Jeremiah:3:6-4
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And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king : '
Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did ?
she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree ,
and there played the harlot .
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And I said :
After she hath done all these things ,
she will return unto me ;
but she returned not .
And her treacherous sister Judah saw it .
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And I saw ,
when ,
forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery ,
I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement ,
that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not ;
but she also went and played the harlot ;
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and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry ,
that the land was polluted ,
and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks ;
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and yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto Me with her whole heart ,
but feignedly ,
saith the LORD --
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even the LORD said unto me--backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah .
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Go ,
and proclaim these words toward the north ,
and say :
Return ,
thou backsliding Israel ,
saith the LORD ;
I will not frown upon you ;
for I am merciful ,
saith the LORD ,
I will not bear grudge for ever .
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Only acknowledge thine iniquity ,
that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God ,
and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every leafy tree ,
and ye have not hearkened to My voice ,
saith the LORD .
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Return ,
O backsliding children ,
saith the LORD ;
for I am a lord unto you ,
and I will take you one of a city ,
and two of a family ,
and I will bring you to Zion ;
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and I will give you shepherds according to My heart ,
who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding .
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And it shall come to pass ,
when ye are multiplied and increased in the land ,
in those days ,
saith the LORD ,
they shall say no more :
The ark of the covenant of the LORD ;
neither shall it come to mind ;
neither shall they make mention of it ;
neither shall they miss it ;
neither shall it be made any more .
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At that time they shall call Jerusalem The throne of the LORD ;
and all the nations shall be gathered unto it ,
to the name of the LORD ,
to Jerusalem ;
neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart .
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In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel ,
and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers .'
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But I said : '
How would I put thee among the sons ,
and give thee a pleasant land ,
the goodliest heritage of the nations !'
And I said : '
Thou shalt call Me ,
My father ;
and shalt not turn away from following Me .'
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Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband ,
so have ye dealt treacherously with Me ,
O house of Israel ,
saith the LORD .
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Hark !
upon the high hills is heard the suppliant weeping of the children of Israel ;
for that they have perverted their way ,
they have forgotten the LORD their God .
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Return ,
ye backsliding children ,
I will heal your backslidings .-- '
Here we are ,
we are come unto Thee ;
for Thou art the LORD our God .
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Truly vain have proved the hills ,
the uproar on the mountains ;
truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel .
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But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth ;
their flocks and their herds ,
their sons and their daughters .
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Let us lie down in our shame ,
and let our confusion cover us ;
for we have sinned against the LORD our God ,
we and our fathers ,
from our youth even unto this day ;
and we have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD our God .'
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Thus speaketh the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
saying :
Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book .
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For ,
lo ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will turn the captivity of My people Israel and Judah ,
saith the LORD ;
and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers ,
and they shall possess it .'
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And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah .
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For thus saith the LORD :
We have heard a voice of trembling ,
of fear ,
and not of peace .
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Ask ye now ,
and see whether a man doth travail with child ;
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins ,
as a woman in travail ,
and all faces are turned into paleness ?
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Alas !
for that day is great ,
so that none is like it ;
and it is a time of trouble unto Jacob ,
but out of it shall he be saved .
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
saith the LORD of hosts ,
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck ,
and will burst thy bands ;
and strangers shall no more make him their bondman ;
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But they shall serve the LORD their God ,
and David their king ,
whom I will raise up unto them .
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Therefore fear thou not ,
O Jacob My servant ,
saith the LORD ;
neither be dismayed ,
O Israel ;
for ,
lo ,
I will save thee from afar ,
and thy seed from the land of their captivity ;
and Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease ,
and none shall make him afraid .
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For I am with thee ,
saith the LORD ,
to save thee ;
for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee ,
but I will not make a full end of thee ;
for I will correct thee in measure ,
and will not utterly destroy thee .
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For thus saith the LORD :
Thy hurt is incurable ,
and thy wound is grievous .
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None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up ;
thou hast no healing medicines .
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All thy lovers have forgotten thee ,
they seek thee not ;
for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy ,
with the chastisement of a cruel one ;
for the greatness of thine iniquity ,
because thy sins were increased .
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Why criest thou for thy hurt ,
that thy pain is incurable ?
For the greatness of thine iniquity ,
because thy sins were increased ,
I have done these things unto thee .
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Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured ,
and all thine adversaries ,
every one of them ,
shall go into captivity ;
and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil ,
and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey .
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For I will restore health unto thee ,
and I will heal thee of thy wounds ,
saith the LORD ;
because they have called thee an outcast : '
She is Zion ,
there is none that careth for her .'
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Thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will turn the captivity of Jacob '
s tents ,
and have compassion on his dwelling-places ;
and the city shall be builded upon her own mound ,
and the palace shall be inhabited upon its wonted place .
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And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry ;
and I will multiply them ,
and they shall not be diminished ,
I will also increase them ,
and they shall not dwindle away .
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Their children also shall be as aforetime ,
and their congregation shall be established before Me ,
and I will punish all that oppress them .
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And their prince shall be of themselves ,
and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them ;
and I will cause him to draw near ,
and he shall approach unto Me ;
for who is he that hath pledged his heart to approach unto Me ?
saith the LORD .
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And ye shall be My people ,
and I will be your God .
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Behold ,
a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury ,
a sweeping storm ;
it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked .
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The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return ,
until He have executed ,
and till He have performed the purposes of His heart ;
in the end of days ye shall consider it .
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At that time ,
saith the LORD ,
will I be the God of all the families of Israel ,
and they shall be My people .
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Thus saith the LORD :
The people that were left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness ,
even Israel ,
when I go to cause him to rest .
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From afar the LORD appeared unto me .' '
Yea ,
I have loved thee with an everlasting love ;
therefore with affection have I drawn thee .
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Again will I build thee ,
and thou shalt be built ,
O virgin of Israel ;
again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets ,
and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry .
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Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria ;
the planters shall plant ,
and shall have the use thereof .
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For there shall be a day ,
that the watchmen shall call upon the mount Ephraim :
arise ye ,
and let us go up to Zion ,
unto the LORD our God .'
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For thus saith the LORD :
Sing with gladness for Jacob ,
and shout at the head of the nations ;
announce ye ,
praise ye ,
and say : '
O LORD ,
save Thy people ,
The remnant of Israel .'
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Behold ,
I will bring them from the north country ,
and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth ,
and with them the blind and the lame ,
the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together ;
a great company shall they return hither .
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They shall come with weeping ,
and with supplications will I lead them ;
I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters ,
in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble ;
for I am become a father to Israel ,
and Ephraim is My first-born .
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Hear the word of the LORD ,
O ye nations ,
and declare it in the isles afar off ,
and say : '
He that scattered Israel doth gather him ,
and keep him ,
as a shepherd doth his flock .'
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For the LORD hath ransomed Jacob ,
and He redeemeth him from the hand of him that is stronger than he .
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And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion ,
and shall flow unto the goodness of the LORD ,
to the corn ,
and to the wine ,
and to the oil ,
and to the young of the flock and of the herd ;
and their soul shall be as a watered garden ,
and they shall not pine any more at all .
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance ,
and the young men and the old together ;
for I will turn their mourning into joy ,
and will comfort them ,
and make them rejoice from their sorrow .
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And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness ,
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness ,
saith the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD :
A voice is heard in Ramah ,
lamentation ,
and bitter weeping ,
Rachel weeping for her children ;
she refuseth to be comforted for her children ,
because they are not .
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Thus saith the LORD :
Refrain thy voice from weeping ,
and thine eyes from tears ;
for thy work shall be rewarded ,
saith the LORD ;
and they shall come back from the land of the enemy .
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And there is hope for thy future ,
saith the LORD ;
and thy children shall return to their own border .
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself : '
Thou hast chastised me ,
and I was chastised ,
as a calf untrained ;
turn thou me ,
and I shall be turned ,
for Thou art the LORD my God .
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Surely after that I was turned ,
I repented ,
and after that I was instructed ,
I smote upon my thigh ;
I was ashamed ,
yea ,
even confounded ,
because I did bear the reproach of my youth .'
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Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me ?
Is he a child that is dandled ?
For as often as I speak of him ,
I do earnestly remember him still ;
Therefore My heart yearneth for him ,
I will surely have compassion upon him ,
saith the LORD .
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Set thee up waymarks ,
make thee guide-posts ;
set thy heart toward the high-way ,
even the way by which thou wentest ;
Return ,
O virgin of Israel ,
return to these thy cities .
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How long wilt thou turn away coyly ,
O thou backsliding daughter ?
For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth :
a woman shall court a man .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof ,
when I shall turn their captivity : '
The LORD bless thee ,
O habitation of righteousness ,
O mountain of holiness .'
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And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together :
the husbandmen ,
and they that go forth with flocks .
