When Michaiah 04321 the son 01121 of Gemariah 01587, the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, had heard 08085 out of the book 05612 all the words 01697 of the LORD 03068,
12 Then he went down 03381 into the king’s 04428 house 01004, into the scribe’s 05608 chamber 03957: and, lo, all the princes 08269 sat 03427 there, even Elishama 0476 the scribe 05608, and Delaiah 01806 the son 01121 of Shemaiah 08098, and Elnathan 0494 the son 01121 of Achbor 05907, and Gemariah 01587 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, and Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Hananiah 02608, and all the princes 08269.
13 Then Michaiah 04321 declared 05046 to them all the words 01697 that he had heard 08085, when Baruch 01263 read 07121 the book 05612 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971.
14 Therefore all the princes 08269 sent 07971 Jehudi 03065 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, the son 01121 of Shelemiah 08018, the son 01121 of Cushi 03570, to Baruch 01263, saying 0559, Take 03947 in thy hand 03027 the scroll 04039 in which thou hast read 07121 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971, and come 03212. So Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374 took 03947 the scroll 04039 in his hand 03027, and came 0935 to them.
15 And they said 0559 to him, Sit down 03427 now, and read 07121 it in our ears 0241. So Baruch 01263 read 07121 it in their ears 0241.
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard 08085 all the words 01697, they were afraid 06342 both 0413 one 0376 and another 07453, and said 0559 to Baruch 01263, We will surely 05046 tell 05046 the king 04428 of all these words 01697.
17 And they asked 07592 Baruch 01263, saying 0559, Tell 05046 us now, How didst thou write 03789 all these words 01697 at his mouth 06310?
18 Then Baruch 01263 answered 0559 them, He pronounced 07121 all these words 01697 to me with his mouth 06310, and I wrote 03789 them with ink 01773 in the book 05612.
19 Then said 0559 the princes 08269 to Baruch 01263, Go 03212, hide 05641 thyself, thou and Jeremiah 03414; and let no man 0376 know 03045 where 0375 ye are.
20 And they went in 0935 to the king 04428 into the court 02691, but they laid up 06485 the scroll 04039 in the chamber 03957 of Elishama 0476 the scribe 05608, and told 05046 all the words 01697 in the ears 0241 of the king 04428.
21 So the king 04428 sent 07971 Jehudi 03065 to bring 03947 the scroll 04039: and he took 03947 it out of the chamber 03957 of Elishama 0476 the scribe 05608. And Jehudi 03065 read 07121 it in the ears 0241 of the king 04428, and in the ears 0241 of all the princes 08269 who stood 05975 beside 05921 the king 04428.
22 Now the king 04428 sat 03427 in the winterhouse 01004, 2779 in the ninth 08671 month 02320: and there was a fire on the hearth 0254 burning 01197 before 06440 him.
23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi 03065 had read 07121 three 07969 or four 0702 leaves 01817, he cut 07167 it with the scribe’s penknife 08593, 5608, and cast 07993 it into the fire 0784 that was on the hearth 0254, until all the roll 04039 was consumed 08552 in the fire 0784 that was on the hearth 0254.
24 Yet they were not afraid 06342, nor tore 07167 their garments 0899, neither the king 04428, nor any of his servants 05650 that heard 08085 all these words 01697.
25 Nevertheless Elnathan 0494 and Delaiah 01806 and Gemariah 01587 had made intercession 06293 to the king 04428 that he would not burn 08313 the scroll 04039: but he would not hear 08085 them.
26 But the king 04428 commanded 06680 Jerahmeel 03396 the son 01121 of Hammelech 04429, and Seraiah 08304 the son 01121 of Azriel 05837, and Shelemiah 08018 the son 01121 of Abdeel 05655, to take 03947 Baruch 01263 the scribe 05608 and Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030: but the LORD 03068 hid 05641 them. of Hammelech: or, of the king
27 Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414, after 0310 that the king 04428 had burned 08313 the scroll 04039, and the words 01697 which Baruch 01263 wrote 03789 at the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
28 Take 03947 thee again 07725 another 0312 scroll 04039, and write 03789 in it all the former 07223 words 01697 that were in the first 07223 scroll 04039, which Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063 hath burned 08313.
29 And thou shalt say 0559 to Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Thou hast burned 08313 this scroll 04039, saying 0559, Why hast thou written 03789 in it, saying 0559, The king 04428 of Babylon 0894 shall certainly 0935 come 0935 and destroy 07843 this land 0776, and shall cause to cease 07673 from there man 0120 and beast 0929?
30 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 concerning Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063; He shall have none to sit 03427 upon the throne 03678 of David 01732: and his dead body 05038 shall be cast out 07993 in the day 03117 to the heat 02721, and in the night 03915 to the frost 07140.
31 And I will punish 06485 him and his seed 02233 and his servants 05650 for their iniquity 05771; and I will bring 0935 upon them, and upon the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, and upon the men 0376 of Judah 03063, all the evil 07451 that I have pronounced 01696 against them; but they hearkened 08085 not. punish: Heb. visit upon
32 Then Jeremiah 03414 took 03947 another 0312 scroll 04039, and gave 05414 it to Baruch 01263 the scribe 05608, the son 01121 of Neriah 05374; who wrote 03789 in it from the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414 all the words 01697 of the book 05612 which Jehoiakim 03079 king 04428 of Judah 03063 had burned 08313 in the fire 0784: and there were besides added 03254 to them many 07227 like 01992 words 01697. like: Heb. as they
1 And king 04428 Zedekiah 06667 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 reigned 04427 instead of Coniah 03659 the son 01121 of Jehoiakim 03079, whom Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 made king 04427 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063.
2 But neither he, nor his servants 05650, nor the people 05971 of the land 0776, hearkened 08085 to the words 01697 of the LORD 03068, which he spoke 01696 by 03027 the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414. by…: Heb. by the hand of the prophet
3 And Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 sent 07971 Jehucal 03081 the son 01121 of Shelemiah 08018 and Zephaniah 06846 the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04641 the priest 03548 to the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559, Pray 06419 now to the LORD 03068 our God 0430 for us.
4 Now Jeremiah 03414 came in 0935 and went out 03318 among 08432 the people 05971: for they had not put 05414 him into prison 01004, 3628.
5 Then Pharaoh’s 06547 army 02428 had come 03318 from Egypt 04714: and when the Chaldeans 03778 that besieged 06696 Jerusalem 03389 heard 08085 tidings 08088 of them, they departed 05927 from Jerusalem 03389.
6 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to the prophet 05030 Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
7 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Thus shall ye say 0559 to the king 04428 of Judah 03063, that sent 07971 you to me to enquire 01875 of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s 06547 army 02428, which hath come forth 03318 to help 05833 you, shall return 07725 to Egypt 04714 into their own land 0776.
8 And the Chaldeans 03778 shall come again 07725, and fight 03898 against this city 05892, and take 03920 it, and burn 08313 it with fire 0784.
9 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Deceive 05377 not yourselves 05315, saying 0559, The Chaldeans 03778 shall surely 01980 depart 03212 from us: for they shall not depart 03212. yourselves: Heb. your souls
10 For though ye had smitten 05221 the whole army 02428 of the Chaldeans 03778 that fight 03898 against you, and there remained 07604 but wounded 01856 men 0582 among them, yet should they rise up 06965 every man 0376 in his tent 0168, and burn 08313 this city 05892 with fire 0784. wounded: Heb. thrust through
11 And it came to pass, that when the army 02428 of the Chaldeans 03778 was broken up 05927 from Jerusalem 03389 for fear 06440 of Pharaoh’s 06547 army 02428, broken…: Heb. made to ascend
12 Then Jeremiah 03414 went 03318 out of Jerusalem 03389 to go 03212 into the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, to separate 02505 himself from there in the midst 08432 of the people 05971. separate…: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people
13 And when he was in the gate 08179 of Benjamin 01144, a captain 01167 of the guard 06488 was there, whose name 08034 was Irijah 03376, the son 01121 of Shelemiah 08018, the son 01121 of Hananiah 02608; and he took 08610 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, saying 0559, Thou fallest away 05307 to the Chaldeans 03778.
14 Then said 0559 Jeremiah 03414, It is false 08267; I fall not away 05307 to the Chaldeans 03778. But he hearkened 08085 not to him: so Irijah 03376 took 08610 Jeremiah 03414, and brought 0935 him to the princes 08269. false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie
15 Therefore the princes 08269 were angry 07107 with Jeremiah 03414, and beat 05221 him, and put 05414 him in prison 0612 in the house 01004 of Jonathan 03083 the scribe 05608: for they had made 06213 that the prison 03608.
16 When Jeremiah 03414 had entered 0935 into the dungeon 01004, 953, and into the cells 02588, and Jeremiah 03414 had remained 03427 there many 07227 days 03117; cabins: or, cells
17 Then Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 sent 07971, and took him out 03947: and the king 04428 asked 07592 him secretly 05643 in his house 01004, and said 0559, Is there any word 01697 from the LORD 03068? And Jeremiah 03414 said 0559, There is 03426: for, said 0559 he, thou shalt be delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894.
18 Moreover Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to king 04428 Zedekiah 06667, How have I offended 02398 against thee, or against thy servants 05650, or against this people 05971, that ye have put 05414 me in prison 01004, 3608?
19 Where are now 0346 your prophets 05030 who prophesied 05012 to you, saying 0559, The king 04428 of Babylon 0894 shall not come 0935 against you, nor against this land 0776?
20 Therefore hear 08085 now, I pray thee, O my lord 0113 the king 04428: let my supplication 08467, I pray thee, be accepted 05307 before 06440 thee; that thou cause me not to return 07725 to the house 01004 of Jonathan 03083 the scribe 05608, lest I die 04191 there. let…: Heb. let my supplication fall
21 Then Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 commanded 06680 that they should commit 06485 Jeremiah 03414 into the court 02691 of the prison 04307, and that they should give 05414 him daily 03117 a piece 03603 of bread 03899 out of the baker’s 0644 street 02351, until all the bread 03899 in the city 05892 should be consumed 08552. Thus Jeremiah 03414 remained 03427 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307.
1 Then Shephatiah 08203 the son 01121 of Mattan 04977, and Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Pashur 06583, and Jucal 03116 the son 01121 of Shelemiah 08018, and Pashur 06583 the son 01121 of Malchiah 04441, heard 08085 the words 01697 that Jeremiah 03414 had spoken 01696 to all the people 05971, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, He that remaineth 03427 in this city 05892 shall die 04191 by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698: but he that goeth forth 03318 to the Chaldeans 03778 shall live 02421; for he shall have his life 05315 for a prize 07998, and shall live 02421, 2425.
3 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, This city 05892 shall surely 05414 be given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 army 02428, which shall take 03920 it.
4 Therefore the princes 08269 said 0559 to the king 04428, We beseech thee, let this man 0376 be put to death 04191: for thus 03651 he weakeneth 07503 the hands 03027 of the men 0582 of war 04421 that remain 07604 in this city 05892, and the hands 03027 of all the people 05971, in speaking 01696 such words 01697 to them: for this man 0376 seeketh 01875 not the welfare 07965 of this people 05971, but the harm 07451. welfare: Heb. peace
5 Then Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 said 0559, Behold, he is in your hand 03027: for the king 04428 is not he that can 03201 do any thing 01697 against you.
6 Then they took 03947 Jeremiah 03414, and cast 07993 him into the dungeon 0953 of Malchiah 04441 the son 01121 of Hammelech 04428, that was in the court 02691 of the prison 04307: and they let down 07971 Jeremiah 03414 with cords 02256. And in the dungeon 0953 there was no water 04325, but mire 02916: so Jeremiah 03414 sunk 02883 in the mire 02916. of Hammelech: or, of the king
7 Now when Ebedmelech 05663 the Cushite 03569, one 0376 of the eunuchs 05631 who was in the king’s 04428 house 01004, heard 08085 that they had put 05414 Jeremiah 03414 in the dungeon 0953; the king 04428 then sitting 03427 in the gate 08179 of Benjamin 01144;
8 Ebedmelech 05663 went 03318 out of the king’s 04428 house 01004, and spoke 01696 to the king 04428, saying 0559,
9 My lord 0113 the king 04428, these men 0582 have done evil 07489 in all that they have done 06213 to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, whom they have cast 07993 into the dungeon 0953; and he is certain to die 04191 from 06440 hunger 07458 in the place 08478 where he is: for there is no more bread 03899 in the city 05892. he is like…: Heb. he will die
10 Then the king 04428 commanded 06680 Ebedmelech 05663 the Cushite 03569, saying 0559, Take 03947 from here thirty 07970 men 0582 with thee 03027, and take up 05927 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 out of the dungeon 0953, before he dieth 04191. with thee: Heb. in thine hand
11 So Ebedmelech 05663 took 03947 the men 0582 with him 03027, and went 0935 into the house 01004 of the king 04428 under the treasury 0214, and took 03947 from there old 01094 clothes 05499 and old 01094 rags 04418, and let them down 07971 by cords 02256 into the dungeon 0953 to Jeremiah 03414.
