1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that



were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of the



LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the



thirteenth year of his reign.







1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of



Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah



king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the



fifth month.







1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before I



formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out



of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the



nations.







1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a



child.







1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt



go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou



shalt speak.







1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,



saith the LORD.







1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the



LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.







1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the



kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw



down, to build, and to plant.







1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,



what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.







1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will



hasten my word to perform it.







1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,



What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face



thereof is toward the north.







1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break



forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.







1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the



north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every



one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against



all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of



Judah.







1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their



wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other



gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.







1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them



all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I



confound thee before them.







1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an



iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the



kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests



thereof, and against the people of the land.







1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail



against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.







2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cry



in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember



thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when



thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.







2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his



increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them,



saith the LORD.







2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the



families of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What



iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from



me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?  2:6 Neither



said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of



Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts



and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,



through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?



2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit



thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my



land, and made mine heritage an abomination.







2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the



law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the



prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not



profit.







2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your



children's children will I plead.







2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,



and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.







2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my



people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.







2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be



ye very desolate, saith the LORD.







2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the



fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken



cisterns, that can hold no water.







2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?



2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his



land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.







2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of



thy head.







2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast



forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?  2:18 And now



what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of



Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the



waters of the river?  2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee,



and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that



it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy



God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.







2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and



thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and



under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.







2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how



then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto



me?  2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much



soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.







2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after



Baalim?  see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art



a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to the



wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion



who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary



themselves; in her month they shall find her.







2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:



but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and



after them will I go.







2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of



Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests,



and their prophets.







2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast



brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not



their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and



save us.







2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise,



if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the



number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.







2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against



me, saith the LORD.







2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no



correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a



destroying lion.







2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a



wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people,



We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?  2:32 Can a maid forget



her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me



days without number.







2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also



taught the wicked ones thy ways.







2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor



innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.







2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall



turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I



have not sinned.







2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt



be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.







2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine



head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not



prosper in them.







3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and



become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that



land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many



lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.







3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast



not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian



in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms



and with thy wickedness.







3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no



latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be



ashamed.







3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the



guide of my youth?  3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he



keep it to the end?  Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as



thou couldest.







3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast



thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon



every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played



the harlot.







3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.



But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.







3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel



committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of



divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and



played the harlot also.







3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that



she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with



stocks.







3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned



unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.







3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified



herself more than treacherous Judah.







3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,



thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine



anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will



not keep anger for ever.







3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed



against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers



under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the



LORD.







3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married



unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and



I will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors according



to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.







3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in



the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The



ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind:



neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither



shall that be done any more.







3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD;



and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the



LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the



imagination of their evil heart.







3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of



Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to



the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.







3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give



thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I



said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.







3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so



have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the



LORD.







3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications



of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they



have forgotten the LORD their God.







3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your



backslidings.







Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.







3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the



multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of



Israel.







3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth;



their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.







3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we



have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our



youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD



our God.







4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and



if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt



thou not remove.







4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and



in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and



in him shall they glory.







4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break



up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.







4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of



your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury



come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the



evil of your doings.







4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye



the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble



yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.







4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will



bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.







4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the



Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy



land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an



inhabitant.







4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce



anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.







4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the



heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the



priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.







4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this



people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword



reacheth unto the soul.







4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A



dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of



my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind from



those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against



them.







4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as



a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we



are spoiled.







4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest



be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?  4:15



For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount



Ephraim.







4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against



Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their



voice against the cities of Judah.







4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because



she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.







4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this



is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto



thine heart.







4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart



maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard,



O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.







4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is



spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.







4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the



trumpet?  4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they



are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise



to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.







4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and



the heavens, and they had no light.







4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills



moved lightly.







4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the



heavens were fled.







4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all



the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and



by his fierce anger.







4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;



yet will I not make a full end.







4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;



because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,



neither will I turn back from it.







4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and



bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks:



every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.







4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou



clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments



of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt



thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek



thy life.







4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the



anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of



the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her



hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of



murderers.







5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now,



and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man,



if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I



will pardon it.







5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.







5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken



them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they



have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder



than a rock; they have refused to return.







5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for



they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.







5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for



they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God:



but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.







5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of



the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their



cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces:



because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are



increased.







