| 027:001 | In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying, | |
027:002 | Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put
them upon thy neck, |
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027:003 | And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus,
and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which
come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; |
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027:004 | And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your
masters; |
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027:005 | I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have
given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. |
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027:006 | And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts
of the field have I given him also to serve him. |
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027:007 | And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's
son, until the very time of his land come: and then many
nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. |
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027:008 | And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which
will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the
sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I
have consumed them by his hand. |
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027:009 | Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your
diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to
your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not
serve the king of Babylon: |
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027:010 | For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your
land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. |
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027:011 | But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the
king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still
in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and
dwell therein. |
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027:012 | I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these
words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. |
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027:013 | Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against
the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? |
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027:014 | Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that
speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. |
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027:015 | For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a
lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might
perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. |
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027:016 | Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying,
Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets
that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the
LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon:
for they prophesy a lie unto you. |
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027:017 | Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
wherefore should this city be laid waste? |
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027:018 | But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with
them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts,
that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and
in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to
Babylon. |
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027:019 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and
concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning
the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. |
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027:020 | Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried
away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from
Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and
Jerusalem; |
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027:021 | Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD,
and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; |
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027:022 | They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be
until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I
bring them up, and restore them to this place. |
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| 028:001 | And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in
the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet,
which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD,
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, | |
028:002 | Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I
have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. |
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028:003 | Within two full years will I bring again into this place all
the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to
Babylon: |
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028:004 | And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that
went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke
of the king of Babylon. |
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028:005 | Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in
the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the
people that stood in the house of the LORD, |
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028:006 | Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD
perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again
the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away
captive, from Babylon into this place. |
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028:007 | Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine
ears, and in the ears of all the people; |
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028:008 | The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old
prophesied both against many countries, and against great
kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. |
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028:009 | The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the
prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known,
that the LORD hath truly sent him. |
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028:010 | Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet
Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. |
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028:011 | And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,
Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations
within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah
went his way. |
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028:012 | Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet,
after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off
the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, |
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028:013 | Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast
broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes
of iron. |
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028:014 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have
put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that
they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall
serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. |
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028:015 | Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear
now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest
this people to trust in a lie. |
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028:016 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from
off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because
thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. |
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028:017 | So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh
month. |
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| 029:001 | Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the
prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders
which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to
the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had
carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; | |
029:002 | (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs,
the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and
the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) |
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029:003 | By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son
of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, |
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029:004 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that
are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried
away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; |
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029:005 | Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat
the fruit of them; |
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029:006 | Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives
for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they
may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there,
and not diminished. |
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029:007 | And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in
the peace thereof shall ye have peace. |
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029:008 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not
your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you,
deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to
be dreamed. |
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029:009 | For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent
them, saith the LORD. |
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029:010 | For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be
accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good
word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. |
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029:011 | For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end. |
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029:012 | Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me,
and I will hearken unto you. |
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029:013 | And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me
with all your heart. |
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029:014 | And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn
away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the
nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you,
saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place
whence I caused you to be carried away captive. |
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029:015 | Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in
Babylon; |
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029:016 | Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon
the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in
this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with
you into captivity; |
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029:017 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them
the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them
like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. |
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029:018 | And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and
with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to
all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an
astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the
nations whither I have driven them: |
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029:019 | Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD,
which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. |
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029:020 | Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the
captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: |
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029:021 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the
son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which
prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver
them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he
shall slay them before your eyes; |
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029:022 | And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of
Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like
Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in
the fire; |
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029:023 | Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have
committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have
spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded
them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. |
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029:024 | Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, |
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029:025 | Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people
that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah
the priest, and to all the priests, saying, |
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029:026 | The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the
priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD,
for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that
thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. |
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029:027 | Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,
which maketh himself a prophet to you? |
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029:028 | For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This
captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. |
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029:029 | And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of
Jeremiah the prophet. |
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029:030 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, |
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029:031 | Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath
prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to
trust in a lie: |
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029:032 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell
among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I
will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught
rebellion against the LORD. |
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| 030:001 | The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, | |
030:002 | Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all
the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. |
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030:003 | For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the
LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave
to their fathers, and they shall possess it. |
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030:004 | And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah. |
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030:005 | For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. |
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030:006 | Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a
woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? |
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030:007 | Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of
it. |
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030:008 | For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will
burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves
of him: |
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030:009 | But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them. |
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030:010 | Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from
afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob
shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none
shall make him afraid. |
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030:011 | For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I
make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,
yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct
thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished. |
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030:012 | For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy
wound is grievous. |
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030:013 | There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound
up: thou hast no healing medicines. |
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030:014 | All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I
have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine
iniquity; because thy sins were increased. |
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030:015 | Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable
for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were
increased, I have done these things unto thee. |
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030:016 | Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey
upon thee will I give for a prey. |
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030:017 | For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an
Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. |
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030:018 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and
the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
shall remain after the manner thereof. |
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030:019 | And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall
not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be
small. |
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030:020 | Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish
all that oppress them. |
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030:021 | And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to
draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that
engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. |
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030:022 | And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. |
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030:023 | Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of
the wicked. |
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030:024 | The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath
done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart:
in the latter days ye shall consider it. |
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| 031:001 | At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the
families of Israel, and they shall be my people. | |
031:002 | Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword
found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to
cause him to rest. |
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031:003 | The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have
loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
lovingkindness have I drawn thee. |
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031:004 | Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of
Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and
shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. |
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031:005 | Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the
planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. |
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031:006 | For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount
Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the
LORD our God. |
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031:007 | For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and
shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye,
and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. |
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031:008 | Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather
them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and
the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with
child together: a great company shall return thither. |
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031:009 | They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I
lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters
in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a
father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. |
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031:010 | Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the
isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather
him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. |
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031:011 | For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the
hand of him that was stronger than he. |
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031:012 | Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and
shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat,
and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and
of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and
they shall not sorrow any more at all. |
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031:013 | Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and
old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and
will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. |
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031:014 | And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and
my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. |
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031:015 | Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to
be comforted for her children, because they were not. |
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031:016 | Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine
eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the
LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. |
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031:017 | And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy
children shall come again to their own border. |
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031:018 | I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed
to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art
the LORD my God. |
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031:019 | Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I
was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea,
even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. |
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031:020 | Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I
spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have
mercy upon him, saith the LORD. |
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031:021 | Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart
toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn
again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. |
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031:022 | How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for
the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall
compass a man. |
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031:023 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they
shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities
thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD
bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. |
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031:024 | And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities
thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with
flocks. |
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031:025 | For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished
every sorrowful soul. |
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031:026 | Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto
me. |
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031:027 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the
house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man,
and with the seed of beast. |
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031:028 | And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over
them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and
to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to
build, and to plant, saith the LORD. |
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031:029 | In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a
sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. |
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031:030 | But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that
eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. |
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031:031 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of
Judah: |
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031:032 | Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I
was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: |
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031:033 | But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law
in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will
be their God, and they shall be my people. |
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031:034 | And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall
all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more. |
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031:035 | Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by
night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The
LORD of hosts is his name: |
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031:036 | If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD,
then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
before me for ever. |
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031:037 | Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the
foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also
cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,
saith the LORD. |
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031:038 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be
built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of
the corner. |
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031:039 | And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon
the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. |
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031:040 | And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and
all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of
the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD;
it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. |
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| 032:001 | The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year
of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar. | |
032:002 | For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and
Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison,
which was in the king of Judah's house. |
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032:003 | For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore
dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
he shall take it; |
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032:004 | And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of
the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth,
and his eyes shall behold his eyes; |
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032:005 | And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be
until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the
Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. |
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032:006 | And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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032:007 | Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come
unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for
the right of redemption is thine to buy it. |
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032:008 | So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the
prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me,
Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in
the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is
thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I
knew that this was the word of the LORD. |
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032:009 | And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in
Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of
silver. |
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032:010 | And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took
witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. |
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032:011 | So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was
sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was
open: |
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032:012 | And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine
uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that
subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that
sat in the court of the prison. |
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032:013 | And I charged Baruch before them, saying, |
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032:014 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these
evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is
sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an
earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. |
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032:015 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses
and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this
land. |
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032:016 | Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto
Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, |
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032:017 | Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth
by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing
too hard for thee: |
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032:018 | Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest
the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children
after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is
his name, |
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032:019 | Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open
upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings: |
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032:020 | Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even
unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast
made thee a name, as at this day; |
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032:021 | And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of
Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand,
and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; |
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032:022 | And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; |
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032:023 | And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy
voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of
all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast
caused all this evil to come upon them: |
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032:024 | Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and
the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight
against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of
the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass;
and, behold, thou seest it. |
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032:025 | And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for
money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand
of the Chaldeans. |
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032:026 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, |
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032:027 | Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any
thing too hard for me? |
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032:028 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: |
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032:029 | And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come
and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon
whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured
out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. |
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032:030 | For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only
done evil before me from their youth: for the children of
Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their
hands, saith the LORD. |
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032:031 | For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger
and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this
day; that I should remove it from before my face, |
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032:032 | Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the
children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to
anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and
their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. |
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032:033 | And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face:
though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet
they have not hearkened to receive instruction. |
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032:034 | But they set their abominations in the house, which is called
by my name, to defile it. |
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032:035 | And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the
valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their
daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I
commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they
should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. |
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032:036 | And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered
into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the
famine, and by the pestilence; |
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032:037 | Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I
have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great
wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will
cause them to dwell safely: |
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032:038 | And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: |
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032:039 | And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may
fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children
after them: |
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032:040 | And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will
not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my
fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. |
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032:041 | Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will
plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with
my whole soul. |
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032:042 | For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great
evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good
that I have promised them. |
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032:043 | And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is
desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of
the Chaldeans. |
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032:044 | Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and
seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in
