display: Jeremiah 33:13

text: In the cities of the mountaines, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Beniamin, and in the places about Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iudah, shall the flockes passe againe vnder the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 33:14

Jeremiah

testament: OT

text: Behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will performe that good thing which I haue promised vnto the house of Israel, and to the house of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 33:15

text: ¶ In those dayes, and at that time will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow vp vnto Dauid, and he shall execute iudgement and righteousnesse in the land.


display: Jeremiah 33:16

text: In those dayes shall Iudah be saued, and Ierusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousnesse.


display: Jeremiah 33:17

text: ¶ For thus saith the LORD; Dauid shall neuer want a man to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel.


display: Jeremiah 33:18

text: Neither shall the priests the Leuites want a man before me to offer burnt offrings, and to kindle meate offrings, and to doe sacrifice continually.


display: Jeremiah 33:19

text: ¶ And the word of the LORD came vnto Ieremiah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 33:20

text: Thus saith the LORD; If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, and that there should not be day, and night in their season:


display: Jeremiah 33:21

text: Then may also my couenant bee broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne; and with the Leuites the priests my ministers.


display: Jeremiah 33:22

text: As the hoste of heauen cannot be numbred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites that minister vnto me.


display: Jeremiah 33:23

text: Moreouer, the word of the LORD came to Ieremiah, saying;


display: Jeremiah 33:24

text: Considerest thou not what this people haue spoken, saying; The two families, which the LORD hath chosen, he hath euen cast them off? thus they haue dispised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.


display: Jeremiah 33:25

text: Thus saith the LORD; If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the ordinances of heauen and earth:


display: Jeremiah 33:26

text: Then will I cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruant, so that I will not take any of his seede to be rulers ouer the seede of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob: for I will cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue mercie on them.


display: Jeremiah 34:1

text: The word which came vnto Ieremiah frō the LORD (when Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon and all his armie, and all the kingdomes of the earth of his dominion, and all the people fought against Ierusalem and against all the cities thereof) saying,


display: Jeremiah 34:2

text: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Go, and speake to Zedekiah king of Iudah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will giue this citie into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shal burne it with fire.


display: Jeremiah 34:3

text: And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliuered into his hand, and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speake with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt goe to Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 34:4

text: Yet heare the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Iudah: Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:


display: Jeremiah 34:5

text: But thou shalt die in peace, and with the burnings of thy fathers the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burne odours for thee, and they will lament thee, saying, Ah Lord; for I haue pronounced the word, saith the Lord.


display: Jeremiah 34:6

text: Then Ieremiah the Prophet spake all these words vnto Zedekiah king of Iudah in Ierusalem;


display: Jeremiah 34:7

text: When the king of Babylons armie fought against Ierusalem, and against all the cities of Iudah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 34:8

text: ¶ This is the word that came vnto Ieremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a couenant with all the people which were at Ierusalem to proclaime liberty vnto them,


display: Jeremiah 34:9

text: That euery man should let his man seruant, and euery man his maide seruant, being an Hebrewe, or an Hebrewesse, goe free, that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iew his brother.


display: Jeremiah 34:10

text: Now when all the princes and all the people which had entred into the couenant, heard that euery one should let his man seruant, and euery one his maid seruant goe free, that none should serue themselues of them any more, then they obeyed and let them goe.


display: Jeremiah 34:11

text: But afterwards they turned, and caused the seruants and the handmaids whom they had let goe free, to returne, and brought them into subiection for seruants and for handmaids.


display: Jeremiah 34:12

text: ¶ Therefore the worde of the LORD came to Ieremiah, from the LORD, saying,


display: Jeremiah 34:13

text: Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel, I made a couenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,


display: Jeremiah 34:14

text: At the end of seuen yeeres, let ye go euery man his brother an Hebrew which hath bene sold vnto thee: and when he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, thou shalt let him goe free from thee, but your fathers hearkened not vnto me, neither inclined their eare.


display: Jeremiah 34:15

text: And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming libertie euery man to his neighbour, and ye had made a couenant before me in the house, which is called by my Name.


display: Jeremiah 34:16

text: But yee turned and polluted my Name, and caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmaide, whome yee had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne; and brought them into subiection, to bee vnto you for seruants and for handmaids.


display: Jeremiah 34:17

text: Therfore thus saith the LORD, Ye haue not hearkened vnto me, in proclaiming libertie euery one to his brother, and euery man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaime a libertie for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I wil make you to be remoued into all the kingdomes of the earth.


display: Jeremiah 34:18

text: And I wil giue the men that haue transgressed my couenant, which haue not performed the wordes of the couenant which they had made before mee, when they cut the calfe in twaine, and passed betweene the parts thereof,


display: Jeremiah 34:19

text: The princes of Iudah and the princes of Ierusalem, the eunuches, and the priests, and all the people of the land which passed betweene the parts of the calfe,


display: Jeremiah 34:20

text: I will euen giue them into the hande of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seeke their life, and their dead bodies shall bee for meate vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beasts of the earth.


display: Jeremiah 34:21

text: And Zedekiah king of Iudah, and his Princes will I giue into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seeke their life and into the hand of the king of Babylons armie, which are gone vp from you.


display: Jeremiah 34:22

text: Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to returne to this citie, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burne it with fire, and I will make the cities of Iudah a desolation without an inhabitant.


display: Jeremiah 35:1

text: The word which came vnto Ieremiah from the LORD, in the daies of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 35:2

text: Goe vnto the house of the Rechabites, and speake vnto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and giue them wine to drinke.


display: Jeremiah 35:3

text: Then I tooke Iaazaniah the sonne of Ieremiah the sonne of Habazimah and his brethren, and all his sonnes, and the whole house of the Rechabites.


display: Jeremiah 35:4

text: And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sonnes of Hanan, the sonne of Igdaliah a man of God, which was by the chamber of the Princes, which was aboue the chamber of Maaseiah, the sonne of Shallum, the keeper of the doore.


display: Jeremiah 35:5

text: And I set before the sonnes of the house of the Rechabites, pottes, full of wine, and cups, and I said vnto them, Drinke ye wine.


display: Jeremiah 35:6

text: But they said, We will drinke no wine: for Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father, commanded vs, saying; Ye shall drinke no wine, neither ye, nor your sonnes for euer.


display: Jeremiah 35:7

text: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant Uineyard, nor haue any: but all your dayes ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may liue many dayes in the land where ye be strangers.


display: Jeremiah 35:8

text: Thus haue we obeyed the voice of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged vs, to drinke no wine all our dayes, we, our wiues, our sonnes, nor our daughters:


display: Jeremiah 35:9

text: Nor to build houses for vs to dwel in, neither haue we Uineyard, nor field, nor seed.


display: Jeremiah 35:10

text: But wee haue dwelt in tents, and haue obeyed, and done according to all that Ionadab our father commanded vs.


display: Jeremiah 35:11

text: But it came to passe when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came vp into the land, that we said, Come, and let vs goe to Ierusalem for feare of the armie of the Caldeans, and for feare of the armie of the Syrians: so we dwell at Ierusalem.


display: Jeremiah 35:12

text: ¶ Then came the word of the LORD vnto Ieremiah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 35:13

text: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Goe and tel the men of Iudah, and inhabitants of Ierusalem, Will yee not receiue instruction to hearken to my words, saith the LORD ?


display: Jeremiah 35:14

text: The wordes of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab, that hee commanded his sonnes, not to drinke wine, are performed; for vnto this day they drinke none, but obey their fathers commandement: notwithstanding I haue spoken vnto you, rising early, and speaking, but ye hearkened not vnto me.


display: Jeremiah 35:15

text: I haue sent also vnto you all my seruants the Prophets, rising vp early and sending them, saying, Returne ye now euery man from his euil way, and amend your doings, and goe not after other gods to serue them, and ye shall dwell in the land, which I haue giuen to you, and to your fathers: but yee haue not enclined your eare, nor hearkned vnto me.


display: Jeremiah 35:16

text: Because the sonnes of Ionadab, the sonne of Rechab, haue performed the commaundement of their father, which he commaunded them, but this people hath not hearkened vnto me;


display: Jeremiah 35:17

text: Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, all the euill that I haue pronounced against them: because I haue spoken vnto them, but they haue not heard, and I haue called vnto them, but they haue not answered.


display: Jeremiah 35:18

text: ¶ And Ieremiah sayd vnto the house of the Rechabites, Thus sayth the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, Because ye haue obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according vnto all that he hath commanded you:


display: Jeremiah 35:19

text: Therefore thus sayth the LORD of hostes, the God of Israel, Ionadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for euer.