12 And Ebedmelech 05663 the Cushite 03569 said 0559 to Jeremiah 03414, Put 07760 now these old 01094 clothes 05499 and old rags 04418 under thy arms 0679, 3027 under the cords 02256. And Jeremiah 03414 did 06213 so.
13 So they drew up 04900 Jeremiah 03414 with cords 02256, and took him 05927 out of the dungeon 0953: and Jeremiah 03414 remained 03427 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307.
14 Then Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 sent 07971, and took 03947 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 to him into the third 07992 entrance 03996 that is in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and the king 04428 said 0559 to Jeremiah 03414, I will ask 07592 thee a thing 01697; hide 03582 nothing from me. third: or, principal
15 Then Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to Zedekiah 06667, If I declare 05046 it to thee, wilt thou not surely 04191 put me to death 04191? and if I give thee counsel 03289, wilt thou not hearken 08085 to me?
16 So Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 swore 07650 secretly 05643 to Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, that made 06213 us this soul 05315, I will not put thee to death 04191, neither will I give 05414 thee into the hand 03027 of these men 0582 that seek 01245 thy life 05315.
17 Then said 0559 Jeremiah 03414 to Zedekiah 06667, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; If thou wilt assuredly 03318 go forth 03318 to the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 princes 08269, then thy soul 05315 shall live 02421, and this city 05892 shall not be burned 08313 with fire 0784; and thou shalt live 02421, and thy house 01004:
18 But if thou wilt not go forth 03318 to the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 princes 08269, then shall this city 05892 be given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778, and they shall burn 08313 it with fire 0784, and thou shalt not escape from 04422 their hand 03027.
19 And Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 said 0559 to Jeremiah 03414, I am afraid 01672 of the Jews 03064 that have fallen 05307 to the Chaldeans 03778, lest they deliver 05414 me into their hand 03027, and they mock 05953 me.
20 But Jeremiah 03414 said 0559, They shall not deliver 05414 thee. Obey 08085, I beseech thee, the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, which I speak 01696 to thee: so it shall be well 03190 to thee, and thy soul 05315 shall live 02421.
21 But if thou shalt refuse 03986 to go forth 03318, this is the word 01697 that the LORD 03068 hath shown 07200 me:
22 And, behold, all the women 0802 that are left 07604 in the king 04428 of Judah’s 03063 house 01004 shall be brought forth 03318 to the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 princes 08269, and those women shall say 0559, Thy friends 0582, 7965 have set thee on 05496, and have prevailed 03201 against thee: thy feet 07272 are sunk 02883 in the mire 01206, and they are turned away 05472 back 0268. Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace
23 So they shall bring out 03318 all thy wives 0802 and thy children 01121 to the Chaldeans 03778: and thou shalt not escape out 04422 of their hand 03027, but shalt be taken 08610 by the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894: and thou shalt cause this city 05892 to be burned 08313 with fire 0784. thou shalt cause…: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc
24 Then said 0559 Zedekiah 06667 to Jeremiah 03414, Let no man 0376 know 03045 of these words 01697, and thou shalt not die 04191.
25 But if the princes 08269 hear 08085 that I have talked 01696 with thee, and they come 0935 to thee, and say 0559 to thee, Declare 05046 to us now what thou hast said 01696 to the king 04428, hide 03582 it not from us, and we will not put thee to death 04191; also what the king 04428 said 01696 to thee:
26 Then thou shalt say 0559 to them, I presented 05307 my supplication 08467 before 06440 the king 04428, that he would not cause me to return 07725 to Jonathan’s 03083 house 01004, to die 04191 there.
27 Then came 0935 all the princes 08269 to Jeremiah 03414, and asked 07592 him: and he told 05046 them according to all these words 01697 that the king 04428 had commanded 06680. So they stopped speaking 02790 with him; for the matter 01697 was not perceived 08085. they…: Heb. they were silent from him
28 So Jeremiah 03414 abode 03427 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307 until the day 03117 that Jerusalem 03389 was taken 03920: and he was there when Jerusalem 03389 was taken 03920.
1 In the ninth 08671 year 08141 of Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, in the tenth 06224 month 02320, came 0935 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 and all his army 02428 against Jerusalem 03389, and they besieged 06696 it.
2 And in the eleventh 06249, 6240 year 08141 of Zedekiah 06667, in the fourth 07243 month 02320, the ninth 08672 day of the month 02320, the city 05892 was broken up 01234.
3 And all the princes 08269 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 came in 0935, and sat 03427 in the middle 08432 gate 08179, even Nergalsharezer 05371, Samgarnebo 05562, Sarsechim 08310, Rabsaris 07249, Nergalsharezer 05371, Rabmag 07248, with all the rest 07611 of the princes 08269 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894.
4 And it came to pass, when Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 saw 07200 them, and all the men 0582 of war 04421, then they fled 01272, and went 03318 out of the city 05892 by night 03915, by the way 01870 of the king’s 04428 garden 01588, by the gate 08179 between the two walls 02346: and he went out 03318 the way 01870 of the plain 06160.
5 But the Chaldeans 03778’ army 02428 pursued 07291, 310 them, and overtook 05381 Zedekiah 06667 in the plains 06160 of Jericho 03405: and when they had taken 03947 him, they brought him 05927 to Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 to Riblah 07247 in the land 0776 of Hamath 02574, where he gave 01696 judgment 04941 upon him. gave…: Heb. spake with him judgments
6 Then the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 slew 07819 the sons 01121 of Zedekiah 06667 in Riblah 07247 before his eyes 05869: also the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 slew 07819 all the nobles 02715 of Judah 03063.
7 Moreover he put out 05786 Zedekiah’s 06667 eyes 05869, and bound 0631 him with chains 05178, to carry 0935 him to Babylon 0894. with…: Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters
8 And the Chaldeans 03778 burned 08313 the king’s 04428 house 01004, and the houses 01004 of the people 05971, with fire 0784, and broke down 05422 the walls 02346 of Jerusalem 03389.
9 Then Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 carried away captive 01540 into Babylon 0894 the remnant 03499 of the people 05971 that remained 07604 in the city 05892, and those that fell away 05307, that fell 05307 to him, with the rest 03499 of the people 05971 that remained 07604. captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen
10 But Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 left 07604 of the poor 01800 of the people 05971, who had nothing 03972, in the land 0776 of Judah 03063, and gave 05414 them vineyards 03754 and fields 03010 at the same time 03117. captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermenat the…: Heb. in that day
11 Now Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 gave charge 06680 concerning Jeremiah 03414 to 03027 Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876, saying 0559, to: Heb. by the hand ofcaptain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen
12 Take 03947 him, and look well 05869, 7760 to him, and do 06213 him no harm 03972, 7451; but do 06213 to him even as he shall say 01696 to thee. look…: Heb. set thine eyes upon him
13 So Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 sent 07971, and Nebushasban 05021, Rabsaris 07249, and Nergalsharezer 05371, Rabmag 07248, and all the king 04428 of Babylon’s 0894 princes 07227; captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen
14 Even they sent 07971, and took 03947 Jeremiah 03414 out of the court 02691 of the prison 04307, and committed 05414 him to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, that he should carry 03318 him home 01004: so he dwelt 03427 among 08432 the people 05971.
15 Now the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414, while he was shut up 06113 in the court 02691 of the prison 04307, saying 0559,
16 Go 01980 and speak 0559 to Ebedmelech 05663 the Cushite 03569, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will bring 0935 my words 01697 upon this city 05892 for evil 07451, and not for good 02896; and they shall be accomplished in that day 03117 before 06440 thee.
17 But I will deliver 05337 thee in that day 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: and thou shalt not be given 05414 into the hand 03027 of the men 0582 of whom 06440 thou art afraid 03016.
18 For I will surely 04422 deliver 04422 thee, and thou shalt not fall 05307 by the sword 02719, but thy life 05315 shall be for a prize 07998 to thee: because thou hast put thy trust 0982 in me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
1 The word 01697 which came to Jeremiah 03414 from the LORD 03068, after 0310 that Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 had let him go 07971 from Ramah 07414, when he had taken 03947 him being bound 0631 in chains 0246 among 08432 all that were carried away captive 01546 of Jerusalem 03389 and Judah 03063, who were carried away captive 01540 to Babylon 0894. chains: or, manicles
2 And the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 took 03947 Jeremiah 03414, and said 0559 to him, The LORD 03068 thy God 0430 hath pronounced 01696 this evil 07451 upon this place 04725.
3 Now the LORD 03068 hath brought 0935 it, and done 06213 according as he hath said 01696: because ye have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068, and have not obeyed 08085 his voice 06963, therefore this thing 01697 is come upon you.
4 And now, behold, I loose 06605 thee this day 03117 from the chains 0246 which were upon thy hand 03027. If it seemeth good 02896, 5869 to thee to come 0935 with me into Babylon 0894, come 0935; and I will look well 07760, 5869 to thee: but if it seemeth ill 07489, 5869 to thee to come 0935 with me into Babylon 0894, forbear 02308: behold 07200, all the land 0776 is before 06440 thee: where it seemeth 0413 good 02896 and convenient 03477, 5869 for thee to go 03212, there go 03212. were…: or, are upon thine handI will…: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee
5 Now while he had not yet gone back 07725, he said, Go back 07725 also to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, whom the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 had made governor 06485 over the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and dwell 03427 with him among 08432 the people 05971: or go 03212 wherever it seemeth convenient 03477, 5869 to thee to go 03212. So the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 gave 05414 him provisions 0737 and a reward 04864, and let him go 07971.
6 Then Jeremiah 03414 went 0935 to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 to Mizpah 04708; and dwelt 03427 with him among 08432 the people 05971 that were left 07604 in the land 0776.
7 Now when all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 who were in the fields 07704, even they and their men 0582, heard 08085 that the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 had made Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 governor 06485 in the land 0776, and had committed 06485 to him men 0582, and women 0802, and children 02945, and of the poor 01803 of the land 0776, of them that were not carried away captive 01540 to Babylon 0894;
8 Then they came 0935 to Gedaliah 01436 to Mizpah 04708, even Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, and Johanan 03110 and Jonathan 03129 the sons 01121 of Kareah 07143, and Seraiah 08304 the son 01121 of Tanhumeth 08576, and the sons 01121 of Ephai 05778 the Netophathite 05200, and Jezaniah 03153 the son 01121 of a Maachathite 04602, they and their men 0582.
9 And Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227 swore 07650 to them and to their men 0582, saying 0559, Fear 03372 not to serve 05647 the Chaldeans 03778: dwell in 03427 the land 0776, and serve 05647 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and it shall be well 03190 with you.
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell 03427 at Mizpah 04709 to serve 05975, 6440 the Chaldeans 03778, who will come 0935 to us: but ye, gather 0622 ye wine 03196, and summer fruits 07019, and oil 08081, and put 07760 them in your vessels 03627, and dwell 03427 in your cities 05892 that ye have taken 08610. to serve: Heb. to stand before
11 Likewise when all the Jews 03064 that were in Moab 04124, and among the Ammonites 05983, and in Edom 0123, and that were in all the countries 0776, heard 08085 that the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 had left 05414 a remnant 07611 of Judah 03063, and that he had set 06485 over them Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227;
12 Even all the Jews 03064 returned out 07725 of all places 04725 where they were driven 05080, and came 0935 to the land 0776 of Judah 03063, to Gedaliah 01436, to Mizpah 04708, and gathered 0622 wine 03196 and summer fruits 07019 in abundance 03966, 7235.
13 Moreover Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 that were in the fields 07704, came 0935 to Gedaliah 01436 to Mizpah 04708,
14 And said 0559 to him, Dost thou certainly 03045 know 03045 that Baalis 01185 the king 04428 of the Ammonites 01121, 5983 hath sent 07971 Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 to slay 05221, 5315 thee? But Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 believed 0539 them not. to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?
15 Then Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143 spoke 0559 to Gedaliah 01436 in Mizpah 04709 secretly 05643, saying 0559, Let me go 03212, I pray thee, and I will slay 05221 Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, and no man 0376 shall know 03045 it: why should he slay 05221, 5315 thee, that all the Jews 03064 who are gathered 06908 to thee should be scattered 06327, and the remnant 07611 of Judah 03063 perish 06?
16 But Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 said 0559 to Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, Thou shalt not do 06213 this thing 01697: for thou speakest 01696 falsely 08267 of Ishmael 03458.
1 Now it came to pass in the seventh 07637 month 02320, that Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 the son 01121 of Elishama 0476, of the seed 02233 royal 04410, and the princes 07227 of the king 04428, even ten 06235 men 0582 with him, came 0935 to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 to Mizpah 04709; and there they ate 0398 bread 03899 together 03162 in Mizpah 04708.
2 Then arose 06965 Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, and the ten 06235 men 0582 that were with him, and smote 05221 Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227 with the sword 02719, and slew 04191 him, whom the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 had made governor 06485 over the land 0776.
3 Ishmael 03458 also slew 05221 all the Jews 03064 that were with him, even with Gedaliah 01436, at Mizpah 04709, and the Chaldeans 03778 that were found 04672 there, and the men 0582 of war 04421.
