Jeremiah 1
1. The words <01697> of Jeremiah <03414> the son <01121> of
Hilkiah <02518>, of the priests <03548> that [were] in Anathoth
<06068> in the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>:
2 To whom <0834> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came
<01961> in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of
Amon <0526> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, in the thirteenth
year <08141> of his reign <04427>.
3 It came <01961> also in the days <03117> of Jehoiakim
<03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, unto the end <08537> of the eleventh year <08141> of
Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428>
of Judah <03063>, unto the carrying <01540> away of Jerusalem
<03389> captive <01540> in the fifth <02549> month <02320>.
4. Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
me, saying <0559>,
5 Before <02962> I formed <03335> thee in the belly <0990> I
knew <03045> thee; and before <02962> thou camest <03318> forth
<03318> out of the womb <07358> I sanctified <06942> thee, [and]
I ordained <05414> thee a prophet <05030> unto the nations
<01471>.
6 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>!
behold <02009>, I cannot <03808> speak <01696>: for I [am] a
child <05288>.
7 But the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Say <0559> not, I
[am] a child <05288>: for thou shalt go <03212> to all <03605>
that I shall send <07971> thee, and whatsoever I command <06680>
thee thou shalt speak <01696>.
8 Be not afraid <03372> of their faces <06440>: for I [am]
with thee to deliver <05337> thee, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>.
9 Then the LORD <03068> put <07971> forth <07971> his hand
<03027>, and touched <05060> my mouth <06310>. And the LORD
<03068> said <0559> unto me, Behold <02009>, I have put <05414>
my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310>.
10 See <07200>, I have this <02088> day <03117> set <06485>
thee over <05921> the nations <01471> and over <05921> the
kingdoms <04467>, to root <05428> out, and to pull <05422> down,
and to destroy <06>, and to throw <02040> down <02040>, to build
<01129>, and to plant <05193>.
11. Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961>
unto me, saying <0559>, Jeremiah <03414>, what <04100> seest
<07200> thou? And I said <0559>, I see <07200> a rod <04731> of
an almond <08247> tree.
12 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Thou hast well
<03190> seen <07200>: for I will hasten <08245> my word <01697>
to perform <06213> it.
13 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
me the second <08145> time, saying <0559>, What <04100> seest
<07200> thou? And I said <0559>, I see <07200> a seething
<05301> pot <05518>; and the face <06440> thereof [is] toward
<06440> the north <06828>.
14 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Out of the north
<06828> an evil <07451> shall break <06605> forth upon all
<03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>.
15 For, lo <02009>, I will call <07121> all <03605> the
families <04940> of the kingdoms <04467> of the north <06828>,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and they shall come <0935>, and
they shall set <05414> every <0376> one <0376> his throne
<03678> at the entering <06607> of the gates <08179> of
Jerusalem <03389>, and against <05921> all <03605> the walls
<02346> thereof round <05439> about, and against <05921> all
<03605> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.
16 And I will utter <01696> my judgments <04941> against
<05921> them touching <05921> all <03605> their wickedness
<07451>, who have forsaken <05800> me, and have burned <06999>
incense <06999> unto other <0312> gods <0430>, and worshipped
<07812> the works <04639> of their own <0249> hands <03027>.
17 Thou therefore gird <02296> up thy loins <04975>, and arise
<06965>, and speak <01696> unto them all <03605> that I command
<06680> thee: be not dismayed <02865> at their faces <06440>,
lest <06435> I confound <02865> thee before <06440> them.
18 For, behold <02009>, I have made <05414> thee this day
<03117> a defenced <04013> city <05892>, and an iron <01270>
pillar <05982>, and brasen <05178> walls <02346> against <05921>
the whole <03605> land <0776>, against the kings <04428> of
Judah <03063>, against the princes <08269> thereof, against the
priests <03548> thereof, and against the people <05971> of the
land <0776>.
19 And they shall fight <03898> against <0413> thee; but they
shall not prevail <03201> against thee; for I [am] with thee,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, to deliver <05337> thee.
Jeremiah 2
1. Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961>
to me, saying <0559>,
2 Go <01980> and cry <07121> in the ears <0241> of Jerusalem
<03389>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>; I remember <02142> thee, the kindness <02617> of thy
youth <05271>, the love <0160> of thine espousals <03623>, when
thou wentest <03212> after <0310> me in the wilderness <04057>,
in a land <0776> [that was] not sown <02232>.
3 Israel <03478> [was] holiness <06944> unto the LORD <03068>,
[and] the firstfruits <07225> of his increase <08393>: all
<03605> that devour <0398> him shall offend <0816>; evil <07451>
shall come <0935> upon them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
4 Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O
house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and all <03605> the families
<04940> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>:
5 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, What <04100>
iniquity <05766> have your fathers <01> found <04672> in me,
that they are gone far <07368> from me, and have walked <03212>
after <0310> vanity <01892>, and are become <01891> vain <01891>?
6 Neither <03808> said <0559> they, Where <0346> [is] the LORD
<03068> that brought <05927> us up out of the land <0776> of
Egypt <04714>, that led <03212> us through the wilderness
<04057>, through a land <0776> of deserts <06160> and of pits
<07745>, through a land <0776> of drought <06723>, and of the
shadow <06757> of death <06757>, through a land <0776> that no
<03808> man <0376> passed <05674> through, and where <08033> no
<03808> man <0120> dwelt <03427>?
7 And I brought <0935> you into <0413> a plentiful <03759>
country <0776>, to eat <0398> the fruit <06529> thereof and the
goodness <02898> thereof; but when ye entered <0935>, ye defiled
<02930> my land <0776>, and made <07760> mine heritage <05159>
an abomination <08441>.
8 The priests <03548> said <0559> not, Where <0346> [is] the
LORD <03068>? and they that handle <08610> the law <08451> knew
<03045> me not: the pastors <07462> also transgressed <06586>
against me, and the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> by Baal
<01168>, and walked <01980> after <0310> [things that] do not
profit <03276>.
9. Wherefore <03651> I will yet <05750> plead <07378> with you,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and with your children's <01121>
children <01121> will I plead <07378>.
10 For pass <05674> over <05674> the isles <0339> of Chittim
<03794>, and see <07200>; and send <07971> unto Kedar <06938>,
and consider <0995> diligently <03966>, and see <07200> if there
be such <02063> a thing.
11 Hath a nation <01471> changed <04171> [their] gods <0430>,
which <01992> [are] yet no <03808> gods <0430>? but my people
<05971> have changed <04171> their glory <03519> for [that which
<01992>] doth not profit <03276>.
12 Be astonished <08074>, O ye heavens <08064>, at <05921>
this <02063>, and be horribly <08175> afraid <08175>, be ye very
<03966> desolate <02717>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
13 For my people <05971> have committed <06213> two <08147>
evils <07451>; they have forsaken <05800> me the fountain
<04726> of living <02416> waters <04325>, [and] hewed <02672>
them out cisterns <0877>, broken <07665> cisterns <0877>, that
can hold <03557> no <03808> water <04325>.
14. [Is] Israel <03478> a servant <05650>? [is] he a homeborn
<01004> [slave]? why <04069> is he spoiled <0957>?
15 The young <03715> lions <03715> roared <07580> upon him,
[and] yelled, and they made <07896> his land <0776> waste
<08047>: his cities <05892> are burned <03341> without <01097>
inhabitant <03427>.
16 Also <01571> the children <01121> of Noph <05297> and
Tahapanes <08471> have broken <07462> the crown <06936> of thy
head <06936>.
17 Hast thou not procured <06213> this <02063> unto thyself,
in that thou hast forsaken <05800> the LORD <03068> thy God
<0430>, when <06256> he led <03212> thee by the way <01870>?
18 And now <06258> what <04100> hast thou to do in the way
<01870> of Egypt <04714>, to drink <08354> the waters <04325> of
Sihor <07883>? or what <04100> hast thou to do in the way
<01870> of Assyria <0804>, to drink <08354> the waters <04325>
of the river <05104>?
19 Thine own wickedness <07451> shall correct <03256> thee,
and thy backslidings <04878> shall reprove <03198> thee: know
<03045> therefore and see <07200> that [it is] an evil <07451>
[thing] and bitter <04751>, that thou hast forsaken <05800> the
LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and that my fear <06345> [is] not
in thee, saith <05002> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> of hosts
<06635>.
20. For of old <05769> time I have broken <07665> thy yoke
<05923>, [and] burst <05423> thy bands <04147>; and thou saidst
<0559>, I will not transgress <05647>; when <03588> upon every
<03605> high <01364> hill <01389> and under <08478> every
<03605> green <07488> tree <06086> thou wanderest <06808>,
playing the harlot <02181>.
21 Yet I had planted <05193> thee a noble vine <08321>, wholly
<03605> a right <0571> seed <02233>: how <0349> then art thou
turned <02015> into the degenerate <05494> plant of a strange
<05237> vine <01612> unto me?
22 For though <0518> thou wash <03526> thee with nitre <05427>,
and take thee much <07235> soap <01287>, [yet] thine iniquity
<05771> is marked <03799> before <06440> me, saith <05002> the
Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.
23 How <0349> canst thou say <0559>, I am not polluted <02930>,
I have not gone <01980> after <0310> Baalim <01168>? see
<07200> thy way <01870> in the valley <01516>, know <03045> what
<04100> thou hast done <06213>: [thou art] a swift <07031>
dromedary <01072> traversing <08308> her ways <01870>;
24 A wild <06501> ass <06501> used <03928> to the wilderness
<04057>, [that] snuffeth <07602> up the wind <07307> at her
pleasure; in her occasion <08385> who <04310> can turn <07725>
her away? all <03605> they that seek <01245> her will not weary
<03286> themselves; in her month <02320> they shall find <04672>
her.
25 Withhold <04513> thy foot <07272> from being unshod <03182>,
and thy throat <01627> from thirst <06773>: but thou saidst
<0559>, There is no hope <02976>: no <03808>; for I have loved
<0157> strangers <02114>, and after <0310> them will I go
<03212>.
26 As the thief <01590> is ashamed <01322> when <03588> he is
found <04672>, so <03651> is the house <01004> of Israel <03478>
ashamed <0954>; they, their kings <04428>, their princes <08269>,
and their priests <03548>, and their prophets <05030>,
27 Saying <0559> to a stock <06086>, Thou [art] my father <01>;
and to a stone <068>, Thou hast brought <03205> me forth
<03205>: for they have turned <06437> [their] back <06203> unto
me, and not [their] face <06440>: but in the time <06256> of
their trouble <07451> they will say <0559>, Arise <06965>, and
save <03467> us.
28 But where <0346> [are] thy gods <0430> that thou hast made
<06213> thee? let them arise <06965>, if they can save <03467>
thee in the time <06256> of thy trouble <07451>: for [according
to] the number <04557> of thy cities <05892> are thy gods <0430>,
O Judah <03063>.
29. Wherefore <04100> will ye plead <07378> with me? ye all
<03605> have transgressed <06586> against me, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
30 In vain <07723> have I smitten <05221> your children
<01121>; they received <03947> no <03808> correction <04148>:
your own sword <02719> hath devoured <0398> your prophets
<05030>, like a destroying <07843> lion <0738>.
31 O generation <01755>, see <07200> ye the word <01697> of
the LORD <03068>. Have I been <01961> a wilderness <04057> unto
Israel <03478>? a land <0776> of darkness <03991>? wherefore
<04069> say <0559> my people <05971>, We are lords <07300>; we
will come <0935> no <03808> more <05750> unto thee?
32 Can a maid <01330> forget <07911> her ornaments <05716>,
[or] a bride <03618> her attire <07196>? yet my people <05971>
have forgotten <07911> me days <03117> without <0369> number
<04557>.
33 Why <04100> trimmest <03190> thou thy way <01870> to seek
<01245> love <0160>? therefore <03651> hast thou also <01571>
taught <03925> the wicked <07451> ones thy ways <01870>.
34 Also <01571> in thy skirts <03671> is found <04672> the
blood <01818> of the souls <05315> of the poor <034> innocents
<05355>: I have not found <04672> it by secret <05643> search
<04290>, but upon all <03605> these <0428>.
35 Yet thou sayest <0559>, Because <03588> I am innocent
<05352>, surely <0389> his anger <0639> shall turn <07725> from
me. Behold <02005>, I will plead <08199> with thee, because
<05921> thou sayest <0559>, I have not sinned <02398>.
36 Why <04100> gaddest <0235> thou about <0235> so much
<03966> to change <08138> thy way <01870>? thou also <01571>
shalt be ashamed <0954> of Egypt <04714>, as thou wast ashamed
<0954> of Assyria <0804>.
37 Yea <01571>, thou shalt go <03318> forth <03318> from him,
and thine hands <03027> upon thine head <07218>: for the LORD
<03068> hath rejected <03988> thy confidences <04009>, and thou
shalt not prosper <06743> in them.
Jeremiah 3
1. They say <0559>, If a man <0376> put <07971> away his wife
<0802>, and she go <01980> from him, and become <01961> another
<0312> man's <0376>, shall he return <07725> unto her again
<05750>? shall not that land <0776> be greatly polluted <02610>?
but thou hast played the harlot <02181> with many <07227> lovers
<07453>; yet return <07725> again to me, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>.
2 Lift <05375> up thine eyes <05869> unto the high <08205>
places, and see <07200> where <0375> thou hast not been lien
<07693> with. In the ways <01870> hast thou sat <03427> for them,
as the Arabian <06163> in the wilderness <04057>; and thou hast
polluted <02610> the land <0776> with thy whoredoms <02184> and
with thy wickedness <07451>.
3 Therefore the showers <07241> have been withholden <04513>,
and there hath been <01961> no <03808> latter <04456> rain
<04456>; and thou hadst a whore's <02181> forehead <04696>, thou
refusedst <03985> to be ashamed <03637>.
4 Wilt thou not from this time <06258> cry <07121> unto me, My
father <01>, thou [art] the guide <0441> of my youth <05271>?
5 Will he reserve <05201> [his anger] for ever? will he keep
<08104> [it] to the end <05331>? Behold <02009>, thou hast
spoken <01696> and done <06213> evil <07451> things as thou
couldest <03201>.
6. The LORD <03068> said <0559> also unto me in the days
<03117> of Josiah <02977> the king <04428>, Hast thou seen
<07200> [that] which <0834> backsliding <04878> Israel <03478>
hath done <06213>? she is gone <01980> up upon every <03605>
high <01364> mountain <02022> and under every <03605> green
<07488> tree <06086>, and there <08033> hath played the harlot
<02181>.
7 And I said <0559> after <0310> she had done <06213> all
<03605> these <0428> [things], Turn <07725> thou unto me. But
she returned <07725> not. And her treacherous <0901> sister
<0269> Judah <03063> saw <07200> [it].
8 And I saw <07200>, when <03588> for all <03605> the causes
<0182> whereby <0834> backsliding <04878> Israel <03478>
committed <05003> adultery <05003> I had put <07971> her away,
and given <05414> her a bill <05612> of divorce <03748>; yet her
treacherous <0898> sister <0269> Judah <03063> feared <03372>
not, but went <03212> and played the harlot <02181> also <01571>.
9 And it came <01961> to pass through the lightness <06963> of
her whoredom <02184>, that she defiled <02610> the land <0776>,
and committed <05003> adultery <05003> with stones <068> and
with stocks <06086>.
10 And yet for all <03605> this <02063> her treacherous <0901>
sister <0269> Judah <03063> hath not turned <07725> unto me with
her whole <03605> heart <03820>, but feignedly <08267>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>.
11 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, The backsliding
<04878> Israel <03478> hath justified <06663> herself more than
treacherous <0898> Judah <03063>.
12. Go <01980> and proclaim <07121> these <0428> words <01697>
toward the north <06828>, and say <0559>, Return <07725>, thou
backsliding <04878> Israel <03478>, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>; [and] I will not cause mine anger <06440> to fall
<05307> upon you: for I [am] merciful <02623>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>, [and] I will not keep <05201> [anger] for ever
<05769>.
13 Only <0389> acknowledge <03045> thine iniquity <05771>,
that thou hast transgressed <06586> against the LORD <03068> thy
God <0430>, and hast scattered <06340> thy ways <01870> to the
strangers <02114> under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree
<06086>, and ye have not obeyed <08085> my voice <06963>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>.
14 Turn <07725>, O backsliding <07726> children <01121>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>; for I am married <01166> unto you: and
I will take <03947> you one <0259> of a city <05892>, and two
<08147> of a family <04940>, and I will bring <0935> you to Zion
<06726>:
15 And I will give <05414> you pastors <07462> according to
mine heart <03820>, which shall feed <07462> you with knowledge
<01844> and understanding <07919>.
16 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> ye be
multiplied <07235> and increased <06509> in the land <0776>, in
those <01992> days <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, they
shall say <0559> no <03808> more <05750>, The ark <0727> of the
covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>: neither <03808> shall it
come <05927> to mind <03820>: neither <03808> shall they
remember <02142> it; neither <03808> shall they visit <06485>
[it]; neither <03808> shall [that] be done <06213> any more
<05750>.
17 At that time <06256> they shall call <07121> Jerusalem
<03389> the throne <03678> of the LORD <03068>; and all <03605>
the nations <01471> shall be gathered <06960> unto it, to the
name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, to Jerusalem <03389>: neither
<03808> shall they walk <03212> any more <05750> after <0310>
the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451> heart <03820>.
18 In those <01992> days <03117> the house <01004> of Judah
<03063> shall walk <03212> with the house <01004> of Israel
<03478>, and they shall come <0935> together <03162> out of the
land <0776> of the north <06828> to the land <0776> that I have
given for an inheritance <05157> unto your fathers <01>.
19 But I said <0559>, How <0349> shall I put <07896> thee
among the children <01121>, and give <05414> thee a pleasant
<02532> land <0776>, a goodly <06643> heritage <05159> of the
hosts <06635> of nations <01471>? and I said <0559>, Thou shalt
call <07121> me, My father <01>; and shalt not turn <07725> away
from me.
20. Surely <0403> [as] a wife <0802> treacherously <0898>
departeth from her husband <01167>, so <03651> have ye dealt
treacherously <0898> with me, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
21 A voice <06963> was heard <08085> upon the high <08205>
places, weeping <01065> [and] supplications <08469> of the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>: for they have perverted
<05753> their way <01870>, [and] they have forgotten <07911> the
LORD <03068> their God <0430>.
22 Return <07725>, ye backsliding <07726> children <01121>,
[and] I will heal <07495> your backslidings <04878>. Behold
<02005>, we come <0857> unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD
<03068> our God <0430>.
23 Truly <0403> in vain <08267> [is salvation hoped for] from
the hills <01389>, [and from] the multitude <01995> of mountains
<02022>: truly <0403> in the LORD <03068> our God <0430> [is]
the salvation <08668> of Israel <03478>.
24 For shame <01322> hath devoured <0398> the labour <03018>
of our fathers <01> from our youth <05271>; their flocks <06629>
and their herds <01241>, their sons <01121> and their daughters
<01121>.
25 We lie <07901> down <07901> in our shame <01322>, and our
confusion <03639> covereth <03680> us: for we have sinned
<02398> against the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, we and our
fathers <01>, from our youth <05271> even unto this <02088> day
<03117>, and have not obeyed <08085> the voice <06963> of the
LORD <03068> our God <0430>.
Jeremiah 4
1. If <0518> thou wilt return <07725>, O Israel <03478>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>, return <07725> unto me: and if thou
wilt put <05493> away <05493> thine abominations <08251> out of
my sight <06440>, then shalt thou not remove <05110>.
2 And thou shalt swear <07650>, The LORD <03068> liveth
<02416>, in truth <0571>, in judgment <04941>, and in
righteousness <06666>; and the nations <01471> shall bless
<01288> themselves in him, and in him shall they glory <01984>.
3. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> to the men
<0376> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, Break <05214> up
your fallow <05215> ground, and sow <02232> not among <0413>
thorns <06975>.
4 Circumcise <04135> yourselves to the LORD <03068>, and take
<05493> away <05493> the foreskins <06190> of your heart <03824>,
ye men <0376> of Judah <03063> and inhabitants <03427> of
Jerusalem <03389>: lest <06435> my fury <02534> come <03318>
forth <03318> like fire <0784>, and burn <01197> that none
<0369> can quench <03518> [it], because <06440> of the evil
<07451> of your doings <04611>.
5. Declare <05046> ye in Judah <03063>, and publish <08085> in
Jerusalem <03389>; and say <0559>, Blow <08628> ye the trumpet
<07782> in the land <0776>: cry <07121>, gather <04390> together,
and say <0559>, Assemble <0622> yourselves, and let us go
<0935> into <0413> the defenced <04013> cities <05892>.
6 Set <05375> up the standard <05251> toward Zion <06726>:
retire <05756>, stay <05975> not: for I will bring <0935> evil
<07451> from the north <06828>, and a great <01419> destruction
<07667>.
7 The lion <0738> is come <05927> up from his thicket <05441>,
and the destroyer <07843> of the Gentiles <01471> is on his way
<05265>; he is gone <03318> forth <03318> from his place <04725>
to make <07760> thy land <0776> desolate <08047>; [and] thy
cities <05892> shall be laid waste <05327>, without <0369> an
inhabitant <03427>.
8 For this <02063> gird <02296> you with sackcloth <08242>,
lament <05594> and howl <03213>: for the fierce <02740> anger
<0639> of the LORD <03068> is not turned <07725> back <07725>
from us.
