B. C. 600. e ch.11.23. noise. Judgment on Edom. | 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy 6 till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, k 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 l not. Judgment on the Ammonites. JEREMIAH, XLIX. 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 e 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 16 tumult uous ones. 46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken 17 captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 ¶ Yet ƒ will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. CHAPTER XLIX. 17 in captivity. fch.49.6,39. (CHAP. 49.) 1 or, against. a Eze.21.28. 25.2,&c. Am. 1.13,15. Zep.2.8-10. or, Melcom. Ps.9.6. or, Melcom, IKI. 11.5,33. 4 or, valley floweth away. NONCERNING 1 thea Ammon-e ver.39. ites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth 2 their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell Am.1.11,12. in his cities? b g Ob.8,&c. 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will h 5 Job 5. 12.13. or, they are cause an alarm of war to be heard 63.1. oEze.7.25,26. Ps.53.5. 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy 4 flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted c in her treasures, saying, Whod q Is.25.4,5. shall come unto me? 49.25. 50.13. 5 Behold, I will bring a fear uponr Am.9.2. thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, s ch. 18. 16. from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every t ch.50.40. man right forth; and none shall De.29.23. gather up him that wandereth. 6 And afterwarde I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. Am.4.11. uGe. 19.24,25. v w Ex.15.11. convent 7¶ Concerning Edom,fthus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom g no more in Teman? is counselh per- judgment. ished from the prudent? is their x Job 41.10. wisdom vanished? Ps.76.7. Re.6. 17. 8 Flee ye, 5 turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; i for I willy Ps.33.11. bring the calamity of Esau upon 2 Job 6.19,20. lum, the time that I will visit him. 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 shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn m by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah n 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 o 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 p among men. 16 Thy terribleness q hath _doceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: thoughr 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, s and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 Ast 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 v 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 whow 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 y of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: z Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. Judgment on Damascus. JEREMIAH, L. 21 The earth is moved at the noise B. C. 600. of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the 8 Red sea. 8 weedy sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and a Is. 17.1,&c. fly as the eagle, and spread his Am. 1.3-5. wings over Bozrah: and at that Zec.9.1,2. day shall the heart of the mighty b Is.37.13. men of Edom be as the heart of a 9 melted. woman in her pangs. 23 Concerning Damascus.a Hamath b is confounded, and Arpad : for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint-hearted; there is sorrow 10 on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 10 or, as on. c ch.33.9. Is. 1.26. d ch.50.30. e Is.21.13,17. ƒ Ps.120.5. 11 flit greatly. 12 or, that is at ease. 21 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to fiee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a wo-g man in travail. 25 How is the city of praise c not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore d 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 con-i sume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 28 T Concerning Kedar, e 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 ƒ and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. Eze.38.11. h Nu.23.9. 13 cut off into k ch.25.25. ver.6. (CHAP. 50.) a Is. XIII. 2 XLVII. by the hand of. b ch.51.44. 30 Flee, 11 get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrez-c Ro.11.1,&c. zar king of Babylon hath taken d Ho.1.11. counsel against you, and hath con- e ch.31.9. ceived a purpose against you. 31 Arise, get you up unto the 12 wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which g have neither gates nor bars, which dwell h alone. Ezr.3. 12, Judgment on Elam. 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. CHAPTER L. The judgment of Babylon, and the redemption of Israel. THE HE word that the LORD spake against Babylon, a and against the land of the Chaldeans, 1 by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and 2 set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Belb is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols idols are 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 T Inc those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, d going Ps. 126.5.6. and weeping: e they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 13. Zec. 12.10. Ac.2.37. f Ho.3.5. g Ps.84.7. Ac.11.23. 200.8.5. i ch.31.33,34, 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 13 in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides there-k Is. 53.6. of, saith the LORD. 1 Pe.2.25. 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, i and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 34 T The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam k in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, Ca.8.6. Is.55.3. ch.3.6.23. place to lie down in, Ps.23.2. m Ca.1.7,8. n Ps.79.7. o ch.2.3. p Da.9.6. q Ps.90.1. Ps.22.4. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion g with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join hourselves to the LORD in a perpetual z 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 I gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their 3 resting-place.m 7 All that found them have devoured them: n and their adversaries said, We offend o not, because p they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation g of justice, even the LORD, the hope r of their fathers. The judgment JEREMIAH, L. 8 Remove s out of the midst of | B. C. 600. B. C. 600. Babylon, and go forth out of the cand of the Chaldeans, and be ass ch.51.6,45. the he-goats before the flocks. Is.48.20. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause 4 or,destroyer ¶ to come up against Babylon, an assembly of great nations from the 5 big, or, north country: and they shall set corpulent. themselves in array against her; 6 or, neigh from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty t Zec. 1. 15. 4 expert man; none shall return in vain. as steeds. u ch.25.12. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: v 1Ch.29.24. all that spoil her shall be satisfied, | w Is.63.4. saith the LORD. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown 5 fat as the heifer at grass, and 6 bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost b ch.33.12. of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Is.65.9, 10. Eze.34.1315. 13 Because of the wrath ₺ of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but c Mi.7.14,18. it shall be wholly u desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall d Ca.6.5. be astonished, and hiss at all here Ro.8.33,34. plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against f Ps. 103. 12. Babylon round about: all ye that Ro.5,16. 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 v her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance w of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as æ she hath done, do unto her. g Is.6.13. 8 2 Pe.3.15. or, the or, visita. h Eze.23.23. ch.48.10. ch.51.54. I ch.51.20. m Ec.9. 12. n Da.5.30,31. o Ps.45.3,5. Is. 13.5. 10 end. 11 or, tread. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the 7 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 y the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this z Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD p ch.46.21. of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, Is.34.7. I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have a punished the king of Assyria. q ch.51. 