rwbs - Jeremiah:12-14

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)

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:2 @ Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:3 @ And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:4 @ Because the ground is parched, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:5 @ Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook, because there was no grass.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:6 @ And the wild donkeys stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed, because no grass.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:7 @ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:8 @ O the hope of Israel, his saviour in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man turneth aside to tarry for a night?

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:9 @ Why shouldest thou be as a man dismayed, as a mighty man cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. (note:)we…: Hebrews. thy name is called upon us(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:10 @ Thus saith the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:11 @ Then said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for good.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:12 @ When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:13 @ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. (note:)assured…: Hebrews. peace of truth(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:14 @ Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoken to them: they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:15 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:16 @ And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:17 @ Therefore thou shalt say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:18 @ If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. (note:)go about…: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:19 @ Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and no healing for us? we looked for peace, and no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:20 @ We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:21 @ Do not abhor, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

rwbs@Jeremiah:14:22 @ Are there among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these.

rwbs@Jeremiah:15:1 @ Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my mind not toward this people: cast out of my sight, and let them go forth.