v See Ifai. 20. I. Chap. 49.7,&c. y Chap. 48. 21 x Edom, and y Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the z Chap. kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the bfea, 49. I. a Chap. 47.4. || Or, region by the fea fide. C 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all +that are in the utmost corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the Chap. kings of the mingled people that dwell in the defert, 49.23. e Chap. 49.8, 28. + Heb. Corners, or, having the 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the cut off into kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes. 26 f And all the kings of the north, far and corners of near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: 8 and the king of Shefhach fhall drink after the hair polled; Chap. 9. 26.& 49. them. 32. d See Verf. 20. 27 Therefore thou fhalt fay unto them, Corp.49. Thus faith the LORD of hofts the God of Ifrael, ↳ Drink ye and i be drunken, and fpue and fall, 31. & 50. 37. Ezek. 30. 5. e Chap. 49.34. f Chap. 49.23.& 50. 9. g Chap. 51.41. h Hab. 2. 16. and rife no more, because of the sword which I will fend among you. 28 And it thall be, if they refufe to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then fhalt thou fay unto them, Thus faith the LORD of hofts, Ye shall certainly drink. k 29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city +1which is called by my name, and fhould ye 21.63. be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunifhed: for I will call for a fword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, faith the LORD of 6. Prov. 11.31. Chap. 49. hofts. 12. Ezek. 9.6. 31. 35 And the fhepherds fhall have no way for to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. + Heb. 36 A voice of the cry of the fhepherds, and a veelof an howling of the principal of the flock fhall be + Heb. beard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pafture.fight ha 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut the hepdown, because of the fierce anger of the LORD. herds, and 38 He hath forfaken his covert, as the lion: frem, &c. for their land is + defolate, because of the fiercenefs of the oppreffor, and because of his fierce + Heb. anger. 30 Therefore prophefie thou against them all Obad. 16. thefe words, and fay unto them, The LORD Luke 23. fhall m rore from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation, he fhall mightily rore upon his habitation, he fhall give a fhout, as pon which they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabicalled. tants of the earth. 17. Heb. my name is ¡ Dan. 9. 18. " n 31 A noife fhall come even to the ends of the Ifa. 42. earth; for the LORD hath a controverfie with the nations: he will plead with all flesh, he will Joel 3. 16. Amos 1.2. give them that are wicked to the sword, faith 13. n Ifa. 16.9. the LORD. Chap. 48. 33. 32 Thus faith the LORD of hofts, Behold, Chap. evil fhall 23.19.& go forth from nation to nation, and a 30.23. great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coafts PP.79.3 of the earth. Chap. 16. 33 And the flain of the LORD fhall be at that Rev. 11.9. day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they fhall not be P lamented, neither gathered, nor buried, they fhall be dung the ground. Chap. 4. 3.& 6.26. upon 34 Howl, ye fhepherds, and cry, and the prophets whom I fent unto you, both 13.25. S 5 To hearken to the words of my fervants rifing up early, and fending them (but ye have 11.7.& not hearkned) 25.30 4. 12. 6 Then will I make this houfe liked Shiloh, Sam. and will make this city a curfe to all the nations Pfal.78. of the earth. 60. Chap. 7. 7 So the priests, and the prophets, and all 12. 14. the people, heard Jeremiah fpeaking these words in the house of the LORD. 8 Now it came to pafs, when Jeremiah had made an end of fpeaking all that the LORD had commanded him to fpeak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all die. the people took him, faying, Thou shalt surely 9 Why haft thou prophefied in the name of the LORD faying, This houfe fhall be like Shiloh, and this city fhall be defolate without an inhabitant? and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah, in the houfe of the LORD. 10 When 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as feemeth good and meet unto + Heb. as it is good and right in you. your eyes. g Mic. 1.1. 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall furely bring innocent blood upon your felves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath fent me unto you, to fpeak all these words in your ears. 16 Then faid the princes, and all the people unto the priests, and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. 17 Then rofe up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the affembly of the people, faying, 188 Micah the Morafthite prophefied in the 710. days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and fpake to all the people of Judah, faying, Thus faith the LORD of hosts, h Zion fhall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem fhall become heaps, and the mountain of the house, as the high places of the forest. h Mic. 3. 12. + Heb. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and befought the LORD, and the the LORD. LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our fouls. 20: And there was alfo a man that prophefied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the fon of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophefied against this city, and againft this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah. 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes heard his words, the king fought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt. 22 And Jehoiakim the king fent men into Chrift circa 23 And they fet forth Urijah out of Egypt, 609. and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who flew him with the fword, and caft his dead body into the graves of the common people. + Heb. fons of the people. 24 Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam the fon of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, that they 2 King. fhould not give him into the hand of the people, Chap. 39. to put him to death. C CHAP. XXVII. I Under the type of bonds and yokes, he prophefieth a 22. 12, 14 14. N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim 598. the fon of Jofiah king of Judah, came this a verf. 3. Chap. 28. word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, faying, 12.19.20. 