Against mockers of the true prophets.

Before CHRIST 5.99.

JEREMIAH. The desolation of Zedekiah, &c. foreshewn.

words, then they should have "turned | Because ye say this word, The burden of them from their evil way, and from the the LORD, and I have sent unto you, sayn Jer. 25. 5. evil of their doings. ing, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

o Ps. 139. 7, &c. Amos 9. 2,3

23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the P1 Kings 8. LORD. PDo not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

27. Ps.139.7.

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

q

27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which Judg. 3.7. they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

& 8.33, 34

+ Heb. with whom is.

r Deut. 18. 20. ch.14. 14, 15

! Or, that smooth their tongues.

28 The prophet +that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

12. &c.

10.

the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried King 24away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoi-Chron. 36. akim king of Judah, and the princes of e See ch. 23 Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, 24, &c. & from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 One basket had very good figs, even 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith like the figs that are first ripe: and the the LORD; and like a hammer that break-other basket had very naughty figs, which eth the rock in pieces?

30 Therefore, behold, 'I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, || that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err s Zeph. 3.4. by their lies, and by 'their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest shall ask thee, saying, Mal. 1. 1. What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? "I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The + Heb. visit burden of the LORD, I will even + punish that man and his house.

n ver. 39

upon.

35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

38 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD;

5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away + He the captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and "I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

7 And I will give them fan heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Before mine, and the pestilence, among them, till
cir. 598. they be consumed from off the land that
I gave unto them and to their fathers.
CHAP. XXV.

607

ending. 606 beginning. a ch. 36. 1.

b ch. 1. 2. From 629 till 606.

1 Jeremiah reproving the Jews' disobedience
to the prophets, foretelleth the seventy
years' captivity, 12 and after that, the de-
struction of Babylon. 15 Under the type
of a cup of wine he foresheweth the de-
struction of all nations. 34 The howling
of the shepherds.

HE word that came to Jeremiah
THE
concerning all the people of Judah
"in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah, that was
the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon;

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet
spake unto all the people of Judah, and to
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye & 13. 10, 11. have not hearkened.

e ch. 7. 13.
& 11. 7, 8, 10.

& 16. 12. &

17.23. & 18.

12. & 19.15 d eh. 7. 13,

& 22. 21.

25. & 26.5. & 29. 19. e 2 Kings 17. 13. ch. 18.11. & 35-15Jonah 3. 8.

4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, f Dent. 32. saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

21.ch. 7. 19. & 32. 30.

geb. 1. 15.

h ch. 27. 6. See Isai. 44.

& 43.10.

8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,

9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, h my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, i ch: 18-16. and 'make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

28. & 45.1. cb. 40. 2.

+ Heb. Iwill cause to

them.

ch. 7.34. &

26 13 Hos

10 Moreover +I will take from them perish from the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladk Isai. 247. ness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the 16. 9. Ezek. Voice of the bride, 1the sound of the mil2. Rev. Stones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a de1 Eccles. 12. solation, and an astonishment; and these Chron. nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

4.

21, 22. Ezra 1. 1. ch. 29. 10. Dan. 9. 2.

12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, "when

635

15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the 'wine cup of po 21. 20. this fury at my hand, and cause all the Isai. 51. 17. nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be mov- Ezek. 23-34ed, and be mad, because of the sword Nah. 3. 11. that I will send among them.

17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz,
all that are in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and
all the kings of the 1mingled people that
dwell in the desert,

25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all
Elam, and all the kings of
the kings of m
the Medes,

26 "And all the kings of the north, far
and near, one with another, and all the
kingdoms of the world, which are upon
the face of the earth: and the king of
Sheshach shall drink after them.

c See Isai. 20. 1.

d ch. 49. 7,

&c.

e ch. 48. 1.

fch. 49. 1.
| Or, region
by the sea
ch.47.4-
de

h ch.49. 23.

i ch. 49. 8.

off into cor

+ Heb. cut ners, or,

having the corners of

polled;

the hair
ch. 9. 26. &

49.32.

which my

name is call

ed.

19.

t Ezek. 38.

e ch. 18.8.

&c. Deut. 2.