display: Jeremiah 36:1

text: And it came to passe in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, that this word came vnto Ieremiah from the LORD, saying;


display: Jeremiah 36:2

text: Take thee a roule of a booke, and write therein all the words that I haue spoken vnto thee against Israel, and against Iudah, & against all the nations, from the day I spake vnto thee, frō the dayes of Iosiah, euen vnto this day.


display: Jeremiah 36:3

text: It may be that the house of Iudah will heare all the euil which I purpose to doe vnto them; that they may returne euery man from his euill way, that I may forgiue their iniquitie, and their sinne.


display: Jeremiah 36:4

text: Then Ieremiah called Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Ieremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken vnto him, vpon a roule of a booke.


display: Jeremiah 36:5

text: And Ieremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut vp, I cannot goe into the house of the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 36:6

text: Therefore goe thou and reade in the roule, which thou hast written from my mouth, the wordes of the LORD in the eares of the people in the LORDs house vpon the fasting day: and also thou shalt reade them in the eares of all Iudah, that come out of their cities.


display: Jeremiah 36:7

text: It may bee they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will returne euery one from his euill way; for great is the anger and the furie that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.


display: Jeremiah 36:8

text: And Baruch the sonne of Neriah did according to all that Ieremiah the Prophet commanded him, reading in the booke the wordes of the LORD, in the LORDs house.


display: Jeremiah 36:9

text: And it came to passe in the fifth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, in the ninth moneth, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Ierusalem, & to all the people that came from the cities of Iudah vnto Ierusalem.


display: Jeremiah 36:10

text: Then read Baruch in the booke, the wordes of Ieremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court at the entry of the newe gate of the LORDs house, in the eares of all the people.


display: Jeremiah 36:11

text: ¶ When Michaiah the sonne of Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan had heard out of the booke, all the words of the LORD;


display: Jeremiah 36:12

text: Then hee went downe into the kings house into the scribes chamber, and loe, all the princes sate there, euen Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the sonne of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the sonne of Hananiah, and all the princes.


display: Jeremiah 36:13

text: Then Michaiah declared vnto them all the words that hee had heard when Baruch read the booke in the eares of the people.


display: Jeremiah 36:14

text: Therefore all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Shelemiah, the sonne of Cushi, vnto Baruch, saying; Take in thine hand the roule wherein thou hast read in the eares of the people, and come. So Baruch the sonne of Neriah took the roule in his hand, and came vnto them.


display: Jeremiah 36:15

text: And they sayde vnto him, Sit downe now and read it in our eares. So Baruch read it in their eares.


display: Jeremiah 36:16

text: Now it came to passe when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and sayd vnto Baruch, Wee will surely tell the King of all these words.


display: Jeremiah 36:17

text: And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell vs now, How diddest thou write all these words at his mouth?


display: Jeremiah 36:18

text: Then Baruch answered them, Hee pronounced all these words vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with inke in the Booke.


display: Jeremiah 36:19

text: Then said the Princes vnto Baruch, Go hide thee, thou and Ieremiah, and let no man know where yee bee.


display: Jeremiah 36:20

text: ¶ And they went in to the King into the Court, bnt they layed vp the roule in the chamber of Elishama the Scribe, and told all the words in the eares of the king.


display: Jeremiah 36:21

text: So the king sent Iehudi to fet the roule, and hee tooke it out of Elishama the scribes chamber, and Iehudi read it in the eares of the king, and in the eares of all the princes which stood beside the king.


display: Jeremiah 36:22

text: Now the king sate in the winter house, in the ninth moneth, & there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.


display: Jeremiah 36:23

text: And it came to passe that when Iehudi had read three or foure leaues, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, vntill all the roule was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.


display: Jeremiah 36:24

text: Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his seruants that heard all these words.


display: Jeremiah 36:25

text: Neuerthelesse Elnathan, and Delaiah & Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burne the roule, but he would not heare them.


display: Jeremiah 36:26

text: But the king commaunded Ierahmeel the sonne of Hammelech, and Seraiah the sonne of Azriel, & Shelennah the sonne of Abdiel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Ieremiah the Prophet: but the LORD hid them.


display: Jeremiah 36:27

text: ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Ieremiah (after that the king had burnt the roule and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah) saying;


display: Jeremiah 36:28

text: Take thee againe another roule, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roule, which Iehoiakim the king of Iudah hath burnt.


display: Jeremiah 36:29

text: And thou shalt say to Iehoiakim king of Iudah, Thus sayth the LORD, Thou hast burnt this roule, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainely come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?


display: Jeremiah 36:30

text: Therefore thus saith the LORD of Iehoiakim king of Iudah; He shall haue none to sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heate, and in the night to the frost.


display: Jeremiah 36:31

text: And I will punish him and his seede, and his seruants for their iniquitie, and I will bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and vpon the men of Iudah all the euill that I haue pronounced against them: but they hearkened not.


display: Jeremiah 36:32

text: ¶ Then tooke Ieremiah another roule, and gaue it to Baruch the scribe the sonne of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Ieremiah, all the words of the booke which Iehoiakim king of Iudah had burnt in the fire, and there were added besides vnto them, many like words.


display: Jeremiah 37:1

text: And king Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah reigned in stead of Coniah the son of Iehoiakim, whō Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 37:2

text: But neither he, nor his seruants, nor the people of the land, did hearken vnto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Ieremiah.


display: Jeremiah 37:3

text: And Zedekiah the king sent Iehucal the sonne of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Ieremiah, saying, Pray now vnto the LORD our God for vs.


display: Jeremiah 37:4

text: Nowe Ieremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.


display: Jeremiah 37:5

text: Then Pharaohs armie was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Caldeans that besieged Ierusalem, heard tidings of them, they departed from Ierusalem.


display: Jeremiah 37:6

text: ¶ Then came the word of the LORD vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 37:7

text: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Iudah, that sent you vnto me to enquire of me, Behold, Pharaohs armie which is come forth to helpe you, shall returne to Egypt into their owne land.


display: Jeremiah 37:8

text: And the Caldeans shall come againe, and fight against this citie and take it, and burne it with fire.


display: Jeremiah 37:9

text: Thus saith the LORD, Deceiue not your selues, saying, The Caldeans shall surely depart from vs: for they shall not depart.


display: Jeremiah 37:10

text: For though yee had smitten the whole armie of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise vp euery man in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.


display: Jeremiah 37:11

text: ¶ And it came to passe that when the armie of the Caldeans was broken vp from Ierusalem for feare of Pharaohs armie,


display: Jeremiah 37:12

text: Then Ieremiah went forth out of Ierusalem to goe into the lande of Beniamin, to separate himselfe thence in the mids of the people.


display: Jeremiah 37:13

text: And when he was in the gate of Beniamin, a captaine of the warde was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the sonne of Hananiah, & he tooke Ieremiah the Prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Caldeans


display: Jeremiah 37:14

text: Then said Ieremiah, It is false, I fall not away to the Caldeans: but he hearkened not to him: so Irijah tooke Ieremiah, and brought him to the princes.


display: Jeremiah 37:15

text: Wherfore the princes were wroth with Ieremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison, in the house of Ionathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.


display: Jeremiah 37:16

text: ¶ When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the cabbins, and Ieremiah had remained there many dayes:


display: Jeremiah 37:17

text: Then Zedekiah the king sent and tooke him out, and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD ? and Ieremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be deliuered into the hand of the king of Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 37:18

text: Moreouer Ieremiah sayd vnto king Zedekiah, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this people, that yee haue put me in prison?


display: Jeremiah 37:19

text: Where are now your prophets, which prophecied vnto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?


display: Jeremiah 37:20

text: Therefore heare now, I pray thee, O my Lord the king; let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, that thou cause me not to returne to the house of Ionathan the scribe, lest I die there.


display: Jeremiah 37:21

text: Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Ieremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should giue him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers streete, vntill all the bread in the citie were spent. Thus Ieremiah remained in the court of the prison.


display: Jeremiah 38:1

text: Then Shephatiah the sonne of Mattan, and Gedaliah the sonne of Pashur and Iucal the sonne of Shelemiah, & Pashur the sonne of Malchiah heard the words that Ieremiah had spoken vnto all the people, saying,


display: Jeremiah 38:2

text: Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this citie, shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he that goeth forth to the Caldeans, shall liue: for he shall haue his life for a pray, and shall liue.


display: Jeremiah 38:3

text: Thus saith the LORD, This citie shall surely be giuen into the hand of the king of Babylons armie, which shall take it.


display: Jeremiah 38:4

text: Therefore the princes sayd vnto the king, We beseech thee let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of warre that remaine in this citie, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words vnto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.


display: Jeremiah 38:5

text: Then Zedekiah the king sayd, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.


display: Jeremiah 38:6

text: Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with cords: and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Ieremiah sunke in the mire.