9 And it shall come <01961> to pass at that day <03117>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>, [that] the heart <03820> of the king
<04428> shall perish <06>, and the heart <03820> of the princes
<08269>; and the priests <03548> shall be astonished <08074>,
and the prophets <05030> shall wonder <08539>.
10 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>!
surely <0403> thou hast greatly deceived <05377> this <02088>
people <05971> and Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Ye shall
have <01961> peace <07965>; whereas the sword <02719> reacheth
<05060> unto the soul <05315>.
11 At that time <06256> shall it be said <0559> to this
<02088> people <05971> and to Jerusalem <03389>, A dry <06703>
wind <07307> of the high <08205> places in the wilderness
<04057> toward the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>, not to
fan <02219>, nor <03808> to cleanse <01305>,
12 [Even] a full <04392> wind <07307> from those <0428>
[places] shall come <0935> unto me: now <06258> also <01571>
will I give <01696> sentence <04941> against them.
13 Behold <02009>, he shall come <05927> up as clouds <06053>,
and his chariots <04818> [shall be] as a whirlwind <05492>: his
horses <05483> are swifter <07043> than eagles <05404>. Woe
<0188> unto us! for we are spoiled <07703>.
14 O Jerusalem <03389>, wash <03526> thine heart <03820> from
wickedness <07451>, that thou mayest be saved <03467>. How
<05704> long <05704> shall thy vain <0205> thoughts <04284>
lodge <03885> within <07130> thee?
15 For a voice <06963> declareth <05046> from Dan <01835>, and
publisheth <08085> affliction <0205> from mount <02022> Ephraim
<0669>.
16 Make ye mention <02142> to the nations <01471>; behold
<02009>, publish <08085> against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>,
[that] watchers <05341> come <0935> from a far <04801> country
<0776>, and give <05414> out their voice <06963> against <05921>
the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.
17 As keepers <08104> of a field <07704>, are they against
<05921> her round <05439> about; because <03588> she hath been
rebellious <04784> against me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
18 Thy way <01870> and thy doings <04611> have procured
<06213> these <0428> [things] unto thee; this <02063> [is] thy
wickedness <07451>, because <03588> it is bitter <04751>,
because <03588> it reacheth <05060> unto thine heart <03820>.
19. My bowels <04578>, my bowels <04578>! I am pained <03176>
at my very <07023> heart <03820>; my heart <03820> maketh a
noise <01993> in me; I cannot <03808> hold <02790> my peace
<02790>, because <03588> thou hast heard <08085>, O my soul
<05315>, the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, the alarm
<08643> of war <04421>.
20 Destruction <07667> upon destruction <07667> is cried
<07121>; for the whole <03605> land <0776> is spoiled <07703>:
suddenly <06597> are my tents <0168> spoiled <07703>, [and] my
curtains <03407> in a moment <07281>.
21 How <05704> long <05704> shall I see <07200> the standard
<05251>, [and] hear <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet
<07782>?
22 For my people <05971> [is] foolish <0191>, they have not
known <03045> me; they [are] sottish <05530> children <01121>,
and they have none <03808> understanding <0995>: they [are] wise
<02450> to do evil <07489>, but to do good <03190> they have no
<03808> knowledge <03045>.
23 I beheld <07200> the earth <0776>, and, lo <02009>, [it
was] without <08414> form <08414>, and void <0922>; and the
heavens <08064>, and they [had] no <0369> light <0216>.
24 I beheld <07200> the mountains <02022>, and, lo <02009>,
they trembled <07493>, and all <03605> the hills <01389> moved
<07043> lightly <07043>.
25 I beheld <07200>, and, lo <02009>, [there was] no <0369>
man <0120>, and all <03605> the birds <05775> of the heavens
<08064> were fled <05074>.
26 I beheld <07200>, and, lo <02009>, the fruitful <03759>
place [was] a wilderness <04057>, and all <03605> the cities
<05892> thereof were broken <05422> down <05422> at the presence
<06440> of the LORD <03068>, [and] by his fierce <02740> anger
<0639>.
27 For thus <03541> hath the LORD <03068> said <0559>, The
whole <03605> land <0776> shall be desolate <08077>; yet will I
not make <06213> a full end <03615>.
28 For this <02063> shall the earth <0776> mourn <056>, and
the heavens <08064> above <04605> be black <06937>: because I
have spoken <01696> [it], I have purposed <02161> [it], and will
not repent <05162>, neither <03808> will I turn <07725> back
<07725> from it.
29 The whole <03605> city <05892> shall flee <01272> for the
noise <06963> of the horsemen <06571> and bowmen; they shall go
<0935> into thickets <05645>, and climb <05927> up upon the
rocks <03710>: every <03605> city <05892> [shall be] forsaken
<05800>, and not a man <0376> dwell <03427> therein <02004>.
30 And [when] thou [art] spoiled <07703>, what <04100> wilt
thou do <06213>? Though <03588> thou clothest <03847> thyself
with crimson <08144>, though <03588> thou deckest <05710> thee
with ornaments <05716> of gold <02091>, though <03588> thou
rentest <07167> thy face <05869> with painting <06320>, in vain
<07723> shalt thou make thyself fair <03302>; [thy] lovers
<05689> will despise <03988> thee, they will seek <01245> thy
life <05315>.
31 For I have heard <08085> a voice <06963> as of a woman in
travail <02470>, [and] the anguish <06869> as of her that
bringeth <01069> forth her first <01069> child, the voice
<06963> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>, [that]
bewaileth <03306> herself, [that] spreadeth <06566> her hands
<03709>, [saying], Woe <0188> [is] me now <04994>! for my soul
<05315> is wearied <05888> because of murderers <02026>.
Jeremiah 5
1. Run <07751> ye to and fro <07751> through the streets
<02351> of Jerusalem <03389>, and see <07200> now <04994>, and
know <03045>, and seek <01245> in the broad <07339> places
thereof, if <0518> ye can find <04672> a man <0376>, if <0518>
there be [any] that executeth <06213> judgment <04941>, that
seeketh <01245> the truth <0530>; and I will pardon <05545> it.
2 And though <0518> they say <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth
<02416>; surely <0403> they swear <07650> falsely <08267>.
3 O LORD <03068>, [are] not thine eyes <05869> upon the truth
<0530>? thou hast stricken <05221> them, but they have not
grieved <02342>; thou hast consumed <03615> them, [but] they
have refused <03985> to receive <03947> correction <04148>: they
have made their faces <06440> harder <02388> than a rock <05553>;
they have refused <03985> to return <07725>.
4 Therefore I said <0559>, Surely <0389> these <01992> [are]
poor <01800>; they are foolish <02973>: for they know <03045>
not the way <01870> of the LORD <03068>, [nor] the judgment
<04941> of their God <0430>.
5 I will get <03212> me unto the great <01419> men, and will
speak <01696> unto them; for they have known <03045> the way
<01870> of the LORD <03068>, [and] the judgment <04941> of their
God <0430>: but these <01992> have altogether <03162> broken
<07665> the yoke <05923>, [and] burst <05423> the bonds <04147>.
6 Wherefore a lion <0738> out of the forest <03293> shall slay
<05221> them, [and] a wolf <02061> of the evenings <06160> shall
spoil <07703> them, a leopard <05246> shall watch <08245> over
<05921> their cities <05892>: every one that goeth <03318> out
thence <02007> shall be torn <02963> in pieces: because <03588>
their transgressions <06588> are many <07231>, [and] their
backslidings <04878> are increased <06105>.
7 How <0335> shall I pardon <05545> thee for this <02063>? thy
children <01121> have forsaken <05800> me, and sworn <07650> by
[them that are] no <03808> gods <0430>: when I had fed them to
the full <07646>, they then committed <05003> adultery <05003>,
and assembled <01413> themselves by troops in the harlots
<02181>' houses <01004>.
8 They were [as] fed <02109> horses <05483> in the morning
<07904>: every <0376> one <0376> neighed <06670> after <0413>
his neighbour's <07453> wife <0802>.
9 Shall I not visit <06485> for these <0428> [things]? saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>: and shall not my soul <05315> be
avenged <05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this <02088>?
10. Go <05927> ye up upon her walls <08284>, and destroy
<07843>; but make <06213> not a full end <03615>: take <05493>
away <05493> her battlements <05189>; for they [are] not the
LORD'S <03068>.
11 For the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and the house
<01004> of Judah <03063> have dealt very treacherously <0898>
against me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
12 They have belied <03584> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>,
[It is] not he; neither <03808> shall evil <07451> come <0935>
upon us; neither <03808> shall we see <07200> sword <02719> nor
famine <07458>:
13 And the prophets <05030> shall become <01961> wind <07307>,
and the word <01699> [is] not in them: thus <03541> shall it be
done <06213> unto them.
14 Wherefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>, Because <03282> ye speak
<01696> this <02088> word <01697>, behold <02005>, I will make
<05414> my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310> fire <0784>, and
this <02088> people <05971> wood <06086>, and it shall devour
<0398> them.
15 Lo <02009>, I will bring <0935> a nation <01471> upon you
from far <04801>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>: it [is] a mighty <0386> nation <01471>,
it [is] an ancient <05769> nation <01471>, a nation <01471>
whose language <03956> thou knowest <03045> not, neither <03808>
understandest <08085> what <04100> they say <01696>.
16 Their quiver <0827> [is] as an open <06605> sepulchre
<06913>, they [are] all <03605> mighty <01368> men.
17 And they shall eat <0398> up thine harvest <07105>, and thy
bread <03899>, [which] thy sons <01121> and thy daughters
<01121> should eat <0398>: they shall eat <0398> up thy flocks
<06629> and thine herds <01241>: they shall eat <0398> up thy
vines <01612> and thy fig <08384> trees: they shall impoverish
<07567> thy fenced <04013> cities <05892>, wherein <0834> thou
trustedst <0982>, with the sword <02719>.
18 Nevertheless <01571> in those <01992> days <03117>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>, I will not make <06213> a full end
<03615> with you.
19 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> ye shall
say <0559>, Wherefore doeth <06213> the LORD <03068> our God
<0430> all <03605> these <0428> [things] unto us? then shalt
thou answer <0559> them, Like as ye have forsaken <05800> me,
and served <05647> strange <05236> gods <0430> in your land
<0776>, so <03651> shall ye serve <05647> strangers <02114> in a
land <0776> [that is] not yours.
20. Declare <05046> this <02063> in the house <01004> of Jacob
<03290>, and publish <08085> it in Judah <03063>, saying <0559>,
21 Hear <08085> now <04994> this <02063>, O foolish <05530>
people <05971>, and without <0369> understanding <03820>; which
have eyes <05869>, and see <07200> not; which have ears <0241>,
and hear <08085> not:
22 Fear <03372> ye not me? saith <05002> the LORD <03068>:
will ye not tremble <02342> at my presence <06440>, which <0834>
have placed <0776> the sand <02344> [for] the bound <01366> of
the sea <03220> by a perpetual <05769> decree <02706>, that it
cannot <03201> pass <05674> it: and though the waves <01530>
thereof toss <01607> themselves, yet can they not prevail
<03201>; though they roar <01993>, yet can <03201> they not pass
<05674> over <05674> it?
23 But this <02088> people <05971> hath a revolting <05637>
and a rebellious <04784> heart <03820>; they are revolted
<05498> and gone <03212>.
24 Neither <03808> say <0559> they in their heart <03824>, Let
us now <04994> fear <03372> the LORD <03068> our God <0430>,
that giveth <05414> rain <01653>, both the former <03138> and
the latter <04456>, in his season <06256>: he reserveth <08104>
unto us the appointed <02708> weeks <07620> of the harvest
<07105>.
25. Your iniquities <05771> have turned <05186> away these
<0428> [things], and your sins <02403> have withholden <04513>
good <02896> [things] from you.
26 For among my people <05971> are found <04672> wicked
<07563> [men]: they lay wait <07789>, as he that setteth <07918>
snares <03353>; they set <05324> a trap <04889>, they catch
<03920> men <0582>.
27 As a cage <03619> is full <04392> of birds <05775>, so
<03651> [are] their houses <01004> full <04392> of deceit
<04820>: therefore they are become <06238> great <01431>, and
waxen rich <06238>.
28 They are waxen fat <08080>, they shine <06245>: yea <01571>,
they overpass <05674> the deeds <01697> of the wicked <07451>:
they judge <01777> not the cause <01779>, the cause of the
fatherless <03490>, yet they prosper <06743>; and the right
<04941> of the needy <034> do they not judge <08199>.
29 Shall I not visit <06485> for these <0428> [things]? saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>: shall not my soul <05315> be avenged
<05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this?
30 A wonderful <08047> and horrible <08186> thing is committed
<01961> in the land <0776>;
31 The prophets <05030> prophesy <05012> falsely <08267>, and
the priests <03548> bear <07287> rule <07287> by their means
<03027>; and my people <05971> love <0157> [to have it] so
<03651>: and what <04100> will ye do <06213> in the end <0319>
thereof?
Jeremiah 6
1. O ye children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>, gather <05756>
yourselves to flee <05756> out of the midst <07130> of Jerusalem
<03389>, and blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> in Tekoa <08620>,
and set <05375> up a sign <04864> of fire in Bethhaccerem
<01021>: for evil <07451> appeareth <08259> out of the north
<06828>, and great <01419> destruction <07667>.
2 I have likened <01819> the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>
to a comely <05000> and delicate <06026> [woman].
3 The shepherds <07462> with their flocks <05739> shall come
<0935> unto her; they shall pitch <08628> [their] tents <0168>
against <05921> her round <05439> about; they shall feed <07462>
every <0376> one <0376> in his place <03027>.
4 Prepare <06942> ye war <04421> against <05921> her; arise
<06965>, and let us go <05927> up at noon <06672>. Woe <0188>
unto us! for the day <03117> goeth <06437> away, for the shadows
<06752> of the evening <06153> are stretched <05186> out.
5 Arise <06965>, and let us go <05927> by night <03915>, and
let us destroy <07843> her palaces <0759>.
6 For thus <03541> hath the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> said
<0559>, Hew <03772> ye down trees <06097>, and cast <08210> a
mount <05550> against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>: this <01931>
[is] the city <05892> to be visited <06485>; she [is] wholly
<03605> oppression <06233> in the midst <07130> of her.
7 As a fountain <0953> casteth <06979> out her waters <04325>,
so <03651> she casteth <06979> out her wickedness <07451>:
violence <02555> and spoil <07701> is heard <08085> in her;
before me continually <08548> [is] grief <02483> and wounds
<04347>.
8 Be thou instructed <03256>, O Jerusalem <03389>, lest
<06435> my soul <05315> depart <03363> from thee; lest <06435> I
make <07760> thee desolate <08077>, a land <0776> not inhabited
<03427>.
9. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
They shall throughly glean <05953> the remnant <07611> of Israel
<03478> as a vine <01612>: turn <07725> back <07725> thine hand
<03027> as a grapegatherer <01219> into <05921> the baskets
<05552>.
10 To whom <04310> shall I speak <01696>, and give warning
<05749>, that they may hear <08085>? behold <02009>, their ear
<0241> [is] uncircumcised <06189>, and they cannot hearken
<07181>: behold <02009>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> is
unto them a reproach <02781>; they have no <03808> delight
<02654> in it.
11 Therefore I am full <04392> of the fury <02534> of the LORD
<03068>; I am weary <03811> with holding <03557> in: I will pour
<08210> it out upon the children <05768> abroad <02351>, and
upon the assembly <05475> of young <0970> men together <03162>:
for even <01571> the husband <0376> with the wife <0802> shall
be taken <03920>, the aged <02205> with [him that is] full
<04390> of days <03117>.
12 And their houses <01004> shall be turned <05437> unto
others <0312>, [with their] fields <07704> and wives <0802>
together <03162>: for I will stretch <05186> out my hand <03027>
upon the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>.
13 For from the least <06996> of them even unto the greatest
<01419> of them every <03605> one [is] given to covetousness
<01215>; and from the prophet <05030> even unto the priest
<03548> every <03605> one dealeth <06213> falsely <08267>.
14 They have healed <07495> also the hurt <07667> [of the
daughter] of my people <05971> slightly <07043>, saying <0559>,
Peace <07965>, peace <07965>; when [there is] no <0369> peace
<07965>.
15 Were they ashamed <0954> when <03588> they had committed
<06213> abomination <08441>? nay <01571>, they were not at all
ashamed <0954>, neither could <03045> they blush <03637>:
therefore <03651> they shall fall <05307> among them that fall
<05307>: at the time <06256> [that] I visit <06485> them they
shall be cast <03782> down <03782>, saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>.
16 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Stand <05975>
ye in the ways <01870>, and see <07200>, and ask <07592> for the
old <05769> paths <05410>, where <0335> [is] the good <02896>
way <01870>, and walk <03212> therein, and ye shall find <04672>
rest <04771> for your souls <05315>. But they said <0559>, We
will not walk <03212> [therein].
17 Also I set <06965> watchmen <06822> over <05921> you,
[saying], Hearken <07181> to the sound <06963> of the trumpet
<07782>. But they said <0559>, We will not hearken <07181>.
18. Therefore <03651> hear <08085>, ye nations <01471>, and
know <03045>, O congregation <05712>, what [is] among them.
19 Hear <08085>, O earth <0776>: behold <02009>, I will bring
<0935> evil <07451> upon this <02088> people <05971>, [even] the
fruit <06529> of their thoughts <04284>, because they have not
hearkened <07181> unto my words <01697>, nor to my law <08451>,
but rejected <03988> it.
20 To what <04100> purpose cometh <0935> there to me incense
<03828> from Sheba <07614>, and the sweet <02896> cane <07070>
from a far <04801> country <0776>? your burnt <05930> offerings
[are] not acceptable <07522>, nor <03808> your sacrifices
<02077> sweet <06147> unto me.
21 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>, Behold <02005>, I will lay <05414> stumblingblocks
<04383> before <0413> this <02088> people <05971>, and the
fathers <01> and the sons <01121> together <03162> shall fall
<03782> upon them; the neighbour <07934> and his friend <07453>
shall perish <06>.
22 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02009>,
a people <05971> cometh <0935> from the north <06828> country
<0776>, and a great <01419> nation <01471> shall be raised
<05782> from the sides <03411> of the earth <0776>.
23 They shall lay hold <02388> on bow <07198> and spear
<03591>; they [are] cruel <0394>, and have no <03808> mercy
<07355>; their voice <06963> roareth <01993> like the sea
<03220>; and they ride <07392> upon horses <05483>, set in array
<06186> as men <0376> for war <04421> against <05921> thee, O
daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>.
24 We have heard <08085> the fame <08089> thereof: our hands
<03027> wax feeble <07503>: anguish <06869> hath taken <02388>
hold <02388> of us, [and] pain <02427>, as of a woman in travail
<03205>.
25 Go <03318> not forth <03318> into the field <07704>, nor
<0408> walk <03212> by the way <01870>; for the sword <02719> of
the enemy <0341> [and] fear <04032> [is] on every <05437> side
<05439>.
26 O daughter <01323> of my people <05971>, gird <02296>
[thee] with sackcloth <08242>, and wallow <06428> thyself in
ashes <0665>: make <06213> thee mourning <060>, [as for] an only
<03173> son <03173>, most bitter <08563> lamentation <04553>:
for the spoiler <07703> shall suddenly <06597> come <0935> upon
us.
27 I have set <05414> thee [for] a tower <0969> [and] a
fortress <04013> among my people <05971>, that thou mayest know
<03045> and try <0974> their way <01870>.
28 They [are] all <03605> grievous <05493> revolters <05637>,
walking <01980> with slanders <07400>: [they are] brass <05178>
and iron <01270>; they [are] all <03605> corrupters <07843>.
29 The bellows <04647> are burned <02787>, the lead <05777> is
consumed <08552> of the fire <0784>; the founder <06884> melteth
<06884> in vain <07723>: for the wicked <07451> are not plucked
<05423> away.
30 Reprobate <03988> silver <03701> shall [men] call <07121>
them, because <03588> the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988>
them.
Jeremiah 7
1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from
the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Stand <05975> in the gate <08179> of the LORD'S <03068>
house <01004>, and proclaim <07121> there <08033> this <02088>
word <01697>, and say <0559>, Hear <08085> the word <01697> of
the LORD <03068>, all <03605> [ye of] Judah <03063>, that enter
<0935> in at these <0428> gates <08179> to worship <07812> the
LORD <03068>.
3 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Amend <03190> your ways
<01870> and your doings <04611>, and I will cause you to dwell
<07931> in this <02088> place <04725>.
4 Trust <0982> ye not in lying <08267> words <01697>, saying
<0559>, The temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, The temple
<01964> of the LORD <03068>, The temple <01964> of the LORD
<03068>, [are] these <01992>.
5 For if <0518> ye throughly amend <03190> your ways <01870>
and your doings <04611>; if <0518> ye throughly execute <06213>
judgment <04941> between <0996> a man <0376> and his neighbour
<07453>;
6 [If] ye oppress <06231> not the stranger <01616>, the
fatherless <03490>, and the widow <0490>, and shed <08210> not
innocent <05355> blood <01818> in this <02088> place <04725>,
neither <03808> walk <03212> after <0310> other <0312> gods
<0430> to your hurt <07451>:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell <07931> in this <02088> place
<04725>, in the land <0776> that I gave <05414> to your fathers
<01>, for ever <05769> and ever <05769>.
8 Behold <02009>, ye trust <0982> in lying <08267> words
<01697>, that cannot <01115> profit <03276>.
