## Chapter 1

1

Jeremiah's Call and Commission

The words 1697 of Jeremiah 3414 the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, of the priests 3548 who 834 were in Anathoth 6068 in the land 776 of Benjamin 1144,
2 to whom 834 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 in the days 3117 of Josiah 2977 the son 1121 of Amon 526, king 4428 of Judah 3063, in the thirteenth year 8141 of his reign 4427.
3 It came 1961 also in the days 3117 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, until 5704 the end 8552 of the eleventh year 8141 of Zedekiah 6667 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, until 5704 the exile 1540 of Jerusalem 3389 in the fifth 2549 month 2320.
4 ¶ Now the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me saying 559,
5 "Before 2962 I formed 3335 you in the womb 990 I knew 3045 you, And before 2962 you were born I consecrated 6942 you; I have appointed 5414 you a prophet 5030 to the nations 1471."
6 Then I said 559, "Alas 162, Lord 136 GOD 3068! Behold 2009, I do not know 3045 how to speak 1696, Because 3588 I am a youth 5288."
7 But the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Do not say 559, 'I am a youth 5288,' Because 3588 everywhere I send 7971 you, you shall go 1980, And all 3605 that I command 6680 you, you shall speak 1696.
8 "Do not be afraid 3372 of them, For I am with you to deliver 5337 you," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
9 Then the LORD 3068 stretched 7971 out His hand 3027 and touched 5060 my mouth 6310, and the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Behold 2009, I have put 5414 My words 1697 in your mouth 6310.
10 "See 7200, I have appointed 6485 you this 2088 day 3117 over 5921 the nations 1471 and over 5921 the kingdoms 4467, To pluck 5428 up and to break 5422 down 5422, To destroy 6 and to overthrow 2040, To build 1129 and to plant 5193."
11

The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

¶ The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me saying 559, "What 4100 do you see 7200, Jeremiah 3414?" And I said 559, "I see 7200 a rod 4731 of an almond 8247 tree 8247."
12 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "You have seen 7200 well 3190, for I am watching 8245 over 5921 My word 1697 to perform 6213 it."
13 ¶ The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me a second 8145 time 8145 saying 559, "What 4100 do you see 7200?" And I said 559, "I see 7200 a boiling 5301 pot 5518, facing 6440 away from the north 6828."
14 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Out of the north 6828 the evil 7463 will break 6605 forth 6605 on all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776.
15 "For, behold 2009, I am calling 7121 all 3605 the families 4940 of the kingdoms 4467 of the north 6828," declares 5002 the LORD 3068; "and they will come 935 and they will set 5414 each 376 one 376 his throne 3678 at the entrance 6607 of the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389, and against 5921 all 3605 its walls 2346 round 5439 about 5439 and against 5921 all 3605 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063.
16 "I will pronounce 1696 My judgments 4941 on them concerning 5921 all 3605 their wickedness 7463, whereby 834 they have forsaken 5800 Me and have offered 6999 sacrifices 6999 to other 312 gods 430, and worshiped 7812 the works 4639 of their own hands 3027.
17 "Now, gird 247 up your loins 4975 and arise 6965, and speak 1696 to them all 3605 which 834 I command 6680 you. Do not be dismayed 2865 before them, or 6435 I will dismay 2865 you before 6440 them.
18 "Now behold 2009, I have made 5414 you today 3117 as a fortified 4013 city 5892 and as a pillar 5982 of iron 1270 and as walls 2346 of bronze 5178 against 5921 the whole 3605 land 776, to the kings 4428 of Judah 3063, to its princes 8269, to its priests 3548 and to the people 5971 of the land 776.
19 "They will fight 3898 against 413 you, but they will not overcome 3201 you, for I am with you to deliver 5337 you," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 2

1

Judah's Apostasy

Now the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me saying 559,
2 "Go 1980 and proclaim 7121 in the ears 241 of Jerusalem 3389, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "I remember 2142 concerning you the devotion 2617 of your youth 5271, The love 160 of your betrothals 3623, Your following 1980 after 310 Me in the wilderness 4057, Through a land 776 not sown 2232.
3 "Israel 3478 was holy 6944 to the LORD 3068, The first 7225 of His harvest 8393. All 3605 who ate 398 of it became 816 guilty 816; Evil 7463 came 935 upon them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.'"
4 ¶ Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O house 1004 of Jacob 3290, and all 3605 the families 4940 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478.
5 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "What 4100 injustice 5766 did your fathers 1 find 4672 in Me, That they went 7368 far 7368 from Me And walked 1980 after 310 emptiness 1892 and became 1891 empty 1891?
6 "They did not say 559, 'Where 346 is the LORD 3068 Who brought 5927 us up out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, Who led 1980 us through the wilderness 4057, Through a land 776 of deserts 6160 and of pits 7745, Through a land 776 of drought 6723 and of deep 6757 darkness 6757, Through a land 776 that no 3808 one 376 crossed 5674 And where 8033 no 3808 man 120 dwelt 3427?'
7 "I brought 935 you into the fruitful 3759 land 776 To eat 398 its fruit 6529 and its good 2898 things 2898. But you came 935 and defiled 2930 My land 776, And My inheritance 5159 you made 7760 an abomination 8441.
8 "The priests 3548 did not say 559, 'Where 346 is the LORD 3068?' And those who handle 8610 the law 8451 did not know 3045 Me; The rulers 7462 also transgressed 6586 against Me, And the prophets 5030 prophesied 5012 by Baal 1168 And walked 1980 after 310 things that did not profit 3276.
9 ¶ "Therefore 3651 I will yet 5750 contend 7378 with you," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And with your sons' 1121 sons 1121 I will contend 7378.
10 "For cross 5674 to the coastlands 339 of Kittim 3794 and see 7200, And send 7971 to Kedar 6938 and observe 995 closely 3966 And see 7200 if 2005 there has been 1961 such {a thing} as this 384!
11 "Has a nation 1471 changed 4171 gods 430 When they were not gods 430? But My people 5971 have changed 4171 their glory 3519 For that which does not profit 3276.
12 "Be appalled 8074, O heavens 8064, at this 384, And shudder 8175, be very 3966 desolate 2717," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
13 "For My people 5971 have committed 6213 two 8147 evils 7451: They have forsaken 5800 Me, The fountain 4726 of living 2416 waters 4325, To hew 2672 for themselves cisterns 877, Broken 7665 cisterns 877 That can 3201 hold 3557 no 3808 water 4325.
14 ¶ "Is Israel 3478 a slave 5650? Or 518 is he a homeborn servant? Why 4069 has he become 1961 a prey 957?
15 "The young 3715 lions 3715 have roared 7580 at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made 7896 his land 776 a waste 8047; His cities 5892 have been destroyed 5327, without 1097 inhabitant 3427.
16 "Also 1571 the men 1121 of Memphis 5297 and Tahpanhes 8471 Have shaved 7462 the crown 6936 of your head 6936.
17 "Have you not done 6213 this 384 to yourself By your forsaking 5800 the LORD 3068 your God 430 When 6256 He led 1980 you in the way 1870?
18 "But now 6258 what 4100 are you doing on the road 1870 to Egypt 4714, To drink 8354 the waters 4325 of the Nile 7883? Or what 4100 are you doing on the road 1870 to Assyria 804, To drink 8354 the waters 4325 of the Euphrates 5104?
19 "Your own wickedness 7463 will correct 3256 you, And your apostasies 4878 will reprove 3198 you; Know 3045 therefore and see 7200 that it is evil 7451 and bitter 4751 For you to forsake 5800 the LORD 3068 your God 430, And the dread 6345 of Me is not in you," declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635.
20 ¶ "For long 5769 ago 5769 I broke 7665 your yoke 5923 {And} tore 5423 off 5423 your bonds 4147; But you said 559, 'I will not serve 5647!' For on every 3605 high 1364 hill 1389 And under 8478 every 3605 green 7488 tree 6086 You have lain 6808 down 6808 as a harlot 2181.
21 "Yet I planted 5193 you a choice 8321 vine 8321, A completely 3605 faithful 571 seed 2233. How 349 then have you turned 2015 yourself before Me Into the degenerate 5493 shoots of a foreign 5237 vine 1612?
22 "Although you wash 3526 yourself with lye 5427 And use 7235 much 7235 soap 1287, The stain 3799 of your iniquity 5771 is before 6440 Me," declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068.
23 "How 349 can you say 559, 'I am not defiled 2930, I have not gone 1980 after 310 the Baals 1168'? Look 7200 at your way 1870 in the valley 1516! Know 3045 what 4100 you have done 6213! You are a swift 7031 young 1072 camel 1072 entangling 8308 her ways 1870,
24 A wild 6501 donkey 6501 accustomed 3928 to the wilderness 4057, That sniffs 7602 the wind 7307 in her passion. In {the time of} her heat 8385 who 4310 can turn 7725 her away 7725? All 3605 who seek 1245 her will not become 3286 weary 3286; In her month 2320 they will find 4672 her.
25 "Keep 4513 your feet 7272 from being unshod 3182 And your throat 1627 from thirst 6773; But you said 559, 'It is hopeless 2976! No 3808! For I have loved 157 strangers 2114, And after 310 them I will walk 1980.'
26 ¶ "As the thief 1590 is shamed 954 when 3588 he is discovered 4672, So 3651 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 is shamed 954; They, their kings 4428, their princes 8269 And their priests 3548 and their prophets 5030,
27 Who say 559 to a tree 6086, 'You are my father 1,' And to a stone 68, 'You gave 3205 me birth 3205.' For they have turned 6437 {their} back 6203 to Me, And not {their} face 6440; But in the time 6256 of their trouble 7463 they will say 559, 'Arise 6965 and save 3467 us.'
28 "But where 346 are your gods 430 Which 834 you made 6213 for yourself? Let them arise 6965, if 518 they can save 3467 you In the time 6256 of your trouble 7463; For {according to} the number 4557 of your cities 5892 Are your gods 430, O Judah 3063.
29 ¶ "Why 4100 do you contend 7378 with Me? You have all 3605 transgressed 6586 against Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
30 "In vain 7723 I have struck 5221 your sons 1121; They accepted 3947 no 3808 chastening 4148. Your sword 2719 has devoured 398 your prophets 5030 Like a destroying 7843 lion 743.
31 "O generation 1755, heed 7200 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068. Have I been 1961 a wilderness 4057 to Israel 3478, Or 518 a land 776 of thick 3991 darkness 3991? Why 4069 do My people 5971 say 559, 'We {are free to} roam 7300; We will no 3808 longer 5750 come 935 to You'?
32 "Can a virgin 1330 forget 7911 her ornaments 5716, Or a bride 3618 her attire 7196? Yet My people 5971 have forgotten 7911 Me Days 3117 without 369 number 4557.
33 "How 4100 well 3190 you prepare 3190 your way 1870 To seek 1245 love 160! Therefore 3651 even 1571 the wicked 7451 women 7451 You have taught 3925 your ways 1870.
34 "Also 1571 on your skirts 3671 is found 4672 The lifeblood of the innocent 5355 poor 34; You did not find 4672 them breaking 4290 in. But in spite 5921 of all 3605 these 428 things 428,
35 Yet you said 559, 'I am innocent 5352; Surely 389 His anger 639 is turned 7725 away 7725 from me.' Behold 2009, I will enter 8199 into judgment 8199 with you Because 5921 you say 559, 'I have not sinned 2398.'
36 "Why 4100 do you go 235 around so 3966 much 3966 Changing 8132 your way 1870? Also 1571, you will be put 954 to shame 954 by Egypt 4714 As you were put 954 to shame 954 by Assyria 804.
37 "From this 2088 {place} also 1571 you will go 3318 out With your hands 3027 on your head 7218; For the LORD 3068 has rejected 3988 those in whom 4009 you trust 4009, And you will not prosper 6743 with them."

## Chapter 3

1

The Polluted Land

{God} says 559, "If 2005 a husband 376 divorces 7971 his wife 802 And she goes 1980 from him And belongs 1961 to another 312 man 376, Will he still 5750 return 7725 to her? Will not that land 776 be completely 2610 polluted 2610? But you are a harlot 2181 {with} many 7227 lovers 7453; Yet you turn 7725 to Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
2 "Lift 5375 up your eyes 5869 to the bare 8205 heights 8205 and see 7200; Where 375 have you not been violated 7693? By the roads 1870 you have sat 3427 for them Like an Arab 6163 in the desert 4057, And you have polluted 2610 a land 776 With your harlotry 2183 and with your wickedness 7463.
3 "Therefore the showers 7241 have been withheld 4513, And there has been 1961 no 3808 spring 4456 rain 4456. Yet you had 1961 a harlot's forehead 4696; You refused 3985 to be ashamed 3637.
4 "Have you not just now 6258 called 7121 to Me, 'My Father 1, You are the friend 441 of my youth 5271?
5 'Will He be angry 5201 forever 5769? Will He be indignant 8104 to the end 5331?' Behold 2009, you have spoken 1696 And have done 6213 evil 7451 things 7451, And you have had 3201 your way 3201."
6

Faithless Israel

¶ Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me in the days 3117 of Josiah 2977 the king 4428, "Have you seen 7200 what 834 faithless 4878 Israel 3478 did 6213? She went 1980 up on every 3605 high 1364 hill 2022 and under 8478 every 3605 green 7488 tree 6086, and she was a harlot 2181 there 8033.
7 "I thought 559, 'After 310 she has done 6213 all 3605 these 428 things 428 she will return 7725 to Me'; but she did not return 7725, and her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 saw 7200 it.
8 "And I saw 7200 that for all 3605 the adulteries 5003 of faithless 4878 Israel 3478, I had sent 7971 her away 7971 and given 5414 her a writ 5612 of divorce 3748, yet her treacherous 898 sister 269 Judah 3063 did not fear 3372; but she went 1980 and was a harlot 2181 also 1571.
9 "Because 4480 of the lightness 7032 of her harlotry 2184, she polluted 2610 the land 776 and committed 5003 adultery 5003 with stones 68 and trees 6086.
10 "Yet 1571 in spite of all 3605 this 384 her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 did not return 7725 to Me with all 3605 her heart 3820, but rather in deception 8267," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
11

God Invites Repentance

¶ And the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Faithless 4878 Israel 3478 has proved 6663 herself 5315 more 4480 righteous 6663 than 4480 treacherous 898 Judah 3063.
12 "Go 1980 and proclaim 7121 these 428 words 1697 toward the north 6828 and say 559, 'Return 7725, faithless 4878 Israel 3478,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068; 'I will not look 5307 upon you in anger. For I am gracious 2623,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068; 'I will not be angry 5201 forever 5769.
13 'Only 389 acknowledge 3045 your iniquity 5771, That you have transgressed 6586 against the LORD 3068 your God 430 And have scattered 6340 your favors 1870 to the strangers 2114 under 8478 every 3605 green 7488 tree 6086, And you have not obeyed 8085 My voice 6963,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
14 'Return 7725, O faithless 7726 sons 1121,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068; 'For I am a master 1166 to you, And I will take 3947 you one 259 from a city 5892 and two 8147 from a family 4940, And I will bring 935 you to Zion 6726.'
15 ¶ "Then I will give 5414 you shepherds 7462 after My own heart 3820, who will feed 7462 you on knowledge 1844 and understanding 7919.
16 "It shall be in those 1992 days 3117 when 3588 you are multiplied 7235 and increased 6509 in the land 776," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "they will no 3808 longer 5750 say 559, 'The ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068.' And it will not come 5927 to mind 3820, nor 3808 will they remember 2142 it, nor 3808 will they miss 6485 {it,} nor 3808 will it be made 6213 again 5750.
17 "At that time 6256 they will call 7121 Jerusalem 3389 'The Throne 3678 of the LORD 3068,' and all 3605 the nations 1471 will be gathered 6960 to it, to Jerusalem 3389, for the name 8034 of the LORD 3068; nor 3808 will they walk 1980 anymore 5750 after 310 the stubbornness 8307 of their evil 7451 heart 3820.
18 "In those 1992 days 3117 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 will walk 1980 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478, and they will come 935 together 3164 from the land 776 of the north 6828 to the land 776 that I gave 5157 your fathers 1 as an inheritance 5157.
19 ¶ "Then I said 559, 'How 349 I would set 7896 you among My sons 1121 And give 5414 you a pleasant 2532 land 776, The most 6635 beautiful 6643 inheritance 5159 of the nations 1471!' And I said 559, 'You shall call 7121 Me, My Father 1, And not turn 7725 away 7725 from following 310 Me.'
20 "Surely 403, as a woman 802 treacherously 898 departs from her lover 7453, So 3651 you have dealt 898 treacherously 898 with Me, O house 1004 of Israel 3478," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
21 ¶ A voice 6963 is heard 8085 on the bare 8205 heights 8205, The weeping 1065 {and} the supplications 8469 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478; Because 3588 they have perverted 5753 their way 1870, They have forgotten 7911 the LORD 3068 their God 430.
22 "Return 7725, O faithless 7726 sons 1121, I will heal 7495 your faithlessness 4878." "Behold 2009, we come 857 to You; For You are the LORD 3068 our God 430.
23 "Surely 403, the hills 1389 are a deception 8267, A tumult 1995 {on} the mountains 2022. Surely 403 in the LORD 3068 our God 430 Is the salvation 8668 of Israel 3478.
24 ¶ "But the shameful 1322 thing 1322 has consumed 398 the labor 3018 of our fathers 1 since 4480 our youth 5271, their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241, their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323.
25 "Let us lie 7901 down 7901 in our shame 1322, and let our humiliation 3639 cover 3680 us; for we have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 our God 430, we and our fathers 1, from our youth 5271 even to this 2088 day 3117. And we have not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 our God 430."

