The restoration JEREMIAH, of Israel. pain upon the head of the wicked.] 12 Therefore they shall come and sing 24 The fierce anger of the LonD shall in the height of Zion, and shall flow not return, until he have done it, and together to the goodness of the LORD, until he have performed the intents of for wheat and for wine, and for oil, bis heart: in the latter days ye shall and for the young of the flock and of consider it. the herd: and their soul shall be as watered garden; and they shall not CHAP. XXXI. At the same time, saith the Lord, sorrow any more at all. will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. and 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning 2 Thus saith the LonD, The people into joy, and will comfort them, which were left of the sword found make them rejoice from their sorrow. grace in the wilderness; even Israel, 14 And I will satiate the soul of the when I went to cause him to rest. priests with fatness, and my people 3 The Lono hath appeared of old shall be satisfied with my goodness, unto me, saying, Yea, I bave loved saith the LORD. thee with an everlasting ove: there- 15 Thus saith the Lond; A voice fore with loving-kindness have I was heard in Ramah, lamentation, drawn thee. and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping 4 Again I will build thee, and thou for her children, refused to be comshalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou forted for her children, because they shalt again be adorned with thy ta-were not. brets, and shall go forth in the dances 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refram thy of them that make merry. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lon our God. voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be re warded, saith the Lond; and they shail come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shalj come again to their own border. 18 I bave surely heard Ephraim 7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast gladness for Jacob, and shout among chastised me, and I was chastised, as The chief of the nations: publish ye, a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy turn thou me, and I shall be turned; people, the remnant of Israel. for thou art the Lond my God. 8 Behold, I will bring them from the 19 Surely after that I was turned, I renorth country, and gather them from pented; and after that I was instruct the coasts of the earth, and with themed, I smote upon my thigh: I was the blind and the lame, the woman ashamed, yea, even confounded, bewith child and her that travaileth with cause I did bear the reproach of my child together: a great company shall youth. return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause thein to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I ain a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remeinber him stil; therefore my bowela are troubled for aim; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lond. 21 Set thee up waymarks,make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the 10 T Hear the word of the LORD,Ohighway, even the way which thou ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Load hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than be. wentest: turn again,O virgin of Israel, Christ promised. CHAP. XXXII. Jeremiah's imprisonment. God of Israel; As yet they shall use 35 T Thus saith the LORD, which this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LonD bless thee, O habitation of justice,and mountain of holiness. giveth the sun for a light by day, aná the ordinances of the moon and of une stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof to-before me, saith the LORD, then the gether, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. seed of Israel also shall cease from be- 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrow-above can be meaeured, and the foun ful so il. 26 Cpon this I awaked, and beheld; and ry sleep was sweet unto me. 27 f Behold, the days come, saith the Lond, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over themy to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge, 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judalı: dations of the earth searched out be neath, I will also cast of all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 38 T Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And the measuring-line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goatli. 40 And the whole ralley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unte the corner of the horse-gate toward the cast, shall be holy unto the LORD: it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. CHAP. XXXII. HE word that came to Jeremiah To the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiab king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon's 32 Not according to the covenant that army besieged Jerusalem: and JereI made with their fathers in the day mial the prophet was shut up in the that I took them by the hand to bring court of the prison, which was in the them out of the land of Egypt; which king of Judah's house. my covenant they brake, although 13 For Zedekiab king of Judalı had was a husband unto them, saith the shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost LORD: thou prophecy, and say, Thus saith the LonD, Behold I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and 33. But this shall be the covenant that 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shalt not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, And they shall teach no more and shall speak with him mouth to every man his neighbour, and every mouth, and his eyes shall behold his man his brother, saying, Kuow the eyes. Lond: for they shall all know me, 6 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Badfrom the least of them unto the great-ylon, and there shall be be until I visit est of them, saith the LORD: for I will him, saith the LORD; though ye fight forgive their iniquity, and I will re-with the Chaldeans, ye shall not pros member their sin no more. Iper Jeremiales JEREMIAH. prayer 6 T And Jeremiah said,The word of Jiquity of the fathers into the bosom of the LORD came unto me, saying, their children after them: The Great, 7 Behold Hanameel the son of Shal the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is Jum, thine uncle, shall come unto thee, his name; saying, Buy thee my field that is in 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in Anatboth for the right of redemp-work: (for thine eyes are open upon tion is thine to buy it. all the ways of the sons of men, to 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son give every one according to his ways, came to me in the court of the prison and according to the fruit of his lo according to the word of the LORD, ings :) and said unto me, Buy my field,I pray 20 Which hast set signs and wonders thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in in the land of Egypt, even unto this the country of Benjamin: for the day, and in Israel, and among other right of inheritance is thine, and the men; and hast made thee a name, as redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. at this day; Then I knew that this was the word 21 And hast brought forth thy peoof the Lond. ple Israel out of the land of Egypt 9 And I bought the field of Hana- with signs, and with wonders, and meel mine uncle's son, that was in with a strong hand,and with a stretchi Anathoth, and weighed him the mon-ed-out arm, and with great terror; ey, even seventeen shekels of silver. 