CHAPTERS 27-39
JEREMIAH#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,
2 Thus saith the
LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
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;
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
17 Hearken not
unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this
city be laid waste?
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.
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,
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;
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;
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.
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,
2 Thus speaketh
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the
king of Babylon.
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:
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.
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,
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.
7 Nevertheless
hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
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.
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.
10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the
prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
17
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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;
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;)
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,
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;
5 Build ye
houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
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.
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.
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, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
9 For they
prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
10 For thus saith
the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you,
and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye
call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall
seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places
whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the
place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 ¶ Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up
prophets in Babylon;
16
Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne
of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the
pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18 And I will
persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and
will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the
nations whither I have driven them:
19
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I
sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them;
but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
20 Hear ye
therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from
Jerusalem to Babylon:
21
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in
my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
22 And of them
shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23 Because they
have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their
neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not
commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25 Thus speaketh
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in
thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 The LORD hath
made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should
be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself
a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
27 Now therefore
why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet
to you?
28 For therefore
he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit
of them.
29 And Zephaniah
the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Then came the
word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 Send to all
them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the
Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
32 Therefore thus
saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he
shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the
good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught
rebellion against the LORD.
1 ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus speaketh
the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken
unto thee in a book.
3 For, lo, the
days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them
to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 And these are
the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 For thus saith
the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask ye now, and
see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with
his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into
paleness?
7 Alas! for that
day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
8 For it shall
come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke
from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him:
9 But they shall
serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith
the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar,
and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and
shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full
end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full
end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee
altogether unpunished.
12 For thus saith
the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13 There is none
to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing
medicines.
14 All thy lovers
have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound
of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine
iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
15 Why criest
thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done
these things unto thee.
16 Therefore all
they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one
of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil,
and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
17 For I will
restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion,
whom no man seeketh after.
18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the
captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner
thereof.
19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that
make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also
glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20 Their children
also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before
me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
21
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall
proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall
approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me?
saith the LORD.
22 And ye shall
be my people, and I will be your God.
23 Behold, the
whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind:
it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce
anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have
performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
1 ¶ At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God
of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Thus saith the
LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness;
even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3 The LORD hath
appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting
love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:
thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances
of them that make merry.
5 Thou shalt yet
plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall
eat them as common things.
6
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall
cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
7 For thus saith
the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the
nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant
of Israel.
8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from
the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with
child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return
thither.
9 They shall come
with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to
walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
firstborn.
10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare
it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11 For the LORD
hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that
was stronger than he.
12 Therefore they
shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness
of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the
flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they
shall not sorrow any more at all.
13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old
together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and
make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 And I will
satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied
with my goodness, saith the LORD.
15
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter
weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her
children, because they were not.
16 Thus saith the
LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work
shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from
the land of the enemy.
17 And there is
hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their
own border.
18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the
LORD my God.
19 Surely after
that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my
thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of
my youth.
20 Is Ephraim my
dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are
troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
21 Set thee up
waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the
way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy
cities.
22
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD
hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
23 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land
of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity;
The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
24
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof
together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
25 For I have
satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
26 Upon this I
awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed
of man, and with the seed of beast.
28 And it shall
come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break
down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over
them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
29 In those days
they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the
children's teeth are set on edge.
30 But every one
shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth
shall be set on edge.
31 Behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall
be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days,
saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
34 And they shall
teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest
of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.
35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth
the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for
a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD
of hosts is his name:
36 If those
ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also
shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the
foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the
seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38 Behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the
tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill
Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40 And the whole
valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook
of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy
unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
1 ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the
tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar.
2 For then the
king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up
in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
3 For Zedekiah
king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say,
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall take it;
4 And Zedekiah
king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but
shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak
with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
5 And he shall
lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the
LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
6 And Jeremiah
said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
7
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee,
saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is
thine to buy it.
8 So Hanameel
mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of
the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth,
which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that
this was the word of the LORD.
