Christ the Branch is promifed. Chap. xxxiij, xxxiv. Before whereby they have finned, and whereby they Christ have tranfgreffed against me. 590. 9 And it fhall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them and they fhall fear and tremble for all the goodness, and for all the profperity that I procure unto it. 34. & 16. 9.& 25. 10. 23. 10 Thus faith the LORD, Again there fhall be heard in this place (which ye lay fhall be defolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerufalem, that are defolate without man and without inhabitant, and without beast) g Chap. 7. II 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 shall Rev. 18. fay, h Praise the LORD of hofts, for the LORD 1 Chron. is good, for his mercy endureth for ever, and of 16.8,34 them that fhall bring the facrifice of praife into 7.3. the house of the LORD; for I will cause to Pfal. 136. return the captivity of the land, as at the first, 2 Chron. 1. Ifai. 12.4. faith the LORD. ; Verf. 7. k Chap.' 32.44. 12 Thus faith the LORD of hofts, Again in this place which is defolate without man and without beat, and in all the cities thereof shall be an habitation of fhepherds caufing their flocks to lie down. 13 kIn the cities of the mountains, in the 17.26.& cities of the vale, and in the cities of the fouth, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerufalem, and in the cities of Judah fhall 1 Lev. 27. the flocks pafs again under the hands of him that telleth them, faith the LORD. 32. The captivity of Zedekiah. the night, and that there should not be day and Before Chrift night in their feafon : 21 Then may alfo my covenant be broken 590. with David my fervant, that he should not have a fon to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites the priests, my minifters. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be num-, Gen. 13. bred, neither the fand of the fea measured: fo 15.& 15. will I multiply the feed of David my fervant, and the Levites that minifter unto me. 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, faying, 24 Confidereft thou not what this people have spoken, faying, The two families which the LORD hath chofen, he hath even caft them off? thus they have defpifed my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. S 5. & 22. 17. Chap. 31. 37. 25 Thus faith the LORD, If my covenants Verf 20 be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth: 26 Then will I caft away the feed of Jacob, and David my fervant, fo that I will not take any of his feed to be rulers over the feed of Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob: for I will caufe their captivity to return, and have mercy on 11. them. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Jeremiah prophefieth the captivity of Zedekiah and the city. 8 The princes and the people having dismiffed their bond-fervants, contrary to the covenant of God, reaffume them. 12 Jeremiah, for their difobedience, giveth them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies. He Behold, the day's come, faith the LORD, 23.5.& that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Ifracl, and to the houfe of Judah. 31.31. m Ifai. II. 15 In those days, and at that time will I caufe the Branch of righteoufnefs to grow up 1. & 4-2. unto David, and he shall execute judgment and Chap. 23. righteoufness in the land." 5. • Chap. 23.6. + Heb. Jehovah tfidkenu. + Heb. 16 In thofe days fhall Judah be faved, and Jerufalem fhall dwell fafely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, † The LORD our righteoufness. 17 For thus faith the LORD, † David There shall fhall never P want a man to fit upon the throne not be cut of the house of Ifrael. off from p 2 Sam. 7.16. 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites, want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to Kings kindle meat-offerings, and to do facrifice contiPfal. 89. nually. 2.4. 29.36. 19 And the word of the LORD came unto C Ifai. 54 Jeremiah, faying, 9 9. Pfal. 89. 37..25. 20 Thus faith the LORD, If you can break Chap. 31. my covenant of the day, and my covenant of 56. t Verf.7% a 25. I, &c. TheWord which came unto Jeremiah from 591. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the king-,, doms of the earth + of his dominion, and all the Chap. 39. people fought againft Jerufalem, and against all + Heb. the cities thereof) faying, I. the domi 2 Thus faith the LORD the God of Ifrael, nion of his Go, and fpeak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I Chap. will give this city into the hand of the king of 32.3. Babylon, and he fhall burn it with fire. c Chap. d + Heb. 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, 33. 29. but fhalt furely be taken, and delivered into a Chap. his hand, and thine eyes fhall behold the eyes of 32.4. the king of Babylon, and the fhall fpeak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Ba- his month bylon. Shall Speak 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Ze-mouth. dekiah king of Judah, Thus faith the LORD of e See thee, Thou shalt not die by the fword; Zedekiahs difobedience. Chrift Jeremiah. The Rechabites obedience Before faying, Ah lord: for I have pronounced the faith the LORD, to the fword, to the peftilence, Before Chrift word, faith the LORD. and to the famine, and I will make you † to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 590. 18 And I will give the men that have tranf-raregreffed my covenant, which have not performed moving. the words of the covenant which they had made 28.64. before me, when m they cut the calf in twain, and paffed between the parts thereof, 591. 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet fpake all thefe words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerufalem, 591. 7 When the king of Babylons army fought against Jerufalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachifh, and against Azekah: for thefe defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. 8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people Exod. which were at Jerufalem, to proclaim h liberty unto them; 21.2. i Neh. 5. & La 590. * Exodi 21.2.8. 23.10. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people which had entred into the covenant, heard that every one should let his man-fervant, and every one his maid-servant go free, that none fhould ferve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed and let them go. 11 But afterwards they turned and caufed the fervants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into fubjection for fervants and for handmaids. 12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, faying, 13 / Deut. Chap. 29 18. m See 10, 17. 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Gen. 15. Jerufalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land which paffed between the parts of the calf, 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that feek their life; and their " dead bodies fhall be for " Chap. 7.33.& meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the 16.4 beasts of the earth. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that feek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylons army • which are gone up from you. 1 By the obedience of the Rechabites, 12 Jeremiah He word which came unto Jeremiah from 607. Thus faith the LORD, the God of Ifrael, 14 At the end of feven years, let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath Deut. 15. been fold unto thee: and when he hath served thee fix years, thou fhalt let him go free from hath fold thee: but your fathers hearkned not unto me, neither inclined their ear. 12.. Or himself.. Heb.. se day.. Heb. werendon nih name is called.. 15 And ye were † now turned, and had done right in my fight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour, and ye had made a covenant before me in the houfe † which is called by my name. 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caufed every man his fervant, and. every man his handmaid, whom he had fet at liberty at their pleafure, to return, and brought them into fubjection, to be unto you for fervants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus faith the LORD, Ye have not hearkned, unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother;, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you,, 2 a Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and 42 King.. fpeak unto them, and bring them into the houfe 1015. of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and 2.55. give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the fon of Jeremiah, the fon of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his fons, and the whole house of the Rechabites. 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the fons of Hanan the fon of Igdaliah a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maafeiah the fon of Shallum, the keeper of the † door. + Heb. 5 And I fet before the fons of the house of brehold, or, veffel. the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I faid unto them, Drink ye wine. 6. But they faid,. We will drink no wine: for b Jonadab the fon of Rechab our father com-2 King.. manded us, faying, Ye fhall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your fons for ever. 7. Neither fhall ye build houfe, nor fow feed, nor plant. vineyard,, nor have any; but all your days, 10.15 is blessed. Chap. xxxv, xxxvj. Before days ye fhall dwell in tents, that ye may live Christ many days in the land where ye be strangers. circa 607. c Exod. 20.12. C 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the fon of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our fons nor our daughters; 9 Nor to build houses for to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed. 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. Baruch readeth a roll. the God of Ifrael, † Jonadab the fon of Re- Before chab fhall not want a man to stand before ever. CHAP. XXXVI. me for Chrift circa 607. + Heb. Thore fhall not a man from Jona &c. 1 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his prophecy, 5 and publickly to read it. 11 The princes having be cut off intelligence thereof by Michaiah, fend Jehudi to dab the fon fetch the roll and read it. 19 They will Baruch to of Rechab hide himself and Jeremiah. 20 The king Jehoiakim to stand, being certified thereof, beareth part of it, and burneth the roll. 27 Jeremiah denounceth his judgment. 32 Baruch writeth a new copy. Nd year of JeAdit came to pass in the fourth hoiakim the fon of Jofiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, faying, 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we faid, Come, and let us go to Jerufalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: fo we dwell at Jerufalem. 12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, faying, 13 Thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Go and tell the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerufalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? faith the LORD. 18.11.& 25.5. e unto me. 15 I have sent alfo unto you all my fervants the prophets, rifing up early and fending them, f Chap. faying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to ferve them, and ye fhall dwell in the land, which I have given to you, and to your fathers but ye have not enclined your ear, nor hearkned unto me. 16 Because the fons of Jonadab the son of Rechab, have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkned unto me: 17 Therefore thus faith the LORD God of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerufalem, 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. 18 And Jeremiah faid unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael, Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus faith the LORD of hosts, 4 Then Jeremiah, d called Baruch the son of a Chap. Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth 32 of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD, which Chap. 45. he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, faying, I am fhut up, I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 6 Therefore go thou and read in the roll, which thou haft written from my mouth, the words of the LORD, in the ears of the people in the LORDS houfe fupon the fafting-day and ƒ Lev, 16. alfo thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah, Chap. 7. that come out of their cities. : 29. 10. their fup 7 It may be they will present their fuppli- +deb. cation before the LORD, and will return every plication one from his evil way; for great is the anger and shall fall. the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. 8 And Baruch the fon of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORDS house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Je- circs hoiakim the fon of Jofiah king of Judah, in the 606. ninth month, that they proclaimed a faft before the LORD to all the people in Jerufalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerufalem: 10 Then read Baruch in the book, the words of Jeremiah, in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the Ss 3 fcribe, Before fcribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORDS house in the ears of 606. all the people. circa | Or, door. g Chap. 26.10. See 11 When Michaiah the fon of Gemariah the fon of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD. 12 Then he went down into the kings house into the scribes chamber, and lo, all the princes fat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the fon of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the fon of Achor, and Gemariah the fon of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the fon of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes fent Jehudi the fon of Nethaniah, the fon of Shelemiah, the fon of Cufhi, unto Baruch, faying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou halt 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. 