9 Will ye steal <01589>, murder <07523>, and commit <05003>
adultery <05003>, and swear <07650> falsely <08267>, and burn
<06999> incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>, and walk <01980>
after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> whom <0834> ye know
<03045> not;
10 And come <0935> and stand <05975> before <06440> me in this
<02088> house <01004>, which <0834> is called <07121> by my name
<08034>, and say <0559>, We are delivered <05337> to do <06213>
all <03605> these <0428> abominations <08441>?
11 Is this <02088> house <01004>, which <0834> is called
<07121> by my name <08034>, become <01961> a den <04631> of
robbers <06530> in your eyes <05869>? Behold <02009>, even
<01571> I have seen <07200> [it], saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
12 But go <03212> ye now <04994> unto my place <04725> which
<0834> [was] in Shiloh <07887>, where I set <07931> my name
<08034> at the first <07223>, and see <07200> what I did <06213>
to it for the wickedness <07451> of my people <05971> Israel
<03478>.
13 And now <04994>, because <03282> ye have done <06213> all
<03605> these <0428> works <04639>, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, and I spake <01696> unto you, rising <07925> up early
<07925> and speaking <01696>, but ye heard <08085> not; and I
called <07121> you, but ye answered <06030> not;
14 Therefore will I do <06213> unto [this] house <01004>,
which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, wherein
<0834> ye trust <0982>, and unto the place <04725> which <0834>
I gave <05414> to you and to your fathers <01>, as I have done
<06213> to Shiloh <07887>.
15 And I will cast <07993> you out of my sight <06440>, as I
have cast <07993> out all <03605> your brethren <0251>, [even
<0853>] the whole <03605> seed <02233> of Ephraim <0669>.
16. Therefore pray <06419> not thou for this <02088> people
<05971>, neither <0408> lift <05375> up cry <07440> nor <0408>
prayer <08605> for them, neither <0408> make intercession
<06293> to me: for I will not hear <08085> thee.
17 Seest <07200> thou not what <04100> they do <06213> in the
cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and in the streets <02351> of
Jerusalem <03389>?
18 The children <01121> gather <03950> wood <06086>, and the
fathers <01> kindle <01197> the fire <0784>, and the women
<0802> knead <03888> [their] dough <01217>, to make <06213>
cakes <03561> to the queen <04446> of heaven <08064>, and to
pour <05258> out drink <05262> offerings <05262> unto other
<0312> gods <0430>, that they may provoke me to anger <03707>.
19 Do they provoke me to anger <03707>? saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion
<01322> of their own faces <06440>?
20 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the Lord <0136>
GOD <03069>; Behold <02009>, mine anger <0639> and my fury
<02534> shall be poured <05413> out upon this <02088> place
<04725>, upon man <0120>, and upon beast <0929>, and upon the
trees <06086> of the field <07704>, and upon the fruit <06529>
of the ground <0127>; and it shall burn <01197>, and shall not
be quenched <03518>.
21. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Put <05595> your burnt
<05930> offerings unto your sacrifices <02077>, and eat <0398>
flesh <01320>.
22 For I spake <01696> not unto your fathers <01>, nor <03808>
commanded <06680> them in the day <03117> that I brought <03318>
them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, concerning burnt
<05930> offerings or sacrifices <02077>:
23 But this <02088> thing <01697> commanded <06680> I them,
saying <0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>, and I will be your
God <0430>, and ye shall be my people <05971>: and walk <01980>
ye in all <03605> the ways <01870> that I have commanded <06680>
you, that it may be well <03190> unto you.
24 But they hearkened <08085> not, nor <03808> inclined
<05186> their ear <0241>, but walked <03212> in the counsels
<04156> [and] in the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451>
heart <03820>, and went <01961> backward <0268>, and not forward
<06440>.
25 Since <04480> the day <03117> that your fathers <01> came
<03318> forth <03318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>
unto this <02088> day <03117> I have even sent <07971> unto you
all <03605> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, daily
<03117> rising <07925> up early <07925> and sending <07971>
[them]:
26 Yet they hearkened <08085> not unto me, nor <03808>
inclined <05186> their ear <0241>, but hardened <07185> their
neck <06202>: they did worse <07489> than their fathers <01>.
27 Therefore thou shalt speak <01696> all <03605> these <0428>
words <01697> unto them; but they will not hearken <08085> to
thee: thou shalt also call <07121> unto them; but they will not
answer <06030> thee.
28 But thou shalt say <0559> unto them, This <02088> [is] a
nation <01471> that obeyeth <08085> not the voice <06963> of the
LORD <03068> their God <0430>, nor <03808> receiveth <03947>
correction <04148>: truth <0530> is perished <06>, and is cut
<03772> off from their mouth <06310>.
29. Cut <01494> off thine hair <05145>, [O Jerusalem], and cast
<07993> [it] away, and take <05375> up a lamentation <07015> on
<05921> high <08205> places; for the LORD <03068> hath rejected
<03988> and forsaken <05203> the generation <01755> of his wrath
<05678>.
30 For the children <01121> of Judah <03063> have done <06213>
evil <07451> in my sight <05869>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>:
they have set <07760> their abominations <08251> in the house
<01004> which <0834> is called <07121> by my name <08034>, to
pollute <02930> it.
31 And they have built <01129> the high <01116> places of
Tophet <08612>, which <0834> [is] in the valley <01516> of the
son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, to burn <08313> their sons
<01121> and their daughters <01121> in the fire <0784>; which
<0834> I commanded <06680> [them] not, neither <03808> came
<05927> it into <05921> my heart <03820>.
32 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come
<0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that it shall no <03808>
more <05750> be called <0559> Tophet <08612>, nor the valley
<01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, but the valley
<01516> of slaughter <02028>: for they shall bury <06912> in
Tophet <08612>, till there be no <0369> place <04725>.
33 And the carcases <05038> of this <02088> people <05971>
shall be meat <03978> for the fowls <05775> of the heaven
<08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>; and none
<0369> shall fray <02729> [them] away.
34 Then will I cause to cease <07673> from the cities <05892>
of Judah <03063>, and from the streets <02351> of Jerusalem
<03389>, the voice <06963> of mirth <08342>, and the voice
<06963> of gladness <08057>, the voice <06963> of the bridegroom
<02860>, and the voice <06963> of the bride <03618>: for the
land <0776> shall be desolate <02723>.
Jeremiah 8
1. At that time <06256>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, they
shall bring <03318> out the bones <06106> of the kings <04428>
of Judah <03063>, and the bones <06106> of his princes <08269>,
and the bones <06106> of the priests <03548>, and the bones
<06106> of the prophets <05030>, and the bones <06106> of the
inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, out of their graves
<06913>:
2 And they shall spread <07849> them before the sun <08121>,
and the moon <03394>, and all <03605> the host <06635> of heaven
<08064>, whom <0834> they have loved <0157>, and whom <0834>
they have served <05647>, and after <0310> whom <0834> they have
walked <01980>, and whom they have sought <01875>, and whom
<0834> they have worshipped <07812>: they shall not be gathered
<0622>, nor <03808> be buried <06912>; they shall be for dung
<01828> upon the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.
3 And death <04194> shall be chosen <0977> rather than life
<02416> by all <03605> the residue <07611> of them that remain
<07604> of this <02063> evil <07451> family <04940>, which
remain <07604> in all <03605> the places <04725> whither I have
driven <05080> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>.
4. Moreover thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>; Shall they fall <05307>, and not arise
<06965>? shall he turn <07725> away, and not return <07725>?
5 Why <04069> [then] is this <02088> people <05971> of
Jerusalem <03389> slidden <07725> back <07725> by a perpetual
<05331> backsliding <04878>? they hold <02388> fast deceit
<08649>, they refuse <03985> to return <07725>.
6 I hearkened <08085> and heard <08085>, [but] they spake
<01696> not aright <03651>: no <0369> man <0376> repented
<05162> him of his wickedness <07451>, saying <0559>, What
<04100> have I done <06213>? every <03605> one turned <07725> to
his course <04794>, as the horse <05483> rusheth <07857> into
the battle <04421>.
7 Yea <01571>, the stork <02624> in the heaven <08064> knoweth
<03045> her appointed <04150> times <06256>; and the turtle
<08449> and the crane <05483> and the swallow <05693> observe
<08104> the time <06256> of their coming <0935>; but my people
<05971> know <03045> not the judgment <04941> of the LORD
<03068>.
8 How <0349> do ye say <0559>, We [are] wise <02450>, and the
law <08451> of the LORD <03068> [is] with us? Lo <02009>,
certainly <0403> in vain <08267> made <06213> he [it]; the pen
<05842> of the scribes <05608> [is] in vain <08267>.
9 The wise <02450> [men] are ashamed <0954>, they are dismayed
<02865> and taken: lo <02009>, they have rejected <03988> the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068>; and what <04100> wisdom
<02451> [is] in them?
10 Therefore <03651> will I give <05414> their wives <0802>
unto others <0312>, [and] their fields <07704> to them that
shall inherit <03423> [them]: for every <03605> one from the
least <06996> even unto the greatest <01419> is given to
covetousness <01215>, from the prophet <05030> even unto the
priest <03548> every <03605> one dealeth <06213> falsely <08267>.
11 For they have healed <07495> the hurt <07667> of the
daughter <01323> of my people <05971> slightly <07043>, saying
<0559>, Peace <07965>, peace <07965>; when [there is] no <0369>
peace <07965>.
12 Were they ashamed <0954> when <03588> they had committed
<06213> abomination <08441>? nay <01571>, they were not at all
ashamed <0954>, neither <03808> could <03045> they blush <03637>:
therefore <03651> shall they fall <05307> among them that fall
<05307>: in the time <06256> of their visitation <06486> they
shall be cast <03782> down <03782>, saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>.
13. I will surely consume <05486> them, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>: [there shall be] no <0369> grapes <06025> on the vine
<01612>, nor <0369> figs <08384> on the fig <08384> tree, and
the leaf <05929> shall fade <05034>; and [the things that] I
have given <05414> them shall pass <05674> away from them.
14 Why do we sit <03427> still? assemble <0622> yourselves,
and let us enter <0935> into <0413> the defenced <04013> cities
<05892>, and let us be silent <01826> there <08033>: for the
LORD <03068> our God <0430> hath put us to silence <01826>, and
given us water <04325> of gall <07219> to drink <08248>, because
<03588> we have sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068>.
15 We looked <06960> for peace <07965>, but no <0369> good
<02896> [came; and] for a time <06256> of health <04832>, and
behold <02009> trouble <01205>!
16 The snorting <05170> of his horses <05483> was heard
<08085> from Dan <01835>: the whole <03605> land <0776> trembled
<07493> at the sound <06963> of the neighing <04684> of his
strong <047> ones; for they are come <0935>, and have devoured
<0398> the land <0776>, and all <04393> that is in it; the city
<05892>, and those that dwell <03427> therein.
17 For, behold <02005>, I will send <07971> serpents <05175>,
cockatrices <06848>, among you, which <0834> [will] not [be]
charmed <03908>, and they shall bite <05391> you, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>.
18 [When] I would comfort <04010> myself against sorrow
<03015>, my heart <03820> [is] faint <01742> in me.
19 Behold <02009> the voice <06963> of the cry <07775> of the
daughter <01323> of my people <05971> because of them that dwell
in a far <04801> country <0776>: [Is] not the LORD <03068> in
Zion <06726>? [is] not her king <04428> in her? Why <04069> have
they provoked me to anger <03707> with their graven <06456>
images, [and] with strange <05236> vanities <01892>?
20 The harvest <07105> is past <05674>, the summer <07019> is
ended <03615>, and we are not saved <03467>.
21 For the hurt <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people
<05971> am I hurt <07665>; I am black <06937>; astonishment
<08047> hath taken <02388> hold <02388> on me.
22 [Is there] no <0369> balm <06875> in Gilead <01568>; [is
there] no <0369> physician <07495> there? why <04069> then
<03588> is not the health <0724> of the daughter <01323> of my
people <05971> recovered <05927>?
Jeremiah 9
1. Oh that my head <07218> were waters <04325>, and mine eyes
<05869> a fountain <04726> of tears <01832>, that I might weep
<01058> day <03119> and night <03915> for the slain <02491> of
the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>!
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness <04057> a lodging <04411>
place of wayfaring <0732> men; that I might leave <05800> my
people <05971>, and go <03212> from them! for they [be] all
<03605> adulterers <05003>, an assembly <06116> of treacherous
<0898> men.
3 And they bend <01869> their tongues <03956> [like] their bow
<07198> [for] lies <08267>: but they are not valiant <01396> for
the truth <0530> upon the earth <0776>; for they proceed <03318>
from evil <07451> to evil <07451>, and they know <03045> not me,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
4 Take ye heed <08104> every <0376> one <0376> of his
neighbour <07453>, and trust <0982> ye not in any <03605>
brother <0251>: for every <03605> brother <0251> will utterly
supplant <06117>, and every <03605> neighbour <07453> will walk
<01980> with slanders <07400>.
5 And they will deceive <02048> every <0376> one <0376> his
neighbour <07453>, and will not speak <01696> the truth <0571>:
they have taught <03925> their tongue <03956> to speak <01696>
lies <08267>, [and] weary <03811> themselves to commit <05753>
iniquity <05753>.
6 Thine habitation <03427> [is] in the midst <08432> of deceit
<04820>; through deceit <04820> they refuse <03985> to know
<03045> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
7 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>
of hosts <06635>, Behold <02005>, I will melt <06884> them, and
try <0974> them; for how <0349> shall I do <06213> for the
daughter <01323> of my people <05971>?
8 Their tongue <03956> [is as] an arrow <02671> shot <07819>
out; it speaketh <01696> deceit <04820>: [one] speaketh <01696>
peaceably <07965> to his neighbour <07453> with his mouth
<06310>, but in heart <07130> he layeth <07760> his wait <0696>.
9 Shall I not visit <06485> them for these <0428> [things]?
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: shall not my soul <05315> be
avenged <05358> on such <0834> a nation <01471> as this <02088>?
10 For the mountains <02022> will I take <05375> up a weeping
<01065> and wailing <05092>, and for the habitations <04999> of
the wilderness <04057> a lamentation <07015>, because <03588>
they are burned <03341> up, so that none can <03201> pass
<05674> through [them]; neither <03808> can <03201> [men] hear
<08085> the voice <06963> of the cattle <04735>; both the fowl
<05775> of the heavens <08064> and the beast <0929> are fled
<05074>; they are gone <01980>.
11 And I will make <05414> Jerusalem <03389> heaps <01530>,
[and] a den <04583> of dragons <08577>; and I will make <05414>
the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> desolate <08077>, without
<01097> an inhabitant <03427>.
12. Who <04310> [is] the wise <02450> man <0376>, that may
understand <0995> this <02063>? and [who is he] to whom <0834>
the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>, that
he may declare <05046> it, for what <04100> the land <0776>
perisheth <06> [and] is burned <03341> up like a wilderness
<04057>, that none <01997> passeth <05674> through?
13 And the LORD <03068> saith <0559>, Because <05921> they
have forsaken <05800> my law <08451> which <0834> I set <05414>
before <06440> them, and have not obeyed <08085> my voice
<06963>, neither <03808> walked <01980> therein;
14 But have walked <03212> after <0310> the imagination
<08307> of their own heart <03820>, and after <0310> Baalim
<01168>, which <0834> their fathers <01> taught <03925> them:
15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>;
Behold <02005>, I will feed <0398> them, [even] this <02088>
people <05971>, with wormwood <03939>, and give them water
<04325> of gall <07219> to drink <08248>.
16 I will scatter <06327> them also among the heathen <01471>,
whom <0834> neither <03808> they nor their fathers <01> have
known <03045>: and I will send <07971> a sword <02719> after
<0310> them, till <05704> I have consumed <03615> them.
17 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
Consider <0995> ye, and call <07121> for the mourning <06969>
women, that they may come <0935>; and send <07971> for cunning
<02450> [women], that they may come <0935>:
18 And let them make haste <04116>, and take <05375> up a
wailing <05092> for us, that our eyes <05869> may run <03381>
down with tears <01832>, and our eyelids <06079> gush <05140>
out with waters <04325>.
19 For a voice <06963> of wailing <05092> is heard <08085> out
of Zion <06726>, How <0349> are we spoiled <07703>! we are
greatly <03966> confounded <0954>, because <03588> we have
forsaken <05800> the land <0776>, because <03588> our dwellings
<04908> have cast <07993> [us] out.
20 Yet <03588> hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068>, O ye women <0802>, and let your ear <0241> receive
<03947> the word <01697> of his mouth <06310>, and teach <03925>
your daughters <01121> wailing <05092>, and every <0802> one her
neighbour <07468> lamentation <07015>.
21 For death <04194> is come <05927> up into our windows
<02474>, [and] is entered <0935> into our palaces <0759>, to cut
<03772> off the children <05768> from without <02351>, [and] the
young <0970> men from the streets <07339>.
22 Speak <01696>, Thus <03541> saith <05002> the LORD <03068>,
Even the carcases <05038> of men <0120> shall fall <05307> as
dung <01828> upon the open <06440> field <07704>, and as the
handful <05995> after <0310> the harvestman <07114>, and none
<0369> shall gather <0622> [them].
23. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Let not the
wise <02450> [man] glory <01984> in his wisdom <02451>, neither
<0408> let the mighty <01368> [man] glory <01984> in his might
<01369>, let not the rich <06223> [man] glory <01984> in his
riches <06239>:
24 But let him that glorieth <01984> glory <01984> in this
<02063>, that he understandeth <07919> and knoweth <03045> me,
that I [am] the LORD <03068> which exercise <06213>
lovingkindness <02617>, judgment <04941>, and righteousness
<06666>, in the earth <0776>: for in these <0428> [things] I
delight <02654>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
25 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>, that I will punish <06485> all <03605> [them
which are] circumcised <04135> with the uncircumcised <06190>;
26 Egypt <04714>, and Judah <03063>, and Edom <0123>, and the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and Moab <04124>, and all
<03605> [that are] in the utmost <07112> corners <06285>, that
dwell <03427> in the wilderness <04057>: for all <03605> [these]
nations <01471> [are] uncircumcised <06189>, and all <03605> the
house <01004> of Israel <03478> [are] uncircumcised <06189> in
the heart <03820>.
Jeremiah 10
1. Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> which <0834> the LORD
<03068> speaketh <01696> unto you, O house <01004> of Israel
<03478>:
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Learn <03925>
not the way <01870> of the heathen <01471>, and be not dismayed
<02865> at the signs <0226> of heaven <08064>; for the heathen
<01471> are dismayed <02865> at them.
3 For the customs <02708> of the people <05971> [are] vain
<01892>: for [one] cutteth <03772> a tree <06086> out of the
forest <03293>, the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the
workman <02796>, with the axe <04621>.
4 They deck <03302> it with silver <03701> and with gold
<02091>; they fasten <02388> it with nails <04548> and with
hammers <04717>, that it move <06328> not.
5 They [are] upright <04749> as the palm <08560> tree, but
speak <01696> not: they must needs be borne <05375>, because
<03588> they cannot <03808> go <06805>. Be not afraid <03372> of
them; for they cannot <03808> do evil <07489>, neither also
<01571> [is it] in them to do good <03190>.
6 Forasmuch as [there is] none <0369> like <03644> unto thee,
O LORD <03068>; thou [art] great <01419>, and thy name <08034>
[is] great <01419> in might <01369>.
7 Who <04310> would not fear <03372> thee, O King <04428> of
nations <01471>? for to thee doth it appertain <02969>:
forasmuch as among all <03605> the wise <02450> [men] of the
nations <01471>, and in all <03605> their kingdoms <04467>,
[there is] none <0369> like <03644> unto thee.
8 But they are altogether <0259> brutish <01197> and foolish
<03688>: the stock <06086> [is] a doctrine <04148> of vanities
<01892>.
9 Silver <03701> spread <07554> into plates is brought <0935>
from Tarshish <08659>, and gold <02091> from Uphaz <0210>, the
work <04639> of the workman <02796>, and of the hands <03027> of
the founder <06884>: blue <08504> and purple <0713> [is] their
clothing <03830>: they [are] all <03605> the work <04639> of
cunning <02450> [men].
10 But the LORD <03068> [is] the true <0571> God <0430>, he
[is] the living <02416> God <0430>, and an everlasting <05769>
king <04428>: at his wrath <07110> the earth <0776> shall
tremble <07493>, and the nations <01471> shall not be able
<03201> to abide <03557> his indignation <02195>.
11 Thus <01836> shall ye say <0560> unto them, The gods <0426>
that have not made <05648> the heavens <08065> and the earth
<0778>, [even] they shall perish <07> from the earth <0772>, and
from under <08460> these <0429> heavens <08065>.
12 He hath made <06213> the earth <0776> by his power <03581>,
he hath established <03559> the world <08398> by his wisdom
<02451>, and hath stretched <05186> out the heavens <08064> by
his discretion <08394>.
13 When he uttereth <05414> his voice <06963>, [there is] a
multitude <01995> of waters <04325> in the heavens <08064>, and
he causeth the vapours <05387> to ascend <05927> from the ends
<07097> of the earth <0776>; he maketh <06213> lightnings
<01300> with rain <04306>, and bringeth <03318> forth <03318>
the wind <07307> out of his treasures <0214>.
14 Every <03605> man <0120> is brutish <01197> in [his]
knowledge <01847>: every <03605> founder <06884> is confounded
<03001> by the graven <06459> image <06459>: for his molten
<05262> image [is] falsehood <08267>, and [there is] no <03808>
breath <07307> in them.