## Chapter 4

1

Judah Threatened with Invasion

"If 518 you will return 7725, O Israel 3478," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "{Then} you should return 7725 to Me. And if 518 you will put 5493 away 5493 your detested 8251 things 8251 from My presence 6440, And will not waver 5110,
2 And you will swear 7650, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416,' In truth 571, in justice 4941 and in righteousness 6666; Then the nations 1471 will bless 1288 themselves in Him, And in Him they will glory 1984."
3 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 to the men 376 of Judah 3063 and to Jerusalem 3389, "Break 5214 up your fallow 5215 ground 5215, And do not sow 2232 among 413 thorns 6975.
4 "Circumcise 4135 yourselves to the LORD 3068 And remove 5493 the foreskins 6190 of your heart 3824, Men 376 of Judah 3063 and inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389, Or 6435 else 6435 My wrath 2534 will go 3318 forth 3318 like fire 784 And burn 1197 with none 369 to quench 3518 it, Because of the evil 7455 of your deeds 4611."
5 ¶ Declare 5046 in Judah 3063 and proclaim 8085 in Jerusalem 3389, and say 559, "Blow 8628 the trumpet 7782 in the land 776; Cry 7121 aloud 4390 and say 559, 'Assemble 622 yourselves, and let us go 935 Into the fortified 4013 cities 5892.'
6 "Lift 5375 up a standard 5251 toward Zion 6726! Seek 5756 refuge 5756, do not stand 5975 {still,} For I am bringing 935 evil 7463 from the north 6828, And great 1419 destruction 7667.
7 "A lion 743 has gone 5927 up from his thicket 5441, And a destroyer 7843 of nations 1471 has set 5265 out; He has gone 3318 out from his place 4725 To make 7760 your land 776 a waste 8047. Your cities 5892 will be ruins 5327 Without 369 inhabitant 3427.
8 "For this 384, put 2296 on sackcloth 8242, Lament 5594 and wail 3213; For the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068 Has not turned 7725 back 7725 from us."
9 "It shall come 1961 about in that day 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "that the heart 3820 of the king 4428 and the heart 3820 of the princes 8269 will fail 6; and the priests 3548 will be appalled 8074 and the prophets 5030 will be astounded 8539."
10 ¶ Then I said 559, "Ah 162, Lord 136 GOD 3068! Surely 403 You have utterly 5378 deceived 5378 this 2088 people 5971 and Jerusalem 3389, saying 559, 'You will have 1961 peace 7965'; whereas a sword 2719 touches 5060 the throat 5315."
11 ¶ In that time 6256 it will be said 559 to this 2088 people 5971 and to Jerusalem 3389, "A scorching 6703 wind 7307 from the bare 8205 heights 8205 in the wilderness 4057 in the direction 1870 of the daughter 1323 of My people 5971--not to winnow 2219 and not to cleanse 1305,
12 a wind 7307 too 4480 strong 4392 for this 428--will come 935 at My command; now 6258 I will also 1571 pronounce 1696 judgments 4941 against them.
13 "Behold 2009, he goes 5927 up like clouds 6051, And his chariots 4818 like the whirlwind 5492; His horses 5483 are swifter 7043 than 4480 eagles 5404. Woe 188 to us, for we are ruined 7703!"
14 ¶ Wash 3526 your heart 3820 from evil 7463, O Jerusalem 3389, That you may be saved 3467. How 4970 long will your wicked 205 thoughts 4284 Lodge 3885 within 7130 you?
15 For a voice 6963 declares 5046 from Dan 1835, And proclaims 8085 wickedness 205 from Mount 2022 Ephraim 669.
16 "Report 2142 {it} to the nations 1471, now 2009! Proclaim 8085 over 5921 Jerusalem 3389, 'Besiegers 5341 come 935 from a far 4801 country 776, And lift 5414 their voices 6963 against 5921 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063.
17 'Like watchmen 8104 of a field 7706 they are against 5921 her round 5439 about 5439, Because 3588 she has rebelled 4784 against Me,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
18 "Your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611 Have brought 6213 these 428 things 428 to you. This 384 is your evil 7463. How 3588 bitter 4751! How 3588 it has touched 5060 your heart 3820!"
19

Lament over Judah's Devastation

¶ My soul 4578, my soul 4578! I am in anguish 2342! Oh 7023, my heart 3820! My heart 3820 is pounding 1993 in me; I cannot 3808 be silent 2790, Because 3588 you have heard 8085, O my soul 5315, The sound 6963 of the trumpet 7782, The alarm 8643 of war 4421.
20 Disaster 7667 on disaster 7667 is proclaimed 7121, For the whole 3605 land 776 is devastated 7703; Suddenly 6597 my tents 168 are devastated 7703, My curtains 3407 in an instant 7281.
21 How 4970 long must I see 7200 the standard 5251 And hear 8085 the sound 6963 of the trumpet 7782?
22 "For My people 5971 are foolish 191, They know 3045 Me not; They are stupid 5530 children 1121 And have 995 no 3808 understanding 995. They are shrewd 2450 to do 7489 evil 7489, But to do 3190 good 3190 they do not know 3045."
23 ¶ I looked 7200 on the earth 776, and behold 2009, {it was} formless 8414 and void 922; And to the heavens 8064, and they had 369 no 369 light 216.
24 I looked 7200 on the mountains 2022, and behold 2009, they were quaking 7493, And all 3605 the hills 1389 moved 7043 to and fro 7043.
25 I looked 7200, and behold 2009, there 369 was no 369 man 120, And all 3605 the birds 5775 of the heavens 8064 had fled 5074.
26 I looked 7200, and behold 2009, the fruitful 3759 land 3759 was a wilderness 4057, And all 3605 its cities 5892 were pulled 5422 down 5422 Before the LORD 3068, before His fierce 2740 anger 639.
27 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "The whole 3605 land 776 shall be a desolation 8077, Yet I will not execute 6213 a complete 3617 destruction 3617.
28 "For this 384 the earth 776 shall mourn 56 And the heavens 8064 above be dark 6937, Because I have spoken 1696, I have purposed 2161, And I will not change 5162 My mind 5162, nor 3808 will I turn 7725 from it."
29 At the sound 6963 of the horseman 6571 and bowman every 3605 city 5892 flees 1272; They go 935 into the thickets 5645 and climb 5927 among the rocks 3710; Every 3605 city 5892 is forsaken 5800, And no 369 man 376 dwells 3427 in them.
30 And you, O desolate 7703 one, what 4100 will you do 6213? Although 3588 you dress 3847 in scarlet 8144, Although 3588 you decorate 5710 {yourself with} ornaments 5716 of gold 2091, Although 3588 you enlarge 7167 your eyes 5869 with paint 6320, In vain 7723 you make 3302 yourself beautiful 3302. {Your} lovers 5689 despise 3988 you; They seek 1245 your life 5315.
31 For I heard 8085 a cry 6963 as of a woman in labor 2342, The anguish 6869 as of one giving 1069 birth 1069 to her first 1069 child 1069, The cry 6963 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 gasping 3306 for breath 3306, Stretching 6566 out her hands 3709, {saying,} "Ah 4994, woe 188 is me, for I faint 5888 before murderers 2026."

## Chapter 5

1

Jerusalem's Godlessness

"Roam 7751 to and fro 7751 through the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389, And look 7200 now 4994 and take 3045 note 3045. And seek 1245 in her open 7339 squares 7339, If 518 you can find 4672 a man 376, If 518 there 3426 is one who does 6213 justice 4941, who seeks 1245 truth 530, Then I will pardon 5545 her.
2 "And although 518 they say 559, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416,' Surely 3651 they swear 7650 falsely 8267."
3 O LORD 3068, do not Your eyes 5869 {look} for truth 530? You have smitten 5221 them, {But} they did not weaken 2470; You have consumed 3615 them, But they refused 3985 to take 3947 correction 4148. They have made 2388 their faces 6440 harder 2388 than 4480 rock 5553; They have refused 3985 to repent 7725.
4 ¶ Then I said 559, "They are only 389 the poor 1800, They are foolish 2973; For they do not know 3045 the way 1870 of the LORD 3068 {Or} the ordinance 4941 of their God 430.
5 "I will go 1980 to the great 1419 And will speak 1696 to them, For they know 3045 the way 1870 of the LORD 3068 {And} the ordinance 4941 of their God 430." But they too, with one 3162 accord 3162, have broken 7665 the yoke 5923 {And} burst 5423 the bonds 4147.
6 Therefore a lion 743 from the forest 3293 will slay 5221 them, A wolf 2061 of the deserts 6160 will destroy 7703 them, A leopard 5246 is watching 8245 their cities 5892. Everyone 3605 who goes 3318 out of them will be torn 2963 in pieces 2963, Because 3588 their transgressions 6588 are many 7231, Their apostasies 4878 are numerous 6105.
7 ¶ "Why 335 should I pardon 5545 you? Your sons 1121 have forsaken 5800 Me And sworn 7650 by those who are not gods 430. When I had fed 7646 them to the full 7646, They committed 5003 adultery 5003 And trooped 1413 to the harlot's 2181 house 1004.
8 "They were well-fed 2109 lusty 7904 horses 5483, Each 376 one 376 neighing 6670 after 413 his neighbor's 7453 wife 802.
9 "Shall I not punish 6485 these 428 {people,}" declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And on a nation 1471 such 834 as this 2088 Shall I not avenge 5358 Myself 5315?
10 ¶ "Go 5927 up through her vine 7795 rows 7795 and destroy 7843, But do not execute 6213 a complete 3617 destruction 3617; Strip 5493 away 5493 her branches 5189, For they are not the LORD'S 3068.
11 "For the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and the house 1004 of Judah 3063 Have dealt 898 very 898 treacherously 898 with Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
12 They have lied 3584 about the LORD 3068 And said 559, "Not He; Misfortune 7463 will not come 935 on us, And we will not see 7200 sword 2719 or famine 7458.
13 "The prophets 5030 are {as} wind 7307, And the word 1699 is not in them. Thus 3541 it will be done 6213 to them!"
14

Judgment Proclaimed

¶ Therefore 3651, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of hosts 6635, "Because 3282 you have spoken 1696 this 2088 word 1697, Behold 2009, I am making 5414 My words 1697 in your mouth 6310 fire 784 And this 2088 people 5971 wood 6086, and it will consume 398 them.
15 "Behold 2009, I am bringing 935 a nation 1471 against 5921 you from afar 4801, O house 1004 of Israel 3478," declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "It is an enduring 386 nation 1471, It is an ancient 5769 nation 1471, A nation 1471 whose language 3956 you do not know 3045, Nor 3808 can you understand 8085 what 4100 they say 1696.
16 "Their quiver 827 is like an open 6605 grave 6913, All 3605 of them are mighty 1368 men 1368.
17 "They will devour 398 your harvest 7105 and your food 3899; They will devour 398 your sons 1121 and your daughters 1323; They will devour 398 your flocks 6629 and your herds 1241; They will devour 398 your vines 1612 and your fig 8384 trees 8384; They will demolish 7567 with the sword 2719 your fortified 4013 cities 5892 in which 834 you trust 982.
18 ¶ "Yet even 1571 in those 1992 days 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "I will not make 6213 you a complete 3617 destruction 3617.
19 "It shall come 1961 about when 3588 they say 559, 'Why has the LORD 3068 our God 430 done 6213 all 3605 these 428 things 428 to us?' then you shall say 559 to them, 'As you have forsaken 5800 Me and served 5647 foreign 5236 gods 430 in your land 776, so 3651 you will serve 5647 strangers 2114 in a land 776 that is not yours.'
20 ¶ "Declare 5046 this 384 in the house 1004 of Jacob 3290 And proclaim 8085 it in Judah 3063, saying 559,
21 'Now 4994 hear 8085 this 384, O foolish 5530 and senseless people 5971, Who have eyes 5869 but do not see 7200; Who have ears 241 but do not hear 8085.
22 'Do you not fear 3372 Me?' declares 5002 the LORD 3068. 'Do you not tremble 2342 in My presence 6440? For I have placed 7760 the sand 2344 as a boundary 1366 for the sea 3220, An eternal 5769 decree 2706, so it cannot 3808 cross 5674 over 5674 it. Though the waves 1530 toss 1607, yet they cannot 3808 prevail 3201; Though they roar 1993, yet they cannot 3808 cross 5674 over 5674 it.
23 'But this 2088 people 5971 has 1961 a stubborn 5637 and rebellious 4784 heart 3820; They have turned 5493 aside 5493 and departed 1980.
24 'They do not say 559 in their heart 3824, "Let us now 4994 fear 3372 the LORD 3068 our God 430, Who gives 5414 rain 1653 in its season 6256, Both the autumn 3138 rain 3138 and the spring 4456 rain 4456, Who keeps 8104 for us The appointed 2708 weeks 7620 of the harvest 7105."
25 'Your iniquities 5771 have turned 5186 these 428 away 5186, And your sins 2403 have withheld 4513 good 2896 from you.
26 'For wicked 7563 men 7563 are found 4672 among My people 5971, They watch 7789 like fowlers 3353 lying 7918 in wait 7918; They set 7843 a trap 4889, They catch 3920 men 376.
27 'Like a cage 3619 full 4392 of birds 5775, So 3651 their houses 1004 are full 4392 of deceit 4820; Therefore they have become 1431 great 1431 and rich 6238.
28 'They are fat 8080, they are sleek 6245, They also 1571 excel 5674 in deeds 1697 of wickedness 7451; They do not plead 1777 the cause 1779, The cause 1779 of the orphan 3490, that they may prosper 6743; And they do not defend 8199 the rights 4941 of the poor 34.
29 'Shall I not punish 6485 these 428 {people?}' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'On a nation 1471 such 834 as this 2088 Shall I not avenge 5358 Myself 5315?'
30 ¶ "An appalling 8047 and horrible 8186 thing 8186 Has happened 1961 in the land 776:
31 The prophets 5030 prophesy 5012 falsely 8267, And the priests 3548 rule 7287 on their {own} authority 3027; And My people 5971 love 157 it so 3651! But what 4100 will you do 6213 at the end 319 of it?

## Chapter 6

1

Destruction of Jerusalem Impending

"Flee 5756 for safety 5756, O sons 1121 of Benjamin 1144, From the midst 7130 of Jerusalem 3389! Now blow 8628 a trumpet 7782 in Tekoa 8620 And raise 5375 a signal 4864 over 5921 Beth-haccerem 1021; For evil 7463 looks 8259 down 8259 from the north 6828, And a great 1419 destruction 7667.
2 "The comely 5000 and dainty 6026 one, the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726, I will cut 1820 off 1820.
3 "Shepherds 7462 and their flocks 5739 will come 935 to her, They will pitch 8628 {their} tents 168 around 5439 her, They will pasture 7462 each 376 in his place 3027.
4 "Prepare 6942 war 4421 against 5921 her; Arise 6965, and let us attack 5927 at noon 6672. Woe 188 to us, for the day 3117 declines 6437, For the shadows 6738 of the evening 6153 lengthen 5186!
5 "Arise 6965, and let us attack 5927 by night 3915 And destroy 7843 her palaces 759!"
6 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Cut 3772 down 3772 her trees 6097 And cast 8210 up a siege 8210 against 5921 Jerusalem 3389. This 1931 is the city 5892 to be punished 6485, In whose midst 7130 there is only 3605 oppression 6233.
7 "As a well 953 keeps 7174 its waters 4325 fresh 7174, So 3651 she keeps 7174 fresh 7174 her wickedness 7463. Violence 2555 and destruction 7701 are heard 8085 in her; Sickness 2483 and wounds 4347 are ever 8548 before Me.
8 "Be warned 3256, O Jerusalem 3389, Or 6435 I shall be alienated 3363 from you, And make 7760 you a desolation 8077, A land 776 not inhabited 3427."
9 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "They will thoroughly 5953 glean 5953 as the vine 1612 the remnant 7611 of Israel 3478; Pass 7725 your hand 3027 again 7725 like a grape gatherer 1219 Over 5921 the branches 5552."
10 To whom 4310 shall I speak 1696 and give 5749 warning 5749 That they may hear 8085? Behold 2009, their ears 241 are closed 6189 And they cannot listen 7181. Behold 2009, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 has become 1961 a reproach 2781 to them; They have 2654 no 3808 delight 2654 in it.
11 But I am full 4390 of the wrath 2534 of the LORD 3068; I am weary 3811 with holding 3557 {it} in. "Pour 8210 {it} out on the children 5768 in the street 2351 And on the gathering 5475 of young 970 men 970 together 3164; For both 1571 husband 376 and wife 802 shall be taken 3920, The aged 2205 and the very old.
12 "Their houses 1004 shall be turned 5437 over 5437 to others 312, Their fields 7704 and their wives 802 together 3164; For I will stretch 5186 out My hand 3027 Against 5921 the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
13 "For from the least 6996 of them even to the greatest 1419 of them, Everyone 3605 is greedy 1214 for gain 1215, And from the prophet 5030 even to the priest 3548 Everyone 3605 deals 6213 falsely 8267.
14 "They have healed 7495 the brokenness 7667 of My people 5971 superficially 7043, Saying 559, 'Peace 7965, peace 7965,' But there 369 is no 369 peace 7965.
15 "Were they ashamed 954 because 3588 of the abomination 8441 they have done 6213? They were not even 1571 ashamed 954 at all 954; They did not even 1571 know 3045 how to blush 3637. Therefore 3651 they shall fall 5307 among those who fall 5307; At the time 6256 that I punish 6485 them, They shall be cast 3782 down 3782," says 559 the LORD 3068.
16 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Stand 5975 by the ways 1870 and see 7200 and ask 7592 for the ancient 5769 paths 5410, Where 335 the good 2896 way 1870 is, and walk 1980 in it; And you will find 4672 rest 4771 for your souls 5315. But they said 559, 'We will not walk 1980 {in it.}'
17 "And I set 6965 watchmen 6822 over 5921 you, {saying,} 'Listen 7181 to the sound 6963 of the trumpet 7782!' But they said 559, 'We will not listen 7181.'
18 "Therefore 3651 hear 8085, O nations 1471, And know 3045, O congregation 5712, what 834 is among them.
19 "Hear 8085, O earth 776: behold 2009, I am bringing 935 disaster 7463 on this 2088 people 5971, The fruit 6529 of their plans 4284, Because they have not listened 7181 to My words 1697, And as for My law 8451, they have rejected 3988 it also.
20 "For what 4100 purpose 2088 does frankincense 3828 come 935 to Me from Sheba 7614 And the sweet 2896 cane 7070 from a distant 4801 land 776? Your burnt 5930 offerings 5930 are not acceptable 7522 And your sacrifices 2077 are not pleasing 6149 to Me."
21 Therefore 3651, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am laying 5414 stumbling 4383 blocks 4383 before 413 this 2088 people 5971. And they will stumble 3782 against them, Fathers 1 and sons 1121 together 3164; Neighbor 7934 and friend 7453 will perish 6."
22

The Enemy from the North

¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, a people 5971 is coming 935 from the north 6828 land 776, And a great 1419 nation 1471 will be aroused 5782 from the remote 3411 parts 3411 of the earth 776.
23 "They seize 2388 bow 7198 and spear 3591; They are cruel 394 and have 7355 no 3808 mercy 7355; Their voice 6963 roars 1993 like the sea 3220, And they ride 7392 on horses 5483, Arrayed 6186 as a man 376 for the battle 4421 Against 5921 you, O daughter 1323 of Zion 6726!"
24 We have heard 8085 the report 8089 of it; Our hands 3027 are limp 7503. Anguish 6869 has seized 2388 us, Pain 2427 as of a woman in childbirth 3205.
25 Do not go 3318 out into the field 7704 And do not walk 1980 on the road 1870, For the enemy 340 has a sword 2719, Terror 4032 is on every 5439 side 5439.
26 O daughter 1323 of my people 5971, put 2296 on sackcloth 8242 And roll 6428 in ashes 665; Mourn 60 as for an only 3173 son 3173, A lamentation 4553 most 8563 bitter 8563. For suddenly 6597 the destroyer 7703 Will come 935 upon us.
27 ¶ "I have made 5414 you an assayer 969 {and} a tester 4013 among My people 5971, That you may know 3045 and assay 974 their way 1870."
28 All 3605 of them are stubbornly 5637 rebellious 5637, Going 1980 about as a talebearer 7400. {They are} bronze 5178 and iron 1270; They, all 3605 of them, are corrupt 7843.
29 The bellows 4647 blow 2787 fiercely 2787, The lead 5777 is consumed 8552 by the fire 800; In vain 7723 the refining 6884 goes 6884 on, But the wicked 7451 are not separated 5423.
30 They call 7121 them rejected 3988 silver 3701, Because 3588 the LORD 3068 has rejected 3988 them.

