rwbs - Jeremiah:25-27

rwbs@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 the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:2 @ Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:3 @ From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:4 @ And the LORD hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:5 @ They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:6 @ And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:7 @ Yet ye have not hearkened to me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:8 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:9 @ Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations on every side, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:10 @ Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. (note:)I will…: Hebrews. I will cause to perish from them(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:11 @ And this whole land shall be a desolation, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:12 @ And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. (note:)punish: Hebrews. visit upon(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:13 @ And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:14 @ For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:15 @ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:16 @ And they shall drink, and be moved, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:17 @ Then I took the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:18 @, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an horror, an hissing, and a curse; as this day;

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:19 @ Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:20 @ And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:21 @ Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:22 @ And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which beyond the sea, (note:)isles: or, region by the sea side(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:23 @ Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all in the utmost corners, (note:)that…: Hebrews. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:24 @ And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people that dwell in the desert,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:25 @ And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:26 @ And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:27 @ Therefore thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:28 @ And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:29 @ For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. (note:)which…: Hebrews. upon which my name is called(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:30 @ Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:31 @ A noise shall come to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:32 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised from the ends of the earth.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:33 @ And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from end of the earth even to the end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be refuse upon the ground.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:34 @ Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves, ye chief of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. (note:)the days…: Hebrews. your days for slaughter(:note)a pleasant…: Heb. a vessel of desire

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:35 @ And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape. (note:)the shepherds…: Hebrews. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:36 @ A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the chief of the flock,: for the LORD hath laid waste their pasture.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:37 @ And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:25:38 @ He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. (note:)desolate: Hebrews. a desolation(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:2 @ Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’S house, all the words that I command thee to speak to them; diminish not a word:

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:3 @ It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:4 @ And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:5 @ To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, both rising early, and sending, but ye have not hearkened;

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:6 @ Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:7 @ So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:8 @ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:9 @ Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:10 @ When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house to the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entrance of the new gate of the LORD’S. (note:)in the…: or, at the door(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:11 @ Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. (note:)This man…: Hebrews. The judgment of death is for this man(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:13 @ Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:14 @ As for me, behold, I in your hand: do with me as it seemeth good and right to you. (note:)as…: Hebrews. as it is good and right in your eyes(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:15 @ But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its inhabitants: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:16 @ Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets; This man not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:17 @ Then arose certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:18 @ Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:19 @ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. (note:)the LORD, and the: Hebrews. the face of the LORD, etc(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:20 @ And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:21 @ And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:22 @ And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt,, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him into Egypt.

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:23 @ And they brought forth Urijah from Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people. (note:)common…: Hebrews. sons of the people(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:26:24 @ Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:2 @ Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, (note:)saith…: or, hath the LORD said(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:3 @ And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:4 @ And command them to say to their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to your masters; (note:)to say…: or, concerning their masters, saying(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:5 @ I have made the earth, the man and the beast that upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:6 @ And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:7 @ And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land shall come: and then many nations and great kings shall bring him into subjection.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:8 @ And it shall come to pass, the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:9 @ Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: (note:)dreamers: Hebrews. dreams(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:10 @ For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:11 @ But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell in it.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:12 @ I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:13 @ Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:14 @ Therefore hearken not to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:15 @ For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy to you. (note:)a lie: Hebrews. in a lie, or, lyingly(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:16 @ Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:17 @ Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:18 @ But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:19 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:20 @ Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:21 @ Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain the house of the LORD, and the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

rwbs@Jeremiah:27:22 @ They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

rwbs@Jeremiah:28:1 @ And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, who of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,