15 They [are] vanity <01892>, [and] the work <04639> of errors
<08595>: in the time <06256> of their visitation <06486> they
shall perish <06>.
16 The portion <02506> of Jacob <03290> [is] not like them:
for he [is] the former <03335> of all <03605> [things]; and
Israel <03478> [is] the rod <07626> of his inheritance <05159>:
The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] his name <08034>.
17. Gather <0622> up thy wares <03666> out of the land <0776>,
O inhabitant <03427> of the fortress <04693>.
18 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold
<02005>, I will sling <07049> out the inhabitants <03427> of the
land <0776> at this <02063> once <06471>, and will distress
<06887> them, that they may find <04672> [it so].
19 Woe <0188> is me for my hurt <07667>! my wound <04347> is
grievous <02470>: but I said <0559>, Truly <0389> this <02088>
[is] a grief <02483>, and I must bear <05375> it.
20 My tabernacle <0168> is spoiled <07703>, and all <03605> my
cords <04340> are broken <05423>: my children <01121> are gone
<03318> forth <03318> of me, and they [are] not: [there is] none
<0369> to stretch <05186> forth my tent <0168> any more <05750>,
and to set <06965> up my curtains <03407>.
21 For the pastors <07462> are become <01197> brutish <01197>,
and have not sought <01875> the LORD <03068>: therefore they
shall not prosper <07919>, and all <03605> their flocks <04830>
shall be scattered <06327>.
22 Behold <02009>, the noise <06963> of the bruit <08052> is
come <0935>, and a great <01419> commotion <07494> out of the
north <06828> country <0776>, to make <07760> the cities <05892>
of Judah <03063> desolate <08077>, [and] a den <04583> of
dragons <08577>.
23 O LORD <03068>, I know <03045> that the way <01870> of man
<0120> [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh
<01980> to direct <03559> his steps <06806>.
24 O LORD <03068>, correct <03256> me, but with judgment
<04941>; not in thine anger <0639>, lest <06435> thou bring me
to nothing <04591>.
25 Pour <08210> out thy fury <02534> upon the heathen <01471>
that know <03045> thee not, and upon the families <04940> that
call <07121> not on thy name <08034>: for they have eaten <0398>
up Jacob <03290>, and devoured <0398> him, and consumed <03615>
him, and have made his habitation <05116> desolate <08074>.
Jeremiah 11
1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414> from
the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Hear <08085> ye the words <01697> of this <02088> covenant
<01285>, and speak <01696> unto the men <0376> of Judah <03063>,
and to the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>;
3 And say <0559> thou unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Cursed <0779> [be]
the man <0376> that obeyeth <08085> not the words <01697> of
this <02088> covenant <01285>,
4 Which <0834> I commanded <06680> your fathers <01> in the
day <03117> [that] I brought <03318> them forth <03318> out of
the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, from the iron <01270> furnace
<03564>, saying <0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>, and do
<06213> them, according to all <03605> which <0834> I command
<06680> you: so shall ye be my people <05971>, and I will be
your God <0430>:
5 That I may perform <06965> the oath <07621> which <0834> I
have sworn <07650> unto your fathers <01>, to give <05414> them
a land <0776> flowing <02100> with milk <02461> and honey
<01706>, as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>. Then answered
<06030> I, and said <0559>, So <0543> be it, O LORD <03068>.
6 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Proclaim <07121>
all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in the cities <05892> of
Judah <03063>, and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>,
saying <0559>, Hear <08085> ye the words <01697> of this <02088>
covenant <01285>, and do <06213> them.
7 For I earnestly protested <05749> unto your fathers <01> in
the day <03117> [that] I brought <05927> them up out of the land
<0776> of Egypt <04714>, [even] unto this <02088> day <03117>,
rising <07925> early <07925> and protesting <05749>, saying
<0559>, Obey <08085> my voice <06963>.
8 Yet they obeyed <08085> not, nor <03808> inclined <05186>
their ear <0241>, but walked <03212> every <0376> one <0376> in
the imagination <08307> of their evil <07451> heart <03820>:
therefore I will bring <0935> upon them all <03605> the words
<01697> of this <02088> covenant <01285>, which <0834> I
commanded <06680> [them] to do <06213>; but they did <06213>
[them] not.
9 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, A conspiracy
<07195> is found <04672> among the men <0376> of Judah <03063>,
and among the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>.
10 They are turned <07725> back <07725> to the iniquities
<05771> of their forefathers, which <0834> refused <03985> to
hear <08085> my words <01697>; and they went <01980> after
<0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <05647> them: the house
<01004> of Israel <03478> and the house <01004> of Judah <03063>
have broken <06565> my covenant <01285> which <0834> I made
<03772> with their fathers <01>.
11. Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>, Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon
them, which <0834> they shall not be able <03201> to escape
<03318>; and though they shall cry <02199> unto me, I will not
hearken <08085> unto them.
12 Then shall the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and
inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> go <01980>, and cry
<02199> unto the gods <0430> unto whom they offer incense
<06999>: but they shall not save <03467> them at all in the time
<06256> of their trouble <07451>.
13 For [according to] the number <04557> of thy cities <05892>
were thy gods <0430>, O Judah <03063>; and [according to] the
number <04557> of the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389> have
ye set <07760> up altars <04196> to [that] shameful <01322>
thing, [even] altars <04196> to burn <06999> incense <06999>
unto Baal <01168>.
14 Therefore pray <06419> not thou for this <02088> people
<05971>, neither <0408> lift <05375> up a cry <07440> or prayer
<08605> for them: for I will not hear <08085> [them] in the time
<06256> that they cry <07121> unto me for their trouble <07451>.
15 What <04100> hath my beloved <03039> to do in mine house
<01004>, [seeing] she hath wrought <06213> lewdness <04209> with
many <07227>, and the holy <06944> flesh <01320> is passed
<05674> from thee? when <03588> thou doest evil <07451>, then
<0227> thou rejoicest <05937>.
16 The LORD <03068> called <07121> thy name <08034>, A green
<07488> olive <02132> tree, fair <03303>, [and] of goodly fruit
<06529>: with the noise <06963> of a great <01419> tumult
<01999> he hath kindled <03341> fire <0784> upon it, and the
branches <01808> of it are broken <07489>.
17 For the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that planted <05193>
thee, hath pronounced <01696> evil <07451> against <05921> thee,
for the evil <07451> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and
of the house <01004> of Judah <03063>, which <0834> they have
done <06213> against themselves <01992> to provoke me to anger
<03707> in offering incense <06999> unto Baal <01168>.
18. And the LORD <03068> hath given me knowledge <03045> [of
it], and I know <03045> [it]: then <0227> thou shewedst <07200>
me their doings <04611>.
19 But I [was] like a lamb <03532> [or] an ox <0441> [that] is
brought <02986> to the slaughter <02873>; and I knew <03045> not
that they had devised <02803> devices <04284> against <05921> me,
[saying], Let us destroy <07843> the tree <06086> with the
fruit <03899> thereof, and let us cut <03772> him off from the
land <0776> of the living <02416>, that his name <08034> may be
no <03808> more <05750> remembered <02142>.
20 But, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that judgest <08199>
righteously <06664>, that triest <0974> the reins <03629> and
the heart <03820>, let me see <07200> thy vengeance <05360> on
them: for unto thee have I revealed <01540> my cause <07379>.
21 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of the men <0582> of Anathoth <06068>, that seek <01245>
thy life <05315>, saying <0559>, Prophesy <05012> not in the
name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, that thou die <04191> not by
our hand <03027>:
22 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, Behold <02005>, I will punish <06485>
them: the young <0970> men shall die <04191> by the sword
<02719>; their sons <01121> and their daughters <01121> shall
die <04191> by famine <07458>:
23 And there shall be no <03808> remnant <07611> of them: for
I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon the men <0582> of Anathoth
<06068>, [even] the year <08141> of their visitation <06486>.
Jeremiah 12
1. Righteous <06662> [art] thou, O LORD <03068>, when <03588> I
plead <07378> with thee: yet <0389> let me talk <01696> with
thee of [thy] judgments <04941>: Wherefore <04069> doth the way
<01870> of the wicked <07563> prosper <06743>? [wherefore] are
all <03605> they happy <07951> that deal very <0899>
treacherously <0898>?
2 Thou hast planted <05193> them, yea <01571>, they have taken
root <08327>: they grow <03212>, yea <01571>, they bring <06213>
forth <06213> fruit <06529>: thou [art] near <07138> in their
mouth <06310>, and far <07350> from their reins <03629>.
3 But thou, O LORD <03068>, knowest <03045> me: thou hast seen
<07200> me, and tried <0974> mine heart <03820> toward <0854>
thee: pull <05423> them out like sheep <06629> for the slaughter
<02873>, and prepare <06942> them for the day <03117> of
slaughter <02028>.
4 How <05704> long <05704> shall the land <0776> mourn <056>,
and the herbs <06212> of every <03605> field <07704> wither
<03001>, for the wickedness <07451> of them that dwell <03427>
therein? the beasts <0929> are consumed <05595>, and the birds
<05775>; because <03588> they said <0559>, He shall not see
<07200> our last <0319> end.
5 If <03588> thou hast run <07323> with the footmen <07273>,
and they have wearied <03811> thee, then how <0349> canst thou
contend <08474> with horses <05483>? and [if] in the land <0776>
of peace <07965>, [wherein] thou trustedst <0982>, [they wearied
thee], then how <0349> wilt thou do <06213> in the swelling
<01347> of Jordan <03383>?
6 For even <01571> thy brethren <0251>, and the house <01004>
of thy father <01>, even <01571> they have dealt treacherously
<0898> with thee; yea <01571>, they have called <07121> a
multitude <04392> after <0310> thee: believe <0539> them not,
though <03588> they speak <01696> fair <02896> words unto thee.
7. I have forsaken <05800> mine house <01004>, I have left
<05203> mine heritage <05159>; I have given <05414> the dearly
beloved <03039> of my soul <05315> into the hand <03709> of her
enemies <0341>.
8 Mine heritage <05159> is unto me as a lion <0738> in the
forest <03293>; it crieth out against <05921> me: therefore have
I hated <08130> it.
9 Mine heritage <05159> [is] unto me [as] a speckled <06641>
bird <05861>, the birds <05861> round <05439> about [are]
against <05921> her; come <03212> ye, assemble <0622> all
<03605> the beasts <02416> of the field <07704>, come <0857> to
devour <0402>.
10 Many <07227> pastors <07462> have destroyed <07843> my
vineyard <03754>, they have trodden <0947> my portion <02513>
under foot <0947>, they have made <05414> my pleasant <02532>
portion <02513> a desolate <08077> wilderness <04057>.
11 They have made <07760> it desolate <08074>, [and being]
desolate <08077> it mourneth <056> unto me; the whole <03605>
land <0776> is made desolate <08074>, because <03588> no <0369>
man <0376> layeth <07760> [it] to heart <03820>.
12 The spoilers <07703> are come <0935> upon all <03605> high
<08205> places through the wilderness <04057>: for the sword
<02719> of the LORD <03068> shall devour <0398> from the [one]
end <07097> of the land <0776> even to the [other] end <07097>
of the land <0776>: no <0369> flesh <01320> shall have peace
<07965>.
13 They have sown <02232> wheat <02406>, but shall reap
<07114> thorns <06975>: they have put themselves to pain <02470>,
[but] shall not profit <03276>: and they shall be ashamed
<0954> of your revenues <08393> because of the fierce <02740>
anger <0639> of the LORD <03068>.
14. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> against <05921>
all <03605> mine evil <07451> neighbours <07934>, that touch
<05060> the inheritance <05159> which <0834> I have caused my
people <05971> Israel <03478> to inherit <05157>; Behold <02005>,
I will pluck <05428> them out of their land <0127>, and pluck
<05428> out the house <01004> of Judah <03063> from among
<08432> them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after <0310> that I have plucked
<05428> them out I will return <07725>, and have compassion
<07355> on them, and will bring <07725> them again <07725>,
every man <0376> to his heritage <05159>, and every man <0376>
to his land <0776>.
16 And it shall come to pass, if <0518> they will diligently
learn <03925> the ways <01870> of my people <05971>, to swear
<07650> by my name <08034>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; as
they taught <03925> my people <05971> to swear <07650> by Baal
<01168>; then shall they be built <01129> in the midst <08432>
of my people <05971>.
17 But if <0518> they will not obey <08085>, I will utterly
pluck <05428> up and destroy <06> that nation <01471>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>.
Jeremiah 13
1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Go
<01980> and get <07069> thee a linen <06593> girdle <0232>, and
put <07760> it upon thy loins <04975>, and put <07760> it not in
water <04325>.
2 So I got <07069> a girdle <0232> according to the word
<01697> of the LORD <03068>, and put <07760> [it] on <05921> my
loins <04975>.
3 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
me the second <08145> time, saying <0559>,
4 Take <03947> the girdle <0232> that thou hast got <07069>,
which <0834> [is] upon thy loins <04975>, and arise <06965>, go
<03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and hide <02934> it there <08033>
in a hole <05357> of the rock.
5 So I went <03212>, and hid <02934> it by Euphrates <06578>,
as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> me.
6 And it came <01961> to pass after <07093> many <07227> days
<03117>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, Arise
<06965>, go <03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and take <03947> the
girdle <0232> from thence <08033>, which <0834> I commanded
<06680> thee to hide <02934> there <08033>.
7 Then I went <03212> to Euphrates <06578>, and digged <02658>,
and took <03947> the girdle <0232> from the place <04725> where
I had hid <02934> it: and, behold <02009>, the girdle <0232> was
marred <07843>, it was profitable <06743> for nothing.
8 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
me, saying <0559>,
9 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, After <03602>
this manner <03541> will I mar <07843> the pride <01347> of
Judah <03063>, and the great <07227> pride <01347> of Jerusalem
<03389>.
10 This <02088> evil <07451> people <05971>, which refuse
<03987> to hear <08085> my words <01697>, which walk <01980> in
the imagination <08307> of their heart <03820>, and walk <01980>
after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, to serve <05647> them,
and to worship <07812> them, shall even be as this <02088>
girdle <0232>, which <0834> is good <06743> for nothing.
11 For as the girdle <0232> cleaveth <01692> to the loins
<04975> of a man <0376>, so <03651> have I caused to cleave
<01692> unto me the whole <03605> house <01004> of Israel
<03478> and the whole <03605> house <01004> of Judah <03063>,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; that they might be unto me for a
people <05971>, and for a name <08034>, and for a praise <08416>,
and for a glory <08597>: but they would not hear <08085>.
12. Therefore thou shalt speak <0559> unto them this <02088>
word <01697>; Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>, Every <03605> bottle <05035> shall be
filled <04390> with wine <03196>: and they shall say <0559> unto
thee, Do we not certainly know <03045> that every <03605> bottle
<05035> shall be filled <04390> with wine <03196>?
13 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>, I will fill <05433> all
<03605> the inhabitants <03427> of this land <0776>, even the
kings <04428> that sit <03427> upon David's <01732> throne
<03678>, and the priests <03548>, and the prophets <05030>, and
all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, with
drunkenness <07943>.
14 And I will dash <05310> them one <0376> against <0413>
another <0250>, even the fathers <01> and the sons <01121>
together <03162>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: I will not
pity <02550>, nor <03808> spare <02347>, nor <03808> have mercy
<07355>, but destroy <07843> them.
15 Hear <08085> ye, and give ear <0238>; be not proud <01341>:
for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>.
16 Give <05414> glory <03519> to the LORD <03068> your God
<0430>, before <02962> he cause darkness <02821>, and before
<02962> your feet <07272> stumble <05062> upon the dark <05399>
mountains <02022>, and, while ye look <06960> for light <0216>,
he turn <07760> it into the shadow <06757> of death <06757>,
[and] make <07896> [it] gross <06205> darkness <06205>.
17 But if <0518> ye will not hear <08085> it, my soul <05315>
shall weep <01058> in secret <04565> places for [your] pride
<01466>; and mine eye <05869> shall weep <01830> sore, and run
<03381> down with tears <01832>, because <03588> the LORD'S
<03068> flock <05739> is carried <07617> away captive <07617>.
18 Say <0559> unto the king <04428> and to the queen <01377>,
Humble <08213> yourselves, sit <03427> down: for your
principalities <04761> shall come <03381> down <03381>, [even]
the crown <05850> of your glory <08597>.
19 The cities <05892> of the south <05045> shall be shut
<05462> up, and none <0369> shall open <06605> [them]: Judah
<03063> shall be carried <01540> away captive <01540> all
<03605> of it, it shall be wholly <07965> carried <01540> away
captive <01540>.
20 Lift <05375> up your eyes <05869>, and behold <07200> them
that come <0935> from the north <06828>: where <0346> [is] the
flock <05739> [that] was given <05414> thee, thy beautiful
<08597> flock <06629>?
21 What <04100> wilt thou say <0559> when <03588> he shall
punish <06485> thee? for thou hast taught <03925> them [to be]
captains <0441>, [and] as chief <07218> over <05921> thee: shall
not sorrows <02256> take <0270> thee, as a woman <0802> in
travail <03205>?
22. And if <03588> thou say <0559> in thine heart <03824>,
Wherefore <04069> come <07122> these <0428> things upon me? For
the greatness <07230> of thine iniquity <05771> are thy skirts
<07757> discovered <01540>, [and] thy heels <06119> made bare
<02554>.
23 Can the Ethiopian <03569> change <02015> his skin <05785>,
or the leopard <05246> his spots <02272>? [then] may <03201> ye
also <01571> do good <03190>, that are accustomed <03928> to do
evil <07489>.
24 Therefore will I scatter <06327> them as the stubble
<07179> that passeth <05674> away by the wind <07307> of the
wilderness <04057>.
25 This <02088> [is] thy lot <01486>, the portion <04490> of
thy measures <04055> from me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>;
because <0834> thou hast forgotten <07911> me, and trusted
<0982> in falsehood <08267>.
26 Therefore will I discover <02834> thy skirts <07757> upon
thy face <06440>, that thy shame <07036> may appear <07200>.
27 I have seen <07200> thine adulteries <05004>, and thy
neighings <04684>, the lewdness <02154> of thy whoredom <02184>,
[and] thine abominations <08251> on <05921> the hills <01389> in
the fields <07704>. Woe <0188> unto thee, O Jerusalem <03389>!
wilt thou not be made clean <02891>? when [shall it] once
<05750> [be]?
Jeremiah 14
1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came <01961> to
Jeremiah <03414> concerning the dearth <01226>.
2 Judah <03063> mourneth <056>, and the gates <08179> thereof
languish <0535>; they are black <06937> unto the ground <0776>;
and the cry <06682> of Jerusalem <03389> is gone <05927> up.
3 And their nobles <0117> have sent <07971> their little
<06810> ones to the waters <04325>: they came <0935> to the pits
<01356>, [and] found <04672> no <03808> water <04325>; they
returned <07725> with their vessels <03627> empty <07387>; they
were ashamed <0954> and confounded <03637>, and covered <02645>
their heads <07218>.
4 Because <05668> the ground <0127> is chapt <02865>, for
there was no <03808> rain <01653> in the earth <0776>, the
plowmen <0406> were ashamed <0954>, they covered <02645> their
heads <07218>.
5 Yea, the hind <0365> also <01571> calved <03205> in the
field <07704>, and forsook <05800> [it], because <03588> there
was no <03808> grass <01758>.
6 And the wild <06501> asses <06501> did stand <05975> in the
high <08205> places, they snuffed <07602> up the wind <07307>
like dragons <08577>; their eyes <05869> did fail <03615>,
because <03588> [there was] no <0369> grass <06212>.
7 O LORD <03068>, though <0518> our iniquities <05771> testify
<06030> against us, do <06213> thou [it] for thy name's <08034>
sake <04616>: for our backslidings <04878> are many <07231>; we
have sinned <02398> against thee.
8 O the hope <04723> of Israel <03478>, the saviour <03467>
thereof in time <06256> of trouble <06869>, why <04100>
shouldest thou be as a stranger <01616> in the land <0776>, and
as a wayfaring <0732> man [that] turneth <05186> aside <05186>
to tarry <03885> for a night?
9 Why <04100> shouldest thou be as a man <0376> astonied
<01724>, as a mighty <01368> man <0376> [that] cannot save
<03467>? yet thou, O LORD <03068>, [art] in the midst <07130> of
us, and we are called <07121> by thy name <08034>; leave <03241>
us not.
10. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto this
<02088> people <05971>, Thus <03651> have they loved <0157> to
wander <05128>, they have not refrained <02820> their feet
<07272>, therefore the LORD <03068> doth not accept <07521> them;
he will now <04994> remember <02142> their iniquity <05771>,
and visit <06485> their sins <02403>.
11 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Pray <06419> not
for this <02088> people <05971> for [their] good <02896>.
12 When <03588> they fast <06684>, I will not hear <08085>
their cry <07440>; and when <03588> they offer <05927> burnt
<05930> offering and an oblation <04503>, I will not accept
<07521> them: but I will consume <03615> them by the sword
<02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence
<01698>.
13 Then said <0559> I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>!
behold <02009>, the prophets <05030> say <0559> unto them, Ye
shall not see <07200> the sword <02719>, neither <03808> shall
ye have famine <07458>; but I will give <05414> you assured
<0571> peace <07965> in this <02088> place <04725>.