2 Thus faith the LORD to me, Make thee 1. bonds and yokes, band put them upon thy neck,th the 3 And fend them to the king of Edom, and LORD to the king of Moab, and to the king of the aid Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to 28. 10, 12, the king of Zidon, by the hand of the meffengers which come to Jerufalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; * Chap. 28. I. 598. move you 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, faith the LORD, and they shall till it, and dwell therein. Hananiahs falfe prophecy. Before Christ CHA P. XXVIII. Hananiah prophefieth falfly the return of the vessels 596. and of Feconiab. 5 Feremiah wishing it to be true, fbeweth that the event will declare who are true prophets. 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke. 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke, 15 and foretelleth Hananiahs death. a 12 Ifpake alfo to * Zedekiah king of Ju- A beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king Nd it came to pass the fame year, in the Chap. k dah according to all these words, faying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence, as the LORD hath fpoken against the nation that will not ferve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that fpeak unto you, faying, Ye fhall not ferve the king of Babylon: for they I Chap. prophefie 1a lie unto you. J4. 14. & 23.21.8 29.8. + Heb. lyingly. 15 For I have not fent them, faith the LORD, yet they prophefie ta lie in my name, that I inale or, might drive you out, and that ye might perifh, ye, and the prophets that prophefie unto you. 16 Allo I fpake to the priests, and to all this people, faying, Thus faith the LORD, Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophefie Chap. unto you, faying, Behold, in the veffels of the LORDS house fhall now fhortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophefie a lie unto 28.3. n Chap. 52.17, 20, 21. you. 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 2 King. took not, when he carried away captive Jeco2414245 niah the fon of Jehoiakim king of Judah, from Jerufalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerufalem: Chap. 24. 1. 21 Yea, thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, concerning the veffels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of 2 Chron. the king of Judah, and of Jerufalem, 2 King. 25.13. 36.18. 92 Chron. 36.21. 22 They fhall be P carried to Babylon, and Chap. 20. there fhall they be until the day that I 1 vifit them, faith the LORD: then will I bring them 7.&7.19. Up, and restore them to this place. 9. 10. Ezra 1. 3 Within two full years will I bring a- Chap. gain into this place all the veffels of the LORDS + Heb. houfe, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon two years of took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon. 4 And I will bring again to this place, Jeconiah the fon of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Ba-+ Heb. bylon, faith the LORD; for I will break the captivity. yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah faid untothe prophet Hananiah, in the presence of the priefts, and in the prefence of all the people that itood in the house of the LORD, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, d Amend 1 King, the LORD do fo, the LORD perform thy words. 36. which thou haft prophefied, to bring again the veffels of the LORDS houfe, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I fpeak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people, 8 The prophets that have been before me, and before thee of old, prophefied both against many countries, and againft great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of peftilence. 9. The prophet which prophefieth of peace, when the word of the prophet fhall come to pafs, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly fent him. f • Deut: 18.22. 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the f Chap yoke from off the prophet Jeremiahs neck, and 27. 2 brake it. 11 And Hananiah fpake in the presence of all the people, faying, Thus faith the LORD, Even fo will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 8 from the neck of all na- g Chap. tions within the space of two full years. And the 27.7. prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12 9 Then Deut. 28.48. Chap. 27. 4.7. Chap. 27.6. Deut. 13 Go, and tell Hananiah, faying, Thus faith the LORD, Thou haft broken the yokes of wood, but thou fhalt make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all thefe nations, that they may ferve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they fhall ferve him; and have given him the beafts of the field alfo. 15 Then faid the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah, The LORD hath not fent thee, but thou makeft this people to truft in a lie. 16 Therefore thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will caft thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. 13.5. Chap. 29. k 32. 595. + Heb. revolt. a 2 Kings 24.15, &c. H Or, 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the fame year in the feventh month. 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerufalem, and the carpenters, and the amber-fmiths were departed from Jerufalem) Lains. 599. Verf. 28. 3 By the hand of Elafah the fon of Shaphan, and Gemariah the fon of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah fent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) faying, 4 Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Je rufalem unto Babylon, 5 b Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. ye 6 Take ye wives, and beget fons and daughters, and take wives for your fons, and give your xxix. captives in Babylon. end and expectations. 12 Then shall ye f call upon me, and ye fhall Dan. 9. go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto 3, &c. you. g 13 And 8 ye fhall feek me, and find me, when s Lev. 26. ye fhall fearch for me with all your heart. 39.40. Deut. 30. h Deut. 4 & 46.2. 14 And I will be found of you, faith the 1 LORD, and I will turn away your captivity, and 7. I will gather you from all the nations, and from Pfal. 32. 6. all the places whither I have driven you, faith .55.60. the LORD, and I will bring you again into the Chap.. place whence I caufed you to be carried away captive. 15 Becaufe ye have faid, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon: 16 Know that thus faith the LORD, of the king that fitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 23.3. |