The type of the two baskets of figs. Before JEREMIAH. The destruction of Babylon, for you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and Before cir. 599. you and your fathers, and cast you out of my pre-{"dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 7 Ps. 89, 39. chap. 15, 1. & 13, 14. sence: a Z 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon llosca 4, 6. you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be fora ch. 20, 11. gotten. cir. 598. THE CHAPTER XXIV. a CHRIST cir. 606. i Exod. 20, 3,4. 21. 1 Job 35, 6. 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and h Ps. 57, 27 to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. ch. 32, 30. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Deut. 32. The restoration of them that were in captivity foretold. LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the Ps. 78, 40. THE LORD shewed me, and, behold, two bas-works of your hands to your own hurt. kets of figs were set before the temple of the 8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Because LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ye have not heard my words, b 2 Kings had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. a ch. 11,18. Amos 7, 1, 4. & 3, 1. 24, 12. e 2 Kings d ver. 5, 8. C b 2 One basket had very good figs, even like the Micah 7, 1. figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Heb. 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that? are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have Mat. 7, 23. sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans e for their good. know them, Ps. 1, 6. & 57, 18. e Ps. 91, 12. f Ps. 34, 15. g Neb. 5, 19. h ch. 12,15. & 42, 10. 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, i Jam. 1.17. that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people,? k Deut. 30, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto ch. 32, 39. me with their whole heart. 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, (that is the three and twentieth year,) the word of the LORD hath chap. 7, 13. come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising e ch. 29, 19. early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. fch. 11, 7, 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his scrvants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but 2 Kings ye have 'not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from 8. $7, 13. Jonah 3, & e m 21, 7. 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of m ch. 1, 15. the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon "my servant, and will bring them ₪ Ps. 119, against this land, and against the inhabitants there- Ezek. 29, of, and against all these nations round about, and 18. will utterly destroy them, and make them an aston- 02 Kings ishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. ch. 46, 26. 10 Moreover, I will take from them the voice of p Isa. 24, 7. mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the Hosea 2,11. bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of Eccl. 12 the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. and of all nations foreshewn. Before CHRIST p ch. 51, 41. Micah 7, 8. CHRIST eir. 60o. f ch. 7, 13. one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, Before 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and P. 37, 36. be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, Rev. 18, 21. because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ye shall certainly rch. 40, 10. drink. s Ezek. 9, 6. S 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly 1 Pet. 4, 6. unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will tch. 50, 11. call for "a sword upon all the inhabitants of the u Ezek. 3, earth, saith the LORD of hosts. 21. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these x Amos 1,2. Words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar Joel 3, 16. from on high, and utter his voice from his holy { Rom. 1, habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 18. z Ps. 132, 14. a 31 Á noise shall come even to the ends of the earth: a la 34, & for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 22. b Ezek. 38, Joel 3, 2 d Zeph. 2, b c h 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall Isa. 30, 28. go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gath-doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; teh. 15, 8, e Ps. 83, 10. ered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath ground. pronounced against you. 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your y 8. 14 As for me, behold, "I am in your hand; do u ch. 38, 5. with me as seemeth good and meet unto you': x 2 Sam. 15, 15 But know ye for certain, that, if ye put me to 26. death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon y Judges 3, yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabit- Ezek. 7,3,4 ants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you, to speak all these words in your ears. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 15. 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days e Mical 1,. of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, re-Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem Mical 3, shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 1 Jeremiah, by promises and threatenings, exhorteth to 2 Thus saith the LORD, Stand in the court of the Ezek. 3, LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of JuMat. 28. 20. dah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all Acts 20, 27. the words that I command thee to speak unto them: diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man d Gen. 6, 6. from his evil way, that I may "repent me of the evil, Jonah's, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 8 11. e 2 Kings 16. gNum. 16, 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, 27, 14. and besought the LORD, and the LORD' repented him f Isa. 37, 35 of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. Sa 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in Ps. 106,15. the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah h Acts 5, 97 of Kirjath-jearin, who prophesied against this city, and against this land, according to all the words of 14 Jeremiah: 2 Chron. 36, 13. ch. 28, 12. d Gen. 21. e Gen. 1, 2, 26. 3 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 ; c 4 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; e 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power, and by my out-stretched arm, and have given it unto whom Dan. 4, 17. it seemed meet unto me. f Ps. 115, 16. 15 For I have not sent them. saith the LORD, yet? Hanuniah's false prophecy. Before CHRIST they prophesy a lie in my name, that I might drive y you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets air. 598. that prophesy unto you. y 2 Thes. 2, 16 Also I spake to the priests, and to all this people, 12 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 2 Chr. 56, now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 7, 10. a ch. 25, 3 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took 24,14. not, when he carried away captive "Jeconiah, the son Heb. of Jehoiakim king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Baby- Isa. 51, 12 lon, and all the † nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of a Lev. 28, Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the Isaiah 5, 25. house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there Dan. 5,2,4 shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Chr. 36, LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them Ezra 1, 11. to this place. CHAPTER XXVIII. Hananiah prophesieth the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah. AND came pass of 22 Ki ND it came to pass the same year, in the be- cir. 590. ginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, 24, 12. in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of b ch. 22,28. Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the ',, presence of the priests, and of all the people, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of {Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 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: 7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I 14, 15. speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; 16. 8 The prophets that have been before me, and 2 Kings 22, before thee of old, prophesied both against many Mat 7, 18 countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. Ezek. 3, 12. i ch. 21, & & 21, 10 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when a en 19,2 Jeremiah's letter to the captives CHAPTER XXIX. Before the word of the prophet shall come to pass, 'then { CHRIST shall the prophet be known that the LORD hath truly sent him. 1 Deut. 18, 22. Isa. 8, 20. m ch. 27, 1. 22, 11, 14. 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the n1 Kings people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Even so will Ps. 10, 13. I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon och. 27, 7. from the neck of all nations, within the space of two verses 3,4. full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12 1 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, Ezek. 13, q Ps. 37,23. Isa 58, 20 Hab. 2, 1. I Cor. 11, 16 48. 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but Deut. 24, thou shalt make for them yokes of ' iron. 14 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 ch. 27, 6. have given him the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah, The LORD teb. 27, 14. hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom Isa. 5, 5. I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon, & 10, 5. & 59, 1, 2. ch. 24,5. & 25,9 ch. 16, 2 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; | Deut. 7,8. 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. k 7 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. Zedekiah and Ahab's fearful end. 10 For thus saith the LORD, That after P 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. Before CHRIST cir. 599. p ch. 25,11. Ezek. 1, 2. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think towards verse 2 you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. r Luke 1, 68. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go s Isa. 55, 8. and pray unto me, and I will "hearken unto you.. 11 ret. 1, 9. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye Ps. 10, 17 shall search for me with all your heart. 14 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 LORI; and I will bring you again into the place whence l'caused you to be carried away captive. 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, $4, 17. saith the LORD, which "I sent unto them by my ech. 25, 6. servants the prophets, rising up early and sending & ch. 7, 12. them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 20 Hear ye, therefore, the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jeru- e verse salem to Babylon: 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahah 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; 22 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; The Jews' return JEREMIAH. Their ancient privileges restored. Before Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself as the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins prophet to you? were increased. CHRIST 598. 3. Num. 16, S 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon,saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell chap. 43,2 in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29 And "Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Tim. 3, 8. t Ps. 109, 4. verse 5. u chap. 21, 30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jere 1. & 37, 3. miah, saying, a Before CHRIST cir. 606. 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: 39 because thy sins were increased I have done these things unto thee. c a Lam. 3, Micah 7, 9. b ch. 5, 6. 12. Rev. 18. 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be Isa. 10, 5, devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of ch. 10, 25. them shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee Rev. 13, 10 shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I Re13, 17 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will e Isa. 62, 4 heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because flam. 2 they called thee an Outcast, saying, ' This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehela-give for a prey. mite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto x ch. 28, 15. you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie ; verses 9, 23. y Neb. 6,12. 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will 2 ch.7, 17. 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 b ch. 26, 16. my people, saith the LORD; because he hath "taught rebellion against the LORD. a ch. 17, 7. Job 7, 7. cir. 606. a a CHAPTER XXX. God sheweth Jeremiah the return of the Jews. HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto Rom. 15, 4. thee in a book. a Jub 19, 23. Rev. 1, 19. 8. 18 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy verse 3. on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded Obadiah, upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after verse 20. the manner thereof. i Ps. 102, 13. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, k Rev. 19, and the voice of them that make merry and I will 1,2 multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also 1 Isa. 00, 3, glorify them, and they shall not be small. 5. 20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, mch. 33,11. and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. bis glorious 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I 21 And their † nobles shall be of themselves, and gr b Ezek. 38, will bring again the captivity of my people Israel their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; Titus 2, 13 flosea 3,5. and Judah, saith the LORD; and I will cause them and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall n Heb. 4, e Ezek. 37, to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and approach unto me for who is this that engaged 14 Amos 9, 14, they shall possess it. his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. o Heb. 7, 22 And ye shall be P my people, and I will be 22. your God. 3 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and Ek. 34, m David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, o ch. 3, 18. 10, 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. 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were b Ex. 33. left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, d Isa. 63, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. e Mal. 1, 3. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be fRom. 8, built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of Rom. 8, them that make merry. |