5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me,



and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full,



they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in



the harlots' houses.







5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after



his neighbour's wife.







5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not



my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:10 Go ye up upon her



walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her



battlements; for they are not the LORD's.







5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very



treacherously against me, saith the LORD.







5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall



evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And the



prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it



be done unto them.







5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this



word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people



wood, and it shall devour them.







5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,



saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a



nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what



they say.







5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.







5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy



sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and



thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall



impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.







5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a



full end with you.







5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the



LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them,



Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so



shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.







5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,



saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without



understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear



not: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my



presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a



perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof



toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can



they not pass over it?  5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a



rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.







5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our



God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season:



he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.







5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have



withholden good things from you.







5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he



that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.







5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:



therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.







5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of



the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet



they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.







5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my



soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  5:30 A wonderful and



horrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesy



falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love



to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?  6:1 O ye



children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of



Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in



Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great



destruction.







6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate



woman.







6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall



pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one



in his place.







6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe



unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are



stretched out.







6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.







6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast



a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is



wholly oppression in the midst of her.







6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her



wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually



is grief and wounds.







6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;



lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.







6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the



remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer



into the baskets.







6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?



behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold,



the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in



it.







6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with



holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the



assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife



shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.







6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields



and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the



inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.







6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every



one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the



priest every one dealeth falsely.







6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people



slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.







6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they



were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they



shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they



shall be cast down, saith the LORD.







6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for



the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall



find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.







6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the



trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.







6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is



among them.







6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even



the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my



words, nor to my law, but rejected it.







6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the



sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not



acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.







6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks



before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall



upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.







6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north



country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the



earth.







6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no



mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses,



set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.







6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish



hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.







6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword



of the enemy and fear is on every side.







6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow



thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter



lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.







6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that



thou mayest know and try their way.







6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are



brass and iron; they are all corrupters.







6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the



founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.







6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath



rejected them.







7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand in



the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say,



Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these



gates to worship the LORD.







7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways



and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.







7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The



temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.







7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye



throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If ye



oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not



innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your



hurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land



that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.







7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.







7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and



burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;



7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my



name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?  7:11 Is



this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in



your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.







7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my



name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my



people Israel.







7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD,



and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not;



and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do unto



this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the



place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to



Shiloh.







7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your



brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.







7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor



prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear



thee.







7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the



streets of Jerusalem?  7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers



kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the



queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that



they may provoke me to anger.







7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke



themselves to the confusion of their own faces?  7:20 Therefore thus



saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out



upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the



field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall



not be quenched.







7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt



offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.







7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day



that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt



offerings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying,



Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and



walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well



unto you.







7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the



counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went



backward, and not forward.







7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of



Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the



prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet they



hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their



neck: they did worse than their fathers.







7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they



will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they



will not answer thee.







7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not



the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is



perished, and is cut off from their mouth.







7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a



lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken



the generation of his wrath.







7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the



LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by



my name, to pollute it.







7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the



valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in



the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.







7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall



no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the



valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no



place.







7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of



the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them



away.







7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the



streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,



the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land



shall be desolate.







8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of



the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the



priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the



inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shall



spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven,



whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they



have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped:



they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon



the face of the earth.







8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of



them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places



whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.







8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they



fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?  8:5 Why then



is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?



they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.







8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented



him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to



his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.







8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the



turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;



but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.







8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?



Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.







8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they



have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?  8:10



Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to



them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto



the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the



priest every one dealeth falsely.







8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people



slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.







8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they



were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall



they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they



shall be cast down, saith the LORD.







8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no



grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;



and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.







8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into



the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God



hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because



we have sinned against the LORD.







8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health,



and behold trouble!  8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from



Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his



strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all



that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.







8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which



will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.







8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in



me.







8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because



of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not



her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven



images, and with strange vanities?  8:20 The harvest is past, the



summer is ended, and we are not saved.







8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;



astonishment hath taken hold on me.







8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then



is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?  9:1 Oh that



my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might



weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!  9:2 Oh



that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I



might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers,



an assembly of treacherous men.







9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are



not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil



to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.







9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any



brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour



will walk with slanders.







9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak



the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary



themselves to commit iniquity.







9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they



refuse to know me, saith the LORD.







