CHRIST daughters to pass through the fire unto 4 Lev. 18. 21. 23. s ver. 24. t Deut. 30. 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 uch. 23.6.& unto this place, and I will cause them "to dwell safely: 33. 16. & ch. 24. 7. & 30. 22. & 31.33. y ch. 24. 7. Ezek. 11. 19, 20. + Heb. all days. z Isai. 55.3. ch. 31. 31. + Heb. from after them b Deut. 30.9. Zeph. 3. 17. 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 c ch. 246 them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. & 31. 28. Amos 9. 15. + Hab. in truth, or, stability, 42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as d ch. 31. 28. I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. e ver. 15. 43 And fields shall be bought in this fch. 33. 10. -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 ch. 17. 26. 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 hI will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord. hch. 33.7, 41, 26. cir. 590. CHAP. XXXIII. 1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious CHRIST cir. 560. A settled government, and Christ of Israel, concerning the houses of this 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God Before city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; e ch. 32. 24 deans, but it is to fill them with the dead 6 Behold, I will bring it health and ch.30. 17. & 3244 7 And I will cause the captivity of ch.30.3. and will build them, 'as at the first. Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, ver 25. Zech. 13. their iniquity, whereby they have sinned m Ezek. 36. Hebr. 9 ch 31. 34 13, 14 Mic. 7. 18. mai. 62. 7. ch. 13. 11. joy, a praise and an honour before all the 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Again there (15.9.& 18.23. 16. 8, 34. | 11 The voice of joy, and the voice and the voice of the bride, the voice of of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, 151 Res them that shall say, 'Praise the LORD of 11 Chren hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mer-Chro cy endureth for ever: and of them that Era shall bring the sacrifice of praise into a 12 the house of the LORD. For 'I will cause Levn the first, saith the LORD. to return the captivity of the land, as at & a ch. 32. 2,3 time, while he was yet shut up in the and in the places about Jerusalem, and Court of the prison, saying, 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites 2.4. Ps. 89. want a man before me to offer burnt of29, 36. Luke ferings, and to kindle meat offerings, and d Rom. 12. 1. to do sacrifice continually. 1. 32, 33. & 15. 16 1 Pet. 2.5,9Rev. 1. 6. • Ps. 89.37. Isai. 54 9. ch.31.36. ver. 25. f Ps. 89.34. Gen. 13. 16. & 15.5 31.37. 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 & 22. 17. ch. 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 peohver. 21, 22. ple 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. i ver. 20. Gen. 8. 22. Ps. 74.16, ch.31-35, 36. 17. & 104.19. 1 ch. 31.37. i 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; k 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 Javer.7.11. cob: for "I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. Fra 2. 1. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of Ze- their enemies. HE word which came unto Jeremiah THE word which, 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, 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 all against fought against Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. ch. 32. 29. ver. 22. ch. 32. 4. mouth shall Heb. his speak to thy mouth. 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 man- 10. ver. 14. servant, 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, ch. 37 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, o Exod. 21. 14 At the end of seven years let ye 2. & 23. 19 go every man his brother an Hebrew, Deut. 15. 12. which hath been sold unto thee; and Or, hath, when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your 2 S3 sold himerly. By the obedience of the Rechabites, JEREMIAH. the Jews' disobedience is condemned. CHRIST cir. 607. Before fathers hearkened not unto me, neither | Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his Before inclined their ear. brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; CHRIST cir. 590. +Heb.to day. 10. 29. q ch. 7. 10. + Heb. whereupon r 15 And ye were † now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and So King 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 he Exod. 20 had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. my name is cailed, 7. Lev. 19. 12. 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 See Gen. they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 15. 10, 17. & 16. 4. & 19. 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 ch.7.33 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 2 See ch. 37. the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you, 5, 11. a ch. 37. 8, 10. & 30. 1, 2, 8. 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this beh. 38.3 city; and they shall fight against it, and &52. 7, 13. take it, and burn it with fire: and I will ch.9.11.& make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. 44.2, 6. 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, threshold, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 15 or, 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab da Kings i 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 Exod. an 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, e 12. Eph. 2,3 15 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 hear. f ch♫ ken 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: notwithstand- s Chron. ing I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not 15 I have sent also unto you all my is servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now cầu 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. God blesseth the Rechabites. Before CHRIST cir. 607. CHAP. XXXVI. 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 24 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. Isai. 65. 12. & 66.4ch. 7. 13. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his prophecy, 5 and publickly to read it. 11 The princes, having intelligence thereof by Michaiah, send Jehudi to fetch the roll, and read it. 19 They will Baruch to hide him self and Jeremiah. 20 The king Jehoi akim, being certified thereof, heareth part of it, and burneth the roll. 27 Jeremiah denounceth his judgment. 32 Baruch writ eth a new copy. 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 b 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. return 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may 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. i Jeremiah's prophecy publickly read. CHRIST cir. 607. supplication 7 It may be they will present their Before supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for k ver. 3. great is the anger and the fury that the Heb. their LORD hath pronounced against this people. shall fall. 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. cir. 606. 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 Or, door. 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. 15 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. I ch. 26. 10. m See Amos 3. 15. n 2 Kings 22. 11. Isai. 36. 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. m 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 22. & 37.1. their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. king. 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. | The siege of the Chaldeans raised, book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many †like words. CHAP. XXXVII. 1 The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the people. 6 Jeremiah prophesieth the Chaldeans' certain return and victory. 11 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. 16 He assureth Zedekiah of the captivity. 18 Intreating for his liberty, he obtaineth some favour. ND king Zedekiah the son of Jo Before CHRIST cir, 605. + Heb. as they. eir. 500. a Kings 24. Asiah reigned instead of Coniah the 12: son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar 310.cb.2. king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. b2 Chron. But neither he, nor his servants, 36. 12, 14 nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. + Heb. by the hand of 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the prophet. the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah c ch. 21. 1, 2. the son of Maaseiah the priest to the pro- 52. 24phet 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 26 But the king commanded JerahOr, of the meel the son || of Hammelech, and Sera-him into prison. iah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. eir. 605. 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? 590. d See tKings e ver. 11. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come 247. Ezek forth out of Egypt: and when the Chal- 1715 deans that besieged Jerusalem heard ch 34-21. tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. 6 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, f 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 fch.21.2 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. 8 ch. H. N. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall Hebuis. surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the ch.1.45whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but + wounded men among them, yet should +Heb they rise up every man in his tent, and thresh burn this city with fire. 11 And it came to pass, that when ver. 5the army of the Chaldeans was broken +Heb sead 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 10 midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward wezs |