The calling of the Gentiles.

B. C. about 698. fch. 26. & 7 Mal. 3. 6. h Phil, 3, 9. iPs. 97, 5, 6. k Hoa. 7, 7. + Heh. melted.

+ Heh, by the
hand of.
I ch. 63. 16.
m ch. 29. 16.
& 45, 9.
Jer. 18. 6.
Rom. 9. 20,
21.

n Eph. 2. 10.
o Pa. 71, 1, 2.
& 79. 8.
p Ps. 79. 13.
7 Ps. 79. 1.

2 Kin. 25, 9, 2 Chr. 38. 19. Ps. 74. 7.

s Ex. 21. 21, 25.

tch. 42. 14. Ps. 83. 1.

a Rom. 9. 21, 25, 26, 30. & 10. 20. Eph. 2, 12, 13.

b ch. 63. 19.

e Rom. 10. 21. d Deut. 32. 21. e ch. 1. 29, & 66. 17.

See Lev. 17. 5.

worketh righteousness, f those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all hour righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

8 But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, "and thou our potter; and we all are "the work of thy hand.

9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11' Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid

waste.

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? "wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

CHAPTER LXV.

The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews are to be punished for their rebellious spirit. 8 A remnant shall be saved; 11 but the wicked portion of the nation shall be cut off. 17 The prosperity and glory of Zion under the new dispensation.

aAM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that b was not called by my name. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense † upon altars of brick;

+ Heb. upon bricks. 4f Which remain among the graves, and fDeut. 18. 11. lodge in the monuments; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

gch. 68. 17.

See Lev. 11.

7.

Or, pieces.

h See Matt. 9. 11.

Luke 5. 30.
& 18. 11.
Jude 19.
Or, anger.

i Dent. 32. 34 Mal. 3. 16.

k Ps. 50, 3,
IPs. 79. 12.

Jer. 16. 18.
Ez. 11. 21.

m Ex. 20. 5.
n Ez. 18. 6.

o Ez. 20. 27, 28.

p Joel 2. 14. 7 ver. 15, 22. *Matt. 24. 22. Rom. 11. 5, 7.

rch, 33, 9. & 35. 2.

Josh. 7. 24,
26.

Hos. 2. 15.

5 A Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

6 Behold, i it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for Pa blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my

Glory of the new dispensation.

that forget my holy mountain, that prepare "a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: "because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and 6 call his servants by another name:

16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and dhe that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not

be remembered, nor t come into mind.

B. C. about 698.

tch. 56. 7. &

57. 13.
ver. 25.

u Ez. 23. 41.
1 Cor. 10. 21.
Or, Gad.
Or, Meni.

* 2 Chr. 36.15, 16. Prov. 1. 24, &c. ch. 66. 4. Jer. 7. 13. Zech. 7. 7. Matt. 21.3443.

y Matt. 8. 12. Luke 13. 28.

+ Heb. breaking.

z See Jer. 29. 22.

Zech. 8. 13.

a ver. 9. 22. 6 ch. 62. 2. Acts 11. 26. c Ps. 72. 17. Jer, 4. 2.

d Deut. 6. 13. Ps. 63. 11. ch. 19. 18. & 45. 23. Zeph. 1. 5.

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.ech. 51. 16. & 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

66. 22.
2 Pet. 3. 13.
Rev. 21. 1.

↑ Heb, come
upon the
heart.

fch. 62. 5. ch, 35. 10. & 51. 11. Rev. 7. 17. & 21. 4.

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, Ecc. 8. 12. and eat the fruit of them. i See Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28, 30. ch. 62. 8. Am. 9. 14. k Ps. 92. 12. [ver. 9. 15.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for kas the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for "they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The P wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER LXVI.

God delighteth in the contrite spirit; but rejectoth hypocrisy. 5 Comfort and enlargement promised to Zion. 10 An exhortation to rejoice therein. 15 The enemies of Zion to be destroyed. 19 The message of salvation to be sent to all nations, and the fruits thereof. 24 The fearful end of transgressors.

THUS saith the LORD, "The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look,

+ Heb. shall make them continue long,or, shall

wear out. m Deut.28.41. Hos. 9. 12.

n ch. 61. 9.

o Ps. 32. 5. Dan. 9. 21.

pch. 11. 6, 7,

9.