## Chapter 7

1

Message at the Temple Gate

The word 1697 that came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 "Stand 5975 in the gate 8179 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 and proclaim 7121 there 8033 this 2088 word 1697 and say 559, 'Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, all 3605 you of Judah 3063, who enter 935 by these 428 gates 8179 to worship 7812 the LORD 3068!'"
3 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Amend 3190 your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611, and I will let you dwell 7931 in this 2088 place 4725.
4 "Do not trust 982 in deceptive 8267 words 1697, saying 559, 'This 1992 is the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068, the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068, the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068.'
5 "For if 518 you truly 3190 amend 3190 your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611, if 518 you truly 6213 practice 6213 justice 4941 between 996 a man 376 and his neighbor 7453,
6 {if} you do not oppress 6231 the alien 1616, the orphan 3490, or the widow 490, and do not shed 8210 innocent 5355 blood 1818 in this 2088 place 4725, nor 3808 walk 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 to your own ruin 7451,
7 then I will let you dwell 7931 in this 2088 place 4725, in the land 776 that I gave 5414 to your fathers 1 forever and ever 5769.
8 ¶ "Behold 2009, you are trusting 982 in deceptive 8267 words 1697 to no 1115 avail 3276.
9 "Will you steal 1589, murder 7523, and commit 5003 adultery 5003 and swear 7650 falsely 8267, and offer 6999 sacrifices 6999 to Baal 1168 and walk 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 that you have not known 3045,
10 then come 935 and stand 5975 before 6440 Me in this 2088 house 1004, which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, and say 559, 'We are delivered 5337!'--that you may do 6213 all 3605 these 428 abominations 8441?
11 "Has this 2088 house 1004, which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, become 1961 a den 4631 of robbers 6530 in your sight 5869? Behold 2009, I, even 1571 I, have seen 7200 {it,}" declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
12 ¶ "But go 1980 now 4994 to My place 4725 which 834 was in Shiloh 7887, where I made My name 8034 dwell 7931 at the first 7223, and see 7200 what 834 I did 6213 to it because of the wickedness 7463 of My people 5971 Israel 3478.
13 "And now 6258, because 3282 you have done 6213 all 3605 these 428 things 4639," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and I spoke 1696 to you, rising 7925 up early 7925 and speaking 1696, but you did not hear 8085, and I called 7121 you but you did not answer 6030,
14 therefore, I will do 6213 to the house 1004 which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, in which 834 you trust 982, and to the place 4725 which 834 I gave 5414 you and your fathers 1, as I did 6213 to Shiloh 7887.
15 "I will cast 7993 you out of My sight 6440, as I have cast 7993 out all 3605 your brothers 251, all 3605 the offspring 2233 of Ephraim 669.
16 ¶ "As for you, do not pray 6419 for this 2088 people 5971, and do not lift 5375 up cry 7440 or prayer 8605 for them, and do not intercede 6293 with Me; for I do not hear 8085 you.
17 "Do you not see 7200 what 4100 they are doing 6213 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389?
18 "The children 1121 gather 3950 wood 6086, and the fathers 1 kindle 1197 the fire 784, and the women 802 knead 3888 dough 1217 to make 6213 cakes 3561 for the queen 4446 of heaven 8064; and {they} pour 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to other 312 gods 430 in order 4616 to spite 3707 Me.
19 "Do they spite 3707 Me?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "Is it not themselves {they spite,} to their own 6440 shame?"
20 Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3068, "Behold 2009, My anger 639 and My wrath 2534 will be poured 5413 out on this 2088 place 4725, on man 120 and on beast 929 and on the trees 6086 of the field 7704 and on the fruit 6529 of the ground 127; and it will burn 1197 and not be quenched 3518."
21 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Add 3254 your burnt 5930 offerings 5930 to your sacrifices 2077 and eat 398 flesh 1320.
22 "For I did not speak 1696 to your fathers 1, or command 6680 them in the day 3117 that I brought 3318 them out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, concerning burnt 5930 offerings 5930 and sacrifices 2077.
23 "But this 2088 is what 1697 I commanded 6680 them, saying 559, 'Obey 8085 My voice 6963, and I will be your God 430, and you will be My people 5971; and you will walk 1980 in all 3605 the way 1870 which 834 I command 6680 you, that it may be well 3190 with you.'
24 "Yet they did not obey 8085 or incline 5186 their ear 241, but walked 1980 in {their own} counsels 4156 {and} in the stubbornness 8307 of their evil 7451 heart 3820, and went 1961 backward 268 and not forward 6440.
25 "Since 4480 the day 3117 that your fathers 1 came 3318 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 until 5704 this 2088 day 3117, I have sent 7971 you all 3605 My servants 5650 the prophets 5030, daily 3117 rising 7925 early 7925 and sending 7971 {them.}
26 "Yet they did not listen 8085 to Me or incline 5186 their ear 241, but stiffened 7185 their neck 6203; they did more 4480 evil 7489 than 4480 their fathers 1.
27 ¶ "You shall speak 1696 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 to them, but they will not listen 8085 to you; and you shall call 7121 to them, but they will not answer 6030 you.
28 "You shall say 559 to them, 'This 2088 is the nation 1471 that did not obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 their God 430 or accept 3947 correction 4148; truth 530 has perished 6 and has been cut 3772 off 3772 from their mouth 6310.
29 'Cut 1494 off 1494 your hair 5145 and cast 7993 {it} away 7993, And take 5375 up a lamentation 7015 on the bare 8205 heights 8205; For the LORD 3068 has rejected 3988 and forsaken 5203 The generation 1755 of His wrath 5678.'
30 "For the sons 1121 of Judah 3063 have done 6213 that which 7451 is evil 7451 in My sight 5869," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "they have set 7760 their detestable 8251 things 8251 in the house 1004 which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, to defile 2930 it.
31 "They have built 1129 the high 1116 places 1116 of Topheth 8612, which 834 is in the valley 1516 of the son 1121 of Hinnom 2011, to burn 8313 their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323 in the fire 784, which 834 I did not command 6680, and it did not come 5927 into My mind 3820.
32 ¶ "Therefore 3651, behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when it will no 3808 longer 5750 be called 559 Topheth 8612, or the valley 1516 of the son 1121 of Hinnom 2011, but the valley 1516 of the Slaughter 2028; for they will bury 6912 in Topheth 8612 because 4480 there 369 is no 369 {other} place 4725.
33 "The dead 5038 bodies 5038 of this 2088 people 5971 will be food 3978 for the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and for the beasts 929 of the earth 776; and no 369 one 369 will frighten 2729 {them away.}
34 "Then I will make to cease 7673 from the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and from the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389 the voice 6963 of joy 8342 and the voice 6963 of gladness 8057, the voice 6963 of the bridegroom 2860 and the voice 6963 of the bride 3618; for the land 776 will become 1961 a ruin 2723.

## Chapter 8

1

The Sin and Treachery of Judah

"At that time 6256," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "they will bring 3318 out the bones 6106 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 and the bones 6106 of its princes 8269, and the bones 6106 of the priests 3548 and the bones 6106 of the prophets 5030, and the bones 6106 of the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 from their graves 6913.
2 "They will spread 7849 them out to the sun 8121, the moon 3394 and to all 3605 the host 6635 of heaven 8064, which 834 they have loved 157 and which 834 they have served 5647, and which 834 they have gone 1980 after 310 and which 834 they have sought 1875, and which 834 they have worshiped 7812. They will not be gathered 622 or buried 6912; they will be as dung 1828 on the face 6440 of the ground 127.
3 "And death 4194 will be chosen 977 rather 4480 than 4480 life 2425 by all 3605 the remnant 7611 that remains 7604 of this 384 evil 7451 family 4940, that remains 7604 in all 3605 the places 4725 to which 834 I have driven 5080 them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
4 "You shall say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Do {men} fall 5307 and not get 6965 up again? Does one turn 7725 away 7725 and not repent 7725?
5 "Why 4069 then has this 2088 people 5971, Jerusalem 3389, Turned 7725 away 7725 in continual 5329 apostasy 4878? They hold 2388 fast 2388 to deceit 8649, They refuse 3985 to return 7725.
6 "I have listened 7181 and heard 8085, They have spoken 1696 what 3653 is not right 3653; No 369 man 376 repented 5162 of his wickedness 7463, Saying 559, 'What 4100 have I done 6213?' Everyone 3605 turned 7725 to his course 4794, Like a horse 5483 charging 7857 into the battle 4421.
7 "Even 1571 the stork 2624 in the sky 8064 Knows 3045 her seasons 4150; And the turtledove 8449 and the swift 5483 and the thrush 5693 Observe 8104 the time 6256 of their migration 935; But My people 5971 do not know 3045 The ordinance 4941 of the LORD 3068.
8 ¶ "How 351 can you say 559, 'We are wise 2450, And the law 8451 of the LORD 3068 is with us'? But behold 2009, the lying 8267 pen 5842 of the scribes 5613 Has made 6213 {it} into a lie 8267.
9 "The wise 2450 men 2450 are put 954 to shame 954, They are dismayed 2865 and caught 3920; Behold 2009, they have rejected 3988 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, And what 4100 kind of wisdom 2451 do they have?
10 "Therefore 3651 I will give 5414 their wives 802 to others 312, Their fields 7704 to new 3423 owners 3423; Because 3588 from the least 6996 even to the greatest 1419 Everyone 3605 is greedy 1214 for gain 1215; From the prophet 5030 even to the priest 3548 Everyone 3605 practices 6213 deceit 8267.
11 "They heal 7495 the brokenness 7667 of the daughter 1323 of My people 5971 superficially 7043, Saying 559, 'Peace 7965, peace 7965,' But there 369 is no 369 peace 7965.
12 "Were they ashamed 954 because 3588 of the abomination 8441 they had done 6213? They certainly 1571 were not ashamed 954, And they did not know 3045 how to blush 3637; Therefore 3651 they shall fall 5307 among those who fall 5307; At the time 6256 of their punishment 6486 they shall be brought 3782 down 3782," Says 559 the LORD 3068.
13 ¶ "I will surely 5486 snatch 5486 them away 5486," declares 5002 the LORD 3068; "There 369 will be no 369 grapes 6025 on the vine 1612 And no 369 figs 8384 on the fig 8384 tree 8384, And the leaf 5929 will wither 5034; And what I have given 5414 them will pass 5674 away 5674."'"
14 Why are we sitting 3427 still 3427? Assemble 622 yourselves, and let us go 935 into the fortified 4013 cities 5892 And let us perish 1826 there 8033, Because 3588 the LORD 3068 our God 430 has doomed 1826 us And given 8248 us poisoned 7219 water 4325 to drink 8248, For we have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068.
15 {We} waited 6960 for peace 7965, but no 369 good 2896 {came;} For a time 6256 of healing 4832, but behold 2009, terror 1205!
16 From Dan 1835 is heard 8085 the snorting 5170 of his horses 5483; At the sound 6963 of the neighing 4684 of his stallions 47 The whole 3605 land 776 quakes 7493; For they come 935 and devour 398 the land 776 and its fullness 4393, The city 5892 and its inhabitants 3427.
17 "For behold 2009, I am sending 7971 serpents 5175 against you, Adders 6848, for which 834 there 369 is no 369 charm 3908, And they will bite 5391 you," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
18 ¶ My sorrow 3015 is beyond healing 4010, My heart 3820 is faint 1742 {within me!}
19 Behold 2009, listen 6963! The cry 7775 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971 from a distant 4801 land 776: "Is the LORD 3068 not in Zion 6726? Is her King 4428 not within her?" "Why 4069 have they provoked 3707 Me with their graven 6456 images 6456, with foreign 5236 idols 1892?"
20 "Harvest 7105 is past 5674, summer 7019 is ended 3615, And we are not saved 3467."
21 For the brokenness 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971 I am broken 7665; I mourn 6937, dismay 8047 has taken 2388 hold 2388 of me.
22 Is there 369 no 369 balm 6875 in Gilead 1568? Is there 369 no 369 physician 7495 there 8033? Why 4069 then 3588 has not the health 724 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971 been restored 5927?

## Chapter 9

1

A Lament over Zion

Oh that my head 7218 were waters 4325 And my eyes 5869 a fountain 4726 of tears 1832, That I might weep 1058 day 3119 and night 3915 For the slain 2491 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971!
2 Oh 4310 that I had 5414 in the desert 4057 A wayfarers' 732 lodging 4411 place 4411; That I might leave 5800 my people 5971 And go 1980 from them! For all 3605 of them are adulterers 5003, An assembly 6116 of treacherous 898 men.
3 "They bend 1869 their tongue 3956 {like} their bow 7198; Lies 8267 and not truth 530 prevail 1396 in the land 776; For they proceed 3318 from evil 7463 to evil 7463, And they do not know 3045 Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
4 "Let everyone 376 be on guard 8104 against 4480 his neighbor 7453, And do not trust 982 any 3605 brother 251; Because 3588 every 3605 brother 251 deals 6117 craftily 6117, And every 3605 neighbor 7453 goes 1980 about as a slanderer 7400.
5 "Everyone 376 deceives 8524 his neighbor 7453 And does not speak 1696 the truth 571, They have taught 3925 their tongue 3956 to speak 1696 lies 8267; They weary 3811 themselves committing 5753 iniquity 5753.
6 "Your dwelling 3427 is in the midst 8432 of deceit 4820; Through deceit 4820 they refuse 3985 to know 3045 Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
7 ¶ Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Behold 2009, I will refine 6884 them and assay 974 them; For what 349 {else} can I do 6213, because of the daughter 1323 of My people 5971?
8 "Their tongue 3956 is a deadly 7819 arrow 2671; It speaks 1696 deceit 4820; With his mouth 6310 one speaks 1696 peace 7965 to his neighbor 7453, But inwardly 7130 he sets 7760 an ambush 696 for him.
9 "Shall I not punish 6485 them for these 428 things 428?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "On a nation 1471 such 834 as this 2088 Shall I not avenge 5358 Myself 5315?
10 ¶ "For the mountains 2022 I will take 5375 up a weeping 1065 and wailing 5092, And for the pastures 4999 of the wilderness 4057 a dirge 7015, Because 3588 they are laid 5327 waste 5327 so that no 1097 one 376 passes 5674 through 5674, And the lowing 6963 of the cattle 4735 is not heard 8085; Both 4480 the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the beasts 929 have fled 5074; they are gone 1980.
11 "I will make 5414 Jerusalem 3389 a heap 1530 of ruins, A haunt 4583 of jackals 8565; And I will make 5414 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 a desolation 8077, without 1097 inhabitant 3427."
12 ¶ Who 4310 is the wise 2450 man 376 that may understand 995 this 384? And {who is} he to whom 834 the mouth 6310 of the LORD 3068 has spoken 1696, that he may declare 5046 it? Why is the land 776 ruined 6, laid 5327 waste 5327 like a desert 4057, so that no 1097 one 1097 passes 5674 through 5674?
13 The LORD 3068 said 559, "Because 5921 they have forsaken 5800 My law 8451 which 834 I set 5414 before 6440 them, and have not obeyed 8085 My voice 6963 nor 3808 walked 1980 according to it,
14 but have walked 1980 after 310 the stubbornness 8307 of their heart 3820 and after 310 the Baals 1168, as their fathers 1 taught 3925 them,"
15 therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "behold 2009, I will feed 398 them, this 2088 people 5971, with wormwood 3939 and give 8248 them poisoned 7219 water 4325 to drink 8248.
16 "I will scatter 6327 them among the nations 1471, whom 834 neither 3808 they nor 3808 their fathers 1 have known 3045; and I will send 7971 the sword 2719 after 310 them until 5704 I have annihilated 3615 them."
17 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Consider 995 and call 7121 for the mourning 6969 women 6969, that they may come 935; And send 7971 for the wailing 2450 women 2450, that they may come 935!
18 "Let them make 4116 haste 4116 and take 5375 up a wailing 5092 for us, That our eyes 5869 may shed 3381 tears 1832 And our eyelids 6079 flow 5140 with water 4325.
19 "For a voice 6963 of wailing 5092 is heard 8085 from Zion 6726, 'How 349 are we ruined 7703! We are put 954 to great 3966 shame 954, For we have left 5800 the land 776, Because 3588 they have cast 7993 down 7993 our dwellings 4908.'"
20 Now 3588 hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O you women 802, And let your ear 241 receive 3947 the word 1697 of His mouth 6310; Teach 3925 your daughters 1323 wailing 5092, And everyone 802 her neighbor 7468 a dirge 7015.
21 For death 4194 has come 5927 up through our windows 2474; It has entered 935 our palaces 759 To cut 3772 off 3772 the children 5768 from the streets 2351, The young 970 men 970 from the town 7339 squares 7339.
22 Speak 1696, "Thus 3541 says 5002 the LORD 3068, 'The corpses 5038 of men 120 will fall 5307 like dung 1828 on the open 6440 field 7704, And like the sheaf 5995 after the reaper 7114, But no 369 one 369 will gather 622 {them.}'"
23 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Let not a wise 2450 man 2450 boast 1984 of his wisdom 2451, and let not the mighty 1368 man 1368 boast 1984 of his might 1369, let not a rich 6223 man 6223 boast 1984 of his riches 6239;
24 but let him who boasts 1984 boast 1984 of this 384, that he understands 7919 and knows 3045 Me, that I am the LORD 3068 who exercises 6213 lovingkindness 2617, justice 4941 and righteousness 6666 on earth 776; for I delight 2654 in these 428 things 428," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
25 ¶ "Behold 2009, the days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "that I will punish 6485 all 3605 who are circumcised 4135 and yet uncircumcised 6190--
26 Egypt 4714 and Judah 3063, and Edom 112 and the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983, and Moab 4124 and all 3605 those inhabiting 3427 the desert 4057 who clip 7112 the hair on their temples 6285; for all 3605 the nations 1471 are uncircumcised 6189, and all 3605 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 are uncircumcised 6189 of heart 3820."

