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    <book number='24' name='Jeremiah' abbreviation='Jer' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>To <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='526'>Amon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7969 6240'>thirteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>It <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>also in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8552'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6249 6240'>eleventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the carrying <strongs hebrew='1540'>away</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>captive in the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2962'>Before</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3335'>formed</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs>thee; and <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>thou camest <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7358'>womb</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6942'>sanctified</strongs>thee, <em>and</em> I <strongs hebrew='5414'>ordained</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I, <strongs hebrew='162'>Ah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3808 3045'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>thee thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>faces</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5060 5921'>touched</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>set</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>, to root <strongs hebrew='5428'>out</strongs>, and to pull <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>, and to throw <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4731'>rod</strongs>of an almond <strongs hebrew='8247'>tree</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, Thou hast <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='8245 5921'>hasten</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>perform</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me the second <strongs hebrew='8145'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5301'>seething</strongs><strongs hebrew='5518'>pot</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>thereof <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, Out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall break <strongs hebrew='6605'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entering</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>thereof round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And I will <strongs hebrew='1696'>utter</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>against them <strongs hebrew='5921'>touching</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and have burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>therefore gird <strongs hebrew='247'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>thee: be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>at their <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>faces</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2865'>confound</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='589'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>thee this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4013'>defensed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, against the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, against the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>thereof, against the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>thereof, and against the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>thee; but they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs>against thee; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>thee, the <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3623'>espousals</strongs>, when thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>wentest</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, in a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2232'>sown</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6944'>holiness</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='7225'>firstfruits</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>him shall <strongs hebrew='816'>offend</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>have your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in me, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they are gone <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me, and have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, and are become <strongs hebrew='1891'>vain</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>they, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>that brought us <strongs hebrew='5927 *853'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1980'>led</strongs>us through the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, through a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6160'>deserts</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='7745'>pits</strongs>, through a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6723'>drought</strongs>, and of the shadow of <strongs hebrew='6757'>death</strongs>, through a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3759'>plentiful</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>thereof and the <strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs>thereof; but when ye <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='2930'>defiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? and they that <strongs hebrew='8610'>handle</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against me, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><em>things</em> <em>that</em> do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Wherefore</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='339'>isles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3794'>Chittim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='6938'>Kedar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='995'>consider</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>diligently</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>if there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>such</strongs>a thing. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Hath a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='4171'>changed</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>which</strongs><em>are</em> yet <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>? but my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4171'>changed</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>for <em>that</em> <em>which</em> doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, and be horribly <strongs hebrew='8175'>afraid</strongs>, be ye <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2717'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evils</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, <em>and</em> hewed them <strongs hebrew='2672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='877'>cisterns</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='877'>cisterns</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3557'>hold</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>? <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004 3211'>homeborn</strongs><em>slave</em> ? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='957'>spoiled</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The young <strongs hebrew='3715'>lions</strongs><strongs hebrew='7580'>roared</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5414 6963'>yelled</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='7896'>made</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>waste</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5297'>Noph</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahapanes</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7462'>broken</strongs>the crown of thy <strongs hebrew='6936'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Hast thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>procured</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>unto thyself, in that thou hast <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6256'>when</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1980'>led</strongs>thee by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>hast thou to do in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7883'>Sihor</strongs>? or <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>hast thou to do in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Thine own <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3256'>correct</strongs>thee, and thy <strongs hebrew='4878'>backslidings</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3198'>reprove</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>therefore and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>thing</em> and <strongs hebrew='4751'>bitter</strongs>, that thou hast <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and that my <strongs hebrew='6345'>fear</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>of old <strongs hebrew='4480 5769'>time</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5423'>burst</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4147'>bands</strongs>; and thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>transgress</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6808'>wanderest</strongs>, playing the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Yet <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs>thee a noble <strongs hebrew='8321'>vine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>wholly</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='571'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>then art thou <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5494'>degenerate</strongs>plant of a <strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>unto me? </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3526'>wash</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='5427'>niter</strongs>, and take thee <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='1287'>soap</strongs>, <em>yet</em> thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3799'>marked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>canst thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I am <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2930'>polluted</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>: <em>thou</em> <em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='7031'>swift</strongs><strongs hebrew='1072'>dromedary</strongs><strongs hebrew='8308'>traversing</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='24'>A wild <strongs hebrew='6501'>ass</strongs><strongs hebrew='3928'>used</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <em>that</em> snuffeth <strongs hebrew='7602'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>at her <strongs hebrew='185 5315'>pleasure</strongs>; in her <strongs hebrew='8385'>occasion</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can turn her <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>her will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3286'>weary</strongs>themselves; in her <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='4513'>Withhold</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>from being <strongs hebrew='4480 3182'>unshod</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1627'>throat</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6773'>thirst</strongs>: but thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs>, There is no <strongs hebrew='2976'>hope</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them will I <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>As the <strongs hebrew='1590'>thief</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1322'>ashamed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='559'>Saying</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='6086'>stock</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>; and to a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>hast brought me <strongs hebrew='3205'>forth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6437'>turned</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='6203'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>they will <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>But <strongs hebrew='346'>where</strongs><em>are</em> thy <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>thee? let them <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>they can <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>according</em> <em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>will ye <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>me? ye <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>In <strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='3947'>received</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>: your own <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, like a <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroying</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>O <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. Have I <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3991'>darkness</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, We are <strongs hebrew='7300'>lords</strongs>; we will <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Can a <strongs hebrew='1330'>maid</strongs><strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5716'>ornaments</strongs>, <em>or</em> a <strongs hebrew='3618'>bride</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7196'>attire</strongs>? yet my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>trimmest</strongs>thou thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the wicked <strongs hebrew='7451'>ones</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='3671'>skirts</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='34'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocents</strongs>: I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>it by secret <strongs hebrew='4290'>search</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>Yet thou <strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>I am <strongs hebrew='5352'>innocent</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>surely</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me. <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will plead <strongs hebrew='8199'>with</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='235'>gaddest</strongs>thou about so <strongs hebrew='3966'>much</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8138'>change</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>? thou <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shalt be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou wast <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 804'>Assyria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Yea</strongs>, thou shalt go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>him</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4009'>confidences</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>in them. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>They <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2005'>If</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s, shall he <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>? shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>be greatly <strongs hebrew='2610 2610'>polluted</strongs>? but <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast played the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>lovers</strongs>; yet <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>again <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='375'>where</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>been <strongs hebrew='7901'>lain</strongs>with. <strongs hebrew='5921'>In</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>for them, as the <strongs hebrew='6163'>Arabian</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>; and thou hast <strongs hebrew='2610'>polluted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='2184'>whoredoms</strongs>and with thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='7241'>showers</strongs>have been <strongs hebrew='4513'>withheld</strongs>, and there hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs>latter <strongs hebrew='4456'>rain</strongs>; and thou hadst a <strongs hebrew='802 2181'>whore</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4696'>forehead</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='3985'>refusedst</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='3637'>ashamed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Wilt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>from this <strongs hebrew='4480 6258'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs>unto me, My <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='441'>guide</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Will he <strongs hebrew='5201'>reserve</strongs><em>his</em> <em>anger</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>? will he <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs><em>it</em> to the <strongs hebrew='5331'>end</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>evil <strongs hebrew='7451'>things</strongs>as thou <strongs hebrew='3201'>couldest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, Hast thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>is gone <strongs hebrew='1980'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>hath played the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> , <strongs hebrew='7725'>Turn</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. But she <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. And her <strongs hebrew='901'>treacherous</strongs><strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='182'>causes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs><strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>committed <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>I had put her <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414 413'>given</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5612'>bill</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3748'>divorce</strongs>; yet her <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherous</strongs><strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and played the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>lightness</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='2184'>whoredom</strongs>, that she <strongs hebrew='2610'>defiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and committed <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>stocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>yet</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='901'>treacherous</strongs><strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me with her <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>feignedly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, The <strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6663'>justified</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>herself</strongs>more than <strongs hebrew='4480 898'>treacherous</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>Return</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <em>and</em> I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>cause mine <strongs hebrew='6440'>anger</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>upon you: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='2623'>merciful</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>and</em> I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5201'>keep</strongs><em>anger</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='389'>Only</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>acknowledge</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='6340'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>, and ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Turn</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='7726'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='1166'>married</strongs>unto you: and I will <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4480 4940'>family</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>you to <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>according to mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='1844'>knowledge</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7919'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>ye be <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6509'>increased</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall it <strongs hebrew='5927'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>it; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs><em>it</em> ; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <em>that</em> be <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>At <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6960'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>it, to the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have given for an <strongs hebrew='5157'>inheritance</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>But <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='7896'>put</strongs>thee among the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='2532'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='6643'>goodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>? and I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>me, My <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>; and shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='403'>Surely</strongs><em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>treacherously <strongs hebrew='898'>departeth</strongs>from her <strongs hebrew='4480 1167'>husband</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>have ye dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>with me, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>A <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1065'>weeping</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5753'>perverted</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, <em>and</em> they have <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Return</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='7726'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, <em>and</em> I will <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='4878'>backslidings</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, we <strongs hebrew='857'>come</strongs>unto thee; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='403'>Truly</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8267'>vain</strongs><em>is</em> <em>salvation</em> <em>hoped</em> <em>for</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1389'>hills</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>from</em> the <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='403'>truly</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8668'>salvation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>For <strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3018'>labor</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>from our <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='1241'>herds</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>We lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>in our <strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='3639'>confusion</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs>us: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>and our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, from our <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me: and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt put <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs>out of my <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>, then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5110'>remove</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall bless <strongs hebrew='1288'>themselves</strongs>in him, and in him shall they <strongs hebrew='1984'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, Break <strongs hebrew='5214'>up</strongs>your fallow <strongs hebrew='5215'>ground</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='6975'>thorns</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Circumcise <strongs hebrew='4135'>yourselves</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6190'>foreskins</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1197'>burn</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3518'>quench</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7455'>evil</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='5046'>Declare</strongs>ye in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8628'>Blow</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs>, gather <strongs hebrew='4390'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Assemble <strongs hebrew='622'>yourselves</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4013'>defensed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Set <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5251'>standard</strongs>toward <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5756'>retire</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5975'>stay</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>is come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 5441'>thicket</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyer</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>is on his <strongs hebrew='5265'>way</strongs>; he is gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 4725'>place</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>; <em>and</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>shall be laid <strongs hebrew='5327'>waste</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2296'>gird</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8539'>wonder</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I, <strongs hebrew='162'>Ah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='403'>surely</strongs>thou hast greatly <strongs hebrew='5377 5377'>deceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>; whereas the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>reacheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>At <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>shall it be <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, A <strongs hebrew='6703'>dry</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2219'>fan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1305'>cleanse</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>Even</em> a <strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 428'>those</strongs><em>places</em> shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto me: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>sentence</strongs>against them. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6051'>clouds</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariots</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> as a <strongs hebrew='5492'>whirlwind</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7043'>swifter</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 5404'>eagles</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>unto us! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we are <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>O <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3526'>wash</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>wickedness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>thou mayest be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>. How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>shall thy <strongs hebrew='205'>vain</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>within</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>declareth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publisheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>affliction</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Make ye <strongs hebrew='2142'>mention</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='5341'>watchers</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from a <strongs hebrew='4801'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>, and give <strongs hebrew='5414'>out</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>As <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepers</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>she hath been <strongs hebrew='4784'>rebellious</strongs>against me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>procured</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> unto thee; <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='4751'>bitter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5060'>reacheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>My <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>! I am <strongs hebrew='3176'>pained</strongs>at my <strongs hebrew='7023'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>maketh a <strongs hebrew='1993'>noise</strongs>in me; I <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>hold my <strongs hebrew='2790'>peace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8643'>alarm</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='7667'>Destruction</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs>are my <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs><strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, <em>and</em> my <strongs hebrew='3407'>curtains</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='7281'>moment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5251'>standard</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='191'>foolish</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5530'>sottish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>to do <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>, but to do <strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>was</em> without <strongs hebrew='8414'>form</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='922'>void</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, and they <em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='7493'>trembled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>moved <strongs hebrew='7043'>lightly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5775'>birds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='5074'>fled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, the fruitful <strongs hebrew='3759'>place</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof were broken <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>by</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>; yet will I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6937'>black</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3588'>because</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><em>it</em> , I have <strongs hebrew='2161'>purposed</strongs><em>it</em> , and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1272'>flee</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>noise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7411 7198'>bowmen</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='5645'>thickets</strongs>, and climb <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='3710'>rocks</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='2004'>therein</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <em>when</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>Though</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3847'>clothest</strongs>thyself with <strongs hebrew='8144'>crimson</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5710'>deckest</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='5716'>ornaments</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7167'>rentest</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5869'>face</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6320'>painting</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>shalt thou make thyself <strongs hebrew='3302'>fair</strongs>; <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='5689'>lovers</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3988'>despise</strongs>thee, they will <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>as of a woman in <strongs hebrew='2470'>travail</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='6869'>anguish</strongs>as of her that bringeth forth her first <strongs hebrew='1069'>child</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, <em>that</em> bewaileth <strongs hebrew='3306'>herself</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6566'>spreadeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs><em>is</em> me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5888'>wearied</strongs>because of <strongs hebrew='2026'>murderers</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>Run ye to and <strongs hebrew='7751'>fro</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>in the broad <strongs hebrew='7339'>places</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye can <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><em>any</em> that <strongs hebrew='6213'>executeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='530'>truth</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5545'>pardon</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3651'>surely</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='530'>truth</strongs>? thou hast <strongs hebrew='5221'>stricken</strongs>them, but they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2342'>grieved</strongs>; thou hast <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them, <em>but</em> they have <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>: they have made their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>harder</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='4480 5553'>rock</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>these</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='2973'>foolish</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>nor</em> the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>get</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the great <strongs hebrew='1419'>men</strongs>, and will speak <strongs hebrew='1696'>unto</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='389'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>these</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3162'>altogether</strongs><strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5423'>burst</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4147'>bonds</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Wherefore</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3293'>forest</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs>them, <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='2061'>wolf</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6160'>evenings</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs>them, a <strongs hebrew='5246'>leopard</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8245'>watch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 2007'>thence</strongs>shall be torn in <strongs hebrew='2963'>pieces</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7231'>many</strongs>, <em>and</em> their <strongs hebrew='4878'>backslidings</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6105'>increased</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='335'>How</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='5545'>pardon</strongs>thee for <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>? thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: when I had fed them to the <strongs hebrew='7646 *853'>full</strongs>, they then committed <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>, and assembled <strongs hebrew='1413'>themselves</strongs>by troops in the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlots</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>They <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='2109'>fed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7904'>morning</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6670'>neighed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>after</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Shall I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> ? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518'>and</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5358'>avenged</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Go ye <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>upon her <strongs hebrew='8284'>walls</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>: take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5189'>battlements</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>have dealt very <strongs hebrew='898 898'>treacherously</strongs>against me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>They have <strongs hebrew='3584'>belied</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall we <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1699'>word</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>in them: <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>shall it be <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>Because</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Lo</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you from <strongs hebrew='4480 4801'>far</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='386'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='4480 5769'>ancient</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>whose <strongs hebrew='3956'>language</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>understandest</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1696'>say</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Their <strongs hebrew='827'>quiver</strongs><em>is</em> as an <strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>, they <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they shall eat <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <em>which</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>: they shall eat <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>and thine <strongs hebrew='1241'>herds</strongs>: they shall eat <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1612'>vines</strongs>and thy fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>trees</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='7567'>impoverish</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4013'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trustedst</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Nevertheless</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8478 4100'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> unto us? then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559 413'>answer</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='834'>Like</strongs>as ye have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs><strongs hebrew='5236'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>yours. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='5046'>Declare</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>it in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='5530'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>; which have <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; which have <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>me? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: will ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2342'>tremble</strongs>at my <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>presence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7760'>placed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs><em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='1366'>bound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>by a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='2706'>decree</strongs>, that it <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>it: and though the <strongs hebrew='1530'>waves</strongs>thereof toss <strongs hebrew='1607'>themselves</strongs>, yet can they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs>; though they <strongs hebrew='1993'>roar</strongs>, yet can they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>it? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>But <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>hath</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5637'>revolting</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='4784'>rebellious</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='5493'>revolted</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>they in their <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, Let us <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>, both the <strongs hebrew='3138'>former</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4456'>latter</strongs>, in his <strongs hebrew='6256'>season</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='8104'>reserveth</strongs>unto us the <strongs hebrew='2708'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Your <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>have turned <strongs hebrew='5186'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> , and your <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4513'>withheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>among my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>men</em> : they lay <strongs hebrew='7789'>wait</strongs>, as he that <strongs hebrew='7918'>setteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3353'>snares</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='5324'>set</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4889'>trap</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='3920'>catch</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>As a <strongs hebrew='3619'>cage</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5775'>birds</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>are</em> their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>they are become <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>, and waxen <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>They are waxen <strongs hebrew='8080'>fat</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='6245'>shine</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='5674'>overpass</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>deeds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1777'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>, yet they <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>do they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Shall I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> ? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5358'>avenged</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'>A <strongs hebrew='8047'>wonderful</strongs>and horrible <strongs hebrew='8186'>thing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1961'>committed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>bear <strongs hebrew='7287'>rule</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3027'>means</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs><em>to</em> <em>have</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>will ye <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, gather yourselves to <strongs hebrew='5756'>flee</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7130'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8628'>blow</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8620'>Tekoa</strongs>, and set <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a sign of <strongs hebrew='4864'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='1021'>Beth</strongs>-haccerem: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='8259'>appeareth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I have <strongs hebrew='1819'>likened</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='5000'>comely</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6026'>delicate</strongs><em>woman</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='5739'>flocks</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her; they shall <strongs hebrew='8628'>pitch</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='6942'>Prepare</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her; <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, and let us go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>unto us! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='6437'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6752'>shadows</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs>are stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='5927'>go</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Hew ye <strongs hebrew='3772'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6097'>trees</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8210'>cast</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5550'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6485'>visited</strongs>; she <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>wholly</strongs><strongs hebrew='6233'>oppression</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of her. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>As a <strongs hebrew='953'>fountain</strongs>casteth <strongs hebrew='6979'>out</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='6979'>casteth</strongs>out her <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7701'>spoil</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in her; <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2483'>grief</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4347'>wounds</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Be thou <strongs hebrew='3256'>instructed</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='3363'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabited</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, They shall throughly <strongs hebrew='5953 5953'>glean</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>: turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>as a grape <strongs hebrew='1219'>gatherer</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5552'>baskets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='5921'>To</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>, and give <strongs hebrew='5749'>warning</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6189'>uncircumcised</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>unto them a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delight</strongs>in it. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Therefore I am <strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; I am <strongs hebrew='3811'>weary</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3557'>holding</strongs>in: I will pour it <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>abroad</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5475'>assembly</strongs>of young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2205'>aged</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4390'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5437'>turned</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>others</strongs>, <em>with</em> <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>of them even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>of them every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><em>is</em> given <strongs hebrew='1214'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1215'>covetousness</strongs>; and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5030'>prophet</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>They have <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>hurt</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>daughter</em> of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 7043'>slightly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7965'>Peace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>; when <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Were they <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1571'>nay</strongs>, they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>at all <strongs hebrew='954 954'>ashamed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>could</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3637'>blush</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>among them that <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>: at the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><em>that</em> I <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>them they shall be cast <strongs hebrew='3782'>down</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5975'>Stand</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='335 2088'>where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>therein, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='4771'>rest</strongs>for your <strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>. But they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><em>therein</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Also I <strongs hebrew='6965'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6822'>watchmen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>you, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='7181'>Hearken</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>. But they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='5712'>congregation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><em>is</em> among them. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, nor to my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>To <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>purpose</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>there to me <strongs hebrew='3828'>incense</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7614'>Sheba</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2896'>sweet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7070'>cane</strongs>from a <strongs hebrew='4801'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>? your burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7522'>acceptable</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs><strongs hebrew='6149'>sweet</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='4383'>stumblingblocks</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>upon them; the <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbor</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5782'>raised</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3411'>sides</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>They shall lay <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3591'>spear</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1931'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>; their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='1993'>roareth</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, set in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>We have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8089'>fame</strongs>thereof: our <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>wax <strongs hebrew='7503'>feeble</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6869'>anguish</strongs>hath taken <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>of us, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2427'>pain</strongs>, as of a woman in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Go not <strongs hebrew='408 3318'>forth</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4032'>fear</strongs><em>is</em> on every <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>side</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2296'>gird</strongs><em>thee</em> with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, and wallow <strongs hebrew='6428'>thyself</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='665'>ashes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>, <em>as</em> <em>for</em> an only <strongs hebrew='3173'>son</strongs>, most <strongs hebrew='8563'>bitter</strongs><strongs hebrew='4553'>lamentation</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>thee <em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='969'>tower</strongs><em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='4013'>fortress</strongs>among my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that thou mayest <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='974'>try</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>They <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5637'>revolters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>walking</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7400'>slanders</strongs>: <em>they</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='4647'>bellows</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2787'>burned</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5777'>lead</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 784'>fire</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='6884'>founder</strongs><strongs hebrew='6884'>melteth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>plucked <strongs hebrew='5423'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3988'>Reprobate</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>shall <em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs>them. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='5975'>Stand</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>ye</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>in at <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3190'>Amend</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, and I will cause you to <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='982'>Trust</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>these</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye throughly <strongs hebrew='3190 3190'>amend</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye throughly <strongs hebrew='6213 6213'>execute</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><em>If</em> ye <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppress</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1616'>stranger</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>to your <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then will I cause you to <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 5769'>forever</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>ever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1115'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Will ye <strongs hebrew='1589'>steal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7523'>murder</strongs>, and commit <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>, and burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, We are delivered to <strongs hebrew='5337 4616 6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abominations</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Is <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4631'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6530'>robbers</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7931'>set</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>to it <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='6528'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>, but ye <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>you, but ye <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore will I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>, and unto the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to you and to your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>you out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='7440'>cry</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='6293'>intercession</strongs>to me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Seest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='3950'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>kindle</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs><strongs hebrew='3888'>knead</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='1217'>dough</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='3561'>cakes</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4446'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and to pour <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Do <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707 *853'>anger</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <em>do</em> <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>provoke</em> themselves <strongs hebrew='4616'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1322'>confusion</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>shall be poured <strongs hebrew='5413'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>; and it shall <strongs hebrew='1197'>burn</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3518'>quenched</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5595'>Put</strongs>your burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that I <strongs hebrew='3318'>brought</strongs>them out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 1697'>concerning</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>I them, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Obey</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>ye in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>it may be <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>But they <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4156'>counsels</strongs><em>and</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>backward</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>forward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='4480'>Since</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>I have even <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3117'>daily</strongs>rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Yet they <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>neck</strongs>: they did <strongs hebrew='7489'>worse</strongs>than their <strongs hebrew='4480 1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Therefore thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; but they will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee: thou shalt also <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; but they will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>But thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>receiveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='530'>truth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>, and is cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Cut <strongs hebrew='1494'>off</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5145'>hair</strongs>, <em>O</em> <em>Jerusalem</em> , and cast <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='7993'>away</strongs>, and take <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: they have <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='2930'>pollute</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And they have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>came</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='559'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2028'>slaughter</strongs>: for they shall <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, till there be <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcasses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall frighten <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='2729'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Then will I cause to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8342'>mirth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2860'>bridegroom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3618'>bride</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2723'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'>At <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, they shall bring <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, out of their <strongs hebrew='4480 6913'>graves</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='7849'>spread</strongs>them before the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3394'>moon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='1875'>sought</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1828'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>rather than <strongs hebrew='4480 2416'>life</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remain</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4940'>family</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7604'>remain</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Moreover thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Shall they <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>? shall he turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs><em>then</em> is <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>slid <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>by a <strongs hebrew='5329'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs>? they hold <strongs hebrew='2388'>fast</strongs><strongs hebrew='8649'>deceit</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>I <strongs hebrew='7181'>hearkened</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>, <em>but</em> they <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>aright</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>? every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='4794'>course</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs><strongs hebrew='7857'>rusheth</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Yea</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2624'>stork</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>her appointed <strongs hebrew='4150'>times</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8449'>turtle</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5483'>crane</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5693'>swallow</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>observe</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='935'>coming</strongs>; but my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>do ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>We</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us? <strongs hebrew='2009'>Lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='403'>certainly</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8267'>vain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>he <em>it</em> ; the <strongs hebrew='5842'>pen</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribes</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='8267'>vain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> are <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>, they are <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> in them? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>others</strongs>, <em>and</em> their <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>to them that shall <strongs hebrew='3423'>inherit</strongs><em>them</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>is given to <strongs hebrew='1214 1215'>covetousness</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5030'>prophet</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>For they have <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>hurt</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7043'>slightly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7965'>Peace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>; when <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Were they <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1571'>nay</strongs>, they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>at all <strongs hebrew='954 954'>ashamed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>could</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3637'>blush</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>among them that <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>they shall be cast <strongs hebrew='3782'>down</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>I will surely <strongs hebrew='5486 5486'>consume</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6025'>grapes</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>on the fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>tree</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5929'>leaf</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5034'>fade</strongs>; and <em>the</em> <em>things</em> <em>that</em> I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>them shall pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>from them. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='4100 5921'>Why</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs>still? assemble <strongs hebrew='622'>yourselves</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4013'>defensed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and let us be <strongs hebrew='1826'>silent</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath put us to <strongs hebrew='1826'>silence</strongs>, and given us <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>We <strongs hebrew='6960'>looked</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>came;</em> <em>and</em> for a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4832'>health</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='1205'>trouble</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='5170'>snorting</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='7493'>trembled</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4684'>neighing</strongs>of his strong <strongs hebrew='47'>ones</strongs>; for they are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4393'>all</strongs>that is in it; the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and those that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='5175'>serpents</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6848'>cockatrices</strongs>, among you, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>will</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3908'>charmed</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='5391'>bite</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><em>When</em> I would <strongs hebrew='4010'>comfort</strongs>myself <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3015'>sorrow</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1742'>faint</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7775'>cry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>because of them that dwell in a <strongs hebrew='4801'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>: <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>? <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in her? <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>have they provoked me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>with their graven <strongs hebrew='6456'>images</strongs>, <em>and</em> with <strongs hebrew='5236'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5674'>past</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3615'>ended</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>hurt</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>am I <strongs hebrew='7665'>hurt</strongs>; I am <strongs hebrew='6937'>black</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>hath taken <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>on me. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><em>Is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6875'>balm</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>; <em>is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7495'>physician</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>then</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='724'>health</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>recovered</strongs>? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>Oh <strongs hebrew='4310'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, and mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>, that I might <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs><strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Oh that I <strongs hebrew='4310 5414'>had</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>a lodging <strongs hebrew='4411'>place</strongs>of wayfaring <strongs hebrew='732'>men</strongs>; that I might <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>them! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5003'>adulterers</strongs>, an <strongs hebrew='6116'>assembly</strongs>of treacherous <strongs hebrew='898'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And they <strongs hebrew='1869'>bend</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongues</strongs><em>like</em> their <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs><em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>: but they are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1396'>valiant</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='530'>truth</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3318'>proceed</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Take ye <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>will utterly <strongs hebrew='6117 6117'>supplant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7400'>slanders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And they will <strongs hebrew='2048'>deceive</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>: they have <strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>, <em>and</em> weary <strongs hebrew='3811'>themselves</strongs>to commit <strongs hebrew='5753'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Thine <strongs hebrew='3427'>habitation</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>; through <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6884'>melt</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='974'>try</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Their <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> an <strongs hebrew='2671'>arrow</strongs>shot <strongs hebrew='7819'>out</strongs>; it <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>: <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peaceably</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, but in <strongs hebrew='7130'>heart</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7760'>layeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='696'>wait</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Shall I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> ? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5358'>avenged</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>will I take <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1065'>weeping</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5092'>wailing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4999'>habitations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they are burned <strongs hebrew='3341'>up</strongs>, so that <strongs hebrew='4480 1097 376'>none</strongs>can pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs><em>them</em> ; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>can <em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4735'>cattle</strongs>; both the <strongs hebrew='4480 5775'>fowl</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5074'>fled</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='1530'>heaps</strongs>, <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='4583'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragons</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, that may <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>? and <em>who</em> <em>is</em> <em>he</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>whom the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>, that he may <strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perisheth</strongs><em>and</em> is burned <strongs hebrew='3341'>up</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>none</strongs>passeth <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>Because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>therein; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='398'>feed</strongs>them, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>, and give them <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>I will <strongs hebrew='6327'>scatter</strongs>them also among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>nor their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='995'>Consider</strongs>ye, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>for the mourning <strongs hebrew='6969'>women</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>cunning</strongs><em>women</em> , that they may <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And let them make <strongs hebrew='4116'>haste</strongs>, and take <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5092'>wailing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>us, that our <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>may run <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='6079'>eyelids</strongs>gush <strongs hebrew='5140'>out</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5092'>wailing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 6726'>Zion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>are we <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>! we are <strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs><strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='4908'>dwellings</strongs>have cast <em>us</em> <strongs hebrew='7993'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and let your <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3925'>teach</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs><strongs hebrew='5092'>wailing</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='802'>one</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7468'>neighbor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>is come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>into our <strongs hebrew='2474'>windows</strongs>, <em>and</em> is <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into our <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>, to cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>without</strongs>, <em>and</em> the young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7339'>streets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='1696'>Speak</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Even the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcasses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='1828'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and as the <strongs hebrew='5995'>handful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>after</strongs>the harvest <strongs hebrew='7114'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs><em>them</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1984'>glory</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>let the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1984'>glory</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1984'>glory</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs>let him that <strongs hebrew='1984'>glorieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>glory</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='7919'>understandeth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='6213'>exercise</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>lovingkindness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> I <strongs hebrew='2654'>delight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>them</em> <em>which</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4135'>circumcised</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6190'>uncircumcised</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>that</em> <em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7112'>utmost</strongs><strongs hebrew='6285'>corners</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>these</em> <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6189'>uncircumcised</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6189'>uncircumcised</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>you, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3925'>Learn</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 226'>signs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4480 1992'>them</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2708'>customs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vain</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='3772'>cutteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3293'>forest</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2796'>workman</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='4621'>axe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They <strongs hebrew='3302'>deck</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='2388'>fasten</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='4548'>nails</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='4717'>hammers</strongs>, that it <strongs hebrew='6328'>move</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1992'>They</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4749'>upright</strongs>as the palm <strongs hebrew='8560'>tree</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: they must needs be <strongs hebrew='5375 5375'>borne</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='6805'>go</strongs>. Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>in</strongs>them to do <strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Forasmuch as <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>none</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>to thee doth it <strongs hebrew='2969'>appertain</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>forasmuch</strongs>as among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdoms</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>none</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But they are <strongs hebrew='259'>altogether</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>brutish</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3688'>foolish</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6086'>stock</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4148'>doctrine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3701'>Silver</strongs>spread into <strongs hebrew='7554'>plates</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8659'>Tarshish</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 210'>Uphaz</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2796'>workman</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6884'>founder</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8504'>blue</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='713'>purple</strongs><em>is</em> their <strongs hebrew='3830'>clothing</strongs>: they <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2450'>cunning</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: at his <strongs hebrew='4480 7110'>wrath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7493'>tremble</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be able to <strongs hebrew='3557'>abide</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1836'>Thus</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='560'>say</strongs>unto them, The <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5648'>made</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heavens</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='778'>earth</strongs>, <em>even</em> they shall <strongs hebrew='7'>perish</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4481 772'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8460'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='429'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8065'>heavens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>He hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8398'>world</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and hath stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='8394'>discretion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>When he <strongs hebrew='5414'>uttereth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, and he causeth the <strongs hebrew='5387'>vapors</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5927'>ascend</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; he <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1300'>lightnings</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>, and bringeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 214'>treasures</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1197'>brutish</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 1847'>knowledge</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='6884'>founder</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>by the graven <strongs hebrew='4480 6459'>image</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his molten <strongs hebrew='5262'>image</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>falsehood</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>breath</strongs>in them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='1992'>They</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8595'>errors</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='428'>them</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3335'>former</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>: The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Gather <strongs hebrew='622'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3666'>wares</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4693'>fortress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will sling <strongs hebrew='7049'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>once</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='6887'>distress</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>it</em> <em>so</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>is me <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7667'>hurt</strongs>! my <strongs hebrew='4347'>wound</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2470'>grievous</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Truly</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2483'>grief</strongs>, and I must <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>My <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4340'>cords</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5423'>broken</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>are gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>of me, and they <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>forth</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, and to set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3407'>curtains</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>are become <strongs hebrew='1197'>brutish</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1875'>sought</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7919'>prosper</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4830'>flocks</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8052'>bruit</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7494'>commotion</strongs>out of the north <strongs hebrew='4480 776 6828'>country</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>, <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='4583'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragons</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in himself: <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3559'>direct</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3256'>correct</strongs>me, but <strongs hebrew='389'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>thou bring me to <strongs hebrew='4591'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Pour <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>on thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have eaten <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>him, and have made his <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='779'>Cursed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='834'>Which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> I brought them <strongs hebrew='3318 *853'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 3564'>furnace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Obey</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>them, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>you: so shall ye <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs>I may <strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>unto your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='2100'>flowing</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2461'>milk</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>I, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, So be <strongs hebrew='543'>it</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Proclaim</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I earnestly <strongs hebrew='5749 5749'>protested</strongs>unto your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> I brought them <strongs hebrew='5927 *853'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5749'>protesting</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Obey</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Yet they <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: therefore I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><em>them</em> to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>; but they <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, A <strongs hebrew='7195'>conspiracy</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and among the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>They are turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7223 1'>forefathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>them: the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6565'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3318 *4480'>escape</strongs>; and though they shall <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then shall the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>offer <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>: but they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>save them at <strongs hebrew='3467 3467'>all</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>according</em> <em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; and <em>according</em> <em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>have ye set <strongs hebrew='7760'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>to <em>that</em> shameful <strongs hebrew='1322'>thing</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7440'>cry</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><em>them</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>that they <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hath my <strongs hebrew='3039'>beloved</strongs>to do in mine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <em>seeing</em> she hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4209'>lewdness</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5674'>passed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>thee? <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou doest <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoicest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, A <strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs>olive <strongs hebrew='2132'>tree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs>, <em>and</em> of <strongs hebrew='8389'>goodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>: with the <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1999'>tumult</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindled</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>it, and the <strongs hebrew='1808'>branches</strongs>of it are <strongs hebrew='7489'>broken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>For the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs>thee, hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='1588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>against themselves to provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>in offering <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath given me <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> , and I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>it</em> : <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>showedst</strongs>me their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>But <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>was</em> like a <strongs hebrew='3532'>lamb</strongs><em>or</em> an <strongs hebrew='441'>ox</strongs><em>that</em> is <strongs hebrew='2986'>brought</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2873'>slaughter</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='2803'>devised</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me, <em>saying</em> , Let us <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3899'>fruit</strongs>thereof, and let us cut him <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>, that his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>may be <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>But, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8199'>judgest</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteously</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='974'>triest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3629'>reins</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, let me <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>on</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee have I <strongs hebrew='1540'>revealed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5012'>Prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that thou <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>by our <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>them: the young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And there shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='6662'>Righteous</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='389'>yet</strongs>let me <strongs hebrew='1696'>talk</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee of <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>doth the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>? <em>wherefore</em> are <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7951'>happy</strongs>that deal very <strongs hebrew='898 899'>treacherously</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, they have taken <strongs hebrew='8327'>root</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1980'>grow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, they bring <strongs hebrew='6213'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 3629'>reins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>But <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>me: thou hast <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='974'>tried</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>toward</strongs>thee: pull them <strongs hebrew='5423'>out</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='2878'>slaughter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6942'>prepare</strongs>them for the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2028'>slaughter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6212'>herbs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='3001'>wither</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>wickedness</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein? the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5595'>consumed</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5775'>birds</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, He shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our last <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7273'>footmen</strongs>, and they have <strongs hebrew='3811'>wearied</strongs>thee, then <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>canst thou <strongs hebrew='8474'>contend</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>? and <em>if</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, <em>wherein</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trustedst</strongs>, <em>they</em> <em>wearied</em> <em>thee</em> , then <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1347'>swelling</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>with thee; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4392'>multitude</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='539'>believe</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>fair <strongs hebrew='2896'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>I have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='5203'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs>; I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the dearly <strongs hebrew='3039'>beloved</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>unto me as a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>; it crieth <strongs hebrew='5414 6963'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs><em>is</em> unto me <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='6641'>speckled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5861'>bird</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5861'>birds</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her; <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>ye, <strongs hebrew='622'>assemble</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='857'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='402'>devour</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='7227'>Many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>, they have trodden my portion under <strongs hebrew='947 *853 2513'>foot</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2532'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='2513'>portion</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>They have <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>being</em> <strongs hebrew='8076'>desolate</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='56'>mourneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>me; the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>layeth</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoilers</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>from the <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='7097'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='369 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>They have <strongs hebrew='2232'>sown</strongs><strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs>, but shall <strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs><strongs hebrew='6975'>thorns</strongs>: they have put themselves to <strongs hebrew='2470'>pain</strongs>, <em>but</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs>: and they shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4480 8393'>revenues</strongs>because of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbors</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5157'>inherit</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will pluck them <strongs hebrew='5428'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, and pluck <strongs hebrew='5428'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>among</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>I have plucked them <strongs hebrew='5428 *853'>out</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='7355'>compassion</strongs>on them, and will bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>they will diligently <strongs hebrew='3925 3925'>learn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>; then shall they be <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>they will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>, I will utterly pluck <strongs hebrew='5428 5428'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='6593'>linen</strongs><strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>put</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>So I <strongs hebrew='7069'>got</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me the second <strongs hebrew='8145'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7069'>got</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2934'>hide</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='5357'>hole</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>So I <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2934'>hid</strongs>it by <strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='2934'>hide</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then I <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2658'>digged</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='2934'>hid</strongs>it: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7843'>marred</strongs>, it was <strongs hebrew='6743'>profitable</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, After this <strongs hebrew='3602'>manner</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7843'>mar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='3987'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>them, and to <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>them, shall even <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6743'>good</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='232'>girdle</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>have I caused to <strongs hebrew='1692'>cleave</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; that they might <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto me for a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and for a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and for a <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>, and for a <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>: but they would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Therefore thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5035'>bottle</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, Do we <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>certainly <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5035'>bottle</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, even the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='7943'>drunkenness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5310'>dash</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>another</strongs>, even the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2347'>spare</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='4480 7843'>destroy</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye, and give <strongs hebrew='238'>ear</strongs>; be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1361'>proud</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>he cause <strongs hebrew='2821'>darkness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5062'>stumble</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5399'>dark</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and, while ye <strongs hebrew='6960'>look</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7760'>turn</strongs>it into the shadow of <strongs hebrew='6757'>death</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7896'>make</strongs><em>it</em> gross <strongs hebrew='6205'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>it, my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>in secret <strongs hebrew='4565'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs><em>your</em> <strongs hebrew='1466'>pride</strongs>; and mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>shall weep <strongs hebrew='1830 1830'>sore</strongs>, and run <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5739'>flock</strongs>is carried away <strongs hebrew='7617'>captive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and to the <strongs hebrew='1377'>queen</strongs>, Humble <strongs hebrew='8213'>yourselves</strongs>, sit <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='4761'>principalities</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall be shut <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs><em>them</em> : <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>shall be carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of it, it shall be <strongs hebrew='7965'>wholly</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='346'>where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5739'>flock</strongs><em>that</em> was <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>thee, thy <strongs hebrew='8597'>beautiful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>thee? for <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs>them <em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='441'>captains</strongs>, <em>and</em> as <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>thee: shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>sorrows</strongs><strongs hebrew='270'>take</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='7122'>come</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='428'>things</strongs>upon me? For the <strongs hebrew='7230'>greatness</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>are thy <strongs hebrew='7757'>skirts</strongs><strongs hebrew='1540'>discovered</strongs>, <em>and</em> thy <strongs hebrew='6119'>heels</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='2554'>bare</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Can the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopian</strongs><strongs hebrew='2015'>change</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5785'>skin</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='5246'>leopard</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2272'>spots</strongs>? <em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='3201'>may</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs>, that are <strongs hebrew='3928'>accustomed</strongs>to do <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Therefore will I <strongs hebrew='6327'>scatter</strongs>them as the <strongs hebrew='7179'>stubble</strongs>that passeth <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1486'>lot</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4490'>portion</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='4055'>measures</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='982'>trusted</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8267'>falsehood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Therefore</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2834'>discover</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7757'>skirts</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, that thy <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='7200'>appear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5004'>adulteries</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='4684'>neighings</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2154'>lewdness</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='2184'>whoredom</strongs>, <em>and</em> thine <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>unto thee, O <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>! wilt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be made <strongs hebrew='2891'>clean</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='310'>when</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>once</strongs><em>be</em> ? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 1697'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1226'>dearth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourneth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='535'>languish</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='6937'>black</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6682'>cry</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>is gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And their <strongs hebrew='117'>nobles</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>their little <strongs hebrew='6810'>ones</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1356'>pits</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='7387'>empty</strongs>; they were <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3637'>confounded</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2645'>covered</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='5668'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2865'>chapped</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='406'>plowmen</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='2645'>covered</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Yea</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='365'>hind</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='3205'>calved</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsook</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1877'>grass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the wild <strongs hebrew='6501'>asses</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='8205'>places</strongs>, they snuffed <strongs hebrew='7602'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragons</strongs>; their <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3615'>fail</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6212'>grass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>testify</strongs>against us, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>thou <em>it</em> for thy name's <strongs hebrew='4616 8034'>sake</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='4878'>backslidings</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7231'>many</strongs>; we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>O the <strongs hebrew='4723'>hope</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3467'>savior</strongs>thereof in <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>shouldest thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='1616'>stranger</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and as a wayfaring <strongs hebrew='732'>man</strongs><em>that</em> turneth <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3885'>tarry</strongs>for a night? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs>shouldest thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1724'>astonished</strongs>, as a mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>? yet <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>art</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of us, and we are <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>by thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5117'>leave</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>Thus</strongs>have they <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5128'>wander</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2820'>refrained</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, therefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs>them; he will <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='6419'>Pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>for <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6684'>fast</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085 413'>hear</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7440'>cry</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offering</strongs>and an <strongs hebrew='4503'>oblation</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3615'>consume</strongs>them by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I, <strongs hebrew='162'>Ah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto them, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='571'>assured</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, The <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>unto you a <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7081'>divination</strongs>, and a thing of <strongs hebrew='434'>naught</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8649'>deceit</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2719'>Sword</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; By <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>out</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and they shall have <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>them</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>them</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, nor their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, nor their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>: for I will <strongs hebrew='8210'>pour</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Therefore thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; Let mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>run <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>, and let them <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1820'>cease</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>breach</strongs>, with a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='4347'>blow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>I go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>! and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>them that are <strongs hebrew='8463'>sick</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5503'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>that they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Hast thou utterly <strongs hebrew='3988 3988'>rejected</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? hath thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1602'>loathed</strongs><strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>us, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4832'>healing</strongs>for us? we <strongs hebrew='6960'>looked</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and for the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4832'>healing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='1205'>trouble</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='20'>We <strongs hebrew='3045'>acknowledge</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Do <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5006'>abhor</strongs><em>us</em> , for thy name's <strongs hebrew='4616 8034'>sake</strongs>, do <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5034'>disgrace</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6565'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Are <strongs hebrew='3426'>there</strongs><em>any</em> among the <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>that can cause <strongs hebrew='1652'>rain</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>can the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='7241'>showers</strongs>? <em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? therefore we will <strongs hebrew='6960'>wait</strongs>upon thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> . </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='15'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='518'>Though</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8050'>Samuel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, <em>yet</em> my <strongs hebrew='5315'>mind</strongs><em>could</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7971'>cast</strongs><em>them</em> out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>, and let them go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='575'>Whither</strongs>shall we go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>? then thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Such <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>are</em> for <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>; and such <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>are</em> for the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and such <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>are</em> for the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>; and such <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>are</em> for the <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>appoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='4940'>kinds</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5498'>tear</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>cause</strongs>them to be <strongs hebrew='2189'>removed</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, because <strongs hebrew='1558'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='4519'>Manasseh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3169'>Hezekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='2550'>pity</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>? or <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5110'>bemoan</strongs>thee? or <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>how thou <strongs hebrew='7965'>doest</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsaken</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, thou art <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>backward</strongs>: therefore will I stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>thee; I am <strongs hebrew='3811'>weary</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5162'>repenting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I will <strongs hebrew='2219'>fan</strongs>them with a <strongs hebrew='4214'>fan</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='7921'>bereave</strongs><em>them</em> of children, I will <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>since</em> they <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>ways</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Their <strongs hebrew='490'>widows</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6105'>increased</strongs>to me above the <strongs hebrew='4480 2344'>sand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>seas</strongs>: I have <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>upon them <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>of the young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noonday</strongs>: I have caused <em>him</em> to <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='928'>terrors</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>She that hath <strongs hebrew='3205'>borne</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='535'>languisheth</strongs>: she hath given <strongs hebrew='5301'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>ghost</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>is gone <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>while</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> yet <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>: she hath been <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2659'>confounded</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of them will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>is me, my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3205'>borne</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4066'>contention</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>! I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>lent on <strongs hebrew='5383'>usury</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>men have lent to me on <strongs hebrew='5383'>usury</strongs>; <em>yet</em> every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>of them doth <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>Verily</strongs>it shall be <strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>verily</strongs>I will cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6293'>entreat</strongs>thee <em>well</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>and in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>affliction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Shall <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='7489'>break</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>northern</strongs><strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5178'>steel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Thy <strongs hebrew='2428'>substance</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='957'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4242'>price</strongs>, and <em>that</em> for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>, even in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1366'>borders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I will make <em>thee</em> to <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><em>which</em> thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6919'>kindled</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <em>which</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3344'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5358'>revenge</strongs>me of my <strongs hebrew='4480 7291'>persecutors</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>away in thy <strongs hebrew='750 639'>longsuffering</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>thy sake I have <strongs hebrew='5375'>suffered</strongs><strongs hebrew='2781'>rebuke</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, and I did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>them; and thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='8342'>joy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8057'>rejoicing</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I am <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>I <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5475'>assembly</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7832'>mockers</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoiced</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='910'>alone</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3511'>pain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5331'>perpetual</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='4347'>wound</strongs><strongs hebrew='605'>incurable</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='3985'>refuseth</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>? wilt thou be <strongs hebrew='1961 1961'>altogether</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='391'>liar</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3808 539'>fail</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, then will I bring thee <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, <em>and</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me: and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou take <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2151'>vile</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: let them <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee; but <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>thee unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1219'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>thee, but they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs>against thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee and to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeem</strongs>thee out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6184'>terrible</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='16'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='3209'>born</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='517'>mothers</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs>them in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8463'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='4463'>deaths</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5594'>lamented</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>; <em>but</em> they shall be as <strongs hebrew='1828'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and by <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>; and their <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcasses</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4798'>mourning</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5110'>bemoan</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have taken <strongs hebrew='622'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>lovingkindness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Both the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>for them: <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>cut <strongs hebrew='1413'>themselves</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>make themselves <strongs hebrew='7139'>bald</strongs>for them: </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>shall <em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='6536'>tear</strongs><em>themselves</em> for them <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <em>men</em> give them the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8575'>consolation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4960'>feasting</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will cause to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and in your <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8342'>mirth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2860'>bridegroom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3618'>bride</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5921 4100'>Wherefore</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us? or <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> our <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>? or <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> our <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>committed</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>Because</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>them, and have <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>them, and have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='7489'>worse</strongs>than your <strongs hebrew='4480 1'>fathers</strongs>; for, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Therefore will I <strongs hebrew='2904'>cast</strongs>you out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <em>neither</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>nor your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>show</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='2594'>favor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, and from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>lands</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them: and I will bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1771'>fishers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='1770'>fish</strongs>them; and <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>after</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='6719'>hunters</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='6679'>hunt</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>, and out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5357'>holes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>: they are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs>from my <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>face</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>is their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs><strongs hebrew='6845'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>from</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompense</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='4932'>double</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2490'>defiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcasses</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='8251'>detestable</strongs>and abominable <strongs hebrew='8441'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5797'>strength</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='4581'>fortress</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='4498'>refuge</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>affliction</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee from the <strongs hebrew='4480 657'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Surely</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5157'>inherited</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, and <em>things</em> wherein <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Shall a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>unto himself, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>once</strongs>cause them to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='17'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='5842'>pen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>, <em>and</em> with the <strongs hebrew='6856'>point</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='8068'>diamond</strongs>: <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2790'>graven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3871'>table</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and upon the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Whilst their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='842'>groves</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>O my <strongs hebrew='2042'>mountain</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2428'>substance</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='957'>spoil</strongs>, <em>and</em> thy high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>, throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1366'>borders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And thou, even thyself, shalt <strongs hebrew='8058'>discontinue</strongs>from thine <strongs hebrew='4480 5159'>heritage</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>thee; and I will cause thee to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6919'>kindled</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <em>which</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3344'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='779'>Cursed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trusteth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>maketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>, and whose <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>departeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>For he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='6176'>heath</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6160'>desert</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>; but shall <strongs hebrew='7931'>inhabit</strongs>the parched <strongs hebrew='2788'>places</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <em>in</em> a <strongs hebrew='4420'>salt</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabited</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trusteth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and whose <strongs hebrew='4009'>hope</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>For he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='8362'>planted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, and <em>that</em> spreadeth <strongs hebrew='7971'>out</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8328'>roots</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3105'>river</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='2527'>heat</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, but her <strongs hebrew='5929'>leaf</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs>; and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1672'>careful</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1226'>drought</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4185'>cease</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6213'>yielding</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6121'>deceitful</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> , and desperately <strongs hebrew='605'>wicked</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>it? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2713'>search</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <em>I</em> <strongs hebrew='974'>try</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3629'>reins</strongs>, even to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, <em>and</em> according to the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='7124'>partridge</strongs><strongs hebrew='1716'>sitteth</strongs><em>on</em> <em>eggs</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3205'>hatcheth</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; <em>so</em> he that <strongs hebrew='6213'>getteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='2677'>midst</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and at his <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5036'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>A <strongs hebrew='3519'>glorious</strongs><strongs hebrew='4791'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7223'>beginning</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4723'>hope</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>thee shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>, <em>and</em> they that depart <strongs hebrew='3249'>from</strongs>me shall be <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='7495'>Heal</strongs>me, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and I shall be <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>me, and I shall be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? let it <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>As for me, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='213'>hastened</strongs>from <em>being</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 7462'>pastor</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='310'>follow</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='183'>desired</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='605'>woeful</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>: that which <strongs hebrew='4161'>came</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='6440'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>right</em> <strongs hebrew='5227 6440'>before</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4288'>terror</strongs>unto me: <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='4268'>hope</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Let them be <strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecute</strongs>me, but let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>: let <strongs hebrew='1992'>them</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>, but let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroy</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='4932'>double</strongs><strongs hebrew='7670'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that enter <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Take <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5315'>yourselves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, nor bring <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>carry <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>out of your <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>houses</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='6942'>hallow</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>But they <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, but made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>neck</strongs><strongs hebrew='7185'>stiff</strongs>, that they might <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1115'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye diligently <strongs hebrew='8085 8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to bring <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='6942'>hallow</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>therein; </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Then shall there <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7392'>riding</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>and on <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>remain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and from the places <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8219'>plain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>bringing</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>, and meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3828'>incense</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>bringing</strongs>sacrifices of <strongs hebrew='8426'>praise</strongs>, unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='6942'>hallow</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='935'>entering</strongs>in at the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; then will I <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>thereof, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3518'>quenched</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='18'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>I will cause thee to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then I went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='70'>wheels</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2563'>clay</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7843'>marred</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>: so he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>seemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3474'>good</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='6'>O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>with you as <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='2563'>clay</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><em>At</em> <em>what</em> <strongs hebrew='7281'>instant</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>, to pluck <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>, and to pull <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs><em>it</em> ; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>If <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2803'>thought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <em>at</em> <em>what</em> <strongs hebrew='7281'>instant</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><em>it</em> ; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>If it <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, that it <strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, then I will <strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I would <strongs hebrew='3190'>benefit</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='4994'>go</strongs>to, <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3335'>frame</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you, and <strongs hebrew='2803'>devise</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4284'>device</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you: <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>, and make your <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, There is no <strongs hebrew='2976'>hope</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>we will <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>our own <strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs>, and we will every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7592'>Ask</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>such</strongs>things: the <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs>horrible <strongs hebrew='8186'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Will <em>a</em> <em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7950'>snow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs><em>which</em> <em>cometh</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6697'>rock</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>? <em>or</em> shall the <strongs hebrew='7119'>cold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5140'>flowing</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>that come from another <strongs hebrew='2114'>place</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5428'>forsaken</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>me, they have burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7723'>vanity</strongs>, and they have caused them to <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><em>from</em> the <strongs hebrew='5769'>ancient</strongs><strongs hebrew='7635'>paths</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>, <em>in</em> a <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='5549'>up</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>To <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>, <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='8292'>hissing</strongs>; every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>passeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereby</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5110'>wag</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>I will <strongs hebrew='6327'>scatter</strongs>them as with an <strongs hebrew='6921'>east</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='7200'>show</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='6203'>back</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>they, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='2803'>devise</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3548'>priest</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2450'>wise</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5030'>prophet</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>give <strongs hebrew='7181'>heed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Give <strongs hebrew='7181'>heed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='3401'>contend</strongs>with me. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Shall <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompensed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3738'>digged</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7745'>pit</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>that I <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>them, <em>and</em> to turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>deliver <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and pour <strongs hebrew='5064'>out</strongs>their <em>blood</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>force</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and let their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>bereaved of their <strongs hebrew='7909'>children</strongs>, and <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='490'>widows</strongs>; and let their <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2026'>put</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>; <em>let</em> their young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Let a <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>houses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1416'>troop</strongs><strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3738'>digged</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7745'>pit</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='2934'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='6341'>snares</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Yet, <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='4194'>slay</strongs><em>me</em> : <strongs hebrew='3722'>forgive</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>blot <strongs hebrew='4229'>out</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>, but let them <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3782'>overthrown</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs><em>thus</em> with them in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='19'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2789'>earthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1228'>bottle</strongs>, and <em>take</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2205'>ancients</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2205'>ancients</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> by the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2777'>east</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='1696 413'>tell</strongs>thee, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>whosoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6750'>tingle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and have <strongs hebrew='5234'>estranged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and have burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>in it unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>nor their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5355'>innocents</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>They have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><em>for</em> burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>came</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, nor The <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>The <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2028'>slaughter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I will make <strongs hebrew='1238'>void</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>; and I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcasses</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8322'>hissing</strongs>; every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>passeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereby</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4347'>plagues</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4692'>siege</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4689'>straitness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and they that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='6693'>straiten</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1228'>bottle</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; Even <strongs hebrew='3602'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='7665'>breaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs>be made <strongs hebrew='7495'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs><em>them</em> in <strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, till <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Thus</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>thereof, and <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2931'>defiled</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8612'>Tophet</strongs>, because of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1406'>roofs</strongs>they have burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and have poured <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8612'>Tophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5892'>towns</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6203'>necks</strongs>, that they might <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='20'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='564'>Immer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>who</strongs><em>was</em> also <strongs hebrew='5057'>chief</strongs><strongs hebrew='6496'>governor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4115'>stocks</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='5945'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> by the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='4480 4283'>morrow</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4115'>stocks</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='4036'>Magor</strongs>-missabib. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4032'>terror</strongs>to thyself, and to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='157'>friends</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><em>it</em> : and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall carry them <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs>them with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Moreover I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2633'>strength</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3018'>labors</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the precious <strongs hebrew='3366'>things</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='962'>spoil</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='935'>carry</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>: and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, and shalt be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='157'>friends</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='6601'>deceived</strongs>me, and I was <strongs hebrew='6601'>deceived</strongs>: thou art <strongs hebrew='2388'>stronger</strongs>than I, and hast <strongs hebrew='3201'>prevailed</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='1961'>am</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7814'>derision</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>daily</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3932'>mocketh</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1767'>since</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>, I cried <strongs hebrew='2199'>out</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7701'>spoil</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1961'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>unto me, and a <strongs hebrew='7047'>derision</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>daily</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='2142'>mention</strongs>of him, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. But <em>his</em> <em>word</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='1197'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>, and I was <strongs hebrew='3811'>weary</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3557'>forbearing</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>stay</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1681'>defaming</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4032'>fear</strongs>on every <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>side</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='5046'>Report</strongs>, <em>say</em> <em>they</em> , and we will <strongs hebrew='5046'>report</strongs>it. <strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='582 7965'>familiars</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>watched</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='6761'>halting</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='194'>Peradventure</strongs>he will be <strongs hebrew='6601'>enticed</strongs>, and we shall <strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs>against him, and we shall <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5360'>revenge</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>on</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>But the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me as a <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>terrible <strongs hebrew='6184'>one</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecutors</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs>: they shall be <strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs><strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7919'>prosper</strongs>: <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='3639'>confusion</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>But, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='974'>triest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3629'>reins</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, let me <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>on</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee have I <strongs hebrew='1540'>opened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='7891'>Sing</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5337'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='34'>poor</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7489'>evildoers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='779'>Cursed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>I was <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>: let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='779'>Cursed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='1319'>tidings</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, A <strongs hebrew='2145'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>unto thee; making him very <strongs hebrew='8055 8055'>glad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And let <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2015'>overthrew</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: and let him <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8643'>shouting</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6256 6672'>noontide</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='834'>Because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7358'>womb</strongs>; or that my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>might have <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6913'>grave</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='7358'>womb</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>always</strongs><strongs hebrew='2030'>great</strongs><em>with</em> <em>me</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>came I <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7358'>womb</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3015'>sorrow</strongs>, that my <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>should be <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='21'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4441'>Melchiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1875'>Inquire</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>us; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='3898'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us; if so <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his wondrous <strongs hebrew='6381'>works</strongs>, that he may go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will turn <strongs hebrew='5437'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>weapons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <em>against</em> the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besiege</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>without</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='622'>assemble</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And I <strongs hebrew='589'>myself</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>against</strongs>you with an <strongs hebrew='5186'>outstretched</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>and with a <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>, even in <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7110'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, both <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>afterward</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and such as are <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of those that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: and he shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>them with the <strongs hebrew='6310'>edge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2347 5921'>spare</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2550'>pity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He that <strongs hebrew='3427'>abideth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>: but he that goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besiege</strongs>you, he shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto him for a <strongs hebrew='7998'>prey</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: it shall be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And touching the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>say</em> , <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1777'>Execute</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs><em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1497'>spoiled</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppressor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1197'>burn</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3518'>quench</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7455'>evil</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4334'>plain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; which <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='5181'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us? or <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into our <strongs hebrew='4585'>habitations</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>you according to the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>thereof, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>all <strongs hebrew='3605'>things</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>it. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='22'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sittest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>in by <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6213'>Execute</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1497'>spoiled</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6216'>oppressor</strongs>: and do <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3238'>wrong</strongs>, do <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2554'>violence</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1616'>stranger</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>indeed</strongs>, then shall there enter <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7392'>riding</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>and on <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by myself, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>unto me, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>: <em>yet</em> <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>surely</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7896'>make</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><em>which</em> are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabited</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I will <strongs hebrew='6942'>prepare</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='3627'>weapons</strongs>: and they shall cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>down</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4005'>choice</strongs><strongs hebrew='730'>cedars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>cast</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 4100'>Wherefore</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3602'>thus</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>answer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>Because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='1058'>Weep</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5110'>bemoan</strongs>him: <em>but</em> weep <strongs hebrew='1058 1058'>sore</strongs>for him that goeth <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4138'>native</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>touching</strongs><strongs hebrew='7967'>Shallum</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>instead</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>; He shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>they have led him <strongs hebrew='1540 *853'>captive</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>unto him that <strongs hebrew='1129'>buildeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3808 6664'>unrighteousness</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5944'>chambers</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3808 4941'>wrong</strongs>; <em>that</em> useth his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5647'>service</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='2600'>wages</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>That <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='4060'>wide</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7304'>large</strongs><strongs hebrew='5944'>chambers</strongs>, and cutteth him <strongs hebrew='7167'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2474'>windows</strongs>; and <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5603'>ceiled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4886'>painted</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8350'>vermilion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Shalt thou <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='8474'>closest</strongs><em>thyself</em> in <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>? did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>justice</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>with him? </verse>
            <verse number='16'>He <strongs hebrew='1777'>judged</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs><em>with</em> <em>him:</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1847'>know</strongs>me? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>and thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>but <strongs hebrew='3588 518 5921'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1215'>covetousness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='6233'>oppression</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4835'>violence</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>for him, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='1945'>Ah</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>! or, <strongs hebrew='1945'>Ah</strongs><strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>! they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>for him, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='1945'>Ah</strongs><strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>! or, <strongs hebrew='1945'>Ah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1935'>glory</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='19'>He shall be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6900'>burial</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5498'>drawn</strongs>and cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1973'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6817'>cry</strongs>; and lift <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6817'>cry</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>passages</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroyed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee in thy <strongs hebrew='7962'>prosperity</strongs>; <em>but</em> thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>hath</em> <em>been</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>manner</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>shall eat <strongs hebrew='7462'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>shalt thou be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3637'>confounded</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>, that makest thy <strongs hebrew='7077'>nest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='730'>cedars</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='2603'>gracious</strongs>shalt thou be when <strongs hebrew='2256'>pangs</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>upon thee, the <strongs hebrew='2427'>pain</strongs>as of a woman in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='24'><em>As</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>though</strongs><strongs hebrew='3659'>Coniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2368'>signet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3225'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>yet</strongs>would I <strongs hebrew='5423'>pluck</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>of</em> <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>face</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3016'>fearest</strongs>, even into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And I will cast thee <strongs hebrew='2904 *853'>out</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>ye were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>But <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whereunto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375 *853 5315'>desire</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3659'>Coniah</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='5310'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='6089'>idol</strongs>? <em>is</em> <em>he</em> a <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>wherein <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>wherefore</strongs>are they cast <strongs hebrew='2904'>out</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, and are <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='29'>O <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3789'>Write</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6185'>childless</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><em>that</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 2233'>seed</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruling</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='23'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>be unto the <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6327'>scatter</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4830'>pasture</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7462'>pastors</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>, and driven them <strongs hebrew='5080'>away</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>visited</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7455'>evil</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them, and will bring them <strongs hebrew='7725 *853'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5116'>folds</strongs>; and they shall be <strongs hebrew='6509'>fruitful</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And I will set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them which shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>them: and they shall <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they be <strongs hebrew='6485'>lacking</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>raise</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='6780'>Branch</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7919'>prosper</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>execute</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>justice</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>he shall be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, THE <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>OUR <strongs hebrew='6664'>RIGHTEOUSNESS</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>led</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>, and from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them; and they shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>within</strongs>me is <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>because of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs><strongs hebrew='7363'>shake</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='1961'>am</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='7910'>drunken</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and like a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>whom <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5674'>overcome</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6944'>holiness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4390'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5003'>adulterers</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='423'>swearing</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourneth</strongs>; the pleasant <strongs hebrew='4999'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>are dried <strongs hebrew='3001'>up</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='4794'>course</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1369'>force</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>right</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2610'>profane</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, in my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Wherefore</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto them as <strongs hebrew='2519'>slippery</strongs><em>ways</em> in the <strongs hebrew='653'>darkness</strongs>: they shall be driven <strongs hebrew='1760'>on</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>therein: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8604'>folly</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8582'>err</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>also in the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>a horrible <strongs hebrew='8186'>thing</strongs>: they commit <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthen</strongs>also the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7489'>evildoers</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1115 376'>none</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>wickedness</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them unto me as <strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>thereof as <strongs hebrew='6017'>Gomorrah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='398'>feed</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>, and make them <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2613'>profaneness</strongs>gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>unto you: they make you <strongs hebrew='1891 *853'>vain</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>They say <strongs hebrew='559 559'>still</strongs>unto them that <strongs hebrew='5006'>despise</strongs>me, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>after the <strongs hebrew='8307'>imagination</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>No</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5475'>counsel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='7200'>perceived</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7181'>marked</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5591'>whirlwind</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>is gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>, even a <strongs hebrew='2342'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5591'>whirlwind</strongs>: it shall fall <strongs hebrew='2342'>grievously</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='6213'>executed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4209'>thoughts</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='995'>consider</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='998'>perfectly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>these <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs>: I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>them, yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5475'>counsel</strongs>, and had caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, then they should have <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>them from their <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>evil</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><em>Am</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4480 7138'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>afar <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>off</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='518'>Can</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>any</strongs>hide <strongs hebrew='5641'>himself</strongs>in secret <strongs hebrew='4565'>places</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>him? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. Do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='2492'>dreamed</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='2492'>dreamed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>shall <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>? yea, <em>they</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8649'>deceit</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Which <strongs hebrew='2803'>think</strongs>to cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>by their <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5608'>tell</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 854'>that</strongs>hath a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>, let him <strongs hebrew='5608'>tell</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='834 854'>that</strongs>hath my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, let him <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>faithfully</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8401'>chaff</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1250'>wheat</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>like</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and like a <strongs hebrew='6360'>hammer</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6327'>breaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>in pieces? </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1589'>steal</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3947'>use</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongues</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5001'>say</strongs>, He <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and do <strongs hebrew='5608'>tell</strongs>them, and cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8582'>err</strongs>by their <strongs hebrew='8267'>lies</strongs>, and by their <strongs hebrew='6350'>lightness</strongs>; yet <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them: therefore they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>profit this people at <strongs hebrew='3276 3276 5971 2088'>all</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? thou shalt then <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>? I will even <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsake</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <em>as</em> <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I will even <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>? and, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And the <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='2142'>mention</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>; for ye have <strongs hebrew='2015'>perverted</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>thee? and, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='38'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>since</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3282'>Because</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I, even I, will utterly <strongs hebrew='5382 5382'>forget</strongs>you, and I will <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsake</strongs>you, and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>you and your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>cast</em> <em>you</em> out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>bring</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you, and a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='3640'>shame</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='24'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>me, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1736'>baskets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3259'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>had carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3204'>Jeconiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2796'>carpenters</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4525'>smiths</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='259'>One</strongs><strongs hebrew='1731'>basket</strongs><em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <em>even</em> like the <strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs><em>that</em> <em>are</em> first <strongs hebrew='1073'>ripe</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='1731'>basket</strongs><em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>naughty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>, they were so <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>bad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8384'>Figs</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>, they are so <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Again the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; Like <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5234'>acknowledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>them that are carried away <strongs hebrew='1546'>captive</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>for <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>For I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, and I will bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pull <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pluck <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me with their <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And as the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>, they are so <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>evil</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remain</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them to be <strongs hebrew='2189'>removed</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>for <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>, <em>to</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='4912'>proverb</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='8148'>taunt</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='5080'>drive</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, among them, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>they be <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>unto them and to their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='25'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='7224'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='4480'>From</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7969 6240'>thirteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='526'>Amon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>; but ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> ; but ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>They <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Turn ye <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>evil</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>unto you and to your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>ever</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>them, and to <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>them, and provoke me not to <strongs hebrew='3808 3707 *853'>anger</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>; and I will do you no <strongs hebrew='3808 7489'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Yet ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye might provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to your own <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, and will utterly <strongs hebrew='2763'>destroy</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>them an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8322'>hissing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='2723'>desolations</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Moreover I will <strongs hebrew='6'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8342'>mirth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2860'>bridegroom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3618'>bride</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7347'>millstones</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5216'>candle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolation</strongs>, <em>and</em> an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4390'>accomplished</strongs>, <em>that</em> I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolations</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>themselves</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompense</strongs>them according to their <strongs hebrew='6467'>deeds</strongs>, and according to the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>at my <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, and cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='834 413'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>thee, to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='1607'>moved</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='1984'>mad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, and made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='18'><em>To</em> <em>wit</em> , <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>thereof, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolation</strongs>, an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='8322'>hissing</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>; as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the mingled <strongs hebrew='6154'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5780'>Uz</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='831'>Ashkelon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5804'>Azzah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6138'>Ekron</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='795'>Ashdod</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidon</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='339'>isles</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='1719'>Dedan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8485'>Tema</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='938'>Buz</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>that</em> <em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7112'>utmost</strongs><strongs hebrew='6285'>corners</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6152'>Arabia</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the mingled <strongs hebrew='6154'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>desert</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4074'>Medes</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>another</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>world</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8347'>Sheshach</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Therefore thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8354'>Drink</strongs>ye, and be <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunken</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7006'>spew</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs>more, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>at thine <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; Ye shall certainly <strongs hebrew='8354 8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2490'>begin</strongs>to bring <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and should <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>be utterly <strongs hebrew='5352 5352'>unpunished</strongs>? Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will call <strongs hebrew='7121'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs>from on <strongs hebrew='4480 4791'>high</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>utter</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4583'>habitation</strongs>; he shall mightily <strongs hebrew='7580 7580'>roar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>give</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1959'>shout</strongs>, as they that <strongs hebrew='1869'>tread</strongs><em>the</em> <em>grapes</em> , <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>A <strongs hebrew='7588'>noise</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7097'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath a <strongs hebrew='7379'>controversy</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='8199'>plead</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5591'>whirlwind</strongs>shall be raised <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3411'>coasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>from <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='7097'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5594'>lamented</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1828'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='3213'>Howl</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>; and wallow <strongs hebrew='6428'>yourselves</strongs><em>in</em> <em>the</em> <em>ashes</em> , ye <strongs hebrew='117'>principal</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='2873'>slaughter</strongs>and of your <strongs hebrew='8600'>dispersions</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4390'>accomplished</strongs>; and ye shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='2532'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And the <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>shall have no way to <strongs hebrew='4480 6 4498'>flee</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='4480 117'>principal</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6413'>escape</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>A <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6818'>cry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3215'>howling</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='117'>principal</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>, <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <em>heard</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4830'>pasture</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And the <strongs hebrew='7965'>peaceable</strongs><strongs hebrew='4999'>habitations</strongs>are cut <strongs hebrew='1826'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>He hath <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5520'>covert</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierceness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3238'>oppressor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='26'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4468'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5975'>Stand</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='1639'>diminish</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>If so <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>they will <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>purpose</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto them <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7455'>evil</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>you, </verse>
            <verse number='5'>To <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, both rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> , but ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>So the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><em>him</em> to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8610'>took</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thou shalt surely <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2717'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6950'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>When the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>, then they came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <em>house</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4941'>worthy</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4194'>die</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>with your <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>amend</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>As for <strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> in your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>with me as <strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3477'>meet</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='389'>But</strongs>know ye for <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>certain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>put me to <strongs hebrew='4191 *853'>death</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3588'>surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>yourselves, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>thereof: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>you to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>worthy</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4194'>die</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>us in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>certain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2205'>elders</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>assembly</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='4320'>Micah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4183'>Morasthite</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 5012'>prophesied</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hezekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2790'>plowed</strongs><em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='5856'>heaps</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>as the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Did <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hezekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>put him at all to <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>death</strongs>? did he <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2470 *853 6440'>besought</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them? Thus might <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>procure</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7157'>Kirjath</strongs>-jearim, who <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And when <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>to put him to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>: but when <strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>it, he was <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <em>namely</em> , <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='494'>Elnathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5907'>Achbor</strongs>, and <em>certain</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And they fetched <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Urijah</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; who <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his dead <strongs hebrew='5038'>body</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>graves</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>common</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='389'>Nevertheless</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, that they should <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>him into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to put him to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='27'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4467'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='6213'>Make</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4147'>bonds</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4133'>yokes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidon</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='113'>masters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='113'>masters</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, by my <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>and by my <strongs hebrew='5186'>outstretched</strongs><strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>it unto <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5869'>seemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3474'>meet</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>lands</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him, and his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the very <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1571'>then</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>themselves of <strongs hebrew='1931'>him</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>the same <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6485'>punish</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>them by his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7080'>diviners</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreamers</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6049'>enchanters</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3786'>sorcerers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 1992'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>unto you, <strongs hebrew='4616'>to</strongs>remove you <strongs hebrew='7368 *853'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>; and that I should drive you <strongs hebrew='5080 *853'>out</strongs>, and ye should <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>But the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him, those will I let <strongs hebrew='5117'>remain</strongs>still <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>till</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6677'>necks</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him and his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs>will ye <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>I might drive you <strongs hebrew='5080 *853'>out</strongs>, and that ye might <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Also I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>unto you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='4120'>shortly</strongs>be brought <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 894'>Babylon</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>laid <strongs hebrew='2723'>waste</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them, let them <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='6293'>intercession</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>which are <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3498'>remain</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='834'>Which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, when he carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3204'>Jeconiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3498'>remain</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>They shall be <strongs hebrew='935'>carried</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that I <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; then will I bring them <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='28'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4467'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, <em>and</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5809'>Azur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of <strongs hebrew='4480 1391'>Gibeon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>speaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='5750'>Within</strongs>two full <strongs hebrew='8141 3117'>years</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>carried</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='3204'>Jeconiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1546'>captives</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>presence</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Even the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='543'>Amen</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>, to bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that is carried away <strongs hebrew='1473'>captive</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='389'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me and <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>both <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesieth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>shall come to <strongs hebrew='935'>pass</strongs>, <em>then</em> shall the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='571'>truly</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4133'>yoke</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7665'>broke</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>presence</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Even <strongs hebrew='3602'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>within the space <strongs hebrew='5750'>of</strongs>two full <strongs hebrew='8141 3117'>years</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><em>the</em> <em>prophet</em> , after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4133'>yoke</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Thou hast <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4133'>yokes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>; but thou shalt <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4133'>yokes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him: and I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>thee; but <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>makest <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>cast</strongs>thee from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>: this <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='5627'>rebellion</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>So <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='29'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5612'>letter</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>which were carried away <strongs hebrew='1473'>captives</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>had carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>(After <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3204'>Jeconiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1377'>queen</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2796'>carpenters</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4525'>smiths</strongs>, were <strongs hebrew='3318'>departed</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>;) </verse>