22 And hast given them this land, 10 And I subscribed the evidence, which thou didst swear to their fathers and sealed it, and took witnesses, and to give them, a land flowing with milk weighed him the money in the balan- and honey; ces. 23 Aud they came in, and possessed II So I took the evidence of the pur-it; but they obeyed not thy voice, nei chase, both that which was sealed, ac-ther walked in thy law they have cording to the law and custom, and done nothing of all that thou comthat which was open; mandest them to do; therefore thou 12 And I gave the evidence of the hast caused all this evil to come upon purchase unto Baruch the son of Ne-them. riah, the son of Maaseiab, in the sight 24 Behold the mounts,they are comie of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in unto the city to take it; and the city is the presence of the witnesses that sub-given into the band of the Chaldeans scribed the book of the purchase,before that fight against it, because of the all the Jews that sat in the court of the sword, and of the famine, and of the prison. pestilence: and what thou hast spok 13 T And I charged Baruch before en is come to pass; and, behold, thou them, saying, seest it. 14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 25 And thou hast said unto me, O God of Israel; Take these evidences, | Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for mon this evidence of the purchase, botlijey, and take witnesses; for the city is which is sealed, and this evidence given into the hand of the Chaldeans which is open; and put them in an 26 T Then came the word of the earthen vessel, that they may contin- LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, ue many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 16 ↑ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 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 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast against this city, shall come and set made the heaven and the earth by thy fire on this city, and burn it, with the great power and stretched-out arm, houses, upon whose roofs they have and there is nothing too hard for thee:Joffered incense unto Baal, and poured 18 Thou showest loving-kindness unout drink-offerings unto other gods, to to thousands,and recompensest the in provoke me to anger, The return from CHAP. XXXIII. captivity promUILEA. 30 For the children of Israel, and the in this land assuredly with my whole Children of Judah, have only done evil heart, and with my whole soul. before me from their youth: for the 42 For thus saith the LORD, Like an children of Israel have only provoked have brought all this great evil upon me to anger with the work of their this people, so will I bring upon them hands, saith the LORD. all the good that 1 bave promised them. 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my 43 And fields shall be bought in this fury, from the day that they built it land, whereof ye say, It is desolate eren unto this day, that I should re-without man or beast; it is given into move it from before my face; the hand of the Chaldeans. 32 Because of all the evil of the chil- 44 Men shall buy fields for money, dren of Israel, and of the children of and subscribe evidences, and sealthem, Judah, which they have done to pro-and take witnesses in the land of Benvoke me to anger, they, their kings, jamin, and in the places about Jerusa their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned untɔ me the back, and not the face: though taught them, rising up early and teach lem, and in the cities of Judah,and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for 1 will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord. CHAP. XXXIII. ing them, yet they have not hearkened MOREOVER, the word of the to 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. LORD unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lond, the inaker 35 And they built the high places of thereof, the Lond that formed it, to Baal, which are in the valley of the establish it; the LORD is his name; son of Hinuom, to cause their sons and 3 Call unto me, and I will answer their daughters to pass through the fire thee, and show thee great and mighty unto Moloch, which I commanded things, which thou knowest not. hem not, neither came it into my 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God mind, that they should do this abomi of Israel, concerning the houses of this nation, to cause Judah to sin. city, and concerning the houses of the 36 T And now therefore thus saith kings of Judah, which are thrown the Lonn, the God of Israel, concern-down by the mounts, and by the ing this city, whereof ye say, It shall sword. be delivered into the hand of the king 5 They come to fight with the Chalof Babylon by the sword, and by the deans, but it is to all them with the famine, and by the pestilence; dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have bid my face from this city. 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries whither 1 have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring 6 Behold, I will bring it health and them again unto this place, and I will cure, and I will cure them, and wil. cause them to dwell safely: reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 38 And they shall be my people, and A will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me or ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them : 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. S And I will cleanse them from all 40 And I will make an everlasting their iniquity, whereby they have sincovenant with them, that I wid not ned against me; and I will pardon all turn away from them, to do them their iniquities, whereby they have good; but I will put my fear in their siaued, and whereby they have trans hearts, that they shall not depart from gressed against me. me. 9 T And it shall be to me a rame of 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to joy, a praise and an honour before all do them good, and 1 will plant them the nations of the earth, which shaif 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. captivity foretold. 20 Thus saith the Lono; li 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 ; 21 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. 22 As the hosts 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. 10 Thus saith the LonD; 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, 21 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 LonD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of 24 Considerest thou not what this praise into the house of the Lond. people have spoken, saying, The two For I will cause to return the captiv-families which the Lond hath chosen, ity of the land, as at the first, saith the he hath even cast them off? thus they Lond. have despised ny people, that they 12 T Thus saith the LORD of hosts; should be no more a nation before Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my cove in all the cities thereof, shall be anant be not with day and night,and if Jabitation of shepherds, causing their I have not appointed the ordinances of flocks to lie down. heaven and earth; 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, them. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in 26 Then will 1 cast away the seed of the cities of the vale, and in the cities Jacob, and David my servant, so that of the south, and in the land of Benja- I will not take any of his seed to be nin, and in the places about Jerusa-rulers over the seed of Abraham, lem, and in the cities of Judah, shall Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause the flocks pass again under the hands their captivity to return, and have of him that telleth them, saith the mercy on them. LORD. CHAP. XXXIV. 14 Behold, the day's come, saith them from the Lonp, when Neb. Lond, that I will perform that good will perm Tmiah thing which I have promised unto the uchadnezzer king of Babylon, and all house of Israel and to the house of his army, and all the kingdoms of the Judah. earth of his dominion,and all the pro 15 In those days, and at that time, ple, fought against Jerusalem, and will I cause the Branch of righteous against all the cities thereof, saying, ness to grow up unto David; and he 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Isshall execute judgment and righteous-racl; Go and speak to Zedekiah king ness in the land. of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, LORD; Behold, I will give this city and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and jinto the hand of the king of Babylon, this is the name wherewith she shall and he shall burn it with fire: be called,The LORD our righteousness. 3 And thou shalt not escape out of 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to s:t upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offeringo, and to kindle meatofferings, and to do sacrifice continu ally. 19 T And the word of the Lono came un to Jeremiah, saying, 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. 4 Yet bear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die Jby the sword; |