15 And they faid unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 16 Now it came to pass when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and faid unto Baruch, We will furely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch faying, Tell us now, How didft thou write all thele words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch anfwered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then faid the princes unto Baruch, Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye be. 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elifhama the fcribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king fent Jehudi to fet the roll, and he took it out of Elifhama the fcribes chamber, and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood befide the king. 22 Now the king fat in h the winter-house, Amos 3. in the ninth month; and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 35. 2 King. 22.11. And it came to pass that when Jehudi Baruch writeth a new copy. Christ garments, neither the king, nor any of his Before fervants that heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah had made interceffion to the king, that he would not burn the roll, but he would not hear them. circa боб. of the king. 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the fon of Hammelech, and Seraiah the fon of Or, Azriel, and Shelemiah the fon of Abdeel, to take Baruch the fcribe, and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. 27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah (after that the king had burnt the roll, 605. and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah) faying," 28 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 burnt. 29 And thou fhalt fay to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus faith the LORD, Thou haft burnt this roll, faying, Why haft thou written therein, faying, The king of Babylon fhall certainly come and deftroy this land, and fhall caufe to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus faith the LORD, of Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall have none to fit upon the throne of David, and his dead body fhall be caft out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his feed, and his fervants, for their iniquity, and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and upon the men of Judah all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkned not. 32 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 burnt in the fire, and there were added besides unto them many like words. CHAP. XXXVII. I The Egyptians having raised the fiege of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah fendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the people. 6 Jeremiah prophefieth the Chaldeans certain return and victory: 11 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten and put in prison. 16 He affureth Zedekiah of the captivity. 18 Intreating for his liberty, be obtaineth fome favour. a Zedekiah the fon of Jofiah Chap. 22.19. Heb. vifit upon + Heb. as they circa 599. read three or four leaves, beautie with the pead A reigned in fead of Coniah the fon of Je-a 29. knife, and caft it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was confumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24. Yet they were nor afraid, nor i rent their Nd king hoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby- 24.17. lon made king in the land of Judah. 2 Chron. 36.10. 24. b But neither he, nor his fervants, nor the Chap. 22. people of the land, did hearken unto the words Chrom of 36. 12, 14 circa 590. 3 And Zedekiah the king fent Jehucal the + Heb. fon of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of by the hand Maafeiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, phet. faying, Pray now unto the LORD our God Chap. for us. 29.25.8 of the pro 52.24. See 24.7. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then d Pharaohs army was come forth out 2 Kings of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that be* Verf. 11.fieged Jerufalem, heard tidings of them, they Chap. 34 departed from Jerufalem. 21. 21.2. 6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, f 7 Thus faith the LORD, the God of Ifrael, f Chap. Thus fhall ye fay to the king of Judah, that fent you unto me to enquire of me, Behold, Pharaohs army which is come forth to help you, fhall return to Egypt into their own land. g Chap. 34 22. 8 And the Chaldeans fhall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus faith the LORD, Deceive not your + Heb. felves, faying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they fhall not depart. fonls. 10 For though ye had fmitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, Heb. and there remained but + wounded men among them, yet fhould they rife up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. thrust through b Verf. 5. + Heb. made to afcend. 11h And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans was + broken up from Jerufalem for fear of Pharaohs army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerufalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to feparate to flip away himself thence in the mids of the people. Or, from thence in the midft 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, of the people. a captain of the ward was there, whofe name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, and he took Jeremiah the prophet, faying, Thou falleft away to the Chaldeans. + Heb. a lie. 14 Then faid Jeremiah, It is + falfe, I fall falfhood, or, not away to the Chaldeans: but he hearkned not to him fo Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Chap. Jeremiah and fmote him, and put him in prifon in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. 38.26. Or, cells. 589. 16 When Jeremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days: 17 Then Zedekiah the king fent, and took him out; and the king asked him fecretly in his house, and faid, Is there any word from the 18 Moreover, Jeremiah faid unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy fervants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prifon? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophefied unto you, saying, the king of Babylon fhall not come against you, nor against this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king, let my fupplication, I pray + Heb. thee, be accepted before thee; that thou caufe let my upme not to return to the houfe of Jonathan the fall." scribe, left I die there. 2 Thus faith the LORD, b He that remaineth Chap. in this city fhall die by the fword, by the famine, 21.9. and by the peftilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans, fhall live; for he fhall have his life for a prey, and fhall live. 3 Thus faith the LORD, This city fhall furely be given into the hand of the king of Babylons army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes faid unto the king, We befeech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in fpeaking fuch words unto them: for this man feeketh not the welfare of this + Heb. people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king faid, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not be that can do any thing against you. |