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Jeremiah 37:1-21
1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah
reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made
king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 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. 4 Now
Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged
Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 6 Then came the word of the
LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus
shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold,
Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own
land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and
burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the
whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded
men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city
with fire.
11 And it came to pass, that when the army
of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah
went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in
the midst of the people. 13 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 took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14 Then said
Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to
him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore 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. 16 When Jeremiah was entered into the
dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah
the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said,
Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou
shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto
king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this
people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I
pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of
Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they
should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a
piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus
Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. (KJV)
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Jeremiah 38:1-28
1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and
Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of
Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 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; for he shall have
his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be
given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the
princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus 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. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand:
for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took
they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was
in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there
was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7 Now when Ebedmelech the
Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put
Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebedmelech went
forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 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 dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there
is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the
dungeon, before he die. 11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of
the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let
them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto
Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under
the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up
out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took
Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the
LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15
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, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah
the king sware 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. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God
of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly 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, and thine house: 18 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. 19 And Zedekiah the king said
unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver
me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee.
Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well
unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the
word that the LORD hath shewed me: 22 And, 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 friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy
feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So 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. 24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of
these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 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: 26 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. 27 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 perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that
Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. (KJV)
39
Jeremiah 39:1-18
1 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 they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the
fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the
princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer,
Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the
princes of the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king
of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, 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 plain. 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment
upon him. 6 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. 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's
eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. 8 And the Chaldeans burned the
king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of
Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon
the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell
to him, with the rest of the people that remained. 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave
them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave
charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him,
and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and
Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; 14 Even they sent, and took
Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, 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. 15 Now
the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison,
saying, 16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech 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 in that day before thee. 17 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. 18 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. (KJV)
40
Jeremiah 40:1-16
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he
had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem
and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard
took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this
place. 3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because
ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is
come upon you. 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon
thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look
well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear:
behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for
thee to go, thither go. 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also
to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made
governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever
it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a
reward, and let him go. 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
7 Now when all the captains of the forces
which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto
him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not
carried away captive to Babylon; 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite,
they and their men. 9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them
and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at
Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer
fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye
have taken. 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the
Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they
were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine
and summer fruits very much. 13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14 And said unto
him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. 15 Then
Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray
thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be
scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto
Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of
Ishmael. (KJV)
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Jeremiah 41:1-18
1 Now it came to pass in the seventh
month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal,
and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor
over the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 4
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore
men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with
offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. 6 And
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he
went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and
the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto
Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of
oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit
wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of
Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. 10 Then
Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even
the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight
with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in
Gibeon. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with
him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from
Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with
him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even
mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had
brought again from Gibeon: 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham,
which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they
were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. (KJV)
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Jeremiah 42:1-22
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and
Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the
least even unto the greatest, came near, 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we
beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy
God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine
eyes do behold us:) 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and
the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;
behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to
pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto
you; I will keep nothing back from you. 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true
and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which
the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil,
we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with
us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
7 And it came to pass after ten days, that
the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the
least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 If ye will still abide in
this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and
not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. 11 Be not
afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the
LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And I
will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to
your own land. 13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of
the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall
see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we
dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go
to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared,
shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid,
shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 17 So shall it be
with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape
from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and
ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall
see this place no more. 19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye
not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. 20 For ye dissembled
in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD
our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and
we will do it. 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye
have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath
sent me unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
(KJV)
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Jeremiah 43:1-13
1 And it came to pass, that when
Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their
God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud
men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to
say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on
against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to
death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell
in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been
driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; 6 Even men, and women, and children, and the
king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the
son of Neriah. 7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the
LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
8 Then came the word of the LORD unto
Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the
clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in
the sight of the men of Judah; 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal
pavilion over them. 11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and
deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to
captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire
in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives:
and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;
and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall break also the images of
Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the
Egyptians shall he burn with fire. (KJV)
44
Jeremiah 44:1-30
1 The word that came to Jeremiah
concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at
Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem,
and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and
no man dwelleth therein, 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to
provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods,
whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you
all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not
this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to
turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and
mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus
saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great
evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of
Judah, to leave you none to remain; 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of
your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to
dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among
all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even unto this day,
neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you
and before your fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will
take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they
shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from
the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an
execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish
them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence: 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return
into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none
shall return but such as shall escape.
