Destruction of the Philistines. JEREMIAH. 20 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 h afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days h E.29.11.13, of old, saith the LORD. gch. 44. 30. Es. 32 11. 11. i Is. 41. 13, 14. ch. 30. 10, 11. 27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O & 43.5.&44.2. 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. 28 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 k ch. 10. 21. & thee: but I will not make ka full end 30.11. of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. Or, not utterly cut thee off. Zeph. 2. 4, 5. b Amos 1. 6, 7,8. + Heb. Azzah. 45. 20. Heb theful ness thereof. e ch. 8. 16. Nah. 3. 2. fch. 25. 22. g Ez, 25, 16, 9.7. + Heb. the idle. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up dout of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and fall that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; The judgment of Moab A LORD of hosts, the God of Is- GAINST a Moab thus saith the 2d 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. 3f A voice of crying shall be from 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones 6b Flec, save your lives, and be like 7 TT For because thou hast trusted in 9" Give wings unto Moab, that it 10 "Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 11 T Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he Phath settled on his fees, 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. 4 Because of the day that cometh to Amos 1. 8, & spoil all the Philistines, and to cut 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, off from Tyrus and Zidon every saith the LORD, that I will send unhelper that remaineth: for the LORD to him wanderers, that shall cause 1 Gen. 10. 14. Will spoil the Philistines, the rem- him to wander, and shall empty his i Amos 1. 7. nant of the country of h Caphtor. vessels, and break their bottles. Mic. 1. 16. 5 i Baldness is come upon Gaza; 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Zeph, 2.4.7. k Ashkelon is cut off with the rem-Chemosh, as the house of Israel nant of their valley: how long wilt thou I cut thyself? Zech. 9. 5. k ch. 25. 20. 1 ch. 16. 6. & 41.5, & 48.37. m Deut.3941. Ea. 21.3, 4.5. + Ileb, gather thyself. + Ileb. How canst thor? n Es. 11. 17. o Mic. 6. 9. 60 thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? tput up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath "given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the seu shore? there hath he "appointed it. CHAPTER XLVIII. 1 The judgment of Moab, 7 for their pride; of Moab. was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15" Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and this chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. him; and all ye that know his name, 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Before CHRIST about 600. a la 15, & 16 ch. 25. 21. & 27.3. Es. 25.9. Amos 2. 1,2 b Num. 32.38 & 33, 47. Ia 15. 2. Num. 32. 37. Or. The high place. d Is. 16. 14. Is. 15. 4. | Or. be brought to silence, Is. 15. 1. + Heb.go after thee, fver. 5. gla. 15. 5. tHeb. werp ing with werping. h ch. 61. 6. | Or, a naked trea ich. 17. 6. kNum.21.29. Judg. 11.24 See Is. 46. 1. a See 14. 9. 4. b Dibon, come down from thy glory, CHRIST and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. about 600. Num.21.30. Ja, 1.4.2. ever. 8. + Heb. inhabitress. d Deut, 2. 36. 16. fla 16.7. g See Num. 21. 13. b ver. & 19 Of inhabitant of d'Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is 1 Sam. 4. 13, broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And judgment is come upon bthe plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, tar or near. i ver. 41. Amos 2.2. * Pa. 75. 10. 1 See Es. 30. 21. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. about 000. 26 m Make ye him drunken; for meh.25.15,27. he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. a Zeph. 2. 8. See ch.2.26. Or, movedet thysdf. pPa. 55. 6. 7. ver. 9. Cant. 2. 14. Is. 16. 6, &c. Is. 16. 6. eh. 50. 36. Or, there on whom he stayeth (Heb. his bars) de not right. t Is. 15, 5. & 16. 7. 11. u Is. 16, 8, 9. x Is. 16, 10. Joel 1. 12. y Is. 15, 4, 5,6. z Is. 15. 5, 0 ver, G. ↑ Heb. desolations, Is 15. 2. & 16. 12. bls. 15. 5. & 16. 11. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou | skippedst for joy. 28 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. 29 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. 30I know his wrath, saith the LORD: but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. 32 "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. 33 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. 34 From the cry of Heshbon The restoration of Moab. about GOO. sound for Moab like pipes, and mine Before heart shall sound like pipes for the CHRIST men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For devery head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. ela, 15, 7. d Is. 15. 2. 3. ch. 47. 5. + Hob diminished. 38 There shall be lamentation gen-Gen. 27. 34. erally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like fa vessel fch. 22. 23. wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 39 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. + Heb. neck. eh. 49. 22 Dan. 7. 4. Hos. 8. L. Hab. 1. 8. 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and Deut. 28. 49. shall h spread his wings over Moab. 41 | Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and k the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day hIa. 8.8. shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. i ver. 24. Or. The cities. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed Ifrom being a people, because he 13. 8. & hath magnified himself against the LORD. 2.3. eh. 30, 6. & 49 22, 24. & 60 43.&51.30. Mie 4.9. 1 s. 83. 4. Js. 7. 8. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall m Is.24.17,18, 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. See ch. 11. eren upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. 23. Num. 21. 28. 45 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 Pshall de- p Num. 24.17. vour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumult-Teh. chil uous ones. dren of noise. Num.21.29. 46 4 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken fcaptives, and thy daughters captives. Heb. in captivity. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab 'in the latter days, rch. 49. 6,39. saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. CHAPTER XLIX. 1 The judgment of the Ammonites. 6 Their restoration. 7 The judgment of Edom, 23 of Damascus, 28 of Kedar, 80 of Hazor, 34 and of Elam. 39 The res toration of Elam. erens, 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? YONCERNING the Ammon unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as a heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be + desolate. 