9 Gen. 3. 14.

al Kin. 8. 27. 2 Chr. 6, 18, Matt. 5. 34. 35. Aets 7. 48. 49, & 17. 21. beh, 57, 15. & 61. 1.

Peace promised to Jerusalem.

B. C. about 698.

ePs. 34. 18. & 51. 17.

d Ezra 9. 4. &
10. 3.

Prov. 28. 14.
ver. 5.

ech. 1. 11.
Or, kid.

f Deut. 23.18. + Heb. maketh a memorial of.

Lev. 2. 2. ¡Or, devices, g Prov. 1. 24. el. 65. 12. Jer. 7. 13. hver. 2. ich. 5. 19. k 2 Thess. 1. 10. Tit. 2. 13.

[Or, beget?

| Or. brightness. leh. 48. 18. & 60. 5.

even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and dtrembleth at my word.

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a "lamb, as if he f cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

5 Hear the word of the LORD, kye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but khe shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies.

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not #cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing 1 ch. 60. 16. stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be n eh. 49, 22, &"borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

60. 4.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

All nations to be gathered in.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

15 PFor, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

B. C. about 698.

o See Ez. 37.
1, &c.
pch. 9. 5.

2 Thess. 1. 8.

16 For by fire and by his sword will the 7 ch. 27. 1. LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they shall bring all your brethren "for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

21 And I will also take of them for " priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

22 For as "the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain be fore me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that + from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, "shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

r ch. 65, 3, 4. ¡Or, oneafier another.

Luke 2. 34.

? Mal. 1. 11.

u Rom. 15.16.

Or, coaches.

- Ex. 19. 6. ch. 61. 6.

1 Pet. 2. 9. Rev. 1. 6. ych. 65, 17. 2 Pet. 3. 13. Rev. 21. 1.

z Zech, 14. 16. + Heb. from

new moon

to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath.

a Ps. 65, 2.

24 And they shall go forth, and look upon bthe carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto alle Mark 9. 44, flesh.

ver. 16.

46, 48.

B. C. about 629.

a Josh. 21. 18. 1 Chr. 6, 60, ch. 32. 7,8,9.

6 ch. 25, 3. e ch, 39. 2. deh. 52.12.15. 2 Kin, 25. 8.

CHAPTER I.

The calling of Jeremiah to the prophetic office. 7 His preparation for the work. 11 Two visions foreshewing speedy judgments upon Jerusalem. 17 God encourageth the prophet with the promise of assistance.

THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :

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. 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, dunto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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. 6 Then said I, Áh, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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.

8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and "touched my mouth. And the LORD said

Judgments upon Jerusalem.

B. C. about 629.

Or, for thy

sake.

9.

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

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.

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. 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

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. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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.

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.

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.

18 For, behold, I have made thee this day "a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 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.

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.

CHAPTER II.

God's former kindness to Irad, 4 Their sin in forsaking him is without an example. 14 The calamities about to come upon them. 20 The degeneracy and idolatry of Judah. 31 Her for gelfulness of God rebuked.

Mto me, saying,

OREOVER the word of the LORD came

2 Go and ery in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy "youth, the love of thine espousals, 6 when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and dthe firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

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

5 Thus saith the LORD, ƒ What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain ?

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? 7 And I brought you into ka plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the

Great degeneracy of Judah.

goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

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. 9 Wherefore PI will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

B. C. about 629.

Lev. 18. 25,
27, 28.
Num, 35, 33,
34.

Pa. 78. 58. 59.
& 106. 38.
ch. 3. 1. & 16.
18.

m Mal. 2. 6, 7. Rom. 2. 20,

. ver. 11. Hab. 2. 18.

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider "ch. 23. 13. diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people PFz20.35,36. have changed their glory for "that which doth not profit.

Mic. 6. 2.

q Ex. 20. 5. Lev. 20. 5.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, or, over to. saith the LORD.

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. 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he + spoiled?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and + yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Ta

16 Also the children of Noph and hapanes "have broken the crown of thy head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when dhe led thee by the way?