15 Then all the men which knew that their
wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great
multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered
Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of
the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing
goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we
plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off to burn
incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted
all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 19 And when we
burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we
make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people,
to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer,
saying, 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land,
did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 So that the LORD
could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the
abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an
astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Because ye have
burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice
of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore
this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the
people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the
land of Egypt: 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will
surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform
your vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of
Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more
be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD
liveth. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of
Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the
famine, until there be an end of them. 28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall
return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that
are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or theirs. 29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will
punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you
for evil: 30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the
hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king
of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his
life. (KJV)
45
Jeremiah 45:1-5
1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake
unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of
Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus
saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now!
for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4
Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built
will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. 5
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring
evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all
places whither thou goest. (KJV)
46
Jeremiah 46:1-28
1 The word of the LORD which came to
Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, against the army of
Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 Harness the
horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the
spears, and put on the brigandines. 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned
away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for
fear was round about, saith the LORD. 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the
mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he
saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the
inhabitants thereof. 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men
come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that
handle and bend the bow. 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a
day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour,
and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a
sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 11 Go up into Gilead, and take
balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou
shalt not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of thy shame,
and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and
they are fallen both together. 13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the
prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of
Egypt. 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in
Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about
thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did
drive them. 16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and
let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing
sword. 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed
the time appointed. 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of
hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall
he come. 19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for
Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. 20 Egypt is like a very
fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. 21 Also her hired
men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and
are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come
upon them, and the time of their visitation. 22 The voice thereof shall go like a
serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of
wood. 23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched;
because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. 24 The daughter
of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the
north. 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude
of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them
that trust in him: 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their
lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his
servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. 27
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will
save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall
return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou
not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full
end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee,
but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (KJV)
47
Jeremiah 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to
Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 2 Thus saith
the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and
shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein:
then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 3 At the noise of
the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and
at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children
for feebleness of hands; 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and
to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil
the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut
thyself? 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath
given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
(KJV)
48
Jeremiah 48:1-47
1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and
taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of
Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being
a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 3 A
voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is
destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 5 For in the going up of Luhith
continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a
cry of destruction. 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. 7
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken:
and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes
together. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the
valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. 9
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be
desolate, without any to dwell therein. 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the
LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 11 Moab
hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been
emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
remained in him, and his scent is not changed. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall
empty his vessels, and break their bottles. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as
the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
14 How say ye, We are mighty and
strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his
chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the
LORD of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth
fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is
the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit
Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall
come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer,
stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say,
What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in
Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon,
and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon
Bethdiblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 24 And upon
Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. 25 The
horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. 26 Make ye him drunken:
for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and
he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found
among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 28 O ye that dwell
in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh
her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is
exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of
his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his
lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out
for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. 32 O vine of Sibmah,
I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they
reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and
upon thy vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the
land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with
shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even
unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even
unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim
shall be desolate. 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that
offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore mine
heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men
of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For every head
shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings,
and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the
housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel
wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 39 They shall howl, saying, How is
it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and
a dismaying to all them about him. 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an
eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are
surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a
woman in her pangs. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he
hath magnified himself against the LORD. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall
be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 44 He that fleeth from the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the
snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation,
saith the LORD. 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force:
but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe be
unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and
thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter
days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. (KJV)
49
Jeremiah 49:1-39
1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the
LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad,
and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be
a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir
unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry,
ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges;
for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. 4
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that
trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? 5 Behold, I will bring a
fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye
shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. 6
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their
wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will
bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If
grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves
by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have
uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is
spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 11 Leave thy
fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup
have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished?
thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have
sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a
waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 14 I have heard
a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather
ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee
small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived
thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock,
that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the
eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a
desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the
plagues thereof. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof,
saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of
the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man,
that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the
time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the
counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath
purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them
out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 21 The earth is moved at
the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. 22 Behold,
he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day
shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is
confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there
is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth
herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her,
as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off
in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the
kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD;
Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 29 Their tents and their flocks
shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels,
and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. 30 Flee, get
you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD,
which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels shall be
a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them
that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides
thereof, saith the LORD. 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a
desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in
it.