4 And it came to pass the second 08145 day 03117 after he had slain 04191 Gedaliah 01436, and no man 0376 knew 03045 it,
5 That there came 0935 men 0582 from Shechem 07927, from Shiloh 07887, and from Samaria 08111, even eighty 08084 men 0376, having their beards 02206 shaven 01548, and their clothes 0899 torn 07167, and having cut 01413 themselves, with offerings 04503 and incense 03828 in their hand 03027, to bring 0935 them to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068.
6 And Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 went forth 03318 from Mizpah 04709 to meet 07125 them, weeping 01058 all along 01980 as he went 01980: and it came to pass, as he met 06298 them, he said 0559 to them, Come 0935 to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296. weeping…: Heb. in going and weeping
7 And it was so, when they came 0935 into the midst 08432 of the city 05892, that Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 slew 07819 them, and cast them into the midst 08432 of the pit 0953, he, and the men 0582 that were with him.
8 But ten 06235 men 0582 were found 04672 among them that said 0559 to Ishmael 03458, Slay 04191 us not: for we have 03426 treasures 04301 in the field 07704, of wheat 02406, and of barley 08184, and of oil 08081, and of honey 01706. So he left them alone 02308, and slew 04191 them not among 08432 their brethren 0251.
9 Now the pit 0953 into which Ishmael 03458 had cast 07993 all the dead bodies 06297 of the men 0582, whom he had slain 05221 because 03027 of Gedaliah 01436, was that which Asa 0609 the king 04428 had made 06213 for fear 06440 of Baasha 01201 king 04428 of Israel 03478: and Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 filled 04390 it with them that were slain 02491. because…: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah
10 Then Ishmael 03458 carried away captive 07617 all the remnant 07611 of the people 05971 that were in Mizpah 04709, even the king’s 04428 daughters 01323, and all the people 05971 that remained 07604 in Mizpah 04709, whom Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 had committed 06485 to Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296: and Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 carried them away captive 07617, and departed 03212 to go over 05674 to the Ammonites 01121, 5983.
11 But when Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 that were with him, heard 08085 of all the evil 07451 that Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 had done 06213,
12 Then they took 03947 all the men 0582, and went 03212 to fight 03898 with Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, and found 04672 him by the great 07227 waters 04325 that are in Gibeon 01391.
13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people 05971 who were with Ishmael 03458 saw 07200 Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 that were with him, then they were glad 08055.
14 So all the people 05971 that Ishmael 03458 had carried away captive 07617 from Mizpah 04709 turned about 05437 and came back 07725, and went 03212 to Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143.
15 But Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 escaped 04422 from 06440 Johanan 03110 with eight 08083 men 0582, and went 03212 to the Ammonites 01121, 5983.
16 Then Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 that were with him, took 03947 all the remnant 07611 of the people 05971 whom he had recovered 07725 from Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418, from Mizpah 04709, after 0310 that he had slain 05221 Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296, even mighty 01397 men 0582 of war 04421, and the women 0802, and the children 02945, and the eunuchs 05631, whom he had brought again 07725 from Gibeon 01391:
17 And they departed 03212, and dwelt in 03427 the habitation 01628 of Chimham 03643, which is by 0681 Bethlehem 01035, to go 03212 to enter 0935 into Egypt 04714,
18 Because 06440 of the Chaldeans 03778: for they were afraid 03372 of them, because Ishmael 03458 the son 01121 of Nethaniah 05418 had slain 05221 Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296, whom the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 made governor 06485 in the land 0776.
1 Then all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428, and Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and Jezaniah 03153 the son 01121 of Hoshaiah 01955, and all the people 05971 from the least 06996 even to the greatest 01419, came near 05066,
2 And said 0559 to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, We beseech thee, let our supplication 08467 be accepted 05307 before 06440 thee, and pray 06419 for us to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, even for all this remnant 07611; (for we are left 07604 but a few 04592 of many 07235, as thy eyes 05869 do behold 07200 us:) Let…: or, Let our supplication fall before thee
3 That the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 may show 05046 us the way 01870 in which we may walk 03212, and the thing 01697 that we may do 06213.
4 Then Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 said 0559 to them, I have heard 08085 you; behold, I will pray 06419 to the LORD 03068 your God 0430 according to your words 01697; and it shall come to pass, that whatever thing 01697 the LORD 03068 shall answer 06030 you, I will declare 05046 it to you; I will keep 04513 nothing 01697 back 04513 from you.
5 Then they said 0559 to Jeremiah 03414, The LORD 03068 be a true 0571 and faithful 0539 witness 05707 between us, if we do 06213 not even according to all things 01697 for which the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 shall send 07971 thee to us.
6 Whether it be good 02896, or whether it be evil 07451, we will obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430, to whom we 0580 send 07971 thee; that it may be well 03190 with us, when we obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
7 And it came to pass after 07093 ten 06235 days 03117, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to Jeremiah 03414.
8 Then called 07121 he Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428 who were with him, and all the people 05971 from the least 06996 even to the greatest 01419,
9 And said 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, to whom ye sent 07971 me to present 05307 your supplication 08467 before 06440 him;
10 If ye will still 07725 abide 03427 in this land 0776, then will I build 01129 you, and not pull you down 02040, and I will plant 05193 you, and not pluck you up 05428: for I repent 05162 of the evil 07451 that I have done 06213 to you.
11 Be not afraid 03372 of 06440 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, of whom 06440 ye are afraid 03373; be not afraid 03372 of him, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: for I am with you to save 03467 you, and to deliver 05337 you from his hand 03027.
12 And I will show 05414 mercies 07356 to you, that he may have mercy 07355 upon you, and cause you to return 07725 to your own land 0127.
13 But if ye say 0559, We will not dwell 03427 in this land 0776, neither obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 your God 0430,
14 Saying 0559, No; but we will go 0935 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, where we shall see 07200 no war 04421, nor hear 08085 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, nor hunger 07456 for bread 03899; and there will we dwell 03427:
15 And now therefore hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, ye remnant 07611 of Judah 03063; Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; If ye wholly 07760 set 07760 your faces 06440 to enter 0935 into Egypt 04714, and go 0935 to sojourn 01481 there;
16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword 02719, which ye feared 03373, shall overtake 05381 you there in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and the famine 07458, of which ye were afraid 01672, shall follow close 01692 after 0310 you there in Egypt 04714; and there ye shall die 04191. shall follow…: Heb. shall cleave after you
17 So shall it be with all the men 0582 that set 07760 their faces 06440 to go 0935 into Egypt 04714 to sojourn 01481 there; they shall die 04191 by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698: and none of them shall remain 08300 or escape 06412 from 06440 the evil 07451 that I will bring 0935 upon them. So…: Heb. So shall all the men be
18 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; As my anger 0639 and my fury 02534 hath been poured forth 05413 upon the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389; so shall my fury 02534 be poured forth 05413 upon you, when ye shall enter 0935 into Egypt 04714: and ye shall be an execration 0423, and an horror 08047, and a curse 07045, and a reproach 02781; and ye shall see 07200 this place 04725 no more.
19 The LORD 03068 hath said 01696 concerning you, O ye remnant 07611 of Judah 03063; Go 0935 ye not into Egypt 04714: know 03045 certainly 03045 that I have admonished 05749 you this day 03117. admonished…: Heb. testified against you
20 For ye were hypocrites 08582 in your hearts 05315, when ye sent 07971 me to the LORD 03068 your God 0430, saying 0559, Pray 06419 for us to the LORD 03068 our God 0430; and according to all that the LORD 03068 our God 0430 shall say 0559, so declare 05046 to us, and we will do 06213 it. ye dissembled…: or, ye have used deceit against your souls
21 And now I have this day 03117 declared 05046 it to you; but ye have not obeyed 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068 your God 0430, nor any thing for which he hath sent 07971 me to you.
22 Now therefore know 03045 certainly 03045 that ye shall die 04191 by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698, in the place 04725 where ye desire 02654 to go 0935 and to sojourn 01481. to go…: or, to go to sojourn
1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah 03414 had finished 03615 speaking 01696 to all the people 05971 all the words 01697 of the LORD 03068 their God 0430, for which the LORD 03068 their God 0430 had sent 07971 him to them, even all these words 01697,
2 Then spoke 0559 Azariah 05838 the son 01121 of Hoshaiah 01955, and Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the proud 02086 men 0582, saying 0559 to Jeremiah 03414, Thou speakest 01696 falsely 08267: the LORD 03068 our God 0430 hath not sent 07971 thee to say 0559, Go 0935 not into Egypt 04714 to sojourn 01481 there:
3 But Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374 setteth thee on 05496 against us, to 04616 deliver 05414 us into the hand 03027 of the Chaldeans 03778, that they may put us to death 04191, and carry us away captives 01540 into Babylon 0894.
4 So Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428, and all the people 05971, obeyed 08085 not the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, to dwell 03427 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063.
5 But Johanan 03110 the son 01121 of Kareah 07143, and all the captains 08269 of the forces 02428, took 03947 all the remnant 07611 of Judah 03063, that had returned 07725 from all nations 01471, where they had been driven 05080, to dwell 01481 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063;
6 Even men 01397, and women 0802, and children 02945, and the king’s 04428 daughters 01323, and every person 05315 that Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 had left 03240 with Gedaliah 01436 the son 01121 of Ahikam 0296 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, and Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, and Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374.
7 So they came 0935 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714: for they obeyed 08085 not the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068: thus they came 0935 even to Tahpanhes 08471.
8 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Jeremiah 03414 in Tahpanhes 08471, saying 0559,
9 Take 03947 great 01419 stones 068 in thy hand 03027, and hide 02934 them in the clay 04423 in the brickkiln 04404, which is at the entrance 06607 of Pharaoh’s 06547 house 01004 in Tahpanhes 08471, in the sight 05869 of the men 0582 of Judah 03064;
10 And say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will send 07971 and take 03947 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, my servant 05650, and will set 07760 his throne 03678 upon 04605 these stones 068 that I have hid 02934; and he shall spread 05186 his royal pavilion 08237 over them.
11 And when he cometh 0935, he shall smite 05221 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and deliver such as are for death 04194 to death 04194; and such as are for captivity 07628 to captivity 07628; and such as are for the sword 02719 to the sword 02719.
12 And I will kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in the houses 01004 of the gods 0430 of Egypt 04714; and he shall burn 08313 them, and carry them away captives 07617: and he shall array 05844 himself with the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, as a shepherd 07462 putteth on 05844 his garment 0899; and he shall go forth 03318 from there in peace 07965.
13 He shall break 07665 also the images 04676 of Bethshemesh 01053, that is in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714; and the houses 01004 of the gods 0430 of the Egyptians 04714 shall he burn 08313 with fire 0784. images: Heb. statues, or, standing imagesBethshemesh: or, The house of the sun
1 The word 01697 that came to Jeremiah 03414 concerning all the Jews 03064 who dwell 03427 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, who dwell 03427 at Migdol 04024, and at Tahpanhes 08471, and at Noph 05297, and in the country 0776 of Pathros 06624, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Ye have seen 07200 all the evil 07451 that I have brought 0935 upon Jerusalem 03389, and upon all the cities 05892 of Judah 03063; and, behold, this day 03117 they are a desolation 02723, and no man dwelleth 03427 in them,
3 Because 06440 of their wickedness 07451 which they have committed 06213 to provoke me to anger 03707, in that they went 03212 to burn incense 06999, and to serve 05647 other 0312 gods 0430, whom they knew 03045 not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers 01.
4 Yet I sent 07971 to you all my servants 05650 the prophets 05030, rising early 07925 and sending 07971 them, saying 0559, O, do 06213 not this abominable 08441 thing 01697 that I hate 08130.
5 But they hearkened 08085 not, nor inclined 05186 their ear 0241 to turn 07725 from their wickedness 07451, to burn no incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430.
6 Therefore my fury 02534 and my anger 0639 was poured forth 05413, and was kindled 01197 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063 and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389; and they are wasted 02723 and desolate 08077, as at this day 03117.
7 Therefore now thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Why do ye commit 06213 this great 01419 evil 07451 against your souls 05315, to cut off 03772 from you man 0376 and woman 0802, child 05768 and suckling 03243, out 08432 of Judah 03063, to leave 03498 you none to remain 07611; out…: Heb. out of the midst of Judah
8 In that ye provoke me to wrath 03707 with the works 04639 of your hands 03027, burning incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, where ye are gone 0935 to dwell 01481, that ye may cut yourselves off 03772, and that ye may be a curse 07045 and a reproach 02781 among all the nations 01471 of the earth 0776?
9 Have ye forgotten 07911 the wickedness 07451 of your fathers 01, and the wickedness 07451 of the kings 04428 of Judah 03063, and the wickedness 07451 of their wives 0802, and your own wickedness 07451, and the wickedness 07451 of your wives 0802, which they have committed 06213 in the land 0776 of Judah 03063, and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389? wickedness…: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc
10 They are not humbled 01792 even to this day 03117, neither have they feared 03372, nor walked 01980 in my law 08451, nor in my statutes 02708, that I set 05414 before 06440 you and before 06440 your fathers 01. humbled: Heb. contrite
11 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will set 07760 my face 06440 against you for evil 07451, and to cut off 03772 all Judah 03063.