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For I have satiated the weary soul ,
and every pining soul have I replenished .
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Upon this I awaked ,
and beheld ;
and my sleep was sweet unto me .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man ,
and with the seed of beast .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down ,
and to overthrow and to destroy ,
and to afflict ;
so will I watch over them to build and to plant ,
saith the LORD .
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In those days they shall say no more : '
The fathers have eaten sour grapes ,
and the children '
s teeth are set on edge .'
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But every one shall die for his own iniquity ;
every man that eateth the sour grapes ,
his teeth shall be set on edge .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel ,
and with the house of Judah ;
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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ;
forasmuch as they broke My covenant ,
although I was a lord over them ,
saith the LORD .
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But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days ,
saith the LORD ,
I will put My law in their inward parts ,
and in their heart will I write it ;
and I will be their God ,
and they shall be My people ;
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and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour ,
and every man his brother ,
saying : '
Know the LORD ';
for they shall all know Me ,
from the least of them unto the greatest of them ,
saith the LORD ;
for I will forgive their iniquity ,
and their sin will I remember no more .
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Thus saith the LORD ,
Who giveth the sun for a light by day ,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night ,
who stirreth up the sea ,
that the waves thereof roar ,
the LORD of hosts is His name :
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If these ordinances depart from before Me ,
saith the LORD ,
then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever .
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Thus saith the LORD :
If heaven above can be measured ,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath ,
then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done ,
saith the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner .
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And the measuring line shall yet go out straight forward unto the hill Gareb ,
and shall turn about unto Goah .
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And the whole valley of the dead bodies ,
and of the ashes ,
and all the fields unto the brook Kidron ,
unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east ,
shall be holy unto the LORD ;
it shall not be plucked up ,
nor thrown down any more for ever .
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah ,
which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar .
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Now at that time the king of Babylon '
s army was besieging Jerusalem ;
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard ,
which was in the king of Judah '
s house .
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For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up ,
saying : '
Wherefore dost thou prophesy ,
and say :
Thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall take it ;
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and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans ,
but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and shall speak with him mouth to mouth ,
and his eyes shall behold his eyes ;
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and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon ,
and there shall he be until I remember him ,
saith the LORD ;
though ye fight with the Chaldeans ,
ye shall not prosper ?'
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And Jeremiah said : '
The word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying :
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Behold ,
Hanamel ,
the son of Shallum thine uncle ,
shall come unto thee ,
saying :
Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth ;
for the right of redemption is thine to buy it .'
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So Hanamel mine uncle '
s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD ,
and said unto me : '
Buy my field ,
I pray thee ,
that is in Anathoth ,
which is in the land of Benjamin ;
for the right of inheritance is thine ,
and the redemption is thine ;
buy it for thyself .'
Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD .
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And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle '
s son ,
and weighed him the money ,
even seventeen shekels of silver .
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And I subscribed the deed ,
and sealed it ,
and called witnesses ,
and weighed him the money in the balances .
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So I took the deed of the purchase ,
both that which was sealed ,
containing the terms and conditions ,
and that which was open ;
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and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah ,
the son of Mahseiah ,
in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle '
s son ,
and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase ,
before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard .
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And I charged Baruch before them ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Take these deeds ,
this deed of the purchase ,
both that which is sealed ,
and this deed which is open ,
and put them in an earthen vessel ;
that they may continue many days .
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land .'
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Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah ,
I prayed unto the LORD ,
saying :
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Ah Lord GOD !
behold ,
Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm ;
there is nothing too hard for Thee ;
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who showest mercy unto thousands ,
and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them ;
the great ,
the mighty God ,
the LORD of hosts is His name ;
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great in counsel ,
and mighty in work ;
whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men ,
to give every one according to his ways ,
and according to the fruit of his doings ;
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who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt ,
even unto this day ,
and in Israel and among other men ;
and madest Thee a name ,
as at this day ;
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and didst bring forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs ,
and with wonders ,
and with a strong hand ,
and with an outstretched arm ,
and with great terror ;
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and gavest them this land ,
which Thou didst swear to their fathers to give them ,
a land flowing with milk and honey ;
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and they came in ,
and possessed it ;
but they hearkened not to Thy voice ,
neither walked in Thy law ;
they have done nothing of all that Thou commandedst them to do ;
therefore Thou hast caused all this evil to befall them ;
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behold the mounds ,
they are come unto the city to take it ;
and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it ,
because of the sword ,
and of the famine ,
and of the pestilence ;
and what Thou hast spoken is come to pass ;
and ,
behold ,
Thou seest it .