14 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto me, The prophets
<05030> prophesy <05012> lies <08267> in my name <08034>: I sent
<07971> them not, neither <03808> have I commanded <06680> them,
neither <03808> spake <01696> unto them: they prophesy <05012>
unto you a false <08267> vision <02377> and divination <07081>,
and a thing of nought <0434>, and the deceit <08649> of their
heart <03820>.
15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> concerning <05921> the prophets <05030> that prophesy
<05012> in my name <08034>, and I sent <07971> them not, yet
they say <0559>, Sword <02719> and famine <07458> shall not be
in this <02063> land <0776>; By sword <02719> and famine <07458>
shall those <01992> prophets <05030> be consumed <08552>.
16 And the people <05971> to whom they prophesy <05012> shall
be cast <07993> out in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>
because <06440> of the famine <07458> and the sword <02719>; and
they shall have none <0369> to bury <06912> them, them, their
wives <0802>, nor their sons <01121>, nor their daughters
<01121>: for I will pour <08210> their wickedness <07451> upon
them.
17. Therefore thou shalt say <0559> this <02088> word <01697>
unto them; Let mine eyes <05869> run <03381> down with tears
<01832> night <03915> and day <03119>, and let them not cease
<01820>: for the virgin <01330> daughter <01323> of my people
<05971> is broken <07665> with a great <01419> breach <07667>,
with a very <03966> grievous <02470> blow <04347>.
18 If <0518> I go <03318> forth <03318> into the field <07704>,
then behold <02009> the slain <02491> with the sword <02719>!
and if <0518> I enter <0935> into the city <05892>, then behold
<02009> them that are sick <08463> with famine <07458>! yea,
both <01571> the prophet <05030> and the priest <03548> go
<05503> about <05503> into <0413> a land <0776> that they know
<03045> not.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected <03988> Judah <03063>? hath thy
soul <05315> lothed <01602> Zion <06726>? why <04069> hast thou
smitten <05221> us, and [there is] no <0369> healing <04832> for
us? we looked <06960> for peace <07965>, and [there is] no
<0369> good <02896>; and for the time <06256> of healing <04832>,
and behold <02009> trouble <01205>!
20 We acknowledge <03045>, O LORD <03068>, our wickedness
<07562>, [and] the iniquity <05771> of our fathers <01>: for we
have sinned <02398> against thee.
21 Do not abhor <05006> [us], for thy name's <08034> sake
<04616>, do not disgrace <05034> the throne <03678> of thy glory
<03519>: remember <02142>, break <06565> not thy covenant
<01285> with us.
22 Are there [any] among the vanities <01892> of the Gentiles
<01471> that can cause rain <01653>? or can the heavens <08064>
give <05414> showers <07241>? [art] not thou he, O LORD <03068>
our God <0430>? therefore we will wait <06960> upon thee: for
thou hast made <06213> all <03605> these <0428> [things].
Jeremiah 15
1. Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Though <0518>
Moses <04872> and Samuel <08050> stood <05975> before <06440> me,
[yet] my mind <05315> [could] not [be] toward <0413> this
<02088> people <05971>: cast <07971> [them] out of my sight
<06440>, and let them go <03318> forth <03318>.
2 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <03588> they say
<0559> unto thee, Whither <0575> shall we go <03318> forth
<03318>? then thou shalt tell <0559> them, Thus <03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>; Such as [are] for death <04194>, to
death <04194>; and such as [are] for the sword <02719>, to the
sword <02719>; and such as [are] for the famine <07458>, to the
famine <07458>; and such as [are] for the captivity <07628>, to
the captivity <07628>.
3 And I will appoint <06485> over <05921> them four <0702>
kinds <04940>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: the sword <02719>
to slay <02026>, and the dogs <03611> to tear <05498>, and the
fowls <05775> of the heaven <08064>, and the beasts <0929> of
the earth <0776>, to devour <0398> and destroy <07843>.
4 And I will cause <05414> them to be removed <02189> into all
<03605> kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>, because <01558> of
Manasseh <04519> the son <01121> of Hezekiah <02396> king
<04428> of Judah <03063>, for [that] which <0834> he did <06213>
in Jerusalem <03389>.
5 For who <04310> shall have pity <02550> upon thee, O
Jerusalem <03389>? or who <04310> shall bemoan <05110> thee? or
who shall go <05493> aside <05493> to ask <07592> how thou doest
<07965>?
6 Thou hast forsaken <05203> me, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, thou art gone <03212> backward <0268>: therefore will I
stretch <05186> out my hand <03027> against <05921> thee, and
destroy <07843> thee; I am weary <03811> with repenting <05162>.
7 And I will fan <02219> them with a fan <02219> in the gates
<08179> of the land <0776>; I will bereave <07921> [them] of
children, I will destroy <06> my people <05971>, [since] they
return <07725> not from their ways <01870>.
8 Their widows <0490> are increased <06105> to me above the
sand <02344> of the seas <03220>: I have brought <0935> upon
them against <05921> the mother <0517> of the young <0970> men a
spoiler <07703> at noonday <06672>: I have caused [him] to fall
<05307> upon it suddenly <06597>, and terrors <0928> upon the
city <05892>.
9 She that hath borne <03205> seven <07651> languisheth <0535>:
she hath given <05301> up the ghost <05315>; her sun <08121> is
gone <0935> down while [it was] yet <05750> day <03119>: she
hath been <01961> ashamed <0954> and confounded <02659>: and the
residue <07611> of them will I deliver <05414> to the sword
<02719> before <06440> their enemies <0341>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
10. Woe <0188> is me, my mother <0517>, that thou hast borne
<03205> me a man <0376> of strife <07379> and a man <0376> of
contention <04066> to the whole <03605> earth <0776>! I have
neither <03808> lent <05383> on usury <05383>, nor <03808> men
have lent <05383> to me on usury <05383>; [yet] every <03605>
one of them doth curse <07043> me.
11 The LORD <03068> said <0559>, Verily it shall be well
<02896> with thy remnant <08293>; verily <0518> I will cause the
enemy <0341> to entreat <06293> thee [well] in the time <06256>
of evil <07451> and in the time <06256> of affliction <06869>.
12 Shall iron <01270> break <07489> the northern <06828> iron
<01270> and the steel <05178>?
13 Thy substance <02428> and thy treasures <0214> will I give
<05414> to the spoil <0957> without price <04242>, and [that]
for all <03605> thy sins <02403>, even in all <03605> thy
borders <01366>.
14 And I will make [thee] to pass <05674> with thine enemies
<0341> into a land <0776> [which] thou knowest <03045> not: for
a fire <0784> is kindled <06919> in mine anger <0639>, [which]
shall burn <03344> upon you.
15. O LORD <03068>, thou knowest <03045>: remember <02142> me,
and visit <06485> me, and revenge <05358> me of my persecutors
<07291>; take <03947> me not away in thy longsuffering: know
<03045> that for thy sake I have suffered <05375> rebuke <02781>.
16 Thy words <01697> were found <04672>, and I did eat <0398>
them; and thy word <01697> was unto me the joy <08342> and
rejoicing <08057> of mine heart <03824>: for I am called <07121>
by thy name <08034>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>.
17 I sat <03427> not in the assembly <05475> of the mockers
<07832>, nor rejoiced <05937>; I sat <03427> alone <0909>
because <06440> of thy hand <03027>: for thou hast filled
<04390> me with indignation <02195>.
18 Why <04100> is my pain <03511> perpetual <05331>, and my
wound <04347> incurable <0605>, [which] refuseth <03985> to be
healed <07495>? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar <0391>,
[and as] waters <04325> [that] fail <0539>?
19 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>, If <0518> thou return <07725>, then will I bring
<07725> thee again <07725>, [and] thou shalt stand <05975>
before <06440> me: and if <0518> thou take <03318> forth <03318>
the precious <03368> from the vile <02151>, thou shalt be as my
mouth <06310>: let them return <07725> unto thee; but return
<07725> not thou unto them.
20 And I will make <05414> thee unto this <02088> people
<05971> a fenced <01219> brasen <05178> wall <02346>: and they
shall fight <03898> against <0413> thee, but they shall not
prevail <03201> against thee: for I [am] with thee to save
<03467> thee and to deliver <05337> thee, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>.
21 And I will deliver <05337> thee out of the hand <03027> of
the wicked <07451>, and I will redeem <06299> thee out of the
hand <03709> of the terrible <06184>.
Jeremiah 16
1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> also unto
me, saying,
2 Thou shalt not take <03947> thee a wife <0802>, neither
<03808> shalt thou have sons <01121> or <0176> daughters <01121>
in this <02088> place <04725>.
3 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> concerning
<05921> the sons <01121> and concerning <05921> the daughters
<01121> that are born <03205> in this <02088> place <04725>, and
concerning <05921> their mothers <0517> that bare <03205> them,
and concerning <05921> their fathers <01> that begat <03205>
them in this <02088> land <0776>;
4 They shall die <04191> of grievous <08463> deaths <04463>;
they shall not be lamented <05594>; neither <03808> shall they
be buried <06912>; [but] they shall be as dung <01828> upon the
face <06440> of the earth <0127>: and they shall be consumed
<03615> by the sword <02719>, and by famine <07458>; and their
carcases <05038> shall be meat <03978> for the fowls <05775> of
heaven <08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>.
5 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Enter <0935>
not into the house <01004> of mourning <04798>, neither <03808>
go <03212> to lament <05594> nor <03808> bemoan <05110> them:
for I have taken <0622> away my peace <07965> from this <02088>
people <05971>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, [even <0853>]
lovingkindness <02617> and mercies <07356>.
6 Both the great <01419> and the small <06996> shall die
<04191> in this <02063> land <0776>: they shall not be buried
<06912>, neither <03808> shall [men] lament <05594> for them,
nor <03808> cut <01413> themselves, nor <03808> make themselves
bald <07139> for them:
7 Neither <03808> shall [men] tear <06536> [themselves] for
them in mourning <060>, to comfort <05162> them for the dead
<04191>; neither <03808> shall [men] give them the cup <03563>
of consolation <08575> to drink <08248> for their father <01> or
for their mother <0517>.
8 Thou shalt not also go <0935> into the house <01004> of
feasting <04960>, to sit <03427> with them to eat <0398> and to
drink <08354>.
9 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I
will cause to cease <07673> out of this <02088> place <04725> in
your eyes <05869>, and in your days <03117>, the voice <06963>
of mirth <08342>, and the voice <06963> of gladness <08057>, the
voice <06963> of the bridegroom <02860>, and the voice <06963>
of the bride <03618>.
10. And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> thou shalt
shew <05046> this <02088> people <05971> all <03605> these
<0428> words <01697>, and they shall say <0559> unto thee,
Wherefore hath the LORD <03068> pronounced <01696> all <03605>
this <02063> great <01419> evil <07451> against <05921> us? or
what <04100> [is] our iniquity <05771>? or what <04100> [is] our
sin <02403> that we have committed <02398> against the LORD
<03068> our God <0430>?
11 Then shalt thou say <0559> unto them, Because your fathers
<01> have forsaken <05800> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>,
and have walked <03212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>,
and have served <05647> them, and have worshipped <07812> them,
and have forsaken <05800> me, and have not kept <08104> my law
<08451>;
12 And ye have done <06213> worse <07489> than your fathers
<01>; for, behold <02009>, ye walk <01980> every <0376> one
<0376> after <0310> the imagination <08307> of his evil <07451>
heart <03820>, that they may not hearken <08085> unto me:
13 Therefore will I cast <02904> you out of this <02063> land
<0776> into <05921> a land <0776> that ye know <03045> not,
[neither] ye nor your fathers <01>; and there <08033> shall ye
serve <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> day <03119> and night
<03915>; where <0834> I will not shew <05414> you favour <02594>.
14. Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come
<0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that it shall no <03808>
more <05750> be said <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>,
that brought <05927> up the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>;
15 But, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, that brought <05927>
up the children <01121> of Israel <03478> from the land <0776>
of the north <06828>, and from all <03605> the lands <0776>
whither he had driven <05080> them: and I will bring <07725>
them again <07725> into <05921> their land <0127> that I gave
<05414> unto their fathers <01>.
16 Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> for many <07227>
fishers <01728>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and they shall
fish <01770> them; and after <0310> will I send <07971> for many
<07227> hunters <06719>, and they shall hunt <06679> them from
every <03605> mountain <02022>, and from every <03605> hill
<01389>, and out of the holes <05357> of the rocks <05553>.
17 For mine eyes <05869> [are] upon all <03605> their ways
<01870>: they are not hid <05641> from my face <06440>, neither
<03808> is their iniquity <05771> hid <06845> from mine eyes
<05869>.
18 And first <07223> I will recompense <07999> their iniquity
<05771> and their sin <02403> double <04932>; because <05921>
they have defiled <02490> my land <0776>, they have filled
<04390> mine inheritance <05159> with the carcases <05038> of
their detestable <08251> and abominable <08441> things.
19 O LORD <03068>, my strength <05797>, and my fortress
<04581>, and my refuge <04498> in the day <03117> of affliction
<06869>, the Gentiles <01471> shall come <0935> unto thee from
the ends <0657> of the earth <0776>, and shall say <0559>,
Surely <0389> our fathers <01> have inherited <05157> lies
<08267>, vanity <01892>, and [things] wherein [there is] no
<0369> profit <03276>.
20 Shall a man <0120> make <06213> gods <0430> unto himself,
and they [are] no <03808> gods <0430>?
21 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I will this <02063> once
<06471> cause them to know <03045>, I will cause them to know
<03045> mine hand <03027> and my might <01369>; and they shall
know <03045> that my name <08034> [is] The LORD <03068>.
Jeremiah 17
1. The sin <02403> of Judah <03063> [is] written <03789> with a
pen <05842> of iron <01270>, [and] with the point <06856> of a
diamond <08068>: [it is] graven <02790> upon the table <03871>
of their heart <03820>, and upon the horns <07161> of your
altars <04196>;
2 Whilst their children <01121> remember <02142> their altars
<04196> and their groves <0842> by the green <07488> trees
<06086> upon the high <01364> hills <01389>.
3 O my mountain <02042> in the field <07704>, I will give
<05414> thy substance <02428> [and] all <03605> thy treasures
<0214> to the spoil <0957>, [and] thy high <01116> places for
sin <02403>, throughout all <03605> thy borders <01366>.
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue <08058> from thine
heritage <05159> that I gave <05414> thee; and I will cause thee
to serve <05647> thine enemies <0341> in the land <0776> which
<0834> thou knowest <03045> not: for ye have kindled <06919> a
fire <0784> in mine anger <0639>, [which] shall burn <03344> for
ever <05769>.
5. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Cursed <0779>
[be] the man <01397> that trusteth <0982> in man <0120>, and
maketh flesh <01320> his arm <02220>, and whose heart <03820>
departeth <05493> from the LORD <03068>.
6 For he shall be like the heath <06176> in the desert <06160>,
and shall not see <07200> when <03588> good <02896> cometh
<0935>; but shall inhabit <07931> the parched <02788> places in
the wilderness <04057>, [in] a salt <04420> land <0776> and not
inhabited <03427>.
7 Blessed <01288> [is] the man <01397> that trusteth <0982> in
the LORD <03068>, and whose hope <04009> the LORD <03068> is.
8 For he shall be as a tree <06086> planted <08362> by the
waters <04325>, and [that] spreadeth <07971> out her roots
<08328> by the river <03105>, and shall not see <07200> when
<03588> heat <02527> cometh <0935>, but her leaf <05929> shall
be green <07488>; and shall not be careful <01672> in the year
<08141> of drought <01226>, neither <03808> shall cease <04185>
from yielding <06213> fruit <06529>.
9 The heart <03820> [is] deceitful <06121> above all <03605>
[things], and desperately <0605> wicked <0605>: who <04310> can
know <03045> it?
10 I the LORD <03068> search <02713> the heart <03820>, [I]
try <0974> the reins <03629>, even to give <05414> every man
<0376> according to his ways <01870>, [and] according to the
fruit <06529> of his doings <04611>.
11 [As] the partridge <07124> sitteth <01716> [on eggs], and
hatcheth <03205> [them] not; [so] he that getteth <06213> riches
<06239>, and not by right <04941>, shall leave <05800> them in
the midst <02677> of his days <03117>, and at his end <0319>
shall be a fool <05036>.
12. A glorious <03519> high <04791> throne <03678> from the
beginning <07223> [is] the place <04725> of our sanctuary
<04720>.
13 O LORD <03068>, the hope <04723> of Israel <03478>, all
<03605> that forsake <05800> thee shall be ashamed <0954>, [and]
they that depart <03249> from me shall be written <03789> in the
earth <0776>, because <03588> they have forsaken <05800> the
LORD <03068>, the fountain <04726> of living <02416> waters
<04325>.
14 Heal <07495> me, O LORD <03068>, and I shall be healed
<07495>; save <03467> me, and I shall be saved <03467>: for thou
[art] my praise <08416>.
15 Behold <02009>, they say <0559> unto me, Where <0346> [is]
the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>? let it come <0935> now
<04994>.
16 As for me, I have not hastened <0213> from [being] a pastor
<07462> to follow <0310> thee: neither <03808> have I desired
<0183> the woeful <0605> day <03117>; thou knowest <03045>: that
which came <04161> out of my lips <08193> was [right <05227>]
before <05227> thee.
17 Be not a terror <04288> unto me: thou [art] my hope <04268>
in the day <03117> of evil <07451>.
18 Let them be confounded <0954> that persecute <07291> me,
but let not me be confounded <0954>: let them be dismayed
<02865>, but let not me be dismayed <02865>: bring <0935> upon
them the day <03117> of evil <07451>, and destroy <07665> them
with double <04932> destruction <07670>.
19. Thus <03541> said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me; Go
<01980> and stand <05975> in the gate <08179> of the children
<01121> of the people <05971>, whereby <0834> the kings <04428>
of Judah <03063> come <0935> in, and by the which <0834> they go
<03318> out, and in all <03605> the gates <08179> of Jerusalem
<03389>;
20 And say <0559> unto them, Hear <08085> ye the word <01697>
of the LORD <03068>, ye kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and all
<03605> Judah <03063>, and all <03605> the inhabitants <03427>
of Jerusalem <03389>, that enter <0935> in by these <0428> gates
<08179>:
21 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Take heed
<08104> to yourselves <05315>, and bear <05375> no <0408> burden
<04853> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, nor bring <0935>
[it] in by the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>;
22 Neither <03808> carry <03318> forth <03318> a burden
<04853> out of your houses <01004> on the sabbath <07676> day
<03117>, neither <03808> do <06213> ye any <03605> work <04399>,
but hallow <06942> ye the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, as I
commanded <06680> your fathers <01>.
23 But they obeyed <08085> not, neither <03808> inclined
<05186> their ear <0241>, but made their neck <06202> stiff
<07185>, that they might not hear <08085>, nor <01115> receive
<03947> instruction <04148>.
24 And it shall come <01961> to pass, if <0518> ye diligently
hearken <08085> unto me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, to
bring <0935> in no <01115> burden <04853> through the gates
<08179> of this <02063> city <05892> on the sabbath <07676> day
<03117>, but hallow <06942> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, to
do <06213> no <01115> work <04399> therein;
25 Then shall there enter <0935> into the gates <08179> of
this <02063> city <05892> kings <04428> and princes <08269>
sitting <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, riding
<07392> in chariots <07393> and on horses <05483>, they, and
their princes <08269>, the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and the
inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>: and this <02088> city
<05892> shall remain <03427> for ever <05769>.
26 And they shall come <0935> from the cities <05892> of Judah
<03063>, and from the places <05439> about <05439> Jerusalem
<03389>, and from the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>, and from
the plain <08219>, and from the mountains <02022>, and from the
south <05045>, bringing <0935> burnt <05930> offerings, and
sacrifices <02077>, and meat offerings <04503>, and incense
<03828>, and bringing <0935> sacrifices of praise <08426>, unto
the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
27 But if <0518> ye will not hearken <08085> unto me to hallow
<06942> the sabbath <07676> day <03117>, and not to bear <05375>
a burden <04853>, even entering <0935> in at the gates <08179>
of Jerusalem <03389> on the sabbath <07676> day <03117>; then
will I kindle <03341> a fire <0784> in the gates <08179> thereof,
and it shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> of Jerusalem
<03389>, and it shall not be quenched <03518>.
Jeremiah 18
1. The word <01697> which <0834> came <01961> to Jeremiah
<03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Arise <06965>, and go <03381> down <03381> to the potter's
<03335> house <01004>, and there <08033> I will cause thee to
hear <08085> my words <01697>.
3 Then I went <03381> down <03381> to the potter's <03335>
house <01004>, and, behold <02009>, he wrought <06213> a work
<04399> on <05921> the wheels <070>.
4 And the vessel <03627> that he made <06213> of clay <02563>
was marred <07843> in the hand <03027> of the potter <03335>: so
he made <06213> it again <07725> another <0312> vessel <03627>,
as seemed <05869> good <03474> to the potter <03335> to make
<06213> [it].
5 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to me,
saying <0559>,
6 O house <01004> of Israel <03478>, cannot I do <06213> with
you as this <02088> potter <03335>? saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>. Behold <02009>, as the clay <02563> [is] in the
potter's <03335> hand <03027>, so <03651> [are] ye in mine hand
<03027>, O house <01004> of Israel <03478>.