12 And I will take 03947 the remnant 07611 of Judah 03063, that have set 07760 their faces 06440 to go 0935 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to sojourn 01481 there, and they shall all be consumed 08552, and fall 05307 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714; they shall even be consumed 08552 by the sword 02719 and by the famine 07458: they shall die 04191, from the least 06996 even to the greatest 01419, by the sword 02719 and by the famine 07458: and they shall be an execration 0423, and an horror 08047, and a curse 07045, and a reproach 02781.
13 For I will punish 06485 them that dwell 03427 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, as I have punished 06485 Jerusalem 03389, by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698:
14 So that none of the remnant 07611 of Judah 03063, who have gone 0935 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to sojourn 01481 there, shall escape 06412 or remain 08300, that they should return 07725 into the land 0776 of Judah 03063, where they have 05375 a desire 05315 to return 07725 to dwell 03427 there: for none shall return 07725 but such as shall escape 06405. have…: Heb. lift up their soul
15 Then all the men 0582 who knew 03045 that their wives 0802 had burned incense 06999 to other 0312 gods 0430, and all the women 0802 that stood by 05975, a great 01419 multitude 06951, even all the people 05971 that dwelt 03427 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, in Pathros 06624, answered 06030 Jeremiah 03414, saying 0559,
16 As for the word 01697 that thou hast spoken 01696 to us in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, we will not hearken 08085 to thee.
17 But we will certainly 06213 do 06213 whatever thing 01697 proceedeth 03318 from our own mouth 06310, to burn incense 06999 to the queen 04446 of heaven 08064, and to pour out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to her, as we have done 06213, we, and our fathers 01, our kings 04428, and our princes 08269, in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389: for then we had plenty 07646 of food 03899, and were well 02896, and saw 07200 no evil 07451. queen…: or, frame of heavenvictuals: Heb. bread
18 But since we stopped 02308 burning incense 06999 to the queen 04446 of heaven 08064, and to pour out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to her, we have lacked 02637 all things, and have been consumed 08552 by the sword 02719 and by the famine 07458.
19 And when we burned incense 06999 to the queen 04446 of heaven 08064, and poured out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to her, did we make 06213 for her cakes 03561 to worship 06087 her, and pour out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to her, without 01107 our husbands 0582? men: or, husbands?
20 Then Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to all the people 05971, to the men 01397, and to the women 0802, and to all the people 05971 who had given him that answer 01697, 6030, saying 0559,
21 The incense 07002 that ye burned 06999 in the cities 05892 of Judah 03063, and in the streets 02351 of Jerusalem 03389, ye, and your fathers 01, your kings 04428, and your princes 08269, and the people 05971 of the land 0776, did not the LORD 03068 remember 02142 them, and came 05927 it not into his mind 03820?
22 So that the LORD 03068 could 03201 no longer bear 05375, because 06440 of the evil 07455 of your doings 04611, and because 06440 of the abominations 08441 which ye have committed 06213; therefore is your land 0776 a desolation 02723, and an horror 08047, and a curse 07045, without an inhabitant 03427, as at this day 03117.
23 Because 06440, 834 ye have burned incense 06999, and because ye have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068, and have not obeyed 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, nor walked 01980 in his law 08451, nor in his statutes 02708, nor in his testimonies 05715; therefore this evil 07451 hath happened 07122 to you, as at this day 03117.
24 Moreover Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to all the people 05971, and to all the women 0802, Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, all Judah 03063 that are in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714:
25 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, saying 0559; Ye and your wives 0802 have both spoken 01696 with your mouths 06310, and fulfilled 04390 with your hand 03027, saying 0559, We will surely 06213 perform 06213 our vows 05088 that we have vowed 05087, to burn incense 06999 to the queen 04446 of heaven 08064, and to pour out 05258 drink offerings 05262 to her: ye will surely 06965 accomplish 06965 your vows 05088, and surely 06213 perform 06213 your vows 05088.
26 Therefore hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, all Judah 03063 that dwell 03427 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714; Behold, I have sworn 07650 by my great 01419 name 08034, saith 0559 the LORD 03068, that my name 08034 shall no more be named 07121 in the mouth 06310 of any man 0376 of Judah 03063 in all the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, saying 0559, The Lord 0136 GOD 03069 liveth 02416.
27 Behold, I will watch 08245 over them for evil 07451, and not for good 02896: and all the men 0376 of Judah 03063 that are in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 shall be consumed 08552 by the sword 02719 and by the famine 07458, until there shall be an end 03615 of them.
28 Yet a small 04962 number 04557 that escape 06412 the sword 02719 shall return from 07725 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 into the land 0776 of Judah 03063, and all the remnant 07611 of Judah 03063, that have gone 0935 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to sojourn 01481 there, shall know 03045 whose words 01697 shall stand 06965, mine, or theirs. mine…: Heb. from me, or, from them
29 And this shall be a sign 0226 to you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will punish 06485 you in this place 04725, that ye may know 03045 that my words 01697 shall surely 06965 stand 06965 against you for evil 07451:
30 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will give 05414 Pharaohhophra 06548 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 into the hand 03027 of his enemies 0341, and into the hand 03027 of them that seek 01245 his life 05315; as I gave 05414 Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063 into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, his enemy 0341, and that sought 01245 his life 05315.
1 The word 01697 that Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 spoke 01696 to Baruch 01263 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374, when he had written 03789 these words 01697 in a book 05612 from the mouth 06310 of Jeremiah 03414, in the fourth 07243 year 08141 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063, saying 0559,
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, to thee, O Baruch 01263;
3 Thou didst say 0559, Woe 0188 is me now! for the LORD 03068 hath added 03254 grief 03015 to my sorrow 04341; I fainted 03021 in my sighing 0585, and I find 04672 no rest 04496.
4 Thus shalt thou say 0559 to him, The LORD 03068 saith 0559 thus; Behold, that which I have built 01129 I will break down 02040, and that which I have planted 05193 I will pluck up 05428, even this whole land 0776.
5 And seekest 01245 thou great things 01419 for thyself? seek 01245 them not: for, behold, I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon all flesh 01320, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: but thy life 05315 will I give 05414 to thee for a prize 07998 in all places 04725 where thou goest 03212.
1 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 which came to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 against the Gentiles 01471;
2 Against Egypt 04714, against the army 02428 of Pharaohnecho 06549 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, which was by the river 05104 Euphrates 06578 in Carchemish 03751, which Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 smote 05221 in the fourth 07243 year 08141 of Jehoiakim 03079 the son 01121 of Josiah 02977 king 04428 of Judah 03063.
3 Order 06186 ye the buckler 04043 and shield 06793, and draw near 05066 to battle 04421.
4 Harness 0631 the horses 05483; and mount 05927, ye horsemen 06571, and stand forth 03320 with your helmets 03553; polish 04838 the spears 07420, and put on 03847 the coats of mail 05630.
5 Why have I seen 07200 them dismayed 02844 and turned 05472 away back 0268? and their mighty ones 01368 are beaten down 03807, and have fled 05127 apace 04498, and look not back 06437: for fear 04032 was on all sides 05439, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. beaten…: Heb. broken in piecesfled…: Heb. fled a flight
6 Let not the swift 07031 flee away 05127, nor the mighty man 01368 escape 04422; they shall stumble 03782, and fall 05307 toward the north 06828 by 03027 the river 05104 Euphrates 06578.
7 Who is this that cometh up 05927 as a flood 02975, whose waters 04325 are moved 01607 as the rivers 05104?
8 Egypt 04714 riseth up 05927 like a flood 02975, and his waters 04325 are moved 01607 like the rivers 05104; and he saith 0559, I will go up 05927, and will cover 03680 the earth 0776; I will destroy 06 the city 05892 and its inhabitants 03427.
9 Come up 05927, ye horses 05483; and rage 01984, ye chariots 07393; and let the mighty men 01368 come forth 03318; the Cushites 03568 and the Libyans 06316, that handle 08610 the shield 04043; and the Lydians 03866, that handle 08610 and bend 01869 the bow 07198. the Ethiopians: Heb. Cushthe Libyans: Heb. Put
10 For this is the day 03117 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635, a day 03117 of vengeance 05360, that he may avenge 05358 him of his adversaries 06862: and the sword 02719 shall devour 0398, and it shall be satisfied 07646 and made drunk 07301 with their blood 01818: for the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635 hath a sacrifice 02077 in the north 06828 country 0776 by the river 05104 Euphrates 06578.
11 Go up 05927 into Gilead 01568, and take 03947 balm 06875, O virgin 01330, the daughter 01323 of Egypt 04714: in vain 07723 shalt thou use many 07235 medicines 07499; for thou shalt not be cured 08585. thou shalt…: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee
12 The nations 01471 have heard 08085 of thy shame 07036, and thy cry 06682 hath filled 04390 the land 0776: for the mighty man 01368 hath stumbled 03782 against the mighty 01368, and they have fallen 05307 both 08147 together 03162.
13 The word 01697 that the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030, how Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 should come 0935 and smite 05221 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.
14 Declare 05046 ye in Egypt 04714, and proclaim 08085 in Migdol 04024, and proclaim 08085 in Noph 05297 and in Tahpanhes 08471: say 0559 ye, Stand fast 03320, and prepare 03559 thee; for the sword 02719 shall devour 0398 around 05439 thee.
15 Why are thy valiant 047 men swept away 05502? they stood 05975 not, because the LORD 03068 did drive 01920 them.
16 He made many 07235 to fall 03782, yea, one 0376 fell 05307 upon another 07453: and they said 0559, Arise 06965, and let us go again 07725 to our own people 05971, and to the land 0776 of our nativity 04138, from 06440 the oppressing 03238 sword 02719. made…: Heb. multiplied the faller
17 They cried 07121 there, Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714 is but a noise 07588; he hath passed 05674 the time appointed 04150.
18 As I live 02416, saith 05002 the King 04428, whose name 08034 is the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, Surely as Tabor 08396 is among the mountains 02022, and as Carmel 03760 by the sea 03220, so shall he come 0935.
19 O thou daughter 01323 dwelling 03427 in Egypt 04714, furnish 06213 thyself to go into captivity 03627, 1473: for Noph 05297 shall be waste 08047 and desolate 03341 without an inhabitant 03427. furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity
20 Egypt 04714 is like a very fair 03304 heifer 05697, but destruction 07171 cometh 0935; it cometh out 0935 of the north 06828.
21 Also her hired men 07916 are in the midst 07130 of her like fatted 04770 bulls 05695; for they also have turned back 06437, and have fled away 05127 together 03162: they did not stand 05975, because the day 03117 of their calamity 0343 had come 0935 upon them, and the time 06256 of their punishment 06486. fatted…: Heb. bullocks of the stall
22 Its voice 06963 shall go 03212 like a serpent 05175; for they shall march 03212 with an army 02428, and come 0935 against her with axes 07134, as hewers 02404 of wood 06086.
23 They shall cut down 03772 her forest 03293, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, though it cannot be searched 02713; because they are more 07231 than the grasshoppers 0697, and are innumerable 0369, 4557.
24 The daughter 01323 of Egypt 04714 shall be confounded 03001; she shall be delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of the people 05971 of the north 06828.
25 The LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, saith 0559; Behold, I will punish 06485 the multitude 0527, 528 of No 04996, and Pharaoh 06547, and Egypt 04714, with their gods 0430, and their kings 04428; even Pharaoh 06547, and all them that trust 0982 in him: multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon
26 And I will deliver 05414 them into the hand 03027 of those that seek 01245 their lives 05315, and into the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and into the hand 03027 of his servants 05650: and afterward 0310 it shall be inhabited 07931, as in the days 03117 of old 06924, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
27 But fear 03372 not thou, O my servant 05650 Jacob 03290, and be not dismayed 02865, O Israel 03478: for, behold, I will save 03467 thee from afar 07350, and thy seed 02233 from the land 0776 of their captivity 07628; and Jacob 03290 shall return 07725, and be in rest 08252 and at ease 07599, and none shall make him afraid 02729.
28 Fear 03372 thou not, O Jacob 03290 my servant 05650, saith 05002 the LORD 03068: for I am with thee; for I will make 06213 a full end 03617 of all the nations 01471 where I have driven 05080 thee: but I will not make 06213 a full end 03617 of thee, but correct 03256 thee in measure 04941; yet will I not leave thee wholly 05352 unpunished 05352. not leave…: or, not utterly cut thee off
1 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 that came to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 against the Philistines 06430, before Pharaoh 06547 smote 05221 Gaza 05804. Gaza: Heb. Azzah
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, waters 04325 rise 05927 out of the north 06828, and shall be an overflowing 07857 flood 05158, and shall overflow 07857 the land 0776, and all that is in it 04393; the city 05892, and them that dwell 03427 in it: then the men 0120 shall cry 02199, and all the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776 shall wail 03213. all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof
3 At the noise 06963 of the stamping 08161 of the hoofs 06541 of his strong 047 horses, at the rushing 07494 of his chariots 07393, and at the rumbling 01995 of his wheels 01534, the fathers 01 shall not look back 06437 to their children 01121 for feebleness 07510 of hands 03027;
4 Because of the day 03117 that cometh 0935 to lay waste 07703 all the Philistines 06430, and to cut off 03772 from Tyre 06865 and Zidon 06721 every helper 05826 that remaineth 08300: for the LORD 03068 will lay waste 07703 the Philistines 06430, the remnant 07611 of the country 0339 of Caphtor 03731. the country: Heb. the isle
5 Baldness 07144 is come 0935 upon Gaza 05804; Ashkelon 0831 is cut off 01820 with the remnant 07611 of their valley 06010: how long wilt thou cut 01413 thyself?