9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them,



and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?  9:8



Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh



peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his



wait.







9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not



my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?  9:10 For the mountains



will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the



wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can



pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both



the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.







9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will



make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.







9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to



whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for



what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none



passeth through?  9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken



my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither



walked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their



own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15



Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I



will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water



of gall to drink.







9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor



their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I



have consumed them.







9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the



mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that



they may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for



us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out



with waters.







9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled!



we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because



our dwellings have cast us out.







9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear



receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and



every one her neighbour lamentation.







9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our



palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from



the streets.







9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall



as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman,



and none shall gather them.







9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,



neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man



glory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this,



that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which



exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth:



for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.







9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all



them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, and



Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are



in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these



nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are



uncircumcised in the heart.







10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of



Israel: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,



and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are



dismayed at them.







10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree



out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.







10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails



and with hammers, that it move not.







10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs



be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they



cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.







10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art



great, and thy name is great in might.







10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it



appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in



all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.







10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a



doctrine of vanities.







10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from



Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue



and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.







10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an



everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the



nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.







10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the



heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from



under these heavens.







10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the



world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his



discretion.







10:13 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.







10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is



confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and



there is no breath in them.







10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their



visitation they shall perish.







10:16 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.







10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the



fortress.







10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the



inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that



they may find it so.







10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly



this is a grief, and I must bear it.







10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my



children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to



stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.







10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the



LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be



scattered.







10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion



out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a



den of dragons.







10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not



in man that walketh to direct his steps.







10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest



thou bring me to nothing.







10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon



the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob,



and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation



desolate.







11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear ye



the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to



the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith



the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words



of this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that



I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,



saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command



you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I may



perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a



land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I,



and said, So be it, O LORD.







11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the



cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the



words of this covenant, and do them.







11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I



brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising



early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.







11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one



in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon



them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but



they did them not.







11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of



Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.







11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,



which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to



serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my



covenant which I made with their fathers.







11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon



them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall



cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.







11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go,



and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not



save them at all in the time of their trouble.







11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O



Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye



set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto



Baal.







11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry



or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry



unto me for their trouble.







11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath



wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?



when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.







11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of



goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire



upon it, and the branches of it are broken.







11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil



against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of



Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger



in offering incense unto Baal.







11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then



thou shewedst me their doings.







11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter;



and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let



us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off



from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.







11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the



reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee



have I revealed my cause.







11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek



thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die



not by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,



I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons



and their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be no



remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even



the year of their visitation.







12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me



talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked



prosper?  wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?



12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,



yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far



from their reins.







12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine



heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and



prepare them for the day of slaughter.







12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field



wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are



consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last



end.







12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,



then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace,



wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in



the swelling of Jordan?  12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of



thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they



have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they



speak fair words unto thee.







12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have



given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.







12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out



against me: therefore have I hated it.







12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round



about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field,



come to devour.







12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my



portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate



wilderness.







12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto



me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to



heart.







12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the



wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of



the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.







12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put



themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of



your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.







12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch



the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit;



Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house



of Judah from among them.







12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I



will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again,



every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.







12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the



ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they



taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the



midst of my people.







12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy



that nation, saith the LORD.







13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and



put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.







13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it



on my loins.







13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,



13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and



arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.







13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.







13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,



Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I



commanded thee to hide there.







13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from



the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it



was profitable for nothing.







13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith



the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the



great pride of Jerusalem.







13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in



the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve



them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good



for nothing.







13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I



caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house



of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and



for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not



hear.







13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the



LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they



shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall



be filled with wine?  13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith



the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even



the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the



prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.







13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and



the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor



have mercy, but destroy them.







13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.







13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and



before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look



for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross



darkness.







13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places



for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears,



because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.







13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:



for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.







13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open



them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be



wholly carried away captive.







13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:



where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?  13:21



What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught



them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take



thee, as a woman in travail?  13:22 And if thou say in thine heart,



Wherefore come these things upon me?  For the greatness of thine



iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.







13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?



then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.







13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away



by the wind of the wilderness.







13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the



LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.







13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy



shame may appear.







13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of



thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe



unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it



once be?  14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning



the dearth.







14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black



unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.







14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they



came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels



empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.







14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth,



the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.







14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because



there was no grass.