## Chapter 10

1

A Satire on Idolatry

Hear 8085 the word 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 speaks 1696 to you, O house 1004 of Israel 3478.
2 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Do not learn 3925 the way 1870 of the nations 1471, And do not be terrified 2865 by the signs 226 of the heavens 8064 Although 3588 the nations 1471 are terrified 2865 by them;
3 For the customs 2708 of the peoples 5971 are delusion 1892; Because 3588 it is wood 6086 cut 3772 from the forest 3293, The work 4639 of the hands 3027 of a craftsman 2796 with a cutting 4621 tool 4621.
4 "They decorate 3302 {it} with silver 3701 and with gold 2091; They fasten 2388 it with nails 4548 and with hammers 4717 So that it will not totter 6328.
5 "Like a scarecrow 8560 in a cucumber 4750 field 4750 are they, And they cannot 3808 speak 1696; They must 5375 be carried 5375, Because 3588 they cannot 3808 walk 6805! Do not fear 3372 them, For they can do 7489 no 3808 harm 7489, Nor can they do 3190 any 1571 good 3190."
6 ¶ There 369 is none 369 like 3644 You, O LORD 3068; You are great 1419, and great 1419 is Your name 8034 in might 1369.
7 Who 4310 would not fear 3372 You, O King 4428 of the nations 1471? Indeed 3588 it is Your due 2969! For among all 3605 the wise 2450 men 2450 of the nations 1471 And in all 3605 their kingdoms 4438, There 369 is none 369 like 3644 You.
8 But they are altogether 259 stupid 1197 and foolish 3688 {In their} discipline 4148 of delusion 1892--their idol is wood 6086!
9 Beaten 7554 silver 3701 is brought 935 from Tarshish 8659, And gold 2091 from Uphaz 210, The work 4639 of a craftsman 2796 and of the hands 3027 of a goldsmith 6884; Violet 8504 and purple 713 are their clothing 3830; They are all 3605 the work 4639 of skilled 2450 men 2450.
10 But the LORD 3068 is the true 571 God 430; He is the living 2416 God 430 and the everlasting 5769 King 4428. At His wrath 7110 the earth 776 quakes 7493, And the nations 1471 cannot 3808 endure 3557 His indignation 2195.
11 ¶ Thus 1836 you shall say 560 to them, "The gods 426 that did not make 5648 the heavens 8065 and the earth 778 will perish 7 from the earth 778 and from under 8460 the heavens 8065."
12 ¶ {It is} He who made 6213 the earth 776 by His power 3581, Who established 3559 the world 8398 by His wisdom 2451; And by His understanding 8394 He has stretched 5186 out the heavens 8064.
13 When He utters 5414 His voice 6963, {there is} a tumult 1995 of waters 4325 in the heavens 8064, And He causes the clouds 5387 to ascend 5927 from the end 7097 of the earth 776; He makes 6213 lightning 1300 for the rain 4306, And brings 3318 out the wind 7307 from His storehouses 214.
14 Every 3605 man 120 is stupid 1197, devoid 4480 of knowledge 1847; Every 3605 goldsmith 6884 is put 954 to shame 954 by his idols 6459; For his molten 5262 images 5262 are deceitful 8267, And there is no 3808 breath 7307 in them.
15 They are worthless 1892, a work 4639 of mockery 8595; In the time 6256 of their punishment 6486 they will perish 6.
16 The portion 2506 of Jacob 3290 is not like these 428; For the Maker 3335 of all 3605 is He, And Israel 3478 is the tribe 7626 of His inheritance 5159; The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034.
17 ¶ Pick 622 up your bundle 3666 from the ground 776, You who dwell 3427 under siege 4692!
18 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am slinging 7049 out the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776 At this 384 time 6471, And will cause 6887 them distress 6887, That they may be found 4672."
19 ¶ Woe 188 is me, because 5921 of my injury 7667! My wound 4347 is incurable 2470. But I said 559, "Truly 389 this 2088 is a sickness 2483, And I must bear 5375 it."
20 My tent 168 is destroyed 7703, And all 3605 my ropes 4340 are broken 5423; My sons 1121 have gone 3318 from me and are no 369 more 369. There 369 is no 369 one 369 to stretch 5186 out my tent 168 again 5750 Or to set 6965 up my curtains 3407.
21 For the shepherds 7462 have become 1197 stupid 1197 And have not sought 1875 the LORD 3068; Therefore they have not prospered 7919, And all 3605 their flock 4830 is scattered 6327.
22 The sound 6963 of a report 8052! Behold 2009, it comes 935-- A great 1419 commotion 7494 out of the land 776 of the north 6828-- To make 7760 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 A desolation 8077, a haunt 4583 of jackals 8565.
23 ¶ I know 3045, O LORD 3068, that a man's 120 way 1870 is not in himself 376, Nor 3808 is it in a man 376 who walks 1980 to direct 3559 his steps 6806.
24 Correct 3256 me, O LORD 3068, but with justice 4941; Not with Your anger 639, or 6435 You will bring 4591 me to nothing 4591.
25 Pour 8210 out Your wrath 2534 on the nations 1471 that do not know 3045 You And on the families 4940 that do not call 7121 Your name 8034; For they have devoured 398 Jacob 3290; They have devoured 398 him and consumed 3615 him And have laid 8074 waste 8074 his habitation 5116.

## Chapter 11

1

The Broken Covenant

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 "Hear 8085 the words 1697 of this 384 covenant 1285, and speak 1696 to the men 376 of Judah 3063 and to the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389;
3 and say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Cursed 779 is the man 376 who 834 does not heed 8085 the words 1697 of this 384 covenant 1285
4 which 834 I commanded 6680 your forefathers 1 in the day 3117 that I brought 3318 them out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, from the iron 1270 furnace 3564, saying 559, 'Listen 8085 to My voice 6963, and do 6213 according to all 3605 which 834 I command 6680 you; so you shall be My people 5971, and I will be your God 430,'
5 in order 4616 to confirm 6965 the oath 7621 which 834 I swore 7650 to your forefathers 1, to give 5414 them a land 776 flowing 2100 with milk 2461 and honey 1706, as {it is} this 2088 day 3117."'" Then I said 559, "Amen 543, O LORD 3068."
6 ¶ And the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Proclaim 7121 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389, saying 559, 'Hear 8085 the words 1697 of this 384 covenant 1285 and do 6213 them.
7 'For I solemnly 5749 warned 5749 your fathers 1 in the day 3117 that I brought 5927 them up from the land 776 of Egypt 4714, even to this 2088 day 3117, warning 5749 persistently 7925, saying 559, "Listen 8085 to My voice 6963."
8 'Yet they did 6213 not obey 8085 or incline 5186 their ear 241, but walked 1980, each 376 one 376, in the stubbornness 8307 of his evil 7451 heart 3820; therefore I brought 935 on them all 3605 the words 1697 of this 384 covenant 1285, which 834 I commanded 6680 {them} to do 6213, but they did 6213 not.'"
9 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "A conspiracy 7195 has been found 4672 among the men 376 of Judah 3063 and among the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389.
10 "They have turned 7725 back 7725 to the iniquities 5771 of their ancestors 7223 who 834 refused 3985 to hear 8085 My words 1697, and they have gone 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 to serve 5647 them; the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and the house 1004 of Judah 3063 have broken 6565 My covenant 1285 which 834 I made 3772 with their fathers 1."
11 Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009 I am bringing 935 disaster 7463 on them which 834 they will not be able 3201 to escape 3318; though they will cry 2199 to Me, yet I will not listen 8085 to them.
12 "Then the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 will go 1980 and cry 2199 to the gods 430 to whom 834 they burn 6999 incense 6999, but they surely 3467 will not save 3467 them in the time 6256 of their disaster 7463.
13 "For your gods 430 are as many 4557 as your cities 5892, O Judah 3063; and as many 4557 as the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389 are the altars 4196 you have set 7760 up to the shameful 1322 thing 1322, altars 4196 to burn 6999 incense 6999 to Baal 1168.
14 ¶ "Therefore do not pray 6419 for this 384 people 5971, nor 408 lift 5375 up a cry 7440 or prayer 8605 for them; for I will not listen 8085 when 6256 they call 7121 to Me because 1157 of their disaster 7463.
15 "What 4100 right has My beloved 3039 in My house 1004 When 3588 she has done 6213 many 7227 vile 4209 deeds 4209? Can the sacrificial 6944 flesh 1320 take 5674 away 5674 from you your disaster 7463, So 227 {that} you can rejoice 5937?"
16 The LORD 3068 called 7121 your name 8034, "A green 7488 olive 2132 tree 2132, beautiful 3303 in fruit 6529 and form 8389"; With the noise 6963 of a great 1419 tumult 1999 He has kindled 3341 fire 784 on it, And its branches 1808 are worthless 7489.
17 The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, who planted 5193 you, has pronounced 1696 evil 7463 against 5921 you because 1558 of the evil 7463 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and of the house 1004 of Judah 3063, which 834 they have done 6213 to provoke 3707 Me by offering 6999 up sacrifices 6999 to Baal 1168.
18

Plots against Jeremiah

¶ Moreover, the LORD 3068 made 3045 it known 3045 to me and I knew 3045 it; Then 227 You showed 7200 me their deeds 4611.
19 But I was like a gentle 441 lamb 3532 led 2986 to the slaughter 2873; And I did not know 3045 that they had devised 2803 plots 4284 against 5921 me, {saying,} "Let us destroy 7843 the tree 6086 with its fruit 3899, And let us cut 3772 him off 3772 from the land 776 of the living 2416, That his name 8034 be remembered 2142 no 3808 more 5750."
20 But, O LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, who judges 8199 righteously 6664, Who tries 974 the feelings 3629 and the heart 3820, Let me see 7200 Your vengeance 5360 on them, For to You have I committed 1540 my cause 7379.
21 ¶ Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 the men 376 of Anathoth 6068, who seek 1245 your life 5315, saying 559, "Do not prophesy 5012 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, so 3808 that you will not die 4191 at our hand 3027";
22 therefore 3651, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Behold 2009, I am about to punish 6485 them! The young 970 men 970 will die 4191 by the sword 2719, their sons 1121 and daughters 1323 will die 4191 by famine 7458;
23 and a remnant 7611 will not be left 1961 to them, for I will bring 935 disaster 7463 on the men 376 of Anathoth 6068--the year 8141 of their punishment 6486."

## Chapter 12

1

Jeremiah's Prayer

Righteous 6662 are You, O LORD 3068, that I would plead 7378 {my} case 7378 with You; Indeed 389 I would discuss 1696 matters 4941 of justice 4941 with You: Why 4069 has the way 1870 of the wicked 7563 prospered 6743? {Why} are all 3605 those who deal 898 in treachery 899 at ease 7951?
2 You have planted 5193 them, they have also 1571 taken 8327 root 8327; They grow 1980, they have even 1571 produced 6213 fruit 6529. You are near 7138 to their lips 6310 But far 7350 from their mind 3629.
3 But You know 3045 me, O LORD 3068; You see 7200 me; And You examine 974 my heart's 3820 {attitude} toward 854 You. Drag 5423 them off 5423 like sheep 6629 for the slaughter 2878 And set 6942 them apart 6942 for a day 3117 of carnage 2028!
4 How 4970 long is the land 776 to mourn 56 And the vegetation 6212 of the countryside to wither 3001? For the wickedness 7463 of those who dwell 3427 in it, Animals 929 and birds 5775 have been snatched 5595 away 5595, Because 3588 {men} have said 559, "He will not see 7200 our latter 319 ending 319."
5 ¶ "If 3588 you have run 7323 with footmen 7273 and they have tired 3811 you out, Then how 349 can you compete 2734 with horses 5483? If you fall 982 down 982 in a land 776 of peace 7965, How 349 will you do 6213 in the thicket 1347 of the Jordan 3383?
6 "For even 1571 your brothers 251 and the household 1004 of your father 1, Even 1571 they have dealt 898 treacherously 898 with you, Even 1571 they have cried 7121 aloud 4392 after 310 you. Do not believe 539 them, although 3588 they may say 1696 nice 2899 things 2899 to you."
7

God's Answer

¶ "I have forsaken 5800 My house 1004, I have abandoned 5203 My inheritance 5159; I have given 5414 the beloved 3033 of My soul 5315 Into the hand 3709 of her enemies 340.
8 "My inheritance 5159 has become 1961 to Me Like a lion 743 in the forest 3293; She has roared against 5921 Me; Therefore I have come to hate 8130 her.
9 "Is My inheritance 5159 like a speckled 6641 bird 5861 of prey 5861 to Me? Are the birds 5861 of prey 5861 against 5921 her on every 5439 side 5439? Go 1980, gather 622 all 3605 the beasts 2421 of the field 7704, Bring 857 them to devour 398!
10 "Many 7227 shepherds 7462 have ruined 7843 My vineyard 3754, They have trampled 947 down 947 My field 2513; They have made 5414 My pleasant 2532 field 2513 A desolate 8077 wilderness 4057.
11 "It has been made 7760 a desolation 8077, Desolate 8076, it mourns 56 before 5921 Me; The whole 3605 land 776 has been made 8074 desolate 8074, Because 3588 no 369 man 376 lays 7760 it to heart 3820.
12 "On all 3605 the bare 8205 heights 8205 in the wilderness 4057 Destroyers 7703 have come 935, For a sword 2719 of the LORD 3068 is devouring 398 From one end 7097 of the land 776 even to the other; There 369 is no 369 peace 7965 for anyone.
13 "They have sown 2232 wheat 2406 and have reaped 7114 thorns 6975, They have strained 2470 themselves to no 3808 profit 3276. But be ashamed 954 of your harvest 8393 Because 4480 of the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068."
14 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 all 3605 My wicked 7451 neighbors 7934 who strike 5060 at the inheritance 5159 with which 834 I have endowed 5157 My people 5971 Israel 3478, "Behold 2009 I am about to uproot 5428 them from their land 127 and will uproot 5428 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 from among 8432 them.
15 "And it will come 1961 about that after 310 I have uprooted 5428 them, I will again 7725 have 7355 compassion 7355 on them; and I will bring 7725 them back 7725, each 376 one 376 to his inheritance 5159 and each 376 one 376 to his land 776.
16 "Then if 518 they will really 3925 learn 3925 the ways 1870 of My people 5971, to swear 7650 by My name 8034, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416,' even 3512 as they taught 3925 My people 5971 to swear 7650 by Baal 1168, they will be built 1129 up in the midst 8432 of My people 5971.
17 "But if 518 they will not listen 8085, then I will uproot 5428 that nation 1471, uproot 5428 and destroy 6 it," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 13

1

The Ruined Waistband

Thus 3541 the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Go 1980 and buy 7069 yourself a linen 6593 waistband 232 and put 7760 it around 5921 your waist 4975, but do not put 935 it in water 4325."
2 So I bought 7069 the waistband 232 in accordance with the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 and put 7760 it around 5921 my waist 4975.
3 Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me a second 8145 time 8145, saying 559,
4 "Take 3947 the waistband 232 that you have bought 7069, which 834 is around 5921 your waist 4975, and arise 6965, go 1980 to the Euphrates 6578 and hide 2934 it there 8033 in a crevice 5357 of the rock 5553."
5 So I went 1980 and hid 2934 it by the Euphrates 6578, as the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 me.
6 After 4480 many 7227 days 3117 the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Arise 6965, go 1980 to the Euphrates 6578 and take 3947 from there 8033 the waistband 232 which 834 I commanded 6680 you to hide 2934 there 8033."
7 Then I went 1980 to the Euphrates 6578 and dug 2658, and I took 3947 the waistband 232 from the place 4725 where I had hidden 2934 it; and lo 2009, the waistband 232 was ruined 7843, it was totally 3605 worthless.
8 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me, saying 559,
9 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Just 3602 so 3602 will I destroy 7843 the pride 1347 of Judah 3063 and the great 7227 pride 1347 of Jerusalem 3389.
10 'This 384 wicked 7451 people 5971, who 3987 refuse 3987 to listen 8085 to My words 1697, who walk 1980 in the stubbornness 8307 of their hearts 3820 and have gone 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 to serve 5647 them and to bow 7812 down 7812 to them, let them be just like this 384 waistband 232 which 834 is totally 3605 worthless.
11 'For as the waistband 232 clings 1692 to the waist 4975 of a man 376, so 3651 I made the whole 3605 household 1004 of Israel 3478 and the whole 3605 household 1004 of Judah 3063 cling 1692 to Me,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'that they might be for Me a people 5971, for renown 8034, for praise 8416 and for glory 8597; but they did not listen 8085.'
12

