rwbs - Jeremiah:31-32

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:1 @ At the same time, saith the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:2 @ Thus saith the LORD, The people left by the sword found grace in the wilderness; Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:3 @ The LORD appeared of old to me,, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (note:)of…: Hebrews. from afar(:note)with lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:4 @ Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (note:)tabrets: or, timbrels(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:5 @ Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat as common things. (note:)eat…: Hebrews. profane them(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:6 @ For there shall be a day, the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:7 @ For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: proclaim ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:8 @ Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends of the earth, with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return there.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:9 @ They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim my firstborn. (note:)supplications: or, favours(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:10 @ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:11 @ For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of stronger than he.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:12 @ Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for grain, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:13 @ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:14 @ And I will abundantly satisfy the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:15 @ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they not.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:16 @ Thus saith the LORD; Restrain thy voice from weeping, and thy eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:17 @ And there is hope in thy end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:18 @ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull unaccustomed: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou the LORD my God.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:19 @ Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon thigh: I was ashamed, and even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:20 @ Ephraim my dear son? a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. (note:)are…: Hebrews. sound(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:21 @ Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the highway, the way thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:22 @ How long wilt thou wander about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:23 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captives; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, mountain of holiness.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:24 @ And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers, and they go forth with flocks.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:25 @ For I have abundantly satisfied the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:26 @ Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:27 @ 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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:28 @ And it shall come to pass, as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:29 @ In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:30 @ But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:31 @ 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:

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:32 @ Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband to them, saith the LORD: (note:)although…: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:33 @ But this 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 write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:34 @ 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 to the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:35 @ Thus saith the LORD, who giveth the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divideth the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts his name:

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:36 @ If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:37 @ Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:38 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:39 @ And the measuring line shall yet go forth straight forward over the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.

rwbs@Jeremiah:31:40 @ And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:2 @ For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which in the king of Judah’s house.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:3 @ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why 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;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:4 @ And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from 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;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:5 @ And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:6 @ And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:7 @ Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thy uncle shall come to thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that in Anathoth: for the right of redemption thine to buy.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:8 @ So Hanameel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that in Anathoth, which in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance thine, and the redemption thine; buy for thyself. Then I knew that this the word of the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:9 @ And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver. (note:)seventeen…: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:10 @ And I signed the deed, and sealed, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances. (note:)subscribed…: Hebrews. wrote in the book(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:11 @ So I took the deed of the purchase, that which was sealed to the law and custom, and that which was open:

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:12 @ And I gave the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel my uncle’s, and in the presence of the witnesses that signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:13 @ And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:14 @ 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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:15 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:16 @ Now when I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:17 @ Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and outstretched arm, there is nothing too hard for thee: (note:)too…: or, hid from thee(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:18 @ Thou showest lovingkindness to 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, his name,

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:19 @ Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thy eyes 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: (note:)work: Hebrews. doing(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:20 @ Who hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel, and among men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:21 @ And hast brought forth thy people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:22 @ And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:23 @ And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou didst command them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:24 @ Behold the mounts, they are come to 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. (note:)mounts: or, engines of shot(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:25 @ And thou hast said to me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. (note:)for the: or, though the(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:26 @ Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:27 @ Behold, I the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:28 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:29 @ And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:30 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done evil only before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:31 @ For this city hath been to me a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face, (note:)a provocation…: Hebrews. for my anger(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:32 @ Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:33 @ And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising early and teaching, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. (note:)back: Hebrews. neck(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:34 @ But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:35 @ And they built the high places of Baal, which in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:36 @ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, of which ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:37 @ Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell in safety:

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:38 @ And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:39 @ 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: (note:)for ever: Hebrews. all days(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:40 @ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (note:)from them: Hebrews. from after them(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:41 @ Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. (note:)assuredly: Hebrews. in truth, or, stability(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:42 @ For thus saith the LORD; 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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:43 @ And fields shall be bought in this land, of which ye say, desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

rwbs@Jeremiah:32:44 @ Men shall buy fields for money, and sign deeds, and seal, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captives to return, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:33:1 @ Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,