display: Jeremiah 38:7

text: ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of þ eunuches which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Beniamin)


display: Jeremiah 38:8

text: Ebed-melech went foorth out of the kings house, and spake to the king, saying,


display: Jeremiah 38:9

text: My lord the king, these men haue done euill in all that they haue done to Ieremiah the Prophet, whom they haue cast into the dungeon, and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city.


display: Jeremiah 38:10

text: Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirtie men with thee, and take vp Ieremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he die.


display: Jeremiah 38:11

text: So Ebed-melech tooke the men with him, and went into the house of the king vnder the treasurie, and tooke thence old cast cloutes, and old rotten ragges, and let them downe by cordes into the dungeon to Ieremiah.


display: Jeremiah 38:12

text: And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said vnto Ieremiah, Put now these old cast cloutes and rotten ragges vnder thine arme-holes, vnder the cordes. And Ieremiah did so.


display: Jeremiah 38:13

text: So they drew vp Ieremiah with cordes, and tooke him vp out of the dungeon, and Ieremiah remained in the court of the prison.


display: Jeremiah 38:14

text: ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and tooke Ieremiah the Prophet vnto him into the third entrie that is in the house of the LORD, and the king said vnto Ieremiah, I will aske thee a thing: hide nothing from me.


display: Jeremiah 38:15

text: Then Ieremiah said vnto Zedekiah, If I declare it vnto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I giue thee counsell, wilt thou not hearken vnto me?


display: Jeremiah 38:16

text: So the king sware secretly vnto Ieremiah, saying, As the LORD liueth that made vs this soule, I wil not put thee to death, neither will I giue thee into the hand of these men that seeke thy life.


display: Jeremiah 38:17

text: Then said Ieremiah vnto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD the God of hostes, the God of Israel, If thou wilt assuredly goe foorth vnto the king of Babylons Princes, then thy soule shall liue, and this Citie shall not be burnt with fire, and thou shalt liue, and thine house.


display: Jeremiah 38:18

text: But if thou wilt not goe foorth to the king of Babylons Princes, then shall this City be giuen into the hand of the Caldeans, and they shall burne it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.


display: Jeremiah 38:19

text: And Zedekiah the king said vnto Ieremiah, I am afraid of the Iewes that are fallen to the Caldeans, lest they deliuer mee into their hand, and they mocke me.


display: Jeremiah 38:20

text: But Ieremiah said, They shall not deliuer thee: obey, I beseech thee, the voyce of the LORD, which I speake vnto thee: so it shall be well vnto thee, and thy soule shall liue.


display: Jeremiah 38:21

text: But if thou refuse to goe foorth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me.


display: Jeremiah 38:22

text: And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Iudahs house, shalbe brought forth to the king of Babylons Princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends haue set thee on, and haue preuailed against thee: thy feet are sunke in the mire, and they are turned away backe.


display: Jeremiah 38:23

text: So they shall bring out all thy wiues, and thy children to the Caldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the King of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this citie to be burnt with fire.


display: Jeremiah 38:24

text: ¶ Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.


display: Jeremiah 38:25

text: But if the Princes heare that I haue talked with thee, and they come vnto thee, and say vnto thee, Declare vnto vs now what thou hast said vnto the king; hide it not from vs, and wee wil not put thee to death; also what the king said vnto thee:


display: Jeremiah 38:26

text: Then thou shalt say vnto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to returne to Ionathans house to die there.


display: Jeremiah 38:27

text: Then came all the Princes vnto Ieremiah, and asked him, and he told them according to all these words, that the king had commanded: so they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceiued.


display: Jeremiah 38:28

text: So Ieremiah abode in the court of the prison, vntill the day that Ierusalem was taken, and hee was there when Ierusalem was taken.


display: Jeremiah 39:1

text: In the ninth yeere of Zedekiah king of Iudah, in the tenth moneth, came Nebuchad rezzar king of Babylon, and all his armie against Ierusalem, and they besieged it.


display: Jeremiah 39:2

text: And in the eleuenth yeere of Zedekiah, in the fourth moneth, the ninth day of the moneth, the citie was broken vp.


display: Jeremiah 39:3

text: And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sate in the middle gate, euen Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 39:4

text: ¶ And it came to passe, that when Zedekiah the king of Iudah saw them and all the men of warre, then they fled and went forth out of the citie by night, by the way of the kings garden, by the gate betwixt the two walles, and hee went out the way of the plaine.


display: Jeremiah 39:5

text: But the Caldeans armie pursued after them, and ouertooke Zedekiah in the plaines of Iericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him vp to Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gaue iudgement vpon him.


display: Jeremiah 39:6

text: Then the king of Babylon slewe the sonnes of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 39:7

text: Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him with chaines, to cary him to Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 39:8

text: ¶ And the Caldeans burnt the kings house, and the houses of the people with fire, and brake downe the wals of Ierusalem.


display: Jeremiah 39:9

text: Then Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard caried away captiue into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the citie, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.


display: Jeremiah 39:10

text: But Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the people which had nothing, in the land of Iudah, and gaue them vineyards and fieldes at the same time.


display: Jeremiah 39:11

text: ¶ Now Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon gaue charge coucerning Ieremiah to Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard, saying;


display: Jeremiah 39:12

text: Take him, and looke well to him, and doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shall say vnto thee.


display: Jeremiah 39:13

text: So Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the King of Babylons Princes:


display: Jeremiah 39:14

text: Euen they sent, and tooke Ieremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him vnto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan, that hee should carie him home: so hee dwelt among the people.


display: Jeremiah 39:15

text: ¶ Now the word of the LORD came vnto Ieremiah, while hee was shut vp in the court of the prison, saying;


display: Jeremiah 39:16

text: Goe and speake to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus sayth the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring my words vpon this citie for euill, and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.


display: Jeremiah 39:17

text: But I will deliuer thee in that day, sayth the LORD, and thou shalt not be giuen into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.


display: Jeremiah 39:18

text: For I wil surely deliuer thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a pray vnto thee, because thou hast put thy trust in me, sayth the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 40:1

text: The word which came to Ieremiah frō the LORD after that Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard had let him goe from Ramath, when hee had taken him being bound in chaines among all that were caried away captiue of Ierusalem and Iudah, which were caried away captiue vnto Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 40:2

text: And the captaine of the gard took Ieremiah, and sayd vnto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this euill vpon this place.


display: Jeremiah 40:3

text: Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath sayd: because yee haue sinned against the LORD, and haue not obeyed his voyce, therefore this thing is come vpon you.


display: Jeremiah 40:4

text: And now behold, I loose thee this day from the chaines which were vpon thine hand: if it seeme good vnto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will looke well vnto thee: but if it seeme ill vnto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbeare: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and conuenient for thee to goe, thither goe.


display: Jeremiah 40:5

text: Now while he was not yet gone backe, he sayd, Goe backe also to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made gouernour ouer all the cities of Iudah, and dwell with him among the people: or goe wheresoeuer it seemeth conuenient vnto thee to goe. So the captaine of the gard gaue him vitailes and a reward, and let him goe.


display: Jeremiah 40:6

text: Then went Ieremiah vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people, that were left in the land.


display: Jeremiah 40:7

text: ¶ Now when all the captaines of the forces which were in the fields, euen they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam gouernour in the land, and had committed vnto him men, and women and children, and of the poore of the land, of them that were not caried away captiue to Babylon;


display: Jeremiah 40:8

text: Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, euen Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanan, and Ionathan the sonnes of Kareah, and Seraiah the sonne of Tanhumeth, and the sonnes of Ephai the Netophathite, and Iezaniah the sonne of a Maachathite, they and their men.


display: Jeremiah 40:9

text: And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, sware vnto them and to their men, saying, Feare not to serue the Caldeans: dwell in the land and serue the king of Babylon, and it shalbe well with you.


display: Jeremiah 40:10

text: As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serue the Caldeans, which will come vnto vs: but yee, gather yee wine, and summer fruits, and oyle, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities, that yee haue taken.


display: Jeremiah 40:11

text: Likewise when all the Iewes that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Iudah, and that he had set ouer them Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan;


display: Jeremiah 40:12

text: Euen all the Iewes returned out of all places whither they were driuen, and came to the land of Iudah, to Gedaliah vnto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits, very much.


display: Jeremiah 40:13

text: ¶ Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,


display: Jeremiah 40:14

text: And sayd vnto him, Doest thou certainly know, that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam beleeued them not.


display: Jeremiah 40:15

text: Then Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me goe, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Iewes which are gathered vnto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Iudah perish?


display: Jeremiah 40:16

text: But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam sayd vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah; Thou shalt not do this thing, for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.


display: Jeremiah 41:1

text: Now it came to passe in the seuenth moneth, that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah the sonne of Elishamah of the seede royall, and the princes of the king, euen tenne men with him, came vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam to Mizpah, and there they did eate bread together in Mizpah.