14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up



the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no



grass.







14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for



thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against



thee.







14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why



shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man



that turneth aside to tarry for a night?  14:9 Why shouldest thou be



as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD,



art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.







14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to



wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth



not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their



sins.







14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their



good.







14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer



burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will



consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.







14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,



Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will



give you assured peace in this place.







14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my



name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake



unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a



thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.







14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that



prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and



famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those



prophets be consumed.







14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the



streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they



shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor



their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.







14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run



down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin



daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very



grievous blow.







14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the



sword!  and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick



with famine!  yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a



land that they know not.







14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why



hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for



peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold



trouble!  14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the



iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.







14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne



of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.







14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause



rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our



God?  therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these



things.







15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before



me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my



sight, and let them go forth.







15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall



we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as



are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;



and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the



captivity, to the captivity.







15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the



sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and



the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.







15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the



earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that



which he did in Jerusalem.







15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall



bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?  15:6 Thou



hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore



will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary



with repenting.







15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will



bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return



not from their ways.







15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I



have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler



at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors



upon the city.







15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the



ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been



ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the



sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.







15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife



and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on



usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth



curse me.







15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily



I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in



the time of affliction.







15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?  15:13 Thy



substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price,



and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.







15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land



which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which



shall burn upon you.







15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me



of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that



for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.







15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto



me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O



LORD God of hosts.







15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat



alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.







15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth



to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters



that fail?  15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then



will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou



take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let



them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.







15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and



they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against



thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the



LORD.







15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I



will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.







16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shalt



not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in



this place.







16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the



daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers



that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this



land; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be



lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon



the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by



famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and



for the beasts of the earth.







16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,



neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace



from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.







16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall



not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves,



nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tear



themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither



shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father



or for their mother.







16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with



them to eat and to drink.







16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I



will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days,



the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the



bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.







16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all



these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD



pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or



what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?



16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have



forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and



have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and



have not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers;



for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil



heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I cast



you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your



fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I



will not shew you favour.







16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall



no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of



Israel out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, that



brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from



all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again



into their land that I gave unto their fathers.







16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they



shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they



shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of



the holes of the rocks.







16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my



face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.







16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;



because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance



with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.







16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day



of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the



earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,



and things wherein there is no profit.







16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?  16:21



Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause



them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name



is The LORD.







17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the



point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and



upon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remember



their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.







17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy



treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all



thy borders.







17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage



that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the



land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger,



which shall burn for ever.







17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and



maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.







17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see



when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the



wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.







17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the



LORD is.







17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that



spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat



cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the



year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.







17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:



who can know it?  17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins,



even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the



fruit of his doings.







17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he



that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst



of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.







17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our



sanctuary.







17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be



ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth,



because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.







17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be



saved: for thou art my praise.







17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it



come now.







17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow



thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which



came out of my lips was right before thee.







17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.







17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be



confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring



upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.







17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the



children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the



which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And say



unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all



Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these



gates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no



burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;



17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath



day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I



commanded your fathers.







17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their



neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.







17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me,



saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city



on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;



17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and



princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on



horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants



of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.







17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the



places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the



plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt



offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and



bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.







17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day,



and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem



on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof,



and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be



quenched.







18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2



Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee



to hear my words.







18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a



work on the wheels.







18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the



potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the



potter to make it.







18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house of



Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold,



as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house



of Israel.







18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning



a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 If



that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I



will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.







18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and



concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil in



my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,



wherewith I said I would benefit them.







18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the



inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame



evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every



one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.







18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own



devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.







18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who



hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible



thing.







18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock



of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another



place be forsaken?  18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they



have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in



their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast



up; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every



one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.







18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I



will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their



calamity.







18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;



for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the



wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with



the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.







18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that



contend with me.







18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit



for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,



and to turn away thy wrath from them.







18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out



their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved



of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death;



let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.







18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a



troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and



hid snares for my feet.







18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:



forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,



but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the



time of thine anger.







19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and



take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the



priests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which



is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I



shall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings



of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts,



the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the



which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.







19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and



have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their



fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place



with the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high places



of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal,



which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:



19:6 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 slaughter.







19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this



place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their



enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their



carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for



the beasts of the earth.







