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God's judgments upon the Jews

2 Chr.2.7, Crimson. Est.6.8, Rich Apparel.

Ex.33.4, Ornaments,

JEREMIAH, 5

for their various sins.
saken, and not a man dwell committed adultery, and assem- See Worldly Fullness,
therein.
bled themselves by troops in
[De.32.15.
Ex.20.14, Adultery.
30 And when thou art spoiled, the harlots' houses.
Pr.2.18, Harlots (2).
what wilt thou do? Though 8 They were as fed horses Pr.29.3, Wantonness.
thou clothest thyself with crim- in the morning: every one Nu.25.6, Lasciviousness.
son, though thou deckest thee neighed after his neighbour's Pr.6.25, Lust.
with ornaments of gold, though wife.

[Eze.16.11. thou rentest thy face with 9 Shall I not visit for these Is.10.3, Day of Visitation.
2 K.9.30, Painting, Eze.23.40. painting, in vain shalt thou things? saith the LORD: and p.p.ch.44.22.
make thyself fair; thy lovers shall not my soul be avenged De.32.35, Divine Vengeance.
Jb.27.23, Wicked Despised, will despise thee, they will seek on such a nation as this?
[Da.12.2. thy life.
10 Go ye up upon her walls, p.p.ch.39.8.

Ge.3.16, Travail.

p.p.Is.1.15.

De.28.67, Sin's Misery.

B.C.612 (?)

31 For I have heard a voice and destroy; but make not a Is.34.2, Destruction (2).
as of a woman in travail, and full end: take away her battle- p.p.ch.4.27.

the anguish as of her that bring-ments; for they are not the

eth forth her first child, the LORD'S.

voice of the daughter of Zion, 11 For the house of Is'ra-el p.p.ch.3.20.
that bewaileth herself, that and the house of Ju'dah have

spreadeth her hands, saying, dealt very treacherously against 1 S.8.7, God Rejected.
Woe is me now! for my soul is me, saith the LORD.

wearied because of murderers. 12 They have belied the LORD, Ps.10.4, Atheism, 1 Jn.2.22.
and said, It is not he; neither Ge.19.14, Unbelief (2).
shall evil come upon us; nei- Is.28.15, Carnal Security,
ther shall we see sword nor
famine:

CHAPTER 5 Judgments of God upon the Jews for their depravity, 7 adultery, 20 and

injustice.

UN ye to and fro through 13 And the prophets shall be- p.p.ch.43.2. and see now, and know, and in them: thus shall it be done Ge.6.12, Evil Times, Mi.7.2. seek in the broad places there- unto them.

of, if ye can find a man, if there 14 Wherefore thus saith the [Eze.22.30. be any that executeth judg- LORD God of hosts, Because ye

[ch.21.13.

"Word" Despised.

2 S.10.12, Manliness,
De.16.20, Justice Enjoined.
Pr.12.19, Truthfulness. ment, that seeketh the truth; speak this word, behold, I will Ex.4.12, Inspiration (2),
Is.43.25, Pardon Promised, and I will pardon it.
make my words in thy mouth

[Mt.10.19.

[ch.31.34. 2 And though they say, The fire, and this people wood, and Power of "Word," ch.23.29.

See False Profession,
[Ps.78.36. LORD liveth; surely they swear it shall devour them.

Le.6.3, Perjury.

Ge.6.5, Divine Vision.

falsely. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation Ex.6.6, God's Judgments. 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon you from far, O house of De.28.50, Instruments of upon the truth? thou hast Iş'ra-el, saith the LORD: it is a [Judgment, ch.6.22. Is.1.5, Correction Despised, stricken them, but they have mighty nation, it is an ancient [Am.4.9. not grieved; thou hast con- nation, a nation whose language sumed them, but they have re- thou knowest not, neither unfused to receive correction: derstandest what they say. they have made their faces 16 Their quiver is as an open harder than a rock; they have sepulchre, they are all mighty Ge.10.8, Mighty Men. refused to return.

2 K.17.14, Impenitence (2).
Ex.8.15, Hardness (2),
[Da.5.20.
p.p.Is.3.9.
Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2).

