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Shemaiahs letter and doom.

Before Chrift 606.

? See Gen. 48.20.

Jeremiah.

The return of the Jews early, and fending them, but ye would not hear, y because he hath taught + rebellion against the Before faith the LORD.

20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have fent from Jerufalem to Babylon:

21 Thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael, of Ahab the fon of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the fon of Maaseiah, which prophefie alie unto you in my name, Behold, I will deliver

them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall flay them before your

eyes.

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22 P And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, faying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah, 9 Dan. 3.6. and like Ahab, 9 whom the king of Babylon

▾ Chap. 23.14.

598.

Or, dreamer.

roafted in the fire.

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23 Because they have committed villany in Ifrael, and have committed adultery with their neighbours wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them, even I know, and am a witness, faith the LORD.

24 Thus fhalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, faying,

25 Thus fpeaketh the LORD of hosts the 'God of Ifrael, faying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at 2 Kings Jerufalem, and to Zephaniah the fon of Maafeiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the ftead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye fhould be officers in the house of the LORD, for every 2 Kings that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldft put him in prison, and in the flocks:

9.11. Acts 26.

24. v Chap.

20.2.

27 Now therefore why haft thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

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28 For therefore he fent unto us in Babylon, * Verf. 5. faying, This captivity is long, build ye houfes and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat

the fruit of them.

29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, faying,

31 Send to all them of the captivity, faying, Thus faith the LORD, concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I fent him not, and he caufed you to trust in a lie:

32 Therefore thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his feed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither fhall he behold the good that I will do for my people, faith the LORD,

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7 b Alas! for that day is great, fo that none Joel 2. is like it: it is even the time of Jacobs trouble, Amos 5. but he fhall be faved out of it.

8 For it fhall come to pafs in that day, faith the LORD of hofts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burft thy bonds, and ftrangers fhall no more ferve themselves of him.

9 But they fhall ferve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up

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16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adverfaries, every & 41. 11. one of them fhall go into captivity and they that fpoil thee fhall be a fpoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Chap. 10. 25.

Or,

little hill.

p Ifai. 35. 10. & 51. 11.

9 Gen.

49.10.

▾ Chap.

17 For I will reflore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, faith the LORD, because they called thee an out-caft, faying, This is Zion, whom no man feeketh after.

18 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacobs tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places: and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace fhall remain after the manner thereof.

19 And Pout of them fhall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they fhall not be few; I will alfo glorifie them, and they fhall not be small.

20 Their children alfo fhall be as afore-time, and their congregation fhall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

21 And their nobles fhall be of themselves, 9 and their governor fhall proceed from the midst of them, and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? faith the LORD.

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22 And ye fhall be my people, and I will 24.7.& be your your God.

31. 1, 33.

& 32.38.

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD Chap. goeth forth with fury, a + continuing whirl&25.32. wind, it fhall fall with pain upon the head of + Heb. the wicked.

23.19,20.

cutting.

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remain.

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Ifraels reftauration.

dernefs; even Ifrael, when I went to caufe Before

him to rest.

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3 The LORD hath appeared † of old unto 606. me, faying, Yea, I have loved thee with an ever- Numb. lafting love: therefore with loving kindnels 10.33. have I drawn thee.

Deut. I. 33.

II.

4 Again I will build thee, and thou fhalt Pfal. 95. be built, O virgin of Ifracl, thou fhalt again be + Heb. adorned with thy tabrets, and fhalt go forth from afar in the dances of them that make merry.

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5 Thou fhalt yet plant vines upon the extended mountains of Samaria, the planters fhall plant, kindness and fhall eat them as common things.

unto thee Chap.

d Exod. 15.20.

6 For there fhall be a day, that the watch- 33.7. men upon the mount Ephraim fhall cry, f Arife ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD Judg. 11. our God.

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7 For thus faith the LORD, Sing with glad-timbrels. nets for Jacob, and fhout among the chief of the Ifai. 65. nations: publifh ye, praise ye, and fay, O LORD, + Heb. fave thy people the remnant of Ifrael.

profane

them.

g Chap

8 Behold, I will bring them 5 from the north-f Ifai. 2. 3. country, and gather them from the coafts of the Mic. 4. 2 earth, and with them the blind and the lame, 3. 8. the woman with child, and her that travaileth with child together, a great company fhall return thither.

126. 5. 6 Chap. 5o

f Or,

9 h They fhall come with weeping, and Pral. with || fupplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, in 4 a straight way wherein they fhall.not stumble: fivors. for I am a father to Ifrael, and Ephraim is my 35 k first-born.

i Ifai.

19.

4 22.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, O yek Exod. nations, and declare it in the ifles afar off, and fay, He that scattered Ifrael will gather him, and keep him as a fhepherd doth his flock.