7 [At what] instant <07281> I shall speak <01696> concerning
<05921> a nation <01471>, and concerning <05921> a kingdom
<04467>, to pluck <05428> up, and to pull <05422> down, and to
destroy <06> [it];
8 If that nation <01471>, against <05921> whom <0834> I have
pronounced <01696>, turn <07725> from their evil <07451>, I will
repent <05162> of the evil <07451> that I thought <02803> to do
<06213> unto them.
9 And [at what] instant <07281> I shall speak <01696>
concerning <05921> a nation <01471>, and concerning <05921> a
kingdom <04467>, to build <01129> and to plant <05193> [it];
10 If it do <06213> evil <07451> in my sight <05869>, that it
obey <08085> not my voice <06963>, then I will repent <05162> of
the good <02896>, wherewith <0834> I said <0559> I would benefit
<03190> them.
11. Now <06258> therefore go <04994> to, speak <0559> to the
men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and to the inhabitants <03427> of
Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068>; Behold <02009>, I frame <03335> evil <07451>
against <05921> you, and devise <02803> a device <04284> against
<05921> you: return <07725> ye now <04994> every <0376> one
<0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, and make your ways
<01870> and your doings <04611> good <03190>.
12 And they said <0559>, There is no hope <02976>: but we will
walk <01980> after <0310> our own devices <04284>, and we will
every <0376> one <0376> do <06213> the imagination <08307> of
his evil <07451> heart <03820>.
13 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>; Ask <07592> ye now <04994> among the heathen <01471>,
who <04310> hath heard <08085> such <0428> things: the virgin
<01330> of Israel <03478> hath done <06213> a very <03966>
horrible <08186> thing.
14 Will [a man] leave <05800> the snow <07950> of Lebanon
<03844> [which cometh] from the rock <06697> of the field
<07704>? [or] shall the cold <07119> flowing <05140> waters
<04325> that come from another <02114> place be forsaken <05428>?
15 Because <03588> my people <05971> hath forgotten <07911> me,
they have burned <06999> incense <06999> to vanity <07723>, and
they have caused them to stumble <03782> in their ways <01870>
[from] the ancient <05769> paths <07635>, to walk <01980> in
paths <05410>, [in] a way <01870> not cast <05549> up;
16 To make <07760> their land <0776> desolate <08047>, [and] a
perpetual <05769> hissing <08292>; every <03605> one that
passeth <05674> thereby <05921> shall be astonished <08074>, and
wag <05110> his head <07218>.
17 I will scatter <06327> them as with an east <06921> wind
<07307> before <06440> the enemy <0341>; I will shew <07200>
them the back <06203>, and not the face <06440>, in the day
<03117> of their calamity <0343>.
18. Then said <0559> they, Come <03212>, and let us devise
<02803> devices <04284> against <05921> Jeremiah <03414>; for
the law <08451> shall not perish <06> from the priest <03548>,
nor counsel <06098> from the wise <02450>, nor the word <01697>
from the prophet <05030>. Come <03212>, and let us smite <05221>
him with the tongue <03956>, and let us not give heed <07181> to
any <03605> of his words <01697>.
19 Give heed <07181> to me, O LORD <03068>, and hearken
<08085> to the voice <06963> of them that contend <03401> with
me.
20 Shall evil <07451> be recompensed <07999> for good <02896>?
for they have digged <03738> a pit <07745> for my soul <05315>.
Remember <02142> that I stood <05975> before <06440> thee to
speak <01696> good <02896> for them, [and] to turn <07725> away
thy wrath <02534> from them.
21 Therefore <03651> deliver <05414> up their children <01121>
to the famine <07458>, and pour <05064> out their [blood] by the
force <03027> of the sword <02719>; and let their wives <0802>
be bereaved <07909> of their children, and [be] widows <0490>;
and let their men <0582> be put <02026> to death <04194>; [let]
their young <0970> men [be] slain <05221> by the sword <02719>
in battle <04421>.
22 Let a cry <02201> be heard <08085> from their houses
<01004>, when <03588> thou shalt bring <0935> a troop <01416>
suddenly <06597> upon them: for they have digged <03738> a pit
to take <03920> me, and hid <02934> snares <06341> for my feet
<07272>.
23 Yet, LORD <03068>, thou knowest <03045> all <03605> their
counsel <06098> against <05921> me to slay <01194> [me]: forgive
<03722> not their iniquity <05771>, neither <0408> blot <04229>
out their sin <02403> from thy sight <06440>, but let them be
overthrown <03782> before <06440> thee; deal <06213> [thus] with
them in the time <06256> of thine anger <0639>.
Jeremiah 19
1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Go <01980> and
get <07069> a potter's <03335> earthen <02789> bottle <01228>,
and [take] of the ancients <02204> of the people <05971>, and of
the ancients <02204> of the priests <03548>;
2 And go <03318> forth <03318> unto the valley <01516> of the
son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, which <0834> [is] by the entry
<06607> of the east <02777> gate <08179>, and proclaim <07121>
there <08033> the words <01697> that I shall tell <01696> thee,
3 And say <0559>, Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068>, O kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and inhabitants
<03427> of Jerusalem <03389>; Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>;
Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon this
<02088> place <04725>, the which <0834> whosoever <03605>
heareth <08085>, his ears <0241> shall tingle <06750>.
4 Because they have forsaken <05800> me, and have estranged
<05234> this <02088> place <04725>, and have burned <06999>
incense <06999> in it unto other <0312> gods <0430>, whom <0834>
neither <03808> they nor their fathers <01> have known <03045>,
nor the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, and have filled <04390>
this <02088> place <04725> with the blood <01818> of innocents
<05355>;
5 They have built <01129> also the high <01116> places of Baal
<01168>, to burn <08313> their sons <01121> with fire <0784>
[for] burnt <05930> offerings unto Baal <01168>, which <0834> I
commanded <06680> not, nor <03808> spake <01696> [it], neither
<03808> came <05927> [it] into <05921> my mind <03820>:
6 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come
<0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that this <02088> place
<04725> shall no <03808> more <05750> be called <07121> Tophet
<08612>, nor The valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom
<02011>, but The valley <01516> of slaughter <02028>.
7 And I will make void <01238> the counsel <06098> of Judah
<03063> and Jerusalem <03389> in this <02088> place <04725>; and
I will cause them to fall <05307> by the sword <02719> before
<06440> their enemies <0341>, and by the hands <03027> of them
that seek <01245> their lives <05315>: and their carcases
<05038> will I give <05414> to be meat <03978> for the fowls
<05775> of the heaven <08064>, and for the beasts <0929> of the
earth <0776>.
8 And I will make <07760> this <02063> city <05892> desolate
<08047>, and an hissing <08322>; every <03605> one that passeth
<05674> thereby <05921> shall be astonished <08074> and hiss
<08319> because <05921> of all <03605> the plagues <04347>
thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat <0398> the flesh <01320> of
their sons <01121> and the flesh <01320> of their daughters
<01121>, and they shall eat <0398> every <0376> one <0376> the
flesh <01320> of his friend <07453> in the siege <04692> and
straitness <04689>, wherewith <0834> their enemies <0341>, and
they that seek <01245> their lives <05315>, shall straiten
<06693> them.
10. Then shalt thou break <07665> the bottle <01228> in the
sight <05869> of the men <0582> that go <01980> with thee,
11 And shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Even <03602> so <03602> will
I break <07665> this <02088> people <05971> and this <02063>
city <05892>, as [one] breaketh <07665> a potter's <03335>
vessel <03627>, that cannot be made <07495> whole <07495> again
<05750>: and they shall bury <06912> [them] in Tophet <08612>,
till [there be] no <0369> place <04725> to bury <06912>.
12 Thus <03651> will I do <06213> unto this <02088> place
<04725>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, and to the inhabitants
<03427> thereof, and [even] make <05414> this <02063> city
<05892> as Tophet <08612>:
13 And the houses <01004> of Jerusalem <03389>, and the houses
<01004> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, shall be defiled
<02931> as the place <04725> of Tophet <08612>, because <03605>
of all <03605> the houses <01004> upon whose <0834> roofs
<01406> they have burned <06999> incense <06999> unto all
<03605> the host <06635> of heaven <08064>, and have poured
<05258> out drink <05262> offerings unto other <0312> gods
<0430>.
14 Then came <0935> Jeremiah <03414> from Tophet <08612>,
whither <0834> the LORD <03068> had sent <07971> him to prophesy
<05012>; and he stood <05975> in the court <02691> of the LORD'S
<03068> house <01004>; and said <0559> to all <03605> the people
<05971>,
15 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will bring
<0935> upon this city <05892> and upon all <03605> her towns
<05892> all <03605> the evil <07451> that I have pronounced
<01696> against <05921> it, because <03588> they have hardened
<07185> their necks <06203>, that they might not hear <08085> my
words <01697>.
Jeremiah 20
1. Now Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of Immer <0564> the
priest <03548>, who <01931> [was] also chief <05051> governor
<05057> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, heard <08085>
that Jeremiah <03414> prophesied <05012> these <0428> things
<01697>.
2 Then Pashur <06583> smote <05221> Jeremiah <03414> the
prophet <05030>, and put <05414> him in the stocks <04115> that
[were] in the high <05945> gate <08179> of Benjamin <01144>,
which <0834> [was] by the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
3 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283>, that
Pashur <06583> brought <03318> forth <03318> Jeremiah <03414>
out of the stocks <04115>. Then said <0559> Jeremiah <03414>
unto him, The LORD <03068> hath not called <07121> thy name
<08034> Pashur <06583>, but Magormissabib <04036>.
4 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold
<02005>, I will make <05414> thee a terror <04320> to thyself,
and to all <03605> thy friends <0157>: and they shall fall
<05307> by the sword <02719> of their enemies <0341>, and thine
eyes <05869> shall behold <07200> [it]: and I will give <05414>
all <03605> Judah <03063> into the hand <03027> of the king
<04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall carry <01540> them
captive <01540> into Babylon <0894>, and shall slay <05221> them
with the sword <02719>.
5 Moreover I will deliver <05414> all <03605> the strength
<02633> of this <02063> city <05892>, and all <03605> the
labours <03018> thereof, and all <03605> the precious <03366>
things thereof, and all <03605> the treasures <0214> of the
kings <04428> of Judah <03063> will I give <05414> into the hand
<03027> of their enemies <0341>, which shall spoil <0962> them,
and take <03947> them, and carry <0935> them to Babylon <0894>.
6 And thou, Pashur <06583>, and all <03605> that dwell <03427>
in thine house <01004> shall go <03212> into captivity <07628>:
and thou shalt come <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there <08033>
thou shalt die <04191>, and shalt be buried <06912> there
<08033>, thou, and all <03605> thy friends <0157>, to whom thou
hast prophesied <05012> lies <08267>.
7. O LORD <03068>, thou hast deceived <06601> me, and I was
deceived <06601>: thou art stronger <02388> than I, and hast
prevailed <03201>: I am in derision <07814> daily, every <03605>
one mocketh <03932> me.
8 For since <01767> I spake <01696>, I cried <02199> out, I
cried <07121> violence <02555> and spoil <07701>; because
<03588> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> was made <01961> a
reproach <02781> unto me, and a derision <07047>, daily.
9 Then I said <0559>, I will not make mention <02142> of him,
nor <03808> speak <01696> any more <05750> in his name <08034>.
But [his word] was in mine heart <03820> as a burning <01197>
fire <0784> shut <06113> up in my bones <06106>, and I was weary
<03811> with forbearing <03557>, and I could <03201> not [stay].
10 For I heard <08085> the defaming <01681> of many <07227>,
fear <04032> on every <05437> side <05439>. Report <05046>, [say
they], and we will report <05046> it. All <03605> my familiars
<07965> watched <08104> for my halting <06761>, [saying],
Peradventure <0194> he will be enticed <06601>, and we shall
prevail <03201> against him, and we shall take <03947> our
revenge <05360> on him.
11 But the LORD <03068> [is] with me as a mighty <01368>
terrible <06184> one: therefore my persecutors <07291> shall
stumble <03782>, and they shall not prevail <03201>: they shall
be greatly <03966> ashamed <0954>; for they shall not prosper
<07919>: [their] everlasting <05769> confusion <03639> shall
never be forgotten <07911>.
12 But, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, that triest <0974>
the righteous <06662>, [and] seest <07200> the reins <03629> and
the heart <03820>, let me see <07200> thy vengeance <05360> on
them: for unto thee have I opened <01540> my cause <07379>.
13 Sing <07891> unto the LORD <03068>, praise <01984> ye the
LORD <03068>: for he hath delivered <05337> the soul <05315> of
the poor <034> from the hand <03027> of evildoers <07489>.
14. Cursed <0779> [be] the day <03117> wherein <0834> I was
born <03205>: let not the day <03117> wherein <0834> my mother
<0517> bare <03205> me be blessed <01288>.
15 Cursed <0779> [be] the man <0376> who <0834> brought
<01319> tidings <01319> to my father <01>, saying <0559>, A man
<02145> child <01121> is born <03205> unto thee; making him very
glad <08056>.
16 And let that man <0376> be as the cities <05892> which
<0834> the LORD <03068> overthrew <02015>, and repented <05162>
not: and let him hear <08085> the cry <02201> in the morning
<01242>, and the shouting <08643> at noontide;
17 Because <0834> he slew <04191> me not from the womb <07358>;
or that my mother <0517> might have been <01961> my grave
<06913>, and her womb <07358> [to be] always <05769> great
<02030> [with me].
18 Wherefore <04100> came <03318> I forth <03318> out of the
womb <07358> to see <07200> labour <05999> and sorrow <03015>,
that my days <03117> should be consumed <03615> with shame
<01322>?
Jeremiah 21
1. The word <01697> which <0834> came <01961> unto Jeremiah
<03414> from the LORD <03068>, when king <04428> Zedekiah
<06667> sent <07971> unto him Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of
Melchiah <04441>, and Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of
Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548>, saying <0559>,
2 Enquire <01875>, I pray <04994> thee, of the LORD <03068>
for us; for Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon
<0894> maketh war <03898> against <05921> us; if <0194> so be
that the LORD <03068> will deal <06213> with us according to all
<03605> his wondrous <06381> works, that he may go <05927> up
from us.
3 Then said <0559> Jeremiah <03414> unto them, Thus <03541>
shall ye say <0559> to Zedekiah <06667>:
4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
Israel <03478>; Behold <02005>, I will turn <05437> back <05437>
the weapons <03627> of war <04421> that [are] in your hands
<03027>, wherewith <0834> ye fight <03898> against the king
<04428> of Babylon <0894>, and [against] the Chaldeans <03778>,
which besiege <06696> you without <02351> the walls <02346>, and
I will assemble <0622> them into <0413> the midst <08432> of
this <02063> city <05892>.
5 And I myself <0589> will fight <03898> against you with an
outstretched <05186> hand <03027> and with a strong <02389> arm
<02220>, even in anger <0639>, and in fury <02534>, and in great
<01419> wrath <07110>.
6 And I will smite <05221> the inhabitants <03427> of this
<02063> city <05892>, both man <0120> and beast <0929>: they
shall die <04191> of a great <01419> pestilence <01698>.
7 And afterward, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, I will
deliver <05414> Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>,
and his servants <05650>, and the people <05971>, and such as
are left <07604> in this <02063> city <05892> from the
pestilence <01698>, from the sword <02719>, and from the famine
<07458>, into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king
<04428> of Babylon <0894>, and into the hand <03027> of their
enemies <0341>, and into the hand <03027> of those that seek
<01245> their life <05315>: and he shall smite <05221> them with
the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; he shall not spare
<02347> them, neither <03808> have pity <02550>, nor <03808>
have mercy <07355>.
8. And unto this <02088> people <05971> thou shalt say <0559>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02005>, I
set <05414> before <06440> you the way <01870> of life <02416>,
and the way <01870> of death <04194>.
9 He that abideth <03427> in this <02063> city <05892> shall
die <04191> by the sword <02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and
by the pestilence <01698>: but he that goeth <03318> out, and
falleth <05307> to the Chaldeans <03778> that besiege <06696>
you, he shall live <02421>, and his life <05315> shall be unto
him for a prey <07998>.
10 For I have set <07760> my face <06440> against this <02063>
city <05892> for evil <07451>, and not for good <02896>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>: it shall be given <05414> into the
hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall
burn <08313> it with fire <0784>.
11 And touching the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, [say], Hear <08085> ye the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068>;
12 O house <01004> of David <01732>, thus <03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>; Execute <01777> judgment <04941> in the
morning <01242>, and deliver <05337> [him that is] spoiled
<01497> out of the hand <03027> of the oppressor <06231>, lest
<06435> my fury <02534> go <03318> out like fire <0784>, and
burn <01197> that none <0369> can quench <03518> [it], because
<06440> of the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>.
13 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <0413> thee, O inhabitant
<03427> of the valley <06010>, [and] rock <06697> of the plain
<04334>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; which say <0559>, Who
<04310> shall come <05181> down <05181> against <05921> us? or
who <04310> shall enter <0935> into our habitations <04585>?
14 But I will punish <06485> you according to the fruit
<06529> of your doings <04611>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>:
and I will kindle <03341> a fire <0784> in the forest <03293>
thereof, and it shall devour <0398> all <03605> things round
<05439> about it.
Jeremiah 22
1. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Go <03381> down
<03381> to the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, and speak <01696> there <08033> this <02088> word
<01697>,
2 And say <0559>, Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068>, O king <04428> of Judah <03063>, that sittest <03427>
upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, thou, and thy servants
<05650>, and thy people <05971> that enter <0935> in by these
<0428> gates <08179>:
3 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Execute <06213>
ye judgment <04941> and righteousness <06666>, and deliver
<05337> the spoiled <01497> out of the hand <03027> of the
oppressor <06216>: and do no <0408> wrong <03238>, do no <0408>
violence <02554> to the stranger <01616>, the fatherless <03490>,
nor the widow <0490>, neither <0408> shed <08210> innocent
<05355> blood <01818> in this <02088> place <04725>.
4 For if <0518> ye do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>
indeed, then shall there enter <0935> in by the gates <08179> of
this <02088> house <01004> kings <04428> sitting <03427> upon
the throne <03678> of David <01732>, riding <07392> in chariots
<07393> and on horses <05483>, he, and his servants <05650>, and
his people <05971>.
5 But if <0518> ye will not hear <08085> these <0428> words
<01697>, I swear <07650> by myself, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, that this <02088> house <01004> shall become <01961> a
desolation <02723>.
6 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> unto the
king's <04428> house <01004> of Judah <03063>; Thou [art] Gilead
<01568> unto me, [and] the head <07218> of Lebanon <03844>:
[yet] surely I will make <07896> thee a wilderness <04057>,
[and] cities <05892> [which] are not inhabited <03427>.
7 And I will prepare <06942> destroyers <07843> against
<05921> thee, every <0376> one <0376> with his weapons <03627>:
and they shall cut <03772> down thy choice <04005> cedars <0730>,
and cast [them] into <05921> the fire <0784>.
8 And many <07227> nations <01471> shall pass <05674> by this
<02063> city <05892>, and they shall say <0559> every man <0376>
to his neighbour <07453>, Wherefore hath the LORD <03068> done
<06213> thus <03602> unto this <02063> great <01419> city
<05892>?
9 Then they shall answer <0559>, Because they have forsaken
<05800> the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> their God
<0430>, and worshipped <07812> other <0312> gods <0430>, and
served <05647> them.
10. Weep <01058> ye not for the dead <04191>, neither <0408>
bemoan <05110> him: [but] weep <01058> sore for him that goeth
<01980> away: for he shall return <07725> no <03808> more
<05750>, nor see <07200> his native <04138> country <0776>.
11 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> touching
<0413> Shallum <07967> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king
<04428> of Judah <03063>, which reigned <04427> instead <08478>
of Josiah <02977> his father <01>, which <0834> went <03318>
forth <03318> out of this <02088> place <04725>; He shall not
return <07725> thither <08033> any more <05750>:
12 But he shall die <04191> in the place <04725> whither they
have led him captive <01540>, and shall see <07200> this <02063>
land <0776> no <03808> more <05750>.
13 Woe <01945> unto him that buildeth <01129> his house
<01004> by unrighteousness, and his chambers <05944> by wrong;
[that] useth his neighbour's <07453> service <05647> without
<02600> wages <02600>, and giveth <05414> him not for his work
<06467>;
14 That saith <0559>, I will build <01129> me a wide <04060>
house <01004> and large <07304> chambers <05944>, and cutteth
<07167> him out windows <02474>; and [it is] cieled <05603> with
cedar <0730>, and painted <04886> with vermilion <08350>.
15 Shalt thou reign <04427>, because <03588> thou closest
<08474> [thyself] in cedar <0730>? did not thy father <01> eat
<0398> and drink <08354>, and do <06213> judgment <04941> and
justice <06666>, [and] then <0227> [it was] well <02896> with
him?
16 He judged <01777> the cause <01779> of the poor <06041> and
needy <034>; then <0227> [it was] well <02896> [with him: was]
not this <01931> to know <01847> me? saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>.
17 But thine eyes <05869> and thine heart <03820> [are] not
but for thy covetousness <01215>, and for to shed <08210>
innocent <05355> blood <01818>, and for oppression <06233>, and
for violence <04835>, to do <06213> [it].
18 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> concerning <0413> Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of
Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>; They shall not
lament <05594> for him, [saying], Ah <01945> my brother <0251>!
or, Ah <01945> sister <0269>! they shall not lament <05594> for
him, [saying], Ah <01945> lord <0113>! or, Ah <01945> his glory
<01935>!
