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JEREMIAH. refused to be comforted for her children, becaufe they were not.

16 Thus faith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work fhall be rewarded, faith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 And there is hope in thine end, faith the Lo, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

18 I have furely heard Ephraim be. moaning himself thus; Thou hait chaftifed me, and I was chaftifed, as a bullock unaccuftomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I fhall he turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was inftructed, I fmote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

20 Is Ephraim my dear fon? Is he a pleafant child! For fince I fpake against him I do earnestly remember him till: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will furely have mercy upon him, faith

the LORD.

21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: fet thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou went eit: turn again, O virgin of Ifrael, turn a gain to these thy cities.

22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backfliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compafs a man.

23 Thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael; As yet they shall use this fpeech 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.

24 And there fhall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, huf bandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. 25 For I have fatiated the weary foul, and I have replenished every forrowful foul.

26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; my fleep was fweet unto me.

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27 Behold, the days come, faith the Logp, that I will fow the houfe of Ifrael and the houfe of Judan with the feed of man, and with the feed of beat.

28 And it shall come to pafs, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to deftroy, and to afflict; fo will i watch over them, to build, and to plant, faith the LORD.

20 In thofe days they fhall fay no more, The fathers have eaten a four grape, and the children's teeth are fet on edge.

30 But every one thall die for his own ini. quity every man that eateth the four grape, his teeth thall be fet on edge.

31 Behold, the days come, faith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the houfe of Ifrael, and with the house of Judah : 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that 1 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, faith the Lopo:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will

Jeremiah's imprisonment. make with the house of Ifrael; After those days, faith 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.

34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, faying, Know the LORD for they shall ali know me from the leaft of them unto the greatest of them, faith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their fin no more.

35 Thus faith the LORD, which giveth the fun for a light by day, and the ordinan ces of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the fea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hos is his name:

36 If thofe ordinances depart from before me, faith the LORD, then the feed of Ifrael alfo fhall ceafe from being a nation before me for ever.

37 Thus faith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth fearched out beneath, I will also catt off all the feed of Ifrael for all that they have done, faith the LORD.

38 Behold, the days come, faith the Logp. that the city thall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

39 And the measuring line thall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and thall compafs about to Goath.

40 And the whole valley of the dead be dies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horfe gate toward the eaft, bull be holy un. to the LORD; it thall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

CHAP. XXXII.

1 Jeremiah's imprisonment: 16 his complaint to God. 26 The captivity confirmed." 36 4 promife of a gracious return.

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.

2 For then the king of Babylon's army be fieged Jerufalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was thut up in the court of the prifon, which was in the king of Judah's house.

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, faying, Wherefore doit thou prophely, and fay, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

4 And Zedekiah king of Judah fhall not efcape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but thall furely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and thall fpeak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes thall behold his eyes;

3 And he hall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I vifit him, faith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye thall not profper?

6 And Jeremiah faid, The word of the LORD came unto me, faying,

7 Behold, Hanameel the fon of Shallum thine uncle fhall come unto thee, faying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it..

8 So Hanamce! inine uncle's fon came to me in the court of the prifon, according

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the word of the LORD, and faid 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 thyfelf. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's fon, that was in Anathoth, and weigh ed him the money, even seventeen hekels of filver.

10 And Ifubfcribed the evidence, and fealed it, and took witneffes, and weighed him the money in the balances.

II So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was fealed according to the law and curtom, and that which was open.

12 And I gave the evidence of the purchafe unto Baruch the fon of Neriah, the fon of Maafeiah, in the fight of Hanameel mine uncle's for, and in the prefence of the witneffes that fubfcribed the book of the purchafe, before all the Jews that fat in the court of the prifon.

13¶ And 1 charged Baruch before them, faying,

14 Thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael; Take thefe evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is fealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen veffel, that they may continue many days.

15 For thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael; Houfes and fields and vineyards fhall be poffeffea again in this land.

16¶ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the fon of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, faying,

17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou haft made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

18 Thou thewest loving kindness unto thoufands, and recompenfeft the iniquity of the fathers into the bofom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hofts, is his name,

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the fons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

20 Which haft fet figns and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in If rael, and among other men; and haft made thee a name, as at this day;

21 And haft brought forth thy people Ifrael out of the land of Egypt with figns, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with aftretched out arm, and with great terror; 22 And haft given them this land, which thou didft (wear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey:

23 And they came in, and poffeffed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedit them to do: therefore thou haft caufed all this evil to come upon them:

24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto she city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the fword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hatt spoken is come to pafs; and, behold, thou leeft it.

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25 And thou haft faid unto me, O Lord GoD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witneles; for the city is given into the hand of: he Chaldeans.

26 Then came the word of the LG D un o Jeremiah, faying,

27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

28 Therefore thus faith 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 thall take it.

29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, hall come and fet fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whole roofs they have offered incenfe unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

30 For the children of Ifrael and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Ifrael have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, faith the LORD.

31 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,

32 Because of all the evil of the children of Ifrael and of the children of Judah, which they have done to proveke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerufalem.

33 And they have turned unto me the back and not the face though I taught them, ri fing up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

34 But they fet their abominations in the houfe, which is called by my name, to de file it.

35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the fon of Hinnom, to caufe their fons and their daughters to pafs through the fire unto Molech; which I com. manded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination to caufe Judah to fin.

36 And now therefore thus faith the LORD, the God of Ifrael, concerning this city, whereof ye fay, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, by the fword, and by the famine, and by the peftilence;

37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell fafely:

38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not d part from me.

41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do the n good, and I will plant them in this land affuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole foul.

42 For thus faith the LORD; Like as I have

God's promise to his people.

JEREMIAH. brought all this great evil upon this people, fo will I bring upon them all the good that I have promifed them.

43 And fields fhall be bought in this land, whereof ye lay, It is defolate without man or beaft; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

44 Men fhall buy fields for money, and subfcribe evidences, and feal them, and take wit neffes in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerufalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and In the cities or the valley, and in the cities of the fouth; for I will caufe their captivity to return, faith the LORD.

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nefs, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that thall fay, Praife the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the crifice of praife into the houfe of the LORD. For I will caufe to return the captivity of the land, as at the firft, faith the LORD.

12 Thus faith the LORD of hotts; Again in this place, which is defolate without man and without beat, and in all the cities thereof thall be an habitation of thepherds cauf. pg their flocks to lie down,

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Chap. xxxv. his hand; and thine eyes fhall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he fhall fpeak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou fhalt go to Babylon.

4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus faith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, fo fhall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, Jaying, Ah lord? for I have pronounced the word, faith the LORD.

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet fpake all thefe words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerufalem,

7 When the king of Babylon's army fought againt Jerufalem, and againft all the cities of Judah that were left, againit Lachith, and against Azekah: for thefe defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the peo ple which were at Jerufalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

That every man should let his manfer

vant, and every man his maidfervant, being au Hebrew or an Hebrewefs, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one thould let his manfer vant, and every one his maidfervant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

II But afterward they turned, and caufed the fervants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into fubjection for fervants and for hand. maids.

12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

13 Thus faith the LORD, the God of Ifrael; I made ovenant with your fathers in the day tha brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, faying,

14 At the end of feven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been fold unto thee; and when he hath ferved thee fix years, thou shalt let him go tree from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear

15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my fight, 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:

16 But ye turned, and polluted my name, and caufed every man his fervant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had fet at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into fubjection, to be unto you for fervants and for handmaids.

17 Therefore thus faith 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, faith the LORD, to the fword, to the peftilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the king. doms of the earth.

18 And I will give the men that have

the captivity of Zedekiah. tranfgreffed 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 paffed between the parts thereof,

19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerufalem, the eunuchs, and the pries, and all the people or the land, which paired between the parts of the calf;

20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that feek their life: and their dead bodies thall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beafts of the earth.

21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that feek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.

22 Behold, I will command, faith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they thall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a defolation without an inhabitant.

CHAP. XXXV.

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fon of Jofiah king of Judah, faying,

2 Go unto the houfe of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the houfe of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the fon of Jere. miah, the fon of Habaziniah, and his bre thren, and all his fons, and the whole houfe of the Rechabites;

4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the fons of Hanan, the fon of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maafeiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

5 And I fet before the fons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I faid unto them, Drink ye wine.

6 But they faid, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the fon of Rechab our father commanded us, faying, Ye thall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your fons for ever: 7 Neither hall ye build houfe, nor fow feed, nor plant vineyard, nor have a but all your days ye thall dwell in ter, that ye may live many days in the land where ye be frangers.

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the fon of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, cur fons, nor our daughters;

9 Nor to build houfes for us to dwell in? neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor feed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jo nadab our father commanded us.

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchad rezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we faid, Come, and let us go to Jerufalem for fear of the army of the Chal deans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: fo we dwell at Jerufalem.

Iz Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, faying,

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