the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in
the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley,
and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their
captivity to return, saith the LORD. |
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| 033:001 | Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second
time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,
saying, | |
033:002 | Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed
it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; |
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033:003 | Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not. |
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033:004 | For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the
houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of
Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; |
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033:005 | They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger
and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my
face from this city. |
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033:006 | Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,
and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. |
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033:007 | And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of
Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. |
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033:008 | And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they
have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their
iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have
transgressed against me. |
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033:009 | And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour
before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the
good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for
all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure
unto it. |
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033:010 | Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,
which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast,
even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and
without beast, |
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033:011 | The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that
shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for
his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the
sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will
cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first,
saith the LORD. |
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033:012 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is
desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities
thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their
flocks to lie down. |
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033:013 | In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and
in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and
in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that
telleth them, saith the LORD. |
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033:014 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform
that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel
and to the house of Judah. |
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033:015 | In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of
righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute
judgment and righteousness in the land. |
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033:016 | In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called,
The LORD our righteousness. |
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033:017 | For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit
upon the throne of the house of Israel; |
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033:018 | Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to
offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do
sacrifice continually. |
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033:019 | And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, |
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033:020 | Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day,
and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day
and night in their season; |
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033:021 | Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,
that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and
with the Levites the priests, my ministers. |
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033:022 | As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of
the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my
servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. |
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033:023 | Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, |
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033:024 | Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The
two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast
them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should
be no more a nation before them. |
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033:025 | Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,
and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and
earth; |
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033:026 | Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant,
so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the
seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their
captivity to return, and have mercy on them. |
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| 034:001 | The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the
kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people,
fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof,
saying, | |
034:002 | Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to
Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD;
Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: |
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034:003 | And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be
taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall
behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak
with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. |
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034:004 | Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: |
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034:005 | But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy
fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall
they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying,
Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. |
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034:006 | Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah
king of Judah in Jerusalem, |
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034:007 | When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities of Judah that were left, against
Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities
remained of the cities of Judah. |
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034:008 | This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after
that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people
which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; |
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034:009 | That every man should let his manservant, and every man his
maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that
none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his
brother. |
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034:010 | Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had
entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his
manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none
should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed,
and let them go. |
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034:011 | But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the
handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought
them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. |
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034:012 | Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying, |
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034:013 | Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with
your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, |
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034:014 | At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an
Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath
served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee:
but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their
ear. |
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034:015 | And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in
proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had
made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my
name: |
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034:016 | But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his
servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at
liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. |
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034:017 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me,
in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every
man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you,
saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth. |
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034:018 | And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant,
which have not performed the words of the covenant which they
had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and
passed between the parts thereof, |
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034:019 | The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the
eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land,
which passed between the parts of the calf; |
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034:020 | I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into
the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies
shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the
beasts of the earth. |
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034:021 | And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into
the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek
their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
which are gone up from you. |
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034:022 | Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to
return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take
it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah
a desolation without an inhabitant. |
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| 035:001 | The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, | |
035:002 | Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and
bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the
chambers, and give them wine to drink. |
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035:003 | Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of
Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole
house of the Rechabites; |
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035:004 | And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the
chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of
God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above
the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the
door: |
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035:005 | And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots
full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. |
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035:006 | But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of
Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: |
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035:007 | Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant
vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in
tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be
strangers. |
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035:008 | Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all
our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; |
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035:009 | Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we
vineyard, nor field, nor seed: |
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035:010 | But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. |
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035:011 | But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came
up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to
Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear
of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. |
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035:012 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, |
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035:013 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell
the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not
receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. |
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035:014 | The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his
sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they
drink none, but obey their father's commandment:
notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and
speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. |
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035:015 | I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man
from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after
other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which
I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not
inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. |
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035:016 | Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed
the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but
this people hath not hearkened unto me: |
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035:017 | Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them:
because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and
I have called unto them, but they have not answered. |
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035:018 | And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed
the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his
precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded
you: |
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035:019 | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before
me for ever. |
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| 036:001 | And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from
the LORD, saying, | |
036:002 | Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words
that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against
Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto
thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. |
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036:003 | It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which
I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from
his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. |
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036:004 | Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch
wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD,
which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. |
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036:005 | And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot
go into the house of the LORD: |
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036:006 | Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast
written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of
the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also
thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of
their cities. |
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036:007 | It may be they will present their supplication before the
LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great
is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced
against this people. |
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036:008 | And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that
Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the
words of the LORD in the LORD's house. |
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036:009 | And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed
a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to
all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto
Jerusalem. |
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036:010 | Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the
house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of
Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the
new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. |
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036:011 | When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, |
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036:012 | Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's
chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the
scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son
of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the
son of Hananiah, and all the princes. |
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036:013 | Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had
heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. |
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036:014 | Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying,
Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears
of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the
roll in his hand, and came unto them. |
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036:015 | And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.