9 And I bought
the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the
money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I
subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
11 So I took the
evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and
custom, and that which was open:
12 And I gave the
evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in
the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all
the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 And I charged
Baruch before them, saying,
14 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the
purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
15 For thus saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be
possessed again in this land.
16 ¶ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
17
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy
great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
18 Thou shewest
lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers
into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD
of hosts, is his name,
19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all
the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and
according to the fruit of his doings:
20 Which hast set
signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and
among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
21
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with
signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm,
and with great terror;
22 And hast given
them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land
flowing with milk and honey;
23
And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice,
neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst
them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
24 Behold the
mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the
hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come
to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
25 And thou hast
said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for
the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah,
saying,
27
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard
for me?
28 Therefore thus
saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
29 And the
Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have
offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to
provoke me to anger.
30 For the
children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from
their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the
work of their hands, saith the LORD.
31
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my
fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove
it from before my face,
32 Because of all
the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they
have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 And they have
turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up
early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
34 But they set
their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile
it.
35 And they built
the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause
their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I
commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this
abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36
And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning
this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of
Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
37 Behold, I will
gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and
in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this
place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
38 And they shall
be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I will give
them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of
them, and of their children after them:
40 And I will
make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
41 Yea, I will
rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly
with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
42 For thus saith
the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people,
so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
43 And fields
shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or
beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 Men shall buy
fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in
the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the
cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the
valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to
return, saith the LORD.
1 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the
second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the
prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the
LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is
his name;
3 Call unto me,
and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not.
4
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of
this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown
down by the mounts, and by the sword;
5 They come to
fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men,
whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
6 Behold, I will
bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth.
7 And I will
cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will
build them, as at the first.
8
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have
sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
9 And it shall be
to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the
earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that
I procure unto it.
10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in
this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even
in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
11
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say,
Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for
ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of
the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the
first, saith the LORD.
12
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate
without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an
habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 In the cities
of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south,
and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of
him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
14 Behold, the
days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have
promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
15 In those days,
and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness
in the land.
16 In those days
shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name
wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a
man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt
offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 And the word
of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus saith the
LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and
that there should not be day and night in their season;
21
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he
should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the
priests, my ministers.
22 As the host of
heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I
multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
23 Moreover the
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest
thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD
hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people,
that they should be no more a nation before them.
25
Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I
have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26 Then will I
cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any
of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will
cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
1 ¶ The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the
earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities thereof, saying,
2
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of
Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
3 And thou shalt
not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his
hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to
Babylon.
4 Yet hear the
word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou
shalt not die by the sword:
5 But thou shalt
die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were
before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the
LORD.
6 Then Jeremiah
the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 When the king
of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah
that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced
cities remained of the cities of Judah.
8 ¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the
LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people
which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
9 That every man
should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an
Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to
wit, of a Jew his brother.
10 Now when all
the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that
every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free,
that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed,
and let them go.
11 But afterward
they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go
free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for
handmaids.
12 Therefore the
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
13
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers
in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondmen, saying,
14 At the end of
seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold
unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither
inclined their ear.
15 And ye were
now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to
his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is
called by my name:
16 But ye turned
and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and
brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
17 Therefore thus
saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every
one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a
liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth.
18 And I will
give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the
words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in
twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
19 The princes of
Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts
of the calf;
20 I will even
give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek
their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the
heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 And Zedekiah
king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies,
and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king
of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
22 Behold, I will
command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall
fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the
cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
1 ¶ The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in
the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Go unto the
house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of
the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
3
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and
his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 And I brought
them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son
of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was
above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
5 And I set
before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and
I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
6 But they said,
We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us,
saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
7
Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have
any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in
the land where ye be strangers.
8 Thus have we
obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath
charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
9 Nor to build
houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
10 But we have
dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our
father commanded us.
11
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into
the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army
of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at
Jerusalem.
12 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah,
saying,
13 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words?
saith the LORD.
14 The words of
Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are
performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's
commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
15 I have sent
also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them,
saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and
go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I
have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
16 Because the
sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their
father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
17 Therefore thus
saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have
pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not
heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah
said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your
father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath
commanded you:
19 Therefore thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not
want a man to stand before me for ever.