10,11. r La. 1.10. 2.6,7. 19 And b I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feeds ver. 15. on Carmel c and Bashan, and his 12 pride. soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and d Gilead. t Pr. 16.18. 18.12. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Is-u Re. 18.8. rael shall be sought e for, and ƒ 2 E 2 705 of Babylon. there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom Ig 8 Merathaim, even against it, and 21 T Go up against the land of against the inhabitants of 9 Pekod: h waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to alli that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound k 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! 21 I have laid a snare m for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, art found, and also caught, because and n thou wast not aware: thou thou hast striven against the LORD. 25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons o 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 19 utmost border, open her storehouses: 11 cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; p let them go down to the slaughter: wo 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 q of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.r 29 Call together the archers against Babylon and all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense s 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 12 most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And 12 the most proud shall t stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up and I will kindle a fire u 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. Redemption of Israei. JEREMIAH, LI. v] B. C. 595. Is.47.4. w Is.51,22. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; v the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly pleadw their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 TA sword is upon the Chal-13 bars, or, deans, saith the LORD, and upon chief stays. the inhabitants of Babylon, and y Is.44.25. upon her princes, and upon her wise x men. 36 A sword is upon the 13 liars; y and they shall dote: z 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 a people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: b a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. z 2Th.2.11. God's severe judgments. 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 m among the nations. CHAPTER LI. The judgment of God against Babylon in revenge of Israel. Eze.30.5.villaise up against Babylon, HUS saith the LORD; Behold, I b ch.51.30. c Is.44.27. Re. 16.12. d ch.25.12. Is. 13.20. eGe. 19.24,25. g ch.51.27. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried c up: for ith Fs.13.17,18. is the land of graven images, and; Da.5.6. 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: d neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew e 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, fand a great nation, and many g kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold the how and the lance: they are cruel, hand will not show 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. convent me to 14 or, 1 Is. 14.24,27. m Re. 18.9,15. 1 heart. a ch.4.11.12. 2Ki. 19.7. b ch.15.7. Mat.3. 12. c eh.49.26. d Ho. 1. 10. e 49.14,15. ƒ Zec.2.12. f 12.6-8. h ch.50.8.&c. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish i took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in Re. 14.8. 18.3.&c. travail. 44 Behold, he shall come up like a m ch.25.16. lion from the swelling of Jordann Da.5.24-31. unto the habitation of the strong o Is. 13.6,7. but I will make them suddenly run p ch.8.20. away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will 14 appoint me the time? and who k is that shepherd that will stand before me? and against them that dwell in the 1 midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying a wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon b fanners, that shall fan her, and day of trouble they shall be against shall empty her land for in the 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 c in her streets. 5 For Israel d hath not been e forsaken, nor Judah ƒ of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though g their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Flee h 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 recompense.i 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup k in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken / of her wine; therefore the nations are m mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly n fallen and destroyed: howl o for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is notp 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 q our righteousness: come, and let us declare in r Zion the work of the Mat.25.10-LORD our God. 13. q r ch.50.28. 2 pure. 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken s ch.46.4. against Babylon; and his purposes it ch.50.28. that he hath purposed against the 12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch God's severe judgments JEREMIAH, LI. strong, set up the watchmen, pre-| B. C. 595. pare the 3 ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 0 thou that dwellest upon many waters, u abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy v covetousness. 3 liers in wail. denounced against Babylon. k 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 u Re. 17.1, 15. foundations; but thou shalt be v Hab.2.9, 10.9 desolate for ever, saith the LORD. his soul. 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the wNa.3.15,17. nations, prepare the nations against utter. 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 caterpillars.m 5 14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by 4 himself, saying, Surely I will x Ge. 1. 1,6. fill thee with men, as with cater-y Job 9.8. pillars; w and they shall 5 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 y out the heaven by his nderstanding.z 16 When a he uttereth his voice, there is a 6 multitude of waters in the heavens; and he b 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; c every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath d in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Ps. 104.2. Is.40.22. z Pr.3.19. a ch. 10. 12, 6 b с &c. Ps. 107.25. or, noise. Ps. 135.7. or, is more Ro.1.22. e Ps. 16.5. 73.26. La.3.24. f De.32.9. Ps.74.2. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, n 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. d Ps. 115.5,&c. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became o as women: they have burned her dwelling-places; her bars p are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show 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. 8 or,in,or, by g Is.41.15, 16. Mi.4.13. 19 The portion e of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of h ch.50.15,29. all things and Israel is the rod fi Is. 13.2. of his inheritance. The LORD of hosts is his name. 20 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: for 8 with thee will I break in pieces g 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: Zec.4.7. A Re.8.8. ch.50.40,41. La.2.9. 22 With thee also will 1 break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break 10 or, in the 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. time that he thresheth Hab.3.12. Is. 17.5. Joel 3.13. Mat. 13.39. 18. ch.50.17. 24 And I will render h unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of t La. 1, 15. Chaldea all their evil that they 12 or,remain it My. have done in Zion in your sight, der. saith the LORD. 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, i saith the LORD, which destroyest all the carth': and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down 33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, 10 it is time to thresh q her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest r shall come. 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath s crushed me, he hath made me an empty t vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 11 The violence done to me and to my 12 flesh be upon Babylon, u shall the 13 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 37 And Babylon shall become springs dry. 13 inhabi-' u Ps. 137.8,9.heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. |