            <verse number='3'>By the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='501'>Elasah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1587'>Gemariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2518'>Hilkiah</strongs>, ( <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>) <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that are carried away <strongs hebrew='1473'>captives</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I have caused to be carried <strongs hebrew='1540'>away</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1129'>Build</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><em>in</em> <em>them</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1593'>gardens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of them; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3205'>beget</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>for your <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='376'>husbands</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='3205'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>; that ye may be <strongs hebrew='7235'>increased</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4591'>diminished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='1875'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have caused you to be carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captives</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>it: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>thereof shall ye <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='7080'>diviners</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>be</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of you, <strongs hebrew='5377'>deceive</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>cause to be <strongs hebrew='2492'>dreamed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>unto you in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4390'>accomplished</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>you, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>toward</strongs>you, in causing you to <strongs hebrew='7725 *853'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>think</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>toward</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>you an <strongs hebrew='8615'>expected</strongs><strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then shall ye call <strongs hebrew='7121'>upon</strongs>me, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and I will <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And ye shall <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>me</em> , <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>ye shall search <strongs hebrew='1875'>for</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I will be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>of you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and I will turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>you from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and I will bring you <strongs hebrew='7725 *853'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 4480 8033'>whence</strongs>I caused you to be carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath raised us <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'><em>Know</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <em>and</em> of your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>upon them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>them like <strongs hebrew='8182'>vile</strongs><strongs hebrew='8384'>figs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>, they are so <strongs hebrew='4480 7455'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7291 310'>persecute</strongs>them with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them to be <strongs hebrew='2189'>removed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, to be a <strongs hebrew='423'>curse</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8322'>hissing</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>, among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='8478 834'>Because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> ; but ye would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>therefore the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye of the <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6964'>Kolaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>unto you in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs>them before your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them shall be taken <strongs hebrew='3947'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1546'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>thee like <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>and like <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7033'>roasted</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5039'>villainy</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and have committed <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbors</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them; even <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, and <em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><em>Thus</em> shalt thou also <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5161'>Nehelamite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>speaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>letters</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>in the stead <strongs hebrew='8478'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, that ye should <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6496'>officers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7696'>mad</strongs>, and maketh himself a <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophet</strongs>, that thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='4115'>prison</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6729'>stocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1605'>reproved</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6069'>Anathoth</strongs>, which maketh himself a <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophet</strongs>to you? </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us <em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>This</strongs><em>captivity</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='752'>long</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><em>in</em> <em>them</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1593'>gardens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>letter</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Then <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='7971'>Send</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>them of the <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5161'>Nehelamite</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3283 834'>Because</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>unto you, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, and he caused you to <strongs hebrew='982 *853'>trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lie</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5161'>Nehelamite</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>: he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='5627'>rebellion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='30'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>speaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3789'>Write</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; We have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2731'>trembling</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='6343'>fear</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='7592'>Ask</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2145'>man</strongs>doth travail with <strongs hebrew='3205'>child</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>wherefore</strongs>do I <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2504'>loins</strongs>, as a woman in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3420'>paleness</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Alas</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>, so that <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>none</strongs><em>is</em> like <strongs hebrew='3644'>it</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> even the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs>; but he shall be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>For it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <em>that</em> I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5423'>burst</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4147'>bonds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>themselves of him: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>But they shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I will raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee from <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>afar</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and shall be in <strongs hebrew='8252'>rest</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='7599'>quiet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall make <em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='389'>yet</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>of thee: but I will <strongs hebrew='3256'>correct</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='4941'>measure</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>leave thee altogether <strongs hebrew='5352 5352'>unpunished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='7667'>bruise</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='605'>incurable</strongs>, <em>and</em> thy <strongs hebrew='4347'>wound</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2470'>grievous</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1777'>plead</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>, that thou mayest be bound <strongs hebrew='4205'>up</strongs>: thou hast <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8585'>healing</strongs><strongs hebrew='7499'>medicines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>thee; they <strongs hebrew='1875'>seek</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5221'>wounded</strongs>thee with the <strongs hebrew='4347'>wound</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='4148'>chastisement</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs>one, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>; <em>because</em> thy <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6105'>increased</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='2199'>criest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='7667'>affliction</strongs>? thy <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='605'>incurable</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>: <em>because</em> thy <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6105'>increased</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>things unto thee. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>thee shall be <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>of them, shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>; and they that <strongs hebrew='7601'>spoil</strongs>thee shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4933'>spoil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='962'>prey</strongs>upon thee will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='957'>prey</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5927'>restore</strongs><strongs hebrew='724'>health</strongs>unto thee, and I will <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>thee of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 4347'>wounds</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>thee an <strongs hebrew='5080'>Outcast</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='1931'>This</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, whom <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs>man <strongs hebrew='1875'>seeketh</strongs>after. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>on his dwelling <strongs hebrew='4908'>places</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her own <strongs hebrew='8510'>heap</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='759'>palace</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>remain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>manner</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them shall <strongs hebrew='3318'>proceed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8426'>thanksgiving</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of them that make <strongs hebrew='7832'>merry</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiply</strongs>them, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4591'>few</strongs>; I will also <strongs hebrew='3513'>glorify</strongs>them, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6819'>small</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>also shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6924'>formerly</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5712'>congregation</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, and I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3905'>oppress</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And their <strongs hebrew='117'>nobles</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>themselves, and their <strongs hebrew='4910'>governor</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3318'>proceed</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7130'>midst</strongs>of them; and I will cause him to draw <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='5066'>approach</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6148'>engaged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5066'>approach</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And ye shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5591'>whirlwind</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1641'>continuing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5591'>whirlwind</strongs>: it shall fall with <strongs hebrew='2342'>pain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4209'>intents</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='995'>consider</strongs>it. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='31'>
            <verse number='1'>At the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, will I <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>which</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8300'>left</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>; <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, when I <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to cause him to <strongs hebrew='7280'>rest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>old</strongs>unto me, <em>saying</em> , Yea, I have <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>thee with an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2617'>lovingkindness</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4900'>drawn</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='5750'>Again</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>thee, and thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5710'>adorned</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='8596'>tabrets</strongs>, and shalt go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4234'>dances</strongs>of them that make <strongs hebrew='7832'>merry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vines</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='5193'>planters</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>, and shall eat <em>them</em> as common <strongs hebrew='2490'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>there shall <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='5341'>watchmen</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>ye, and let us go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7442'>Sing</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6670'>shout</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>ye, <strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs>ye, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>them from the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>them from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3411'>coasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <em>and</em> with them the <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>, the woman with <strongs hebrew='2029'>child</strongs>and her that travaileth with <strongs hebrew='3205'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6951'>company</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>thither</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>They shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1065'>weeping</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='2986'>lead</strongs>them: I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>rivers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='3477'>straight</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, wherein they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>am</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='1060'>firstborn</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs><em>it</em> in the <strongs hebrew='339'>isles</strongs>afar <strongs hebrew='4480 4801'>off</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, He that <strongs hebrew='2219'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>him, as a <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs><em>doth</em> his <strongs hebrew='5739'>flock</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1350'>ransomed</strongs>him from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2389'>stronger</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>he. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Therefore they shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7442'>sing</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4791'>height</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, and shall flow <strongs hebrew='5102'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1715'>wheat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>young</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='1241'>herd</strongs>: and their <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='7302'>watered</strongs><strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1669'>sorrow</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>at all. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4234'>dance</strongs>, both young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: for I will <strongs hebrew='2015'>turn</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='8342'>joy</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>them, and make them <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 3015'>sorrow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7301'>satiate</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1880'>fatness</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall be satisfied <strongs hebrew='7646'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; A <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5092'>lamentation</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8563'>bitter</strongs><strongs hebrew='1065'>weeping</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7354'>Rachel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>weeping</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='5162'>comforted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4513'>Refrain</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1065'>weeping</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1832'>tears</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6468'>work</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7939'>rewarded</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and they shall come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>to their own <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>I have surely <strongs hebrew='8085 8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>bemoaning <strongs hebrew='5110'>himself</strongs><em>thus</em> ; Thou hast <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastised</strongs>me, and I was <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastised</strongs>, as a <strongs hebrew='5695'>bullock</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 3925'>unaccustomed</strongs><em>to</em> <em>the</em> <em>yoke</em> : <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>thou me, and I shall be <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>I was <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='5162'>repented</strongs>; and after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>I was <strongs hebrew='3045'>instructed</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='5606'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><em>my</em> <strongs hebrew='3409'>thigh</strongs>: I was <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>, yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='3637'>confounded</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>I did <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3357'>dear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>? <em>is</em> <em>he</em> a <strongs hebrew='8191'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1767'>since</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>against him, I do earnestly <strongs hebrew='2142 2142'>remember</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5750'>still</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1993'>troubled</strongs>for him; I will surely have <strongs hebrew='7355 7355'>mercy</strongs>upon him, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Set thee <strongs hebrew='5324'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='6725'>waymarks</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>thee high <strongs hebrew='8564'>heaps</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7896'>set</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='4546'>highway</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><em>which</em> thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>wentest</strongs>: turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>wilt thou go <strongs hebrew='2559'>about</strongs>, O thou <strongs hebrew='7728'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1254'>created</strongs>a new <strongs hebrew='2319'>thing</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, A <strongs hebrew='5347'>woman</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5437'>compass</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; As <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>use</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>speech</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof, when I shall bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6664'>justice</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6944'>holiness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And there shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>itself, and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='406'>husbandmen</strongs>, and they <em>that</em> go <strongs hebrew='5265'>forth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5739'>flocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7301'>satiated</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5889'>weary</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, and I have <strongs hebrew='4390'>replenished</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1669'>sorrowful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='5921'>Upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6974'>awaked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6149'>sweet</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> like <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='8245'>watched</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them, to pluck <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>, and to break <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs>, and to throw <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='7489'>afflict</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='8245'>watch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them, to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>a sour <strongs hebrew='1155'>grape</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>are set on <strongs hebrew='6949'>edge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>for his own <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs>the sour <strongs hebrew='1155'>grape</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>shall be set on <strongs hebrew='6949'>edge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Not</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> I <strongs hebrew='2388'>took</strongs>them by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3318'>bring</strongs>them out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='6565'>broke</strongs>, although <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>was a <strongs hebrew='1166'>husband</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>in their inward <strongs hebrew='7130'>parts</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3820'>hearts</strongs>; and will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='3925'>teach</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>Know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>me, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>of them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='2708'>ordinances</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3394'>moon</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7280'>divideth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>when the <strongs hebrew='1530'>waves</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='1993'>roar</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='2706'>ordinances</strongs><strongs hebrew='4185'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>then</em> the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>being</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>can be <strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4146'>foundations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>searched <strongs hebrew='2713'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4295'>beneath</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='3988'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4026'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2606'>Hananeel</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And the <strongs hebrew='4060'>measuring</strongs><strongs hebrew='6957'>line</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs><strongs hebrew='1619'>Gareb</strongs>, and shall compass <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1601'>Goath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of the dead <strongs hebrew='6297'>bodies</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='1880'>ashes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8309'>fields</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6939'>Kidron</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs>, <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be plucked <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='32'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6224'>tenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>For <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs><strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>shut <strongs hebrew='3607'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='834'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>had shut him <strongs hebrew='3607'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>dost <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>shall surely be <strongs hebrew='5414 5414'>delivered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>lead</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2601'>Hanameel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7967'>Shallum</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1730'>uncle</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1353'>redemption</strongs><em>is</em> thine to <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So <strongs hebrew='2601'>Hanameel</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='1730'>uncle</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3425'>inheritance</strongs><em>is</em> thine, and the <strongs hebrew='1353'>redemption</strongs><em>is</em> thine; <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs><em>it</em> for thyself. Then I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And I <strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2601'>Hanameel</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1730'>uncle</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8254'>weighed</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='7651 6240'>seventeen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8255'>shekels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And I <strongs hebrew='3789'>subscribed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2856'>sealed</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='5749'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8254'>weighed</strongs><em>him</em> the <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3976'>balances</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So I <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4736'>purchase</strongs>, <em>both</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that which was <strongs hebrew='2856'>sealed</strongs><em>according</em> to the <strongs hebrew='4687'>law</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2706'>custom</strongs>, and that which was <strongs hebrew='1540'>open</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4736'>purchase</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4271'>Maaseiah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2601'>Hanameel</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='1730'>uncle</strongs>'s <em>son</em> , and in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3789'>subscribed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4736'>purchase</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5869'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>before</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>evidences</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4736'>purchase</strongs>, both which is <strongs hebrew='2856'>sealed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>which is <strongs hebrew='1540'>open</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>them in an <strongs hebrew='2789'>earthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='5975'>continue</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1004'>Houses</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7069'>possessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Now <strongs hebrew='310'>when</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>evidence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4736'>purchase</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='6419'>prayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='162'>Ah</strongs><strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>by thy <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>and stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>, <em>and</em> there is <strongs hebrew='3808 3605 1697'>nothing</strongs>too <strongs hebrew='6381'>hard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>thee: </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>showest</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>lovingkindness</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='505'>thousands</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompensest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them: the <strongs hebrew='1419'>Great</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1368'>Mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='1419'>Great</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7227'>mighty</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5950'>work</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6491'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>: to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and according to the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='834'>Which</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='226'>signs</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4159'>wonders</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and among <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>; and hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And hast brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='226'>signs</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='4159'>wonders</strongs>, and with a <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and with a stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='248'>arm</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4172'>terror</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And hast <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them, a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='2100'>flowing</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2461'>milk</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>in, and <strongs hebrew='3423'>possessed</strongs>it; but they <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6680'>commandedst</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>: therefore thou hast caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>to come <strongs hebrew='7122'>upon</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5550'>mounts</strongs>, they are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it; and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>is come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs>thee the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5749'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>; for the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Then <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>: is there <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>too <strongs hebrew='6381'>hard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3341'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1406'>roofs</strongs>they have offered <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and poured <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>to</strongs>provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>before</strongs>me from their <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs>provoked me to <strongs hebrew='3707 *853'>anger</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='3588 5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>to me <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='5921'>provocation</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>it even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; that I should <strongs hebrew='5493'>remove</strongs>it from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>before</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='5921'>Because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And they have <strongs hebrew='6437'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='6203'>back</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: though I <strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs>them, rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3925'>teaching</strongs><em>them</em> , yet they have <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>But they <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='2930'>defile</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And they <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2011'>Hinnom</strongs>, to cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>to pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs><em>the</em> <em>fire</em> unto <strongs hebrew='4432'>Molech</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>came</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>, that they should <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>to</strongs>cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereof</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, It shall be <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>them out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them in mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and in my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7110'>wrath</strongs>; and I will bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and I will cause them to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>forever</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>of them, and of their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>with them, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>them, to do them <strongs hebrew='3190 *853'>good</strongs>; but I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3824'>hearts</strongs>, that they shall <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>Yea, I will <strongs hebrew='7797'>rejoice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them to do them <strongs hebrew='2895 *853'>good</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>them in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>assuredly</strongs>with my <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>and with my <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Like <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696 5921'>promised</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereof</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>It</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>; it is <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>Men shall <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3789'>subscribe</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>evidences</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2856'>seal</strongs><em>them</em> , and <strongs hebrew='5749'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and in the places <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8219'>valley</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='33'>
            <verse number='1'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs>time, while <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6213'>maker</strongs>thereof, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3335'>formed</strongs>it, to <strongs hebrew='3559'>establish</strongs>it; the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and I will <strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1219'>mighty</strongs>things, which thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, which are thrown <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5550'>mounts</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>They <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, but <em>it</em> <em>is</em> to <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the dead <strongs hebrew='6297'>bodies</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and in my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='4608'>bring</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='724'>health</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4832'>cure</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='7495'>cure</strongs>them, and will <strongs hebrew='1540'>reveal</strongs>unto them the <strongs hebrew='6283'>abundance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I will cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>them, as at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I will <strongs hebrew='2891'>cleanse</strongs>them from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against me; and I will <strongs hebrew='5545'>pardon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against me. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>to me a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8342'>joy</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>and an <strongs hebrew='8597'>honor</strongs>before <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='6213'>unto</strongs>them: and they shall <strongs hebrew='6342'>fear</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7264'>tremble</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>goodness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7965'>prosperity</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>procure</strongs>unto it. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5750'>Again</strongs>there shall be <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2720'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>, <em>even</em> in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that are <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8342'>joy</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2860'>bridegroom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3618'>bride</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of them that shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3034'>Praise</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs><em>endureth</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: <em>and</em> of them that shall <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the sacrifice of <strongs hebrew='8426'>praise</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I will cause to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, as at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5750'>Again</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, which is <strongs hebrew='2720'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5704'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof, shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>causing <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>to lie <strongs hebrew='7257'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>In the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8219'>vale</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and in the places <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, shall the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of him that <strongs hebrew='4487'>telleth</strongs><em>them</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, will I cause the <strongs hebrew='6780'>Branch</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>to grow <strongs hebrew='6779'>up</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>execute</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <em>the</em> <em>name</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>she shall be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>want</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>want</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6999'>kindle</strongs>meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>continually</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>ye can <strongs hebrew='6565'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and that there should <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='6256'>season</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'><em>Then</em> may <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6565'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, that he should not <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5608'>numbered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiply</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>that minister <strongs hebrew='8334'>unto</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Considerest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='4940'>families</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>, he hath even cast them <strongs hebrew='3988'>off</strongs>? thus they have <strongs hebrew='5006'>despised</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that they should be <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>if</em> I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>appointed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2708'>ordinances</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Then</strongs>will I cast <strongs hebrew='3988'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <em>so</em> that I will not <strongs hebrew='4480 3947'>take</strongs><em>any</em> of his <strongs hebrew='4480 2233'>seed</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4910'>rulers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='85'>Abraham</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3446'>Isaac</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>on them. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='34'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 4475 3027'>dominion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>shalt surely be <strongs hebrew='8610 8610'>taken</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>; and thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='389'>Yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>thee, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><em>But</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>: and with the <strongs hebrew='4955'>burnings</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs><em>odors</em> for thee; and they will <strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>thee, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='1945'>Ah</strongs><strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'>When the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs><strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>that were <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3923'>Lachish</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='5825'>Azekah</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2007'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='4013'>defensed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><em>This</em> <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs><strongs hebrew='1865'>liberty</strongs>unto them; </verse>