Captivity Threatened

¶ "Therefore you are to speak 559 this 384 word 1697 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Every 3605 jug 5035 is to be filled 4390 with wine 3196."' And when they say 559 to you, 'Do we not very 3045 well 3045 know 3045 that every 3605 jug 5035 is to be filled 4390 with wine 3196?'
13 then say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009 I am about to fill 4390 all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of this 384 land 776--the kings 4428 that sit 3427 for David 1732 on his throne 3678, the priests 3548, the prophets 5030 and all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389--with drunkenness 7943!
14 "I will dash 5310 them against 413 each 376 other 251, both the fathers 1 and the sons 1121 together 3164," declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "I will not show 2550 pity 2550 nor 3808 be sorry 2347 nor 3808 have 7355 compassion 7355 so as not to destroy 7843 them."'"
15 ¶ Listen 8085 and give 238 heed 238, do not be haughty 1361, For the LORD 3068 has spoken 1696.
16 Give 5414 glory 3519 to the LORD 3068 your God 430, Before 2962 He brings 2821 darkness 2821 And before 2962 your feet 7272 stumble 5062 On the dusky 5399 mountains 2022, And while you are hoping 6960 for light 216 He makes 7760 it into deep 6757 darkness 6757, {And} turns 7896 {it} into gloom 6205.
17 But if 518 you will not listen 8085 to it, My soul 5315 will sob 1058 in secret 4565 for {such} pride 1466; And my eyes 5869 will bitterly 1830 weep 1830 And flow 3381 down 3381 with tears 1832, Because 3588 the flock 5739 of the LORD 3068 has been taken 7617 captive 7617.
18 Say 559 to the king 4428 and the queen 1377 mother 1377, "Take 3427 a lowly 8213 seat 3427, For your beautiful 8597 crown 5850 Has come 3381 down 3381 from your head 4763."
19 The cities 5892 of the Negev 5045 have been locked 5462 up, And there 369 is no 369 one 369 to open 6605 {them;} All 3605 Judah 3063 has been carried 1540 into exile 1540, Wholly 7965 carried 1540 into exile 1540.
20 ¶ "Lift 5375 up your eyes 5869 and see 7200 Those coming 935 from the north 6828. Where 346 is the flock 5739 that was given 5414 you, Your beautiful 8597 sheep 6629?
21 "What 4100 will you say 559 when 3588 He appoints 6485 over 5921 you-- And you yourself 855 had taught 3925 them-- Former companions 441 to be head 7218 over 5921 you? Will not pangs 2256 take 270 hold 270 of you Like 3644 a woman 802 in childbirth 3205?
22 "If 3588 you say 559 in your heart 3824, 'Why 4069 have these 428 things 428 happened 7122 to me?' Because of the magnitude 7230 of your iniquity 5771 Your skirts 7757 have been removed 1540 And your heels 6119 have been exposed 2554.
23 "Can the Ethiopian 3569 change 2015 his skin 5785 Or the leopard 5246 his spots 2272? {Then} you also 1571 can 3201 do 3190 good 3190 Who are accustomed 3928 to doing 7489 evil 7489.
24 "Therefore I will scatter 6327 them like drifting 5674 straw 7179 To the desert 4057 wind 7307.
25 "This 2088 is your lot 1486, the portion 4521 measured 4055 to you From Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "Because 834 you have forgotten 7911 Me And trusted 982 in falsehood 8267.
26 "So I Myself 589 have also 1571 stripped 2834 your skirts 7757 off 2834 over 5921 your face 6440, That your shame 7036 may be seen 7200.
27 "As for your adulteries 5004 and your {lustful} neighings 4684, The lewdness 2154 of your prostitution 2184 On the hills 1389 in the field 7704, I have seen 7200 your abominations 8251. Woe 188 to you, O Jerusalem 3389! How 4970 long will you remain 2891 unclean?"

## Chapter 14

1

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

That which 834 came 1961 as the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Jeremiah 3414 in regard 1697 to the drought 1224:
2 "Judah 3063 mourns 56 And her gates 8179 languish 535; They sit 6937 on the ground 776 in mourning 6937, And the cry 6682 of Jerusalem 3389 has ascended 5927.
3 "Their nobles 117 have sent 7971 their servants 6810 for water 4325; They have come 935 to the cisterns 1356 and found 4672 no 3808 water 4325. They have returned 7725 with their vessels 3627 empty 7387; They have been 954 put 954 to shame 954 and humiliated 3637, And they cover 2645 their heads 7218.
4 "Because 5668 the ground 127 is cracked 2865, For there has been 1961 no 3808 rain 1653 on the land 776; The farmers 406 have been 954 put 954 to shame 954, They have covered 2645 their heads 7218.
5 "For even 1571 the doe 355 in the field 7704 has given 3205 birth 3205 only to abandon 5800 {her young,} Because 3588 there is no 3808 grass 1877.
6 "The wild 6501 donkeys 6501 stand 5975 on the bare 8205 heights 8205; They pant 7602 for air 7307 like jackals 8565, Their eyes 5869 fail 3615 For there 369 is no 369 vegetation 6212.
7 "Although 518 our iniquities 5771 testify 6030 against us, O LORD 3068, act 6213 for Your name's 8034 sake 4616! Truly 3588 our apostasies 4878 have been 7231 many 7231, We have sinned 2398 against You.
8 "O Hope 4723 of Israel 3478, Its Savior 3467 in time 6256 of distress 6869, Why 4100 are You like a stranger 1616 in the land 776 Or like a traveler 732 who has pitched 5186 his {tent} for the night 3885?
9 "Why 4100 are You like a man 376 dismayed 1724, Like a mighty 1368 man 1368 who cannot save 3467? Yet You are in our midst 7130, O LORD 3068, And we are called 7121 by Your name 8034; Do not forsake 5117 us!"
10 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 to this 2088 people 5971, "Even so 3651 they have loved 157 to wander 5128; they have not kept 2820 their feet 7272 in check 2820. Therefore the LORD 3068 does not accept 7521 them; now 6258 He will remember 2142 their iniquity 5771 and call 6485 their sins 2403 to account 6485."
11 So the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Do not pray 6419 for the welfare 2899 of this 2088 people 5971.
12 "When 3588 they fast 6684, I am not going to listen 8085 to their cry 7440; and when 3588 they offer 5927 burnt 5930 offering 5930 and grain offering 4503, I am not going to accept 7521 them. Rather 3588 I am going to make 3615 an end 3615 of them by the sword 2719, famine 7458 and pestilence 1698."
13

False Prophets

¶ But, "Ah 162, Lord 136 GOD 3068!" I said 559, "Look 2009, the prophets 5030 are telling 559 them, 'You will not see 7200 the sword 2719 nor 3808 will you have 1961 famine 7458, but I will give 5414 you lasting 571 peace 7965 in this 2088 place 4725.'"
14 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "The prophets 5030 are prophesying 5012 falsehood 8267 in My name 8034. I have neither 3808 sent 7971 them nor 3808 commanded 6680 them nor 3808 spoken 1696 to them; they are prophesying 5012 to you a false 8267 vision 2377, divination 7081, futility 457 and the deception 8649 of their own minds 3820.
15 "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 the prophets 5030 who are prophesying 5012 in My name 8034, although it was not I who sent 7971 them--yet they keep saying 559, 'There will be no 3808 sword 2719 or famine 7458 in this 384 land 776'--by sword 2719 and famine 7458 those 1992 prophets 5030 shall meet 8552 their end 8552!
16 "The people 5971 also to whom 834 they are prophesying 5012 will be thrown 7993 out into the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389 because of the famine 7458 and the sword 2719; and there 369 will be no 369 one 369 to bury 6912 them--{neither} them, {nor} their wives 802, nor 369 their sons 1121, nor 369 their daughters 1323--for I will pour 8210 out their {own} wickedness 7463 on them.
17 "You will say 559 this 2088 word 1697 to them, 'Let my eyes 5869 flow 3381 down 3381 with tears 1832 night 3915 and day 3119, And let them not cease 1820; For the virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of my people 5971 has been crushed 7665 with a mighty 1419 blow 4347, With a sorely 3966 infected 2470 wound 4347.
18 'If 518 I go 3318 out to the country 7704, Behold 2009, those slain 2491 with the sword 2719! Or if 518 I enter 935 the city 5892, Behold 2009, diseases 8463 of famine 7458! For both 1571 prophet 5030 and priest 3548 Have gone roving 5503 about 5503 in the land 776 that they do not know 3045.'"
19 ¶ Have You completely 3988 rejected 3988 Judah 3063? Or 518 have You loathed 1602 Zion 6726? Why 4069 have You stricken 5221 us so that we are beyond 369 healing 4832? {We} waited 6960 for peace 7965, but nothing 369 good 2896 {came;} And for a time 6256 of healing 4832, but behold 2009, terror 1205!
20 We know 3045 our wickedness 7562, O LORD 3068, The iniquity 5771 of our fathers 1, for we have sinned 2398 against You.
21 Do not despise 5006 {us,} for Your own name's 8034 sake 4616; Do not disgrace 5034 the throne 3678 of Your glory 3519; Remember 2142 {and} do not annul 6565 Your covenant 1285 with us.
22 Are there 3426 any 3426 among the idols 1892 of the nations 1471 who give 1652 rain 1652? Or 518 can the heavens 8064 grant 5414 showers 7241? Is it not You, O LORD 3068 our God 430? Therefore we hope 6960 in You, For You are the one who has done 6213 all 3605 these 428 things 428.

## Chapter 15

1

Judgment Must Come

Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Even though 518 Moses 4872 and Samuel 8050 were to stand 5975 before 6440 Me, My heart 5315 would not be with this 2088 people 5971; send 7971 them away 7971 from My presence 6440 and let them go 3318!
2 "And it shall be that when 3588 they say 559 to you, 'Where 575 should we go 3318?' then you are to tell 559 them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Those {destined} for death 4194, to death 4194; And those {destined} for the sword 2719, to the sword 2719; And those {destined} for famine 7458, to famine 7458; And those {destined} for captivity 7628, to captivity 7628."'
3 "I will appoint 6485 over 5921 them four 702 kinds 4940 {of doom,}" declares 5002 the LORD 3068: "the sword 2719 to slay 2026, the dogs 3611 to drag 5498 off, and the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the beasts 929 of the earth 776 to devour 398 and destroy 7843.
4 "I will make 5414 them an object 2113 of horror 2113 among all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776 because 1558 of Manasseh 4519, the son 1121 of Hezekiah 2396, the king 4428 of Judah 3063, for what 834 he did 6213 in Jerusalem 3389.
5 ¶ "Indeed 3588, who 4310 will have 2550 pity 2550 on you, O Jerusalem 3389, Or who 4310 will mourn 5110 for you, Or who 4310 will turn 5493 aside 5493 to ask 7592 about your welfare 7965?
6 "You who have forsaken 5203 Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "You keep going 1980 backward 268. So I will stretch 5186 out My hand 3027 against 5921 you and destroy 7843 you; I am tired 3811 of relenting 5162!
7 "I will winnow 2219 them with a winnowing 2219 fork 4214 At the gates 8179 of the land 776; I will bereave 7921 {them} of children 7921, I will destroy 6 My people 5971; They did not repent 7725 of their ways 1870.
8 "Their widows 490 will be more 4480 numerous 6105 before Me Than 4480 the sand 2344 of the seas 3220; I will bring 935 against them, against 5921 the mother 517 of a young 970 man 970, A destroyer 7703 at noonday 6672; I will suddenly 6597 bring 5307 down 5307 on her Anguish 5892 and dismay 928.
9 "She who bore 3205 seven 7651 {sons} pines 535 away 535; Her breathing 5301 is labored 5301. Her sun 8121 has set 935 while it was yet 5750 day 3119; She has been 954 shamed 954 and humiliated 2659. So I will give 5414 over their survivors 7611 to the sword 2719 Before 6440 their enemies 340," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
10 ¶ Woe 188 to me, my mother 517, that you have borne 3205 me {As} a man 376 of strife 7379 and a man 376 of contention 4066 to all 3605 the land 776! I have not lent 5383, nor 3808 have men lent 5383 money to me, {Yet} everyone 3605 curses 7043 me.
11 The LORD 3068 said 559, "Surely I will set 8281 you free 8281 for {purposes of} good 2896; Surely I will cause the enemy 340 to make 6293 supplication 6293 to you In a time 6256 of disaster 7463 and a time 6256 of distress 6869.
12 ¶ "Can anyone smash 7489 iron 1270, Iron 1270 from the north 6828, or bronze 5178?
13 "Your wealth 2428 and your treasures 214 I will give 5414 for booty 957 without 3808 cost 4242, Even for all 3605 your sins 2403 And within all 3605 your borders 1366.
14 "Then I will cause your enemies 340 to bring 5674 {it} Into a land 776 you do not know 3045; For a fire 784 has been 6919 kindled 6919 in My anger 639, It will burn 3344 upon you."
15

Jeremiah's Prayer and God's Answer

¶ You who know 3045, O LORD 3068, Remember 2142 me, take 6485 notice 6485 of me, And take 5358 vengeance 5358 for me on my persecutors 7291. Do not, in view of Your patience 750, take 3947 me away; Know 3045 that for Your sake 5921 I endure 5375 reproach 2781.
16 Your words 1697 were found 4672 and I ate 398 them, And Your words 1697 became 1961 for me a joy 8342 and the delight 8057 of my heart 3824; For I have been called 7121 by Your name 8034, O LORD 3068 God 430 of hosts 6635.
17 I did not sit 3427 in the circle 5475 of merrymakers 7832, Nor 3808 did I exult 5937. Because of Your hand 3027 {upon me} I sat 3427 alone 910, For You filled 4390 me with indignation 2195.
18 Why 4100 has my pain 3511 been 1961 perpetual 5331 And my wound 4347 incurable 605, refusing 3985 to be healed 7495? Will You indeed 1961 be to me like 3644 a deceptive 391 {stream} With water 4325 that is unreliable?
19 ¶ Therefore 3651, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "If 518 you return 7725, then I will restore 7725 you-- Before 6440 Me you will stand 5975; And if 518 you extract 3318 the precious 3368 from the worthless 2151, You will become 1961 My spokesman 6310. They for their part 1992 may turn 7725 to you, But as for you, you must not turn 7725 to them.
20 "Then I will make 5414 you to this 2088 people 5971 A fortified 1219 wall 2346 of bronze 5178; And though they fight 3898 against 413 you, They will not prevail 3201 over you; For I am with you to save 3467 you And deliver 5337 you," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
21 "So I will deliver 5337 you from the hand 3027 of the wicked 7451, And I will redeem 6299 you from the grasp 3709 of the violent 6184."

## Chapter 16

1

Distresses Foretold

The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 also came 1961 to me saying 559,
2 "You shall not take a wife 802 for yourself nor 3808 have 1961 sons 1121 or daughters 1323 in this 2088 place 4725."
3 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 the sons 1121 and daughters 1323 born 3209 in this 2088 place 4725, and concerning 5921 their mothers 517 who bear 3205 them, and their fathers 1 who beget 3205 them in this 384 land 776:
4 "They will die 4191 of deadly 4463 diseases 8463, they will not be lamented 5594 or buried 6912; they will be as dung 1828 on the surface 6440 of the ground 127 and come 3615 to an end 3615 by sword 2719 and famine 7458, and their carcasses 5038 will become 1961 food 3978 for the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and for the beasts 929 of the earth 776."
5 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Do not enter 935 a house 1004 of mourning 4798, or go 1980 to lament 5594 or to console 5110 them; for I have withdrawn 622 My peace 7965 from this 2088 people 5971," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "{My} lovingkindness 2617 and compassion 7356.
6 "Both great 1419 men 1419 and small 6996 will die 4191 in this 384 land 776; they will not be buried 6912, they will not be lamented 5594, nor 3808 will anyone gash 1413 himself or shave 7139 his head 7139 for them.
7 "Men will not break 6536 {bread} in mourning 60 for them, to comfort 5162 anyone for the dead 4191, nor 3808 give 8248 them a cup 3563 of consolation 8575 to drink 8248 for anyone's father 1 or mother 517.
8 "Moreover you shall not go 935 into a house 1004 of feasting 4960 to sit 3427 with them to eat 398 and drink 8354."
9 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478: "Behold 2009, I am going to eliminate 7673 from this 2088 place 4725, before your eyes 5869 and in your time 3117, the voice 6963 of rejoicing 8342 and the voice 6963 of gladness 8057, the voice 6963 of the groom 2860 and the voice 6963 of the bride 3618.
10 ¶ "Now when 3588 you tell 5046 this 2088 people 5971 all 3605 these 428 words 1697, they will say 559 to you, 'For what 4100 reason has the LORD 3068 declared 1696 all 3605 this 384 great 1419 calamity 7463 against 5921 us? And what 4100 is our iniquity 5771, or what 4100 is our sin 2403 which 834 we have committed 2398 against the LORD 3068 our God 430?'
11 "Then you are to say 559 to them, '{It is} because your forefathers 1 have forsaken 5800 Me,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'and have followed other 312 gods 430 and served 5647 them and bowed 7812 down 7812 to them; but Me they have forsaken 5800 and have not kept 8104 My law 8451.
12 'You too have done 6213 evil 7451, {even} more 4480 than 4480 your forefathers 1; for behold 2009, you are each 376 one 376 walking 1980 according 310 to the stubbornness 8307 of his own evil 7451 heart 3820, without 1115 listening 8085 to Me.
13 'So I will hurl 2904 you out of this 384 land 776 into the land 776 which 834 you have not known 3045, neither you nor 3808 your fathers 1; and there 8033 you will serve 5647 other 312 gods 430 day 3119 and night 3915, for I will grant 5414 you no 3808 favor 2594.'
14

God Will Restore Them

¶ "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when it will no 3808 longer 5750 be said 559, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who 834 brought 5927 up the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714,'
15 but, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who 834 brought 5927 up the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 from the land 776 of the north 6828 and from all 3605 the countries 776 where He had banished 5080 them.' For I will restore 7725 them to their own land 127 which 834 I gave 5414 to their fathers 1.
16 ¶ "Behold 2009, I am going to send 7971 for many 7227 fishermen 1728," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and they will fish 1770 for them; and afterwards I will send 7971 for many 7227 hunters 6719, and they will hunt 6679 them from every 3605 mountain 2022 and every 3605 hill 1389 and from the clefts 5357 of the rocks 5553.
17 "For My eyes 5869 are on all 3605 their ways 1870; they are not hidden 5641 from My face 6440, nor 3808 is their iniquity 5771 concealed 6845 from My eyes 5869.
18 "I will first 7223 doubly 4932 repay 7999 their iniquity 5771 and their sin 2403, because 5921 they have polluted 2490 My land 776; they have filled 4390 My inheritance 5159 with the carcasses 5038 of their detestable 8251 idols 8251 and with their abominations 8441."
19 ¶ O LORD 3068, my strength 5797 and my stronghold 4581, And my refuge 4498 in the day 3117 of distress 6869, To You the nations 1471 will come 935 From the ends 657 of the earth 776 and say 559, "Our fathers 1 have inherited 5157 nothing 389 but falsehood 8267, Futility 1892 and things 3276 of no 369 profit 3276."
20 Can man 120 make 6213 gods 430 for himself? Yet they are not gods 430!
21 ¶ "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, I am going to make them know 3045-- This 384 time 6471 I will make them know 3045 My power 3027 and My might 1369; And they shall know 3045 that My name 8034 is the LORD 3068."