display: Jeremiah 41:2

text: Then arose Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whome the king of Babylon had made gouernour ouer the land.


display: Jeremiah 41:3

text: Ishmael also slew all the Iewes that were with him, euen with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Caldeans that were found there, and the men of warre.


display: Jeremiah 41:4

text: And it came to passe the second day after he had slaine Gedaliah, and no man knew it,


display: Jeremiah 41:5

text: That there came certaine from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, euen fourescore men, hauing their beards shauen, and their clothes rent, and hauing cut themselues, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 41:6

text: And Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah went foorth from Mizpah to meete them, weeping all along as hee went: and it came to passe as hee met them, he said vnto them, Come to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam.


display: Jeremiah 41:7

text: And it was so when they came into the midst of the citie, that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.


display: Jeremiah 41:8

text: But ten men were found among them, that said vnto Ishmael, Slay vs not: for we haue treasures in the field, of wheate, and of barley, and of oyle, and of hony: so he forbare, and slewe them not among their brethren.


display: Jeremiah 41:9

text: Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men (whom he had slaine because of Gedaliah) was it, which Asa the king had made, for feare of Baasha king of Israel, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slaine.


display: Jeremiah 41:10

text: Then Ishmael caried away captiue all the residue of the people, that were in Mizpah, euen the kings daughters, and al the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah caried them away captiue, and departed to goe ouer to the Ammonites.


display: Jeremiah 41:11

text: ¶ But when Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces that were with him, heard of all the euill that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had done,


display: Jeremiah 41:12

text: Then they tooke all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.


display: Jeremiah 41:13

text: Now it came to passe that when al the people which were with Ishmael, sawe Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces, that were with him, then they were glad.


display: Jeremiah 41:14

text: So all the people that Ishmael had caried away captiue from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah.


display: Jeremiah 41:15

text: But Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah escaped from Iohanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.


display: Jeremiah 41:16

text: Then tooke Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recouered from Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, from Mizpah (after that he had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam,) euen mighty men of warre, and the women, and the children, and the eunuches whom he had brought againe from Gibeon.


display: Jeremiah 41:17

text: And they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to goe to enter into Egypt,


display: Jeremiah 41:18

text: Because of the Caldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made gouernour in the land.


display: Jeremiah 42:1

text: Then all the captaines of the forces, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and Iezaniah the sonne of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least euen vnto the greatest, came neere,


display: Jeremiah 42:2

text: And said vnto Ieremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for vs vnto the LORD thy God, euen for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eies do behold vs)


display: Jeremiah 42:3

text: That the LORD thy God may shew vs the way wherein we may walke, and the thing that we may doe.


display: Jeremiah 42:4

text: Then Ieremiah the prophet sayd vnto them, I haue heard you; behold, I will pray vnto the LORD your God, according to your words, and it shall come to passe that whatsoeuer thing the LORD shall answere you, I will declare it vnto you: I will keepe nothing backe from you.


display: Jeremiah 42:5

text: Then they sayd to Ieremiah, The LORD be a true and faithfull witnesse betweene vs, if we doe not, euen according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to vs.


display: Jeremiah 42:6

text: Whether it be good, or whether it be euill, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee, that it may be well with vs, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.


display: Jeremiah 42:7

text: ¶ And it came to passe after tenne dayes, that the word of the LORD came vnto Ieremiah.


display: Jeremiah 42:8

text: Then called hee Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces which were with him, and all the people, from the least, euen to the greatest,


display: Jeremiah 42:9

text: And said vnto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, vnto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:


display: Jeremiah 42:10

text: If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you downe, and I will plant you, and not plucke you vp: for I repent mee of the euill, that I haue done vnto you.


display: Jeremiah 42:11

text: Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom yee are afraid: be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to saue you, and to deliuer you from his hand.


display: Jeremiah 42:12

text: And I will shew mercies vnto you, that he may haue mercy vpon you; and cause you to returne to your owne land.


display: Jeremiah 42:13

text: ¶ But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,


display: Jeremiah 42:14

text: Saying, No, but we will goe into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no warre, nor heare the sound of the Trumpet, nor haue hunger of bread, and there will we dwell:


display: Jeremiah 42:15

text: (And now therefore heare the word of the LORD, yee remnant of Iudah, Thus saith the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and goe to soiourne there:)


display: Jeremiah 42:16

text: Then it shall come to passe, that the sword which yee feared, shall ouertake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof yee were afraid, shall follow close after you in Egypt, and there ye shall die.


display: Jeremiah 42:17

text: So shall it bee with all the men that set their faces to goe into Egypt to soiourne there, they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remaine or escape from the euil that I will bring vpon them.


display: Jeremiah 42:18

text: For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, As mine anger and my furie hath bene powred foorth vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem: so shall my furie bee powred foorth vpon you, when yee shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproch, and ye shall see this place no more.


display: Jeremiah 42:19

text: ¶ The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Iudah, Goe ye not into Egypt: know certainly, that I haue admonished you this day.


display: Jeremiah 42:20

text: For ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me vnto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the LORD our God, and according vnto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare vnto vs, and we wil doe it.


display: Jeremiah 42:21

text: And now I haue this day declared it to you, but ye haue not obeied the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.


display: Jeremiah 42:22

text: Now therefore know certainly, that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to soiourne.


display: Jeremiah 43:1

text: And it came to passe that whē Ieremiah had made an end of speaking vnto all the people, al the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, euen all these words;


display: Jeremiah 43:2

text: Then spake Azariah the sonne of Hoshaiah, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying vnto Ieremiah, Thou speakest falsly: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Goe not into Egypt, to soiourne there.


display: Jeremiah 43:3

text: But Baruch the sonne of Neriah setteth thee on against vs, for to deliuer vs into the hand of the Caldeans, that they might put vs to death, and carie vs away captiues into Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 43:4

text: So Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces, and all the people, obeied not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 43:5

text: But Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the forces, tooke all the remnant of Iudah, that were returned from all nations whither they had bene driuen, to dwell in the land of Iudah,


display: Jeremiah 43:6

text: Euen men, and women, and children, and the kings daughters, and euery person that Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard had left with Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan, and Ieremiah the Prophet, and Baruch the sonne of Neriah.


display: Jeremiah 43:7

text: So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voyce of the LORD, thus came they euen to Tahpanhes.


display: Jeremiah 43:8

text: ¶ Then came the word of the LORD vnto Ieremiah in Tahpanhes, saying;


display: Jeremiah 43:9

text: Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the bricke kill, which is at the entry of Pharaohs house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Iudah:


display: Jeremiah 43:10

text: And say vnto them, Thus saieth the LORD of hosts the God of Israel; Beholde, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon my seruant, and will set his throne vpon these stones that I haue hidde, and hee shall spread his royall pauilion ouer them.


display: Jeremiah 43:11

text: And when he commeth, hee shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliuer such as are for death, to death; and such as are for captiuitie to captiuitie; and such as are for the sword, to the sword.


display: Jeremiah 43:12

text: And I wil kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and hee shall burne them, and carry them away captiues, and hee shall aray himselfe with the land of Egypt, as a shepheard putteth on his garment, and hee shall goe forth from thence in peace.


display: Jeremiah 43:13

text: He shall breake also the images of Beth-shemesh that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burne with fire.


display: Jeremiah 44:1

text: The word that came to Ieremiah concerning all the Iewes which dwel in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the countrey of Pathros, saying,


display: Jeremiah 44:2

text: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye haue seene all the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, and vpon all the cities of Iudah: and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,


display: Jeremiah 44:3

text: Because of their wickednes which they haue committed, to prouoke me to anger, in that they went to burne incense, and to serue other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, you, nor your fathers.


display: Jeremiah 44:4

text: Howbeit I sent vnto you all my seruants the Prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh doe not this abominable thing that I hate.


display: Jeremiah 44:5

text: But they hearkened not, nor enclined their eare to turne from their wickednes, to burne no incense vnto other gods.


display: Jeremiah 44:6

text: Wherefore my furie and mine anger was powred forth, and was kindled in the cities of Iudah, and in the streets of Ierusalem, and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.


display: Jeremiah 44:7

text: Therefore now thus saith the LORD the God of hostes, the God of Israel, Wherefore commit ye this great euill against your soules, to cut off from you man and woman, childe and suckling out of Iudah, to leaue you none to remaine.


display: Jeremiah 44:8

text: In that yee prouoke mee vnto wrath with the workes of your hands, burning incense vnto other gods in the land of Egypt whither ye bee gone to dwell, that yee might cut your selues off, and that ye might be a curse, and a reproch among all the nations of the earth?