6 O 01945 thou sword 02719 of the LORD 03068, how long will it be before 03808 thou be quiet 08252? put up 0622 thyself into thy scabbard 08593, rest 07280, and be still 01826. put…: Heb. gather thyself
7 How can it be quiet 08252, seeing the LORD 03068 hath given it a charge 06680 against Ashkelon 0831, and against the sea 03220 shore 02348? there hath he appointed 03259 it. How…: Heb. How canst thou
1 Against Moab 04124 thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Woe 01945 to Nebo 05015! for it is laid waste 07703: Kiriathaim 07156 is confounded 03001 and taken 03920: Misgab 04869 is confounded 03001 and dismayed 02865. Misgab: or, the high place
2 There shall be no more praise 08416 of Moab 04124: in Heshbon 02809 they have devised 02803 evil 07451 against it; come 03212, and let us cut it off 03772 from being a nation 01471. Also thou shalt be cut down 01826, O Madmen 04086; the sword 02719 shall pursue 03212 thee 0310. be cut…: or, be brought to silencepursue…: Heb. go after thee
3 A voice 06963 of crying 06818 shall be from Horonaim 02773, violence 07701 and great 01419 destruction 07667.
4 Moab 04124 is destroyed 07665; her little ones 06810 have caused a cry 02201 to be heard 08085.
5 For in the ascent 04608 of Luhith 03872 continual 01065 weeping 01065 shall go up 05927; for in the descent 04174 of Horonaim 02773 the enemies 06862 have heard 08085 a cry 06818 of destruction 07667. continual…: Heb. weeping with weeping
6 Flee 05127, save 04422 your lives 05315, and be 01961 like the naked tree 06176 in the wilderness 04057. the heath: or, a naked tree
7 For because thou hast trusted 0982 in thy works 04639 and in thy treasures 0214, thou also shalt be taken 03920: and Chemosh 03645 shall go forth 03318 into captivity 01473 with his priests 03548 and his princes 08269 together 03162.
8 And the spoiler 07703 shall come 0935 upon every city 05892, and no city 05892 shall escape 04422: the valley 06010 also shall perish 06, and the plain 04334 shall be destroyed 08045, as the LORD 03068 hath spoken 0559.
9 Give 05414 wings 06731 to Moab 04124, that it may flee 05323 and get away 03318: for its cities 05892 shall be desolate 08047, without any to dwell 03427 in them 02004.
10 Cursed 0779 be he that doeth 06213 the work 04399 of the LORD 03068 deceitfully 07423, and cursed 0779 be he that keepeth back 04513 his sword 02719 from blood 01818. deceitfully: or, negligently
11 Moab 04124 hath been at ease 07599 from his youth 05271, and he hath settled 08252 on his lees 08105, and hath not been emptied 07324 from vessel 03627 to vessel 03627, neither hath he gone 01980 into captivity 01473: therefore his taste 02940 remained 05975 in him, and his scent 07381 is not changed 04171. remained: Heb. stood
12 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will send 07971 to him wanderers 06808, that shall cause him to wander 06808, and shall empty 07324 his vessels 03627, and break 05310 their bottles 05035.
13 And Moab 04124 shall be ashamed 0954 of Chemosh 03645, as the house 01004 of Israel 03478 was ashamed 0954 of Bethel 01008 their confidence 04009.
14 How say 0559 ye, We are mighty 01368 and strong 02428 men 0582 for the war 04421?
15 Moab 04124 is laid waste 07703, and gone up 05927 out of her cities 05892, and his chosen 04005 young men 0970 are gone down 03381 to the slaughter 02874, saith 05002 the King 04428, whose name 08034 is the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. his…: Heb. the choice of
16 The calamity 0343 of Moab 04124 is near 07138 to come 0935, and his affliction 07451 hasteth 04116 fast 03966.
17 All ye that are about 05439 him, bemoan 05110 him; and all ye that know 03045 his name 08034, say 0559, How is the strong 05797 staff 04294 broken 07665, and the beautiful 08597 rod 04731!
18 Thou daughter 01323 that dost inhabit 03427 Dibon 01769, come down 03381 from thy glory 03519, and sit 03427 in thirst 06772; for the spoiler 07703 of Moab 04124 shall come 05927 upon thee, and he shall destroy 07843 thy strong holds 04013.
19 O inhabitant 03427 of Aroer 06177, stand 05975 by the way 01870, and watch 06822; ask 07592 him that fleeth 05127, and her that escapeth 04422, and say 0559, What is done 01961? inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
20 Moab 04124 is confounded 03001; for it is broken down 02865: wail 03213 and cry 02199; tell 05046 ye it in Arnon 0769, that Moab 04124 is laid waste 07703,
21 And judgment 04941 is come 0935 upon the plain 04334 country 0776; upon Holon 02473, and upon Jahazah 03096, and upon Mephaath 04158,
22 And upon Dibon 01769, and upon Nebo 05015, and upon Bethdiblathaim 01015,
23 And upon Kiriathaim 07156, and upon Bethgamul 01014, and upon Bethmeon 01010,
24 And upon Kerioth 07152, and upon Bozrah 01224, and upon all the cities 05892 of the land 0776 of Moab 04124, far 07350 or near 07138.
25 The horn 07161 of Moab 04124 is cut off 01438, and his arm 02220 is broken 07665, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
26 Make ye him drunk 07937: for he magnified 01431 himself against the LORD 03068: Moab 04124 also shall wallow 05606 in his vomit 06892, and he also shall be in derision 07814.
27 For was not Israel 03478 a derision 07814 to thee? was he found 04672 among thieves 01590? for since 01767 thou hast spoken 01697 of him, thou didst leap 05110 for joy. skippedst…: or, movedst thyself
28 O ye that dwell 03427 in Moab 04124, leave 05800 the cities 05892, and dwell 07931 in the rock 05553, and be like the dove 03123 that maketh her nest 07077 in the sides 05676 of the hole’s 06354 mouth 06310.
29 We have heard 08085 the pride 01347 of Moab 04124, (he is exceeding 03966 proud 01343) his loftiness 01363, and his arrogance 01346, and his pride 01347, and the haughtiness 07312 of his heart 03820.
30 I know 03045 his wrath 05678, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; but it shall not be so; his lies 0907 shall not so effect 06213 it. his lies…: or, those on whom he stayeth (Heb. his bars) do not right
31 Therefore will I wail 03213 for Moab 04124, and I will cry out 02199 for all Moab 04124; my heart shall mourn 01897 for the men 0582 of Kirheres 07025.
32 O vine 01612 of Sibmah 07643, I will weep 01058 for thee with the weeping 01065 of Jazer 03270: thy plants 05189 have gone over 05674 the sea 03220, they reach 05060 even to the sea 03220 of Jazer 03270: the spoiler 07703 hath fallen 05307 upon thy summer fruits 07019 and upon thy vintage 01210.
33 And joy 08057 and gladness 01524 is taken 0622 from the plentiful field 03759, and from the land 0776 of Moab 04124; and I have caused wine 03196 to fail 07673 from the winepresses 03342: none shall tread 01869 with shouting 01959; their shouting 01959 shall be no shouting 01959.
34 From the cry 02201 of Heshbon 02809 even to Elealeh 0500, and even to Jahaz 03096, have they uttered 05414 their voice 06963, from Zoar 06820 even to Horonaim 02773, as an heifer 05697 of three years old 07992: for the waters 04325 also of Nimrim 05249 shall be desolate 04923. desolate: Heb. desolations
35 Moreover I will cause to cease 07673 in Moab 04124, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, him that offereth 05927 in the high places 01116, and him that burneth incense 06999 to his gods 0430.
36 Therefore my heart 03820 shall sound 01993 for Moab 04124 like pipes 02485, and my heart 03820 shall sound 01993 like pipes 02485 for the men 0582 of Kirheres 07025: because the riches 03502 that he hath gotten 06213 have perished 06.
37 For every head 07218 shall be bald 07144, and every beard 02206 clipped 01639: upon all the hands 03027 shall be cuttings 01417, and upon the loins 04975 sackcloth 08242. clipped: Heb. diminished
38 There shall be lamentation 04553 generally upon all the housetops 01406 of Moab 04124, and in its streets 07339: for I have broken 07665 Moab 04124 like a vessel 03627 in which is no pleasure 02656, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
39 They shall wail 03213, saying, How is it broken down 02865! how hath Moab 04124 turned 06437 the back 06203 with shame 0954! so shall Moab 04124 be a derision 07814 and a dismaying 04288 to all them about 05439 him. back: Heb. neck
40 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, he shall fly 01675 as an eagle 05404, and shall spread 06566 his wings 03671 over Moab 04124.
41 Kerioth 07152 is taken 03920, and the strong holds 04679 are surprised 08610, and the mighty men’s 01368 hearts 03820 in Moab 04124 at that day 03117 shall be as the heart 03820 of a woman 0802 in her pangs 06887. Kerioth: or, The cities
42 And Moab 04124 shall be destroyed 08045 from being a people 05971, because he hath magnified 01431 himself against the LORD 03068.
43 Fear 06343, and the pit 06354, and the snare 06341, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant 03427 of Moab 04124, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
44 He that fleeth 05127, 5211 from 06440 the fear 06343 shall fall 05307 into the pit 06354; and he that getteth 05927 out of the pit 06354 shall be taken 03920 in the snare 06341: for I will bring 0935 upon it, even upon Moab 04124, the year 08141 of their punishment 06486, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
45 They that fled 05127 stood 05975 under the shadow 06738 of Heshbon 02809 because of the force 03581: but a fire 0784 shall come 03318 out of Heshbon 02809, and a flame 03852 from the midst 0996 of Sihon 05511, and shall devour 0398 the corner 06285 of Moab 04124, and the crown of the head 06936 of the tumultuous 07588 ones 01121. tumultuous…: Heb. children of noise
46 Woe 0188 be to thee, O Moab 04124! the people 05971 of Chemosh 03645 perisheth 06: for thy sons 01121 are taken 03947 captives 07628, and thy daughters 01323 captives 07633. captives, and: Heb. in captivity, etc
47 Yet will I bring again 07725 the captivity 07622 of Moab 04124 in the latter 0319 days 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. Thus far 02008 is the judgment 04941 of Moab 04124.
1 Concerning the Ammonites 01121, 5983, thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Hath Israel 03478 no sons 01121? hath he no heir 03423? why then doth their king 04428 inherit 03423 Gad 01410, and his people 05971 dwell 03427 in his cities 05892? Concerning: or, Againsttheir king: or, Melcom
2 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 0559 the LORD 03068, that I will cause an alarm 08643 of war 04421 to be heard 08085 in Rabbah 07237 of the Ammonites 01121, 5983; and it shall be a desolate 08077 heap 08510, and her daughters 01323 shall be burned 03341 with fire 0784: then shall Israel 03478 be heir 03423 to them that were his heirs 03423, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
3 Wail 03213, O Heshbon 02809, for Ai 05857 is laid waste 07703: cry 06817, ye daughters 01323 of Rabbah 07237, gird 02296 yourselves with sackcloth 08242; lament 05594, and run to and fro 07751 by the hedges 01448; for their king 04428 shall go 03212 into captivity 01473, and his priests 03548 and his princes 08269 together 03162. their king: or, Melcom
4 Why gloriest 01984 thou in the valleys 06010, thy flowing 02100 valley 06010, O backsliding 07728 daughter 01323? that trusted 0982 in her treasures 0214, saying, Who shall come 0935 to me? thy…: or, thy valley floweth away
5 Behold, I will bring 0935 a fear 06343 upon thee, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635, from all those that are about 05439 thee; and ye shall be driven out 05080 every man 0376 right forth 06440; and none shall gather up 06908 him that wandereth 05074.
6 And afterward 0310 I will bring again 07725 the captives 07622 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
7 Concerning Edom 0123, thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Is wisdom 02451 no more in Teman 08487? hath counsel 06098 perished 06 from the prudent 0995? hath their wisdom 02451 vanished 05628?
8 Flee 05127 ye, turn back 06437, dwell 03427 deep 06009, O inhabitants 03427 of Dedan 01719; for I will bring 0935 the calamity 0343 of Esau 06215 upon him, the time 06256 that I will punish 06485 him. turn…: or, they are turned back
9 If grapegatherers 01219 come 0935 to thee, would they not leave 07604 some gleaning grapes 05955? if thieves 01590 by night 03915, they will destroy 07843 till they have enough 01767. till…: Heb. their sufficiency
10 But I have made Esau 06215 bare 02834, I have uncovered 01540 his secret places 04565, and he shall not be able 03201 to hide 02247 himself: his seed 02233 is laid waste 07703, and his brethren 0251, and his neighbours 07934, and he is not.
11 Leave 05800 thy fatherless children 03490, I will preserve them alive 02421; and let thy widows 0490 trust 0982 in me.