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of ƒ Sibor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Mic. 4. 5.

. Pa. 115. 4.
Is. 37. 19.
ch. 16. 20.
t Ps. 106, 20.
Rom. 1. 23,

u ver. 8.
z la. 1. 2.
ch. 6. 19.
y Pa. 36. 9.
ch. 17. 13. &
18. 14.
John 4. 14.

: See Ex. 4.22. + Heb. become a spoil?

a Is. 1. 7. ch. 4. 7.

+ Heb. gave out their voice.

bcb. 43,7,8,9.

thy crown, Deut. 33. 20. Is. 8. 8.

19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove ¡Or, feed on 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.ech. 4. 18. 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.

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?

22 For though thou "wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet "thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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;

24A wild ass tused 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. 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.

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,

d Deut. 32.10. e Is. 30. 1, 2. ƒ Josh, 13, 3.

g Is. 3. 9. Hos. 5. 5.

A Ex. 19. 8. Josh, 24. 18. Judg. 10. 16.

1 Sam.12.10.
Or, serve.
Deut. 12. 2.

Is. 57. 5, 7.
ch. 3. 6.

Ex.34.15,16. (Ex. 15. 17. Ps. 41. 2, & 80. 8. Is. 5. 1. &c. & 60. 21. Matt. 21. 33. Mark 12. 1. Luke 20. 9. m Deut.32.32. Is. 1. 21. & 5. 4.

n Job 9. 30.
o Deut. 32. 34-
Job 14. 17,
Hos. 13. 12.

p Prov. 30, 12
7 ch. 7. 31.

Or, O rift dromedary. Or, O wild ass, fc. r Job 39. 5, &c. ch. 14. 6. +Heb. taught. Heb. the desire of her heart. Or, reverse it ? ch. 18. 12. Or, Is the case desperate? t Deut. 32. 16. ch. 3. 13.

Forgetfulness of God rebuked.

B. C.

about 029.

Or, begotten

me.

↑ Heb. the kinder part of the neck.

u Judg. 10.10. Ps. 78. 34. Is. 26. 16. z Deut. 32. 37. Judg. 10. 14. y Is. 45, 20, + Heb. evil. ch. 11. 13. a ver. 23, 35.

Is. 1. 5. & 9.

13.

ch. 5. 3.

e 2 Chr. 36. 16. Neh. 9. 26. Matt. 23. 29, &e.

Acta 7. 52. 1 Thess. 2.15. d ver. 5. e Ps. 12. 4. + Heb. We have dominion.

f Deut. 32. 15.
9 Ps. 106. 21.
ch. 13. 25.
Hos. 8. 14.

A Ps. 106, 38.
ch. 19. 4.
↑ Heb.
digging.

i ver. 23, 29.
k ver. 9.

I Prov. 28. 13.
1 John 1. 8,
10.

m ver. 18.

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.

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.

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

30 In vain have I b smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. d Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people,+ We are lords; ƒ we will come no more unto thee?

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

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.

35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger sball turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? "thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and Pthine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

ch. 31. 22. Hos. 5. 13, & 12, 1. n Is. 30. 3. ch. 37. 7. 02 Chr. 28. 16, 20, 21. p2 Sam. 13, 19,

+ Heb. Say: ing.

a Deut. 24. 4.

b ch. 2. 7.

ech.
2. 20.
Ez. 16. 26,
28, 29.

d eh. 4. 1.

Zech. 1. 3. eSee Deut., 12. 2. ch. 2. 20.

f Gen. 38. 14. Prov, 23. 28. Ez. 16. 24, 25. g ch. 2. 7. ver. 9. h Lev. 26, 19.

Deut, 28. 23,

24.
eh. 9. 12, &
14. 4.

CHAPTER III.

The greatness of Judah's wickedness, 6 She is worse than Israel. 12 The people exhorted to repent and turn unto the Lord. 20 Their confession of sin upon their return to him.

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 bland he greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; dyet return again to me, saith the LORD.

