Shemaiak's doom. 508. b ch. 28. 15. Before 29 And Zephaniah the priest their God, and David their king, CHRIST read this letter in the ears of whom I will raise up unto them. Jeremiah the prophet. 10 Therefore fear thou not, 30 Then came the word of O my servant Jacob, saith the the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, LORD; neither be dismayed, O 31 Send to all them of the cap- Israel: for, lo, I will save thee tivity, saying, Thus saith the from afar, and thy seed from LORD concerning Shemaiah the the land of their captivity; and Nehelamite; Because that Shem- Jacob shall return, and shall be aiah hath prophesied unto you, in rest, and be quiet, and none band I sent him not, and he shall make him afraid. caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath_taught trebellion against the LORD. ch. 28. 16. ↑ Heb. revolt, about 606. *ver. 18. ch. 32. 44. F.z. 39 25. Amos 9. 14, 15 bch. 16, 15. Or, there is fear, and not peace. ↑ Heb. u male. ch. 4. 31. & 6. 24. d Joel 2.11, 31. CHAPTER XXX. 1 God sheweth Jeremiah the return of the THE HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 4 And these are the words 5 For thus saith the LORD; We 7 d Alas! for that day is great, 8 For it shall come to pass in Before CHRIST 155.3.4. about G06. Ex. 34. 23 & 37. 24. Hos. 3. 5. 5 Luke 1. 69. Arts 2. 30. & 13.23 bls. 41. 13 & 43 5. & 44 2. ch. 46, 27, 28 i ch. 3. 18. 11' For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I Amos 9.8 make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee min measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. n 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 1ch. 4. 27. Ps. 6, L. Ia. 27. 8. 46, 28. ch. 15. 18. 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest bet Heb. for bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. binding up. or, pressing. • ch. 8. 22. Job 13. 24. & 16. 9. & 19. 11. 14 P All thy lovers have forgot- P Lam. 1. 2. ten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine in-Job 30. 21. iquity; because thy sins were cl. 5. 6. increased. te. 15. 18. 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. Is. 33. 1. & 16 Therefore all they that devour thee "shall be devoured; a Ex. 23. 22. and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. 17 For I will restore healthch. 21, 6. unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. I will multiply them, and they CHRIST shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. about 606. Is. 1. 26. * Num. 16. 5. 20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 21 And their nobles shall be of 4 Gen. 49. 10. themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. fch. 24. 7. & 31. 1, 33. & 32.38 Ez. 11. 20. & 36. 28. & 37. 27. Beh. 23. 19, 20. & 25. 32, ↑ Heb. cutting. 1 Or. remain. 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, at continuing whirlwind: it shall I fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: hin the latter days ye shall consider it. CHAPTER XXXI. 1 The restoration of Israel. 10 The publication thereof. 15 Rachel mourning is comforted. 18 Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 22 Christ is promised. 27 His care over the church. 31 His new corenant. 35 The stability, 38 and amplitude of the church. Tthe same time, saith the same it fod of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting Rom. 11. 28, love: therefore with loving d Mal. 1. 2. 29. 10r, have Lextended lovingkind ness unto tree. Hos. 11. 4. 6 ch. 33. 7. h Ex. 15. 20. Judg. 11. 34. Ps. 149. 3. 1 Or. timbrels. i Ia. 65. 21. Amos 9. 14. ↑ Heb. pro. fane them, Deut. 20. 6. & 28.30. k Is. 2. 3. MIC. 4. 2. kindness have I drawn thee. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel : thou shalt again be adorned with thy hitabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall t eat them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, The restoration of Israel. and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. Before CHRIST about 606. 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, 115. 12. 5, 6. and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. n 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk Pby the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. ch. 3, 12, 18. & 23.8. n F.z. 20. 34. 41. & 34. 13. Ps. 126. 5, 6. ch. 50. 4. 1Or, favours, Zech. 12. 10. P 14. 35. 8. & 43. 19. & 49. 10, 11. 1 Ex. 4. 22. Christ is promised. Before CHRIST about 606. d ver. 4, 5. Ezra 1. 5. Hos. 1. 11. • Lam. 5. 21. ? Deut. 30. 2. I. 63 15. Hos. 11. 8. ↑ Heb. sound. bls. 57. 18. Hos. 14. 4. i ch. 50. 5. JEREMIAH. saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do carnestly Dent 32. 36. remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou about, thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their m Pa. 122. 5, captivity; m The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and n mountain of holiness. krh. 2. 19, 23, 36. Ich. 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 22. 6.7.9. Is. 1. 26. n Zech. 8. 3. go 24 And there shall dwell in Juch. 33. 