Desolation of the

(CHAP. 19.)

a ch.7.31. Jos. 15.8.

ch.2.13,34.

De.28.20.
Is.65.11.

3 And say, b Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah,__and1 sun-gate. inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of b ch.17.20. Israel, Behold, c I will bring evil c 2K1.21.12. upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 4 Because d they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burnt incense in it unto e De.32.17. other gods, whom neither they e nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood ƒ of inno-g Le. 18.21. cents;

ƒ2Ki.21.16.

24.4.

h Le.26.17.

5 They have built also the high De.28.25. places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings unto i Ps.79.2.

Jews foretold.

and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as q the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs r they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drinkofferings s unto other gods.

14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court t of the LORD's house;

and said to all the people,

15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city, and upon all her towns, all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because u they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear v my words.

CHAPTER XX.

Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receiveth a new name, and a fearful doom.

nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of slaugh

ter.

/ 1Ki.9.8.

m Le.26.29. De.28.53. Is.9.20. La.4.10.

o Ps.2.9. Is.30.14. La.4.2.

7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword h before their 2 healed. enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their p ch.7.32. carcasses i will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

q 2Ki.23.10,

12.

8 Andk I will make this city de૧ solate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be as-r ch.32.29. tonished and hiss because of all Zep.1.5. the plagues thereof.

s ch.7.18. 9 And I will cause them to eat mt2Ch.20.5. the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall u ch.17.23. eat every one the flesh of his friend, v Ps.58.2-5. in the siege and straitness wherewith their enemies, and they that (CHAP. 20.) seek their lives, shall straiten them. a 1Ch.24. 14. 10 Thenn shalt thou break the 1 i.e. fear bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so o will I break this people, and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be 2 made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet, till p there be no place to bury.

3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but 1 Magor-missabib.

4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it and 1 will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

5 Moreover b I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. 6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied c lies.

7 TO LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was 2 deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am ind derision daily, every one mocketh me.

43

The prophet's complaint.

A hard siege foretold.

us;) if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

i

3

6.7. 7.29.

18.5.

Pr. 10.18. of my peace. Every man

3 T Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zede

4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back & the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against without the walls, and I will asthe Chaldeans, which besiege you

k Job 19.19. Ps.41.9.

55.13,14. Lu.11.53.

ch. 1.8,19.

ch. 17.10. q Ps.59.10.

11 But / the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my n ch.15.20. persecutors shall stumble, m and o ch.23.40. they shall not n prevail : they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never o be forgotten. 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the p righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let q me see thy vengeance on them: forr unto thee have I opened my cause.

13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: fors he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers.

14 Cursed t be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought| tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

น

16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noon-tide,

17 Because v he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see w labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

r Is.38.14. 1Pe.2.23. 4.19.

s Ps.34.6. 35.9, 10. 109.30,31.

t ch.15.10.

Job 3.1,&c. u Ge.19.25. v Ec.6.3. w La.3.1. x Ps.90.10.

(CHAP. 21.)

a ch.38.1.

b

ch.29.25.

2K 1.25.18. c ch.37.3,7. Eze, 14.4,5.

d ch.52.8. e Is. 13.4.

La.2.5. If Ex.6.6. 8 ch.37.17,

39.5,&c.

52.9,&c.

2Ki,25.5,

&c.

h De.28.50. 2Ch.36.17. i ch.38.2,17. ch.39.18.

CHAPTER XXI. 1 Zedekiah sendeth to inquire the event of Nebuchadrezzar's war. 3 A hard siege foretold. Trevor from the LORD, when HE word which came unto Je-k king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashura the son of Melchiah, and Ze- 1 Judge.

7 ch.44.11. Am.9.4.

m ch.52.13.

7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver g Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he h shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

8 T And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

9 Hei that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for ak prey.

10 For I have set l my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD; it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall m burn it with fire. 11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD, 1 Execute n judgment in the o morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings 13 Behold I am against thee, O

of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Whop shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our ha bitations?

Exhortation to repentance.

it.

CHAPTER XXII.

Jeremiah exhorteth to repentance with

promises and threats. HUS saith the LORD, Go down

The the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

2 And say, Hear a the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

(CHAP. 22.) a ch.17.20,&c.

b ch.21.12.
1 for David
upon his
throne.

c 2Ch.7.19, 22.

d He.6.13,17.

3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute be Is.37.24. ye judgment and righteousness, f ch.21.14. and deliver the spoiled out of the

hand of the oppressor; and do no g De.29.24, 25. wrong, do no violence to the stran1 Ki.9.8,9. ger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this h 2Ki.22.17. place. 2Ch.34.25. i Ec.4.2. Is.57.1.

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting 1 upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

k 2Ki.23.30.