So Baruch read it in their ears. |
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036:016 | Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they
were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will
surely tell the king of all these words. |
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036:017 | And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou
write all these words at his mouth? |
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036:018 | Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto
me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. |
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036:019 | Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and
Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. |
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036:020 | And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up
the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all
the words in the ears of the king. |
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036:021 | So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out
of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the
ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which
stood beside the king. |
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036:022 | Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and
there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. |
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036:023 | And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four
leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire
that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the
fire that was on the hearth. |
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036:024 | Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the
king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. |
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036:025 | Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made
intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but
he would not hear them. |
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036:026 | But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and
Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to
take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD
hid them. |
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036:027 | Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the
king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at
the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, |
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036:028 | Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former
words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of
Judah hath burned. |
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036:029 | And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the
LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou
written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly
come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from
thence man and beast? |
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036:030 | Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He
shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead
body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the
night to the frost. |
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036:031 | And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their
iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I
have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. |
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036:032 | Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the
scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of
Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides
unto them many like words. |
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| 037:001 | And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah
the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made
king in the land of Judah. | |
037:002 | But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the
prophet Jeremiah. |
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037:003 | And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet
Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. |
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037:004 | Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they
had not put him into prison. |
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037:005 | Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the
Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they
departed from Jerusalem. |
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037:006 | Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah
saying, |
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037:007 | Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to
the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me;
Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall
return to Egypt into their own land. |
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037:008 | And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this
city, and take it, and burn it with fire. |
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037:009 | Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The
Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not
depart. |
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037:010 | For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that
fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among
them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn
this city with fire. |
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037:011 | And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was
broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, |
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037:012 | Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land
of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the
people. |
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037:013 | And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward
was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the
son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. |
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037:014 | Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the
Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took
Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. |
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037:015 | Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,
and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for
they had made that the prison. |
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037:016 | When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the
cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; |
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037:017 | Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king
asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word
from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou
shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. |
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037:018 | Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I
offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against
this people, that ye have put me in prison? |
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037:019 | Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying,
The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
this land? |
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037:020 | Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou
cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe,
lest I die there. |
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037:021 | Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit
Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should
give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street,
until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah
remained in the court of the prison. |
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| 038:001 | Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of
Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of
Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all
the people, saying, | |
038:002 | Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he
that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall
have his life for a prey, and shall live. |
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038:003 | Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. |
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038:004 | Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let
this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of
the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all
the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man
seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. |
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038:005 | Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for
the king is not he that can do any thing against you. |
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038:006 | Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of
Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the
prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the
dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the
mire. |
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038:007 | Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which
was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in
the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; |
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038:008 | Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to
the king saying, |
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038:009 | My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they
have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into
the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place
where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. |
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038:010 | Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take
from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the
prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. |
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038:011 | So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house
of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast
clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into
the dungeon to Jeremiah. |
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038:012 | And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these
old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the
cords. And Jeremiah did so. |
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038:013 | So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of
the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. |
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038:014 | Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet
unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the
LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a
thing; hide nothing from me. |
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038:015 | Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee,
wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee
counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? |
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038:016 | So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As
the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee
to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men
that seek thy life. |
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038:017 | Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God
of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth
unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live,
and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt
live, and thine house: |
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038:018 | But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's
princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the
Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt
not escape out of their hand. |
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038:019 | And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the
Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me
into their hand, and they mock me. |
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038:020 | But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I
beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee:
so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. |
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038:021 | But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD
hath shewed me: |
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038:022 | And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of
Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's
princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee
on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the
mire, and they are turned away back. |
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038:023 | So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but
shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou
shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. |
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038:024 | Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these
words, and thou shalt not die. |
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038:025 | But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they
come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what
thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will
not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: |
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038:026 | Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication
before the king, that he would not cause me to return to
Jonathan's house, to die there. |
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038:027 | Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he
told them according to all these words that the king had
commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter
was not perceived. |
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038:028 | So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day
that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was
taken. |
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| 039:001 | In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth
month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army
against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. | |
039:002 | And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the
ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. |
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039:003 | And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in
the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim,
Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the
princes of the king of Babylon. |
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039:004 | And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw
them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth
out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by
the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the
plain. |
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039:005 | But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken
him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to
Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. |
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039:006 | Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah
before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles
of Judah. |
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039:007 | Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with
chains, to carry him to Babylon. |
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039:008 | And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of
the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. |
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039:009 | Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the
city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the
rest of the people that remained. |
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039:010 | But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of
the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave
them vineyards and fields at the same time. |
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039:011 | Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, |
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039:012 | Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do
unto him even as he shall say unto thee. |
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039:013 | So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,
Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of
Babylon's princes; |
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039:014 | Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the
prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt
among the people. |
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039:015 | Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut
up in the court of the prison, saying, |
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039:016 | Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my
words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they
shall be accomplished in that day before thee. |
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039:017 | But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou
shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art
afraid. |
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039:018 | For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the
sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because
thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. |
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| 040:001 | The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from
Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all
that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which
were carried away captive unto Babylon. | |
040:002 | And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him,