            <verse number='9'>That every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>should let <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>manservant</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8198'>maidservant</strongs>, <em>being</em> a <strongs hebrew='5680'>Hebrew</strongs>or a <strongs hebrew='5680'>Hebrewess</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='2670'>free</strongs>; that <strongs hebrew='1115 376'>none</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>himself of them, <em>to</em> <em>wit</em> , of a <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jew</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Now when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>that every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>should let <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>manservant</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8198'>maidservant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='2670'>free</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1115'>none</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>themselves of them any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, then they <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>, and let <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>But <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>afterward</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>, and caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaids</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they had let <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='2670'>free</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and brought them into <strongs hebrew='3533'>subjection</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>and for <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaids</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that I brought them <strongs hebrew='3318 *853'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5650'>bondmen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'>At the <strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>let ye <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5680'>Hebrew</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath been <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>unto thee; and when he hath <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, thou shalt let him <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='2670'>free</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs>thee: but your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3117'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaiming</strongs><strongs hebrew='1865'>liberty</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>; and ye had <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>But ye <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2490'>polluted</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and caused every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>ye had <strongs hebrew='7971'>set</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2670'>liberty</strongs>at their <strongs hebrew='5315'>pleasure</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and brought them into <strongs hebrew='3533 *853'>subjection</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto you for <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>and for <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaids</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, in <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaiming</strongs><strongs hebrew='1865'>liberty</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1865'>liberty</strongs>for you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>you to be <strongs hebrew='2189'>removed</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>that have <strongs hebrew='5674'>transgressed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3772'>cut</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calf</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8147'>twain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5674'>passed</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1335'>parts</strongs>thereof, </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='5674'>passed</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1335'>parts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calf</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'>I will even <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: and their dead <strongs hebrew='5038'>bodies</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, which are gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and cause them to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='35'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7397'>Rechabites</strongs>, and speak <strongs hebrew='1696'>unto</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chambers</strongs>, and give them <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then I <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2970'>Jaazaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2262'>Habaziniah</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7397'>Rechabites</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And I <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2605'>Hanan</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3012'>Igdaliah</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7967'>Shallum</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8104'>keeper</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5592'>door</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7397'>Rechabites</strongs><strongs hebrew='1375'>pots</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3563'>cups</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='8354'>Drink</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>But they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We will <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680 5921'>commanded</strongs>us, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, <em>neither</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>, nor your <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs><strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><em>any</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1481'>strangers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Thus have we <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3082'>Jonadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs>us, to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, nor our <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1115'>Nor</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>for us to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But we have <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>But it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, that we <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and for <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>: so we <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>tell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, Will ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3082'>Jonadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, are <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs>; for <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>: notwithstanding <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>; but ye <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, rising up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>Return</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3190'>amend</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>them, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>to you and to your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: but ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3082'>Jonadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>them; but <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, but they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>; and I have <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>unto them, but they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7397'>Rechabites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3283 834'>Because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='8085 5921'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3082'>Jonadab</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>precepts</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>according unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>you: </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>want</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='36'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>therein</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>day</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>It may be <strongs hebrew='194'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>purpose</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto them; <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>; that I may <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>from my <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='6685'>fasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>out of their <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>cities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>It may <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>they will <strongs hebrew='5307'>present</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='7121'>reading</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='8671'>ninth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>that</em> they <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaimed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6685'>fast</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1587'>Gemariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5945'>higher</strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>When <strongs hebrew='4321'>Michaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1587'>Gemariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then he went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='476'>Elishama</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1806'>Delaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='494'>Elnathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5907'>Achbor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1587'>Gemariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then <strongs hebrew='4321'>Michaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>declared</strongs>unto them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3065'>Jehudi</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3570'>Cushi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Sit <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>it in our <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs><em>it</em> in their <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when they had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, they were <strongs hebrew='6342'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>both</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7453'>other</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, We will surely <strongs hebrew='5046 5046'>tell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5046'>Tell</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>didst thou <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>them, He <strongs hebrew='7121'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me with his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs><em>them</em> with <strongs hebrew='1773'>ink</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5641'>hide</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>; and let <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='375'>where</strongs>ye be. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And they went <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>, but they laid <strongs hebrew='6485'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3957'>chamber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='476'>Elishama</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3065'>Jehudi</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetch</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>it out of <strongs hebrew='476'>Elishama</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 3957'>chamber</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3065'>Jehudi</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs>it in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>beside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Now the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004 2779'>winterhouse</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8671'>ninth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <em>a</em> <em>fire</em> on the <strongs hebrew='254'>hearth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> when <strongs hebrew='3065'>Jehudi</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>leaves</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7167'>cut</strongs>it with the <strongs hebrew='8593 5608'>penknife</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='254'>hearth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='254'>hearth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Yet they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6342'>afraid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='899'>garments</strongs>, <em>neither</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs hebrew='494'>Elnathan</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1806'>Delaiah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1587'>Gemariah</strongs>had made <strongs hebrew='6293'>intercession</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>that he would <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>: but he would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085 413'>hear</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>But the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3396'>Jerahmeel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4429'>Hammelech</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5837'>Azriel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5655'>Abdeel</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>therein</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall certainly <strongs hebrew='935 935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and shall cause to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thence <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; He shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: and his dead <strongs hebrew='5038'>body</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>out</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2721'>heat</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7140'>frost</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>him and his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>them; but they <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Then <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4039'>roll</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>; who <strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>therein</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: and there were <strongs hebrew='3254'>added</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>besides</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>like</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='37'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>instead</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3659'>Coniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>But <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, nor his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, did <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3081'>Jehucal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4641'>Maaseiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6419'>Pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Now <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: for they had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>him into <strongs hebrew='1004 3628'>prison</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>was come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>: and when the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8088'>tidings</strongs>of them, they <strongs hebrew='5927'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shall ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='1875'>inquire</strongs>of me; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, which is come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5833'>help</strongs>you, shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>into their own <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5377'>Deceive</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>yourselves</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>shall surely <strongs hebrew='1980 1980'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>us: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>depart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>ye had <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>against</strongs>you, and there <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs><em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='1856'>wounded</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>among them, <em>yet</em> should they <strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that when the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>was broken <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, to separate <strongs hebrew='2505'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And when <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1167'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6488'>ward</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3376'>Irijah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='8610'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>fallest <strongs hebrew='5307'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>away <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. But he <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him: so <strongs hebrew='3376'>Irijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8610'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Wherefore the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7107'>wroth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='1004 612'>prison</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='1004 3608'>prison</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004 953'>dungeon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2588'>cabins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3427'>remained</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>him out: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5643'>secretly</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Is <strongs hebrew='3426'>there</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>: for, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>he, thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Moreover <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='2398'>offended</strongs>against thee, or against thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, or against <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004 3608'>prison</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>are</em> now your <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs>unto you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you, nor <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: let my <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='5307'>accepted</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee; that thou cause me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Then <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>that they should <strongs hebrew='6485'>commit</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>, and that they should <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3117'>daily</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3603'>piece</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='644'>bakers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>street</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='8552'>spent</strongs>. Thus <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>remained</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='38'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='8203'>Shephatiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4977'>Mattan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3116'>Jucal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8018'>Shelemiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6583'>Pashur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, He that <strongs hebrew='3427'>remaineth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>: but he that goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>; for he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='7998'>prey</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='2425'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2063'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall surely be <strongs hebrew='5414 5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, We beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>be put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='7503'>weakeneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remain</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1875'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7965'>welfare</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> in your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><em>he</em> <em>that</em> can <strongs hebrew='3201'>do</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>against you. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4441'>Malchiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4429'>Hammelech</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>: and they let <strongs hebrew='7971'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs>. And in the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs><em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='2916'>mire</strongs>: so <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='2883'>sunk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2916'>mire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Now when <strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopian</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs>was in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'>My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>have done <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>; and he is like to <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='7458'>hunger</strongs>in the place <strongs hebrew='8478'>where</strongs>he is: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopian</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>hence</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>with</strongs>thee, and take <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So <strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>with</strongs>him, and went <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='413 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasury</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='1094'>old</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='5499'>clouts</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1094'>old</strongs>rotten <strongs hebrew='4418'>rags</strongs>, and let them <strongs hebrew='7971'>down</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopian</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7760'>Put</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><em>these</em> <strongs hebrew='1094'>old</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='5499'>clouts</strongs>and rotten <strongs hebrew='4418'>rags</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='679 3027'>armholes</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So they drew <strongs hebrew='4900'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs>, and took him <strongs hebrew='5927 *853'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>remained</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3996'>entry</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3582'>hide</strongs><strongs hebrew='408 1697'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs><em>it</em> unto thee, wilt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>surely put me to <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>death</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>I give thee <strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs>, wilt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='16'>So <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs><strongs hebrew='5643'>secretly</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs>put thee to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou wilt assuredly go <strongs hebrew='3318 3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, then thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, then shall <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>out of their <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am afraid <strongs hebrew='1672'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>me into their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5953'>mock</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>But <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><em>thee</em> . <strongs hebrew='8085'>Obey</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee: so it shall be <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>unto thee, and thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3986'>refuse</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7200'>showed</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2007'>those</strongs><em>women</em> shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='376 7965'>friends</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5496'>set</strongs>thee on, and have <strongs hebrew='3201'>prevailed</strongs>against thee: thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2883'>sunk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1206'>mire</strongs>, <em>and</em> they are turned <strongs hebrew='5472'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>back</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>So they shall bring <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>out of their <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>shalt be <strongs hebrew='8610'>taken</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: and thou shalt cause <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>But <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1696'>talked</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, and they <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5046'>Declare</strongs>unto us <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3582'>hide</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>us, and we will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>put thee to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>; also <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Then thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>presented</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, that he would <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>cause me to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>him: and he <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>them according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>. So they left off <strongs hebrew='2790'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>with</strongs>him; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>perceived</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>So <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>abode</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='39'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='8671'>ninth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6224'>tenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='6696'>besieged</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>And</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6249 6240'>eleventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8672'>ninth</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>was broken <strongs hebrew='1234'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>middle</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5371'>Nergal</strongs>-sharezer, <strongs hebrew='5562'>Samgar</strongs>-nebo, <strongs hebrew='8310'>Sarsechim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7249'>Rabsaris</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5371'>Nergal</strongs>-sharezer, <strongs hebrew='7248'>Rab</strongs>-mag, with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, then they <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the two <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>: and he went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5381'>overtook</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs>: and when they had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>him, they brought him <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs>, where he <strongs hebrew='1696'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>before his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: also the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Moreover he put <strongs hebrew='5786'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='6677'>Zedekiah</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='631'>bound</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='5178'>chains</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>carry</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and broke <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and those that fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>him, with <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But <strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='369 3972'>nothing</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3010'>fields</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Now <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>gave <strongs hebrew='6680'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>him, and look <strongs hebrew='5869 7760'>well</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='408 3972'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>harm</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3651'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So <strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5021'>Nebushasban</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7249'>Rabsaris</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5371'>Nergal</strongs>-sharezer, <strongs hebrew='7248'>Rab</strongs>-mag, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7227'>princes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Even they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>committed</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, that he should <strongs hebrew='3318'>carry</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs>: so he <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Now the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, while he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4307'>prison</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5663'>Ebed</strongs>-melech the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopian</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><em>accomplished</em> in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But I will <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='3016 4480 6440'>afraid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I will surely <strongs hebrew='4422 4422'>deliver</strongs>thee, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, but thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='7998'>prey</strongs>unto thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou hast put thy <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='40'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>had let him <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, when he had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>him being <strongs hebrew='631'>bound</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='246'>chains</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that were carried away <strongs hebrew='1546'>captive</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, which were carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>pronounced</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>according <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, therefore <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1961'>come</strongs>upon you. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='6605'>loose</strongs>thee this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='246'>chains</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>it seem good unto <strongs hebrew='2896 5869'>thee</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>; and I will look <strongs hebrew='7760 *853 5869'>well</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thee: but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>it seem ill unto <strongs hebrew='7489 5869'>thee</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2308'>forbear</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='413'>whither</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3477'>convenient</strongs>for thee to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Now while he was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>gone <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>, <em>he</em> <em>said</em> , Go <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>hath made <strongs hebrew='6485'>governor</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413 3605'>wheresoever</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>convenient</strongs>unto thee to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>. So the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='737'>victuals</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='4864'>reward</strongs>, and let him <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4708'>Mizpah</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that were <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Now when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>had made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>governor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>and</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6485'>committed</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2945'>children</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1803'>poor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, of them <strongs hebrew='4480 834'>that</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4708'>Mizpah</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8576'>Tanhumeth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5778'>Ephai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5200'>Netophathite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3153'>Jezaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4602'>Maachathite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>unto them and to their <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4480 5647'>serve</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and it shall be <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>with you. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>As for <strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5975 6440'>serve</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us: but <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, and summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruits</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><em>them</em> in your <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='8610'>taken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Likewise</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and among the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>left</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6485'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Even <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='4708'>Mizpah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>and summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruits</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7335'>much</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Moreover <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4708'>Mizpah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Dost thou certainly <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1185'>Baalis</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5221 5315'>slay</strongs>thee? But <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs><strongs hebrew='539'>believed</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5643'>secretly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>it</em> : <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>should he <strongs hebrew='5221 5315'>slay</strongs>thee, that <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3063'>Jews</strongs>which are <strongs hebrew='6908'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee should be <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='16'>But <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speakest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='41'>
            <verse number='1'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='476'>Elishama</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2233'>seed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4410'>royal</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7227'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4708'>Mizpah</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>they did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>had made <strongs hebrew='6485'>governor</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>after he had <strongs hebrew='4191'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><em>it</em> , </verse>
            <verse number='5'>That there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>certain</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7927'>Shechem</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 7887'>Shiloh</strongs>, and from <strongs hebrew='4480 8111'>Samaria</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, having their <strongs hebrew='2206'>beards</strongs><strongs hebrew='1548'>shaven</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>, and having cut <strongs hebrew='1413'>themselves</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3828'>incense</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><em>them</em> to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='1058'>weeping</strongs>all along as he <strongs hebrew='1980 1980'>went</strongs>: and it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, as he <strongs hebrew='6298'>met</strongs>them, he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , when they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs>them, <em>and</em> <em>cast</em> <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='953'>pit</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>among them that <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4191'>Slay</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='3426'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='4301'>treasures</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>. So he <strongs hebrew='2308'>forbear</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Now the <strongs hebrew='953'>pit</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>wherein</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the dead <strongs hebrew='6297'>bodies</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>, <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>it with <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='7617'>captive</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6485'>committed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>carried them away <strongs hebrew='7617'>captive</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>But when <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then they <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, then they were <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>So <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>had carried away <strongs hebrew='7617'>captive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>But <strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escaped</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='7725'>recovered</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><em>that</em> he had <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='1397'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2945'>children</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had brought <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1391'>Gibeon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1628'>habitation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3643'>Chimham</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to enter <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>Because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='3458'>Ishmael</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5418'>Nethaniah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='6485'>governor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='42'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3153'>Jezaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1955'>Hoshaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>, came <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, Let, we beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5307'>accepted</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>; ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we are <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><em>but</em> a <strongs hebrew='4592'>few</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7235'>many</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>us:) </verse>
            <verse number='3'>That the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>we may <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>we may <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>you</em> ; <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>according to your <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>; and it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>you, I will <strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs><em>it</em> unto you; I will keep nothing <strongs hebrew='4513 3808 1697'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>between us, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>even</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='518'>Whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, we will <strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='580'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='4616 834'>that</strongs>it may be <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>with us, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then <strongs hebrew='7121 413'>called</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='5307'>present</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him; </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>ye will still <strongs hebrew='7725 3427'>abide</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, then will I <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>you, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pull <em>you</em> <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>you, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pluck <em>you</em> <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5162'>repent</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3372 4480 6440'>afraid</strongs>; be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you to <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>you, and to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>you from his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>unto you, that he may have mercy <strongs hebrew='7355'>upon</strongs>you, and cause you to <strongs hebrew='7725 *853'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>your own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, We will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1115'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='559'>Saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>No</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>we will <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>we shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7456'>hunger</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>will we <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>wholly <strongs hebrew='7760 7760'>set</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>to enter <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='3373 4480'>feared</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='5381'>overtake</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereof</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='1672 4480'>afraid</strongs>, shall follow <strongs hebrew='1692'>close</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>So shall it <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='8300'>remain</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='6412'>escape</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>hath been poured <strongs hebrew='5413'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>be poured <strongs hebrew='5413'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you, when ye <strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs>enter <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: and ye shall be an <strongs hebrew='423'>execration</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>; and ye shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>you, O ye <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='935'>Go</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: know <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>certainly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5749'>admonished</strongs>you this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='8582'>dissembled</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='5315'>hearts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6419'>Pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; and according unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs>unto us, and we will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <em>now</em> I have this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>declared</strongs><em>it</em> to you; but ye have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><em>thing</em> for the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore know <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>certainly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>ye shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='2654'>desire</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><em>and</em> to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='43'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> when <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>them, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1955'>Hoshaiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2086'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speakest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsely</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>setteth thee <strongs hebrew='5496 *853'>on</strongs>against us, <strongs hebrew='4616'>for</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>us into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, that they might put us to <strongs hebrew='4191 *853'>death</strongs>, and carry us away <strongs hebrew='1540 *853'>captives</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>So <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But <strongs hebrew='3110'>Johanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7143'>Kareah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>they had been <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1481'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><em>Even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1397'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2945'>children</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>person</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5117'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='296'>Ahikam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8227'>Shaphan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>So they came <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: thus <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>they <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahpanhes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then <strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahpanhes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2934'>hide</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='4423'>clay</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4404'>brickkiln</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entry</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahpanhes</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3064'>Judah</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='2934'>hid</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='5186'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his royal <strongs hebrew='8237'>pavilion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And when he <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>deliver</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs><em>as</em> <em>are</em> for <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs><em>as</em> <em>are</em> for <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs><em>as</em> <em>are</em> for the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>them, and carry them away <strongs hebrew='7617'>captives</strongs>: and he shall array <strongs hebrew='5844'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs>putteth <strongs