God confirmeth the Jews'

JEREMIAH, XXXII. other men; and hast made thee al B. C. 590. name v as at this day;

21 And hast brought forth thy
people Israel out of the land of
Egypt, with signs, and with won-
ders, and with a strong hand, and
with a stretched-out arm, and with w Ge. 17.7,8. have not hearkened to receive in-
great terror;

Ex.9.16.
ICh. 17.21.
Is.63.12.
Da.9. 15.

33 And they have turned unto me the 8 back, i and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they

28.13-15.

struction.

x Ex.3.8, 17.

34 But they set their abominations in the house, k (which is called by my name, to defile it.)

z Jos.23.16.

22 And hast given them this land. which thou didst swear w to their. fathers to give them, a land r flow-y Ne.9.26. ing with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possess-5 ed it; but y they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that 6 or, though. through the fire unto Molech;

35 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

Nu.16.22.

which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

b ver.3.

52.13.

thou commandedst them to do:
therefore z thou hast caused all
this evil to come upon them:
24 Behold the 5 mounts, they are c ch.37.8, 10.
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.

f Eze.20.28.

25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; 6 for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

or, engines

of shot,
ch.33.4.

d ch.19.13.

e ch.3.25.
Ge.8.21.

for my.
5 2Ki.23.27.

24.3,4.
Is.1.4,6.

Da.9.8.

8 neck.

i ch.7.24.

k ch.23.11.

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

23 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: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire c on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofsd they have offered incense unto o Joel 3.20. Zec. 14.11, Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me p ch.31.33. to anger.

q Is.52.8.

20.

30 For the children of Israel, and Eze. 1.19, the children of Judah, have only done evil before e me from their youth for the children of Israel have only provoked me f to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

2 Ki.21.4-7.

Eze.8.5,6. Le. 18.21. m ver.24,28.

n ch.29.14.

De.30.3-6. Eze.37.21, 22.

9 all days.
r ch.31.31-33.
Is.55.3.

captivity for their sins. men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury, from the day that! t Am.9. 15. they built it, even unto this day, that I should removeg it from be-11 in truth, fore my face. or, stability. 32 Because of all the evil of the uch.33,10,11. children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they,h their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the!

v ver. 15.

w ver. 10-12.

ch. 17.26.

36¶¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It m shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; 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 o safely:

42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so u will I bring upon them all the good that I have 10 from after. promised them.

$ De.30.9.
Zep.3.17.

43 And v 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.

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

39 And I will give them one q heart, and one way, that they may fear me 9 for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

40 And I will make r an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away 10 from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

41 Yea, I will rejoice s over them to do them good, and I will plant t them in this land 11 assuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul.

44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, w 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

JEREMIAH, XXXIII.

A gracious

the valley, and in the cities of the B. C. 590.
south: for I will cause their cap-
tivity to return, y saith the LORD.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
1 A gracious return promised.
Christ the branch of righteousness
promised.

15

the the

LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, (while he was yet shut up a in the court of the prison.)

saying,

2 Thus saith the LORD, the maker thereof, b the LORD that formed it, to establish it; 1 The LORD, is his c

name:

3 Call d unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and 2 mighty things, which thou kuowest not.

y Ps. 126.1-4.
(CHAP. 33.)
a ch.32.2,3.

b Is.37.26.

1 JEHO-
VAH.

c Am.5.6.

9.6.

d ch.29.12.
Ps.91.15.
2 hidden,
Is.48.6.

e ch.32.24.
fch.21.4,5.
g ch.30.17.

h Ex.34.6.

Is.55.7.
Jno. 10.10.
Tit.3.5.6.

He.6.17,18.

1 Pe. 1.3.
Is. 1.26.

k Eze.36.25.
Zec. 13. 1.
1Jno. 1.9.
Re.1.5.

I ch.31.31.

4 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 nounts, ei and by the sword;

5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but f 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 wicked-m ness I have hid my face from this

city.

ch.13.11.

Is.62.7.

n Is.60.5.

0 ch.25.10.
Re. 18.23.

6 Behold, I g will bring it health
and cure, and I will cure them, p 2Ch.5.13.
and will reveal unto them the
abundance h of peace and truth.

Ezr.3.11.
Ps. 136.1.
Is. 12.4.

7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel) to return, and will build them, as i at the first.

q Is.65.10.

7"

return promised. endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For 1 will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

w

12 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 q to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains,r 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.

14 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.

15 T In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch s of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judg ment and righteousness t in the land.

17 For thus saith the LORD; 4 David shall never we want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

18 Neither shall the priests the

8 And I will cleanse k them from ch.50.19,20. Levites want a man before me to

16 In u those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, 3 The LORD our v Righteousness.

s Is.4.2.

11.1.
Zec.6.12,
13.
t Is.42.21.
u ch.23.6.
3 Jehovah

19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,

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. 9 And it shall be to me a name 20 Thus saith the LORD; If y ye of joy, a praise m and an hocan break my covenant of the day, nour before all the nations of the There shall that there should not be day and and my covenant of the night, and earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall n fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

tsidkenu.

v ICo.1.30.

night in their season;

not be cut
off from
David.
2sa.7.14.

16.
IKI.2.4.

21 Then may also my covenant z 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 minis ters.

Is.9.7.
Ps.89.29,
36.

10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, (which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, eron in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,)

22 As the host of heaven a cannot Lu.1.32,33. be numbered, neither the sand of Ro. 15. 16. the sea measured: so b will I mul1Pe.2.5,9.tiply the seed of David my servant, Re. 1.6. and the Levites that minister unto

2

11 The voice o of joy, and the y Ps.89.37. voice of gladness, the voice of the 2Sa.23.5. Is.54.9,10. bridegroom, and the voice of the a ch.31.37. bride, the voice of them that shall b Re.7.9,10. say, Praise p the LORD of hosts: for e ver.21,22. the LORD is good; for his mercy!

offer a burnt-offerings, and to kindie meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

me.

23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The twoc families which the LORD hath

JEREMIAH, XXXIV. Judgment for disobedience.

9 That g every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his h brother.

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

11 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.

Zedekiah's captivity, &c.

chosen, he hath even cast them B. C. 590.
off? thus they have despised my
people, that they should be no more
a nation before them.

25 Thus saith the LORD; If my d covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

26 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: fore I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

d Ge.8.22.
Ps.74.16,17.
e Ezr.2.1,70.

(CHAP. 34.)
a ch.39.1, &c.
52.4,&c.
2Ki.25.1,
&c.

1 the domi-
nion of his
hand.

Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of
Zedekiah and the city.
THE word which came unto
TH
Jeremiah from the LORD,
(when a Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, and all his army, and all
the kingdoms of the earth 1 of his
dominion, and all the people, c 2Ch.16.14.
fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities thereof,) say- d ch.22. 18.
ing,

21.19.

19.8.

2 Thus saith the LORD, the Gode 2K1.18.13. of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus f Le.25.10. saith the LORD; Behold, Ib will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

b ch.21.10.
32.28.29.

2 his mouth
shall speak
to thy
mouth.

g Ne.5.11.

A Le.25.39

46. 1C0.6.8.

3 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 Ex.21.2. eyes of the king of Babylon, and 2 he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

De.15.12.

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:

5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings c of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lamentdthee, saying, Ah, lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

or, sold
himself.

4 to-day.

k 2Ki.23.3.
Ne.10.29.

whereupon
my name is

called.

7 Ex.20.7.

Le. 19.12.

m Mat. 18.28-
34.

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

7 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: fore these defeuced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

8 This is the word that came p ch.29.18.
unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after
that the king Zedekiah had made al
Covenant with all the people which
at Jerusalem, to proclaim
liberty funto them;

De.28.25,
64.
q Ge. 15, 10, 17.

were

n Mat.7.2.
Ga.6.7.
Ja.2.13.

ch.32.36.
for a re-

moving.

18 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, g when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 19 The princes of Judah, and the

God blesseth

JEREMIAH, XXXV. princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, B. C. 590. and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

ch.37.5-11.

20 1 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. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah t ch.40.2.3. 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 s are gone! up from you.

u ch.52.7,13.

r ch.7.33.
16.4.
19.7.

v ch.44.2,6.

La. 1.1.

blki.6.5.

22 Behold, I will command, saith

12 T Then came the word of the

the LORD, and cause them to return (CHAP. 35.) LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

a 2Ki. 10. 15.
1Ch.2.55.

to this city; and they t shall fight
against it, and take u it, and burn
it with fire: and I will make the
cities of Judah a desolation with-
out v an inhabitant.

13 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 h to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

CHAPTER XXXV.

God blesseth the Rechabites for their obedience.

TH

THE word which came unto d Ps. 84. 10.
Jeremiah from the LORD, in
the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, saying,

c 1Ch.9.18,

19.

1 threshold,or,
vessel.

2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, a and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of thee He.11.9,13. LORD, into one of the chambers, b and give them wine to drink.

f 1Pe.2.11.

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all ins sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

g ver.7.

4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the cham-h ch.32.33. ber of the sons of Hanan, the son

16.

of Igdaliah, a man of God, which i 2Ch.36.15,
toas by the chamber of the princes,
which was above the chamber of
Maaseiah the son of Shalluni, c the k ch.7.13,25.
keeperd of the door :
25.3-6.

5 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.

6 But they said, We will drink no wine for Jonadab the son of Re-m ch.18.11. chab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine,] neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

1 Lu. 10.16.
1Th.4.8.

n Lu. 13.34,
35.

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents;e that ye may live many days in the land where: ye be strangers. f

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice p Ex.20.12. of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days,

Ep.6.2,3.

o Pr. 1.24, &c.
13. 13.
16.2.
Is.65.12.
66.4.

the Rechabites. we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

10 But we have dwelt g in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11 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 ariny of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalemi.

14 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 I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened

not unto me.

15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, i rising up early and sending them, saying, Return m 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 u have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

16 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 ine:

17 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: o because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

18 T And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because p ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

JEREMIAH, XXXVI.

23 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.