He is delivered CHAP. XXXV. to the enemy. 5. But thou shalt die in peace: and] 16 But ye turned and polluted my with the burnings of thy fathers, the name, and caused every man his ser former kings which were before thee, vant, and every man his handmaid, so shall they burn odours for thee; whom he had set at liberty at their and they will lament thee, saying, pleasure, to return, and brought them Ah lord for I have pronounced the into subjection, to be unto you for serword, saith the Lord. vants and for handmaids. 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his 7 When the king of Babylon's army brother, and every man to bis neigu fought against Jerusalem, and against bour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for all the cities of Judah that were left, you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to against Lachish, and against Azekah ;[the pestilence, and to the famine; and for these defenced cities remained of] I will make you to be removed into the cities of Judah. all the kingdoms of the earth. 8 This is the word that came unto 18. And I will give the men that have Jeremiah from the Lono, after that the transgressed my covenant, which have king Zedekiah bad made a covenant not performed the words of the corewith all the people which were at Jenant which they had made before me, rusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; when they cut the call in twain, and 9 That every man should let his man passed between the parts thereof, servant, and every man his maid-ser 19 The princes of Judah, and the vant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrew-[princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,and ess, go free; that none should serve the priests, and all the people of the himself of them, to wit, of a Jew hus land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the band 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. brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let bis ma-servant, and every one his maid-serraut, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and 11 But afterward they turned, and his princes will I give into the hand caused the servantsand thehandinaids, of their enemies, and into the handd whom they had let go free, to return,[of them that seek their life, and into and brought them into subjection for the hand of the king of Babylon's servants and for handınaids. 12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondinen, saying, army, which are gone up from you. THE word which came unto Jere 14. At the end of seven years let ye miah from the Lord, in the days go every man his brother a Hebrew, of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of which hath been sold unto thee; and Judah, saying, when he hath served thee six years] 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabthou shalt let him go free from thee;ites, and speak unto them, and bring but your fathers hearkened not auto me, neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming berty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: them into the house of the Lord, intö one of the chambers, and give them. wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniab, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house Rechabites blessed JEREMIAH for their obedience, of the LORD, into the chamber of the dwell in the land which I have given sous of Hanan, the son of 1gdaliah, a to you and to your fathers; but ye man of God, which was by the cham-have not inclined your ear, nor heark ber of the princee, which was above ened unto me. the chamber of Maaseiah the son of 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the Shallum, the keeper of the door : son of Rechab have performed the 5 And I set before the sons of the commandment of their father, which house of the Rechabites pots full of he commanded them; but this people wine, and cups, and I said unto them, hath not hearkened unto me: Drink ye wine: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD 6 But they said, We will drink no God of hosts, the God of Israel, Bewine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab, hold, I will bring upon Judah, and our father, commanded us, saying, Ye upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor all the evil that 1 have pronounced your sons for ever: against them: because I have spokeu 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor unto them, but they have not heard; sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have and I have called unto them, but they any: but all your days ye shall dwell have not answered. in tents; that ye may live many days 18 T And Jeremiah said unto the in the land where ye be strangers. house of the Rechabites, Thus saith 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab, our faBecause ye have obeyedthe command ther, in all that he hath charged us, to ment of Jonadab ye ir father, and drink no wine all our days, we, our kept all his precepts, and done accordwives, our sons, nor our daughters; ing unto all that he hath commanded 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell you; in neither have we vineyard, nor 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of field, nor seed: hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab, shall not want a mau to stand before me for ever. 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadabourfather commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and .ct 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. 12 T Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, CHAP. XXXVI. 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 LoaC, saying, 2 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 na 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the tions, from the day I spake unto thee, God of Israel, Go and tell the men of from the days of Josiah, cven unto Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusa-this day. lem, Will ye not receive instruction 3 It may be that the house of Judah to hearken to my words? saith the will hear all the evil which I purpose "LORD. to do unto them; that they may re14 The words of Jonadab the son of turn every man from his evil way, Rechab, that he commanded his sons that I may forgive their iniquity and not to drink wine, are performed; for their sin. unto this day they drink none, but 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the obey their father's commandment: son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote notwithstanding I have spoken unto from the mouth of Jeremiah all the you, rзing early and speaking; but ye words of the LORD, which he had hearken not unto me. spoken unto him, upon a roll of a 15 1 have sent also unto you all my book. servants the prophets, rising up early] 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, and sending them, eaying, Return ye saying, 1 am shut up; I cannot go into now every man from his evil way, and the house of the LORD: Emend your doing, and go not after 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the other gods to serve them, and ye shall roll, which thon hast written from 7 It insy be they will present their 18 Then Baruch answered them, He supplication before the LORD, and pronounced all these words unto me will return every one from his evil with his mouth, and I wrote them with way: for great is the anger and the ink in the book. fury that the LORD hath pronounced 19 Then said the princes unto Baagainst this people. ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiali; and let no man know where ye be. 3 And Baruch the son of Neraiah did] according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house. 9 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. 10 Then read Buruch in the book the words of Jeremiab in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. 11 T When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, bad heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 20 T And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roil in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 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. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the bearth burning be. fore him. 