35 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. 36 Therefore bmine heart shall 2 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 Or. Against. Es 21. 28 & 25 2 about COO. Amos 1 13. Zeph 289. [Or Ndcom Amos 1. 13. e Es, 25.6. Amos 1 14. The judgment of Babylon, Before about 600. JEREMIAH. and redemption of Israel. 31 Arise, get you up unto the Come, and let us join ourselves to Before CHRIST wealthy nation, that dwelleth with- the LORD in a perpetual covenant CHRIST H out care, saith the LORD, which that shall not be forgotten. have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. x Es. 38. 11. I Or, that is at can. 7 Num. 23.9. Deus 33. 25 32 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 tin the utmost corners; and I will bring their caach. 9. 28. &lamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. Mie. 7. 14. aver. 38. La. 5. 10. 25. 23, ↑ Heb. cut of inte corners, or, that have the cornere of their hair polled. beb. 9. 11. & 10. 22. Mal. 1.3. e ver. 18. d ab. 25, 25. 598. 33 And Hazor b 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. 34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against d Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Bee La. 2. Elam, the chief of their might. {ver. 32. oh. 9. 16, & 48. 2. b See ch. 43. 10. 1 eh, 48, 47. vor. 6. 595. a Is. 13 1.& 21. 1. & 47. 1. + Heb. by the hand of Jere miah. ↑ Heb. lift up. b Is. 46. 1. ch. 61. 44. Ses ch.43.12, 13. deh. 51. 48. 20. VOT. 39, 40, 605. Jeh. 31.31,&e. &32. 40. ver. 17. 1 Pet. 2. 25. 1ch 9.20. & 3. 6, 23. 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them 1 63.6. away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. 7 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. 8' 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. ↑ Heb. placeto lie down in. P. 79. 7. Zeeh. 11. 6. meh. 40. 2, 3. o Bee ch. 2. 3. Dan. 9. 16. PP. 50, 1. à 91. 1. q Pa. 22, 4. I. 48. 20. eh. 61. 6, 45. Zech. 2. 6. 7. Rev. 18. 4. 51. 27. ver, 3, 41. t ver, 14, 29. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause 37 For I will cause Elam to be dis- 11 Because ye were glad, because or, distroyer. 2 Bean. 1. 22. Rev. 17. 16. y la. 47. 6. + Heb. big, or, corpulent. ■ Hos. 10. 11. steeds. 12 Your mother shall be sore con-10, oigh as founded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. ach. 25. 12. beh. 49. 17. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, "but it shall be wholly desolate: bevery one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against ver. 9. Babylon round about: all ye d that, bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. ch. 61. 2. deh, 49. 35. ver, 29, 2 Chr. 20, & Lam. 5. 6. F. 17. 18. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foun-1 Chr. 29, 24, 2 Declare ye among the nations, dations are fallen, fher walls are and publish, and tset up a standard; thrown down: for it is the vengepublish, and conceal not: say, Bab-ance of the LORD: take vengeance ylon is taken, b Bel is confounded, upon her; has she hath done, do Merodach is broken in pieces; her unto her. idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3d For out of the north there comIs. 13. 17, 18, eth 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. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword ithey shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. tel. 61. 28. geh, 61. 8, 11. Ps. 137. 8. ver. 29. Rev. 18, 6. Or, seythe. 11. 13. 14. ch. 51. 9. 17 Israel is ka scattered sheep; k ver. 6. the lions have driven him away: 1 ch. 2. 15. first the king of Assyria hath de- m2Kia. 17.6. voured him; and last this "Nebu-a 2 Kin.24.10. chadrezzar king of Babylon hath 14. broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon The judgment of Babylon, Before JEREMIAH. and his land, as I have punished the CHRIST king of Assyria. 595. o La. 65. 10. ch. 33. 12. Ex. 34, 13, 14. peh. 31. 34. q Is. 1. 9. Es, 23, 23, ¡Or, Visitation. a See 2 Sam. 16. 11. 2 Kin. 18. 25. 2 Chr. 38. 23. Is. 10. 6. & 44. 28. & 49. 14. ch, 34, 22. teb. 51. 54. u L. 14. 6. eb. 51. 20. 19 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. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, Pthe 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 4 whom I reserve. 21 T 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. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and zch.51. 8, 31, thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. 39, 57. Dan. 5,30,31. y La. 13. 6. + Heb. from the end, Or, tread her. 1 Pa. 22. 12. Is. 34, 7. ch. 46. 21. a ch, 48, 44. ver. 31. beh. 51.10,11. e ver. 14. d ver. 15. cb. 51. 56. Rev. 18, 6. Ia, 47. 10. feh, 49, 28, & 51,4 25 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. 26 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. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of a their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, b to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: drecompense 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. 30 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. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou + Heb. pride.most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. gver. 27. ↑ Heb. pride. h ch. 21. 14. 32 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. and redemption of Israel. dren of Judah were oppressed to- Before gether: and all that took them cap- CHRIST tives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 iTheir Redeemer is strong; k The LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 1 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and lupon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is "upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 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. 38 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. i Rev. 18. 8. k Is. 47. 4. Dan. 5. 30. m Ia. 47. 13. 1. 41. 25. ch. 48. 30. chief stays. ↑ Heb. Lars. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isl-la. 13.21.22. ands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither 13. 20. shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40" 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. 41 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. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: 2 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. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: banguish took hold of beh. 49. 24. him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 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 dwho is that shepherd that will stand before me? 45 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 837 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; out: surely he shall make their habThe children of Israel and the chil-itation desolate with them. |