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Yet Thou hast said unto me ,
O Lord GOD :
Buy thee the field for money ,
and call witnesses ;
whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans .'
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Behold ,
I am the LORD ,
the God of all flesh ;
is there any thing too hard for Me ?
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Therefore thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans ,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ,
and he shall take it ;
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and the Chaldeans ,
that fight against this city ,
shall come and set this city on fire ,
and burn it ,
with the houses ,
upon whose roofs they have offered unto Baal ,
and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods ,
to provoke Me .
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For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done that which was evil in My sight from their youth ;
for the children of Israel have only provoked Me with the work of their hands ,
saith the LORD .
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For this city hath been to Me a provocation of Mine anger and of My fury from the day that they built it even unto this day ,
that I should remove it from before My face ;
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because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah ,
which they have done to provoke Me ,
they ,
their kings ,
their princes ,
their priests ,
and their prophets ,
and the men of Judah ,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem .
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And they have turned unto Me the back ,
and not the face ;
and though I taught them ,
teaching them betimes and often ,
yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction .
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But they set their abominations in the house whereupon My name is called ,
to defile it .
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And they built the high places of Baal ,
which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom ,
to set apart their sons and their daughters unto Molech ;
which I commanded them not ,
neither came it into My mind ,
that they should do this abomination ;
to cause Judah to sin .
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And now therefore thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
concerning this city ,
whereof ye say :
It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword ,
and by the famine ,
and by the pestilence :
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Behold ,
I will gather them out of all the countries ,
whither I have driven them in Mine anger ,
and in My fury ,
and in great wrath ;
and I will bring them back unto this place ,
and I will cause them to dwell safely ;
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and they shall be My people ,
and I will be their God ;
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and I will give them one heart and one way ,
that they may fear Me for ever ;
for the good of them ,
and of their children after them ;
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and I will make an everlasting covenant with them ,
that I will not turn away from them ,
to do them good ;
and I will put My fear in their hearts ,
that they shall not depart from Me .
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Yea ,
I will rejoice over them to do them good ,
and I will plant them in this land in truth with My whole heart and with My whole soul .
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For thus saith the LORD :
Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people ,
so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them .
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And fields shall be bought in this land ,
whereof ye say :
It is desolate ,
without man or beast ;
it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans .
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Men shall buy fields for money ,
and subscribe the deeds ,
and seal them ,
and call witnesses ,
in the land of Benjamin ,
and in the places about Jerusalem ,
and in the cities of Judah ,
and in the cities of the hill-country ,
and in the cities of the Lowland ,
and in the cities of the South ;
for I will cause their captivity to return ,
saith the LORD .'
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time ,
while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD the Maker thereof ,
the LORD that formed it to establish it ,
the LORD is His name :
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Call unto Me ,
and I will answer thee ,
and will tell thee great things ,
and hidden ,
which thou knowest not .
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For thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
concerning the houses of this city ,
and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah ,
which are broken down for mounds ,
and for ramparts ;
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whereon they come to fight with the Chaldeans ,
even to fill them with the dead bodies of men ,
whom I have slain in Mine anger and in My fury ,
and for all whose wickedness I have hid My face from this city :
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Behold ,
I will bring it healing and cure ,
and I will cure them ;
and I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth .
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And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return ,
and will build them ,
as at the first .
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And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity ,
whereby they have sinned against Me ;
and I will pardon all their iniquities ,
whereby they have sinned against Me ,
and whereby they have transgressed against Me .
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And this city shall be to Me for a name of joy ,
for a praise and for a glory ,
before all the nations of the earth ,
which shall hear all the good that I do unto them ,
and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it .
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Thus saith the LORD :
Yet again there shall be heard in this place ,
whereof ye say :
It is waste ,
without man and without beast ,
even in the cities of Judah ,
and in the streets of Jerusalem ,
that are desolate ,
without man and without inhabitant and without beast ,
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the voice of joy and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ,
the voice of them that say : '
Give thanks to the LORD of hosts ,
for the LORD is good ,
for His mercy endureth for ever ',
even of them that bring offerings of thanksgiving into the house of the LORD .
For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first ,
saith the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts :
Yet again shall there be in this place ,
which is waste ,
without man and without beast ,
and in all the cities thereof ,
a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down .
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In the cities of the hill-country ,
in the cities of the Lowland ,
and in the cities of the South ,
and in the land of Benjamin ,
and in the places about Jerusalem ,
and in the cities of Judah ,
shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that counteth them ,
saith the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah .
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In those days ,
and at that time ,
will I cause a shoot of righteousness to grow up unto David ;
and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land .
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In those days shall Judah be saved ,
and Jerusalem shall dwell safely ;
and this is the name whereby she shall be called ,
the LORD is our righteousness .
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For thus saith the LORD :
There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel ;
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neither shall there be cut off unto the priests the Levites a man before Me to offer burnt-offerings ,
and to burn meal-offerings ,
and to do sacrifice continually .
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And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD :
If ye can break My covenant with the day ,
and My covenant with the night ,
so that there should not be day and night in their season ;
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Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant ,
that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne ;
and with the Levites the priests ,
My ministers .
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As the host of heaven cannot be numbered ,
neither the sand of the sea measured ;
so will I multiply the seed of David My servant ,
and the Levites that minister unto Me .
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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Considerest thou not what this people have spoken ,
saying :
The two families which the LORD did choose ,
He hath cast them off ?
and they contemn My people ,
that they should be no more a nation before them .
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Thus saith the LORD :
If My covenant be not with day and night ,
if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ;
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then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob ,
and of David My servant ,
so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob ;
for I will cause their captivity to return ,
and will have compassion on them .'
*
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ,
and all his army ,
and all the kingdoms of the land of his dominion ,
and all the peoples ,
fought against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities thereof ,
saying :
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
Go ,
and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and tell him :
Thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall burn it with fire ;
*
and thou shalt not escape out of his hand ,
but shalt surely be taken ,
and delivered into his hand ;
and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth ,
and thou shalt go to Babylon .
*
Yet hear the word of the LORD ,
O Zedekiah king of Judah :
Thus saith the LORD concerning thee :
Thou shalt not die by the sword ;
*
thou shalt die in peace ;
and with the burnings of thy fathers ,
the former kings that were before thee ,
so shall they make a burning for thee ;
and they shall lament thee : '
Ah lord !'
for I have spoken the word ,
saith the LORD .
*
Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem ,
*
when the king of Babylon '
s army fought against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities of Judah that were left ,
against Lachish and against Azekah ;
for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities .
*
The word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty unto them ;
*
that every man should let his manservant ,
and every man his maidservant ,
being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman ,
go free ;
that none should make bondmen of them ,
even of a Jew his brother ;
*
and all the princes and all the people hearkened ,
that had entered into the covenant to let every one his man-servant ,
and every one his maid-servant ,
go free ,
and not to make bondmen of them any more ;
they hearkened ,
and let them go ;
*
but afterwards they turned ,
and caused the servants and the handmaids ,
whom they had let go free ,
to return ,
and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids ;
*
therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ,
out of the house of bondage ,
saying :
* '
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew ,
that hath been sold unto thee ,
and hath served thee six years ,
thou shalt let him go free from thee ';
but your fathers hearkened not unto Me ,
neither inclined their ear .
*
And ye were now turned ,
and had done that which is right in Mine eyes ,
in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour ;
and ye had made a covenant before Me in the house whereon My name is called ;
*
but ye turned and profaned My name ,
and caused every man his servant ,
and every man his handmaid ,
whom ye had let go free at their pleasure ,
to return ;
and ye brought them into subjection ,
to be unto you for servants and for handmaids .
*
Therefore thus saith the LORD :
Ye have not hearkened unto Me ,
to proclaim liberty ,
every man to his brother ,
and every man to his neighbour ;
behold ,
I proclaim for you a liberty ,
saith the LORD ,
unto the sword ,
unto the pestilence ,
and unto the famine ;
and I will make you a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth .
*
And I will give the men that have transgressed My covenant ,
that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me ,
when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof ;
*
the princes of Judah ,
and the princes of Jerusalem ,
the officers ,
and the priests ,
and all the people of the land ,
that passed between the parts of the calf ;
*
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies ,
and into the hand of them that seek their life ;
and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the fowls of the heaven ,
and to the beasts of the earth .
*
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies ,
and into the hand of them that seek their life ,
and into the hand of the king of Babylon '
s army ,
that are gone up from you .
*
Behold ,
I will command ,
saith the LORD ,
and cause them to return to this city ;
and they shall fight against it ,
and take it ,
and burn it with fire ;
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation ,
without inhabitant .
*
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
saying :
* '
Go unto the house of the Rechabites ,
and speak unto them ,
and bring them into the house of the LORD ,
into one of the chambers ,
and give them wine to drink .'