The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. |
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040:003 | Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath
said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not
obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. |
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040:004 | And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which
were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with
me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if
it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear:
behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good
and convenient for thee to go, thither go. |
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040:005 | Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king
of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and
dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth
convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave
him victuals and a reward, and let him go. |
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040:006 | Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the
land. |
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040:007 | Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the
fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the
land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children,
and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried
away captive to Babylon; |
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040:008 | Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the
Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and
their men. |
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040:009 | And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto
them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the
Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon,
and it shall be well with you. |
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040:010 | As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the
Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine,
and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and
dwell in your cities that ye have taken. |
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040:011 | Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the
Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries,
heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan; |
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040:012 | Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were
driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto
Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. |
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040:013 | Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, |
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040:014 | And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the
king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them
not. |
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040:015 | Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
Judah perish? |
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040:016 | But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest
falsely of Ishmael. |
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| 041:001 | Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the
princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread
together in Mizpah. | |
041:002 | Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that
were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon
had made governor over the land. |
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041:003 | Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there,
and the men of war. |
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041:004 | And it came to pass the second day after he had slain
Gedaliah, and no man knew it, |
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041:005 | That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from
Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and
their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings
and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the
LORD. |
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041:006 | And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to
meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass,
as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam. |
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041:007 | And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the
midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. |
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041:008 | But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay
us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of
barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them
not among their brethren. |
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041:009 | Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of
the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which
Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were
slain. |
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041:010 | Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all
the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. |
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041:011 | But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, |
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041:012 | Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are
in Gibeon. |
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041:013 | Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were with him, then they were glad. |
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041:014 | So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from
Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son
of Kareah. |
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041:015 | But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with
eight men, and went to the Ammonites. |
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041:016 | Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from
Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and
the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: |
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041:017 | And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham,
which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, |
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041:018 | Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them,
because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the
land. |
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| 042:001 | Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people
from the least even unto the greatest, came near, | |
042:002 | And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the
LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but
a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) |
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042:003 | That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk,
and the thing that we may do. |
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042:004 | Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;
behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your
words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the
LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep
nothing back from you. |
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042:005 | Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful
witness between us, if we do not even according to all things
for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. |
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042:006 | Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the
voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may
be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. |
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042:007 | And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD
came unto Jeremiah. |
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042:008 | Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the
least even to the greatest, |
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042:009 | And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; |
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042:010 | If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you,
and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you
up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. |
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042:011 | Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid;
be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to
save you, and to deliver you from his hand. |
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042:012 | And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon
you, and cause you to return to your own land. |
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042:013 | But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey
the voice of the LORD your God, |
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042:014 | Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we
shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have
hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: |
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042:015 | And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of
Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye
wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there; |
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042:016 | Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared,
shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine,
whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in
Egypt; and there ye shall die. |
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042:017 | So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go
into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall
remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. |
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042:018 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine
anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when
ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and
an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see
this place no more. |
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042:019 | The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go
ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you
this day. |
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042:020 | For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the
LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and
according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare
unto us, and we will do it. |
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042:021 | And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not
obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the
which he hath sent me unto you. |
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042:022 | Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword,
by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye
desire to go and to sojourn. |
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| 043:001 | And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of
speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their
God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even
all these words, | |
043:002 | Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou
speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say,
Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: |
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043:003 | But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for
to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might
put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. |
|
043:004 | So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD,
to dwell in the land of Judah. |
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043:005 | But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from
all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the
land of Judah; |
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043:006 | Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters,
and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had
left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and
Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. |
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043:007 | So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the
voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. |
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043:008 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,
saying, |
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043:009 | Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in
the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in
Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; |
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043:010 | And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king
of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these
stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion
over them. |
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043:011 | And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and
deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for
captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the
sword. |
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043:012 | And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt;
and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he
shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd
putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in
peace. |
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043:013 | He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the
land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians
shall he burn with fire. |
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| 044:001 | The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which
dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at
Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, | |
044:002 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen
all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all
the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a
desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, |
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044:003 | Because of their wickedness which they have committed to
provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to
serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor
your fathers. |
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044:004 | Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable
thing that I hate. |
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044:005 | But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from
their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. |
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044:006 | Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was
kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. |
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044:007 | Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God
of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your
souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling,
out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; |
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044:008 | In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither
ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and
that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations
of the earth? |
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044:009 | Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their
wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your
wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in
the streets of Jerusalem? |
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044:010 | They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they
feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set
before you and before your fathers. |
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044:011 | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut
off all Judah. |
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044:012 | And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their
faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they
shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they
shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they
shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword
and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. |
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044:013 | For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence: |
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044:014 | So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the
land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that
they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they
have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return
but such as shall escape. |
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044:015 | Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned
incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a
great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of
Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, |
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044:016 | As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of
the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. |
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044:017 | But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of
our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and
our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty
of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. |
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044:018 | But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all
things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. |
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044:019 | And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured
out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship
her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? |
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044:020 | Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the
women, and to all the people which had given him that answer,
saying, |
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044:021 | The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and
your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD
remember them, and came it not into his mind? |
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044:022 | So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of
your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have
committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an
astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this
day. |
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044:023 | Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned
against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his
testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at
this day. |
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044:024 | Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the
women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the
land of Egypt: |
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044:025 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye
and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and
fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our
vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of
heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. |
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044:026 | Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell
in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name,
saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the
mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
The Lord GOD liveth. |
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044:027 | Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and
all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be
consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end
of them. |
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044:028 | Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of
the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant
of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. |
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044:029 | And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will
punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall
surely stand against you for evil: |
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044:030 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of
Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them
that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that
sought his life. |
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| 046:001 | The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet
against the Gentiles; | |
046:002 | Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt,
which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. |
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046:003 | Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. |
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046:004 | Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth
with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the
brigandines. |
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046:005 | Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and
their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and
look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. |
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046:006 | Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they
shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river
Euphrates. |
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046:007 | Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved
as the rivers? |
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046:008 | Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like
the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the
earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. |
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046:009 | Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty
men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle
the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. |
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046:010 | For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of
vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the
sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk
with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice
in the north country by the river Euphrates. |
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046:011 | Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of
Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt
not be cured. |
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046:012 | The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled
the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty,
and they are fallen both together. |
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046:013 | The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land
of Egypt. |
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046:014 | Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in
Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee;
for the sword shall devour round about thee. |
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046:015 | Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because
the LORD did drive them. |
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046:016 | He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they
said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the
land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. |
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046:017 | They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he
hath passed the time appointed. |
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046:018 | As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,
Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the
sea, so shall he come. |
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046:019 | O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an
inhabitant. |
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046:020 | Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it
cometh out of the north. |
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046:021 | Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted
bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away
together: they did not stand, because the day of their
calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. |
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046:022 | The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall
march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers
of wood. |
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046:023 | They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it
cannot be searched; because they are more than the
grasshoppers, and are innumerable. |
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046:024 | The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be
delivered into the hand of the people of the north. |
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046:025 | The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will
punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their
gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust
in him: |
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046:026 | And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their
lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be
inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. |
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046:027 | But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O
Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,
and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. |
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046:028 | Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am
with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations
whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of
thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee
wholly unpunished. |
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| 048:001 | Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and
taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. | |
048:002 | There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have
devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from
being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the
sword shall pursue thee. |
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048:003 | A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
destruction. |
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048:004 | Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be
heard. |
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048:005 | For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up;
for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry
of destruction. |
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048:006 | Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the
wilderness. |
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048:007 | For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy
treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go
forth into captivity with his priests and his princes
together. |
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048:008 | And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall
escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be
destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. |
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048:009 | Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the
cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell
therein. |
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048:010 | Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and
cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. |
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048:011 | Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on
his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
remained in him, and his scent is not changed. |
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048:012 | Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and
shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. |
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048:013 | And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel
was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. |
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048:014 | How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? |
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048:015 | Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen
young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King,
whose name is the LORD of hosts. |
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048:016 | The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
hasteth fast. |
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048:017 | All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know
his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the
beautiful rod! |
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048:018 | Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy
glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come
upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. |
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048:019 | O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him
that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? |
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048:020 | Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell
ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, |
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048:021 | And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and
upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, |
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048:022 | And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, |
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048:023 | And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, |
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048:024 | And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of
the land of Moab, far or near. |
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048:025 | The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the
LORD. |
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048:026 | Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the
LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall
be in derision. |
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048:027 | For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among
thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for
joy. |
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048:028 | O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the
rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides
of the hole's mouth. |
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048:029 | We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the
haughtiness of his heart. |
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048:030 | I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his
lies shall not so effect it. |
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048:031 | Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all
Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. |
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048:032 | O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of
Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to
the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits
and upon thy vintage. |
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048:033 | And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and
from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the
winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting
shall be no shouting. |
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048:034 | From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto
Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto
Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also
of Nimrim shall be desolate. |
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048:035 | Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him
that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense
to his gods. |
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048:036 | Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine
heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because
the riches that he hath gotten are perished. |
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048:037 | For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon
all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. |
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048:038 | There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of
Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like
a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. |
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048:039 | They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab
turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a
dismaying to all them about him. |
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048:040 | For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and
shall spread his wings over Moab. |
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048:041 | Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the
mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart
of a woman in her pangs. |
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048:042 | And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he
hath magnified himself against the LORD. |
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048:043 | Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O
inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. |
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048:044 | He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he
that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare:
for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith the LORD. |
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048:045 | They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of
the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a
flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of
Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. |
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048:046 | Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for
thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. |
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048:047 | Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter
days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. |
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| 049:001 | Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no
sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad,
and his people dwell in his cities? | |
049:002 | Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites;
and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be
burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that
were his heirs, saith the LORD. |
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049:003 | Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of
Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by
the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his
priests and his princes together. |
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049:004 | Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying,
Who shall come unto me? |
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049:005 | Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of
hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be
driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him
that wandereth. |
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049:006 | And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children
of Ammon, saith the LORD. |
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049:007 | Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no