display: Jeremiah 44:9

text: Haue ye forgotten the wickednes of your fathers, and the wickednesse of the kings of Iudah, and the wickednes of their wiues, and your owne wickednesse, and the wickednesse of your wiues, which they haue committed in the land of Iudah, and in the streets of Ierusalem?


display: Jeremiah 44:10

text: They are not humbled euen vnto this day, neither haue they feared, nor walked in my Law, nor in my Statutes that I set before you, and before your fathers.


display: Jeremiah 44:11

text: ¶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will set my face against you for euill, and to cut off all Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 44:12

text: And I will take the remnant of Iudah, that haue set their faces to goe into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, and they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt: they shall euen bee consumed by the sword, and by the famine: they shall die, from the least euen vnto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shalbe an execration and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproch.


display: Jeremiah 44:13

text: For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I haue punished Ierusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;


display: Jeremiah 44:14

text: So that none of the remnant of Iudah which are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall escape or remaine, that they should returne into the land of Iudah to the which they haue a desire to returne to dwell there: for none shall returne but such as shall escape.


display: Jeremiah 44:15

text: ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other Gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 44:16

text: As for the word that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken vnto thee.


display: Jeremiah 44:17

text: But we will certainly doe whatsoeuer thing goeth forth out of our owne mouth, to burne incense vnto the queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offrings vnto her, as we haue done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem: for then had we plentie of vitailes, and were well, and saw no euill.


display: Jeremiah 44:18

text: But since we left off to burne incense to the queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offrings vnto her, we haue wanted all things, and haue beene consumed by the sword, and by the famine.


display: Jeremiah 44:19

text: And when we burnt incense to the queene of heauen, and powred out drinke offrings vnto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and powre out drinke offrings vnto her without our men?


display: Jeremiah 44:20

text: ¶ Then Ieremiah sayd vnto all the people, to the men and to the women, and to all the people which had giuen him that answere, saying;


display: Jeremiah 44:21

text: The incense that yee burnt in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, yee and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his minde?


display: Jeremiah 44:22

text: So that the LORD could no longer beare, because of the euill of your doings, and because of the abominations, which yee haue committed: therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse without an inhabitant, as at this day.


display: Jeremiah 44:23

text: Because you haue burnt incense, and because yee haue sinned against the LORD, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies: therefore this euill is happened vnto you, as at this day.


display: Jeremiah 44:24

text: Moreouer Ieremiah sayd vnto all the people, and to all the women; Heare the word of the LORD, all Iudah, that are in the land of Egypt.


display: Jeremiah 44:25

text: Thus saith the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, saying: Yee and your wiues haue both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying; We will surely performe our vowes that we haue vowed, to burne incense to the queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offrings vnto her: yee will surely accomplish your vowes, and surely performe your vowes.


display: Jeremiah 44:26

text: Therefore heare yee the word of the LORD, all Iudah that dwell in the land of Egypt, Behold, I haue sworne by my great Name, saith the LORD, that my Name shal no more be named in the mouth of any man of Iudah, in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liueth.


display: Jeremiah 44:27

text: Behold, I will watch ouer them for euill, and not for good, and all the men of Iudah that are in the land of Egypt shalbe consumed by the sword, & by the famin, vntil there be an end of them.


display: Jeremiah 44:28

text: Yet a small number that escape the sword, shall returne out of the land of Egypt into the land of Iudah: and all the remnant of Iudah that are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall know whose wordes shall stand, mine or theirs.


display: Jeremiah 44:29

text: ¶ And this shalbe a signe vnto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may knowe that my words shal surely stand against you for euill.


display: Jeremiah 44:30

text: Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will giue Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hande of them that seeke his life, as I gaue Zedekiah king of Iudah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.


display: Jeremiah 45:1

text: The word that Ieremiah the Prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, when he had written these words in a booke at the mouth of Ieremiah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 45:2

text: Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel vnto thee, O Baruch,


display: Jeremiah 45:3

text: Thou didst say, Woe is me now, for the LORD hath added griefe to my sorow, I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.


display: Jeremiah 45:4

text: ¶ Thus shalt thou say vnto him, The LORD saith thus, Behold, that which I haue built will I breake downe, and that which I haue planted I will plucke vp, euen this whole land:


display: Jeremiah 45:5

text: And seekest thou great things for thy selfe? seeke them not: for behold, I wil bring euill vpon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I giue vnto thee for a pray in all places whither thou goest.


display: Jeremiah 46:1

text: The word of the LORD which came to Ieremiah the Prophet, against the Gentiles,


display: Jeremiah 46:2

text: Against Egypt, against the armie of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the riuer Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the son of Iosiah king of Iudah.


display: Jeremiah 46:3

text: Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw neere to battell.


display: Jeremiah 46:4

text: Harnesse the horses, and get vp ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets, furbish the speares, and put on the brigandines.


display: Jeremiah 46:5

text: Wherefore haue I seene them dismaid, and turned away backe? and their mightie ones are beaten downe, & are fled apace, and looke not back: for feare was round about, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 46:6

text: Let not the swift flee away, nor the mightie man escape: they shal stumble and fall toward the North by the riuer Euphrates.


display: Jeremiah 46:7

text: Who is this that cōmeth vp as a flood, whose waters are moued as þ riuers?


display: Jeremiah 46:8

text: Egypt riseth vp like a flood, and his waters are moued like the riuers, and he saith, I wil goe vp, and will couer the earth, I will destroy the citie and the inhabitants thereof.


display: Jeremiah 46:9

text: Come vp ye horses, and rage yee charets, and let the mightie men come forth, the Ethiopians and the Libyans that handle the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow.


display: Jeremiah 46:10

text: For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hostes, a day of vengeance, that he may auenge him of his aduersaries: and the sword shal deuoure, and it shall be satiate, and made drunke with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the North countrey by the riuer Euphrates.


display: Jeremiah 46:11

text: Goe vp into Gilead, and take balme, O virgine, the daughter of Egypt: in vaine shalt thou vse many medicines: for thou shalt not be cured.


display: Jeremiah 46:12

text: The nations haue heard of thy shame, and thy crie hath filled the land: for the mightie man hath stumbled against the mightie, and they are fallen both together.


display: Jeremiah 46:13

text: ¶ The word that the LORD spake to Ieremiah the Prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon should come & smite the land of Egypt.


display: Jeremiah 46:14

text: Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shal deuoure round about thee.


display: Jeremiah 46:15

text: Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did driue them.


display: Jeremiah 46:16

text: He made many to fall, yea one fell vpon another, and they said, Arise, and let vs goe againe to our owne people, and to the land of our natiuitie, from the oppressing sword.


display: Jeremiah 46:17

text: They did crie there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, he hath passed the time appointed.


display: Jeremiah 46:18

text: As I liue, saith the King, whose Name is the LORD of hostes, Surely as Tabor is among the mountaines, and as Carmel by the Sea, so shall hee come.


display: Jeremiah 46:19

text: Oh thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thy selfe to goe into captiuitie: for Noph shalbe waste and desolate without an inhabitant.


display: Jeremiah 46:20

text: Egypt is like a very faire heifer, but destruction commeth: it commeth out of the North.


display: Jeremiah 46:21

text: Also her hired men are in the midst of her, like fatted bullocks, for they also are turned backe, and are fled away together; they did not stand, because the day of their calamitie was come vpon them, and the time of their visitation.


display: Jeremiah 46:22

text: The voice thereof shall goe like a serpent, for they shall march with an armie, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.


display: Jeremiah 46:23

text: They shall cut downe her forrest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched, because they are more then the grashoppers, and are innumerable.


display: Jeremiah 46:24

text: The daughter of Egypt shalbe confounded, she shalbe deliuered into the hand of the people of the North.


display: Jeremiah 46:25

text: The LORD of hostes the God of Israel saith, Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings, euen Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him.


display: Jeremiah 46:26

text: And I will deliuer them into the hand of those that seeke their liues, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his seruants, and afterwards it shalbe inhabited, as in the dayes of old, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 46:27

text: ¶ But feare not thou, O my seruant Iacob, and be not dismaied, O Israel: for behold, I will saue thee from afarre off, and thy seed from the land of their captiuitie, and Iacob shall returne and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.


display: Jeremiah 46:28

text: Feare thou not, O Iacob my seruant, saith the LORD, for I am with thee, for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I haue driuen thee, but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure, yet will I not leaue thee wholly vnpunished.


display: Jeremiah 47:1

text: The word of the LORD that came to Ieremiah the Prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.


display: Jeremiah 47:2

text: Thus saith the LORD, Behold, waters rise vp out of the North, and shall be an ouerflowing flood, and shall ouerflow the land, and all that is therein, the citie, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall crie, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howle.