*
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah ,
the son of Habazziniah ,
and his brethren ,
and all his sons ,
and the whole house of the Rechabites ;
*
and I brought them into the house of the LORD ,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah ,
the man of God ,
which was by the chamber of the princes ,
which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum ,
the keeper of the door ;
*
and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine ,
and cups ,
and I said unto them : '
Drink ye wine .'
*
But they said : '
We will drink no wine ;
for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us ,
saying :
Ye shall drink no wine ,
neither ye ,
nor your sons ,
for ever ;
*
neither shall ye build house ,
nor sow seed ,
nor plant vineyard ,
nor have any ;
but all your days ye shall dwell in tents ,
that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn .
*
And we have hearkened to the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us ,
to drink no wine all our days ,
we ,
our wives ,
our sons ,
nor our daughters ;
*
nor to build houses for us to dwell in ,
neither to have vineyard ,
or field ,
or seed ;
*
but we have dwelt in tents ,
and have hearkened ,
and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us .
*
But it came to pass ,
when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land ,
that we said :
Come ,
and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans ,
and for fear of the army of the Arameans ;
so we dwell at Jerusalem .'
*
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah ,
saying :
* '
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Go ,
and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem :
Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to My words ?
saith the LORD .
*
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
that he commanded his sons ,
not to drink wine ,
are performed ,
and unto this day they drink none ,
for they hearken to their father '
s commandment ;
but I have spoken unto you ,
speaking betimes and often ,
and ye have not hearkened unto Me .
*
I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets ,
sending them betimes and often ,
saying :
Return ye now every man from his evil way ,
and amend your doings ,
and go not after other gods to serve them ,
and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers ;
but ye have not inclined your ear ,
nor hearkened unto Me .
*
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them ,
but this people hath not hearkened unto Me ;
*
therefore thus saith the LORD ,
the God of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Behold ,
I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them ;
because I have spoken unto them ,
but they have not heard ,
and I have called unto them ,
but they have not answered .'
*
And unto the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said :
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Because ye have hearkened to the commandment of Jonadab your father ,
and kept all his precepts ,
and done according unto all that he commanded you ;
*
therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
There shall not be cut off unto Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before Me for ever .'
*
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
* '
Take thee a roll of a book ,
and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel ,
and against Judah ,
and against all the nations ,
from the day I spoke unto thee ,
from the days of Josiah ,
even unto this day .
*
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them ;
that they may return every man from his evil way ,
and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin .'
*
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah ;
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD ,
which He had spoken unto him ,
upon a roll of a book .
*
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch ,
saying : '
I am detained ,
I cannot go into the house of the LORD ;
*
therefore go thou ,
and read in the roll ,
which thou hast written from my mouth ,
the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD '
S house upon a fast-day ;
and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities .
*
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD ,
and will return every one from his evil way ;
for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people .'
*
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him ,
reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD '
S house .
*
Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
in the ninth month ,
that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD ,
all the people in Jerusalem ,
and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem .
*
Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD ,
in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe ,
in the upper court ,
at the entry of the new gate of the LORD '
S house ,
in the ears of all the people .
*
And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah ,
the son of Shaphan ,
had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD ,
*
he went down into the king '
s house ,
into the scribe '
s chamber ;
and ,
lo ,
all the princes sat there ,
even Elishama the scribe ,
and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah ,
and Elnathan the son of Achbor ,
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan ,
and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah ,
and all the princes .
*
Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard ,
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people .
*
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah ,
the son of Shelemiah ,
the son of Cushi ,
unto Baruch ,
saying : '
Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people ,
and come .'
So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand ,
and came unto them .
*
And they said unto him : '
Sit down now ,
and read it in our ears .'
So Baruch read it in their ears .
*
Now it came to pass ,
when they had heard all the words ,
they turned in fear one toward another ,
and said unto Baruch : '
We will surely tell the king of all these words .'
*
And they asked Baruch ,
saying : '
Tell us now :
How didst thou write all these words at his mouth ?'
*
Then Baruch answered them : '
He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth ,
and I wrote them with ink in the book .'
*
Then said the princes unto Baruch : '
Go ,
hide thee ,
thou and Jeremiah ,
and let no man know where ye are .'
*
And they went in to the king into the court ;
but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe ;
and they told all the words in the ears of the king .
*
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll ;
and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe .
And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king ,
and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king .