34 The word of the LORD that came to
Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
saying, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief
of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of
heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither
the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their
enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my
fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed
them: 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the
princes, saith the LORD. 39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I
will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. (KJV)
50
Jeremiah 50:1-46
1 The word that the LORD spake against
Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye
among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not:
say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are
confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a
nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they
shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 4 In those days, and in that time,
saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask
the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join
ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6 My
people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have
turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have
forgotten their restingplace. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their
adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation
of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 8 Remove out of the midst of
Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the
flocks.
9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come
up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set
themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as
of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all
that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye
rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at
grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you
shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a
dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but
it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss
at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that
bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her
walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon
her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that
handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall
turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. 17 Israel is
a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria
hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king
of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring
Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall
be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the
LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the
sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even
against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after
them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of
battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole
earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I
have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware:
thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. 25 The LORD
hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is
the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her
from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her
utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the
slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The
voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the
vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers
against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof
escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto
her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. 30
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off
in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most
proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit
thee. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I
will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The
children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that
took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong;
the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may
give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon
the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes,
and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a
sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon
their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in
the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures;
and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried
up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell
there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for
ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall
no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 41 Behold, a people shall
come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts
of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will
not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every
one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish
took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold, he shall come up
like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make
them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that
shepherd that will stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he
hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of
the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their
habitation desolate with them. 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is
moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. (KJV)
51
Jeremiah 51:1-64
1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will
raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her,
and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth
himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her
host. 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust
through in her streets. 5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of
his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One
of Israel. 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut
off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render
unto her a recompence. 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that
made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations
are mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain,
if so be she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake
her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 The LORD hath brought forth our
righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 11 Make
bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of
the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the
vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. 12 Set up the standard upon the walls
of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD
hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 O
thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the
measure of thy covetousness. 14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying,
Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout
against thee. 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. 16 When he uttereth his
voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the
vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth
forth the wind out of his treasures. 17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge;
every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood,
and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in
the time of their visitation they shall perish. 19 The portion of Jacob is not like
them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his
inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. 20 Thou art my battle axe and
weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I
destroy kingdoms; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and
with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 With thee also will I break
in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee
will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with
thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and
his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 24 And I will
render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have
done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. 25 Behold, I am against thee, O
destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch
out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. 27 Set ye up a standard
in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call
together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain
against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare against her
the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof,
and all the land of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every
purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a
desolation without an inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they
have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they
have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet
another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is
taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have
burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time
to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me
an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my
delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon
Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,
shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and
take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing,
without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'
whelps. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they
may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 40 I will bring
them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 41 How is Sheshach taken!
and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment
among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude
of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will
punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath
swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of
Babylon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man
his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for
the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and
after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land,
ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the
graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall
fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein,
shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the
LORD. 49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall
fall the slain of all the earth. 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not
still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 51 We are
confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers
are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land
the wounded shall groan. 53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she
should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto
her, saith the LORD. 54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans: 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed
out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their
voice is uttered: 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and
her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
recompences shall surely requite. 57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. 58 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates
shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire,
and they shall be weary.
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet
commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the
king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was
a quiet prince. 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon
Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah
said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these
words; 62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off,
that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for
ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou
shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: 64 And thou shalt say,
Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and
they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. (KJV)
52
Jeremiah 52:1-34
1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did that which was
evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through
the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out
from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to
pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the
month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against
Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5 So the city
was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the
ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread
for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled,
and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round
about:) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued
after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was
scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon
to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of
Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah
in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in
chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day
of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into
Jerusalem, 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses
of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: 14 And all
the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all
the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried
away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that
remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the
rest of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of
the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 17 Also the pillars of brass
that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in
the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the basons,
and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons,
and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was
of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars,
one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had
made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 21 And concerning
the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of
twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was
hollow. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was
five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass.
The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were
ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were
an hundred round about.
24 And the captain of the guard took
Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
door: 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war;
and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and
the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men
of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And
the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.
Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom
Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and
twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem
eight hundred thirty and two persons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty
and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31 And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the
five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in
the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and
brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above
the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison
garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for
his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a
portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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