12 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, they whose judgment 04941 was not to drink 08354 of the cup 03563 have assuredly 08354 drunk 08354; and art thou he that shall altogether 05352 go unpunished 05352? thou shalt not go unpunished 05352, but thou shalt surely 08354 drink 08354 of it.
13 For I have sworn 07650 by myself, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that Bozrah 01224 shall become a desolation 08047, a reproach 02781, a waste 02721, and a curse 07045; and all its cities 05892 shall be perpetual 05769 wastes 02723.
14 I have heard 08085 a rumour 08052 from the LORD 03068, and an ambassador 06735 is sent 07971 to the heathen 01471, saying, Gather ye together 06908, and come 0935 against her, and rise up 06965 to the battle 04421.
15 For, lo, I will make 05414 thee small 06996 among the heathen 01471, and despised 0959 among men 0120.
16 Thy terribleness 08606 hath deceived 05377 thee, and the pride 02087 of thy heart 03820, O thou that dwellest 07931 in the clefts 02288 of the rock 05553, that holdest 08610 the height 04791 of the hill 01389: though thou shouldest make thy nest 07064 as high 01361 as the eagle 05404, I will bring thee down 03381 from there, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
17 Also Edom 0123 shall be a desolation 08047: every one that goeth 05674 by it shall be astonished 08074, and shall hiss 08319 at all its plagues 04347.
18 As in the overthrow 04114 of Sodom 05467 and Gomorrah 06017 and its neighbour 07934 cities, saith 0559 the LORD 03068, no man 0376 shall abide 03427 there, neither shall a son 01121 of man 0120 dwell 01481 in it.
19 Behold, he shall come up 05927 like a lion 0738 from the swelling 01347 of Jordan 03383 against the habitation 05116 of the strong 0386: but I will suddenly 07280 make him run away 07323 from her: and who is a chosen 0977 man, that I may appoint 06485 over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time 03259? and who is that shepherd 07462 that will stand 05975 before 06440 me? appoint me…: or, convent me in judgment?
20 Therefore hear 08085 the counsel 06098 of the LORD 03068, that he hath taken 03289 against Edom 0123; and his purposes 04284, that he hath purposed 02803 against the inhabitants 03427 of Teman 08487: Surely the least 06810 of the flock 06629 shall draw them out 05498: surely he shall make their habitations 05116 desolate 08074 with them.
21 The earth 0776 is moved 07493 at the noise 06963 of their fall 05307, at the cry 06818 the noise 06963 of it was heard 08085 in the Red 05488 sea 03220. Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea
22 Behold, he shall come up 05927 and fly 01675 as the eagle 05404, and spread 06566 his wings 03671 over Bozrah 01224: and at that day 03117 shall the heart 03820 of the mighty men 01368 of Edom 0123 be as the heart 03820 of a woman 0802 in her pangs 06887.
23 Concerning Damascus 01834. Hamath 02574 is confounded 0954, and Arpad 0774: for they have heard 08085 evil 07451 tidings 08052: they are fainthearted 04127; there is sorrow 01674 on the sea 03220; it cannot 03201 be quiet 08252. fainthearted: Heb. meltedon…: or, as on the sea
24 Damascus 01834 hath become feeble 07503, and turneth 06437 herself to flee 05127, and fear 07374 hath seized 02388 on her: anguish 06869 and sorrows 02256 have taken 0270 her, as a woman in travail 03205.
25 How is the city 05892 of praise 08416 not left 05800, the city 07151 of my joy 04885!
26 Therefore her young men 0970 shall fall 05307 in her streets 07339, and all the men 0582 of war 04421 shall be cut off 01826 in that day 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.
27 And I will kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in the wall 02346 of Damascus 01834, and it shall consume 0398 the palaces 0759 of Benhadad 01130.
28 Concerning Kedar 06938, and concerning the kingdoms 04467 of Hazor 02674, which Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 shall smite 05221, thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Arise 06965 ye, go up 05927 to Kedar 06938, and lay waste 07703 the men 01121 of the east 06924.
29 Their tents 0168 and their flocks 06629 shall they take away 03947: they shall take 05375 to themselves their curtains 03407, and all their vessels 03627, and their camels 01581; and they shall cry 07121 to them, Fear 04032 is on every side 05439.
30 Flee 05127, go 05110 far off 03966, dwell 03427 deep 06009, O ye inhabitants 03427 of Hazor 02674, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; for Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 hath taken counsel 06098, 3289 against you, and hath conceived 02803 a purpose 04284 against you. get…: Heb. flit greatly
31 Arise 06965, go up 05927 to the wealthy 07961 nation 01471, that dwelleth 03427 without care 0983, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, which have neither gates 01817 nor bars 01280, which dwell 07931 alone 0910. wealthy: or, that is at ease
32 And their camels 01581 shall be a booty 0957, and the multitude 01995 of their cattle 04735 a spoil 07998: and I will scatter 02219 into all winds 07307 them that are in the utmost 07112 corners 06285; and I will bring 0935 their calamity 0343 from all sides 05676 of it, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. in…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled
33 And Hazor 02674 shall be a dwelling 04583 for dragons 08577, and a desolation 08077 for 05704 ever 05769: there shall no man 0376 abide 03427 there, nor any son 01121 of man 0120 dwell 01481 in it.
34 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 that came to Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 against Elam 05867 in the beginning 07225 of the reign 04438 of Zedekiah 06667 king 04428 of Judah 03063, saying 0559,
35 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; Behold, I will break 07665 the bow 07198 of Elam 05867, the chief 07225 of their might 01369.
36 And upon Elam 05867 will I bring 0935 the four 0702 winds 07307 from the four 0702 quarters 07098 of heaven 08064, and will scatter 02219 them toward all those winds 07307; and there shall be no nation 01471 where the outcasts 05080 of Elam 05867, 5769 shall not come 0935.
37 For I will cause Elam 05867 to be dismayed 02865 before 06440 their enemies 0341, and before 06440 them that seek 01245 their life 05315: and I will bring 0935 evil 07451 upon them, even my fierce 02740 anger 0639, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; and I will send 07971 the sword 02719 after 0310 them, till I have consumed 03615 them:
38 And I will set 07760 my throne 03678 in Elam 05867, and will destroy 06 from there the king 04428 and the princes 08269, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter 0319 days 03117, that I will bring again 07725 the captives 07622, 7622 of Elam 05867, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
1 The word 01697 that the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 against Babylon 0894 and against the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778 by 03027 Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030. by…: Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah
2 Declare 05046 ye among the nations 01471, and proclaim 08085, and set up 05375 a standard 05251; proclaim 08085, and conceal 03582 not: say 0559, Babylon 0894 is taken 03920, Bel 01078 is confounded 03001, Merodach 04781 is broken in pieces 02865; her idols 06091 are confounded 03001, her images 01544 are broken in pieces 02865. set up: Heb. lift up
3 For out of the north 06828 there cometh 05927 a nation 01471 against her, which shall make 07896 her land 0776 desolate 08047, and none shall dwell 03427 in it: they shall remove 05110, they shall depart 01980, both man 0120 and beast 0929.
4 In those days 03117, and in that time 06256, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 shall come 0935, they and the children 01121 of Judah 03063 together 03162, going 01980 and weeping 01058: they shall go 03212, and seek 01245 the LORD 03068 their God 0430.
5 They shall ask 07592 the way 01870 to Zion 06726 with their faces 06440 toward it 02008, saying, Come 0935, and let us join 03867 ourselves to the LORD 03068 in a perpetual 05769 covenant 01285 that shall not be forgotten 07911.
6 My people 05971 have been lost 06 sheep 06629: their shepherds 07462 have caused them to go astray 08582, they have turned them away 07725, 7726 on the mountains 02022: they have gone 01980 from mountain 02022 to hill 01389, they have forgotten 07911 their restingplace 07258. restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in
7 All that found 04672 them have devoured 0398 them: and their adversaries 06862 said 0559, We offend 0816 not, because they have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068, the habitation 05116 of justice 06664, even the LORD 03068, the hope 04723 of their fathers 01.
8 Flee 05110 out of the midst 08432 of Babylon 0894, and go forth 03318 from the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778, and be as the male goats 06260 before 06440 the flocks 06629.
9 For, lo, I will raise 05782 and cause to come 05927 against Babylon 0894 an assembly 06951 of great 01419 nations 01471 from the north 06828 country 0776: and they shall set themselves in array 06186 against her; from there she shall be taken 03920: their arrows 02671 shall be as of a mighty 01368 expert man 07919, 7921; none shall return 07725 in vain 07387. expert…: or, destroyer
10 And Chaldea 03778 shall be a prey 07998: all that spoil 07997 her shall be satisfied 07646, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
11 Because ye were glad 08055, because ye rejoiced 05937, O ye destroyers 08154 of my heritage 05159, because ye are grown fat 06335 as the heifer 05697 at grass 01877, 1758, and bellow 06670 as bulls 047; fat: Heb. big, or, corpulentbellow…: or, neigh as steeds
12 Your mother 0517 shall be greatly 03966 confounded 0954; she that bore 03205 you shall be ashamed 02659: behold, the hindermost 0319 of the nations 01471 shall be a wilderness 04057, a dry land 06723, and a desert 06160.
13 Because of the wrath 07110 of the LORD 03068 it shall not be inhabited 03427, but it shall be wholly desolate 08077: every one that goeth 05674 by Babylon 0894 shall be astonished 08074, and hiss 08319 at all her plagues 04347.
14 Put yourselves in array 06186 against Babylon 0894 on every side 05439: all ye that bend 01869 the bow 07198, shoot 03034 at her, spare 02550 no arrows 02671: for she hath sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068.
15 Shout 07321 against her on every side 05439: she hath given 05414 her hand 03027: her foundations 0803 are fallen 05307, her walls 02346 are thrown down 02040: for it is the vengeance 05360 of the LORD 03068: take vengeance 05358 upon her; as she hath done 06213, do 06213 to her.
16 Cut off 03772 the sower 02232 from Babylon 0894, and him that handleth 08610 the sickle 04038 in the time 06256 of harvest 07105: for fear 06440 of the oppressing 03238 sword 02719 they shall turn 06437 every one 0376 to his people 05971, and they shall flee 05127 every one 0376 to his own land 0776. sickle: or, scythe
17 Israel 03478 is a scattered 06340 sheep 07716; the lions 0738 have driven him away 05080: first 07223 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804 hath devoured 0398 him; and last 0314 this Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 hath broken his bones 06105.
18 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; Behold, I will punish 06485 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 and his land 0776, as I have punished 06485 the king 04428 of Assyria 0804.
19 And I will bring 07725 Israel 03478 again 07725 to his habitation 05116, and he shall feed 07462 on Carmel 03760 and Bashan 01316, and his soul 05315 shall be satisfied 07646 upon mount 02022 Ephraim 0669 and Gilead 01568.
20 In those days 03117, and in that time 06256, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, the iniquity 05771 of Israel 03478 shall be sought for 01245, and there shall be none; and the sins 02403 of Judah 03063, and they shall not be found 04672: for I will pardon 05545 them whom I reserve 07604.
21 Go up 05927 against the land 0776 of Merathaim 04850, even against it, and against the inhabitants 03427 of Pekod 06489: waste 02717 and utterly destroy 02763 after 0310 them, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and do 06213 according to all that I have commanded 06680 thee. of Merathaim: or, of the rebelsPekod: or, Visitation
22 A sound 06963 of battle 04421 is in the land 0776, and of great 01419 destruction 07667.
23 How is the hammer 06360 of the whole earth 0776 cut asunder 01438 and broken 07665! how is Babylon 0894 become a desolation 08047 among the nations 01471!
24 I have laid a snare 03369 for thee, and thou art also taken 03920, O Babylon 0894, and thou wast not aware 03045: thou art found 04672, and also caught 08610, because thou hast striven 01624 against the LORD 03068.
25 The LORD 03068 hath opened 06605 his armoury 0214, and hath brought forth 03318 the weapons 03627 of his indignation 02195: for this is the work 04399 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635 in the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778.
26 Come 0935 against her from the utmost border 07093, open 06605 her storehouses 03965: cast her up 05549 as heaps 06194, and destroy her utterly 02763: let nothing of her be left 07611. from…: Heb. from the endcast…: or, tread her
27 Slay 02717 all her bulls 06499; let them go down 03381 to the slaughter 02874: woe 01945 to them! for their day 03117 is come 0935, the time 06256 of their punishment 06486.
28 The voice 06963 of them that flee 05127 and escape from 06405 the land 0776 of Babylon 0894, to declare 05046 in Zion 06726 the vengeance 05360 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430, the vengeance 05360 of his temple 01964.
29 Call together 08085 the archers 07228 against Babylon 0894: all ye that bend 01869 the bow 07198, encamp 02583 against it on every side 05439; let none of them escape 06413: recompense 07999 her according to her work 06467; according to all that she hath done 06213, do 06213 to her: for she hath been proud 02102 against the LORD 03068, against the Holy One 06918 of Israel 03478.