*
Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month ;
and the brazier was burning before him .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Jehudi had read three or four columns ,
that he cut it with the penknife ,
and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier ,
until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier .
*
Yet they were not afraid ,
nor rent their garments ,
neither the king ,
nor any of his servants that heard all these words .
*
Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll ;
but he would not hear them .
*
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king '
s son ,
and Seraiah the son of Azriel ,
and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel ,
to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet ;
but the LORD hid them .
*
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
after that the king had burned the roll ,
and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah ,
saying :
* '
Take thee again another roll ,
and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll ,
which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned .
*
And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say :
Thus saith the LORD :
Thou hast burned this roll ,
saying :
Why hast thou written therein ,
saying :
The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land ,
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast ?
*
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah :
He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David ;
and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat ,
and in the night to the frost .
*
And I will visit upon him and his seed and his servants their iniquity ;
and I will bring upon them ,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and upon the men of Judah ,
all the evil that I have pronounced against them ,
but they hearkened not .'
*
Then took Jeremiah another roll ,
and gave it to Baruch the scribe ,
the son of Neriah ;
who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire ;
and there were added besides unto them many like words .
*
And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king ,
instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim ,
whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah .
*
But neither he ,
nor his servants ,
nor the people of the land ,
did hearken unto the words of the LORD ,
which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah .
*
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah ,
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest ,
to the prophet Jeremiah ,
saying : '
Pray now unto the LORD our God for us .'
*
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people ;
for they had not put him into prison .
*
And Pharaoh '
s army was come forth out of Egypt ;
and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them ,
they broke up from Jerusalem .
*
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah ,
saying :
* '
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah ,
that sent you unto Me to inquire of Me :
Behold ,
Pharaoh '
s army ,
which is come forth to help you ,
shall return to Egypt into their own land .
*
And the Chaldeans shall return ,
and fight against this city ;
and they shall take it ,
and burn it with fire .
*
Thus saith the LORD :
Deceive not yourselves ,
saying :
The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us ;
for they shall not depart .
*
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you ,
and there remained but wounded men among them ,
yet would they rise up every man in his tent ,
and burn this city with fire .'
*
And it came to pass ,
that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh '
s army ,
*
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin ,
to receive his portion there ,
in the midst of the people .
*
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin ,
a captain of the ward was there ,
whose name was Irijah ,
the son of Shelemiah ,
the son of Hananiah ;
and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet ,
saying : '
Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans .'
*
Then said Jeremiah : '
It is false ;
I fall not away to the Chaldeans ';
but he hearkened not to him ;
so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah ,
and brought him to the princes .
*
And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah ,
and smote him ,
and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe ;
for they had made that the prison .
*
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house ,
and into the cells ,
and Jeremiah had remained there many days ;
*
then Zedekiah the king sent ,
and fetched him ;
and the king asked him secretly in his house ,
and said : '
Is there any word from the LORD ?'
And Jeremiah said : '
There is .'
He said also : '
Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon .'
*
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah : '
Wherein have I sinned against thee ,
or against thy servants ,
or against this people ,
that ye have put me in prison ?
*
Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you ,
saying :
The king of Babylon shall not come against you ,
nor against this land ?
*
And now hear ,
I pray thee ,
O my lord the king :
let my supplication ,
I pray thee ,
be presented before thee ;
that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe ,
lest I die there .'
*
Then Zedekiah the king commanded ,
and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard ,
and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers '
street ,
until all the bread in the city was spent .
Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard .
*
And Shephatiah the son of Mattan ,
and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur ,
and Jucal the son of Shelemiah ,
and Pashhur the son of Malchiah ,
heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people ,
saying :
* '
Thus saith the LORD :
He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword ,
by the famine ,
and by the pestilence ;
but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live ,
and his life shall be unto him for a prey ,
and he shall live .
*
Thus saith the LORD :
This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall take it .'
*
Then the princes said unto the king : '
Let this man ,
we pray thee ,
be put to death ;
forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city ,
and the hands of all the people ,
in speaking such words unto them ;
for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people ,
but the hurt .'
*
Then Zedekiah the king said : '
Behold ,
he is in your hand ;
for the king is not he that can do any thing against you .'
*
Then took they Jeremiah ,
and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king '
s son ,
that was in the court of the guard ;
and they let down Jeremiah with cords .
And in the pit there was no water ,
but mire ;
and Jeremiah sank in the mire .
