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Behold, I will bring it health
and cure,
and I will cure them,
and will
reveal unto them the abundance of peace
and truth.
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health
and healing,
and I will
heal its people
and reveal to them the abundance of peace
and truth.
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
And I will
cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me,
and will
forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
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.
So this city will bring Me
renown, joy, praise,
and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will
tremble in
awe because of all the goodness
and prosperity that I will provide for it.
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,
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
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.
the sounds of joy
and gladness, the voices of the
bride and bridegroom,
and the voices of those bringing
thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give
thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures
forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
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.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this
desolate place, without man or beast,
and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for
shepherds to rest their flocks.
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.
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
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.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will
fulfill the
gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel
and the house of Judah.
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.
In those days
and at that time I will cause to
sprout for David a righteous Branch,
and He will
administer justice
and righteousness in the land.
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.
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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.
nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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;
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
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.
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
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.
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted
and as the sand on the
seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David
and the Levites who minister before Me.”
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.
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they
despise My people
and no longer regard them as a nation.
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;
This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
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.
then I would also
reject the descendants of Jacob
and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity
and will have
compassion on them.”
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,
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control,
and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem
and all its surrounding cities.
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:
The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go
and speak to
Zedekiah king of Judah
and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he will burn it down.
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.
And you
yourself will not escape his
grasp, but will surely be captured
and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye
and speak with him face to face;
and you will go to Babylon.
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.
you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you
and lament, ‘
Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
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.
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem
and the remaining cities of Judah—against
Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
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.
that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male
and female,
and no one should hold his fellow
Jew in
bondage.
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.
So all the officials
and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants
and maidservants
and no longer hold them in
bondage. They obeyed
and released them,
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.
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
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.
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not
listen or
incline their ear.
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:
Recently you
repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his
neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
But ye turned
and polluted my name,
and caused every man his servant,
and every man his
handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return,
and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants
and for handmaids.
But now you have changed your minds
and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants
and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted,
and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
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.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother
and for his
neighbor. So now I
proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague,
and by famine! I will make you a
horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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,
And those who have
transgressed My covenant
and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the
calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
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;
The officials of Judah
and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests,
and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the
calf,
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.
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
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.
And I will deliver
Zedekiah king of Judah
and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
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.
Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD,
and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it,
and burn it down.
And I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation, without inhabitant.”
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.
“Go to the house of the
Rechabites, speak to them,
and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
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;
So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah,
and his brothers
and all his sons—the entire house of the
Rechabites—
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:
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the
doorkeeper.
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.
Then I set pitchers full of wine
and some cups before the men of the house of the
Rechabites,
and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”
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;
And we have obeyed the voice of our
forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not
drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons
and daughters.
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we
vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But we have lived in tents
and have obeyed
and done exactly as our
forefather Jonadab commanded us.
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.
So when
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans
and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
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.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
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.
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine,
and they have not
drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their
forefather. But I have spoken to you again
and again,
and you have not obeyed Me!
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.
Again
and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets,
proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways,
and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you
and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or
listened to Me.
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.
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah
and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the
disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed,
and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
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:
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the
Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your
forefather Jonadab
and have kept all his commandments
and have done all that he charged you to do,
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,
In the fourth year of
Jehoiakim son of
Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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 into this day.
“Take a
scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah,
and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of
Josiah until
today.
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.
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the
calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will
forgive their iniquity
and their sin.”
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.
So Jeremiah called
Baruch son of Neriah,
and at the
dictation of Jeremiah,
Baruch wrote on a
scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
And Jeremiah commanded
Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Then Jeremiah commanded
Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
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.
so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting,
and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the
scroll you have written at my
dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
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.
Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD,
and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger
and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
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.
So
Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the
scroll.
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.
Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of
Jehoiakim son of
Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem
and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
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.
he went down to the
scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the
scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan,
Zedekiah son of Hananiah,
and all the other officials.
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when
Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard
Baruch read from the
scroll in the hearing of the people.
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.
Then all the officials sent word to
Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the
scroll that you read in the hearing of the people,
and come here.” So
Baruch son of Neriah took the
scroll and went to them.
And they said unto him, Sit down now,
and read it in our ears. So
Baruch read it in their ears.
“Please sit down,” they said, “
and read it in our hearing.” So
Baruch read it in their hearing.
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.
When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear
and said to
Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
And they asked
Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How
didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
“Tell us now,” they asked
Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s
dictation?”
Then
Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth,
and I wrote them with ink in the book.
“It was at his
dictation,”
Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me
and I wrote them in ink on the
scroll.”
Then said the princes unto
Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou
and Jeremiah;
and let no man know where ye be.
Then the officials said to
Baruch, “You
and Jeremiah must hide
yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
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.
So the officials went to the king in the
courtyard.
And having stored the
scroll in the chamber of Elishama the
scribe, they reported everything to the king.
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.
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the
scroll,
and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the
scribe.
And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king
and all the officials who were standing beside him.
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month:
and there was a fire on the
hearth burning before him.
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
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.
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns,
Jehoiakim would cut them off with a
scribe’s knife
and throw them into the
firepot, until the entire
scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Yet in hearing all these words, the king
and his servants did not become
frightened or
tear their garments.
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.
Even though Elnathan, Delaiah,
and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the
scroll, he would not
listen to them.
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.
Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel
and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize
Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
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,
After the king had burned the
scroll containing the words that
Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s
dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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.
“Take another
scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original
scroll, which
Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
And thou shalt say to
Jehoiakim the 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?
You are to
proclaim concerning
Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the
scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come
and destroy this land
and deprive it of man
and beast?’
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.
Therefore this is what the LORD says about
Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne,
and his body will be thrown out
and exposed to heat by day
and frost by night.
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.
I will
punish him
and his descendants
and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem,
and on the men of Judah, all the
calamity about which I
warned them but they did not
listen.”
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.
Then Jeremiah took another
scroll and gave it to the
scribe Baruch son of Neriah,
and at Jeremiah’s
dictation he wrote on it all the words of the
scroll that
Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire.
And many similar words were added to them.
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.
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.
But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
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.
Yet King
Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah
and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
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.
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt,
and when the Chaldeans who were
besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
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.
Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
When the
Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
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.
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
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.
“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not
listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah
and took him to the officials.
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.
The officials were
angry with Jeremiah,
and they beat him
and placed him in
jail in the house of
Jonathan the
scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
When Jeremiah was entered into the
dungeon,
and into the cabins,
and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the
dungeon and remained there a long time.
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.
Later, King
Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah
and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
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.
So King
Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the
courtyard of the guard
and given a
loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the
courtyard of the guard.
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,
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
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.
“This is what the LORD says:
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword
and famine
and plague, but
whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a
spoil of war,
and he will live.
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
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.
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
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.
So they took Jeremiah
and dropped him into the
cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the
courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the
cistern, which had no water but only mud,
and Jeremiah
sank down into the mud.
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
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.
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the
cistern, where he will
starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”