## Chapter 17

1

The Deceitful Heart

The sin 2403 of Judah 3063 is written 3789 down 3789 with an iron 1270 stylus 5842; With a diamond 8068 point 6856 it is engraved 2790 upon the tablet 3871 of their heart 3820 And on the horns 7161 of their altars 4196,
2 As they remember 2142 their children 1121, So they {remember} their altars 4196 and their Asherim 842 By green 7488 trees 6086 on the high 1364 hills 1389.
3 O mountain 2022 of Mine in the countryside 7704, I will give 5414 over your wealth 2428 and all 3605 your treasures 214 for booty 957, Your high 1116 places 1116 for sin 2403 throughout 3605 your borders 1366.
4 And you will, even of yourself, let 8058 go 8058 of your inheritance 5159 That I gave 5414 you; And I will make you serve 5647 your enemies 340 In the land 776 which 834 you do not know 3045; For you have kindled 6919 a fire 784 in My anger 639 Which will burn 3344 forever.
5 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Cursed 779 is the man 1397 who 834 trusts 982 in mankind 120 And makes 7760 flesh 1320 his strength 2220, And whose heart 3820 turns 5493 away 5493 from the LORD 3068.
6 "For he will be like a bush 6176 in the desert 6160 And will not see 7200 when 3588 prosperity 2896 comes 935, But will live 7931 in stony 2788 wastes 2788 in the wilderness 4057, A land 776 of salt 4420 without 3808 inhabitant 3427.
7 "Blessed 1288 is the man 1397 who 834 trusts 982 in the LORD 3068 And whose trust 4009 is the LORD 3068.
8 "For he will be like a tree 6086 planted 8362 by the water 4325, That extends 7971 its roots 8328 by a stream 3105 And will not fear 3372 when 3588 the heat 2527 comes 935; But its leaves 5929 will be green 7488, And it will not be anxious 1672 in a year 8141 of drought 1226 Nor 3808 cease 4185 to yield 6213 fruit 6529.
9 ¶ "The heart 3820 is more 4480 deceitful 6121 than 4480 all 3605 else And is desperately 605 sick 605; Who 4310 can understand 3045 it?
10 "I, the LORD 3068, search 2713 the heart 3820, I test 974 the mind 3629, Even to give 5414 to each 376 man 376 according to his ways 1870, According to the results 6529 of his deeds 4611.
11 "As a partridge 7124 that hatches 1716 eggs 1716 which it has not laid 3205, {So} is he who makes 6213 a fortune 6239, but unjustly; In the midst 2677 of his days 3117 it will forsake 5800 him, And in the end 319 he will be a fool 5036."
12 ¶ A glorious 3519 throne 3678 on high 4791 from the beginning 7223 Is the place 4725 of our sanctuary 4720.
13 O LORD 3068, the hope 4723 of Israel 3478, All 3605 who forsake 5800 You will be put 954 to shame 954. Those who turn 5493 away 5493 on earth 776 will be written 3789 down 3789, Because 3588 they have forsaken 5800 the fountain 4726 of living 2416 water 4325, even the LORD 3068.
14 Heal 7495 me, O LORD 3068, and I will be healed 7495; Save 3467 me and I will be saved 3467, For You are my praise 8416.
15 Look 2009, they keep saying 559 to me, "Where 346 is the word 1697 of the LORD 3068? Let it come 935 now 4994!"
16 But as for me, I have not hurried 213 away from {being} a shepherd 7462 after 310 You, Nor 3808 have I longed 183 for the woeful 605 day 3117; You Yourself 859 know 3045 that the utterance 4161 of my lips 8193 Was in Your presence 6440.
17 Do not be a terror 4288 to me; You are my refuge 4268 in the day 3117 of disaster 7463.
18 Let those who persecute 7291 me be put 954 to shame 954, but as for me, let me not be put 954 to shame 954; Let them be dismayed 2865, but let me not be dismayed 2865. Bring 935 on them a day 3117 of disaster 7463, And crush 7665 them with twofold 4932 destruction 7670!
19

The Sabbath Must Be Kept

¶ Thus 3541 the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "Go 1980 and stand 5975 in the public gate 8179, through which 834 the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 come 935 in and go 3318 out, as well as in all 3605 the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389;
20 and say 559 to them, 'Listen 8085 to the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, kings 4428 of Judah 3063, and all 3605 Judah 3063 and all 3605 inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 who come 935 in through these 428 gates 8179:
21 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Take 8104 heed 8104 for yourselves 5315, and do not carry 5375 any load 4853 on the sabbath 7676 day 3117 or bring 935 anything in through the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389.
22 "You shall not bring 3318 a load 4853 out of your houses 1004 on the sabbath 7676 day 3117 nor 3808 do 6213 any 3605 work 4399, but keep 6942 the sabbath 7676 day 3117 holy 6942, as I commanded 6680 your forefathers 1.
23 "Yet they did not listen 8085 or incline 5186 their ears 241, but stiffened 7185 their necks 6203 in order not to listen 8085 or take 3947 correction 4148.
24 ¶ "But it will come 1961 about, if 518 you listen 8085 attentively 8085 to Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "to bring 935 no 1115 load 4853 in through the gates 8179 of this 384 city 5892 on the sabbath 7676 day 3117, but to keep 6942 the sabbath 7676 day 3117 holy 6942 by doing 6213 no work 4399 on it,
25 then there will come 935 in through the gates 8179 of this 384 city 5892 kings 4428 and princes 8269 sitting 3427 on the throne 3678 of David 1732, riding 7392 in chariots 7393 and on horses 5483, they and their princes 8269, the men 376 of Judah 3063 and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389, and this 384 city 5892 will be inhabited 3427 forever 5769.
26 "They will come 935 in from the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and from the environs 5439 of Jerusalem 3389, from the land 776 of Benjamin 1144, from the lowland 8219, from the hill 2022 country 2022 and from the Negev 5045, bringing 935 burnt 5930 offerings 5930, sacrifices 2077, grain offerings 4503 and incense 3828, and bringing 935 sacrifices 8426 of thanksgiving 8426 to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
27 "But if 518 you do not listen 8085 to Me to keep 6942 the sabbath 7676 day 3117 holy 6942 by not carrying 5375 a load 4853 and coming 935 in through the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389 on the sabbath 7676 day 3117, then I will kindle 3341 a fire 784 in its gates 8179 and it will devour 398 the palaces 759 of Jerusalem 3389 and not be quenched 3518."'"

## Chapter 18

1

The Potter and the Clay

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 saying 559,
2 "Arise 6965 and go 3381 down 3381 to the potter's 3335 house 1004, and there 8033 I will announce 8085 My words 1697 to you."
3 Then I went 3381 down 3381 to the potter's 3335 house 1004, and there 2009 he was, making 6213 something 4399 on the wheel 70.
4 But the vessel 3627 that he was making 6213 of clay 2563 was spoiled 7843 in the hand 3027 of the potter 3335; so he remade it into another 312 vessel 3627, as it pleased the potter 3335 to make 6213.
5 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me saying 559,
6 "Can 3201 I not, O house 1004 of Israel 3478, deal 6213 with you as this 2088 potter 3335 {does?}" declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "Behold 2009, like the clay 2563 in the potter's 3335 hand 3027, so 3651 are you in My hand 3027, O house 1004 of Israel 3478.
7 "At one moment 7281 I might speak 1696 concerning 5921 a nation 1471 or concerning 5921 a kingdom 4467 to uproot 5428, to pull 5422 down 5422, or to destroy 6 {it;}
8 if that nation 1471 against 5921 which 834 I have spoken 1696 turns 7725 from its evil 7463, I will relent 5162 concerning 5921 the calamity 7463 I planned 2803 to bring 6213 on it.
9 "Or at another moment 7281 I might speak 1696 concerning 5921 a nation 1471 or concerning 5921 a kingdom 4467 to build 1129 up or to plant 5193 {it;}
10 if it does 6213 evil 7451 in My sight 5869 by not obeying 8085 My voice 6963, then I will think 5162 better 5162 of the good 2899 with which 834 I had promised 559 to bless 3190 it.
11 "So now 6258 then, speak 559 to the men 376 of Judah 3063 and against 5921 the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am fashioning 3335 calamity 7463 against 5921 you and devising 2803 a plan 4284 against 5921 you. Oh 4994 turn 7725 back 7725, each 376 of you from his evil 7451 way 1870, and reform 3190 your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611."'
12 "But they will say 559, 'It's hopeless 2976! For we are going 1980 to follow our own plans 4284, and each 376 of us will act 6213 according to the stubbornness 8307 of his evil 7451 heart 3820.'
13 ¶ "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Ask 7592 now 4994 among the nations 1471, Who 4310 ever heard 8085 the like of this 428? The virgin 1330 of Israel 3478 Has done 6213 a most 3966 appalling 8186 thing 8186.
14 'Does the snow 7950 of Lebanon 3844 forsake 5800 the rock 6697 of the open country 7706? Or 518 is the cold 7119 flowing 5140 water 4325 {from} a foreign 2114 {land} ever snatched 5428 away 5428?
15 'For My people 5971 have forgotten 7911 Me, They burn 6999 incense 6999 to worthless 7723 gods And they have stumbled 3782 from their ways 1870, From the ancient 5769 paths 7635, To walk 1980 in bypaths 5410, Not on a highway,
16 To make 7760 their land 776 a desolation 8047, {An object of} perpetual 5769 hissing 8292; Everyone 3605 who passes 5674 by it will be astonished 8074 And shake 5110 his head 7218.
17 'Like an east 6921 wind 7307 I will scatter 6327 them Before 6440 the enemy 340; I will show 7200 them My back 6203 and not {My} face 6440 In the day 3117 of their calamity 343.'"
18 ¶ Then they said 559, "Come 1980 and let us devise 2803 plans 4284 against 5921 Jeremiah 3414. Surely 3588 the law 8451 is not going to be lost 6 to the priest 3548, nor 3808 counsel 6098 to the sage 2450, nor 3808 the {divine} word 1697 to the prophet 5030! Come 1980 on and let us strike 5221 at him with {our} tongue 3956, and let us give 7181 no 408 heed 7181 to any 3605 of his words 1697."
19 ¶ Do give 7181 heed 7181 to me, O LORD 3068, And listen 8085 to what 6963 my opponents 3401 are saying 6963!
20 Should good 2899 be repaid 7999 with evil 7463? For they have dug 3738 a pit 7745 for me. Remember 2142 how I stood 5975 before 6440 You To speak 1696 good 2899 on their behalf 5921, So as to turn 7725 away 7725 Your wrath 2534 from them.
21 Therefore 3651, give 5414 their children 1121 over to famine 7458 And deliver 5064 them up to the power 3027 of the sword 2719; And let their wives 802 become 1961 childless 7909 and widowed 490. Let their men 376 also be smitten 2026 to death 4194, Their young 970 men 970 struck 5221 down 5221 by the sword 2719 in battle 4421.
22 May an outcry 2201 be heard 8085 from their houses 1004, When 3588 You suddenly 6597 bring 935 raiders 1416 upon them; For they have dug 3738 a pit 7745 to capture 3920 me And hidden 2934 snares 6341 for my feet 7272.
23 Yet You, O LORD 3068, know 3045 All 3605 their deadly 4194 designs 6098 against 5921 me; Do not forgive 3722 their iniquity 5771 Or blot 4229 out their sin 2403 from Your sight 6440. But may they be overthrown 3782 before 6440 You; Deal 6213 with them in the time 6256 of Your anger 639!

## Chapter 19

1

The Broken Jar

Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Go 1980 and buy 7069 a potter's 3335 earthenware 2789 jar 1228, and {take} some 4480 of the elders 2205 of the people 5971 and some 4480 of the senior 2205 priests 3548.
2 "Then go 3318 out to the valley 1516 of Ben-hinnom, which 834 is by the entrance 6607 of the potsherd 2777 gate 8179, and proclaim 7121 there 8033 the words 1697 that I tell 1696 you,
3 and say 559, 'Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O kings 4428 of Judah 3063 and inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389: thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Behold 2009 I am about to bring 935 a calamity 7463 upon this 2088 place 4725, at which 834 the ears 241 of everyone 3605 that hears 8085 of it will tingle 6750.
4 "Because they have forsaken 5800 Me and have made 5235 this 2088 an alien 5235 place 4725 and have burned 6999 sacrifices 6999 in it to other 312 gods 430, that neither 3808 they nor 3808 their forefathers 1 nor 3808 the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 had {ever} known 3045, and {because} they have filled 4390 this 2088 place 4725 with the blood 1818 of the innocent 5355
5 and have built 1129 the high 1116 places 1116 of Baal 1168 to burn 8313 their sons 1121 in the fire 784 as burnt 5930 offerings 5930 to Baal 1168, a thing which 834 I never 3808 commanded 6680 or spoke 1696 of, nor 3808 did it {ever} enter 5927 My mind 3820;
6 therefore 3651, behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when this 2088 place 4725 will no 3808 longer 5750 be called 7121 Topheth 8612 or the valley 1516 of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley 1516 of Slaughter 2028.
7 "I will make 1238 void 1238 the counsel 6098 of Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389 in this 2088 place 4725, and I will cause them to fall 5307 by the sword 2719 before 6440 their enemies 340 and by the hand 3027 of those who seek 1245 their life 5315; and I will give 5414 over their carcasses 5038 as food 3978 for the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the beasts 929 of the earth 776.
8 "I will also make 7760 this 384 city 5892 a desolation 8047 and an {object of} hissing 8322; everyone 3605 who passes 5674 by it will be astonished 8074 and hiss 8319 because 5921 of all 3605 its disasters 4347.
9 "I will make them eat 398 the flesh 1320 of their sons 1121 and the flesh 1320 of their daughters 1323, and they will eat 398 one 376 another's 7453 flesh 1320 in the siege 4692 and in the distress 4689 with which 834 their enemies 340 and those who seek 1245 their life 5315 will distress 6693 them."'
10 ¶ "Then you are to break 7665 the jar 1228 in the sight 5869 of the men 376 who accompany you
11 and say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Just 3602 so 3602 will I break 7665 this 2088 people 5971 and this 384 city 5892, even 3512 as one breaks 7665 a potter's 3335 vessel 3627, which 834 cannot again 5750 be repaired 7495; and they will bury 6912 in Topheth 8612 because 4480 there 369 is no 369 {other} place 4725 for burial 6912.
12 "This 3651 is how 3651 I will treat 6213 this 2088 place 4725 and its inhabitants 3427," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "so as to make 5414 this 384 city 5892 like Topheth 8612.
13 "The houses 1004 of Jerusalem 3389 and the houses 1004 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 will be defiled 2931 like the place 4725 Topheth 8612, because of all 3605 the houses 1004 on whose 834 rooftops 1406 they burned 6999 sacrifices 6999 to all 3605 the heavenly 8064 host 6635 and poured 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to other 312 gods 430."'"
14 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 came 935 from Topheth 8612, where the LORD 3068 had sent 7971 him to prophesy 5012; and he stood 5975 in the court 2691 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 and said 559 to all 3605 the people 5971:
15 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Behold 2009, I am about to bring 935 on this 384 city 5892 and all 3605 its towns 5892 the entire 3605 calamity 7463 that I have declared 1696 against 5921 it, because 3588 they have stiffened 7185 their necks 6203 so as not to heed 8085 My words 1697.'"

## Chapter 20

1

Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

When Pashhur 6583 the priest 3548, the son 1121 of Immer 564, who 1931 was chief 5057 officer 6496 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, heard 8085 Jeremiah 3414 prophesying 5012 these 428 things 1697,
2 Pashhur 6583 had Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 beaten 5221 and put 5414 him in the stocks 4115 that were at the upper 5945 Benjamin 1144 Gate 8179, which 834 was by the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
3 On the next 4283 day 4283, when Pashhur 6583 released 3318 Jeremiah 3414 from the stocks 4115, Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to him, "Pashhur 6583 is not the name 8034 the LORD 3068 has called 7121 you, but rather Magor-missabib 4036.
4 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Behold 2009, I am going to make 5414 you a terror 4032 to yourself and to all 3605 your friends 157; and while your eyes 5869 look 7200 on, they will fall 5307 by the sword 2719 of their enemies 340. So I will give 5414 over all 3605 Judah 3063 to the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will carry 1540 them away 1540 as exiles 1540 to Babylon 894 and will slay 5221 them with the sword 2719.
5 'I will also give 5414 over all 3605 the wealth 2633 of this 384 city 5892, all 3605 its produce 3018 and all 3605 its costly 3366 things 3366; even all 3605 the treasures 214 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 I will give 5414 over to the hand 3027 of their enemies 340, and they will plunder 962 them, take 3947 them away and bring 935 them to Babylon 894.
6 'And you, Pashhur 6583, and all 3605 who live 3427 in your house 1004 will go 1980 into captivity 7628; and you will enter 935 Babylon 894, and there 8033 you will die 4191 and there 8033 you will be buried 6912, you and all 3605 your friends 157 to whom 834 you have falsely 8267 prophesied 5012.'"
7

Jeremiah's Complaint

¶ O LORD 3068, You have deceived 6601 me and I was deceived 6601; You have overcome 2388 me and prevailed 3201. I have become 1961 a laughingstock 7814 all 3605 day 3117 long; Everyone 3605 mocks 3932 me.
8 For each 1767 time 1767 I speak 1696, I cry 2199 aloud 2199; I proclaim 7121 violence 2555 and destruction 7701, Because 3588 for me the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 has resulted 1961 In reproach 2781 and derision 7047 all 3605 day 3117 long.
9 But if I say 559, "I will not remember 2142 Him Or speak 1696 anymore 5750 in His name 8034," Then in my heart 3820 it becomes 1961 like a burning 1197 fire 784 Shut 6113 up in my bones 6106; And I am weary 3811 of holding 3557 {it} in, And I cannot 3808 endure 3201 {it.}
10 For I have heard 8085 the whispering 1681 of many 7227, "Terror 4032 on every 5439 side 5439! Denounce 5046 {him;} yes, let us denounce 5046 him!" All 3605 my trusted 7965 friends, Watching 8104 for my fall 6761, say: "Perhaps 194 he will be deceived 6601, so that we may prevail 3201 against him And take 3947 our revenge 5360 on him."
11 But the LORD 3068 is with me like a dread 6184 champion 1368; Therefore my persecutors 7291 will stumble 3782 and not prevail 3201. They will be utterly 3966 ashamed 954, because 3588 they have failed, With an everlasting 5769 disgrace 3639 that will not be forgotten 7911.
12 Yet, O LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, You who test 974 the righteous 6662, Who see 7200 the mind 3629 and the heart 3820; Let me see 7200 Your vengeance 5360 on them; For to You I have set 1540 forth 1540 my cause 7379.
13 Sing 7891 to the LORD 3068, praise 1984 the LORD 3068! For He has delivered 5337 the soul 5315 of the needy 34 one 34 From the hand 3027 of evildoers 7489.
14 ¶ Cursed 779 be the day 3117 when 834 I was born 3205; Let the day 3117 not be blessed 1288 when 834 my mother 517 bore 3205 me!
15 Cursed 779 be the man 376 who 834 brought 1319 the news 1319 To my father 1, saying 559, "A baby 1121 boy 2145 has been born 3205 to you!" {And} made him very 8055 happy 8055.
16 But let that man 376 be like the cities 5892 Which 834 the LORD 3068 overthrew 2015 without 3808 relenting 5162, And let him hear 8085 an outcry 2201 in the morning 1242 And a shout 8643 of alarm 8643 at noon 6672;
17 Because 834 he did not kill 4191 me before 4480 birth 7358, So that my mother 517 would have been 1961 my grave 6913, And her womb 7358 ever 5769 pregnant 2030.
18 Why 4100 did I ever 2088 come 3318 forth 3318 from the womb 7358 To look 7200 on trouble 5999 and sorrow 3015, So that my days 3117 have been 3615 spent 3615 in shame 1322?