*
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ,
an officer ,
who was in the king '
s house ,
heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit ;
the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin ;
*
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king '
s house ,
and spoke to the king ,
saying :
* '
My lord the king ,
these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet ,
whom they have cast into the pit ;
and he is like to die in the place where he is because of the famine ;
for there is no more bread in the city .'
*
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ,
saying : '
Take from hence thirty men with thee ,
and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the pit ,
before he die .'
*
So Ebed-melech took the men with him ,
and went into the house of the king under the treasury ,
and took thence worn clouts and worn rags ,
and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah .
*
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah : '
Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords .'
And Jeremiah did so .
*
So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords ,
and took him up out of the pit ;
and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard .
*
Then Zedekiah the king sent ,
and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that was in the house of the LORD ;
and the king said unto Jeremiah : '
I will ask thee a thing ;
hide nothing from me .'
*
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah : '
If I declare it unto thee ,
wilt thou not surely put me to death ?
and if I give thee counsel ,
thou wilt not hearken unto me .'
*
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah ,
saying : '
As the LORD liveth ,
that made us this soul ,
I will not put thee to death ,
neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life .'
*
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah : '
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon '
s princes ,
then thy soul shall live ,
and this city shall not be burned with fire ;
and thou shalt live ,
thou ,
and thy house ;
*
but if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon '
s princes ,
then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans ,
and they shall burn it with fire ,
and thou shalt not escape out of their hand .'
*
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah : '
I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans ,
lest they deliver me into their hand ,
and they mock me .'
*
But Jeremiah said : '
They shall not deliver thee .
Hearken ,
I beseech thee ,
to the voice of the LORD ,
in that which I speak unto thee ;
so it shall be well with thee ,
and thy soul shall live .
*
But if thou refuse to go forth ,
this is the word that the LORD hath shown me :
*
Behold ,
all the women that are left in the king of Judah '
s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon '
s princes ,
and those women shall say :
Thy familiar friends have set thee on ,
and have prevailed over thee ;
thy feet are sunk in the mire ,
and they are turned away back .
*
And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans ;
and thou shalt not escape out of their hand ,
but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon ;
and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire .'
*
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah : '
Let no man know of these words ,
and thou shalt not die .
*
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee ,
and they come unto thee ,
and say unto thee :
Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king ;
hide it not from us ,
and we will not put thee to death ;
also what the king said unto thee ;
*
then thou shalt say unto them :
I presented my supplication before the king ,
that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan '
s house ,
to die there .'
*
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah ,
and asked him ;
and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded .
So they left off speaking with him ;
for the matter was not reported .
*
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken .
And it came to pass ,
when Jerusalem was taken --
*
in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah ,
in the tenth month ,
came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem ,
and besieged it ;
*
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah ,
in the fourth month ,
the ninth day of the month ,
a breach was made in the city --
*
that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in ,
and sat in the middle gate ,
even Nergal-sarezer ,
Samgar-nebo ,
Sarsechim Rab-saris ,
Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag ,
with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon .
*
And it came to pass ,
that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them ,
then they fled ,
and went forth out of the city by night ,
by the way of the king '
s garden ,
by the gate betwixt the two walls ;
and he went out the way of the Arabah .
*
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them ,
and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho ;
and when they had taken him ,
they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath ,
and he gave judgment upon him .
*
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes ;
also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah .
*
Moreover he put out Zedekiah '
s eyes ,
and bound him in fetters ,
to carry him to Babylon .
*
And the Chaldeans burned the king '
s house ,
and the house of the people ,
with fire ,
and broke down the walls of Jerusalem .
*
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city ,
the deserters also ,
that fell away to him ,
with the rest of the people that remained .
*
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people ,
that had nothing ,
in the land of Judah ,
and gave them vineyards and fields in that day .
*
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard ,
saying :
* '
Take him ,
and look well to him ,
and do him no harm ;
but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee .'
*
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent ,
and Nebushazban Rab-saris ,
and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag ,
and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon ;
*
they sent ,
and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard ,
and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam ,
the son of Shaphan ,
that he should carry him home ;
so he dwelt among the people .
*
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah ,
while he was shut up in the court of the guard ,
saying :
* '
Go ,
and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ,
saying :
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Behold ,
I will bring My words upon this city for evil ,
and not for good ;
and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day .
*
But I will deliver thee in that day ,
saith the LORD ;
and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid .
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For I will surely deliver thee ,
and thou shalt not fall by the sword ,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee ;
because thou hast put thy trust in Me ,
saith the LORD .'
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