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. fIn 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 Therefore the showers have been with

ich. 5. 3. & 6. holden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

15. & 8, 12,
Ea. 3. 7.
Zeph. 3. 5.

k Prov. 2. 17.
Ich. 2.2.
Hos. 2. 15.
m Ps. 77. 7,
&c. & 103, 9.
Is. 57. 16.
ver. 12.
about 612.
ver. 11. 14.
eh, 7.24.

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art kthe guide of my youth?

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.

6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which "backsliding Israel hath done?

Judah more guilty than Israel,

she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

7 PAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

B. C. about 612.

o ch. 2. 20. p2 Kin. 17. 13.

7 Ez, 16. 46. & 23. 2, 4. Ez, 23. 9. 2 Kin. 17. 6, 18.

8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adul-r tery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; tyet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the

barlot also.

Or, fame.

9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she "defiled theu ch. 2. 7. land, and committed adultery with stones ver. 2. and with stocks. 2 ch. 2. 27.

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sis-y 2 Chr. 34. ter Judab hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but t feignedly, saith the LORD. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

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.

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers funder every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

33. Hos. 7. 14. Heb. in falsehood.

#Ez. 16. 51. & 23. 11.

a 2 Kin. 17. 6. 6 Ps. 86. 15. & 103. 8, 9. ver, 5.

c Lev. 26. 40, &c. Deut. 30. 1, 2. & c. Prov. 28. 13.

d ver. 2. Ez. 16. 15, 24, 25.

e ch. 2. 25.

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 aƒ family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you i pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye bei 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.

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 "im-Or, stubagination of their evil heart. bornness.

ch. 11. 8.

18 In those days the house of Judah shall o See Is. 11. 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.

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. 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her thusband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

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.

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

a ver. 14. Hos. 14. 1. y Hos. 6. 1. & 14. 4.

13. Ez. 37. 16-22. Hos. 1. 11. Or, to. P ver. 12.

ch. 31. 8.

9 Am. 9. 15.

Or, caused your fathers to posress. Ps. 106. 24. E. 20. 6. Dan. 8. 9. & 11. 16, 41. 45.

Heb. land of desire. Is. 63. 16. + Heb, from after me.

+ Heb friend. t Is, 48. 8. cli. 5. 11. u Is. 15. 2.

God's promise to Israel. 3 He exhorteth Judah to repentance in view of coming judgments. 19 The prophet's lamentation over the miseries about to come upon the land.

F

The lamentation of the prophet.

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.

17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 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.

B. C. about 612.

sch. 5. 15.

a 2 Kin. 25. 1,

4.

6 Pa. 107, 17. Is. 50. 1. ch. 2. 17, 19.

19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained e Is. 15. 5. & 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.

20 d Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are

Joel 2. 12.

Or, a fuller wind than those.

ch. 1. 16.

+ Heb. utter judgments.

t Is. 5. 28.

u Deut. 28. 49. Lam. 4. 19. Hoa. 8. 1. Hab. 1. 8.

x Is. 1. 16. James 4. 8

y ch. 8. 16.

LORD, "return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

26And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, ein truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; dand the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, ƒ Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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.

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.

6 Set up the standard toward Zion: "retire, stay not; for I will bring evil from the knorth, and a great destruction.

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. 8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

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.

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Psurely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. 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,

12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me now also will I + give sentence against them.

13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and this chariots shall be as a whirlwind: "his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

moment.

21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

16. 11. & 21. 3. & 22. 4. ch. 9. 1. 10. See Luke 19. 42.

+ Heb. the walls of my heart.

d Ps. 42 7. Ea. 7. 26.

e ch. 10. 20.

theyƒ Rom. 16. 19.

22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was h without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

g Is. 24. 19. h Gen. 1. 2.

Ez. 38. 20.

24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they i Is. 5. 25. trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and kall the birds of the heavens were filed. Zeph. 1. 3. 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.

27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

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.

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.

God's judgments upon Judah and Israel for their injustice, 3 their perverseness, 7 their adultery, 10 their impiety, 19 their contempt of God, 25 their oppression, 30 and the falsehood of their prophets and priests.

wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, "if ye can find a man, bif there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Lam. 1. 17.

a Ez. 22. 30, 6 Gen. 18. 23,

&c. Pa. 12. 1. e Gen. 18. 28.