rwbs - Jeremiah:11-13

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:2 @ Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:3 @ And say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:4 @ Which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:5 @ That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. (note:)So…: Hebrews. Amen(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:6 @ Then the LORD said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:7 @ For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:8 @ Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded to do; but they did not. (note:)imagination: or, stubbornness(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:9 @ And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:10 @ They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:11 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, I will not hearken to them. (note:)to escape: Hebrews. to go forth of(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:12 @ Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. (note:)trouble: Hebrews. evil(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:13 @ For the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. (note:)shameful…: Hebrews. shame(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:14 @ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear in the time when they cry to me for their trouble. (note:)trouble: Hebrews. evil(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:15 @ What hath my beloved to do in my house, she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. (note:)What…: Hebrews. What is to my beloved in my house(:note)when…: or, when thy evil is

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:16 @ The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:17 @ For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:18 @ And the LORD hath given me knowledge, and I know: then thou didst show me their doings.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:19 @ But I like a lamb an ox is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me,, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. (note:)the tree…: Hebrews. the stalk with his bread(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:20 @ But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:21 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:22 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: (note:)punish: Hebrews. visit upon(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:23 @ And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:1 @ Righteous thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? are they all happy that deal very treacherously? (note:)talk…: or, reason the case with thee(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:2 @ Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou near in their mouth, and far from their reins. (note:)they grow: Hebrews. they go on(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:3 @ But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. (note:)toward…: Hebrews. with thee(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:4 @ How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:5 @ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and in the land of peace, thou didst trust,, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:6 @ For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee. (note:)they have called…: or, they cried after thee fully(:note)fair…: Hebrews. good things

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:7 @ I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. (note:)the dearly…: Hebrews. the love(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:8 @ My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. (note:)crieth…: or, yelleth: Hebrews. giveth out his voice(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:9 @ My heritage to me a speckled bird, the birds on every side against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. (note:)speckled: or, taloned(:note)come to: or, cause them to come to

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:10 @ Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (note:)pleasant…: Hebrews. portion of desire(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:11 @ They have made it desolate, desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth to heart.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:12 @ The spoilers have come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the end of the land even to the end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:13 @ They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. (note:)they shall: or, ye shall(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:14 @ Thus saith the LORD against all my evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:15 @ And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:16 @ And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:17 @ But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:1 @ Thus saith the LORD to me, Go and purchase a linen waistband, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:2 @ So I bought a waistband according to the word of the LORD, and put on my loins.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:3 @ And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the waistband that thou hast bought, which upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:5 @ So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:6 @ And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said to me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the waistband from there, which I commanded thee to hide there.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:7 @ Then I went to Euphrates, and dug, and took the waistband from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the waistband was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:8 @ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:9 @ Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:10 @ This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this waistband, which is good for nothing. (note:)imagination: or, stubbornness(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:11 @ For as the waistband cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:12 @ Therefore thou shalt speak to them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:13 @ Then shalt thou say to them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:14 @ And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. (note:)one…: Hebrews. a man against his brother(:note)but…: Heb. from destroying them

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:15 @ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:16 @ Give glory to the LORD your God, before he shall cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he shall turn it into the shadow of death, make gross darkness.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:17 @ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:18 @ Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, the crown of your glory. (note:)principalities: or, head tires(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:19 @ The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:20 @ Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where the flock was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:21 @ What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them captains, as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? (note:)punish: Heb visit upon(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:22 @ And if thou shalt say in thy heart, Why come these things upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, thy heels made bare. (note:)made…: or, shall be violently taken away(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:23 @ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (note:)accustomed: Hebrews. taught(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:24 @ Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:25 @ This thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:26 @ Therefore will I uncover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

rwbs@Jeremiah:13:27 @ I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, thy abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when once? (note:)when…: Hebrews. after when yet?(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. (note:)the dearth: Hebrews. the words of the dearths, or, restraints(:note)