19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one



that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the



plagues thereof.







19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the



flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of



his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and



they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.







19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go



with thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of



hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh



a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall



bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.







19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the



inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And the



houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be



defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose



roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have



poured out drink offerings unto other gods.







19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to



prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to



all the people, 19:15 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 they have hardened



their necks, that they might not hear my words.







20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief



governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied



these things.







20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks



that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the



LORD.







20:3 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 Magormissabib.







20:4 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 I 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.







20:5 Moreover 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.







20:6 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 lies.







20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art



stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one



mocketh me.







20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil;



because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a



derision, daily.







20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more



in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up



in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.







20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,



say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my



halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail



against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.







20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my



persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be



greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting



confusion shall never be forgotten.







20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the



reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee



have I opened my cause.







20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered



the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.







20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my



mother bare me be blessed.







20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A



man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.







20:16 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 noontide; 20:17 Because 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.







20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow,



that my days should be consumed with shame?  21:1 The word which came



unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur



the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,



saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for



Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that



the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that



he may go up from us.







21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4



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 the Chaldeans, which besiege you without



the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.







21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and



with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.







21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and



beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.







21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver 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 shall



smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them,



neither have pity, nor have mercy.







21:8 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.







21:9 He 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 a prey.







21:10 For I have set 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 burn it with fire.







21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the



word of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute



judgment in the 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.







21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock



of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against



us? or who shall enter into our habitations?  21:14 But I will punish



you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will



kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things



round about it.







22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah,



and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear 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: 22:3 Thus saith



the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the



spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no



violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed



innocent blood in this place.







22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the



gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in



chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.







22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the



LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.







22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto 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 are not inhabited.







22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his



weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into



the fire.







22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say



every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto



this great city?  22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have



forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other



gods, and served them.







22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for



him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native



country.







22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum 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: 22:12 But he



shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall



see this land no more.







22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his



chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages,



and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me a



wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is



cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.







22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not



thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was



well with him?  22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then



it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.







22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,



and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence,



to do it.







22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of



Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my



brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah



lord! or, Ah his glory!  22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of



an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.







22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and



cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.







22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not



hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not



my voice.







22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go



into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for



all thy wickedness.







22:23 O 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!  22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the



son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet



would I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And 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.







22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into



another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.







22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall



they not return.







22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel



wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed,



and are cast into a land which they know not?  22:29 O earth, earth,



earth, hear the word of the LORD.







22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, 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.







23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my



pasture! saith the LORD.







23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors



that feed my people; Ye 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.







23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries



whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;



and they shall be fruitful and increase.







23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and



they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be



lacking, saith the LORD.







23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto



David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and



shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.







23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:



and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR



RIGHTEOUSNESS.







23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall



no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel



out of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, 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 they



shall dwell in their own land.







23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my



bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath



overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his



holiness.







23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the



land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and



their course is evil, and their force is not right.







23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I



found their wickedness, saith the LORD.







23:12 Wherefore their way 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, saith the LORD.







23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they



prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.







23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:



they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands



of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all



of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.







23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;



Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water



of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth



into all the land.







23:16 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.







23:17 They 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



imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.







23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath



perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?



23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a



grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the



wicked.







23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed,



and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter



days ye shall consider it perfectly.







23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken



to them, yet they prophesied.







23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to



hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way,



and from the evil of their doings.







23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?



23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?



saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.







23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my



name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.







23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that



prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own



heart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their



dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers



have forgotten my name for Baal.







23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that



hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to



the wheat? saith the LORD.







23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer



that breaketh the rock in pieces?  23:30 Therefore, behold, I am



against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one



from his neighbour.







23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use



their tongues, and say, He saith.







23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the



LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and



by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore



they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.







23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask



thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto



them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.







23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that



shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his



house.







23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to



his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD



spoken?  23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more:



for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the



words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.







23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered



thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?  23:38 But since ye say, The



burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this



word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye



shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I,



even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city



that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:



23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a



perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.







24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set



before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of



Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of



Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from



Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.







24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first



ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be



eaten, they were so bad.







24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I



said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that



cannot be eaten, they are so evil.







24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saith



the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I



acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have



sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.







24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring



them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them



down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.







24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and



they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall



return unto me with their whole heart.