## Chapter 21

1

Jeremiah's Message for Zedekiah

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 when King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 sent 7971 to him Pashhur 6583 the son 1121 of Malchijah 4441, and Zephaniah 6846 the priest 3548, the son 1121 of Maaseiah 4641, saying 559,
2 "Please 4994 inquire 1875 of the LORD 3068 on our behalf 1157, for Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 is warring 3898 against 5921 us; perhaps 194 the LORD 3068 will deal 6213 with us according to all 3605 His wonderful 6381 acts 6381, so that {the enemy} will withdraw 5927 from us."
3 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to them, "You shall say 559 to Zedekiah 6667 as follows 3541:
4 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, "Behold 2009, I am about to turn 5437 back 5437 the weapons 3627 of war 4421 which 834 are in your hands 3027, with which 834 you are warring 3898 against 854 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and the Chaldeans 3778 who are besieging you outside the wall 2346; and I will gather 622 them into the center 8432 of this 384 city 5892.
5 "I Myself 589 will war 3898 against 854 you with an outstretched 5186 hand 3027 and a mighty 2389 arm 2220, even in anger 639 and wrath 2534 and great 1419 indignation 7110.
6 "I will also strike 5221 down 5221 the inhabitants 3427 of this 384 city 5892, both man 120 and beast 929; they will die 4191 of a great 1419 pestilence 1698.
7 "Then afterwards," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "I will give 5414 over Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and his servants 5650 and the people 5971, even those who survive 7604 in this 384 city 5892 from the pestilence 1698, the sword 2719 and the famine 7458, into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, and into the hand 3027 of their foes 340 and into the hand 3027 of those who seek 1245 their lives 5315; and he will strike 5221 them down 5221 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719. He will not spare 2347 them nor 3808 have 2550 pity 2550 nor 3808 compassion 7355."'
8 ¶ "You shall also say 559 to this 2088 people 5971, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I set 5414 before 6440 you the way 1870 of life 2425 and the way 1870 of death 4194.
9 "He who dwells 3427 in this 384 city 5892 will die 4191 by the sword 2719 and by famine 7458 and by pestilence 1698; but he who goes 3318 out and falls 5307 away 5307 to the Chaldeans 3778 who are besieging you will live 2421, and he will have 1961 his own life 5315 as booty 7998.
10 "For I have set 7760 My face 6440 against this 384 city 5892 for harm 7463 and not for good 2899," declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "It will be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and he will burn 8313 it with fire 784."'
11 ¶ "Then {say} to the household 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063, 'Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068,
12 O house 1004 of David 1732, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Administer 1777 justice 4941 every morning 1242; And deliver 5337 the {person} who has been robbed 1497 from the power 3027 of {his} oppressor 6231, That My wrath 2534 may not go 3318 forth 3318 like fire 784 And burn 1197 with none 369 to extinguish 3518 {it,} Because of the evil 7455 of their deeds 4611.
13 ¶ "Behold 2009, I am against 413 you, O valley 6010 dweller 3427, O rocky 6697 plain 4334," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "You men who say 559, 'Who 4310 will come 5181 down 5181 against 5921 us? Or who 4310 will enter 935 into our habitations 4585?'
14 "But I will punish 6485 you according to the results 6529 of your deeds 4611," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And I will kindle 3341 a fire 784 in its forest 3293 That it may devour 398 all 3605 its environs 5439."'"

## Chapter 22

1

Warning of Jerusalem's Fall

Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Go 3381 down 3381 to the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063, and there 8033 speak 1696 this 2088 word 1697
2 and say 559, 'Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O king 4428 of Judah 3063, who sits 3427 on David's 1732 throne 3678, you and your servants 5650 and your people 5971 who enter 935 these 428 gates 8179.
3 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Do 6213 justice 4941 and righteousness 6666, and deliver 5337 the one who has been robbed 1497 from the power 3027 of {his} oppressor 6216. Also do not mistreat 3238 {or} do 2554 violence 2554 to the stranger 1616, the orphan 3490, or the widow 490; and do not shed 8210 innocent 5355 blood 1818 in this 2088 place 4725.
4 "For if 518 you men will indeed 6213 perform 6213 this 2088 thing 1697, then kings 4428 will enter 935 the gates 8179 of this 2088 house 1004, sitting 3427 in David's 1732 place on his throne 3678, riding 7392 in chariots 7393 and on horses 5483, {even the king} himself 1931 and his servants 5650 and his people 5971.
5 "But if 518 you will not obey 8085 these 428 words 1697, I swear 7650 by Myself," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "that this 2088 house 1004 will become 1961 a desolation 2723."'"
6 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063: "You are {like} Gilead 1568 to Me, {Like} the summit 7218 of Lebanon 3844; Yet most assuredly I will make 7896 you like a wilderness 4057, {Like} cities 5892 which are not inhabited 3427.
7 "For I will set 6942 apart 6942 destroyers 7843 against 5921 you, Each 376 with his weapons 3627; And they will cut 3772 down 3772 your choicest 4005 cedars 730 And throw 5307 {them} on the fire 784.
8 ¶ "Many 7227 nations 1471 will pass 5674 by this 384 city 5892; and they will say 559 to one 376 another 7453, 'Why has the LORD 3068 done 6213 thus 3602 to this 384 great 1419 city 5892?'
9 "Then they will answer 559, 'Because they forsook 5800 the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 their God 430 and bowed 7812 down 7812 to other 312 gods 430 and served 5647 them.'"
10 ¶ Do not weep 1058 for the dead 4191 or mourn 5110 for him, {But} weep 1058 continually 1058 for the one who goes 1980 away; For he will never return 7725 Or see 7200 his native 4138 land 776.
11 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 in regard 413 to Shallum 7967 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, who became 4427 king 4427 in the place 8478 of Josiah 2977 his father 1, who 834 went 3318 forth 3318 from this 2088 place 4725, "He will never return 7725 there 8033;
12 but in the place 4725 where they led 1540 him captive 1540, there 8033 he will die 4191 and not see 7200 this 384 land 776 again 5750.
13

Messages about the Kings

¶ "Woe 1945 to him who builds 1129 his house 1004 without 3808 righteousness 6664 And his upper 5944 rooms 5944 without 3808 justice 4941, Who uses 5647 his neighbor's 7453 services 5647 without 2600 pay 2600 And does not give 5414 him his wages 6467,
14 Who says 559, 'I will build 1129 myself a roomy 4060 house 1004 With spacious 7304 upper 5944 rooms 5944, And cut 7167 out its windows 2474, Paneling 5603 {it} with cedar 730 and painting 4886 {it} bright 8350 red 8350.'
15 "Do you become 4427 a king 4427 because 3588 you are competing 2734 in cedar 730? Did not your father 1 eat 398 and drink 8354 And do 6213 justice 4941 and righteousness 6666? Then 227 it was well 2895 with him.
16 "He pled 1777 the cause 1779 of the afflicted 6041 and needy 34; Then 227 it was well 2895. Is not that what it means to know 1847 Me?" Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
17 "But your eyes 5869 and your heart 3820 Are {intent} only upon your own dishonest 1215 gain 1215, And on shedding 8210 innocent 5355 blood 1818 And on practicing 6213 oppression 6233 and extortion 4835."
18 ¶ Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 in regard 413 to Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, "They will not lament 5594 for him: 'Alas 1945, my brother 251!' or, 'Alas 1945, sister 269!' They will not lament 5594 for him: 'Alas 1945 for the master 113!' or, 'Alas 1945 for his splendor 1935!'
19 "He will be buried 6912 with a donkey's 2543 burial 6900, Dragged 5498 off and thrown 7993 out beyond the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389.
20 "Go 5927 up to Lebanon 3844 and cry 6817 out, And lift 5414 up your voice 6963 in Bashan 1316; Cry 6817 out also from Abarim 5682, For all 3605 your lovers 157 have been crushed 7665.
21 "I spoke 1696 to you in your prosperity 7962; But you said 559, 'I will not listen 8085!' This 2088 has been your practice 1870 from your youth 5271, That you have not obeyed 8085 My voice 6963.
22 "The wind 7307 will sweep 7462 away 7462 all 3605 your shepherds 7462, And your lovers 157 will go 1980 into captivity 7628; Then 227 you will surely 3588 be ashamed 954 and humiliated 3637 Because 4480 of all 3605 your wickedness 7463.
23 "You who dwell 3427 in Lebanon 3844, Nested 7077 in the cedars 730, How 4100 you will groan 2603 when pangs 2256 come 935 upon you, Pain 2427 like a woman in childbirth 3205!
24 ¶ "As I live 2416," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "even 3588 though 518 Coniah 3078 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079 king 4428 of Judah 3063 were a signet 2368 {ring} on My right 3225 hand 3027, yet 3588 I would pull 5423 you off 5423;
25 and I will give 5414 you over into the hand 3027 of those who are seeking 1245 your life 5315, yes, into the hand 3027 of those whom 834 you dread 3016, even into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 and into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778.
26 "I will hurl 2904 you and your mother 517 who 834 bore 3205 you into another 312 country 776 where you were not born 3205, and there 8033 you will die 4191.
27 "But as for the land 776 to which 834 they desire to return 7725, they will not return 7725 to it.
28 "Is this 2088 man 376 Coniah 3078 a despised 959, shattered 5310 jar 6089? Or 518 is he an undesirable vessel 3627? Why 4069 have he and his descendants 2233 been hurled 2904 out And cast 7993 into a land 776 that they had not known 3045?
29 "O land 776, land 776, land 776, Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068!
30 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Write 3789 this 2088 man 1397 down 3789 childless 6185, A man 1397 who will not prosper 6743 in his days 3117; For no 3808 man 376 of his descendants 2233 will prosper 6743 Sitting 3427 on the throne 3678 of David 1732 Or ruling 4910 again 5750 in Judah 3063.'"

## Chapter 23

1

The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch

"Woe 1945 to the shepherds 7462 who are destroying 6 and scattering 6327 the sheep 6629 of My pasture 4830!" declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
2 Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 concerning 5921 the shepherds 7462 who are tending 7462 My people 5971: "You have scattered 6327 My flock 6629 and driven 5080 them away 5080, and have not attended 6485 to them; behold 2009, I am about to attend 6485 to you for the evil 7455 of your deeds 4611," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
3 "Then I Myself 589 will gather 6908 the remnant 7611 of My flock 6629 out of all 3605 the countries 776 where I have driven 5080 them and bring 7725 them back 7725 to their pasture 5116, and they will be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235.
4 "I will also raise 6965 up shepherds 7462 over 5921 them and they will tend 7462 them; and they will not be afraid 3372 any 5750 longer 5750, nor 3808 be terrified 2865, nor 3808 will any be missing 6485," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
5 ¶ "Behold 2009, {the} days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "When I will raise 6965 up for David 1732 a righteous 6662 Branch 6780; And He will reign 4427 as king 4428 and act 7919 wisely 7919 And do 6213 justice 4941 and righteousness 6666 in the land 776.
6 "In His days 3117 Judah 3063 will be saved 3467, And Israel 3478 will dwell 7931 securely 983; And this 2088 is His name 8034 by which 834 He will be called 7121, 'The LORD 3068 our righteousness 6664.'
7 ¶ "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, {the} days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when they will no 3808 longer 5750 say 559, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who 834 brought 5927 up the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 from the land 776 of Egypt 4714,'
8 but, 'As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who 834 brought 5927 up and led 935 back the descendants 2233 of the household 1004 of Israel 3478 from {the} north 6828 land 776 and from all 3605 the countries 776 where I had driven 5080 them.' Then they will live 3427 on their own soil 127."
9

False Prophets Denounced

¶ As for the prophets 5030: My heart 3820 is broken 7665 within 7130 me, All 3605 my bones 6106 tremble 7363; I have become 1961 like a drunken 7910 man 376, Even like a man 1397 overcome 5674 with wine 3196, Because of the LORD 3068 And because of His holy 6944 words 1697.
10 For the land 776 is full 4390 of adulterers 5003; For the land 776 mourns 56 because of the curse 423. The pastures 4999 of the wilderness 4057 have dried 3001 up. Their course 4794 also is evil 7451 And their might 1369 is not right 3653.
11 "For both 1571 prophet 5030 and priest 3548 are polluted 2610; Even 1571 in My house 1004 I have found 4672 their wickedness 7463," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
12 "Therefore 3651 their way 1870 will be like slippery 2519 paths 2519 to them, They will be driven 1761 away 1760 into the gloom 653 and fall 5307 down 5307 in it; For I will bring 935 calamity 7463 upon them, The year 8141 of their punishment 6486," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
13 ¶ "Moreover, among the prophets 5030 of Samaria 8111 I saw 7200 an offensive 8604 thing 8604: They prophesied 5012 by Baal 1168 and led 8582 My people 5971 Israel 3478 astray 8582.
14 "Also among the prophets 5030 of Jerusalem 3389 I have seen 7200 a horrible 8186 thing 8186: The committing 5003 of adultery 5003 and walking 1980 in falsehood 8267; And they strengthen 2388 the hands 3027 of evildoers 7489, So that no 1115 one 376 has turned 7725 back 7725 from his wickedness 7463. All 3605 of them have become 1961 to Me like Sodom 5467, And her inhabitants 3427 like Gomorrah 6017.
15 "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 concerning 5921 the prophets 5030, 'Behold 2009, I am going to feed 398 them wormwood 3939 And make them drink 8248 poisonous 7219 water 4325, For from the prophets 5030 of Jerusalem 3389 Pollution 2613 has gone 3318 forth 3318 into all 3605 the land 776.'"
16 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Do not listen 8085 to the words 1697 of the prophets 5030 who are prophesying 5012 to you. They are leading 1891 you into futility 1891; They speak 1696 a vision 2377 of their own imagination 3820, Not from the mouth 6310 of the LORD 3068.
17 "They keep saying 559 to those who despise 5006 Me, 'The LORD 3068 has said 1696, "You will have 1961 peace 7965"'; And as for everyone 3605 who walks 1980 in the stubbornness 8307 of his own heart 3820, They say 559, 'Calamity 7463 will not come 935 upon you.'
18 "But who 4310 has stood 5975 in the council 5475 of the LORD 3068, That he should see 7200 and hear 8085 His word 1697? Who 4310 has given 7181 heed 7181 to His word 1697 and listened 8085?
19 "Behold 2009, the storm 5591 of the LORD 3068 has gone 3318 forth 3318 in wrath 2534, Even a whirling 2342 tempest 5591; It will swirl 2342 down 2342 on the head 7218 of the wicked 7563.
20 "The anger 639 of the LORD 3068 will not turn 7725 back 7725 Until 5704 He has performed 6213 and carried 6965 out the purposes 4209 of His heart 3820; In the last 319 days 3117 you will clearly 998 understand 995 it.
21 "I did not send 7971 {these} prophets 5030, But they ran 7323. I did not speak 1696 to them, But they prophesied 5012.
22 "But if 518 they had stood 5975 in My council 5475, Then they would have announced 8085 My words 1697 to My people 5971, And would have turned 7725 them back 7725 from their evil 7451 way 1870 And from the evil 7455 of their deeds 4611.
23 ¶ "Am I a God 430 who is near 7138," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And not a God 430 far 7350 off?
24 "Can a man 376 hide 5641 himself in hiding 4565 places 4565 So I do not see 7200 him?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "Do I not fill 4390 the heavens 8064 and the earth 776?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
25 ¶ "I have heard 8085 what 834 the prophets 5030 have said 559 who prophesy 5012 falsely 8267 in My name 8034, saying 559, 'I had 2492 a dream 2492, I had 2492 a dream 2492!'
26 "How 4970 long? Is there 3426 {anything} in the hearts 3820 of the prophets 5030 who prophesy 5012 falsehood 8267, even {these} prophets 5030 of the deception 8649 of their own heart 3820,
27 who intend 2803 to make My people 5971 forget 7911 My name 8034 by their dreams 2472 which 834 they relate 5608 to one 376 another 7453, just 3512 as their fathers 1 forgot 7911 My name 8034 because of Baal 1168?
28 "The prophet 5030 who 834 has 854 a dream 2472 may relate 5608 {his} dream 2472, but let him who 834 has 854 My word 1697 speak 1696 My word 1697 in truth 571. What 4100 does straw 8401 have {in common} with grain 1250?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
29 "Is not My word 1697 like fire 784?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and like a hammer 6360 which shatters 6483 a rock 5553?
30 "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, I am against 5921 the prophets 5030," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "who steal 1589 My words 1697 from each 376 other 7453.
31 "Behold 2009, I am against 5921 the prophets 5030," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "who use 3947 their tongues 3956 and declare 5001, '{The Lord} declares 5002.'
32 "Behold 2009, I am against 5921 those who have prophesied 5012 false 8267 dreams 2472," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and related 5608 them and led 8582 My people 5971 astray 8582 by their falsehoods 8267 and reckless 6350 boasting 6350; yet I did not send 7971 them or command 6680 them, nor 3808 do they furnish 3276 this 2088 people 5971 the slightest 3276 benefit 3276," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
33 ¶ "Now when 3588 this 2088 people 5971 or 176 the prophet 5030 or 176 a priest 3548 asks 7592 you saying 559, 'What 4100 is the oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068?' then you shall say 559 to them, 'What 4100 oracle 4853?' The LORD 3068 declares 5002, 'I will abandon 5203 you.'
34 "Then as for the prophet 5030 or the priest 3548 or the people 5971 who 834 say 559, 'The oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068,' I will bring 6485 punishment 6485 upon that man 376 and his household 1004.
35 "Thus 3541 will each 376 of you say 559 to his neighbor 7453 and to his brother 251, 'What 4100 has the LORD 3068 answered 6030?' or, 'What 4100 has the LORD 3068 spoken 1696?'
36 "For you will no 3808 longer 5750 remember 2142 the oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068, because 3588 every 376 man's 376 own word 1697 will become 1961 the oracle 4853, and you have perverted 2015 the words 1697 of the living 2416 God 430, the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, our God 430.
37 "Thus 3541 you will say 559 to {that} prophet 5030, 'What 4100 has the LORD 3068 answered 6030 you?' and, 'What 4100 has the LORD 3068 spoken 1696?'
38 "For if 518 you say 559, 'The oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068!' surely 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Because 3282 you said 559 this 2088 word 1697, "The oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068!" I have also sent 7971 to you, saying 559, "You shall not say 559, 'The oracle 4853 of the LORD 3068!'"'
39 "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, I will surely 5382 forget 5382 you and cast 5203 you away 5203 from My presence 6440, along with the city 5892 which 834 I gave 5414 you and your fathers 1.
40 "I will put 5414 an everlasting 5769 reproach 2781 on you and an everlasting 5769 humiliation 3640 which 834 will not be forgotten 7911."