30 Therefore her young men 0970 shall fall 05307 in the streets 07339, and all her men 0582 of war 04421 shall be cut off 01826 in that day 03117, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud 02087, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of hosts 06635: for thy day 03117 is come 0935, the time 06256 that I will punish 06485 thee. most…: Heb. pride
32 And the most proud 02087 shall stumble 03782 and fall 05307, and none shall raise him up 06965: and I will kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in his cities 05892, and it shall devour 0398 all around 05439 him. the…: Heb. pride
33 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; The children 01121 of Israel 03478 and the children 01121 of Judah 03063 were oppressed 06231 together 03162: and all that took them captives 07617 held them fast 02388; they refused 03985 to let them go 07971.
34 Their Redeemer 01350 is strong 02389; the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 is his name 08034: he shall thoroughly 07378 plead 07378 their cause 07379, that he may give rest 07280 to the land 0776, and disquiet 07264 the inhabitants 03427 of Babylon 0894.
35 A sword 02719 is upon the Chaldeans 03778, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, and upon the inhabitants 03427 of Babylon 0894, and upon her princes 08269, and upon her wise 02450 men.
36 A sword 02719 is upon the liars 0907; and they shall become fools 02973: a sword 02719 is upon her mighty men 01368; and they shall be dismayed 02865. liars: or, chief stays: Heb. bars
37 A sword 02719 is upon their horses 05483, and upon their chariots 07393, and upon all the mixed people 06153 that are in the midst 08432 of her; and they shall become as women 0802: a sword 02719 is upon her treasuries 0214; and they shall be robbed 0962.
38 A drought 02721 is upon her waters 04325; and they shall be dried up 03001: for it is the land 0776 of graven images 06456, and they are mad 01984 over their idols 0367.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert 06728 with the wild beasts of the isles 0338 shall dwell 03427 there, and the owls 01323, 3284 shall dwell 03427 in it: and it shall be no more inhabited 03427 for ever 05331; neither shall it be dwelt 07931 in from generation 01755 to generation 01755.
40 As God 0430 overthrew 04114 Sodom 05467 and Gomorrah 06017 and its neighbour 07934 cities, saith 05002 the LORD 03068; so shall no man 0376 abide 03427 there, neither shall any son 01121 of man 0120 dwell 01481 in it.
41 Behold, a people 05971 shall come 0935 from the north 06828, and a great 01419 nation 01471, and many 07227 kings 04428 shall be raised up 05782 from the ends 03411 of the earth 0776.
42 They shall hold 02388 the bow 07198 and the lance 03591: they are cruel 0394, and will not show mercy 07355: their voice 06963 shall roar 01993 like the sea 03220, and they shall ride 07392 upon horses 05483, every one put in array 06186, like a man 0376 to the battle 04421, against thee, O daughter 01323 of Babylon 0894.
43 The king 04428 of Babylon 0894 hath heard 08085 the report 08088 of them, and his hands 03027 became feeble 07503: anguish 06869 took hold 02388 of him, and pangs 02427 as of a woman in travail 03205.
44 Behold, he shall come up 05927 like a lion 0738 from the swelling 01347 of Jordan 03383 to the habitation 05116 of the strong 0386: but I will make 07323 them suddenly 07280 run away 07323 from her: and who is a chosen 0977 man, that I may appoint 06485 over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time 03259? and who is that shepherd 07462 that will stand 05975 before 06440 me? appoint me…: or, convent me to plead?
45 Therefore hear 08085 ye the counsel 06098 of the LORD 03068, that he hath taken 03289 against Babylon 0894; and his purposes 04284, that he hath purposed 02803 against the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778: Surely the least 06810 of the flock 06629 shall draw them out 05498: surely he shall make their habitation 05116 desolate 08074 with them.
46 At the noise 06963 of the taking 08610 of Babylon 0894 the earth 0776 is moved 07493, and the cry 02201 is heard 08085 among the nations 01471.
1 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will raise up 05782 against Babylon 0894, and against them that dwell 03427 in the midst 03820 of them that rise up 06965 against me, a destroying 07843 wind 07307; midst: Heb. heart
2 And will send 07971 to Babylon 0894 fanners 02114, that shall fan 02219 her, and shall empty 01238 her land 0776: for in the day 03117 of trouble 07451 they shall be against her on all sides 05439.
3 Against him that bendeth 01869 let the archer 01869 bend 01869 his bow 07198, and against him that lifteth himself up 05927 in his coat of mail 05630: and spare 02550 ye not her young men 0970; destroy ye utterly 02763 all her host 06635.
4 Thus the slain 02491 shall fall 05307 in the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778, and they that are thrust through 01856 in her streets 02351.
5 For Israel 03478 hath not been forsaken 0488, nor Judah 03063 by his God 0430, by the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; though their land 0776 was filled 04390 with sin 0817 against the Holy One 06918 of Israel 03478.
6 Flee from 05127 the midst 08432 of Babylon 0894, and deliver 04422 every man 0376 his soul 05315: be not cut off 01826 in her iniquity 05771; for this is the time 06256 of the LORD’S 03068 vengeance 05360; he will render 07999 to her a recompence 01576.
7 Babylon 0894 hath been a golden 02091 cup 03563 in the LORD’S 03068 hand 03027, that made all the earth 0776 drunk 07937: the nations 01471 have drunk 08354 of her wine 03196; therefore the nations 01471 are mad 01984.
8 Babylon 0894 is suddenly 06597 fallen 05307 and destroyed 07665: wail 03213 for her; take 03947 balm 06875 for her pain 04341, it may be she may be healed 07495.
9 We would have healed 07495 Babylon 0894, but she is not healed 07495: forsake 05800 her, and let us go 03212 every one 0376 into his own country 0776: for her judgment 04941 reacheth 05060 to heaven 08064, and is lifted 05375 even to the skies 07834.
10 The LORD 03068 hath brought forth 03318 our righteousness 06666: come 0935, and let us declare 05608 in Zion 06726 the work 04639 of the LORD 03068 our God 0430.
11 Make bright 01305 the arrows 02671; gather 04390 the shields 07982: the LORD 03068 hath raised up 05782 the spirit 07307 of the kings 04428 of the Medes 04074: for his purpose 04209 is against Babylon 0894, to destroy 07843 it; because it is the vengeance 05360 of the LORD 03068, the vengeance 05360 of his temple 01964. bright: Heb. pure
12 Set up 05375 the standard 05251 upon the walls 02346 of Babylon 0894, make the watch 04929 strong 02388, set up 06965 the watchmen 08104, prepare 03559 the ambushes 0693: for the LORD 03068 hath both devised 02161 and done 06213 that which he spoke 01696 against the inhabitants 03427 of Babylon 0894. ambushes: Heb. liers in wait
13 O thou that dwellest 07931 upon many 07227 waters 04325, abundant 07227 in treasures 0214, thy end 07093 is come 0935, and the measure 0520 of thy covetousness 01215.
14 The LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 hath sworn 07650 by himself 05315, saying, Surely I will fill 04390 thee with men 0120, as with caterpillers 03218; and they shall raise 06030 a shout 01959 against thee. by himself: Heb. by his soullift up: Heb. utter
15 He hath made 06213 the earth 0776 by his power 03581, he hath established 03559 the world 08398 by his wisdom 02451, and hath stretched out 05186 the heaven 08064 by his understanding 08394.
16 When he uttereth 05414 his voice 06963, there is a multitude 01995 of waters 04325 in the heavens 08064; and he causeth the vapours 05387 to ascend 05927 from the ends 07097 of the earth 0776: he maketh 06213 lightnings 01300 with rain 04306, and bringeth forth 03318 the wind 07307 out of his treasuries 0214. multitude: or, noise
17 Every man 0120 is stupid 01197 by his knowledge 01847; every goldsmith 06884 is confounded 03001 by the graven image 06459: for his molten image 05262 is falsehood 08267, and there is no breath 07307 in them. is brutish…: or, is more brutish than to know
18 They are vanity 01892, the work 04639 of errors 08595: in the time 06256 of their punishment 06486 they shall perish 06.
19 The portion 02506 of Jacob 03290 is not like them; for he is the one who formed 03335 of all things: and Israel is the rod 07626 of his inheritance 05159: the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 is his name 08034.
20 Thou art my battle axe 04661 and weapons 03627 of war 04421: for with thee will I break in pieces 05310 the nations 01471, and with thee will I destroy 07843 kingdoms 04467; with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee
21 And with thee will I break in pieces 05310 the horse 05483 and his rider 07392; and with thee will I break in pieces 05310 the chariot 07393 and its rider 07392;
22 With thee also will I break in pieces 05310 man 0376 and woman 0802; and with thee will I break in pieces 05310 old 02205 and young 05288; and with thee will I break in pieces 05310 the young man 0970 and the maid 01330;
23 I will also break in pieces 05310 with thee the shepherd 07462 and his flock 05739; and with thee will I break in pieces 05310 the farmer 0406 and his yoke of oxen 06776; and with thee will I break in pieces 05310 captains 06346 and rulers 05461.
24 And I will render 07999 to Babylon 0894 and to all the inhabitants 03427 of Chaldea 03778 all their evil 07451 that they have done 06213 in Zion 06726 in your sight 05869, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying 04889 mountain 02022, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, which destroyest 07843 all the earth 0776: and I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon thee, and roll thee down 01556 from the rocks 05553, and will make 05414 thee a burnt 08316 mountain 02022.
26 And they shall not take 03947 of thee a stone 068 for a corner 06438, nor a stone 068 for foundations 04146; but thou shalt be desolate 08077 for ever 05769, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. desolate…: Heb. everlasting desolations
27 Set ye up 05375 a standard 05251 in the land 0776, blow 08628 the trumpet 07782 among the nations 01471, prepare 06942 the nations 01471 against her, call together 08085 against her the kingdoms 04467 of Ararat 0780, Minni 04508, and Ashchenaz 0813; appoint 06485 a captain 02951 against her; cause the horses 05483 to come up 05927 as the rough 05569 caterpillers 03218.
28 Prepare 06942 against her the nations 01471 with the kings 04428 of Media 04074, their captains 06346, and all their rulers 05461, and all the land 0776 of his dominion 04475.
29 And the land 0776 shall tremble 07493 and sorrow 02342: for every purpose 04284 of the LORD 03068 shall be performed 06965 against Babylon 0894, to make 07760 the land 0776 of Babylon 0894 a desolation 08047 without an inhabitant 03427.
30 The mighty men 01368 of Babylon 0894 have stopped 02308 fighting 03898, they have remained 03427 in their strong holds 04679: their might 01369 hath failed 05405; they became as women 0802: they have burned 03341 her dwellingplaces 04908; her bars 01280 are broken 07665.
31 One post 07323 shall run 07323 to meet 07125 another 07323, and one messenger 05046 to meet 07125 another 05046, to show 05046 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 that his city 05892 is taken 03920 at one end 07097,
32 And that the fords 04569 are seized 08610, and the reeds 098 they have burned 08313 with fire 0784, and the men 0582 of war 04421 are terrified 0926.
33 For thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of Israel 03478; The daughter 01323 of Babylon 0894 is like a threshingfloor 01637, it is time 06256 to thresh 01869 her: yet a little while 04592, and the time 06256 of her harvest 07105 shall come 0935. it is…: or, in the time that he thresheth her
34 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 hath devoured 0398 me, he hath crushed 02000 me, he hath made 03322 me an empty 07385 vessel 03627, he hath swallowed me up 01104 like a dragon 08577, he hath filled 04390 his belly 03770 with my delicacies 05730, he hath cast me out 01740.
35 The violence 02555 done to me and to my flesh 07607 be upon Babylon 0894, shall the inhabitant 03427 of Zion 06726 say 0559; and my blood 01818 upon the inhabitants 03427 of Chaldea 03778, shall Jerusalem 03389 say 0559. The violence…: Heb. My violenceflesh: or, remainderinhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
36 Therefore thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I will plead 07378 thy cause 07379, and take vengeance 05358 for thee 05360; and I will dry up 02717 her sea 03220, and make her springs 04726 dry 03001.
37 And Babylon 0894 shall become heaps 01530, a dwellingplace 04583 for dragons 08577, an horror 08047, and an hissing 08322, without an inhabitant 03427.
38 They shall roar 07580 together 03162 like lions 03715: they shall yell 05286 as lions 0738’ whelps 01484. yell: or, shake themselves
39 In their heat 02527 I will make 07896 their feasts 04960, and I will make them drunk 07937, that they may rejoice 05937, and sleep 03462 a perpetual 05769 sleep 08142, and not wake 06974, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
40 I will bring them down 03381 like lambs 03733 to the slaughter 02873, like rams 0352 with male goats 06260.
41 How is Sheshach 08347 taken 03920! and how is the praise 08416 of the whole earth 0776 surprised 08610! how is Babylon 0894 become an horror 08047 among the nations 01471!
42 The sea 03220 is come up 05927 upon Babylon 0894: she is covered 03680 with the multitude 01995 of its waves 01530.
43 Her cities 05892 are a desolation 08047, a dry 06723 land 0776, and a wilderness 06160, a land 0776 in which no man 0376 dwelleth 03427, neither doth any son 01121 of man 0120 pass 05674 by it 02004.