11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, Ifa.49m and ranfomed him from the hand of him that was 24,25. ftronger than he.

12 Therefore they fhall come and fing in the height of Zion, and fhall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oyl, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their foul fhall be as a m watered garden, and they fhall not forrow any m Ifai. more at all.

13 Then shall the virgin rejoyce in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoyce from their forrow.

14 And I will fatiate the foul of the pricfts with nals, faith Lon. with fatnefs, and my people fhall be fatisfied

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Christ promifed.

Jeremiah. The fathers have eaten a fowre grape, and the Before childrens teeth are fet on edge.

The churches amplitude.

Before be comforted for her children, because they were

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606.

21.

not.

16 Thus faith the LORD, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work fhall be rewarded, faith the LORD, and they fhall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 And there is hope in thine end, faith the LORD, that thy children fhall come again to their own border.

18 I have furely heard Ephraim bemoning himself thus, Thou haft chaftifed me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the Lam.5. yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Deut. 35.2.

9 Deut. 32.26. Ifai. 63.

15. Hof. 11. 8. + Heb. found. Hof. 14.

, Chap. 2.

19 Surely Pafter that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was inftructed, I fmote upon my thigh: I was afhamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

20 Is Ephraim my dear fon? is be a pleasant child? for fince I fpake against him, I do earneftly remember him ftill: 9 therefore my bowels + are troubled for him; I will furely have mercy upon him, faith the LORD.

21 Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps fet thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wenteft: turn again, O virgin of Ifrael, turn again to these thy

cities.

22 How long wilt thou go about, O 18, 23, 36. thou backfliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman fhall compass a man.

23 Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, As yet they fhall ufe this fpeech in the land of Judah, and in the cities thereof, when I fhall bring again their captivity, The LORD bless thee, Ŏ habitation of justice, and mountain

of holiness.

24 And there fhall dwell in Judah it felf and In all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

25 For I have fatiated the weary foul, and I have replenished every forrowful foul.

26 Upon this I awaked and beheld; and my fleep was fweet unto me.

27 Behold, the days come, faith the Hof. 2. LORD, that I will fow the house of Ifrael, and the houfe of Judah with the feed of man, and with the feed of beaft.

23. Zech. 10.

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28 And it fhall come to pafs, that like as I Chap. have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; fo will I watch over them, to build and to plant, faith the LORD.

1. 10.8 18.7.

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29 * In those days they fhall fay no more,

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33 But this fhall be the covenant that I will tinned an make with the house of Ifrael, After those days, faith the LORD, I will put my law in their Chap. inward parts, and write it in their hearts, band will be their God, and they fhall be my people. 8. 34 And they fhall teach no more every his neighbour, and every man his brother, fay- 39.26.27. ing, Know the LORD: for they fhall all know Cha me, from the leaft of them unto the greatest of 24.7.& them, faith the LORD: for I will forgive their Ifa 54. iniquity, and I will remember their fin no more. 13:

man

19.20.&

2 Cor.3.3.

30.22.

John 6.45.

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I John 2.

35 Thus faith the LORD, which giveth 1 Cor. 2. the fun for a light by day, and the ordinances of 10. the moon and of the ftars for a light by night, 20.0 which divideth f the fea when the waves thereof Chap. rore; the LORD of hofts is his name.

d 33 8.

Mic. 7.18.

43.

36 If those ordinances depart from before A&ts 10. me, faith the LORD, then the feed of Ifrael alfo Rom. 11. fhall ceafe from being a nation before me for 27

ever.

. Gen. I.

16.

5. 17. &

37 Thus faith the LORD, If heaven above Pfal.72. can be measured, and the foundations of the earth 89.2, 36. fearched out beneath, I will also caft off all the & 119.89. feed of Ifrael, for all that they have done, faith 15. the LORD.

Ifai. 51.

g Pfal.

148.6.

38 Behold, the days come, faith the fai. 54.9. LORD, that the city fhall be built to the LORD Chap. 33. k from the tower of Hananeel, unto the gate

-20.

of Chap.

33 22. i Zech.

the corner. 391 And the measuring-line fhall yet go forth 14. 10. over against it, upon the hill Gareb, and fhall Neh. 3. compals about to Goath.

I.

¡ Zech. 2.

40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies,1. and of the afhes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, m unto the corner of the horse-gate m 2 Chr. towards the caft, fhall be holy unto the LORD, Neb. 3. 28, it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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CHA P. XXXII.

Jeremiah being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy, 6 buyeth Hanameels field. 13 Baruch must preferve the evidences, as tokens of the peoples return. 16 Jeremiah in his prayer complaineth to

Ged.

25.15.