1Ch.3.15. I ver. 18. 2Ki.23.34.

5 But if c ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself,'d saith the LORD, that this house shall be-m Mi.3.10. come a desolation.

Hab.2.9.

De.24. 14, 15.

6 For thus saith the LORD unton Le. 19.13. the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which 2 through are not inhabited.

7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they e shall cut down thy choice cedars, and ƒ cast them into the fire.

Ja.5.4.

aired.

3 or, my windows.

o 2Ki.23.25. p Is.3.10.

8 And many nations shall pass by 4 or, incurthis city, and they shall say every sion. man to his neighbour, Wherefore gq Eze. 19.6. hath the LORD done thus unto this r ch. 16.4,6. great city?

s 1Ki. 13.30. t ch.36.30. Fulfilled 599.

9 Then they shall answer, Because they h have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served u ch.30. 14. them. 5 prospe rities.

10 T Weep ye not for the dead, i neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallumnk the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him cap

v ch.3.25. 7.23,&c.

wch.23.1,&c. 6 inhabitress, ch.21.13. x ch.37.1.

2Ki.24.6-8. 1Ch.3.16.

y Ca.8.6.

Hag.2.23. z ch.34.20. a 2Ki.24.15.

14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and 2 large chambers, and cutteth him out 3 windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

15 Shalt thou reign because thou closest thyself in cedar? Did not thy father o eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well p with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for 4 violence, q to do it.

18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They r shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! s or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

19 He t shall be buried with the burial of an ass drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusa- · lem.

20 T Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers u are destroyed.

21 I spake unto thee in thy 5 prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from v thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

22 The wind shall eat up all thy w pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

23 0 6 inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail !

24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah x the son of Jehojakim king of Judah were the signet y upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

25 And z I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into, the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 And a I will cast thee out, and

Prophecy of restoration. thy mother that bare thee, into an- | other country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

B. C. 599.

lift up their mind, ch.44.14. b Ho.8.8. c Is. 1.2.

28 Is this man Coniah a despisedd broken idol? is he a vessel b wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

29 O c earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, d a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. CHAPTER XXIII. Jeremiah prophesieth a restoration of the scattered flock.

ch.36.30. Mat. 1.11,12.

(CHAP. 23.) a ch.10.21.

Eze.34.2.

b Ac.20.29. c ch.32.37. De.30.1-6. Eze.34.13, &c.

d ch.3.15. e ch.33.14-16. Is.4.2.

of

11.1-5. 40.9-11. Zec.3.8.

6.12. Jno, 1.45.

f Da.9.24. g Ps.72.2.

hDe.33.27,28.

Zec.14.9,11. 1 Jehovahtsidkenu, ICo.1.30. i ch.16.14,15. k Zep.3.20. I8.43.5,6.

a be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Yeb have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. 3 And c I will gather the remnant m Am.9. 14, of my flock out of all countries 'whither I have driven them, and n Hab.3.16. will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and in

crease.

Is.6.5.

4 And d I will set up shepherds P Ro.7.9. over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

5 T Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteouse Branch, and a King shall reignf and prosper, and g shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

15.

ch.9.2. 2 or, cursing. ig Ho.4.2,3. 3 or, violence. s Zep.3.4. Eze.8. 16, 17. 23.39. Mat.21.13. u Pr.4.19. Ex.32.34.

t

4 unsavoury,

or, an ab

surd thing

w ch.2.8. 50r, filthiness. x ver.26,32. y Is.41.6,7.

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: h and this is his name whereby he shall be called, 1 THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, i behold, the days z Is. 1.9,10. come, saith the LORD, that they a ch.9.15. shall no more say, The LORD liveth, 6 or, hypowhich brought up the children of crisy. Israel out of the land of Egypt; b Eze.13.10.

8 But, The LORD liveth, k which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and m they shall dwell in their own land,

9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; alln

Zec.10.2. or, stub bornness, ch.13.10.

c Mi.3. 11.

8 or, secret. d 2Ch.18.23. e ch.30.23,24. f Pr.21.30.

Against false prophets.

my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, o and because of the words p of his holiness.

10 For the land is full of adulterers; g for because of 2 swearing r the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their 3 course is evil, and their force is not right.

11 For boths prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house! have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

12 Wherefore their way u shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness they shall be driven on and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, v saith the LORD. 13 And I have seen 4 folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophe sied in Baal, w and caused my peo ple Israel to err.

14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem 5 an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengtheny also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, z and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, a and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is 6 profaneness gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

17 They b say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the 7 imagination of his own heart, Noc evil shall come upon you.

18 For who hath stood in the 8 counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? whod hath marked his word, and heard it?

19 Behold, a whirlwinde of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performedƒ the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 21 I have not sent these prophets,