44 And I will punish 06485 Bel 01078 in Babylon 0894, and I will bring forth 03318 out of his mouth 06310 that which he hath swallowed 01105: and the nations 01471 shall not flow together 05102 any more to him: even the wall 02346 of Babylon 0894 shall fall 05307.
45 My people 05971, depart from 03318 the midst 08432 of her, and deliver 04422 ye every man 0376 his soul 05315 from the fierce 02740 anger 0639 of the LORD 03068.
46 And lest your heart 03824 should faint 07401, and ye should fear 03372 for the rumour 08052 that shall be heard 08085 in the land 0776; a rumour 08052 shall both come 0935 one year 08141, and after 0310 that in another year 08141 shall come a rumour 08052, and violence 02555 in the land 0776, ruler 04910 against ruler 04910. lest: or, let not
47 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, that I will execute judgment 06485 upon the graven images 06456 of Babylon 0894: and her whole land 0776 shall be confounded 0954, and all her slain 02491 shall fall 05307 in the midst 08432 of her. do…: Heb. visit upon
48 Then the heaven 08064 and the earth 0776, and all that is in them, shall sing 07442 for Babylon 0894: for the spoilers 07703 shall come 0935 to her from the north 06828, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
49 As 01571 Babylon 0894 hath caused the slain 02491 of Israel 03478 to fall 05307, so at Babylon 0894 shall fall 05307 the slain 02491 of all the earth 0776. As…: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etcthe earth: or, the country
50 Ye that have escaped 06405 the sword 02719, go away 01980, stand not still 05975: remember 02142 the LORD 03068 afar off 07350, and let Jerusalem 03389 come 05927 into your mind 03824.
51 We are confounded 0954, because we have heard 08085 reproach 02781: shame 03639 hath covered 03680 our faces 06440: for foreigners 02114 are come 0935 into the sanctuaries 04720 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004.
52 Therefore, behold, the days 03117 come 0935, saith 05002 the LORD 03068, that I will execute judgment 06485 upon her graven images 06456: and through all her land 0776 the wounded 02491 shall groan 0602.
53 Though Babylon 0894 should mount up 05927 to heaven 08064, and though she should fortify 01219 the height 04791 of her strength 05797, yet 0227 from me shall spoilers 07703 come 0935 to her, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
54 A sound 06963 of a cry 02201 cometh from Babylon 0894, and great 01419 destruction 07667 from the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778:
55 Because the LORD 03068 hath laid waste 07703 Babylon 0894, and destroyed 06 out of her the great 01419 voice 06963; when her waves 01530 roar 01993 like great 07227 waters 04325, a noise 07588 of their voice 06963 is uttered 05414:
56 Because the spoiler 07703 is come 0935 upon her, even upon Babylon 0894, and her mighty men 01368 are taken 03920, every one of their bows 07198 is broken 02865: for the LORD 03068 God 0410 of recompences 01578 shall surely 07999 repay 07999.
57 And I will make drunk 07937 her princes 08269, and her wise 02450 men, her captains 06346, and her rulers 05461, and her mighty men 01368: and they shall sleep 03462 a perpetual 05769 sleep 08142, and not wake 06974, saith 05002 the King 04428, whose name 08034 is the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.
58 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; The broad 07342 walls 02346 of Babylon 0894 shall be utterly 06209 broken 06209, and her high 01364 gates 08179 shall be burned 03341 with fire 0784; and the people 05971 shall labour 03021 in vain 07385, and the people 03816 in 01767 the fire 0784, and they shall be weary 03286. The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylonbroken: or, made naked
59 The word 01697 which Jeremiah 03414 the prophet 05030 commanded 06680 Seraiah 08304 the son 01121 of Neriah 05374, the son 01121 of Maaseiah 04271, when he went 03212 with Zedekiah 06667 the king 04428 of Judah 03063 into Babylon 0894 in the fourth 07243 year 08141 of his reign 04427. And this Seraiah 08304 was a quiet 04496 prince 08269. with: or, on the behalf ofquiet…: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain
60 So Jeremiah 03414 wrote 03789 in a 0259 book 05612 all the evil 07451 that should come 0935 upon Babylon 0894, even all these words 01697 that are written 03789 against Babylon 0894.
61 And Jeremiah 03414 said 0559 to Seraiah 08304, When thou shalt come 0935 to Babylon 0894, and shalt see 07200, and shalt read 07121 all these words 01697;
62 Then shalt thou say 0559, O LORD 03068, thou hast spoken 01696 against this place 04725, to cut it off 03772, that none shall remain 03427 in it, neither man 0120 nor beast 0929, but that it shall be desolate 08077 for ever 05769. desolate: Heb. desolations
63 And it shall be, when thou hast finished 03615 reading 07121 this book 05612, that thou shalt bind 07194 a stone 068 to it, and cast 07993 it into the midst 08432 of Euphrates 06578:
64 And thou shalt say 0559, Thus shall Babylon 0894 sink 08257, and shall not rise 06965 from 06440 the evil 07451 that I will bring 0935 upon her: and they shall be weary 03286. Thus far are the words 01697 of Jeremiah 03414.
1 Zedekiah 06667 was one 0259 and twenty 06242 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 eleven 0259, 6240 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389. And his mother’s 0517 name 08034 was Hamutal 02537 the daughter 01323 of Jeremiah 03414 of Libnah 03841. began…: Heb. reigned
2 And he did 06213 that which was evil 07451 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, according to all that Jehoiakim 03079 had done 06213.
3 For through 05921 the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 it came to pass in Jerusalem 03389 and Judah 03063, till he had cast them out 07993 from his presence 06440, that Zedekiah 06667 rebelled 04775 against the king 04428 of Babylon 0894.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth 08671 year 08141 of his reign 04427, in the tenth 06224 month 02320, in the tenth 06218 day of the month 02320, that Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 came 0935, he and all his army 02428, against Jerusalem 03389, and encamped 02583 against it, and built 01129 forts 01785 against it on every side 05439.
5 So 0935 the city 05892 was besieged 04692 to the eleventh 06249, 6240 year 08141 of king 04428 Zedekiah 06667.
6 And in the fourth 07243 month 02320, in the ninth 08672 day of the month 02320, the famine 07458 was great 02388 in the city 05892, so that there was no bread 03899 for the people 05971 of the land 0776.
7 Then the city 05892 was broken up 01234, and all the men 0582 of war 04421 fled 01272, and went forth 03318 from the city 05892 by night 03915 by the way 01870 of the gate 08179 between the two walls 02346, which was by the king’s 04428 garden 01588; (now the Chaldeans 03778 were by the city 05892 on all sides 05439:) and they went 03212 by the way 01870 of the plain 06160.
8 But the army 02428 of the Chaldeans 03778 pursued 07291, 310 the king 04428, and overtook 05381 Zedekiah 06667 in the plains 06160 of Jericho 03405; and all his army 02428 was scattered 06327 from him.
9 Then they took 08610 the king 04428, and carried him 05927 to the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 to Riblah 07247 in the land 0776 of Hamath 02574; where he gave 01696 judgment 04941 upon him.
10 And the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 slew 07819 the sons 01121 of Zedekiah 06667 before his eyes 05869: he slew 07819 also all the princes 08269 of Judah 03063 in Riblah 07247.
11 Then he put out 05786 the eyes 05869 of Zedekiah 06667; and the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 bound 0631 him in chains 05178, and carried 0935 him to Babylon 0894, and put 05414 him in prison 01004, 6486 till the day 03117 of his death 04194. put out: Heb. blindedchains: or, fettersprison: Heb. house of the wards
12 Now in the fifth 02549 month 02320, in the tenth 06218 day of the month 02320, which was the nineteenth 08672, 6240, 8141 year 08141 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, came 0935 Nebuzaradan 05018, captain 07227 of the guard 02876, who served 05975, 6440 the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, into Jerusalem 03389, captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermenserved: Heb. stood before
13 And burned 08313 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the king’s 04428 house 01004; and all the houses 01004 of Jerusalem 03389, and all the houses 01004 of the great 01419 men, he burned 08313 with fire 0784:
14 And all the army 02428 of the Chaldeans 03778, that were with the captain 07227 of the guard 02876, broke down 05422 all the walls 02346 of Jerusalem 03389 on every side 05439.
15 Then Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 carried away captive 01540 certain of the poor 01803 of the people 05971, and the rest 03499 of the people 05971 that remained 07604 in the city 05892, and those that fell away 05307, that fell 05307 to the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and the rest 03499 of the multitude 0527.
16 But Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 left 07604 certain of the poor 01803 of the land 0776 for vinedressers 03755 and for farmers 03009.
17 Also the pillars 05982 of brass 05178 that were in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and the bases 04350, and the brasen 05178 sea 03220 that was in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, the Chaldeans 03778 broke 07665, and carried 05375 all the brass 05178 of them to Babylon 0894.
18 The caldrons 05518 also, and the shovels 03257, and the snuffers 04212, and the bowls 04219, and the spoons 03709, and all the vessels 03627 of brass 05178 by which they ministered 08334, they took away 03947. shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashesbowls: or, basons
19 And the basins 05592, and the firepans 04289, and the bowls 04219, and the caldrons 05518, and the lampstands 04501, and the spoons 03709, and the cups 04518; that which was of gold 02091 in gold 02091, and that which was of silver 03701 in silver 03701, the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 took away 03947. firepans: or, censers
20 The two 08147 pillars 05982, one 0259 sea 03220, and twelve 08147, 6240 brasen 05178 bulls 01241 that were under the bases 04350, which king 04428 Solomon 08010 had made 06213 in the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: the brass 05178 of all these vessels 03627 was without weight 04948. the brass: Heb. their brass
21 And concerning the pillars 05982, the height 06967 of one 0259 pillar 05982 was eighteen 08083, 6240 cubits 0520; and a band 02339 of twelve 08147, 6240 cubits 0520 surrounded 05437 it; and the thickness 05672 of it was four 0702 fingers 0676: it was hollow 05014. fillet: Heb. thread
22 And a capital 03805 of brass 05178 was upon it; and the height 06967 of one 0259 capital 03805 was five 02568 cubits 0520, with network 07639 and pomegranates 07416 upon the capitals 03805 around 05439, all of brass 05178. The second 08145 pillar 05982 also and the pomegranates 07416 were like these.
23 And there were ninety 08673 and six 08337 pomegranates 07416 on a side 07307; and all the pomegranates 07416 upon the network 07639 were an hundred 03967 on all sides 05439.
24 And the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 took 03947 Seraiah 08304 the chief 07218 priest 03548, and Zephaniah 06846 the second 04932 priest 03548, and the three 07969 keepers 08104 of the door 05592: door: Heb. threshold
25 He took 03947 also out of the city 05892 an 0259 eunuch 05631, who had the charge 06496 of the men 0582 of war 04421; and seven 07651 men 0582 of them that were near 07200 the king’s 04428 person 06440, who were found 04672 in the city 05892; and the principal 08269 scribe 05608 of the host 06635, who mustered 06633 the people 05971 of the land 0776; and sixty 08346 men 0376 of the people 05971 of the land 0776, that were found 04672 in the midst 08432 of the city 05892. were near…: Heb. saw the face of the kingprincipal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host
26 So Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 took 03947 them, and brought 03212 them to the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 to Riblah 07247.
27 And the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 smote 05221 them, and put them to death 04191 in Riblah 07247 in the land 0127 of Hamath 02574. Thus Judah 03063 was carried away captive 01540 out of his own land 0776.
28 This is the people 05971 whom Nebuchadnezzar 05019 carried away captive 01540: in the seventh 07651 year 08141 three 07969 thousand 0505 Jews 03064 and three 07969 and twenty 06242:
29 In the eighteenth 08083, 6240 year 08141 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 he carried away captive 01540 from Jerusalem 03389 eight 08083 hundred 03967 and thirty 07970 and two 08147 persons 05315: persons: Heb. souls
30 In the three 07969 and twentieth 06242 year 08141 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 Nebuzaradan 05018 the captain 07227 of the guard 02876 carried away captive 01540 of the Jews 03064 seven 07651 hundred 03967 and forty 0705 and five 02568 persons 05315: all the persons 05315 were four 0702 thousand 0505 and six 08337 hundred 03967.
31 And it came to pass in the seven 07651 and thirtieth 07970 year 08141 of the captivity 01546 of Jehoiachin 03078 king 04428 of Judah 03063, in the twelfth 08147, 6240 month 02320, in the five 02568 and twentieth 06242 day of the month 02320, that Evilmerodach 0192 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 in the first year 08141 of his reign 04438 lifted up 05375 the head 07218 of Jehoiachin 03078 king 04428 of Judah 03063, and brought him 03318 out of prison 01004, 3628,
32 And spoke 01696 kindly 02896 to him, and set 05414 his throne 03678 above 04605 the throne 03678 of the kings 04428 that were with him in Babylon 0894, kindly…: Heb. good things with him
33 And changed 08138 his prison 03608 garments 0899: and he continually 08548 ate 0398 bread 03899 before 06440 him all the days 03117 of his life 02416.
34 And for his food 0737, there was a continual 08548 diet 0737 given 05414 him of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, every 03117 day 03117 a portion 01697 until the day 03117 of his death 04194, all the days 03117 of his life 02416. every…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day