Jeremiah buyeth Hanameels field.

Christ

Chap. xxxij. His complaint and prayer. Before God. 26 confirmeth the captivity for their fins, 36 Ifrael, Take these evidences, this evidence of the Before and promifeth a gracious return. purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open, and put them in an earthen veffel, 590. that they may continue many days.

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He word that came to Jeremiah from
the LORD in the tenth year of Zedeki-
ah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth
year of Nebuchadrezzar.

2 For then the king of Babylons army befieged Jerufalem and Jeremiah the prophet & Neh. 3. was fhut up bin the court of the prifon, which was in the king of Judahs houfe.

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3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut up, faying, Wherefore doft thou prophefie, and fay, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

4 And Zedekiah king of Judah fhall not efcape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but fhall furely d be delivered into the hand of 34.3.& the king of Babylon, and fhall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes fhall behold his eyes, 5 And he fhall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there fhall he be until I vifit him, faith the LORD though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye fhall not profper.

Ruth 4.

4.

6 And Jeremiah faid, The word of the LORD came unto me, faying,

7 Behold, Hanameel the fon of Shallum thine uncle thall come unto thee, faying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the e Lev. 25. right of redemption is thine to buy it. 24,25, 32. 8 So Hanameel mine uncles fon came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the LORD, and faid unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine, buy it for thy felf: then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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15 For thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, Houfes and fields and vineyards fhall be poffeffed again in this land.

16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, faying,

17 Ah, Lord GOD, behold, thou haft made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing? Gen. too hard for thee.

18. 14

Vers 27.

Or, hid

18 Thou fheweft h loving kindness unto Luke137 thousands, and recompenfeft the iniquity of from thee the fathers into the bofem of their children? Exod. after them: the great, the mighty God, the & 34.7. LORD of hosts is his name,

i

20.6.

Deut.5.10,

+ Heb.

i

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in† work, doing. (for thine eyes are open upon all the ways Job. 34 of the fons of men, k to give every one ac- Pfal. 33. cording to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings)

13. Prov. 5.

21.

Chap. 16.

20 Which haft fet figns and wonders in 17. the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Chap. Ifrael, and amongst other men, and hast made thee a name, as at this day,

1

17.10.

6.6.

23.

21 And haft brought forth thy people Ifrael, out of the land of Egypt, with figns' and with wonders, and with a ftrong hand, and 2 Sam. 7. with a stretched out arm, and with great terror, Chrone 22 And haft given them this land which 17.21. thou didst fwear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

23 And they came in and poffeffed it,but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law, they have done nothing of all that thou commandedit them to do: therefore thou haft caufed all this evil to come upon them.

24 Behold, the mounts, 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 fword, and of the famine, and of the peftilence; and what thou haft fpoken is come to pass, and behold, thou fecft it.

25 And thou haft faid unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witneffes: for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, faying,

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27 Behold, I am the LORD, the m God of 16. 22. all flefh: Is there any thing too hard for me?" Ver. 17. 28 Therefore thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of NebuS$

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29 And the Chaldeans that fight against this city, fhall come and fet fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, P upon whofe roofs they have offered incenfe unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

30 For the children of Ifrael, and the children of Judah, have only done evil before me from their youth for the children of Ifrael have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, faith the LORD.

31 For this city hath been to me, as ta provocation of mine anger and of my fury, from the day that they built it, even unto this day; that I fhould remove it from before my face:

32 Because of all the evil of the children of Ifrael, 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 Jerufalem.

33 And they have turned unto me the + back, and not the face; though I taught Chap. them rifing up early, and teaching them, yet they have not hearkned to receive inftruction.

2.27.&

7.24.

7 Chap.

34 But they fet their abominations in 7:30, 31 the houfe (which is called by my name) to

& 23.11.

Ezek. 8. defile it.

5,6.

35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the fon of Hinnom, to cause their fons and their daughters to pafs through the fire unto Molech, which I com7.31.& manded them not, neither came it into my Lev. 18. mind, that they should do this abomination to caufe Judah to fin.

s Chap.

19.5.

21.

1 Kings

11.33.

"Deut. 30.3. Chap. 23.

36 And now therefore thus faith the LORD the God of Ifrael concerning this city, whereof ye fay, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, by the fword, and by the famine, and by the peftilence:

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37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine 3.8 29. anger and in my fury and in great wrath; and 14. 31. I will bring them again unto this place, and I wil cause them to dwell fafely.

10.

* Chap. 24.7.&

38 And they fhall be my people, and I

30. 22. & will be their God.

31.33. Ezek.

11. 19. + Heb. all days. ≈ Chap. 31.31. + Heb. from af

39 And I wlly 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.

40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away ter them. from them, to do them good; but I will

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