display: Jeremiah 47:3

text: At the noise of the stamping of the hoofes of his strong horses, at the rushing of his charets, and at the rumbling of his wheeles, the fathers shall not looke backe to their children for feeblenesse of handes.


display: Jeremiah 47:4

text: Because of the day that commeth to spoile all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon euery helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoile the Philistines, the remnant of the countrey of Caphtor.


display: Jeremiah 47:5

text: Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza. Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thy selfe?


display: Jeremiah 47:6

text: O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put vp thy selfe into thy scabberd, rest and be still.


display: Jeremiah 47:7

text: How can it bee quiet, seeing the LORD hath giuen it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shoare? there hath he appointed it.


display: Jeremiah 48:1

text: Against Moab thus sayth the LORD of hostes, the God of Israel, Woe vnto Nebo, for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken. Misgab is confounded and dismayed.


display: Jeremiah 48:2

text: There shall bee no more prayse of Moab: in Heshbon they haue deuised euill against it; come and let vs cut it off from being a nation; also thou shalt bee cut downe, O Madmen, the sword shall pursue thee.


display: Jeremiah 48:3

text: A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim; Spoiling & great destruction.


display: Jeremiah 48:4

text: Moab is destroyed, her little ones haue caused a crie to be heard.


display: Jeremiah 48:5

text: For in the going vp of Luhith continuall weeping shall go vp; for in the going downe of Horonaim the enemies haue heard a crie of destruction.


display: Jeremiah 48:6

text: Flee, saue your liues, and be like the heath in the wildernesse.


display: Jeremiah 48:7

text: ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy workes, and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken, and Chemosh shall goe foorth into captiuitie with his priests and his princes together.


display: Jeremiah 48:8

text: And the spoyler shall come vpon euery citie, and no citie shall escape: the valley also shal perish, & the plaine shall be destroyed, as þ LORD hath spoken.


display: Jeremiah 48:9

text: Giue wings vnto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.


display: Jeremiah 48:10

text: Cursed be he that doeth the worke of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth backe his sword from blood.


display: Jeremiah 48:11

text: ¶ Moab hath bene at ease from his youth, and hee hath setled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessell to vessell, neither hath he gone into captiuitie: therefore his taste remained in him, and his sent is not changed.


display: Jeremiah 48:12

text: Therfore behold, the dayes come, sayth the LORD, that I will send vnto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander, and shall emptie his vessels, and breake their bottles.


display: Jeremiah 48:13

text: And Moab shall bee ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.


display: Jeremiah 48:14

text: ¶ How say yee, We are mightie and strong men for the warre?


display: Jeremiah 48:15

text: Moab is spoiled and gone vp out of her cities, and his chosen yong men are gone downe to the slaughter, sayth the King, whose Name is the LORD of hostes.


display: Jeremiah 48:16

text: The calamitie of Moab is neere to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.


display: Jeremiah 48:17

text: All yee that are about him bemoane him, and all yee that know his Name, say, How is the strong staffe broken, and the beautifull rod!


display: Jeremiah 48:18

text: Thou daughter that doest inhabit Dibon, come downe from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come vpon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holdes.


display: Jeremiah 48:19

text: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and espie, aske him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?


display: Jeremiah 48:20

text: Moab is confounded, for it is broken downe: howle and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,


display: Jeremiah 48:21

text: And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holon, and vpon Iahazah, and vpon Mephaath,


display: Jeremiah 48:22

text: And vpon Dibon, and vpon Nebo, and vpon Beth-diblathaim,


display: Jeremiah 48:23

text: And vpon Kiriathaim, and vpon Beth-Gamul, and vpon Beth-meon,


display: Jeremiah 48:24

text: And vpon Kerioth, and vpon Bozrah, and vpon all the cities of the land of Moab farre or neere.


display: Jeremiah 48:25

text: The horne of Moab is cut off, & his arme is broken, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 48:26

text: ¶ Make ye him drunken: for hee magnified himselfe against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shalbe in derision.


display: Jeremiah 48:27

text: For was not Israel a derision vnto thee? was hee found among theeues? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for ioy.


display: Jeremiah 48:28

text: O yee that dwell in Moab, leaue the cities and dwell in the rocke, and be like the doue that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.


display: Jeremiah 48:29

text: We haue heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftinesse and his arrogancie, and his pride, and the hautinesse of his heart.


display: Jeremiah 48:30

text: I knowe his wrath, sayeth the LORD, but it shall not be so, his lyes shall not so effect it.


display: Jeremiah 48:31

text: Therefore will I howle for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, mine heart shall mourne for the men of Kir-heres.


display: Jeremiah 48:32

text: O vine of Sibmah, I wil weepe for thee, with the weeping of Iazer; thy plants are gone ouer the sea, they reach euen to the sea of Iazer, the spoiler is fallen vpon thy summer fruits, and vpon thy vintage.


display: Jeremiah 48:33

text: And ioy and gladnesse is taken from the plentifull field, and from the land of Moab, and I haue caused wine to faile from the winepresses, none shall tread with shouting, their showting shall be no showting.


display: Jeremiah 48:34

text: From the cry of Heshbon euen vnto Elealeh, and euen vnto Iahaz haue they vttered their voyce, from Zoar euen vnto Horonaim as an heifer of three yeeres old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.


display: Jeremiah 48:35

text: Moreouer, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his Gods.


display: Jeremiah 48:36

text: Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that hee hath gotten is perished.


display: Jeremiah 48:37

text: For euery head shall be bald, and euery beard clipt: vpon all the hands shall be cuttings, and vpon the loines sackcloth.


display: Jeremiah 48:38

text: There shall be lamentation generally vpon all the house toppes of Moab, and in the streetes thereof: for I haue broken Moab like a vessell, wherin is no pleasure, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 48:39

text: They shall howle, saying; How is it broken downe? how hath Moab turned the backe with shame? so shall Moab be a derision, and a dismaying to all them about him.


display: Jeremiah 48:40

text: For thus saith the LORD, Behold, hee shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings ouer Maob.


display: Jeremiah 48:41

text: Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, & the mighty mens hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.


display: Jeremiah 48:42

text: And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himselfe against the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 48:43

text: Feare, and the pit, and the snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 48:44

text: Hee that fleeth from the feare shall fall into the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 48:45

text: They that fled, stood vnder the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middest of Sihon, and shall deuoure the corner of Moab, and the crowne of the head of the tumultuous ones.


display: Jeremiah 48:46

text: Woe be vnto thee, O Moab, the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sonnes are taken captiues, and thy daughters captiues.


display: Jeremiah 48:47

text: ¶ Yet will I bring againe the captiuitie of Moab in the later dayes, saith the LORD. Thus farre is the iudgement of Moab.


display: Jeremiah 49:1

text: Concerning the Ammonites, thus sayth the Lord; hath Israel no sonnes? Hath he no heire? Why then doth their king inherit God, and his people dwell in his cities?


display: Jeremiah 49:2

text: Therfore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarme of warre to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate heape, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israel be heire vnto them that were his heires, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 49:3

text: Howle, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry yee daughters of Rabbah, gird yee with sackcloth: lament and runne to and fro by the hedges: for their king shall goe into captiuitie: and his priests and his princes together.


display: Jeremiah 49:4

text: Wherfore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? That trusted in her treasures, saying; Who shall come vnto mee?


display: Jeremiah 49:5

text: Behold, I will bring a feare vpon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hostes, from all those that be about thee, and yee shall be driuen out euery man right forth, and none shal gather vp him that wandereth.


display: Jeremiah 49:6

text: And afterward I will bring againe the captiuitie of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 49:7

text: ¶ Concerning Edom thus saith the LORD of hosts, Is wisedome no more in Teman? is counsell perished from the prudent? is their wisedom vanished?


display: Jeremiah 49:8

text: Flee ye, turne backe, dwell deepe, O inhabitants of Dedan: for I will bring the calamitie of Esau vpon him, the time that I will visite him.


display: Jeremiah 49:9

text: If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leaue some gleaning grapes? If theeues by night, they will destroy till they haue enough.


display: Jeremiah 49:10

text: But I haue made Esau bare, I haue vncouered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himselfe: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren and his neighbours, and he is not.


display: Jeremiah 49:11

text: Leaue thy fatherlesse children, I will preserue them aliue: and let thy widowes trust in me.


display: Jeremiah 49:12

text: For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose iudgement was not to drinke of the cup, haue assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall altogether go vnpunished? thou shalt not go vnpunished, but thou shalt surely drinke of it.


display: Jeremiah 49:13

text: For I haue sworne by my selfe, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproch, a waste, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall wastes.


display: Jeremiah 49:14

text: I haue heard a rumor from the LORD, & an ambassadour is sent vnto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together & come against her, & rise vp to the battell.