4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; 'If ye will not hearken flex. 6. 14 to me, to walk in my law, which I have is set before you,

30 Therefore prophesy thou against Dan. 9. 18, them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall "roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; 5 To hearken to the words of my servusai, 42.13. he shall mightily roar upon his habita-ants the prophets, whom I sent unto g ch. 7. 13, you, 25. & 11.7 tion; he shall give a shout, as they that both rising up early, and sending them &834 tread the grapes, against all the inhabit- but ye have not hearkened;

21.

Joel 3. 16.

Amos 1. 2.

x Ps. 11.4.

ch. 17. 12.

610

ending.

609 beginning.

a ch. 19. 14.

Matt. 28. 20.

CHAP. XXVI.

1 Jeremiah by promises and threatenings ex-
horteth to repentance. 8 He is therefore
apprehended, 10 and arraigned. 12 His
apology. 16 He is quit in judgment, by
the example of Micah, 20 and of Urijah,
24 and by the care of Ahikam.

N the beginning of the reign of Jehoi

came this word from the LORD, saying,

2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to

14.

7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking ch.249. these words in the house of the LORD.

8¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new 10r, at the gate of the LORD's house.

11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, + This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Before for he hath spoken to us in the name of cir. 609. the LORD our God.

CHRIST

o See Acts 5. 31, &c.

p Mic. 1. 1.

cir. 710

17 °Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, sayq Mic. 3. 12. ing, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD 'repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

32. 26.

r2 Chron. Heb the Jace of the $ Exod. 32. 2. Sam Acts 5-39

LORD.

16.

cir. 609.

↑ Heb. sons of The people. u 2Kings 22.

22. 14.

t

20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men
into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of
Achbor, and certain men with him into
Egypt.

23 And they fetched forth Urijah out
of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoia-
kim the king; who slew him with the
sword, and cast his dead body into the
of the common people.
graves

24 Nevertheless "the hand of Ahikam 12, 14 ch. the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. CHAP. XXVII.

cir. 398.

a See ver. 3, 12, 19, 20. ch. B. L.

Or, kath

the LORD said.

1 Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophe-
sieth the subduing of the neighbour kings
unto Nebuchadnezzar. 8 He exhorteth them
to yield, and not to believe the false pro-
phets. 12 The like he doeth to Zedekiah.
19 He foretelleth, the remnant of the ves
sels shall be carried to Babylon, and there
continue until the day of visitation.

Ν

IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoia-
kim the son of Josiah *king of Judah
came this word unto Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying,

2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make
thee bonds and yokes, and out them up-

b ch. 28. 10, on thy neck,

12

So Ezek. 4.1. & 12.38 24.3. &c.

3 Ánd send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

4 And command them to say unto
their masters, Thus saith the LORD of cir. 598.
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye
say unto your masters;

5 I have made the earth, the man and
the beast that are upon the ground, by
my great power and by my outstretched
arm, and have given it unto whom it
seemed meet unto me.

cerning their
masters, say-

| Or, con

c Ps. 115. 15.

ing.
146. 6.
i. 45. 12.
dPs. 115. 16.

Dan. 4. 17,
25, 32.

e ch. 28. 14.

6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, 'my servant; and the fch. 25. 9. beasts of the field have I given him also Ezek. 29. 18, to serve him.

b

& 43. 10.

20.
g ch. 28. 14.

h 2 Chron.

7 And all nations shall serve him, Dan. 2. 38.
and his son, and his son's son, 'until
very time of his land come: and
many nations and great kings shall

themselves of him.

the 36. 20. then ich. 25. 12. serve Dan. 5. 26.

8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

9 Therefore hearken not ye to your
prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your
dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor
to your sorcerers, which speak unto you,
saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon:

10 1For they prophesy a lie unto you,
ye should
to remove you far from your land; and
that I should drive you out, and
perish.

11 But the nations that bring their
neck under the yoke of the king of Ba-
bylon, and serve him, those will I let re-
main still in their own land, saith the
therein.
LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell

12 I spake also to "Zedekiah king
of Judah according to all these words,
saying, Bring your necks under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him and
his people, and live.

& 50. 27.

k ch. 25. 14.

+ Heb. in a

15. For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my e, or, ly name; that I might drive you out, and that ingly. ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

16 Also I spake to the priests and to

JEREMIAH. all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, p 2 Chron. Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house 29. 3. Dan. shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?