hebrew='5844'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>garment</strongs>; and he shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>He shall <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4676'>images</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1053'>Beth</strongs>-shemesh, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egyptians</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='8313'>burn</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='44'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4024'>Migdol</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahpanhes</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='5297'>Noph</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6624'>Pathros</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>they <em>are</em> a <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs>man <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>therein, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>Because</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs>to provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>, in that they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>, <em>and</em> to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <em>neither</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>, nor your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Howbeit I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sending</strongs><em>them</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4994'>Oh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abominable</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But they <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>wickedness</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6999'>burn</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>no</strongs>incense unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Wherefore my <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>and mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>was poured <strongs hebrew='5413'>forth</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='1197'>kindled</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='2723'>wasted</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>commit</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>, to cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from you <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5768'>child</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3243'>suckling</strongs>, out <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3498'>leave</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='1115'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7611'>remain</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>In that ye provoke me unto <strongs hebrew='3707'>wrath</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, burning <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='935'>gone</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>dwell</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye might cut yourselves <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye might <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Have ye <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and your own <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>They are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1792'>humbled</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>have they <strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, nor in my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>you and <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>against you for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and to cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; they shall <em>even</em> be <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>and</em> by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6996'>least</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>greatest</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='423'>execration</strongs>, <em>and</em> an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>For I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punished</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'>So that <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, which are <strongs hebrew='935'>gone</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='6412'>escape</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='8300'>remain</strongs>, that they should <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have a <strongs hebrew='5375 *853 5315'>desire</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>such as shall <strongs hebrew='6412'>escape</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>had burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>that stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>by</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6951'>multitude</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='6624'>Pathros</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'><em>As</em> <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, we will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs>we will certainly <strongs hebrew='6213 6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of our own <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>, to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4446'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and to pour <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: for <em>then</em> had we <strongs hebrew='7646'>plenty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>victuals</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But <strongs hebrew='4480 227'>since</strongs>we left <strongs hebrew='2308'>off</strongs>to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4446'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and to pour <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto her, we have <strongs hebrew='2637'>wanted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> , and have been <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4446'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and poured <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto her, did we <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3561'>cakes</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6087'>worship</strongs>her, and pour <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='4480 1107'>without</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1397'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>which had given him <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6030 *853 1697'>answer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>The <strongs hebrew='7002'>incense</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='6999'>burned</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, your <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5927'>came</strongs>it <em>not</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='22'>So that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>longer</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7455'>evil</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8441'>abominations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs>; therefore <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolation</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='4480 6440 834'>Because</strongs>ye have burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, nor in his <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, nor in his <strongs hebrew='5715'>testimonies</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>is happened <strongs hebrew='7122'>unto</strongs>you, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Moreover <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>have both <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>with your <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouths</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs>with your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, We will surely <strongs hebrew='6213 6213'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='5087'>vowed</strongs>, to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4446'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and to pour <strongs hebrew='5258'>out</strongs>drink <strongs hebrew='5262'>offerings</strongs>unto her: ye will surely <strongs hebrew='6965 6965'>accomplish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs>, and surely <strongs hebrew='6213 6213'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by my <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='518'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>named</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='8245'>watch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>and by the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>there be an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Yet a <strongs hebrew='4962'>small</strongs><strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6412'>escape</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, that are <strongs hebrew='935'>gone</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6965'>stand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>mine</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='4480'>theirs</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='226'>sign</strongs>unto you, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>you in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>ye may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>shall surely <strongs hebrew='6965 6965'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you for <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>Pharaoh <strongs hebrew='6548'>Hophra</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='45'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>, when he had <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='1263'>Baruch</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Thou didst <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>is me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3254'>added</strongs><strongs hebrew='3015'>grief</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='3021'>fainted</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='585'>sighing</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4496'>rest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>break <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will pluck <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='1245'>seekest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>great <strongs hebrew='1419'>things</strongs>for thyself? <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>unto thee for a <strongs hebrew='7998'>prey</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='46'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Against <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of Pharaoh <strongs hebrew='6549'>Necho</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3751'>Carchemish</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='6186'>Order</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='4043'>buckler</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6793'>shield</strongs>, and draw <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='631'>Harness</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>; and get <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and stand <strongs hebrew='3320'>forth</strongs>with <em>your</em> <strongs hebrew='3553'>helmets</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4838'>furbish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7420'>spears</strongs>, <em>and</em> put <strongs hebrew='3847'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5630'>brigandines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>them</strongs><strongs hebrew='2844'>dismayed</strongs><em>and</em> turned <strongs hebrew='5472'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>back</strongs>? and their mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>ones</strongs>are beaten <strongs hebrew='3807'>down</strongs>, and are fled <strongs hebrew='4498 5127'>apace</strongs>, and look not <strongs hebrew='6437 3808'>back</strongs>: <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='4032'>fear</strongs><em>was</em> round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7031'>swift</strongs>flee <strongs hebrew='5127'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs>the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3027'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>that</em> cometh <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1607'>moved</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5104'>rivers</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>riseth <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='2975'>flood</strongs>, and <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1607'>moved</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='5104'>rivers</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, I will go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <em>and</em> will <strongs hebrew='3680'>cover</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1984'>rage</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>; and let the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='3568'>Ethiopians</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6316'>Libyans</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8610'>handle</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3866'>Lydians</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8610'>handle</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1869'>bend</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>For <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>, that he may <strongs hebrew='5358'>avenge</strongs>him of his <strongs hebrew='4480 6862'>adversaries</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>, and it shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satiate</strongs>and made <strongs hebrew='7301'>drunk</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='4480 1818'>blood</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>hath a <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='6875'>balm</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: in <strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>shalt thou use <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7499'>medicines</strongs>; <em>for</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8585'>cured</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='6682'>cry</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumbled</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>, <em>and</em> they are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, how <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='5046'>Declare</strongs>ye in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4024'>Migdol</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5297'>Noph</strongs>and in <strongs hebrew='8471'>Tahpanhes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>ye, Stand <strongs hebrew='3320'>fast</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepare</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>are thy <strongs hebrew='47'>valiant</strongs><em>men</em> swept <strongs hebrew='5502'>away</strongs>? they <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='1920'>drive</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>He made <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>another</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and let us go <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>our own <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='4138'>nativity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3238'>oppressing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>They did <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs><em>is</em> <em>but</em> a <strongs hebrew='7588'>noise</strongs>; he hath <strongs hebrew='5674'>passed</strongs>the time <strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><em>As</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8396'>Tabor</strongs><em>is</em> among the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and as <strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, <em>so</em> shall he <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>O thou <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3627 6213'>furnish</strongs>thyself to go into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5297'>Noph</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>waste</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3341'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> a very <strongs hebrew='3304'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='5697'>heifer</strongs>, <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='7171'>destruction</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>; it <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>her hired <strongs hebrew='7916'>men</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of her like <strongs hebrew='4770'>fatted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5695'>bullocks</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>are turned <strongs hebrew='6437'>back</strongs>, <em>and</em> are fled <strongs hebrew='5127'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: they did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>thereof shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>march</strongs>with an <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>against her with <strongs hebrew='7134'>axes</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='2404'>hewers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>They shall cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>down</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2713'>searched</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they are <strongs hebrew='7231'>more</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 697'>grasshoppers</strongs>, and <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='369 4557'>innumerable</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>; she shall be <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6485 413'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='528'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 4996'>No</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>; even <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, and <em>all</em> them that <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in him: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of those that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>afterward</strongs>it shall be <strongs hebrew='7931'>inhabited</strongs>, as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6924'>old</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>But <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee from afar <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>off</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and be in <strongs hebrew='8252'>rest</strongs>and at <strongs hebrew='7599'>ease</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall make <em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>thee: but I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>a full <strongs hebrew='3617'>end</strongs>of thee, but <strongs hebrew='3256'>correct</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='4941'>measure</strongs>; yet will I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>leave thee <strongs hebrew='5352'>wholly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='47'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5804'>Gaza</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>rise <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflowing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5158'>flood</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflow</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4393'>all</strongs>that is therein; the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein: then the <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>At the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>noise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8161'>stamping</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6541'>hooves</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='47'>strong</strongs><em>horses</em> , at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7494'>rushing</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>at</em> the <strongs hebrew='1995'>rumbling</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1534'>wheels</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>look <strongs hebrew='6437'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 7510'>feebleness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Because <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, <em>and</em> to cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5826'>helper</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8300'>remaineth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='339'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3731'>Caphtor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='7144'>Baldness</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5804'>Gaza</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='831'>Ashkelon</strongs>is cut <strongs hebrew='1820'>off</strongs><em>with</em> the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>: how <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>wilt thou cut <strongs hebrew='1413'>thyself</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1945'>O</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, how <strongs hebrew='5704 575'>long</strongs><em>will</em> <em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>ere</strongs>thou be <strongs hebrew='8252'>quiet</strongs>? put up <strongs hebrew='622'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8593'>scabbard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7280'>rest</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='1826'>still</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>can it be <strongs hebrew='8252'>quiet</strongs>, seeing the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath given it a <strongs hebrew='6680'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='831'>Ashkelon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='2348'>shore</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='3259'>appointed</strongs>it. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='48'>
            <verse number='1'>Against <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5015'>Nebo</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7156'>Kiriathaim</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4869'>Misgab</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>There</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>: in <strongs hebrew='2809'>Heshbon</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2803'>devised</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it; <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>, and let us cut it <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from <em>being</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 1471'>nation</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>thou shalt be cut <strongs hebrew='1826'>down</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4086'>Madmen</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>pursue</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6818'>crying</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 2773'>Horonaim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7701'>spoiling</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroyed</strongs>; her little <strongs hebrew='6810'>ones</strongs>have caused a <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>in the going <strongs hebrew='4608'>up</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3872'>Luhith</strongs>continual <strongs hebrew='1065 1065'>weeping</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in the going <strongs hebrew='4174'>down</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2773'>Horonaim</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemies</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6818'>cry</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5127'>Flee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4422'>save</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='6176'>heath</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='982'>trusted</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>and in thy <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3645'>Chemosh</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs><em>with</em> his <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>also shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4334'>plain</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='559'>spoken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs><strongs hebrew='6731'>wings</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>it may <strongs hebrew='5323'>flee</strongs>and get <strongs hebrew='3318'>away</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>, without <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>any</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='2004'>therein</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='779'>Cursed</strongs><em>be</em> he that <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7423'>deceitfully</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='779'>cursed</strongs><em>be</em> he that keepeth <strongs hebrew='4513'>back</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1818'>blood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>hath been at <strongs hebrew='7599'>ease</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8252'>settled</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8105'>lees</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>been <strongs hebrew='7324'>emptied</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3627'>vessel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2940'>taste</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>remained</strongs>in him, and his <strongs hebrew='7381'>scent</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4171'>changed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>unto him <strongs hebrew='6808'>wanderers</strongs>, that shall cause him to <strongs hebrew='6808'>wander</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7324'>empty</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5310'>break</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5035'>bottles</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3645'>Chemosh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 1008'>Bethel</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4009'>confidence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>ye, <strongs hebrew='587'>We</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2428'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, and gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><em>out</em> <em>of</em> her <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4005'>chosen</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>are gone <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2874'>slaughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7451'>affliction</strongs><strongs hebrew='4116'>hasteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>fast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>ye that are <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5110'>bemoan</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye that <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4294'>staff</strongs><strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='8597'>beautiful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4731'>rod</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Thou <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>that dost <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabit</strongs><strongs hebrew='1769'>Dibon</strongs>, come <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>from <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 3519'>glory</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5927'>come</strongs>upon thee, <em>and</em> he shall <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4013'>strongholds</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6177'>Aroer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6822'>espy</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='5127'>fleeth</strongs>, and her that <strongs hebrew='4422'>escapeth</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>done? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it is broken <strongs hebrew='2865'>down</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>ye it in <strongs hebrew='769'>Arnon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4334'>plain</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2473'>Holon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3096'>Jahazah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4158'>Mephaath</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1769'>Dibon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5015'>Nebo</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1015'>Beth</strongs>-diblathaim, </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7156'>Kiriathaim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1014'>Beth</strongs>-gamul, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1010'>Bethmeon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7152'>Kerioth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1224'>Bozrah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>is cut <strongs hebrew='1438'>off</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Make ye him <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>himself</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>also shall <strongs hebrew='5606'>wallow</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6892'>vomit</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7814'>derision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='518'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7814'>derision</strongs>unto thee? was he <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='1590'>thieves</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1767'>since</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1697'>spakest</strongs>of him, thou skippedst for <strongs hebrew='5110'>joy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>O ye that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='3123'>dove</strongs><em>that</em> maketh her <strongs hebrew='7077'>nest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5676'>sides</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6354'>hole</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>We have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, (he is <strongs hebrew='3966'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1343'>proud</strongs>) his <strongs hebrew='1363'>loftiness</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1347'>arrogance</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1346'>pride</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7312'>haughtiness</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; but <em>it</em> <em>shall</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>; his <strongs hebrew='907'>lies</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>effect</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and I will cry <strongs hebrew='2199'>out</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>; <em>mine</em> <em>heart</em> shall <strongs hebrew='1897'>mourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7025'>Kir</strongs>-heres. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>O <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7643'>Sibmah</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>for thee with the <strongs hebrew='4480 1065'>weeping</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3270'>Jazer</strongs>: thy <strongs hebrew='5189'>plants</strongs>are gone <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='5060'>reach</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3270'>Jazer</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruits</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1210'>vintage</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1524'>gladness</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='622'>taken</strongs>from the plentiful <strongs hebrew='4480 3759'>field</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>; and I have caused <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>fail</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3342'>winepresses</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1869'>tread</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1959'>shouting</strongs>; <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='1959'>shouting</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1959'>shouting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>From the <strongs hebrew='4480 2201'>cry</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2809'>Heshbon</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='500'>Elealeh</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3096'>Jahaz</strongs>, have they <strongs hebrew='5414'>uttered</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 6820'>Zoar</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2773'>Horonaim</strongs>, <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='5697'>heifer</strongs>of three years <strongs hebrew='7992'>old</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5249'>Nimrim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4923'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>Moreover I will cause to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, him that <strongs hebrew='5927'>offereth</strongs>in the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>, and him that burneth <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1993'>sound</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='2485'>pipes</strongs>, and mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1993'>sound</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='2485'>pipes</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7025'>Kir</strongs>-heres: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3502'>riches</strongs><em>that</em> he hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>gotten</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7144'>bald</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2206'>beard</strongs><strongs hebrew='1639'>clipped</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1418'>cuttings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'><em>There</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4553'>lamentation</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>generally</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>housetops</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>thereof: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>wherein <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>They shall <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is it broken <strongs hebrew='2865'>down</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>turned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6203'>back</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>! so shall <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7814'>derision</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='4288'>dismaying</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='40'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='1675'>fly</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'><strongs hebrew='7152'>Kerioth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4679'>strongholds</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8610'>surprised</strongs>, and the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>hearts</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='6887'>pangs</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>from <em>being</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>himself</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'><strongs hebrew='6343'>Fear</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6354'>pit</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>, <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>He that <strongs hebrew='5211'>fleeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6343'>fear</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6354'>pit</strongs>; and he that getteth <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6354'>pit</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>it, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>They that <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2809'>Heshbon</strongs>because of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3581'>force</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 2809'>Heshbon</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3852'>flame</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 996'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5511'>Sihon</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6285'>corner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and the crown of the <strongs hebrew='6936'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7588'>tumultuous</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>ones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>be unto thee, O <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>! the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3645'>Chemosh</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perisheth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='7628'>captives</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs><strongs hebrew='7633'>captives</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>Yet will I bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2008'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>far</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='49'>
            <verse number='1'>Concerning the <strongs hebrew='1121 5984'>Ammonites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; Hath <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>? hath he <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3423'>heir</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs><em>then</em> doth their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3423'>inherit</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will cause an <strongs hebrew='8643'>alarm</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121 5983'>Ammonites</strongs>; and it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='8510'>heap</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: then shall <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3423'>heir</strongs>unto them that were <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3423'>heirs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3213'>Howl</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='2809'>Heshbon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5857'>Ai</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6817'>cry</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2296'>gird</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5594'>lament</strongs>, and run to and <strongs hebrew='7751'>fro</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1448'>hedges</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='1473'>captivity</strongs>, <em>and</em> his <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>gloriest</strongs>thou in the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valleys</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='2100'>flowing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='7728'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>? that <strongs hebrew='982'>trusted</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6343'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>those that be <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>thee; and ye shall be driven <strongs hebrew='5080'>out</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>right <strongs hebrew='6440'>forth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall gather <strongs hebrew='6908'>up</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='5074'>wandereth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>afterward</strongs>I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Concerning <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8487'>Teman</strongs>? is <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 995'>prudent</strongs>? is their <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5628'>vanished</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5127'>Flee</strongs>ye, turn <strongs hebrew='6437'>back</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='6009'>deep</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1719'>Dedan</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6215'>Esau</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him, the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><em>that</em> I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>grape <strongs hebrew='1219'>gatherers</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to thee, would they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>leave</strongs><em>some</em> gleaning <strongs hebrew='5955'>grapes</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='1590'>thieves</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, they will <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>till they have <strongs hebrew='1767'>enough</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6215'>Esau</strongs><strongs hebrew='2834'>bare</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='1540'>uncovered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his secret <strongs hebrew='4565'>places</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to hide <strongs hebrew='2247'>himself</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbors</strongs>, and he <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='5800'>Leave</strongs>thy fatherless <strongs hebrew='3490'>children</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will preserve <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='2421'>alive</strongs>; and let thy <strongs hebrew='490'>widows</strongs><strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>have assuredly <strongs hebrew='8354 8354'>drunken</strongs>; and <em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>that</em> shall altogether go <strongs hebrew='5352 5352'>unpunished</strongs>? thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>thou shalt surely <strongs hebrew='8354 8354'>drink</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by myself, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1224'>Bozrah</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='2721'>waste</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>thereof shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='2723'>wastes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8052'>rumor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='6735'>ambassador</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , Gather ye <strongs hebrew='6908'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her, and rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Thy <strongs hebrew='8606'>terribleness</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5377'>deceived</strongs>thee, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='2087'>pride</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, O thou that <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwellest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2288'>clefts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8610'>holdest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4791'>height</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>thou shouldest make thy <strongs hebrew='7064'>nest</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='1361'>high</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs>, I will bring thee <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Also <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>it shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4347'>plagues</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>As in the <strongs hebrew='4114'>overthrow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6017'>Gomorrah</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbor</strongs><em>cities</em> thereof, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>dwell</strongs>in it. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1347'>swelling</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='386'>strong</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7280'>suddenly</strongs>make him run <strongs hebrew='7323'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>her: and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs><em>man,</em> <em>that</em> I may <strongs hebrew='6485'>appoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>her? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> like <strongs hebrew='3644'>me</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3259'>appoint</strongs>me the time? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='3289'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='4284'>purposes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='2803'>purposed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8487'>Teman</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6810'>least</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>shall draw them <strongs hebrew='5498'>out</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>surely</strongs>he shall make their <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitations</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7493'>moved</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>noise</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='6818'>cry</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>thereof was <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5488'>Red</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1675'>fly</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='1224'>Bozrah</strongs>: and at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='6887'>pangs</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Concerning <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='774'>Arpad</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='8052'>tidings</strongs>: they are <strongs hebrew='4127'>fainthearted</strongs>; <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1674'>sorrow</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; it <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8252'>quiet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>is waxed <strongs hebrew='7503'>feeble</strongs>, <em>and</em> turneth <strongs hebrew='6437'>herself</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7374'>fear</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2388'>seized</strongs>on <em>her</em> : <strongs hebrew='6869'>anguish</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2256'>sorrows</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='270'>taken</strongs>her, as a woman in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4885'>joy</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>her young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>shall be cut <strongs hebrew='1826'>off</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>consume</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Concerning <strongs hebrew='6938'>Kedar</strongs>, and concerning the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2674'>Hazor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>ye, go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6938'>Kedar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6924'>east</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Their <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>shall they take <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='5375'>take</strongs>to themselves their <strongs hebrew='3407'>curtains</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1581'>camels</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='4032'>Fear</strongs><em>is</em> on every <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>side</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='5127'>Flee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5110'>get</strongs>you far <strongs hebrew='3966'>off</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='6009'>deep</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2674'>Hazor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3289'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you, and hath <strongs hebrew='2803'>conceived</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4284'>purpose</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, get you <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7961'>wealthy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='983'>care</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, which have <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>gates</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='910'>alone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And their <strongs hebrew='1581'>camels</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='957'>booty</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4735'>cattle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='2219'>scatter</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>winds</strongs>them <em>that</em> <em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7112'>utmost</strongs><strongs hebrew='6285'>corners</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5676'>sides</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='2674'>Hazor</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4583'>dwelling</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragons</strongs>, <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>: there shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>dwell</strongs>in it. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7225'>chief</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>winds</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7098'>quarters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='2219'>scatter</strongs>them toward <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>winds</strongs>; and there shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5080'>outcasts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>For I will cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>But it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <em>that</em> I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='50'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='5046'>Declare</strongs>ye among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>, and set <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5251'>standard</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8085'>publish</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3582'>conceal</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1078'>Bel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4781'>Merodach</strongs>is broken in <strongs hebrew='2844'>pieces</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='6091'>idols</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='1544'>images</strongs>are broken in <strongs hebrew='2865'>pieces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>there cometh <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7896'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein: they shall <strongs hebrew='5110'>remove</strongs>, they shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>depart</strongs>, both <strongs hebrew='4480 120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>going</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1058'>weeping</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>They shall <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>thitherward</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs>, and let us join <strongs hebrew='3867'>ourselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><em>that</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>My <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>lost</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>have caused them to go <strongs hebrew='8582'>astray</strongs>, they have turned them <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><em>on</em> the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>: they have <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2022'>mountain</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>their resting <strongs hebrew='7258'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>them have <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>them: and their <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We <strongs hebrew='816'>offend</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8478 834'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6664'>justice</strongs>, even the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4723'>hope</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5110'>Remove</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the he <strongs hebrew='6260'>goats</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5782'>raise</strongs>and cause to come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='6951'>assembly</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 776'>country</strongs>: and they shall set themselves in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs>against her; from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>she shall be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='2671'>arrows</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> as of a <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='7919'>expert</strongs>man; <strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7387'>vain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldea</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7997'>spoil</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>her shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>ye were <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoiced</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='8154'>destroyers</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>ye are grown <strongs hebrew='6335'>fat</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5697'>heifer</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1877'>grass</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6670'>bellow</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='47'>bulls</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Your <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3966'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>; she that <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>you shall be <strongs hebrew='2659'>ashamed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='319'>hindmost</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, a dry <strongs hebrew='6723'>land</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6160'>desert</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Because of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7110'>wrath</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabited</strongs>, but it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>wholly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4347'>plagues</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Put yourselves in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye that <strongs hebrew='1869'>bend</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3034'>shoot</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>at</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='2550'>spare</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2671'>arrows</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='7321'>Shout</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>: she hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='803'>foundations</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>are thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: take <strongs hebrew='5358'>vengeance</strongs>upon her; <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto her. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2232'>sower</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 894'>Babylon</strongs>, and him that <strongs hebrew='8610'>handleth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4038'>sickle</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3238'>oppressing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='6437'>turn</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>to his own <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6340'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='7716'>sheep</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>have driven <em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='5080'>away</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>hath broken his <strongs hebrew='6105'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6485 413'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6485 413'>punished</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>again <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall be sought <strongs hebrew='1245'>for</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5545'>pardon</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7604'>reserve</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4850'>Merathaim</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6489'>Pekod</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2717'>waste</strongs>and utterly <strongs hebrew='2763'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>A <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='6360'>hammer</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>cut <strongs hebrew='1438'>asunder</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='24'>I have laid a <strongs hebrew='3369'>snare</strongs>for thee, and thou art <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>wast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>aware</strongs>: thou art <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='8610'>caught</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1624'>striven</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='214'>armory</strongs>, and hath brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>weapons</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs>against her from the utmost <strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>border</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3965'>storehouses</strongs>: cast her <strongs hebrew='5549'>up</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6194'>heaps</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2763'>destroy</strongs>her utterly: let <strongs hebrew='408'>nothing</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7611'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='2717'>Slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6499'>bullocks</strongs>; let them go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2874'>slaughter</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1945'>woe</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6412'>escape</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5046'>declare</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Call <strongs hebrew='8085'>together</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7228'>archers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye that <strongs hebrew='1869'>bend</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2583'>camp</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1961'>let</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>none</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='6413'>escape</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompense</strongs>her according to her <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs>; according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto her: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she hath been <strongs hebrew='2102'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the Holy <strongs hebrew='6918'>One</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>shall her young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>shall be cut <strongs hebrew='1826'>off</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>thee, <em>O</em> <em>thou</em> most <strongs hebrew='2087'>proud</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><em>that</em> I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And the most <strongs hebrew='2087'>proud</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall raise him <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindle</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppressed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that took them <strongs hebrew='7617'>captives</strongs>held them <strongs hebrew='2388'>fast</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to let them <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Their <strongs hebrew='1350'>Redeemer</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: he shall throughly <strongs hebrew='7378 7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>he may give <strongs hebrew='7280'>rest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7264'>disquiet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>A <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='36'>A <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='907'>liars</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='2973'>dote</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>her mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>; and they shall be <strongs hebrew='2865'>dismayed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>A <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the mingled <strongs hebrew='6154'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of her; and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>; and they shall be <strongs hebrew='962'>robbed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>A <strongs hebrew='2721'>drought</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>; and they shall be dried <strongs hebrew='3001'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of graven <strongs hebrew='6456'>images</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>they</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1984'>mad</strongs>upon <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='367'>idols</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>the wild beasts of the <strongs hebrew='6728'>desert</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the wild beasts of the <strongs hebrew='338'>islands</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><em>there</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='1323 3284'>owls</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>therein: and it shall be <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabited</strongs><strongs hebrew='5331'>forever</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall it be dwelt <strongs hebrew='7931'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>As <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='4114'>overthrew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6017'>Gomorrah</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbor</strongs><em>cities</em> thereof, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <em>so</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall any <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>dwell</strongs>therein. </verse>
            <verse number='41'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>shall be raised <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3411'>coasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>They shall <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3591'>lance</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>show <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1993'>roar</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, <em>every</em> <em>one</em> put in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs>, like a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8088'>report</strongs>of them, and his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>waxed <strongs hebrew='7503'>feeble</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6869'>anguish</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>of him, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2427'>pangs</strongs>as of a woman in <strongs hebrew='3205'>travail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1347'>swelling</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='386'>strong</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will make them <strongs hebrew='7280'>suddenly</strongs>run <strongs hebrew='7323'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>her: and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs><em>man,</em> <em>that</em> I may <strongs hebrew='6485'>appoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>her? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> like <strongs hebrew='3644'>me</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>will appoint me the <strongs hebrew='3259'>time</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='45'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='3289'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='4284'>purposes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='2803'>purposed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6810'>least</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6629'>flock</strongs>shall draw them <strongs hebrew='5498'>out</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>surely</strongs>he shall make <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>At the <strongs hebrew='4480 6963'>noise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8610'>taking</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7493'>moved</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='51'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will raise <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>midst</strongs>of them that rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>against me, a <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroying</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>fanners</strongs>, that shall <strongs hebrew='2219'>fan</strongs>her, and shall <strongs hebrew='1238'>empty</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='413'>Against</strongs><em>him</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1869'>bendeth</strongs>let the <strongs hebrew='1869'>archer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1869'>bend</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><em>him</em> <em>that</em> lifteth himself <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5630'>brigandine</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2550'>spare</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>her young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>; destroy ye <strongs hebrew='2763'>utterly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Thus the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and <em>they</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> thrust <strongs hebrew='1856'>through</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>been</em> <strongs hebrew='488'>forsaken</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 430'>God</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='817'>sin</strongs>against the Holy <strongs hebrew='4480 6918'>One</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5127'>Flee</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>cut <strongs hebrew='1826'>off</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='7999'>render</strongs>unto her a <strongs hebrew='1576'>recompense</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><em>hath</em> <em>been</em> a <strongs hebrew='2091'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, that made <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7937'>drunken</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='8354'>drunken</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='4480 3196'>wine</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1984'>mad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroyed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3213'>howl</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>her; <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='6875'>balm</strongs>for her <strongs hebrew='4341'>pain</strongs>, if so <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>she may be <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>We would have <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, but she is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>her, and let us <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>into his own <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>reacheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and is lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7834'>skies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='5608'>declare</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Make <strongs hebrew='1305'>bright</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2671'>arrows</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4390'>gather</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7982'>shields</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath raised <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4074'>Medes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4209'>device</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>it; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Set <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5251'>standard</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, make the <strongs hebrew='4929'>watch</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>, set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8104'>watchmen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepare</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='693'>ambushes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs><strongs hebrew='2161'>devised</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>O thou that <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwellest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7227'>abundant</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>, thine <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='520'>measure</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1215'>covetousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5315'>himself</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>Surely</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, as with <strongs hebrew='3218'>caterpillars</strongs>; and they shall lift <strongs hebrew='6030'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1959'>shout</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>He hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8398'>world</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and hath stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>When he <strongs hebrew='5414'>uttereth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>; and he causeth the <strongs hebrew='5387'>vapors</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5927'>ascend</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1300'>lightnings</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>, and bringeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 214'>treasures</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1197'>brutish</strongs>by <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 1847'>knowledge</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='6884'>founder</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3001'>confounded</strongs>by the graven <strongs hebrew='4480 6459'>image</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his molten <strongs hebrew='5262'>image</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>falsehood</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>breath</strongs>in them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1992'>They</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8595'>errors</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='428'>them</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3335'>former</strongs>of all <strongs hebrew='3605'>things</strongs>: and <em>Israel</em> <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> my battle <strongs hebrew='4661'>axe</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3627'>weapons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>: for with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, and with thee will I <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='7392'>rider</strongs>; and with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='7392'>rider</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>With thee also will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>; and with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs><strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5288'>young</strongs>; and with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='970'>man</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1330'>maid</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'>I will also break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>with thee the <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='5739'>flock</strongs>; and with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='406'>husbandman</strongs>and his yoke of <strongs hebrew='6776'>oxen</strongs>; and with thee will I break in <strongs hebrew='5310'>pieces</strongs><strongs hebrew='6346'>captains</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7999'>render</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldea</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>in your <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4889'>destroying</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: and I will stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, and roll thee <strongs hebrew='1556'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rocks</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='8316'>burnt</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>, nor a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4146'>foundations</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Set ye <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5251'>standard</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8628'>blow</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6942'>prepare</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her, call <strongs hebrew='8085'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='780'>Ararat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4508'>Minni</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='813'>Ashchenaz</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6485'>appoint</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2951'>captain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her; cause the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>to come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5569'>rough</strongs><strongs hebrew='3218'>caterpillars</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='6942'>Prepare</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>her the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4074'>Medes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6346'>captains</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4475'>dominion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7493'>tremble</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2342'>sorrow</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='4284'>purpose</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2308'>forborne</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='3427'>remained</strongs>in <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='4679'>holds</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5405'>failed</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>: they have <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs>her dwelling <strongs hebrew='4908'>places</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>One <strongs hebrew='7323'>post</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>another</strongs>, and one <strongs hebrew='5046'>messenger</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>another</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>at <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>end</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And that the <strongs hebrew='4569'>passages</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8610'>stopped</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='98'>reeds</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='926'>frightened</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><em>is</em> like a <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1869'>thresh</strongs>her: <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a little <strongs hebrew='4592'>while</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>me, he hath <strongs hebrew='2000'>crushed</strongs>me, he hath <strongs hebrew='3322'>made</strongs>me an <strongs hebrew='7385'>empty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, he hath swallowed me <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragon</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3770'>belly</strongs>with my <strongs hebrew='4480 5730'>delicacies</strongs>, he hath cast me <strongs hebrew='1740'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>The <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>done to me and to my <strongs hebrew='7607'>flesh</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, shall the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldea</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>, and take vengeance for <strongs hebrew='5358 *853 5360'>thee</strongs>; and I will dry <strongs hebrew='2717'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4726'>springs</strongs><strongs hebrew='3001'>dry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='1530'>heaps</strongs>, a dwelling <strongs hebrew='4583'>place</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8577'>dragons</strongs>, an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8322'>hissing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>They shall <strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3715'>lions</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='5286'>yell</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1484'>whelps</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>In their <strongs hebrew='2527'>heat</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7896'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4960'>feasts</strongs>, and I will make them <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3462'>sleep</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6974'>wake</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>I will bring them <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3733'>lambs</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2873'>slaughter</strongs>, like <strongs hebrew='352'>rams</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6260'>goats</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8347'>Sheshach</strongs><strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>! and how is the <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8610'>surprised</strongs>! <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8047'>astonishment</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='42'>The <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>is come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: she is <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1530'>waves</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>Her <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='6723'>dry</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6160'>wilderness</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='2004'>wherein</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>doth <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='2004'>thereby</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1078'>Bel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and I will bring <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that which he hath swallowed <strongs hebrew='1105'>up</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>flow <strongs hebrew='5102'>together</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>My <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3318'>go</strongs>ye out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>midst</strongs>of her, and <strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs>ye every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>And <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='7401'>faint</strongs>, and ye <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8052'>rumor</strongs>that shall be <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='8052'>rumor</strongs>shall both <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>that in <em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>come</em> a <strongs hebrew='8052'>rumor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, that I will do <strongs hebrew='6485'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the graven <strongs hebrew='6456'>images</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: and her <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of her. </verse>
            <verse number='48'>Then the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> therein, shall <strongs hebrew='7442'>sing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoilers</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto her from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='49'><strongs hebrew='1571'>As</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><em>hath</em> <em>caused</em> the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>so</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='50'>Ye that have <strongs hebrew='6412'>escaped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 2719'>sword</strongs>, go <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>, stand not <strongs hebrew='408 5975'>still</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>afar <strongs hebrew='7350'>off</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3824'>mind</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'>We are <strongs hebrew='954'>confounded</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3639'>shame</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuaries</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='52'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Wherefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I will do <strongs hebrew='6485'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her graven <strongs hebrew='6456'>images</strongs>: and through <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2491'>wounded</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='602'>groan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='53'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Though</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>should mount <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>she should <strongs hebrew='1219'>fortify</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4791'>height</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='5797'>strength</strongs>, <em>yet</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>me shall <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoilers</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='54'>A <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2201'>cry</strongs><em>cometh</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='55'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6'>destroyed</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>her the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>; when her <strongs hebrew='1530'>waves</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='1993'>roar</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='7588'>noise</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5414'>uttered</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='56'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiler</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and her mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, every one of their <strongs hebrew='7198'>bows</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2865'>broken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1578'>recompenses</strongs>shall surely <strongs hebrew='7999 7999'>requite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='57'>And I will make <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunk</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> , her <strongs hebrew='6346'>captains</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='5461'>rulers</strongs>, and her mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>: and they shall <strongs hebrew='3462'>sleep</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6974'>wake</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='58'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='7342'>broad</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>shall be utterly <strongs hebrew='6209 6209'>broken</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3341'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3021'>labor</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7385'>vain</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3816'>folk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and they shall be <strongs hebrew='3286'>weary</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='59'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5374'>Neriah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4271'>Maaseiah</strongs>, when he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>. And <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='4496'>quiet</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='60'>So <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='61'>And <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>, When thou <strongs hebrew='935'>comest</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and shalt <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>, and shalt <strongs hebrew='7121'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='62'>Then shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, to cut it <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1115'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>remain</strongs>in it, neither <strongs hebrew='4480 120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>that it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolate</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='63'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, when thou hast made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7121'>reading</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>, <em>that</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7194'>bind</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='64'>And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3602'>Thus</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='8257'>sink</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her: and they shall be <strongs hebrew='3286'>weary</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='5704'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>far</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='52'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='6259 6240'>eleven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2537'>Hamutal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3841'>Libnah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>through</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>he had cast them <strongs hebrew='7993 *853'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4775'>rebelled</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8671'>ninth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6224'>tenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6218'>tenth</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='1785'>forts</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>So the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935 4692'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6249 6240'>eleventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='8672'>ninth</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2388'>sore</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, so that there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>was broken <strongs hebrew='1234'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the two <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>; (now the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>:) and they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5381'>overtook</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then they <strongs hebrew='8610'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and carried him <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs>; where he <strongs hebrew='1696'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>before his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then he put <strongs hebrew='5786'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='631'>bound</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='5178'>chains</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>carried</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='1004 6486'>prison</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Now in the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6218'>tenth</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='8672 6240'>nineteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='5975 6440'>served</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, into <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>men</em> , <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>he with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>, broke <strongs hebrew='5422'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs><em>certain</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1803'>poor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3499'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and those that fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='527'>multitude</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>But <strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><em>certain</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1803'>poor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3755'>vinedressers</strongs>and for <strongs hebrew='3009'>husbandmen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Also the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='7665'>broke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5375'>carried</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>of them to <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='5518'>caldrons</strongs>also, and the <strongs hebrew='3257'>shovels</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4212'>snuffers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4219'>bowls</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3709'>spoons</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministered</strongs>, took they <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='5592'>basins</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4289'>firepans</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4219'>bowls</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5518'>caldrons</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4501'>candlesticks</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3709'>spoons</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4518'>cups</strongs>; <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>away. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>bulls</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <em>concerning</em> the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='2339'>fillet</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5437'>compass</strongs>it; and the <strongs hebrew='5672'>thickness</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='676'>fingers</strongs>: <em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5014'>hollow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And a <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>it; and the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='7639'>network</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>. The <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>also and the <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs><em>were</em> like unto <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='8673'>ninety</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs>on a <strongs hebrew='7307'>side</strongs>; <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7639'>network</strongs><em>were</em> a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4932'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keepers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5592'>door</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>He <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>also out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6496'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of them that were <strongs hebrew='4480 7200'>near</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>person</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>principal</strongs><strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='6633'>mustered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, that were <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>So <strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>brought</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>them, and put them to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7247'>Riblah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs>. Thus <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>was carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='7651'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>In the <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>he carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>persons</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'>In the <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5018'>Nebuzaradan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2876'>guard</strongs>carried away <strongs hebrew='1540'>captive</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3064'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>persons</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>persons</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirtieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1546'>captivity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3078'>Jehoiachin</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelfth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><em>day</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='192'>Evil</strongs>-merodach <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>in the <em>first</em> <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3078'>Jehoiachin</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and brought him <strongs hebrew='3318 *853'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 1004 3628'>prison</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>kindly</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='8138'>changed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3608'>prison</strongs><strongs hebrew='899'>garments</strongs>: and he did <strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <em>for</em> his <strongs hebrew='737'>diet</strongs>, there was a <strongs hebrew='8548'>continual</strongs><strongs hebrew='737'>diet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>day</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>portion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
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