display: Jeremiah 49:15

text: For lo, I wil make thee smal among the heathen, and despised among men.


display: Jeremiah 49:16

text: Thy terriblenesse hath deceiued thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rocke, that holdest the height of the hill: thogh thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee downe from thence, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 49:17

text: Also Edom shalbe a desolation: euery one þ goeth by it shalbe astonished, and shall hisse at all the plagues thereof,


display: Jeremiah 49:18

text: As in the ouerthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD: no man shall abide there, neither shall a sonne of man dwell in it.


display: Jeremiah 49:19

text: Behold, he shal come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iordane against the habitation of the strong: but I wil suddenly make him runne away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoynt ouer her? For who is like mee? And who will appoint me the time? Who is that shepheard that will stand before mee?


display: Jeremiah 49:20

text: Therfore heare the counsell of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom, & his purposes that hee hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flocke shall draw them out: surely hee shall make their habitations desolate with them.


display: Jeremiah 49:21

text: The earth is moued at the noise of their fall: at the crie, the noise thereof was heard in the red Sea.


display: Jeremiah 49:22

text: Behold, he shall come vp and flie as the eagle, and spread his wings ouer Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mightie men of Edom, be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.


display: Jeremiah 49:23

text: ¶ Concerning Damascus, Hamath is confounded, & Arpad, for they haue heard euil tidings, they are faint hearted, there is sorrow on the sea, it can not be quiet.


display: Jeremiah 49:24

text: Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth her selfe to flee, and feare hath seised on her: anguish and sorrowes haue taken her as a woman in trauell.


display: Jeremiah 49:25

text: How is the citie of praise not left, the citie of my ioy?


display: Jeremiah 49:26

text: Therefore her yong men shal fall in her streets, and all the men of warre shall bee cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.


display: Jeremiah 49:27

text: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shal consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.


display: Jeremiah 49:28

text: ¶ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon shall smite, Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, goe vp to Kedar, and spoile the men of the East.


display: Jeremiah 49:29

text: Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shal take to themselues their curtaines and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shal crie vnto them, Feare is on euery side.


display: Jeremiah 49:30

text: ¶ Flee, get you farre off, dwell deepe, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD: for Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceiued a purpose against you.


display: Jeremiah 49:31

text: Arise, get you vp vnto the wealthy nation that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which haue neither gates nor barres, which dwell alone.


display: Jeremiah 49:32

text: And their camels shall be a bootie, and the multitude of their cattell a spoile, and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the vtmost corners, and I will bring their calamitie from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 49:33

text: And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for euer; there shall no man abide there, nor any sonne of man dwell in it.


display: Jeremiah 49:34

text: ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Ieremiah the Prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah king of Iudah, saying,


display: Jeremiah 49:35

text: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will breake the bow of Elam, the chiefe of their might.


display: Jeremiah 49:36

text: And vpon Elam will I bring the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them towards all those windes, and there shall be no nation, whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.


display: Jeremiah 49:37

text: For I will cause Elam to bee dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seeke their life: and I will bring euill vpon them, euen my fierce anger, saith the LORD, and I will send the sword after them, till I haue consumed them.


display: Jeremiah 49:38

text: And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 49:39

text: ¶ But it shall come to passe in the later daies, that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Elam, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 50:1

text: The word that the LORD spake against Babylon, and against the land of the Caldeans by Ieremiah the Prophet.


display: Jeremiah 50:2

text: Declare yee among the nations, and publish, and set vp a standart, publish and conceale not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces, her idols are confounded, her Images are broken in pieces.


display: Jeremiah 50:3

text: For out of the North there commeth vp a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remoue, they shall depart both man and beast.


display: Jeremiah 50:4

text: ¶ In those daies, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they, and the children of Iudah together, going and weeping: they shall goe, and seeke the LORD their God.


display: Jeremiah 50:5

text: They shall aske the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs ioyne our selues to the LORD, in a perpetuall Couenant that shall not be forgotten.


display: Jeremiah 50:6

text: My people hath bene lost sheepe: their shepheards haue caused them to goe astray, they haue turned them away on the mountaines: they haue gone from mountaine to hill, they haue forgotten their resting place.


display: Jeremiah 50:7

text: All that found them haue deuoured them, and their aduersaries said, We offend not, because they haue sinned against the LORD, the habitation of iustice, euen the LORD, the hope of their fathers.


display: Jeremiah 50:8

text: Remoue out of the midst of Babylon, and goe foorth out of the land of the Caldeans, and be as the hee goats before the flocks.


display: Jeremiah 50:9

text: ¶ For loe, I will raise and cause to come vp against Babylon, an assembly of great nations from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, from thence shee shalbe taken: their arrowes shalbe as of a mightie expert man: none shall returne in vaine.


display: Jeremiah 50:10

text: And Caldea shall bee a spoile: all that spoile her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 50:11

text: Because ye were glad, because yee reioyced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are growen fat, as the heifer at grasse, and bellow as bulles:


display: Jeremiah 50:12

text: Your mother shalbe sore confounded, she that bare you shalbe ashamed: beholde, the hindermost of the nations shalbe a wildernes, a dry land, & a desert.


display: Jeremiah 50:13

text: Because of the wrath of the LORD, it shall not be inhabited, but it shalbe wholly desolate: euery one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hisse at all her plagues.


display: Jeremiah 50:14

text: Put your selues in aray against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD,


display: Jeremiah 50:15

text: Shout against her round about: shee hath giuen her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are throwen downe: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance vpon her; as she hath done, doe vnto her.


display: Jeremiah 50:16

text: Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of haruest: for feare of the oppressing sword, they shall turne euery one to his people, and they shall flee euery one to his owne lande.


display: Jeremiah 50:17

text: ¶ Israel is a scattered sheepe, the lyons haue driuen him away: first the king of Assyria hath deuoured him, and last this Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.


display: Jeremiah 50:18

text: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hostes the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I haue punished the king of Assyria.


display: Jeremiah 50:19

text: And I will bring Israel againe to his habitation, and he shal feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soule shall be satisfied vpon mount Ephraim and Gilead.


display: Jeremiah 50:20

text: In those dayes, and in that time, sayth the LORD, the iniquitie of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sinnes of Iudah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserue.


display: Jeremiah 50:21

text: ¶ Goe vp against the land of Merathaim, euen against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and vtterly destroy after them, sayeth the LORD, and doe according to all that I haue commanded thee.


display: Jeremiah 50:22

text: A sound of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.


display: Jeremiah 50:23

text: How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken? how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations?


display: Jeremiah 50:24

text: I haue laide a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found and also caught, because thou hast striuen against the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 50:25

text: The LORD hath opened his armorie, and hath brought foorth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the worke of the Lord GOD of hosts, in the land of the Caldeans.


display: Jeremiah 50:26

text: Come against her from the vtmost border, open her store-houses: cast her vp as heapes, and destroy her vtterly: let nothing of her be left.


display: Jeremiah 50:27

text: Slay all her bullocks: let them goe downe to the slaughter: woe vnto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation.


display: Jeremiah 50:28

text: The voice of them that flee & escape out of the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his Temple.


display: Jeremiah 50:29

text: Call together the archers against Babylon: all yee that bend the bow, campe against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her worke; according to all that shee hath done vnto her: for shee hath bene proud against the LORD, against the Holy one of Israel.


display: Jeremiah 50:30

text: Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streets, & all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 50:31

text: Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, sayth the Lord GOD of hostes: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.


display: Jeremiah 50:32

text: And the most proude shall stumble and fall, and none shal raise him vp: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall deuoure all round about him.


display: Jeremiah 50:33

text: ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Iudah were oppressed together, and all that tooke them captiues, held them fast, they refused to let them goe.


display: Jeremiah 50:34

text: Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his Name, he shall throughly pleade their cause, that hee may giue rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 50:35

text: ¶ A sword is vpon the Caldeans, saith the LORD, and vpon the inhabitants of Babylon, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.


display: Jeremiah 50:36

text: A sword is vpon the lyers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her mighty men, and they shalbe dismayed.


display: Jeremiah 50:37

text: A sword is vpon their horses, and vpon their charets, and vpon all the mingled people that are in the middest of her, and they shall become as women: a sword is vpon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.


display: Jeremiah 50:38

text: A drought is vpon her waters, and they shalbe dried vp: for it is the land of grauen images, and they are madde vpon their idoles.


display: Jeremiah 50:39

text: Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beastes of the Ilands shall dwel there, and the owles shall dwell therein: & it shalbe no more inhabited for euer: neither shall it bee dwelt in frō generation to generation.


display: Jeremiah 50:40

text: As God ouerthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, sayth the LORD: so shall no man abide there, neither shal any sonne of man dwell therein.