24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil;



surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah,



and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this



land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I will



deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for



their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in



all places whither I shall drive them.







24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among



them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them



and to their fathers.







25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah



in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that



was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The which



Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all



the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year of



Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the



three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and



I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not



hearkened.







25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,



rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined



your ear to hear.







25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and



from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath



given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go not



after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me



not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.







25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might



provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.







25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard



my words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the



north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my



servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the



inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and



will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an



hissing, and perpetual desolations.







25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice



of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,



the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.







25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment;



and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.







25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,



that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the



LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make



it perpetual desolations.







25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have



pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which



Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.







25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them



also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and



according to the works of their own hands.







25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup



of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send



thee, to drink it.







25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the



sword that I will send among them.







25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations



to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and



the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof,



to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;



as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and



his princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, and



all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the



Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of



Ashdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And all



the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the



isles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and



all that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia,



and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,



25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all



the kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and



near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are



upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after



them.







25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of



hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and



fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among



you.







25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to



drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye



shall certainly drink.







25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my



name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished:



for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,



saith the LORD of hosts.







25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say



unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from



his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he



shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the



inhabitants of the earth.







25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD



hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he



will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.







25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from



nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the



coasts of the earth.







25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of



the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be



lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the



ground.







25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes,



ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your



dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant



vessel.







25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal



of the flock to escape.







25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the



principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled



their pasture.







25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce



anger of the LORD.







25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is



desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of



his fierce anger.







26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king



of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith the



LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the



cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the



words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:



26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,



that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them



because of the evil of their doings.







26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not



hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 To



hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto



you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not



hearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make



this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.







26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah



speaking these words in the house of the LORD.







26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking



all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that



the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou



shalt surely die.







26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This



house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an



inhabitant?  And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the



house of the LORD.







26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up



from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the



entry of the new gate of the LORD's house.







26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to



all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath



prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.







26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,



saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against



this city all the words that ye have heard.







26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the



voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil



that he hath pronounced against you.







26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good



and meet unto you.







26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall



surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and



upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me



unto you to speak all these words in your ears.







26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to



the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us



in the name of the LORD our God.







26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all



the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthite



prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the



people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be



plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the



mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.







26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to



death?  did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD



repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus



might we procure great evil against our souls.







26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the



LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied



against this city and against this land according to all the words of



Jeremiah.







26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all



the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but



when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;



26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the



son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.







26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto



Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead



body into the graves of the common people.







26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with



Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to



put him to death.







27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king



of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thus



saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy



neck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,



and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the



king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem



unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto their



masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall



ye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the



beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my



outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.







27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of



Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the



field have I given him also to serve him.







27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son,



until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great



kings shall serve themselves of him.







27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will



not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will



not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation



will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine,



and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.







27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,



nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers,



which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:



27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your



land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.







27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king



of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own



land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.







27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these



words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,



and serve him and his people, and live.







27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the



famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the



nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?  27:14 Therefore



hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,



saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a



lie unto you.







27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a



lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish,



ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.







27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus



saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that



prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house



shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a



lie unto you.







27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:



wherefore should this city be laid waste?  27:18 But if they be



prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make



intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in



the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at



Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.







27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and



concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the



residue of the vessels that remain in this city.







27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried



away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from



Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21



Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the



vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the



king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried to



Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them,



saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this



place.







28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign



of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,



that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake



unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and



of all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the



God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.







28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the



vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took



away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I will



bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,



with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the



LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.







28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the



presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that



stood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said,



Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast



prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all



that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.







28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears,



and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have been



before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many



countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of



pestilence.







28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the



prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the



LORD hath truly sent him.







28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet



Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.







28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,



Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar



king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two



full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.







28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after



that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the



prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus



saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt



make for them yokes of iron.







28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put



a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve



Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have



given him the beasts of the field also.







28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear



now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this



people to trust in a lie.







28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off



the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast



taught rebellion against the LORD.







28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.







29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet



sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried



away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the



people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to



Babylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the



eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and



the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasah



the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah



king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon)



saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all



that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away



from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them;



and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, and



beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your



daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye



may be increased there, and not diminished.







29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be



carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace



thereof shall ye have peace.







29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your



prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,



neithe