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22 They shall be carried to Ba-phet shall come to pass, then shall bylon, and there shall they be until the prophet be known, that the the day that I visit them, saith the LORD hath truly sent him. LORD; then will I bring them up, 10 T Then Hananiah the proand restore them to this place. phet took the yoke from off the proCHAP. XXVIII. phet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, of the reign of Zedekiah king of Ju-Thus saith the LORD; Even so will dah, in the fourth year, and in the I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezfifth month, that Hananiah the son zar king of Babylon from the neck of Azur the prophet, which was of of all nations within the space of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house two full years. And the prophet Jeof the LORD, in the presence of the remiah went his way. priests, and of all the people, saying, ƒ 12 ¶ Then the word of the LORD 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of came unto Jeremiah the prophet, afhosts, the God of Israel, saying, I ter that Hananiah the prophet had have broken the yoke of the king broken the yoke from off the neck of Babylon. of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon.

4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

r14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of a these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

f5 Then the prophet Jeremiah 15 1 Then said the prophet Jeresaid unto the prophet Hananiah in miah unto Hananiah the prophet, the presence of the priests, and in Hear now, Hananiah; the LORD the presence of all the people that hath not sent thee; but thou makest stood in the house of the LORD, this people to trust in a lie.

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said,r 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD Behold, I will cast thee from off the perform thy words which thou hast face of the earth: this year thou prophesied, to bring again the ves-shalt die, because thou hast taught sels of the LORD's house, and all rebellion against the LORD. that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

a 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. CHAP. XXIX.

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8 The prophets that have been prophet sent from Jerusalem unto before me and before thee of old, the residue of the elders which were prophesied both against many coun-carried away captives, and to the tries, and against great kingdoms, priests, and to the prophets, and to of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. all the people whom Nebuchadnezt 9 The prophet which prophesieth zar had carried away captive from of peace, when the word of the pro- Jerusalem to Babylon;

2 (After that Jeconiah the king,b 14 And I will be found of you, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the saith the LORD and I will turn princes of Judah and Jerusalem. away your captivity, and I will gaand the carpenters, and the smiths, ther you from all the nations, and were departed from Jerusalem ;) from all the places whither I have g3 By the hand of Elasah the son driven you, saith the LORD; and I of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son will bring you again into the place of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of whence I caused you to be carried Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebu-away captive. chadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

The LORD make thee like Zedeki-saith the LORD; because he hath ah and like Ahab, whom the king taught rebellion against the LORD. of Babylon roasted in the fire; CHAP. XXX.

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2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

ted adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORI. f 24 Thus shalt thou also speakr 3 For lo, the days come, saith the to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, say- LORD, that I will bring again the ing, captivity of my people Israel and 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of Judah, saith the LORD: and I will hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Be- cause them to return to the land that cause thou hast sent letters in thy I gave to their fathers, and they name unto all the people that are at shall possess it. Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the f 4 son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah.

5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

b 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

30 Then came the word of the 9 But they shall serve the LORD LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, their God, and David their king, c 31 Send to all them of the capti-whom I will raise up unto them. vity, saying, Thus saith the LORD r 10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O concerning Shemaiah the Nehela-my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; mite; Because that Shemaiah hath neither be dismayed, O Israel: for prophesied unto you, and I sent him lo, I will save thee from afar, and not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 10 3% Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,

thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither 1 have scattered thee, yet will I not

make a full end of thee: but I will and I will cause him to draw near, correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

cause,

13 There is none to plead thy that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the inultitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 6 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart in the latter days ye shall consider it.

15 Why criest thou for thine af- b fliction! thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

CHAP. XXXI.

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all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Thus saith the LORD, The peor 16 Therefore all they that devour ple which were left of the sword thee shall be devoured; and all found grace in the wilderness; even thine adversaries, every one of them Israel, when I went to cause him to shall go into captivity; and they rest.

that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and t 3 The LORD hath appeared of all that prey upon thee will I give old unto me, saying, Yea, I have for a prey. loved thee with an everlasting love: b 17 For I will restore health unto therefore with loving-kindness have thee, and I will heal thee of thy I drawn thee.

wounds, saith the LORD; becauser 4 Again I will build thee, and they called thee an Outcast, saying, thou shalt be built, O virgin of IsThis is Zion, whom no man seek-rael: thou shalt again be adorned eth after. with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth r 18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Be- in the dances of them that make hold, I will bring again the captivi- merry.

ty of Jacob's tents, and have mercy g 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon on his dwelling-places; and the city the mountains of Samaria: the plantshall be builded upon her own heap, ers shall plant, and shall eat them as and the palace shall remain after common things. the manner thereof.

d 6 For there shall be a day, that the b 19 And out of them shall proceed watchmen upon the mount Ephraim thanksgiving and the voice of them shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up that make merry and I will multi-to Zion unto the LORD our God. ply them, and they shall not be few; d 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing I will also glorify them, and they with gladness for Jacob, and shout shall not be small. among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant c. Israel.

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. r 8 Behold, I will bring them from b 21 And their nobles shall be of the north country, and gather them themselves, and their governor shall | from the coasts of the earth, and with proceed from the midst of them; them the blind and the lame, the

woman with child and her that tra- | bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast vaileth with child together: a great chastised me, and I was chastised, company shall return thither. as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk

by the rivers of waters in a straight 19 Surely after that I was turned, way, wherein they shall not stum- I repented; and after that I was inble: for I am a father to Israel, and structed, I smote upon my thigh: I Ephraim is my first-born. was ashamed, yea, even confoundi10 Hear the word of the LORD, ed, because I did bear the reproach O ye nations, and declare it in the of my youth. isles afar off, and say, He that scat-b tered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the haud of him that was stronger than he. b 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd and their souls shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

b 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

r 15 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

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

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

d 18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim

20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since 1 spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

d 21 Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, Ŏ virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

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

d 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. b 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

r 27 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

b 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them,