19 He shall be buried <06912> with the burial <06900> of an
ass <02543>, drawn <05498> and cast <07993> forth beyond <01973>
the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>.
20. Go <05927> up to Lebanon <03844>, and cry <06817>; and lift
<05414> up thy voice <06963> in Bashan <01316>, and cry <06817>
from the passages <05676>: for all <03605> thy lovers <0157> are
destroyed <07665>.
21 I spake <01696> unto thee in thy prosperity <07962>; [but]
thou saidst <0559>, I will not hear <08085>. This <02088> [hath
been] thy manner <01870> from thy youth <05271>, that thou
obeyedst <08085> not my voice <06963>.
22 The wind <07307> shall eat <07462> up all <03605> thy
pastors <07462>, and thy lovers <0157> shall go <03212> into
captivity <07628>: surely <03588> then <0227> shalt thou be
ashamed <0954> and confounded <03637> for all <03605> thy
wickedness <07451>.
23 O inhabitant <03427> of Lebanon <03844>, that makest thy
nest <07077> in the cedars <0730>, how <04100> gracious <02603>
shalt thou be when pangs <02256> come <0935> upon thee, the pain
<02427> as of a woman in travail <03205>!
24 [As] I live <02416>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, though
<0518> Coniah <03659> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king
<04428> of Judah <03063> were the signet <02368> upon my right
<03225> hand <03027>, yet <03588> would I pluck <05423> thee
thence <08033>;
25 And I will give <05414> thee into the hand <03027> of them
that seek <01245> thy life <05315>, and into the hand <03027>
[of them] whose face <06440> thou fearest <01481>, even into the
hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon
<0894>, and into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>.
26 And I will cast <02904> thee out, and thy mother <0517>
that bare <03205> thee, into <05921> another <0312> country
<0776>, where ye were not born <03205>; and there <08033> shall
ye die <04191>.
27 But to the land <0776> whereunto <0834> they desire to
return <07725>, thither <08033> shall they not return <07725>.
28 [Is] this <02088> man <0376> Coniah <03659> a despised
<0959> broken <05310> idol <06089>? [is he] a vessel <03627>
wherein [is] no <0363> pleasure <02656>? wherefore <04069> are
they cast <07993> out, he and his seed <02233>, and are cast
<02904> into <05921> a land <0776> which <0834> they know
<03045> not?
29 O earth <0776>, earth <0776>, earth <0776>, hear <08085>
the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
30 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Write <03789>
ye this <02088> man <0376> childless <06185>, a man <01397>
[that] shall not prosper <06743> in his days <03117>: for no
<03808> man <0376> of his seed <02233> shall prosper <06743>,
sitting <03427> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732>, and
ruling <04910> any more <05750> in Judah <03063>.
Jeremiah 23
1. Woe <01945> be unto the pastors <07462> that destroy <06>
and scatter <06327> the sheep <06629> of my pasture <04830>!
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
2 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>
God <0430> of Israel <03478> against <05921> the pastors <07462>
that feed <07462> my people <05971>; Ye have scattered <06327>
my flock <06629>, and driven <05080> them away, and have not
visited <06485> them: behold <02005>, I will visit <06485> upon
you the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
3 And I will gather <06908> the remnant <07611> of my flock
<06629> out of all <03605> countries <0776> whither I have
driven <05080> them, and will bring <07725> them again <07725>
to their folds <05116>; and they shall be fruitful <06509> and
increase <07235>.
4 And I will set <06965> up shepherds <07462> over <05921>
them which shall feed <07462> them: and they shall fear <03372>
no <03808> more <05750>, nor <03808> be dismayed <02865>,
neither <03808> shall they be lacking <06485>, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
5 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935>, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>, that I will raise <06965> unto David <01732> a
righteous <06662> Branch <06780>, and a King <04428> shall reign
<04427> and prosper <07919>, and shall execute <06213> judgment
<04941> and justice <06666> in the earth <0776>.
6 In his days <03117> Judah <03063> shall be saved <03467>,
and Israel <03478> shall dwell <07931> safely <0983>: and this
<02088> [is] his name <08034> whereby <0834> he shall be called
<07121>, THE LORD <03068> OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS <06664>.
7 Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, the days <03117> come
<0935>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that they shall no
<03808> more <05750> say <0559>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>,
which <0834> brought <05927> up the children <01121> of Israel
<03478> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>;
8 But, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which <0834> brought
<05927> up and which <0834> led <0935> the seed <02233> of the
house <01004> of Israel <03478> out of the north <06828> country
<0776>, and from all <03605> countries <0776> whither I had
driven <05080> them; and they shall dwell <03427> in their own
land <0127>.
9. Mine heart <03820> within <07130> me is broken <07665>
because of the prophets <05030>; all <03605> my bones <06106>
shake <07363>; I am like a drunken <07910> man <0376>, and like
a man <01397> whom wine <03196> hath overcome <05674>, because
<06440> of the LORD <03068>, and because <03588> of the words
<01697> of his holiness <06944>.
10 For the land <0776> is full <04390> of adulterers <05003>;
for because <06440> of swearing <0423> the land <0776> mourneth
<056>; the pleasant <04999> places of the wilderness <04057> are
dried <03001> up, and their course <04794> is evil <07451>, and
their force <01369> [is] not right.
11 For both <01571> prophet <05030> and priest <03548> are
profane <02610>; yea <01571>, in my house <01004> have I found
<04672> their wickedness <07451>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
12 Wherefore <03651> their way <01870> shall be unto them as
slippery <02519> [ways] in the darkness <0653>: they shall be
driven <01760> on, and fall <05307> therein: for I will bring
<0935> evil <07451> upon them, [even] the year <08141> of their
visitation <06486>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
13 And I have seen <07200> folly <08604> in the prophets
<05030> of Samaria <08111>; they prophesied <05012> in Baal
<01168>, and caused my people <05971> Israel <03478> to err
<08582>.
14 I have seen <07200> also in the prophets <05030> of
Jerusalem <03389> an horrible <08186> thing: they commit <05003>
adultery <05003>, and walk <01980> in lies <08267>: they
strengthen <02388> also the hands <03027> of evildoers <07489>,
that none <01115> doth return <07725> from his wickedness
<07451>: they are all <03605> of them unto me as Sodom <05467>,
and the inhabitants <03427> thereof as Gomorrah <06017>.
15 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635> concerning <05921> the prophets <05030>;
Behold <02005>, I will feed <0398> them with wormwood <03939>,
and make them drink <08248> the water <04325> of gall <07219>:
for from the prophets <05030> of Jerusalem <03389> is
profaneness <02613> gone <03318> forth <03318> into all <03605>
the land <0776>.
16 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
Hearken <08085> not unto the words <01697> of the prophets
<05030> that prophesy <05012> unto you: they make you vain
<01891>: they speak <01696> a vision <02377> of their own heart
<03820>, [and] not out of the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068>.
17 They say <0559> still unto them that despise <05006> me,
The LORD <03068> hath said <01696>, Ye shall have <01961> peace
<07965>; and they say <0559> unto every <03605> one that walketh
<01980> after the imagination <08307> of his own heart <03820>,
No <03808> evil <07451> shall come <0935> upon you.
18 For who <04310> hath stood <05975> in the counsel <05475>
of the LORD <03068>, and hath perceived <07200> and heard
<08085> his word <01697>? who <04310> hath marked <07181> his
word <01697>, and heard <08085> [it]?
19 Behold <02009>, a whirlwind <05591> of the LORD <03068> is
gone <03318> forth <03318> in fury <02534>, even a grievous
<02342> whirlwind <05591>: it shall fall <02342> grievously
<02342> upon the head <07218> of the wicked <07563>.
20 The anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> shall not return
<07725>, until <05704> he have executed <06213>, and till
<05704> he have performed <06965> the thoughts <04209> of his
heart <03820>: in the latter <0319> days <03117> ye shall
consider <0995> it perfectly <0998>.
21 I have not sent <07971> these prophets <05030>, yet they
ran <07323>: I have not spoken <01696> to them, yet they
prophesied <05012>.
22 But if they had stood <05975> in my counsel <05475>, and
had caused my people <05971> to hear <08085> my words <01697>,
then they should have turned <07725> them from their evil
<07451> way <01870>, and from the evil <07455> of their doings
<04611>.
23 [Am] I a God <0430> at hand <07138>, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, and not a God <0430> afar <07350> off?
24 Can any <0376> hide <05641> himself in secret <04565>
places that I shall not see <07200> him? saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>. Do not I fill <04390> heaven <08064> and earth <0776>?
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
25 I have heard <08085> what the prophets <05030> said <0559>,
that prophesy <05012> lies <08267> in my name <08034>, saying
<0559>, I have dreamed <02492>, I have dreamed <02492>.
26 How <05704> long <05704> shall [this] be in the heart
<03820> of the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> lies
<08267>? yea, [they are] prophets <05030> of the deceit <08649>
of their own heart <03820>;
27 Which think <02803> to cause my people <05971> to forget
<07911> my name <08034> by their dreams <02472> which <0834>
they tell <05608> every man <0376> to his neighbour <07453>, as
their fathers <01> have forgotten <07911> my name <08034> for
Baal <01168>.
28 The prophet <05030> that hath a dream <02472>, let him tell
<05608> a dream <02472>; and he that hath my word <01697>, let
him speak <01696> my word <01697> faithfully <0571>. What
<04100> [is] the chaff <08401> to the wheat <01250>? saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>.
29 [Is] not my word <01697> like <03541> as a fire <0784>?
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and like a hammer <06360> [that]
breaketh <06327> the rock <05553> in pieces?
30 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921>
the prophets <05030>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that steal
<01589> my words <01697> every <0376> one <0376> from his
neighbour <07453>.
31 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921> the prophets <05030>,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, that use <03747> their tongues
<03956>, and say, He saith <05002>.
32 Behold <02005>, I [am] against <05921> them that prophesy
<05012> false <08267> dreams <02472>, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, and do <06213> tell <05608> them, and cause my people
<05971> to err <08582> by their lies <08267>, and by their
lightness <06350>; yet I sent <07971> them not, nor <03808>
commanded <06680> them: therefore they shall not profit <03276>
this <02088> people <05971> at all, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>.
33. And when <03588> this <02088> people <05971>, or <0176> the
prophet <05030>, or <0176> a priest <03548>, shall ask <07592>
thee, saying <0559>, What <04100> [is] the burden <04853> of the
LORD <03068>? thou shalt then say <0559> unto them, What <04100>
burden <04853>? I will even forsake <05203> you, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>.
34 And [as for] the prophet <05030>, and the priest <03548>,
and the people <05971>, that shall say <0559>, The burden
<04853> of the LORD <03068>, I will even punish <06485> that man
<0376> and his house <01004>.
35 Thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> every <0376> one <0376> to
his neighbour <07453>, and every <0376> one <0376> to his
brother <0251>, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> answered
<06030>? and, What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> spoken <01696>?
36 And the burden <04853> of the LORD <03068> shall ye mention
<02142> no <03808> more <05750>: for every man's <0376> word
<01697> shall be his burden <04853>; for ye have perverted
<02015> the words <01697> of the living <02416> God <0430>, of
the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> our God <0430>.
37 Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> to the prophet <05030>,
What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> answered <06030> thee? and,
What <04100> hath the LORD <03068> spoken <01696>?
38 But since <0518> ye say <0559>, The burden <04853> of the
LORD <03068>; therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068>; Because <03282> ye say <0559> this <02088> word
<01697>, The burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>, and I have sent
<07971> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not say <0559>, The
burden <04853> of the LORD <03068>;
39 Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I, even I, will utterly
forget <05382> you, and I will forsake <05203> you, and the city
<05892> that I gave <05414> you and your fathers <01>, [and cast
you] out of my presence <06440>:
40 And I will bring <05414> an everlasting <05769> reproach
<02781> upon you, and a perpetual <05769> shame <03640>, which
<0834> shall not be forgotten <07911>.
Jeremiah 24
1. The LORD <03068> shewed <07200> me, and, behold <02009>, two
<08147> baskets <01736> of figs <08384> [were] set <03259>
before <06440> the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, after
<0310> that Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon
<0894> had carried <01540> away captive <01540> Jeconiah <03204>
the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, and the princes <08269> of Judah <03063>, with the
carpenters <02796> and smiths <04525>, from Jerusalem <03389>,
and had brought <0935> them to Babylon <0894>.
2 One <0259> basket <01731> [had] very <03966> good <02896>
figs <08384>, [even] like the figs <08384> [that are] first
<01073> ripe: and the other <0259> basket <01731> [had] very
<03966> naughty <07451> figs <08384>, which <0834> could not be
eaten <0398>, they were so bad <07451>.
3 Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, What <04100>
seest <07200> thou, Jeremiah <03414>? And I said <0559>, Figs
<08384>; the good <02896> figs <08384>, very <03966> good
<02896>; and the evil <07451>, very <03966> evil <07451>, that
cannot <03808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <07455>.
4 Again the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
me, saying <0559>,
5 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430>
of Israel <03478>; Like these <0428> good <02896> figs <08384>,
so <03651> will I acknowledge <05234> them that are carried
<01546> away captive <01546> of Judah <03063>, whom <0834> I
have sent <07971> out of this <02088> place <04725> into the
land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778> for [their] good <02896>.
6 For I will set <07760> mine eyes <05869> upon them for good
<02896>, and I will bring <07725> them again <07725> to this
<02063> land <0776>: and I will build <01129> them, and not pull
<02040> [them] down; and I will plant <05193> them, and not
pluck <05428> [them] up.
7 And I will give <05414> them an heart <03820> to know
<03045> me, that I [am] the LORD <03068>: and they shall be my
people <05971>, and I will be their God <0430>: for they shall
return <07725> unto me with their whole <03605> heart <03820>.
8 And as the evil <07451> figs <08384>, which <0834> cannot
<03808> be eaten <0398>, they are so evil <07455>; surely
<03588> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, So <03651>
will I give <05414> Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, and his princes <08269>, and the residue <07611> of
Jerusalem <03389>, that remain <07604> in this <02063> land
<0776>, and them that dwell <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt
<04714>:
9 And I will deliver <05414> them to be removed <02189> into
all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776> for [their]
hurt <07451>, [to be] a reproach <02781> and a proverb <04912>,
a taunt <08148> and a curse <07045>, in all <03605> places
<04725> whither I shall drive <05080> them.
10 And I will send <07971> the sword <02719>, the famine
<07458>, and the pestilence <01698>, among them, till <05704>
they be consumed <08552> from off <05921> the land <0127> that I
gave <05414> unto them and to their fathers <01>.
Jeremiah 25
1. The word <01697> that came <01961> to Jeremiah <03414>
concerning <05921> all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah
<03063> in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of Jehoiakim <03079>
the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>,
that [was] the first <07224> year <08141> of Nebuchadrezzar
<05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>;
2 The which <0834> Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> spake
<01696> unto all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063>,
and to all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>,
saying <0559>,
3 From the thirteenth year <08141> of Josiah <02977> the son
<01121> of Amon <0526> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, even unto
this <02088> day <03117>, that [is] the three <07969> and
twentieth <06242> year <08141>, the word <01697> of the LORD
<03068> hath come <01961> unto me, and I have spoken <01696>
unto you, rising <07925> early <07925> and speaking <01696>; but
ye have not hearkened <08085>.
4 And the LORD <03068> hath sent <07971> unto you all <03605>
his servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, rising <07925> early
<07925> and sending <07971> [them]; but ye have not hearkened
<08085>, nor <03808> inclined <05186> your ear <0241> to hear
<08085>.
5 They said <0559>, Turn <07725> ye again <07725> now <04994>
every <0376> one <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, and
from the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>, and dwell <03427>
in the land <0127> that the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> unto
you and to your fathers <01> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>:
6 And go <03212> not after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to
serve <05647> them, and to worship <07812> them, and provoke me
not to anger <03707> with the works <04639> of your hands
<03027>; and I will do you no <03808> hurt <07489>.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened <08085> unto me, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>; that ye might provoke me to anger <03707> with the
works <04639> of your hands <03027> to your own hurt <07451>.
8. Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>
of hosts <06635>; Because ye have not heard <08085> my words
<01697>,
9 Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> and take <03947> all
<03605> the families <04940> of the north <06828>, saith <05002>
the LORD <03068>, and Nebuchadrezzar <05019> the king <04428> of
Babylon <0894>, my servant <05650>, and will bring <0935> them
against <05921> this <02063> land <0776>, and against <05921>
the inhabitants <03427> thereof, and against <05921> all <03605>
these <0428> nations <01471> round <05439> about, and will
utterly destroy <02763> them, and make <07760> them an
astonishment <08047>, and an hissing <08322>, and perpetual
<05769> desolations <02723>.
10 Moreover I will take <06> from them the voice <06963> of
mirth <08342>, and the voice <06963> of gladness <08057>, the
voice <06963> of the bridegroom <02860>, and the voice <06963>
of the bride <03618>, the sound <06963> of the millstones
<07347>, and the light <0216> of the candle <05216>.
11 And this <02063> whole <03605> land <0776> shall be a
desolation <02723>, [and] an astonishment <08047>; and these
<0428> nations <01471> shall serve <05647> the king <04428> of
Babylon <0894> seventy <07657> years <08141>.
12 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when seventy <07657>
years <08141> are accomplished <04390>, [that] I will punish
<06485> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and that nation
<01471>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, for their iniquity
<05771>, and the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778>, and will
make <07760> it perpetual <05769> desolations <08077>.
13 And I will bring <0935> upon that land <0776> all <03605>
my words <01697> which <0834> I have pronounced <01696> against
<05921> it, [even] all <03605> that is written <03789> in this
<02088> book <05612>, which <0834> Jeremiah <03414> hath
prophesied <05012> against <05921> all <03605> the nations
<01471>.
14 For many <07227> nations <01471> and great <01419> kings
<04428> shall serve <05647> themselves of them also <01571>: and
I will recompense <07999> them according to their deeds <06467>,
and according to the works <04639> of their own hands <03027>.
15. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430>
of Israel <03478> unto me; Take <03947> the wine <03196> cup
<03563> of this <02063> fury <02534> at my hand <03027>, and
cause all <03605> the nations <01471>, to whom I send <07971>
thee, to drink <08248> it.
16 And they shall drink <08354>, and be moved <01607>, and be
mad <01984>, because <06440> of the sword <02719> that I will
send <07971> among <0996> them.
17 Then took <03947> I the cup <03563> at the LORD'S <03068>
hand <03027>, and made all <03605> the nations <01471> to drink
<08248>, unto whom the LORD <03068> had sent <07971> me:
18 [To wit], Jerusalem <03389>, and the cities <05892> of
Judah <03063>, and the kings <04428> thereof, and the princes
<08269> thereof, to make <05414> them a desolation <02723>, an
astonishment <08047>, an hissing <08322>, and a curse <07045>;
as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>;
19 Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and his
servants <05650>, and his princes <08269>, and all <03605> his
people <05971>;
20 And all <03605> the mingled <06154> people, and all <03605>
the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of Uz <05780>, and all
<03605> the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of the Philistines
<06430>, and Ashkelon <0831>, and Azzah <05804>, and Ekron
<06138>, and the remnant <07611> of Ashdod <0795>,
21 Edom <0123>, and Moab <04124>, and the children <01121> of
Ammon <05983>,
22 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Tyrus <06865>, and all
<03605> the kings <04428> of Zidon <06721>, and the kings
<04428> of the isles <0339> which <0834> [are] beyond <05676>
the sea <03220>,
23 Dedan <01719>, and Tema <08485>, and Buz <0938>, and all
<03605> [that are] in the utmost <07112> corners <06285>,
24 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Arabia <06152>, and
all <03605> the kings <04428> of the mingled <06154> people that
dwell <07931> in the desert <04057>,
25 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of Zimri <02174>, and all
<03605> the kings <04428> of Elam <05867>, and all <03605> the
kings <04428> of the Medes <04074>,
26 And all <03605> the kings <04428> of the north <06828>, far
<07350> and near <07138>, one <0376> with another <0250>, and
all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the world <0776>, which
<0834> [are] upon the face <06440> of the earth <0127>: and the
king <04428> of Sheshach <08347> shall drink <08354> after
<0310> them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541>
saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430>
of Israel <03478>; Drink <08354> ye, and be drunken <07937>, and
spue <07006>, and fall <05307>, and rise <06965> no <03808> more,
because <06440> of the sword <02719> which <0834> I will send
<07971> among <0996> you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse <03985> to take <03947> the
cup <03563> at thine hand <03027> to drink <08354>, then shalt
thou say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>; Ye shall certainly drink <08354>.
29 For, lo <02009>, I begin <02490> to bring evil <07489> on
the city <05892> which <0834> is called <07121> by my name
<08034>, and should ye be utterly unpunished <05352>? Ye shall
not be unpunished <05352>: for I will call <07121> for a sword
<02719> upon all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of the earth
<0776>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
30. Therefore prophesy <05012> thou against <0413> them all
<03605> these <0428> words <01697>, and say <0559> unto them,
The LORD <03068> shall roar <07580> from on high <04791>, and
utter <05414> his voice <06963> from his holy <06944> habitation
<04583>; he shall mightily roar <07580> upon his habitation
<05116>; he shall give a shout, as they that tread <01869> [the
grapes], against <0413> all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of
the earth <0776>.
31 A noise <07588> shall come <0935> [even] to the ends
<07097> of the earth <0776>; for the LORD <03068> hath a
controversy <07379> with the nations <01471>, he will plead
<08199> with all <03605> flesh <01320>; he will give <05414>
them [that are] wicked <07563> to the sword <02719>, saith
<05002> the LORD <03068>.