2 Chr.15.3,Spir. Destitution. Ps.49.13, Folly.

Is.1.3, Spir. Ignorance,

Jb.32.9, Great Men.

men.

p.p.Is.28.11.

[De.28.39.

4 Therefore I said, Surely 17 And they shall eat up thine See Disappointment, these are poor; they are fool- harvest, and thy bread, which| ish: for they know not the way thy sons and thy daughters See Want, De.28.48. of the LORD, nor the judgment should eat: they shall eat up [Am.3.10. of their God. thy flocks and thine herds: 5 I will get me unto the great they shall eat up thy vines and See True Greatness, Mt.5.19. men, and will speak unto them; thy fig trees: they shall impovSee Spir.Knowledge,ch.9.24. for they have known the way erish thy fenced cities, wherein Nu.32.17, Fenced Cities. p.p.Mi.3.1. of the LORD, and the judgment thou trustedst, with the sword. Le.26.25, War Threatened, of their God: but these have 18 Nevertheless in those days, [ch.6.25. altogether broken the yoke, and saith the LORD, I will not make See Remnant, Is.1.9. [Eze.2.3. burst the bonds. a full end with you. p.p.ch.4.27. 6 Wherefore a lion out of the 19 And it shall come to pass, p.p.De.29.24; 1 K.9.8. forest shall slay them, and a when ye shall say, Wherefore wolf of the evenings shall doeth the LORD our God all Song 4.8, Leopards,ch.13.23. spoil them, a leopard shall watch these things unto us? then over their cities: every one shalt thou answer them, Like that goeth out thence shall be as ye have forsaken me, and 2 Chr.15.2, Forsaking torn in pieces: because their served strange gods in your Ex.32.4. Idolatry (4). [God (1), ch.15.6. transgressions are many, and land, so shall ye serve strangers See Captivity (1), De.28.36. their backslidings are increased. in a land that is not your's.

De.9.24, Rebellion (1),

p.p.ch.4.7.

Le.26.16, Threatenings.

Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.

See Evildoers (2), Jud.2.11.
Pr.14.14, Backsliding.

[Wicked.

7 How shall I pardon thee for 20 ¶Declare this in the house 2 Chr.19.10, Warn the 2Chr.15.2, ForsakingGod (1). this? thy children have for- of Ja'cob, and publish it in Jū ́saken me, and sworn by them dah, saying,

1 Chr.16.26, False Gods. De.6.11, Prosperity (2).

that are no gods: when I had 21 Hear now this, O foolish
fed them to the full, they then people, and without understand-

De.4.1, Hearken.
Ps.49.13, Folly.
Ps.32.9, No Understand-
[ing, Mt.13.19.

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God's judgments upon the people

Is.59.10, Spir. Blindness.
Is.6.10, Spir. Deafness.

See Fear of God, 1 S.12.14.

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ing; which have eyes, and see flocks shall come unto her; p.p.ch.4.17.
not; which have ears, and hear they shall pitch their tents p.p.2 K.25.1.
not:
against her round about; they
22 Fear ye not me? saith the shall feed every one in his
LORD: will ye not tremble at place.

Ge.3.8, Divine Presence (2), my presence, which have placed 4 Prepare ye war against her; Le.26.25, War Threatened.
[Jona.1.3. the sand for the bound of the arise, and let us go up at noon. p.p.Zep.2.4.
sea by a perpetual decree, that Woe unto us! for the day goeth
it cannot pass it: and though away, for the shadows of the
Jb.38.11, Waves, Zec.10.11. the waves thereof toss them- evening are stretched out.

Jb.26.10, Sea Controlled.

De.9.24, Rebellion (1).

Jb.34.9, Godless.
Ge.24.35, Temporal Bless-

[ings.

Jb.38.41, Providence.

Ge.8.22, Harvest.

Jb.15.16, Iniquity.

De.11.28, Disobedience (1). 1 S.12.21, Sin Unprofitable. Spir. Loss, Mt.16.26..

Est.3.9, Plotting.

selves, yet can they not pre- 5 Arise, and let us go by night, p.p.Is.32.14.
vail; though they roar, yet can and let us destroy her palaces. 1 K.7.1, Palaces.
they not pass over it?
6 For thus hath the LORD of

23 But this people hath a re-hosts said, Hew ye down trees,
volting and a rebellious heart; and cast a mount against Je- 1 K.14.25, Jerusalem (2).
they are revolted and gone. ru'sa-lem: this is the city to be p.p.2 K.21.16.