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 bearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that beard all these words. 12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, fo, all the princes sat there, even Elishna the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and DelaAchbor, and Gemariah the son of Sha-jiah and Gemariah had made intercesphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. sion to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when 26 But the king commanded JerahBaruch read the book in the ears of meel the son of Hammelech, and Sethe people. raiah the son of Azriel, and Snelemi14 Therefore all the princes sent Jeah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch hudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Ba- but the LORD hid them. ruch, saying, Take in thy 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. 27 T 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, 15 And they said unto him, Sit down 28 Take thee again another roll, and now, and read it in our ears. So Ba-write in it all the former words that ruch read it in their ears. were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim 16 Now it came to pass, when they the king of Judah hath burned. had heard all the words, they were! 29 And thou shalt say to Jehofakia Jeremiah JEREMIAH. im wisoned. king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; 8 And the Chaldeans shall come Thou hast burned this roll, saying, again, and fight against this city, and Why hast thou written therein, say-take it, and burn it with fire. ing, The king of Babylon shall cer- 9 Thus saith the Lono; Deceive not tainly come, and destroy this land, yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans and shall cause to cease from thence shall surely depart from us: for they man and beast? shall not depart. 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of 10 For though ye had smitten the Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall whole army of the Chaldeans that have none to sit upon the throne of fight against you, and there remained David: and his dead body shall be but wounded men among them, yel cast out in the day to the heat, and in [should they rise up every man in lus the night to the frost. tent, and burn this city with fire. 31 And I will punish him and his seed 11 T And it came to pass, that when and his servants for their iniquity:the army of the Chaldeans was broken and I will bring upon them, and upon up from Jerusalem for fear of Phathe inhabitants of Jerusalem,aud upon raoh's army, the men of Judah, all the evil that I 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of have pronounced against them; but Jerusalem to go into the land of Benthey hearkened not. jamin, to separate himself thence in 32 T Then took Jeremiah another the midst of the people. roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, 13 And when he was in the gate of the son of Neriah; who wrote therein Benjamin, a captain of the ward was from the mouth of Jeremiah all the there, whose name was Irijah, the son words of the book which Jehoiakim of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; king of Judah had burned in the fire: and he took Jeremiah the prophet, and there were added besides unto saying, Thou fallest away to the Chal them many like words. deans. CHAP. XXXVII. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false: I ND king Zedekiah the son of Jo-fall not away to the Chaldeans. But AND King Zelekiant of conial the he hearkened not to him, so Irijah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchad- took Jeremiah, and brought him to the rezzar king of Babylon made king in princes. the land of Judah. 2 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. 15 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. many days; 3. And Zedekiah the king sent Jehu16 T When Jeremiah was entered cal the son of Shelemiah and Zepha. into the dungeon, and into the cabins, niah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and Jeremiah had remained there to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison. 5 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. 17 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. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have 1 offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison ? 6¶ Then came the word of the Lono unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help yon, shall return to Egypt into their 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, 10 my lord the king: let my suppli a own land 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land ? CHAP. XXXVIII. His conference with the king. tion, I pray thee, be accepted before have cast into the dungeon; and he thee; that thou cause me not to return is like to die for bunger in the place to the house of Jonathan the scribe, where he is for there is no inore lest I die there. bread in the city. 21 Then Zedekiah the king com- 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmanded that they should commit Jer-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take emiah into the court of the prison, from bence thirty men with thee, and and that they should give him daily a take up Jeremiah the prophet out of piece of bread out of the bakers' street, the dungeon, before he die. until all the bread in the city were pent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. TH CHAP. XXXVIII. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten HEN Shephatiah the son of Mat- | rags, and let them down by cords into tan, and Gedaliah the son of Pa-the dungeon to Jeremiah. shus, and Jucal the son of Shrlemiah,| 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian and Pashur the son of Malchiab, beard said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old the words that Jeremiah had spoken cast clouts and rotten rags under thine unto all the people, saying, arm-holes under the cords. And Jer 2 Thus saith the LORD, He that re-emiab did so. maineth in this city, shall die by the 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with Eword, by the famine, and by the pes-corda, and took him up out of the tilence: but he that goeth forth to the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in Chaldeans shall live; for he shall the court of the prison. have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city alall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedebe put to death: for thus he weaken-kiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt eth the hands of the men of war that thou not surely put me to death ? and remain in this city, and the hands of if 1 give thee counsel, wilt thou not all the people, in speaking such words bearken unto me? mato them: for this man seeketh not 16 So Zedekiab the king sware sethe welfare of this people,but the hurt. cretly unto Jeremiah, saying, ds the 5 Then Zedekiah the king, said, Be-[LORD livetb, that made us this soul, 1 hold, he is in your hand: for the king will not put thec to death, neither will I's not he that can do any thing against I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. you. Then took they Jeremiah,and cast 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedehim into the dungeon of Malchiah the kiab, Thus saith the LORD, the God of son of Hammelech, that was in the hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt court of the prison: and they let down assuredly go forth unto the king of Jeremiah with cords. And in the dun-Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall gron there was no water, but mire: live, and this city shall not be burned so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy 7 Now whenEbed-melech the Ethi-house: opian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they nd put Jeremiah in the dungeon, (the kg then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,) 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire: and thou shalt not escape out of their band. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that 9. My lord the king, these men have are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they done evil in all that they have done deliver me into their hand, and they to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they]mock me. |