32 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
Behold <02009>, evil <07451> shall go <03318> forth <03318>
from nation <01471> to nation <01471>, and a great <01419>
whirlwind <05591> shall be raised <05782> up from the coasts
<03411> of the earth <0776>.
33 And the slain <02491> of the LORD <03068> shall be at that
day <03117> from [one] end <07097> of the earth <0776> even unto
the [other] end <07097> of the earth <0776>: they shall not be
lamented <05594>, neither <03808> gathered <0622>, nor <03808>
buried <06912>; they shall be dung <01828> upon the ground
<0127>.
34 Howl <03213>, ye shepherds <07462>, and cry <02199>; and
wallow <06428> yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal <0117> of
the flock <06629>: for the days <03117> of your slaughter
<02873> and of your dispersions <08600> are accomplished <04390>;
and ye shall fall <05307> like a pleasant <02532> vessel
<03627>.
35 And the shepherds <07462> shall have no <04480> way <04498>
to flee <04498>, nor the principal <0117> of the flock <06629>
to escape <06413>.
36 A voice <06963> of the cry <06818> of the shepherds <07462>,
and an howling <03213> of the principal <0117> of the flock
<06629>, [shall be heard <08085>]: for the LORD <03068> hath
spoiled <07703> their pasture <04830>.
37 And the peaceable <07965> habitations <04999> are cut
<01826> down because <06440> of the fierce <02740> anger <0639>
of the LORD <03068>.
38 He hath forsaken <05800> his covert <05520>, as the lion
<03715>: for their land <0776> is desolate <08047> because
<06440> of the fierceness <02740> of the oppressor <03238>, and
because <06440> of his fierce <02740> anger <0639>.
Jeremiah 26
1. In the beginning <07225> of the reign <04468> of Jehoiakim
<03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah
<03063> came <01961> this <02088> word <01697> from the LORD
<03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Stand <05975> in
the court <02691> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, and speak
<01696> unto all <03605> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>,
which come <0935> to worship <07812> in the LORD'S <03068> house
<01004>, all <03605> the words <01697> that I command <06680>
thee to speak <01696> unto them; diminish <01639> not a word
<01697>:
3 If <0194> so be they will hearken <08085>, and turn <07725>
every man <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, that I may
repent <05162> me of the evil <07451>, which <0834> I purpose
<02803> to do <06213> unto them because <06440> of the evil
<07455> of their doings <04611>.
4 And thou shalt say <0559> unto them, Thus <03541> saith
<0559> the LORD <03068>; If <0518> ye will not hearken <08085>
to me, to walk <01980> in my law <08451>, which <0834> I have
set <05414> before <06440> you,
5 To hearken <08085> to the words <01697> of my servants
<05650> the prophets <05030>, whom <0834> I sent <07971> unto
you, both rising <07925> up early <07925>, and sending <07971>
[them], but ye have not hearkened <08085>;
6 Then will I make <05414> this <02088> house <01004> like
Shiloh <07887>, and will make <05414> this <02063> city <05892>
a curse <07045> to all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth
<0776>.
7. So the priests <03548> and the prophets <05030> and all
<03605> the people <05971> heard <08085> Jeremiah <03414>
speaking <01696> these <0428> words <01697> in the house <01004>
of the LORD <03068>.
8 Now it came <01961> to pass, when Jeremiah <03414> had made
an end <03615> of speaking <01696> all <03605> that the LORD
<03068> had commanded <06680> [him] to speak <01696> unto all
<03605> the people <05971>, that the priests <03548> and the
prophets <05030> and all <03605> the people <05971> took <08610>
him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt surely die <04191>.
9 Why <04069> hast thou prophesied <05012> in the name <08034>
of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, This <02088> house <01004>
shall be like Shiloh <07887>, and this <02063> city <05892>
shall be desolate <02717> without <0369> an inhabitant <03427>?
And all <03605> the people <05971> were gathered <06950> against
<0413> Jeremiah <03414> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
10 When the princes <08269> of Judah <03063> heard <08085>
these <0428> things <01697>, then they came <05927> up from the
king's <04428> house <01004> unto the house <01004> of the LORD
<03068>, and sat <03427> down in the entry <06607> of the new
<02319> gate <08179> of the LORD'S <03068> [house].
11 Then spake <0559> the priests <03548> and the prophets
<05030> unto the princes <08269> and to all <03605> the people
<05971>, saying <0559>, This <02088> man <0376> [is] worthy to
die <04194>; for he hath prophesied <05012> against <0413> this
<02063> city <05892>, as ye have heard <08085> with your ears
<0241>.
12 Then spake <0559> Jeremiah <03414> unto all <03605> the
princes <08269> and to all <03605> the people <05971>, saying
<0559>, The LORD <03068> sent <07971> me to prophesy <05012>
against <0413> this <02088> house <01004> and against <0413>
this <02063> city <05892> all <03605> the words <01697> that ye
have heard <08085>.
13 Therefore now <06258> amend <03190> your ways <01870> and
your doings <04611>, and obey <08085> the voice <06963> of the
LORD <03068> your God <0430>; and the LORD <03068> will repent
<05162> him of the evil <07451> that he hath pronounced <01696>
against <05921> you.
14 As for me, behold <02005>, I [am] in your hand <03027>: do
<06213> with me as seemeth <05869> good <02896> and meet <03477>
unto you.
15 But know <03045> ye for certain <03045>, that if <0518> ye
put me to death <04191>, ye shall surely <03588> bring <05414>
innocent <05355> blood <01818> upon yourselves, and upon this
<02063> city <05892>, and upon the inhabitants <03427> thereof:
for of a truth <0571> the LORD <03068> hath sent <07971> me unto
you to speak <01696> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in
your ears <0241>.
16. Then said <0559> the princes <08269> and all <03605> the
people <05971> unto the priests <03548> and to the prophets
<05030>; This <02088> man <0376> [is] not worthy to die <04194>:
for he hath spoken <01696> to us in the name <08034> of the LORD
<03068> our God <0430>.
17 Then rose <06965> up certain <0582> of the elders <02205>
of the land <0776>, and spake <0559> to all <03605> the assembly
<06951> of the people <05971>, saying <0559>,
18 Micah <04320> the Morasthite <04183> prophesied <05012> in
the days <03117> of Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah
<03063>, and spake <0559> to all <03605> the people <05971> of
Judah <03063>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>; Zion <06726> shall be plowed <02790>
[like] a field <07704>, and Jerusalem <03389> shall become
<01961> heaps <05856>, and the mountain <02022> of the house
<01004> as the high <01116> places of a forest <03293>.
19 Did Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> and all
<03605> Judah <03063> put him at all <03605> to death <04191>?
did he not fear <03373> the LORD <03068>, and besought <02470>
the LORD <03068>, and the LORD <03068> repented <05162> him of
the evil <07451> which <0834> he had pronounced <01696> against
<05921> them? Thus might we procure <06213> great <01419> evil
<07451> against <05921> our souls <05315>.
20 And there was also <01571> a man <0376> that prophesied
<05012> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, Urijah <0223>
the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098> of Kirjathjearim <07157>,
who prophesied <05012> against <05921> this <02063> city <05892>
and against <05921> this <02063> land <0776> according to all
<03605> the words <01697> of Jeremiah <03414>:
21 And when Jehoiakim <03079> the king <04428>, with all
<03605> his mighty <01368> men, and all <03605> the princes
<08269>, heard <08085> his words <01697>, the king <04428>
sought <01245> to put him to death <04191>: but when Urijah
<0223> heard <08085> it, he was afraid <03372>, and fled <01272>,
and went <0935> into Egypt <04714>;
22 And Jehoiakim <03079> the king <04428> sent <07971> men
<0582> into Egypt <04714>, [namely], Elnathan <0494> the son
<01121> of Achbor <05907>, and [certain] men <0582> with him
into <0413> Egypt <04714>.
23 And they fetched <03318> forth <03318> Urijah <0223> out of
Egypt <04714>, and brought <0935> him unto Jehoiakim <03079> the
king <04428>; who slew <05221> him with the sword <02719>, and
cast <07993> his dead <05038> body <05038> into <0413> the
graves <06913> of the common <01121> people <05971>.
24 Nevertheless <0389> the hand <03027> of Ahikam <0296> the
son <01121> of Shaphan <08227> was with Jeremiah <03414>, that
they should not give <05414> him into the hand <03027> of the
people <05971> to put him to death <04191>.
Jeremiah 27
1. In the beginning <07225> of the reign <04467> of Jehoiakim
<03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah
<03063> came <01961> this <02088> word <01697> unto Jeremiah
<03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> to me; Make
<06213> thee bonds <04147> and yokes <04133>, and put <05414>
them upon thy neck <06677>,
3 And send <07971> them to the king <04428> of Edom <0123>,
and to the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, and to the king <04428>
of the Ammonites <05984>, and to the king <04428> of Tyrus
<06865>, and to the king <04428> of Zidon <06721>, by the hand
<03027> of the messengers <04397> which come <0935> to Jerusalem
<03389> unto Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>;
4 And command <06680> them to say <0559> unto their masters
<0113>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Thus <03541> shall ye
say <0559> unto your masters <0113>;
5 I have made <06213> the earth <0776>, the man <0120> and the
beast <0929> that [are] upon the ground <0776>, by my great
<01419> power <03581> and by my outstretched <05186> arm <02220>,
and have given <05414> it unto whom <0834> it seemed <05869>
meet <03474> unto me.
6 And now <06258> have I given <05414> all <03605> these
<0428> lands <0776> into <0413> the hand <03027> of
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, my
servant <05650>; and the beasts <02416> of the field <07704>
have I given <05414> him also <01571> to serve <05647> him.
7 And all <03605> nations <01471> shall serve <05647> him, and
his son <01121>, and his son's <01121> son <01121>, until
<05704> the very time <06256> of his land <0776> come <0935>:
and then many <07227> nations <01471> and great <01419> kings
<04428> shall serve <05647> themselves of him.
8 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] the nation <01471>
and kingdom <04467> which <0834> will not serve <05647> the same
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and
that will not put <05414> their neck <06677> under the yoke
<05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, that nation
<01471> will I punish <06485>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>,
with the sword <02719>, and with the famine <07458>, and with
the pestilence <01698>, until <05704> I have consumed <08552>
them by his hand <03027>.
9 Therefore hearken <08085> not ye to your prophets <05030>,
nor to your diviners <07080>, nor to your dreamers <02492>, nor
to your enchanters <06049>, nor to your sorcerers <03786>, which
<0834> speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye shall not serve
<05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>:
10 For they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you, to remove
<07368> you far <07368> from your land <0127>; and that I should
drive <05080> you out, and ye should perish <06>.
11 But the nations <01471> that bring <0935> their neck
<06677> under the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon
<0894>, and serve <05647> him, those will I let remain <03241>
still in their own land <0127>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>;
and they shall till <05647> it, and dwell <03427> therein.
12. I spake <01696> also to Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of
Judah <03063> according to all <03605> these <0428> words
<01697>, saying <0559>, Bring <0935> your necks <06677> under
the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and
serve <05647> him and his people <05971>, and live <02421>.
13 Why <04100> will ye die <04191>, thou and thy people
<05971>, by the sword <02719>, by the famine <07458>, and by the
pestilence <01698>, as the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>
against <0413> the nation <01471> that will not serve <05647>
the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>?
14 Therefore hearken <08085> not unto the words <01697> of the
prophets <05030> that speak <0559> unto you, saying <0559>, Ye
shall not serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>: for
they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you.
15 For I have not sent <07971> them, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>, yet they prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> in my name
<08034>; that I might drive <05080> you out, and that ye might
perish <06>, ye, and the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012>
unto you.
16 Also I spake <01696> to the priests <03548> and to all
<03605> this <02088> people <05971>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541>
saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Hearken <08085> not to the words
<01697> of your prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> unto you,
saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, the vessels <03627> of the LORD'S
<03068> house <01004> shall now <06258> shortly <04120> be
brought <07725> again <07725> from Babylon <0894>: for they
prophesy <05012> a lie <08267> unto you.
17 Hearken <08085> not unto them; serve <05647> the king
<04428> of Babylon <0894>, and live <02421>: wherefore <04100>
should this <02063> city <05892> be laid waste <02723>?
18 But if <0518> they [be] prophets <05030>, and if <0518> the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068> be with them, let them now
<04994> make intercession <06293> to the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, that the vessels <03627> which are left <03498> in the
house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and [in] the house <01004> of
the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and at Jerusalem <03389>, go
<0935> not to Babylon <0894>.
19 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635> concerning <05921> the pillars <05982>, and concerning
<05921> the sea <03220>, and concerning <05921> the bases
<04369>, and concerning <05921> the residue <03499> of the
vessels <03627> that remain <03498> in this <02063> city <05892>,
20 Which <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon
<0894> took <03947> not, when he carried <01546> away captive
<01540> Jeconiah <03204> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079>
king <04428> of Judah <03063> from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon
<0894>, and all <03605> the nobles <02715> of Judah <03063> and
Jerusalem <03389>;
21 Yea <03588>, thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of
hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, concerning
<05921> the vessels <03627> that remain <03498> [in] the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068>, and [in] the house <01004> of the
king <04428> of Judah <03063> and of Jerusalem <03389>;
22 They shall be carried <0935> to Babylon <0894>, and there
<08033> shall they be until <05704> the day <03117> that I visit
<06485> them, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; then will I bring
<05927> them up, and restore <07725> them to this <02008> place
<04725>.
Jeremiah 28
1. And it came <01961> to pass the same <01931> year <08141>,
in the beginning <07225> of the reign <04467> of Zedekiah
<06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, in the fourth <07243>
year <08141>, [and] in the fifth <02549> month <02320>, [that]
Hananiah <02608> the son <01121> of Azur <05809> the prophet
<05030>, which <0834> [was] of Gibeon <01391>, spake <0559> unto
me in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, in the presence
<05869> of the priests <03548> and of all <03605> the people
<05971>, saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, I have
broken <07665> the yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon
<0894>.
3 Within <05750> two full <03117> years <08141> will I bring
<07725> again <07725> into this <02008> place <04725> all
<03605> the vessels <03627> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>,
that Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> took
<03947> away from this <02008> place <04725>, and carried <0935>
them to Babylon <0894>:
4 And I will bring <07725> again <07725> to this <02008> place
<04725> Jeconiah <03204> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079>
king <04428> of Judah <03063>, with all <03605> the captives
<01546> of Judah <03063>, that went <0935> into Babylon <0894>,
saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: for I will break <07665> the
yoke <05923> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.
5 Then the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> unto
the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> in the presence <05869> of
the priests <03548>, and in the presence <05869> of all <03605>
the people <05971> that stood <05975> in the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068>,
6 Even the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> said <0559>, Amen
<0543>: the LORD <03068> do <06213> so <03651>: the LORD <03068>
perform <06965> thy words <01697> which <0834> thou hast
prophesied <05012>, to bring <07725> again <07725> the vessels
<03627> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>, and all <03605>
that is carried <01473> away captive <01473>, from Babylon
<0894> into <0413> this <02008> place <04725>.
7 Nevertheless <0389> hear <08085> thou now <04994> this
<02008> word <01697> that I speak <01696> in thine ears <0241>,
and in the ears <0241> of all <03605> the people <05971>;
8 The prophets <05030> that have been <01961> before <06440>
me and before <06440> thee of old <05769> prophesied <05012>
both against <0413> many <07227> countries <0776>, and against
<05921> great <01419> kingdoms <04467>, of war <04421>, and of
evil <07451>, and of pestilence <01698>.
9 The prophet <05030> which <0834> prophesieth <05012> of
peace <07965>, when the word <01697> of the prophet <05030>
shall come <0935> to pass, [then] shall the prophet <05030> be
known <03045>, that the LORD <03068> hath truly <0571> sent
<07971> him.
10. Then Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030> took <03947> the
yoke <04133> from off <05921> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah's
<03414> neck <06677>, and brake <07665> it.
11 And Hananiah <02608> spake <0559> in the presence <05869>
of all <03605> the people <05971>, saying <0559>, Thus <03602>
saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Even <03602> so <03602> will I
break <07665> the yoke <05923> of Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king
<04428> of Babylon <0894> from the neck <06677> of all <03605>
nations <01471> within <05750> the space <05750> of two full
<03117> years <08141>. And the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414>
went <03212> his way <01870>.
12 Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto
Jeremiah <03414> [the prophet], after <0310> that Hananiah
<02608> the prophet <05030> had broken <07665> the yoke <04133>
from off <05921> the neck <06677> of the prophet <05030>
Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559>,
13 Go <01980> and tell <0559> Hananiah <02608>, saying <0559>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Thou hast broken
<07665> the yokes <04133> of wood <06086>; but thou shalt make
<06213> for them yokes <04133> of iron <01270>.
14 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; I have put <05414> a
yoke <05923> of iron <01270> upon the neck <06677> of all
<03605> these <0428> nations <01471>, that they may serve
<05647> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>;
and they shall serve <05647> him: and I have given <05414> him
the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> also <01571>.
15 Then said <0559> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> unto
Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030>, Hear <08085> now <04994>,
Hananiah <02608>; The LORD <03068> hath not sent <07971> thee;
but thou makest this <02008> people <05971> to trust <0982> in a
lie <08267>.
16 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD
<03068>; Behold <02005>, I will cast <07971> thee from off
<05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>: this year <08141>
thou shalt die <04191>, because <03588> thou hast taught <01696>
rebellion <05627> against <0413> the LORD <03068>.
17 So Hananiah <02608> the prophet <05030> died <04191> the
same <01931> year <08141> in the seventh <07637> month <02320>.
Jeremiah 29
1. Now these <0428> [are] the words <01697> of the letter
<05612> that Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> sent <07971>
from Jerusalem <03389> unto the residue <03499> of the elders
<02205> which were carried <01473> away captives <01473>, and to
the priests <03548>, and to the prophets <05030>, and to all
<03605> the people <05971> whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019>
had carried <01540> away captive <01473> from Jerusalem <03389>
to Babylon <0894>;
2 (After that Jeconiah <03204> the king <04428>, and the queen
<01377>, and the eunuchs <05631>, the princes <08269> of Judah
<03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, and the carpenters <02796>, and
the smiths <04525>, were departed <03318> from Jerusalem <03389>;
)
3 By the hand <03027> of Elasah <0501> the son <01121> of
Shaphan <08227>, and Gemariah <01587> the son <01121> of Hilkiah
<02518>, (whom Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>
sent <07971> unto Babylon <0894> to Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king
<04428> of Babylon <0894>) saying <0559>,
4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, unto all <03605> that are
carried <01473> away captives <01473>, whom <0834> I have caused
to be carried <01540> away from Jerusalem <03389> unto Babylon
<0894>;
5 Build <01129> ye houses <01004>, and dwell <03427> [in them];
and plant <05193> gardens <01593>, and eat <0398> the fruit
<06529> of them;
6 Take <03947> ye wives <0802>, and beget <03205> sons <01121>
and daughters <01121>; and take <03947> wives <0802> for your
sons <01121>, and give <05414> your daughters <01121> to
husbands <0582>, that they may bear <03205> sons <01121> and
daughters <01121>; that ye may be increased <07235> there
<08033>, and not diminished <04591>.
7 And seek <01875> the peace <07965> of the city <05892>
whither I have caused you to be carried <01540> away captives
<01540>, and pray <06419> unto the LORD <03068> for it: for in
the peace <07965> thereof shall ye have peace <07965>.
8. For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Let not your prophets
<05030> and your diviners <07080>, that [be] in the midst
<07130> of you, deceive <05377> you, neither <0408> hearken
<08085> to your dreams <02472> which <0834> ye cause to be
dreamed <02492>.
9 For they prophesy <05012> falsely <08267> unto you in my
name <08034>: I have not sent <07971> them, saith <05002> the
LORD <03068>.
10 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, That after
<06310> seventy <07657> years <08141> be accomplished <04390> at
Babylon <0894> I will visit <06485> you, and perform <06965> my
good <02896> word <01697> toward <05921> you, in causing you to
return <07725> to this <02088> place <04725>.
11 For I know <03045> the thoughts <04284> that I think
<02803> toward <05921> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>,
thoughts <04284> of peace <07965>, and not of evil <07451>, to
give <05414> you an expected <08615> end <0319>.
12 Then shall ye call <07121> upon me, and ye shall go <01980>
and pray <06419> unto me, and I will hearken <08085> unto you.
13 And ye shall seek <01245> me, and find <04672> [me], when
<03588> ye shall search <01875> for me with all <03605> your
heart <03824>.
14 And I will be found <04672> of you, saith <05002> the LORD
<03068>: and I will turn <07725> away your captivity <07622>,
and I will gather <06908> you from all <03605> the nations
<01471>, and from all <03605> the places <04725> whither I have
driven <05080> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>; and I will
bring <07725> you again <07725> into <0413> the place <04725>
whence I caused you to be carried <01540> away captive <01540>.
15. Because <03588> ye have said <0559>, The LORD <03068> hath
raised <06965> us up prophets <05030> in Babylon <0894>;
16 [Know] that thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of
the king <04428> that sitteth <03427> upon the throne <03678> of
David <01732>, and of all <03605> the people <05971> that
dwelleth <03427> in this <02063> city <05892>, [and] of your
brethren <0251> that are not gone <03318> forth <03318> with you
into captivity <01473>;
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