more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their
wisdom vanished? |
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049:008 | Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I
will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will
visit him. |
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049:009 | If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some
gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till
they have enough. |
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049:010 | But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,
and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled,
and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. |
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049:011 | Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and
let thy widows trust in me. |
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049:012 | For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not
to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he
that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go
unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. |
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049:013 | For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all
the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. |
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049:014 | I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent
unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against
her, and rise up to the battle. |
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049:015 | For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and
despised among men. |
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049:016 | Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine
heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that
holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy
nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence,
saith the LORD. |
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049:017 | Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues
thereof. |
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049:018 | As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there,
neither shall a son of man dwell in it. |
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049:019 | Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of
Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will
suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man,
that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will
appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand
before me? |
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049:020 | Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken
against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against
the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall
draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate
with them. |
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049:021 | The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the
noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. |
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049:022 | Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his
wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the
mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. |
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049:023 | Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they
have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is
sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. |
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049:024 | Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and
fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her,
as a woman in travail. |
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049:025 | How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! |
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049:026 | Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the
men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of
hosts. |
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049:027 | And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
consume the palaces of Benhadad. |
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049:028 | Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the
LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. |
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049:029 | Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall
take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and
their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every
side. |
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049:030 | Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken
counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. |
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049:031 | Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth
without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor
bars, which dwell alone. |
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049:032 | And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that
are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity
from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. |
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049:033 | And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation
for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man
dwell in it. |
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049:034 | The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against
Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
saying, |
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049:035 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of
Elam, the chief of their might. |
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049:036 | And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four
quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those
winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of
Elam shall not come. |
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049:037 | For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon
them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send
the sword after them, till I have consumed them: |
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049:038 | And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence
the king and the princes, saith the LORD. |
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049:039 | But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will
bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. |
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| 050:001 | The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the
land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. | |
050:002 | Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a
standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel
is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are
confounded, her images are broken in pieces. |
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050:003 | For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her,
which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell
therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and
beast. |
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050:004 | In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children
of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. |
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050:005 | They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,
saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a
perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. |
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050:006 | My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused
them to go astray, they have turned them away on the
mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have
forgotten their restingplace. |
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050:007 | All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries
said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the
LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of
their fathers. |
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050:008 | Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the
land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the
flocks. |
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050:009 | For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an
assembly of great nations from the north country: and they
shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she
shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert
man; none shall return in vain. |
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050:010 | And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be
satisfied, saith the LORD. |
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050:011 | Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of
mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at
grass, and bellow as bulls; |
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050:012 | Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall
be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a
wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. |
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050:013 | Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited,
but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by
Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. |
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050:014 | Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye
that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath
sinned against the LORD. |
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050:015 | Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her
foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is
the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she
hath done, do unto her. |
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050:016 | Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the
sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing
sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall
flee every one to his own land. |
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050:017 | Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away:
first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. |
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050:018 | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I
have punished the king of Assyria. |
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050:019 | And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall
feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied
upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. |
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050:020 | In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity
of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and
the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will
pardon them whom I reserve. |
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050:021 | Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and
against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy
after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I
have commanded thee. |
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050:022 | A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. |
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050:023 | How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!
how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! |
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050:024 | I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O
Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also
caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. |
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050:025 | The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the
weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord
GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. |
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050:026 | Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:
cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of
her be left. |
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050:027 | Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe
unto them! for their day is come, the time of their
visitation. |
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050:028 | The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of
Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,
the vengeance of his temple. |
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050:029 | Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend
the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape:
recompense her according to her work; according to all that
she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against
the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. |
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050:030 | Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her
men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. |
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050:031 | Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord
GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit
thee. |
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050:032 | And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall
raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it
shall devour all round about him. |
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050:033 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the
children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took
them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. |
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050:034 | Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he
shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to
the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. |
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050:035 | A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the
inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her
wise men. |
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050:036 | A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is
upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. |
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050:037 | A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and
upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and
they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and
they shall be robbed. |
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050:038 | A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for
it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their
idols. |
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050:039 | Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell
therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither
shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. |
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050:040 | As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither
shall any son of man dwell therein. |
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050:041 | Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great
nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth. |
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050:042 | They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and
will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and
they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a
man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. |
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050:043 | The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his
hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of
a woman in travail. |
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050:044 | Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of
Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them
suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I
may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint
me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before
me? |
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050:045 | Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken
against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed
against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the
flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their
habitation desolate with them. |
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050:046 | At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and
the cry is heard among the nations. |
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| 051:001 | Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
against me, a destroying wind; | |
051:002 | And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and
shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be
against her round about. |
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051:003 | Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and
against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and
spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. |
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051:004 | Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and
they that are thrust through in her streets. |
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051:005 | For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of
the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin
against the Holy One of Israel. |
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051:006 | Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his
soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of
the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. |
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051:007 | Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made
all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad. |
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051:008 | Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take
balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. |
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051:009 | We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake
her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her
judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the
skies. |
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051:010 | The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let
us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. |
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051:011 | Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath
raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device
is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance
of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. |
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051:012 | Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch
strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the
LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against
the inhabitants of Babylon. |
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051:013 | O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,
thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. |
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051:014 | The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will
fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift
up a shout against thee. |
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051:015 | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his
understanding. |
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051:016 | When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in
the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and
bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
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051:017 | Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is
confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is
falsehood, and there is no breath in them. |
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051:018 | They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish. |
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051:019 | The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of
all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD
of hosts is his name. |
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051:020 | Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will
I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy
kingdoms; |
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051:021 | And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his
rider; |
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051:022 | With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with
thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will
I break in pieces the young man and the maid; |
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051:023 | I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his
flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and
his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces
captains and rulers. |
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051:024 | And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of
Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your
sight, saith the LORD. |
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051:025 | Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the
LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out
mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and
will make thee a burnt mountain. |
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051:026 | And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a
stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever,
saith the LORD. |
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051:027 | Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the
nations, prepare the nations against her, call together
against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz;
appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as
the rough caterpillers. |
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051:028 | Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes,
the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the
land of his dominion. |
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051:029 | And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of
the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land
of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. |
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051:030 | The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have
remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became
as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are
broken. |
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051:031 | One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet
another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at
one end, |
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051:032 | And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have
burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. |
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051:033 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The
daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to
thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest
shall come. |
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051:034 | Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed
me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my
delicates, he hath cast me out. |
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051:035 | The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall
the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants
of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. |
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051:036 | Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause,
and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and
make her springs dry. |
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051:037 | And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons,
an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. |
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051:038 | They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'
whelps. |
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051:039 | In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them
drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake, saith the LORD. |
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051:040 | I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams
with he goats. |
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051:041 | How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole
earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among
the nations! |
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051:042 | The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the
multitude of the waves thereof. |
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051:043 | Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a
land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass
thereby. |
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051:044 | And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out
of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations
shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of
Babylon shall fall. |
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051:045 | My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every
man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. |
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051:046 | And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that
shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year,
and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and
violence in the land, ruler against ruler. |
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051:047 | Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon
the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be
confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. |
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051:048 | Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall
sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from
the north, saith the LORD. |
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051:049 | As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at
Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. |
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051:050 | Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:
remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your
mind. |
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051:051 | We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath
covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries
of the LORD's house. |
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051:052 | Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land
the wounded shall groan. |
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051:053 | Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she
should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall
spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. |
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051:054 | A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans: |
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051:055 | Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of
her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters,
a noise of their voice is uttered: |
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051:056 | Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and
her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken:
for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. |
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051:057 | And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her
captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall
sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose
name is the LORD of hosts. |
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051:058 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall
be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with
fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the
fire, and they shall be weary. |
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051:059 | The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son
of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the
king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. |
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051:060 | So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon
Babylon, even all these words that are written against
Babylon. |
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051:061 | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and
shalt see, and shalt read all these words; |
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051:062 | Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this
place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither
man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. |
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051:063 | And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this
book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the
midst of Euphrates: |
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051:064 | And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not
rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall
be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. |
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| 052:001 | Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. | |
052:002 | And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD,
according to all that Jehoiakim had done. |
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052:003 | For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem
and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
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052:004 | And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the
tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts
against it round about. |
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052:005 | So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king
Zedekiah. |
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052:006 | And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the
famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for
the people of the land. |
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052:007 | Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and
went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate
between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now
the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by
the way of the plain. |
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052:008 | But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and
overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army
was scattered from him. |
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052:009 | Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of
Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave
judgment upon him. |
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052:010 | And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his
eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. |
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052:011 | Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon
bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him
in prison till the day of his death. |
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052:012 | Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which
was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king
of Babylon, into Jerusalem, |
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052:013 | And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great
men, burned he with fire: |
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052:014 | And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain
of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round
about. |
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052:015 | Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the
people that remained in the city, and those that fell away,
that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the
multitude. |
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052:016 | But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the
poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. |
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052:017 | Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,
and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the
LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them
to Babylon. |
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052:018 | The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the
bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith
they ministered, took they away. |
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052:019 | And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the
caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups;
that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver
in silver, took the captain of the guard away. |
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052:020 | The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were
under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of
the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. |
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052:021 | And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it;
and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. |
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052:022 | And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one
chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon
the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar
also and the pomegranates were like unto these. |
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052:023 | And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all
the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. |
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052:024 | And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
door: |
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052:025 | He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge
of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the
king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal
scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and
threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in
the midst of the city. |
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052:026 | So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. |
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052:027 | And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in
Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away
captive out of his own land. |
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052:028 | This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive:
in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: |
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052:029 | In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away
captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: |
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052:030 | In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews
seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were
four thousand and six hundred. |
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052:031 | And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the
captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month,
in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach
king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the
head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of
prison. |
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052:032 | And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne
of the kings that were with him in Babylon, |
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052:033 | And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat
bread before him all the days of his life. |
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052:034 | And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the
king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his
death, all the days of his life.
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