1 ¶ And it came to pass in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto
Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Take thee a
roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee
against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I
spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose
to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may
forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah
called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah
all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a
roll of a book.
5 And Jeremiah
commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
6 Therefore go
thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of
the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting
day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of
their cities.
7 It may be they
will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from
his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced
against this people.
8
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the
prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S
house.
9 ¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a
fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that
came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
10 Then read
Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the
chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the
entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.
11 When Michaiah
the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book
all the words of the LORD,
12 Then he went
down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes
sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the
son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
13
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when
Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 Therefore all
the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of
Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read
in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll
in his hand, and came unto them.
15 And they said
unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their
ears.
16 Now it came to
pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other,
and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all
these words at his mouth?
18 Then Baruch
answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I
wrote them with ink in the book.
19 Then said the
princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
20 ¶ And they went in to the king into the court, but
they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the
words in the ears of the king.
21 So the king
sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's
chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
22 Now the king
sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth
burning before him.
23 And it came to
pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the
penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24 Yet they were
not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants
that heard all these words.
25 Nevertheless
Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he
would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
26
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the
son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and
Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
27 Then the word
of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the
words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that
were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
29 And thou shalt
say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this
roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall
certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Therefore thus
saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the
throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat,
and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will
punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon
the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they
hearkened not.
32 Then took
Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who
wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which
Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
1 ¶ And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead
of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king
in the land of Judah.
2 But neither he,
nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah
the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah
the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for
us.
4 Now Jeremiah
came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into
prison.
5 Then Pharaoh's
army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged
Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the
word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 Thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that
sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth
to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
8 And the
Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn
it with fire.
9 Thus saith the
LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart
from us: for they shall not depart.
10 For though ye
had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there
remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his
tent, and burn this city with fire.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the
Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's
army,
12 Then Jeremiah
went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate
himself thence in the midst of the people.
13 And when he
was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was
Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah
the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then said
Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not
to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15 Wherefore the
princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the
house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and
Jeremiah had remained there many days;
17 Then Zedekiah
the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house,
and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for,
said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against
thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in
prison?
19 Where are now
your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not
come against you, nor against this land?
20 Therefore hear
now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return
to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Then Zedekiah
the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the
prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers'
street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
1 ¶ Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the
son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah,
heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
2
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the
Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
3 Thus saith the
LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's
army, which shall take it.
4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man
be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain
in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto
them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5 Then Zedekiah
the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
6 Then took they
Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that
was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in
the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the
king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting
in the gate of Benjamin;
8 Ebedmelech went
forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
9 My lord the
king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is
like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in
the city.
10 Then the king
commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with
thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
11
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king
under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and
let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebedmelech
the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags
under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon:
and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the
prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the
king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
15
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou
not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken
unto me?
16 So Zedekiah
the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us
this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand
of these men that seek thy life.
17
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts,
the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's
princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire;
and thou shalt live, and thine house:
18 But if thou
wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it
with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
19 And Zedekiah
the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the
Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
20 But Jeremiah
said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto
thee, and thy soul shall live.
21 But if thou
refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
22 And, behold,
all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth
to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends
have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the
mire, and they are turned away back.
23 So they shall
bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not
escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of
Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and
thou shalt not die.
25 But if the
princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say
unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not
from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
26
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the
king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
27 Then came all
the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all
these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him;
for the matter was not perceived.
28
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that
Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
1 ¶ In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the
tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against
Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 And in the
eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the
city was broken up.
3 And all the
princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even
Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to
pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war,
then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the
king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of
the plain.
5
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave
judgment upon him.
6 Then the king
of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
7 Moreover he put
out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
8 And the
Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and
brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that
fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
10 But
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had
nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 ¶ Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge
concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
12 Take him, and
look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto
thee.
13
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris,
and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
14 Even they
sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home:
so he dwelt among the people.
15
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the
court of the prison, saying,
16 Go and speak
to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for
good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
17
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not
be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
18 For I will
surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall
be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.