24 Neither say they in their visited; she is wholly oppres- Ex.23.9, Oppression (1).
heart, Let us now fear the LORD sion in the midst of her.

our God, that giveth rain, both 7 As a fountain casteth out p.p.Ja.3.10-12.
the former and the latter, in her waters, so she casteth out

his season: he reserveth unto her wickedness: violence and Ge.6.13, Violence, Eze.8.17.
us the appointed weeks of the spoil is heard in her; before
harvest.
me continually is grief and

25 ¶ Your iniquities have wounds.
See Wounds of Sin, Pr.6.33.
turned away these things, and 8 Be thou instructed, O Jê-ru'- Pr.1.8, Instruction (1).
your sins have withholden good sã-lěm, lest my soul depart from 1 S.15.23, Wicked Rejected.
things from you.
thee; lest I make thee desolate, Is.1.8, Desolation (1).

26 For among my people are a land not inhabited.
found wicked men: they lay 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of

Ps.35.7,SnaresLaid,ch.18.22. wait, as he that setteth snares; hosts, They shall throughly p.p.ch.16.16; 49.9.
they set a trap, they catch men. glean the remnant of Iş'ra-el as Is.1.9, Remnant, ch.23.3.
27 As a cage is full of birds, a vine: turn back thine hand

Ps.57.6, Net.

Ge.6.5, Depravity.

Ps.36.3, Deceit (1), Mk.7.22.
Pr.16.8, Unjust Gain.

De.32.15, Worldly Fullness,
[ch.50.11.
Ge.6.12, Corruption (2),
[Eze.7.23.
See Widow and Father-
[less (1), Ex.22.22.
De.16.19, Injustice (2).
Jb.12.6, Prosperity (1),
ch.12.1.
Is.10.3, Day of Visitation.

so are their houses full of de- as a grapegatherer into the bas-
ceit: therefore they are become kets.

great, and waxen rich.

10 To whom shall I speak, and 28 They are waxen fat, they give warning, that they may shine: yea, they overpass the hear? behold, their ear is un- Eze.33.32, Hearing (2). deeds of the wicked: they judge circumcised, and they cannot Is.6.10, Spir. Deafness, not the cause, the cause of the hearken: behold, the word of fatherless, yet they prosper; the LORD is unto them a reand the right of the needy do proach; they have no delight they not judge. in it.

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29 Shall I not visit for these 11 Therefore I am full of the See Pressure of Duty,
[ch.20.9.

things? saith the LORD: shall fury of the LORD; I am weary 2 K.22.13, God's Wrath. De.32.35, Divine Vengeance. not my soul be avenged on such with holding in: I will pour it Ex.6.6, God's Judgments. a nation as this? out upon the children abroad,

Or, Astonishment and filth- 30 ¶A wonderful and horrible and upon the assembly of young

[iness. thing is committed in the land; men together: for even the hus

De.13.5, False Prophets, 31 The prophets prophesy band with the wife shall be ta-
Ich.14.14. falsely, and the priests bear ken, the aged with him that is See Impartiality (2),
Corrupt Priests, Eze.22.26. rule by their means; and my full of days.

Ps.50.18, Connivance.
See Sin Loved, Jb.15.16.

B.C.612 (?)

1 K.14.25, Jerusalem (2).

Nu.10.9, Trumpets (1).

p.p.Ne.3.14.

p.p.ch.1.14; 4.6.

p.p.De.28.56.

people love to have it so: and 12 And their houses shall be
what will ye do in the end turned unto others, with their
thereof?
fields and wives together: for I

CHAPTER 6

[De.10.17.

will stretch out my hand upon Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2). The enemies sent against Judah en- the inhabitants of the land, Is.34.2, Destruction (2). courage themselves: 6 God directs saith the LORD. the siege. 18 The prophet proclaims God's judgments. 26 A call 13 For from the least of them Ge.6.5, Sin Universal. even unto the greatest of them Ex.20.17, Covetousness (1). OYE children of Benjamin, every one is give the prophet

to repentance.

[Eze.33.31.

[isters, ch.23.11.

gather yourselves to flee ousness; and from the prophet Is.56.10, Unfaithful Minout of the midst of Jê-ru'sa-lem, even unto the priest every one See Corrupt Priests, ch.5.31. and blow the trumpet in Tê- dealeth falsely.

Le.19.13, Fraud.

[Pr.17.15.

ko'ȧ, and set up a sign of fire 14 They have healed also the
in Beth-hac'çe-rem: for evil hurt of the daughter of my See Palliation of Sin,
appeareth out of the north, and people slightly, saying, Peace, p.p.Eze.13.10.
great destruction.
peace; when there is no peace. 2 Chr.15.5, No Peace.
2 I have likened the daughter 15 Were they ashamed when 2 K.17.14, Impenitence (2),
of Zi'on to a comely and deli- they had committed abomina-
[Da.9.13.
tion? nay, they were not at all

De.7.25, Abominations.

cate woman.
3 The shepherds with their ashamed, neither could they Shamelessness, ch.8.12.

God's wrath proclaimed.

JEREMIAH, 7

The Jews called to repentance.

Pr.11.5, Fall of the Wicked, blush: therefore they shall fall they are brass and iron; they See Deterioration, Is.1.22.
[ch.8.4.
among them that fall: at the are all corrupters.
Ge.6.12, Corruption (2).
SeeDay of Visitation,Is.10.3. time that I visit them they shall 29 The bellows are burned, the

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be cast down, saith the LORD. lead is consumed of the fire; the Ex.15.10, Lead, Eze.22.18.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand founder melteth in vain: for the p.p.ch.15.19.
ye in the ways, and see, and wicked are not plucked away. See Separation (4), Is.52.11.
ask for the old paths, where is 30 Reprobate silver shall men Ps.12.6, Silver (5), Eze.22.18.
the good way, and walk there- call them, because the LORD Pr.25.4, Dross.
in, and ye shall find rest for hath rejected them.
your souls. But they said, We
will not walk therein.

17 Also I set watchmen over [Eze.3.17. you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, not hearken.

De.4.1, Hearken.
Ps.81.11, Call Refused.
De.1.43, Self-will.
p.p.Is.1.2; ch.22.29.

Le.26.16, Threatenings.
De.32.32, Sin's Fruit.

See Evil Thoughts, De. 15.9.
Is.6.10, Spir. Deafness.

2 Chr.36.16, Law Despised,
Ich.9.13.

1 S.15.22, Formalism (2). Jb.6.19, Sheba, Eze.27.22.

CHAPTER 7

1 S.15.23, Wicked Rejected.

Jeremiah sent to call for true repent- B.C.600 (?)
ance: 8 God rejects their vain con-
fidence.

THE word that came to Jer-e-Nu.11.25, Inspiration (3).

mi'ah from the LORD, say

18 Therefore hear, ye na-ing,
tions, and know, O congrega- 2 Stand in the gate of the p.p.ch.17.19; 26.2.
tion, what is among them. LORD'S house, and proclaim See Go Preach, Mt.10.7.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I there this word, and say, Hear De.4.1, Hearken.
will bring evil upon this peo- the word of the LORD, all ye of
ple, even the fruit of their Jū'dah, that enter in at these
thoughts, because they have gates to worship the LORD. See Worshippers, Ge.22.5.
not hearkened unto my words, 3 Thus saith the LORD of ch.35.15, Divine Call (1).
nor to my law, but rejected it. hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, Amend

20 To what purpose cometh your ways and your doings, and 1 S.7.3, Repentance (2). there to me incense from She'- I will cause you to dwell in this Ps.34.18, Prom. to Penitent. Ex.30.23, Sweet Cane, bå, and the sweet cane from a place.

[Eze.27.19. far country? your burnt offer- 4 Trust ye not in lying words, Pr.23.7, Hypocrisy. 1 S.15.22, Sacrifices Insufficient. ings are not acceptable, nor saying, The temple of the LORD, 1 S.15.22, Formalism (2). Ge.4.5, Unacceptable Offer- your sacrifices sweet unto me. The temple of the LORD, The p.p.Mi.3.11. [ings, ch.14.12. 21 Therefore thus saith the temple of the LORD, are these.

See Rock of Offense, Is.8.14. LORD, Behold, I will lay stum- 5 For if ye throughly amend

blingblocks before this people, your ways and your doings; if See Religious Reforms, and the fathers and the sons ye throughly execute judgment [1 K.15.12. De.16.20, Justice Enjoined. Pr.11.5, Fall of the Wicked. together shall fall upon them; between a man and his neighthe neighbour and his friend bour; shall perish. 6 If ye oppress not the stran- Ex.23.9, Oppression (1). 22 Thus saith the LORD, Be-ger, the fatherless, and the Ex.22.21, Strangers (1), [Mt.25.35. hold, a people cometh from the widow, and shed not innocent Ex.22.22, Widow and Fathernorth country, and a great na- blood in this place, neither walk [less (1).

De.28.50, Instruments of
[Judgment, ch.51.20.

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tion shall be raised from the after other gods to your hurt: De.19.10, Innocent Blood.

sides of the earth.

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7 Then will I cause you to See Earthly Heritage,
23 They shall lay hold on bow dwell in this place, in the land
[Ps.37.11.
Ge.11.31, Canaan.
and spear; they are cruel, and that I gave to your fathers, for Ge.12.7, Promised Land.
have no mercy; their voice ever and ever.
roareth like the sea; and they 8 ¶Behold, ye trust in lying
ride upon horses, set in array words, that cannot profit.
as men for war against thee, O
daughter of Zion.

See False Trusts, Ps.52.7.

Ps.78.36, False Profession.
1 S.12.21, Sin Unprofitable.
Ex.20.15, Theft Forbidden.
Ex.20.13, Murder (1).
Ex.20.14, Adultery.
Le.6.3, Perjury.
Nu.22.41, Baal, Ho.2.8.
Ge.35.2, Idolatry (1).
Ex.32.1, Apostates.
p.p.ch.11.13.

9 Will ye steal, murder, and
commit adultery, and swear
24 We have heard the fame falsely, and burn incense unto
thereof our hands wax feeble: Bā ́al, and walk after other gods
anguish hath taken hold of us, whom ye know not;
and pain, as of a woman in 10 And come and stand before
travail.
me in this house, which is Ps.134.1, House of God.
25 Go not forth into the field, called by my name, and say, p.p.Eze.23.39.
nor walk by the way; for the We are delivered to do all these
sword of the enemy and fear abominations?
is on every side.

11 Is this house, which is

26 TO daughter of my people, called by my name, become a Jud.6.2, Dens, Da.6.7.
gird thee with sackcloth, and den of robbers in your eyes? 2 Chr.33.7, Pollutions (3).
wallow thyself in ashes: make Behold, even I have seen it, Ge.6.5, Divine Vision.
thee mourning, as for an only saith the LORD.
p.p.Mk.11.17.
son, most bitter lamentation: 12 But go ye now unto my De.12.5, Sacred Places.
for the spoiler shall suddenly place which was in Shiloh, Jos.18.1, Shiloh.
where I set my name at the p.p.1 S.4.10.11.
27 I have set thee for a tower first, and see what I did to it Is.13.11, Punishment.
and a fortress among my peo- for the wickedness of my peo- Ex.19.5, God's People.
ple, that thou mayest know and ple İş'ra-el.
try their way.

come upon us.

13 And now, because ye have Jn.7.7, Evil Works.
28 They are all grievous re-done all these works, saith the Le.26.23, Impenitence (1),
volters, walking with slanders: LORD, and I spake unto you,
[Ho.7.10.

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p.p.Ps.78.60. p.p.2 K.17.23.

Le.26.17, Reprobation,

[ch.15.1. De.28.36, Captivity (1).

See Sin Separates, Ex.33.3. p.p.Ex.32.10; ch.11.14.

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rising up early and speaking, to me, nor inclined their ear, Ex.8.15, Hardness (2).
but ye heard not; and I called but hardened their neck: they Is.1.22, Deterioration,
[ch.16.12.
did worse than their fathers.
you, but ye answered not;
14 Therefore will I do unto 27 Therefore thou shalt speak ch.1.7, Speak “The Word."
this house, which is called by all these words unto them; but Ps.50.17, "Word" Despised.
my name, wherein ye trust, and they will not hearken to thee: ch.35.15. Divine Call (1).
unto the place which I gave to thou shalt also call unto them; Ps.81.11, Call Refused.
you and to your fathers, as I but they will not answer thee.
28 But thou shalt say unto

have done to Shi'lōh.

15 And I will cast you out of them, This is a nation that obey- Ge.3.11, Disobedience (2). my sight, as I have cast out all eth not the voice of the LORD See Dullness (1), Ps.92.6. your brethren, even the whole their God, nor receiveth correc- Is.1.5, Correction Despised. seed of E'phră-ĭm. tion: truth is perished, and is See Falsehood, Le.19.11. 16 Therefore pray not thou cut off from their mouth. for this people, neither lift up 29 ¶ Cut off thine hair, O Je- p.p.Jb.1.20; Is.15.2. cry nor prayer for them, nei-ru'sa-lem, and cast it away, De.1.45, Prayers Unan- ther make intercession to me: and take up a lamentation on ch.4.8, Lamentations (2). [swered. for I will not hear thee high places; for the LORD hath [Eze.19.1. 1 S.15.23, Wicked Rejected. 17 Seest thou not what they rejected and forsaken the gen- Jud.16.20, Wicked Forsaken. do in the cities of Jū'dah and eration of his wrath. De.32.5, Evil Generation. in the streets of Jê-ru'sā-lem? 30 For the children of Jū’dah 18 The children gather wood, have done evil in my sight, Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2). and the fathers kindle the fire, saith the LORD: they have set

p.p.ch.11.13; 44.6.

Ex.12.34, Dough, Ho.7.4.
Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4).
1 Chr.16.26, False Gods.
Nu.14.11, Provoking God.

p.p.1 Co.10.22.

and the women knead their their abominations in the house De.7.25, Abominations.
dough, to make cakes to the which is called by my name, to Ps.134.1, House of God.
queen of heaven, and to pour pollute it.
2 Chr.33.7, Pollutions (3),
[Eze.8.16.

out drink offerings unto other 31 And they have built the gods, that they may provoke me high places of To'phet, which Le.26.30, High Places (2). to anger. is in the valley of the son of 19 Do they provoke me to Hin'nom, to burn their sons and Le.18.21, Human Sacrifices. anger? saith the LORD: do they their daughters in the fire; 1 S.12.21, Sin Unprofitable. not provoke themselves to the which I commanded them not, confusion of their own faces? neither came it into my heart. 20 Therefore thus saith the 32 ¶ Therefore, behold, the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger days come, saith the LORD, that

Ex.4.14, God's Anger.
Is.30.1, Denunciations.
Is.34.2, Destruction (2).

See Fire (3), Ge.19.24.

See Unacceptable Offer

[ings, Ge.4.5.

and my fury shall be poured it shall no more be called To'- 2 K.23.10, Tophet, ch.19.11. out upon this place, upon man, phet, nor the valley of the son

and upon beast, and upon the of Hin'nom, but the valley of Jos.15.8, Hinnom Valley. trees of the field, and upon the slaughter: for they shall bury

[ch.19.2.

fruit of the ground; and it shall in To'phet, till there be no place. p.p.2 K.23.10. burn, and shall not be quenched. 33 And the carcases of this 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of people shall be meat for the De.28.26, Unburied, ch.16.4. hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Put fowls of the heaven, and for your burnt offerings unto your the beasts of the earth; and sacrifices, and eat flesh. none shall fray them away. 22 For I spake not unto your 34 Then will I cause to cease fathers, nor commanded them from the cities of Ju'dah, and in the day that I brought them from the streets of Jê-ru'sâ-lēm, out of the land of Egypt, con- the voice of mirth, and the voice Is.24.11, Joy Departed, cerning burnt offerings or sacri- of gladness, the voice of the fices: bridegroom, and the voice of 23 But this thing commanded the bride: for the land shall be De.26.16, Obedience (1), I them, saying, Obey my voice, desolate. [Mt.7.21. and I will be your God, and ye

See Divine Leader, De.8.2.

1 S.15.22, Sacrifices Insuffi[cient.

Ex.19.5, God's People.

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Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obedient. shall be my people: and walk The Jews' calamity: 4 their impeni-B.C.600 (?)
Is.26.7, Right Way.
ye in all the ways that I have tency upbraided: 13 their judg-
De.4.40,Godliness Profitable, commanded you, that it may be ment.
[ch.22.15. well unto you.

Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2).
they shall bring out the
De.29.19, Sinful Walk, nor inclined their ear, but bones of the kings of Ju'dah,
[Ep.2.2. walked in the counsels and in and the bones of his princes,
the imagination of their evil and the bones of the priests, and
heart, and went backward, and the bones of the prophets, and 2 K.23.14, Bones Scattered.
not forward.
the bones of the inhabitants of
[Eze.6.5.

24 But they hearkened not, AT that time, saith the LORD,

Ge.6.5, Evil Imagination.
Ge.3.11, Disobedience (2).
Ec.8.11, Evil Heart.

Ex.32.8, Backsliders.

See Divine Pleadings,

25 Since the day that your Jê-ru ́sã-lěm, out of their graves: Is.3.1, Jerusalem (3).
fathers came forth out of the 2 And they shall spread them

land of Egypt unto this day I before the sun, and the moon,
have even sent unto you all my and all the host of heaven, whom

[Pr.1.24. servants the prophets, daily ris- they have loved, and whom they

See God's Messengers,

Nu.16.28. ing up early and sending them: have served, and after whom De.32.4, Idolatry (4). Is.6.10, Spir. Deafness. 26 Yet they hearkened not un-they have walked, and whom

The calamities of the Jews and

De.4.19, Worship (3),
De.28.26, Unburied.

JEREMIAH, 9

their grievous judgment.

they have sought, and whom that I have given them shall
they have worshipped: they pass away from them.
[ch.19.13. shall not be gathered, nor be bur- 14 ¶Why do we sit still? as-
ied; they shall be for dung up- semble yourselves, and let us
on the face of the earth.
enter into the defenced cities,

Nu.11.15, Death Sought,
See Weariness of Life,

Le.26.33, Dispersion (2).

3 And death shall be chosen and let us be silent there: for See Men Silenced, Jb.5.16. [Jona.4.3. rather than life by all the resi- the LORD our God hath put us See Wages of Sin, Jb.15.31. [Jb.3.20. due of them that remain of this to silence, and given us water Ps.42.7, Waters of Affliction. evil family, which remain in all of gall to drink, because we have Nu.21.7, Confession of Jb.21.20, Cup of Wrath. the places whither I have driven sinned against the LORD. [Sin (2), ch.14.7. them, saith the LORD of hosts. 15 We looked for peace, but Pr.10.28, Expectation (2). 4 Moreover thou shalt say no good came; and for a time De.28.39, Disappointment, [ch.14.19. unto them, Thus saith the LORD; of health, and behold trouble! Jb.5.7, Trouble. Pr.11.5, Fall of the Wicked, Shall they fall, and not arise? 16 The snorting of his horses [Ho.4.14. shall he turn away, and not re- was heard from Dăn: the whole p.p.Jud. 18.29; ch.4.15. turn? land trembled at the sound of

Ex.32.8, Backsliders.

Ps.36.3, Deceit (1).

5 Why then is this people the neighing of his strong ones; See Instruments of Judg-
of Je-ru'sa-lěm slidden back by for they are come, and have de-
[ment, De.28.50.

a perpetual backsliding? they voured the land, and all that is p.p.Eze.22.30. hold fast deceit, they refuse to in it; the city, and those that See Sudden Destruction, [Pr.6.15. Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2). return. dwell therein. p.p.Ps.14.2; 2 Pe.3.9. 6 I hearkened and heard, but 17 For, behold, I will send Ex.6.6. God's Judgments. they spake not aright: no man serpents, cockatrices, among Is.11.8, Cockatrice.

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2 K.17.14, Impenitence (2). repented him of his wickedness, you, which will not be charmed, De.28.67, Sin's Misery.
saying, What have I done? and they shall bite you, saith
every one turned to his course, the LORD.

See Rashness (1), Pr.19.2.

Le.11.19, Storks, Zec.5.9.
Pr.1.17, Instinct.

Ps.84.3, Swallows.

as the horse rusheth into the 18 ¶ When I would comfort
battle.

myself against sorrow, my heart Ex.6.9, Despair.

7 Yea, the stork in the heaven is faint in me. knoweth her appointed times; 19 Behold the voice of the and the turtle and the crane and cry of the daughter of my peothe swallow observe the time ple because of them that dwell of their coming; but my people in a far country: Is not the Jud.2.10, Ignorance of God, know not the judgment of the LORD in Zion? is not her king [ch.9.3. LORD. in her? Why have they pro- Nu.14.11, Provoking God. Pr.3.7, Conceit. 8 How do ye say, We are voked me to anger with their wise, and the law of the LORD graven images, and with Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4). is with us? Lo, certainly in vain strange vanities?

De.9.4, Self-righteousness.

De.32.21, Vanities.

made he it; the pen of the 20 The harvest is past, the 2 K.13.19, Lost Opportunity, 2 S.8.17, Scribes, Mt.5.20. scribes is in vain. summer is ended, and we are [Mt.25.10. See Worldly Wisdom, 9 The wise men are ashamed, not saved. Ex.14.25, Too Late, Mt.25.11. [Is.29.14. they are dismayed and taken: 21 For the hurt of the daugh- Ezr.9.3,Solicitude (3),ch.9.1. Ps.50.17, "Word" Despised, lo, they have rejected the word ter of my people am I hurt; I

[ch.20.8. of the LORD; and what wisdom am black; astonishment hath Is.50.3, Blackness, Jl.2.6.
is in them?
taken hold on me.

Ex.20.17, Covetousness (1).

See Unfaithful Ministers,
Le.19.13, Fraud. [Is.56.10.

See Palliation of Sin,

10 Therefore will I give their 22 Is there no balm in Gil'- Ge.37.25, Balm, ch.46.11.
wives unto others, and their e-ad; is there no physician Pr.17.22, Medicine, ch.30.13.
Ge.50.2, Physicians, Mt.9.12.
fields to them that shall inherit there? why then is not the
them: for every one from the health of the daughter of my Is.1.5, Spir. Disease,
least even unto the greatest is people recovered?
given to covetousness, from the
prophet even unto the priest
every one dealeth falsely.

11 For they have healed the

CHAPTER 9

p.p.ch.14.19.

The prophet bewails the manifold B.C.600 (?)
sins of his people, 9 and their judg-
ments.

[ch.30.12.

[Pr.17.15. hurt of the daughter of myters, and mine eyes a foun-
people slightly, saying, Peace,

H that my head were wa- Ezr.9.3, Solicitude (3),

See False Hopes, Jb.8.13. 2 Chr.15.5, No Peace.

ch.6.15, Shamelessness,

[Lam.2.13.

peace; when there is no peace. tain of tears, that I might weep Ps.126.6, Tears, v.18.
12 Were they ashamed when day and night for the slain of 2 S.10.12, Patriotism.
they had committed abomina- the daughter of my people!
tion? nay, they were not at all 2 Oh that I had in the

[ch.14.8.

ashamed, neither could they wilderness a lodging place of Ge.32.24, Solitude, Lu.5.16. [Zep.3.5. blush: therefore shall they fall wayfaring men; that I might Jud.19.17, Wayfaring Man, Pr.11.5, Fall of the Wicked. among them that fall: in the leave my people, and go from See Separation (4), Is.52.11. See Day of Visitation, time of their visitation they them! for they be all adulter- Ex.20.14, Adultery. [Is.10.3. shall be cast down, saith the ers, an assembly of treacherous Jud. 16.19, Treachery. LORD.

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13 I will surely consume 3 And they bend their tongues Ps.5.9, Evil Speech.

them, saith the LORD: there like their bow for lies: but Le.19.11, Falsehood.
shall be no grapes on the vine, they are not valiant for the

nor figs on the fig tree, and the truth upon the earth; for they Is.59.4, Truth (2).
leaf shall fade; and the things proceed from evil to evil, and Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2).

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