display: Jeremiah 50:41

text: Behold, a people shall come from the North, and a great nation, and many kings shall bee raised vp from the coasts of the earth.


display: Jeremiah 50:42

text: They shall holde the bow and the lance: they are cruell and will not shewe mercy: their voice shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, euery one put in aray like a man to the battell, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 50:43

text: The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble; anguish tooke hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in trauell.


display: Jeremiah 50:44

text: Behold, he shall come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iordan, vnto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly runne away from her: and who is a chosen man that I may appoint ouer her? for who is like me, and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepheard that will stand before me?


display: Jeremiah 50:45

text: Therefore heare yee the counsell of the LORD that hee hath taken against Babylon, and his purposes that he hath purposed against the land of the Caldeans: surely the least of the flocke shall drawe them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.


display: Jeremiah 50:46

text: At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moued, and the cry is heard among the nations.


display: Jeremiah 51:1

text: Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise vp against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the middest of them that rise vp against me, a destroying wind;


display: Jeremiah 51:2

text: And will send vnto Babylon fanners, that shall fanne her, and shall emptie her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.


display: Jeremiah 51:3

text: Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himselfe vp in his brigandine; and spare yee not her young men, destroy yee vtterly all her hoste.


display: Jeremiah 51:4

text: Thus the slaine shall fall in the land of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.


display: Jeremiah 51:5

text: For Israel hath not beene forsaken, nor Iudah of his God, of the LORD of hostes; though their land was filled with sinne against the holy one of Israel.


display: Jeremiah 51:6

text: Flee out of the middest of Babylon, and deliuer euery man his soule: bee not cut off in her iniquitie: for this is the time of the LORDs vengeance: he will render vnto her a recompence.


display: Jeremiah 51:7

text: Babylon hath beene a golden cup in the LORDs hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations haue drunken of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.


display: Jeremiah 51:8

text: Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howle for her, take balme for her paine, if so be she may be healed.


display: Jeremiah 51:9

text: We would haue healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let vs goe euery one into his owne countrey: for her iudgement reacheth vnto heauen, and is lifted vp euen to the skies.


display: Jeremiah 51:10

text: The LORD hath brought forth our righteousnesse: come and let vs declare in Zion the worke of the LORD our God.


display: Jeremiah 51:11

text: Make bright the arrowes: gather the shields: the LORD hath raised vp the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his deuice is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.


display: Jeremiah 51:12

text: Set vp the standart vpon the walles of Babylon, make the watch strong: set vp the watchman: prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both deuised and done that, which hee spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 51:13

text: O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures; thine end is come, and the measure of thy couetousnesse.


display: Jeremiah 51:14

text: The LORD of hostes hath sworne by himselfe, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift vp a shoute against thee.


display: Jeremiah 51:15

text: Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his vnderstanding.


display: Jeremiah 51:16

text: When he vttereth his voyce, there is a multitude of waters in the heauens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth, he maketh lightnings with raine, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.


display: Jeremiah 51:17

text: Euery man is brutish by his knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his moulten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.


display: Jeremiah 51:18

text: They are vanitie, the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.


display: Jeremiah 51:19

text: The portion of Iacob is not like them, for he is the former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hostes is his Name.


display: Jeremiah 51:20

text: Thou art my battel-axe and weapons of warre: for with thee will I breake in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdomes;


display: Jeremiah 51:21

text: And with thee will I breake in pieces the horse and his rider, and with thee will I breake in pieces the charet, and his rider;


display: Jeremiah 51:22

text: With thee also will I breake in pieces man and woman, and with thee will I breake in pieces old and yong, and with thee will I breake in pieces the yong man and the maide.


display: Jeremiah 51:23

text: I will also breake in pieces with thee, the shepheard and his flocke, and with thee will I breake in pieces the husbandman, and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I breake in pieces Captaines and rulers.


display: Jeremiah 51:24

text: And I will render vnto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Caldea, all their euil that they haue done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 51:25

text: Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountaine, saith the LORD, which destroiest all the earth, and I wil stretch out mine hand vpon thee, and roule thee downe from the rockes, and will make thee a burnt mountaine.


display: Jeremiah 51:26

text: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be desolate for euer, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 51:27

text: Set ye vp a standart in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kingdomes of Ararat, Minni, & Ashchenaz: appoint a captaine against her: cause her horses to come vp as the rough caterpillers.


display: Jeremiah 51:28

text: Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captaines thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.


display: Jeremiah 51:29

text: And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for euery purpose of the LORD shalbe performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.


display: Jeremiah 51:30

text: The mightie men of Babylon haue forborne to fight: they haue remained in their holdes: their might hath failed, they became as women: they haue burnt their dwelling places: her barres are broken.


display: Jeremiah 51:31

text: One poste shall runne to meet another, and one messenger to meete another, to shew the king of Babylon that his citie is taken at one end,


display: Jeremiah 51:32

text: And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes they haue burnt with fire, and the men of warre are afrighted.


display: Jeremiah 51:33

text: For thus saith the LORD of hostes, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floore; it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her haruest shall come.


display: Jeremiah 51:34

text: Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath deuoured me, he hath crushed me; he hath made me an emptie vessell: hee hath swallowed mee vp like a dragon; he hath filled his bellie with my delicates, he hath cast me out.


display: Jeremiah 51:35

text: The violence done to me and to my flesh, be vpon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood vpon the inhabitants of Caldea, shall Ierusalem say.


display: Jeremiah 51:36

text: Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I wil plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp her sea, and make her springs drie.


display: Jeremiah 51:37

text: And Babylon shal become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing without an inhabitant.


display: Jeremiah 51:38

text: They shall roare together like lions; they shall yell as lions whelps.


display: Jeremiah 51:39

text: In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 51:40

text: I will bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, like rammes with hee goates.


display: Jeremiah 51:41

text: How is Sheshach taken? and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised? how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?


display: Jeremiah 51:42

text: The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.


display: Jeremiah 51:43

text: Her cities are a desolation, a dry land and a wildernes, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doeth any sonne of man passe thereby.


display: Jeremiah 51:44

text: And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed vp, and the nations shall not flow together any more vnto him, yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.


display: Jeremiah 51:45

text: My people, goe ye out of the midst of her, and deliuer ye euery man his soule frō the fierce anger of the LORD,


display: Jeremiah 51:46

text: And lest your heart faint, and ye feare for the rumour that shall be heard in the land: a rumour shall both come one yeere, and after that in another yeere shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.


display: Jeremiah 51:47

text: Therefore behold, the dayes come, that I will doe iudgment vpon the grauen images of Babylon, and her whole land shall bee confounded, and all her slaine shall fall in the midst of her.


display: Jeremiah 51:48

text: Then the heauen and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come vnto her from the North, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 51:49

text: As Babylon hath caused the slaine of Israel to fall: so at Babylon shall fall the slaine of all the earth.


display: Jeremiah 51:50

text: Ye that haue escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afarre off: and let Ierusalem come into your mind.


display: Jeremiah 51:51

text: We are confounded, because wee haue heard reproch, shame hath couered our faces: for strangers are come into the Sanctuaries of the LORDs house.


display: Jeremiah 51:52

text: Wherfore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will do iudgment vpon her grauen images, and through all her land the wounded shall grone.


display: Jeremiah 51:53

text: Though Babylon should mount vp to heauen, and though shee should fortifie the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come vnto her, saith the LORD.


display: Jeremiah 51:54

text: A sound of a crie commeth from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans.


display: Jeremiah 51:55

text: Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voyce when her waues doe roare like great waters, a noise of their voice is vttered.


display: Jeremiah 51:56

text: Because the spoiler is come vpon her, euen vpon Babylon, and her mightie men are taken, euery one of their bowes is broken, for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite.


display: Jeremiah 51:57

text: And I will make drunke her princes and her wise men, her captaines and her rulers, and her mightie men: and they shall sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, saith the king, whose Name is the LORD of hosts.


display: Jeremiah 51:58

text: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The broad walles of Babylon shalbe vtterly broken, and her high gates shal be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, and the folke in the fire, and they shall be weary.


display: Jeremiah 51:59

text: ¶ The word which Ieremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Iudah into Babylon, in the fourth yeere of his reigne, and this Seraiah was a quiet prince.


display: Jeremiah 51:60

text: So Ieremiah wrote in a booke all the euill that should come vpon Babylon: euen all these wordes that are written against Babylon.


display: Jeremiah 51:61

text: And Ieremiah said to Seraiah, When thou commest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,


display: Jeremiah 51:62

text: Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remaine in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shalbe desolate for euer.


display: Jeremiah 51:63

text: And it shall bee when thou hast made an end of reading this booke, that thou shalt binde a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates.