strkjv@Jeremiah:22:1
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
; Go
down
to the
house
of the
king
of
Judah
, and
speak
there this
word
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:2
@ And
say
,
Hear
the
word
of the
LORD
, O
king
of
Judah
, that
sittest
upon the
throne
of
David
, thou, and thy
servants
, and thy
people
that
enter
in by these
gates
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:3
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
;
Execute
ye
judgment
and
righteousness
, and
deliver
the
spoiled
out of the
hand
of the
oppressor
: and do no
wrong
, do no
violence
to the
stranger
, the
fatherless
, nor the
widow
, neither
shed
innocent
blood
in this
place
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:4
@ For if ye
do
this
thing
indeed
, then shall there enter
in
by the
gates
of this
house
kings
sitting
upon the
throne
of
David
,
riding
in
chariots
and on
horses
, he, and his
servants
, and his
people
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:5
@ But if ye will not
hear
these
words
, I
swear
by myself,
saith
the
LORD
, that this
house
shall become a
desolation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:6
@ For thus
saith
the
LORD
unto the
kings
house
of
Judah
; Thou art
Gilead
unto me, and the
head
of
Lebanon
: yet srely I will
make
thee a
wilderness
, and
cities
which are not
inhabited
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:7
@ And I will
prepare
destroyers
against thee, every
one
with his
weapons
: and they shall cut
down
thy
choice
cedars
, and
cast
them into the
fire
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:8
@ And
many
nations
shall
pass
by this
city
, and they shall
say
every
man
to his
neighbour
, Wherefore hath the
LORD
done
thus unto this
great
city
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:9
@ Then they shall
answer
, Because they have
forsaken
the
covenant
of the
LORD
their
God
, and
worshipped
other
gods
, and
served
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:10
@
Weep
ye not for the
dead
, neither
bemoan
him: but
weep
sore
for him that goeth
away
: for he shall
return
no more, nor
see
his
native
country
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:11
@ For thus
saith
the
LORD
touching
Shallum
the
son
of
Josiah
king
of
Judah
, which
reigned
instead of
Josiah
his
father
, which went
forth
out of this
place
; He shall not
return
thither any more:
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:12
@ But he shall
die
in the
place
whither they have led him
captive
, and shall
see
this
land
no more.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:13
@
Woe
unto him that
buildeth
his
house
by
unrighteousness
, and his
chambers
by
wrong
; that useth his
neighbours
service
without
wages
, and
giveth
him not for his
work
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:14
@ That
saith
, I will
build
me a
wide
house
and
large
chambers
, and cutteth him
out
windows
; and it is
cieled
with
cedar
, and
painted
with
vermilion
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:15
@ Shalt thou
reign
, because thou
closest
thyself in
cedar
? did not thy
father
eat
and
drink
, and
do
judgment
and
justice
, and then it was
well
with him?
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:16
@ He
judged
the
cause
of the
poor
and
needy
; then it was
well
with him: was not this to
know
me?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:17
@ But thine
eyes
and thine
heart
are not but for thy
covetousness
, and for to
shed
innocent
blood
, and for
oppression
, and for
violence
, to
do
it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:18
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
concerning
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah
king
of
Judah
; They shall not
lament
for him, saying,
Ah
my
brother
! or,
Ah
sister
! they shall not
lament
for him, saying,
Ah
lord
! or,
Ah
his
glory
!
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:19
@ He shall be
buried
with the
burial
of an
ass
,
drawn
and cast
forth
beyond
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:20
@ Go
up
to
Lebanon
, and
cry
; and lift
up
thy
voice
in
Bashan
, and
cry
from the
passages
: for all thy
lovers
are
destroyed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:21
@ I
spake
unto thee in thy
prosperity
; but thou
saidst
, I will not
hear
. This hath been thy
manner
from thy
youth
, that thou
obeyedst
not my
voice
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:22
@ The
wind
shall eat
up
all thy
pastors
, and thy
lovers
shall
go
into
captivity
: surely then shalt thou be
ashamed
and
confounded
for all thy
wickedness
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:23
@ O
inhabitant
of
Lebanon
, that makest thy
nest
in the
cedars
, how
gracious
shalt thou be when
pangs
come
upon thee, the
pain
as of a woman in
travail
!
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:24
@ As I
live
,
saith
the
LORD
, though
Coniah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah
were the
signet
upon my
right
hand
, yet would I
pluck
thee thence;
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:25
@ And I will
give
thee into the
hand
of them that
seek
thy
life
, and into the
hand
of them whose
face
thou
fearest
, even into the
hand
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
, and into the
hand
of the
Chaldeans
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:26
@ And I will cast thee
out
, and thy
mother
that
bare
thee, into
another
country
, where ye were not
born
; and there shall ye
die
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:27
@ But to the
land
whereunto they
desire
to
return
, thither shall they not
return
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:28
@ Is this
man
Coniah
a
despised
broken
idol
? is he a
vessel
wherein is no
pleasure
? wherefore are they cast
out
, he and his
seed
, and are
cast
into a
land
which they
know
not?
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:29
@ O
earth
,
earth
,
earth
,
hear
the
word
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:22:30
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
,
Write
ye this
man
childless
, a
man
that shall not
prosper
in his
days
: for no
man
of his
seed
shall
prosper
,
sitting
upon the
throne
of
David
, and
ruling
any more in
Judah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:1
@
Woe
be unto the
pastors
that
destroy
and
scatter
the
sheep
of my
pasture
!
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:2
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
against the
pastors
that
feed
my
people
; Ye have
scattered
my
flock
, and driven them
away
, and have not
visited
them: behold, I will
visit
upon you the
evil
of your
doings
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:3
@ And I will
gather
the
remnant
of my
flock
out of all
countries
whither I have
driven
them, and will bring them
again
to their
folds
; and they shall be
fruitful
and
increase
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:4
@ And I will set
up
shepherds
over them which shall
feed
them: and they shall
fear
no more, nor be
dismayed
, neither shall they be
lacking
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:5
@ Behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that I will
raise
unto
David
a
righteous
Branch
, and a
King
shall
reign
and
prosper
, and shall
execute
judgment
and
justice
in the
earth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:6
@ In his
days
Judah
shall be
saved
, and
Israel
shall
dwell
safely
: and this is his
name
whereby he shall be
called
, THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Y@hovah.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:7
@ Therefore, behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that they shall no more
say
, The
LORD
liveth
, which brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out of the
land
of
Egypt
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:8
@ But, The
LORD
liveth
, which brought
up
and which
led
the
seed
of the
house
of
Israel
out of the
north
country
, and from all
countries
whither I had
driven
them; and they shall
dwell
in their own
land
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:9
@ Mine
heart
within
me is
broken
because of the
prophets
; all my
bones
shake
; I am like a
drunken
man
, and like a
man
whom
wine
hath
overcome
,
because
of the
LORD
, and because of the
words
of his
holiness
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:10
@ For the
land
is
full
of
adulterers
; for
because
of
swearing
the
land
mourneth
; the pleasant
places
of the
wilderness
are dried
up
, and their
course
is
evil
, and their
force
is not right.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:11
@ For both
prophet
and
priest
are
profane
; yea, in my
house
have I
found
their
wickedness
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:12
@ Wherefore their
way
shall be unto them as
slippery
ways in the
darkness
: they shall be driven
on
, and
fall
therein: for I will
bring
evil
upon them, even the
year
of their
visitation
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:13
@ And I have
seen
folly
in the
prophets
of
Samaria
; they
prophesied
in
Baal
, and caused my
people
Israel
to
err
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:14
@ I have
seen
also in the
prophets
of
Jerusalem
an horrible
thing
: they commit
adultery
, and
walk
in
lies
: they
strengthen
also the
hands
of
evildoers
, that
none
doth
return
from his
wickedness
: they are all of them unto me as
Sodom
, and the
inhabitants
thereof as
Gomorrah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:15
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
concerning the
prophets
; Behold, I will
feed
them with
wormwood
, and make them
drink
the
water
of
gall
: for from the
prophets
of
Jerusalem
is
profaneness
gone
forth
into all the
land
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:16
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
,
Hearken
not unto the
words
of the
prophets
that
prophesy
unto you: they make you
vain
: they
speak
a
vision
of their own
heart
, and not out of the
mouth
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:17
@ They
say
still
unto them that
despise
me, The
LORD
hath
said
, Ye shall have
peace
; and they
say
unto every one that
walketh
after the
imagination
of his own
heart
, No
evil
shall
come
upon you.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:18
@ For who hath
stood
in the
counsel
of the
LORD
, and hath
perceived
and
heard
his
word
? who hath
marked
his
word
, and
heard
it?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:19
@ Behold, a
whirlwind
of the
LORD
is gone
forth
in
fury
, even a
grievous
whirlwind
: it shall fall
grievously
upon the
head
of the
wicked
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:20
@ The
anger
of the
LORD
shall not
return
, until he have
executed
, and till he have
performed
the
thoughts
of his
heart
: in the
latter
days
ye shall
consider
it
perfectly
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:21
@ I have not
sent
these
prophets
, yet they
ran
: I have not
spoken
to them, yet they
prophesied
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:22
@ But if they had
stood
in my
counsel
, and had caused my
people
to
hear
my
words
, then they should have
turned
them from their
evil
way
, and from the
evil
of their
doings
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:23
@ Am I a
God
at
hand
,
saith
the
LORD
, and not a
God
afar
off
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:24
@ Can
any
hide
himself in secret
places
that I shall not
see
him?
saith
the
LORD
. Do not I
fill
heaven
and
earth
?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:25
@ I have
heard
what the
prophets
said
, that
prophesy
lies
in my
name
,
saying
, I have
dreamed
, I have
dreamed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:26
@ How long shall this
be
in the
heart
of the
prophets
that
prophesy
lies
? yea, they are
prophets
of the
deceit
of their own
heart
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:27
@ Which
think
to cause my
people
to
forget
my
name
by their
dreams
which they
tell
every
man
to his
neighbour
, as their
fathers
have
forgotten
my
name
for
Baal
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:28
@ The
prophet
that hath a
dream
, let him
tell
a
dream
; and he that hath my
word
, let him
speak
my
word
faithfully
. What is the
chaff
to the
wheat
?
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:29
@ Is not my
word
like
as a
fire
?
saith
the
LORD
; and like a
hammer
that
breaketh
the
rock
in
pieces
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:30
@ Therefore, behold, I am against the
prophets
,
saith
the
LORD
, that
steal
my
words
every
one
from his
neighbour
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:31
@ Behold, I am against the
prophets
,
saith
the
LORD
, that
use
their
tongues
, and
say
, He
saith
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:32
@ Behold, I am against them that
prophesy
false
dreams
,
saith
the
LORD
, and do
tell
them, and cause my
people
to
err
by their
lies
, and by their
lightness
; yet I
sent
them not, nor
commanded
them: therefore they shall not
profit
this
people
at
all
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:33
@ And when this
people
, or the
prophet
, or a
priest
, shall
ask
thee,
saying
, What is the
burden
of the
LORD
? thou shalt then
say
unto them, What
burden
? I will even
forsake
you,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:34
@ And as for the
prophet
, and the
priest
, and the
people
, that shall
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
, I will even
punish
that
man
and his
house
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:35
@ Thus shall ye
say
every
one
to his
neighbour
, and every
one
to his
brother
, What hath the
LORD
answered
? and, What hath the
LORD
spoken
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:36
@ And the
burden
of the
LORD
shall ye
mention
no more: for every
mans
word
shall be his
burden
; for ye have
perverted
the
words
of the
living
God
, of the
LORD
of
hosts
our
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:37
@ Thus shalt thou
say
to the
prophet
, What hath the
LORD
answered
thee? and, What hath the
LORD
spoken
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:38
@
But
since ye
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
; therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
; Because ye
say
this
word
, The
burden
of the
LORD
, and I have
sent
unto you,
saying
, Ye shall not
say
, The
burden
of the
LORD
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:39
@ Therefore, behold, I, even I, will
utterly
forget
you, and I will
forsake
you, and the
city
that I
gave
you and your
fathers
, and cast you out of my
presence
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:23:40
@ And I will
bring
an
everlasting
reproach
upon you, and a
perpetual
shame
, which shall not be
forgotten
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:1
@ The
LORD
shewed
me, and, behold,
two
baskets
of
figs
were
set
before
the
temple
of the
LORD
,
after
that
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
had carried away
captive
Jeconiah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah
, and the
princes
of
Judah
, with the
carpenters
and
smiths
, from
Jerusalem
, and had
brought
them to
Babylon
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:2
@
One
basket
had
very
good
figs
t@, even like the
figs
that are first
ripe
: and the
other
basket
had
very
naughty
figs
t@, which could not be
eaten
, they were so
bad
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:3
@ Then
said
the
LORD
unto me, What
seest
thou,
Jeremiah
? And I
said
,
Figs
t@; the
good
figs
t@,
very
good
; and the
evil
,
very
evil
, that cannot be
eaten
, they are so
evil
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:4
@ Again the
word
of the
LORD
came unto me,
saying
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:5
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
, the
God
of
Israel
; Like these
good
figs
t@, so will I
acknowledge
them that are carried away
captive
of
Judah
, whom I have
sent
out of this
place
into the
land
of the
Chaldeans
for their
good
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:6
@ For I will
set
mine
eyes
upon them for
good
, and I will bring them
again
to this
land
: and I will
build
them, and not pull them
down
; and I will
plant
them, and not pluck them
up
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:7
@ And I will
give
them an
heart
to
know
me, that I am the
LORD
: and they shall be my
people
, and I will be their
God
: for they shall
return
unto me with their whole
heart
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:8
@ And as the
evil
figs
t@, which cannot be
eaten
, they are so
evil
; surely thus
saith
the
LORD
, So will I
give
Zedekiah
the
king
of
Judah
, and his
princes
, and the
residue
of
Jerusalem
, that
remain
in this
land
, and them that
dwell
in the
land
of
Egypt
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:9
@ And I will
deliver
them to be
removed
into all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
for their
hurt
, to be a
reproach
and a
proverb
, a
taunt
and a
curse
, in all
places
whither I shall
drive
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:24:10
@ And I will
send
the
sword
, the
famine
, and the
pestilence
, among them, till they be
consumed
from off the
land
that I
gave
unto them and to their
fathers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:25:1
@ The
word
that came to
Jeremiah
concerning all the
people
of
Judah
in the
fourth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah
king
of
Judah
, that was the
first
year
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
;
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