12, 13. dah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. God's care for his church. CHRIST about 606. that like as I have watched over Before them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. ch. 44. 27. ch. 1. 10. & 18. 7. 3 ch. 24. 6. 29 In those days they shall say Ez. 18 2,3. no more, The fathers have caten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But every one shall die for Gal. 6. 5, 7. his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 33. 14. Ez. 37 26. Heb. 8. 8-19. & 10. 16, 17. 31 ¶ Behold, the days come, ch. 22.40. & saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took Deut. 1. 31. them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, Tal-Or, should though I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD: 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they 1 54. 13. shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for dIdch. 33. 8. & will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth 'the sea when the waves thereof roar; Ja 54.9, 10. cl. 33. 20. The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 h If those ordinances depart P. 148. 6. from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If ich. 33 22. heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 38 Behold, the days come, Jeremiah in prison JEREMIAH. buyeth Hanameel's field. Before I saith the LORD, that the city 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's Before CHRIST shall be built to the LORD from son came to me in the court of CHRIST the tower of Hananeel unto the Zech. 14. 10 gate of the corner. about 606. J Ez, 40. 8. ➡2 Chr 23. about 590. 2 Kings 25. 1.2. ch. 39. 1. 39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, munto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, n shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah Ten ce LORD in Neh. 3. 25. cli. 33. 1. & 6. & 39. 14. ch. 34. 2. d ch. 34. 3. & 38. 18, 23. & 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah dshall not escape out of the 39. 5. & 52. 9. hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; ⚫ch. 27. 22. fch. 21. 4. & 33. 5. 6 Lev. 23. 24. the prison according to the about 590. 10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took Heb wrote Witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which and custom, and that which was was sealed according to the law open: in the book. 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the ich. 36. 4. son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the k witnesses that sub- See Is. 8. 2. scribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. 13 ¶ And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah 16 Now when I had delivered 6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the 5 right of redemption is thine to buy it. 15. Gen. 18. 14. 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, mthou m2 Kings 19. hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing I too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkind-10r. hid ness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: The Great, ver. 27. Luke 1. 37. from thee. • Ex. 20. 6. & 34. 7. Deut. 5. 9,10, 21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of 1 Chr. 17.21. Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; Ps. 136. 11, 12. y Ex. 3. 8, 17. ch. 11. 5. * Neh. 9. 26. ch 11. 8. Dan. 9. 1014. 1 Or, engines of shot. ch. 33. 4. a ver, 25, 36, b cli. 14. 12. 22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, ya land flowing with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; Or, though. for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. • ver. 24. 26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the d Num. 16. 22. God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? e ver. 17. God's threats against Judah. offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 1 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. Before CHRIST about 500. ich. 27. & 3. 25. & 7.2726. & 2. 21. Ez. 20. 28. my anger. 31 For this city hath been to me as ta provocation of minet Heb. for anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day, that I should remove 2 Kings 23. it from before my face; 27. & 24. 3. 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, 11. 1.4, 6. their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned unto me the tm back, and not the face: though I taught them, " rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. Dan 9.8 Heb. neck. 7. 24. 36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered ver. 24. into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; 37 Behold, I will gather them Deut. 30. & out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them "to dwell safely: 38 And they shall be my peo-ch. 24.7 & ple, and I will be their God: ch. 23. 3. & 29. 14. & 31. 10. Ez. 37. 21. ch. 23. 6. & 33, 16, 30. 22. & 31. Y ch. 24. 7. 39 And I will y give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the Heb good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an ever all days. JA. 55. 3. cl. 31. 31. |