## Chapter 24

1

Baskets of Figs and the Returnees

After 310 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 had carried 1540 away 1540 captive 1540 Jeconiah 3204 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079, king 4428 of Judah 3063, and the officials 8269 of Judah 3063 with the craftsmen 2796 and smiths 4525 from Jerusalem 3389 and had brought 935 them to Babylon 894, the LORD 3068 showed 7200 me: behold 2009, two 8147 baskets 1731 of figs 8384 set 3259 before 6440 the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068!
2 One 259 basket 1731 had very 3966 good 2896 figs 8384, like first-ripe 1063 figs 8384, and the other 259 basket 1731 had very 3966 bad 7451 figs 8384 which 834 could not be eaten 398 due 4480 to rottenness 7455.
3 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to me, "What 4100 do you see 7200, Jeremiah 3414?" And I said 559, "Figs 8384, the good 2896 figs 8384, very 3966 good 2896; and the bad 7451 {figs,} very 3966 bad 7451, which 834 cannot 3808 be eaten 398 due 4480 to rottenness 7455."
4 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me, saying 559,
5 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Like these 428 good 2896 figs 8384, so 3651 I will regard 5234 as good 2899 the captives 1546 of Judah 3063, whom 834 I have sent 7971 out of this 2088 place 4725 {into} the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778.
6 'For I will set 7760 My eyes 5869 on them for good 2899, and I will bring 7725 them again 7725 to this 384 land 776; and I will build 1129 them up and not overthrow 2040 them, and I will plant 5193 them and not pluck 5428 them up.
7 'I will give 5414 them a heart 3820 to know 3045 Me, for I am the LORD 3068; and they will be My people 5971, and I will be their God 430, for they will return 7725 to Me with their whole 3605 heart 3820.
8 ¶ 'But like the bad 7451 figs 8384 which 834 cannot 3808 be eaten 398 due 4480 to rottenness 7455--indeed 3588, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068--so 3651 I will abandon 5414 Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and his officials 8269, and the remnant 7611 of Jerusalem 3389 who remain 7604 in this 384 land 776 and the ones who dwell 3427 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
9 'I will make 5414 them a terror 2113 {and an} evil 7463 for all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776, as a reproach 2781 and a proverb 4912, a taunt 8148 and a curse 7045 in all 3605 places 4725 where I will scatter 5080 them.
10 'I will send 7971 the sword 2719, the famine 7458 and the pestilence 1698 upon them until 5704 they are destroyed 8552 from the land 127 which 834 I gave 5414 to them and their forefathers 1.'"

## Chapter 25

1

Prophecy of the Captivity

The word 1697 that came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 concerning 5921 all 3605 the people 5971 of Judah 3063, in the fourth 7243 year 8141 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063 (that was the first 7224 year 8141 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894),
2 which 834 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 spoke 1696 to all 3605 the people 5971 of Judah 3063 and to all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389, saying 559,
3 "From the thirteenth year 8141 of Josiah 2977 the son 1121 of Amon 526, king 4428 of Judah 3063, even to this 2088 day 3117, these 2088 twenty-three years 8141 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 has come 1961 to me, and I have spoken 1696 to you again 7925 and again 1696, but you have not listened 8085.
4 "And the LORD 3068 has sent 7971 to you all 3605 His servants 5650 the prophets 5030 again 7925 and again 7971, but you have not listened 8085 nor 3808 inclined 5186 your ear 241 to hear 8085,
5 saying 559, 'Turn 7725 now 4994 everyone 376 from his evil 7451 way 1870 and from the evil 7455 of your deeds 4611, and dwell 3427 on the land 127 which 834 the LORD 3068 has given 5414 to you and your forefathers 1 forever and ever 5769;
6 and do not go 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 to serve 5647 them and to worship 7812 them, and do not provoke 3707 Me to anger 3707 with the work 4639 of your hands 3027, and I will do 7489 you no 3808 harm 7489.'
7 "Yet you have not listened 8085 to Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "in order 4616 that you might provoke 3707 Me to anger 3707 with the work 4639 of your hands 3027 to your own harm 7451.
8 ¶ "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'Because you have not obeyed 8085 My words 1697,
9 behold 2009, I will send 7971 and take 3947 all 3605 the families 4940 of the north 6828,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'and {I will send} to Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, My servant 5650, and will bring 935 them against 5921 this 384 land 776 and against 5921 its inhabitants 3427 and against 5921 all 3605 these 428 nations 1471 round 5439 about 5439; and I will utterly 2763 destroy 2763 them and make 7760 them a horror 8047 and a hissing 8322, and an everlasting 5769 desolation 2723.
10 'Moreover, I will take 6 from them the voice 6963 of joy 8342 and the voice 6963 of gladness 8057, the voice 6963 of the bridegroom 2860 and the voice 6963 of the bride 3618, the sound 6963 of the millstones 7347 and the light 216 of the lamp 5216.
11 'This 2088 whole 3605 land 776 will be a desolation 2723 and a horror 8047, and these 428 nations 1471 will serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 seventy 7657 years 8141.
12

Babylon Will Be Judged

¶ 'Then it will be when seventy 7657 years 8141 are completed 4390 I will punish 6485 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and that nation 1471,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'for their iniquity 5771, and the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778; and I will make 7760 it an everlasting 5769 desolation 8077.
13 'I will bring 935 upon that land 776 all 3605 My words 1697 which 834 I have pronounced 1696 against 5921 it, all 3605 that is written 3789 in this 2088 book 5612 which 834 Jeremiah 3414 has prophesied 5012 against 5921 all 3605 the nations 1471.
14 '(For many 7227 nations 1471 and great 1419 kings 4428 will make 5647 slaves 5647 of them, even 1571 them; and I will recompense 7999 them according to their deeds 6467 and according to the work 4639 of their hands 3027.)'"
15 ¶ For thus 3541 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, says 559 to me, "Take 3947 this 384 cup 3563 of the wine 3196 of wrath 2534 from My hand 3027 and cause all 3605 the nations 1471 to whom 834 I send 7971 you to drink 8248 it.
16 "They will drink 8354 and stagger 1607 and go 1984 mad 1984 because of the sword 2719 that I will send 7971 among 996 them."
17 ¶ Then I took 3947 the cup 3563 from the LORD'S 3068 hand 3027 and made all 3605 the nations 1471 to whom 834 the LORD 3068 sent 7971 me drink 8248 it:
18 Jerusalem 3389 and the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and its kings 4428 {and} its princes 8269, to make 5414 them a ruin 2723, a horror 8047, a hissing 8322 and a curse 7045, as it is this 2088 day 3117;
19 Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714, his servants 5650, his princes 8269 and all 3605 his people 5971;
20 and all 3605 the foreign 6154 people 6154, all 3605 the kings 4428 of the land 776 of Uz 5780, all 3605 the kings 4428 of the land 776 of the Philistines 6430 (even Ashkelon 831, Gaza 5804, Ekron 6138 and the remnant 7611 of Ashdod 795);
21 Edom 112, Moab 4124 and the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983;
22 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of Tyre 6865, all 3605 the kings 4428 of Sidon 6721 and the kings 4428 of the coastlands 339 which 834 are beyond 5676 the sea 3220;
23 and Dedan 1719, Tema 8485, Buz 938 and all 3605 who cut 7112 the corners 6285 {of their hair;}
24 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of Arabia 6152 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of the foreign 6154 people 6154 who dwell 7931 in the desert 4057;
25 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of Zimri 2174, all 3605 the kings 4428 of Elam 5867 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of Media 4074;
26 and all 3605 the kings 4428 of the north 6828, near 7138 and far 7350, one 376 with another 251; and all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776 which 834 are upon the face 6440 of the ground 127, and the king 4428 of Sheshach 8347 shall drink 8354 after 310 them.
27 ¶ "You shall say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Drink 8354, be drunk 7937, vomit 7006, fall 5307 and rise 6965 no 3808 more because of the sword 2719 which 834 I will send 7971 among 996 you."'
28 "And it will be, if 3588 they refuse 3985 to take 3947 the cup 3563 from your hand 3027 to drink 8354, then you will say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635: "You shall surely 8354 drink 8354!
29 "For behold 2009, I am beginning 2490 to work 7489 calamity 7489 in {this} city 5892 which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, and shall you be completely 5352 free 5352 from punishment 5352? You will not be free 5352 from punishment 5352; for I am summoning 7121 a sword 2719 against 5921 all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of the earth 776," declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.'
30 ¶ "Therefore you shall prophesy 5012 against 413 them all 3605 these 428 words 1697, and you shall say 559 to them, 'The LORD 3068 will roar 7580 from on high 4791 And utter 5414 His voice 6963 from His holy 6944 habitation 4583; He will roar 7580 mightily 7580 against 5921 His fold 5116. He will shout 1959 like those who tread 1869 {the grapes,} Against 413 all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of the earth 776.
31 'A clamor 7588 has come 935 to the end 7097 of the earth 776, Because 3588 the LORD 3068 has a controversy 7379 with the nations 1471. He is entering 8199 into judgment 8199 with all 3605 flesh 1320; As for the wicked 7563, He has given 5414 them to the sword 2719,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068."
32 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Behold 2009, evil 7463 is going 3318 forth 3318 From nation 1471 to nation 1471, And a great 1419 storm 5591 is being stirred 5782 up From the remotest 3411 parts 3411 of the earth 776.
33 ¶ "Those slain 2491 by the LORD 3068 on that day 3117 will be from one end 7097 of the earth 776 to the other. They will not be lamented 5594, gathered 622 or buried 6912; they will be like dung 1828 on the face 6440 of the ground 127.
34 "Wail 3213, you shepherds 7462, and cry 2199; And wallow 6428 {in ashes,} you masters 117 of the flock 6629; For the days 3117 of your slaughter 2873 and your dispersions 8600 have come 4390, And you will fall 5307 like a choice 2532 vessel 3627.
35 "Flight 4498 will perish 6 from the shepherds 7462, And escape 6413 from the masters 117 of the flock 6629.
36 "{Hear} the sound 6963 of the cry 6818 of the shepherds 7462, And the wailing 3215 of the masters 117 of the flock 6629! For the LORD 3068 is destroying 7703 their pasture 4830,
37 "And the peaceful 7965 folds 5116 are made 1826 silent 1826 Because of the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068.
38 "He has left 5800 His hiding 5520 place 5520 like the lion 3715; For their land 776 has become 1961 a horror 8047 Because of the fierceness 2740 of the oppressing 3238 {sword} And because of His fierce 2740 anger 639."

## Chapter 26

1

Cities of Judah Warned

In the beginning 7225 of the reign 4468 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, this 2088 word 1697 came 1961 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Stand 5975 in the court 2691 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004, and speak 1696 to all 3605 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 who have come 935 to worship 7812 {in} the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 all 3605 the words 1697 that I have commanded 6680 you to speak 1696 to them. Do not omit 1639 a word 1697!
3 'Perhaps 194 they will listen 8085 and everyone 376 will turn 7725 from his evil 7451 way 1870, that I may repent 5162 of the calamity 7463 which 834 I am planning 2803 to do 6213 to them because of the evil 7455 of their deeds 4611.'
4 "And you will say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "If 518 you will not listen 8085 to Me, to walk 1980 in My law 8451 which 834 I have set 5414 before 6440 you,
5 to listen 8085 to the words 1697 of My servants 5650 the prophets 5030, whom 834 I have been sending 7971 to you again 7925 and again 7971, but you have not listened 8085;
6 then I will make 5414 this 2088 house 1004 like Shiloh 7887, and this 384 city 5892 I will make 5414 a curse 7045 to all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776."'"
7

A Plot to Murder Jeremiah

¶ The priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 and all 3605 the people 5971 heard 8085 Jeremiah 3414 speaking 1696 these 428 words 1697 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
8 When Jeremiah 3414 finished 3615 speaking 1696 all 3605 that the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 {him} to speak 1696 to all 3605 the people 5971, the priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 and all 3605 the people 5971 seized 8610 him, saying 559, "You must 4191 die 4191!
9 "Why 4069 have you prophesied 5012 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 saying 559, 'This 2088 house 1004 will be like Shiloh 7887 and this 384 city 5892 will be desolate 2717, without 369 inhabitant 3427'?" And all 3605 the people 5971 gathered 6950 about 413 Jeremiah 3414 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
10 ¶ When the officials 8269 of Judah 3063 heard 8085 these 428 things 1697, they came 5927 up from the king's 4428 house 1004 to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 and sat 3427 in the entrance 6607 of the New 2319 Gate 8179 of the LORD'S 3068 {house.}
11 Then the priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 spoke 559 to the officials 8269 and to all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559, "A death 4194 sentence 4941 for this 2088 man 376! For he has prophesied 5012 against 413 this 384 city 5892 as you have heard 8085 in your hearing 241."
12 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 spoke 559 to all 3605 the officials 8269 and to all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559, "The LORD 3068 sent 7971 me to prophesy 5012 against 413 this 2088 house 1004 and against 413 this 384 city 5892 all 3605 the words 1697 that you have heard 8085.
13 "Now 6258 therefore amend 3190 your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611 and obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 your God 430; and the LORD 3068 will change 5162 His mind 5162 about 413 the misfortune 7463 which 834 He has pronounced 1696 against 5921 you.
14 "But as for me, behold 2009, I am in your hands 3027; do 6213 with me as is good 2896 and right 3477 in your sight 5869.
15 "Only 389 know 3045 for certain 3045 that if 518 you put 4191 me to death 4191, you will bring 5414 innocent 5355 blood 1818 on yourselves, and on this 384 city 5892 and on its inhabitants 3427; for truly 571 the LORD 3068 has sent 7971 me to you to speak 1696 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 in your hearing 241."
16

Jeremiah Is Spared

¶ Then the officials 8269 and all 3605 the people 5971 said 559 to the priests 3548 and to the prophets 5030, "No 369 death 4194 sentence 4941 for this 2088 man 376! For he has spoken 1696 to us in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 our God 430."
17 Then some 376 of the elders 2205 of the land 776 rose 6965 up and spoke 559 to all 3605 the assembly 6951 of the people 5971, saying 559,
18 "Micah 4318 of Moresheth 4183 prophesied 5012 in the days 3117 of Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063; and he spoke 559 to all 3605 the people 5971 of Judah 3063, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 has said 559, "Zion 6726 will be plowed 2790 {as} a field 7704, And Jerusalem 3389 will become 1961 ruins 5856, And the mountain 2022 of the house 1004 as the high 1116 places 1116 of a forest 3293."'
19 "Did Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and all 3605 Judah 3063 put 4191 him to death 4191? Did he not fear 3372 the LORD 3068 and entreat 2470 the favor 6440 of the LORD 3068, and the LORD 3068 changed 5162 His mind 5162 about 413 the misfortune 7463 which 834 He had pronounced 1696 against 5921 them? But we are committing 6213 a great 1419 evil 7463 against 5921 ourselves 5315."
20 ¶ Indeed 1571, there was also 1571 a man 376 who prophesied 5012 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, Uriah 223 the son 1121 of Shemaiah 8098 from Kiriath-jearim 7157; and he prophesied 5012 against 5921 this 384 city 5892 and against 5921 this 384 land 776 words 1697 similar to all 3605 those of Jeremiah 3414.
21 When King 4428 Jehoiakim 3079 and all 3605 his mighty 1368 men 1368 and all 3605 the officials 8269 heard 8085 his words 1697, then the king 4428 sought 1245 to put 4191 him to death 4191; but Uriah 223 heard 8085 {it,} and he was afraid 3372 and fled 1272 and went 935 to Egypt 4714.
22 Then King 4428 Jehoiakim 3079 sent 7971 men 376 to Egypt 4714: Elnathan 494 the son 1121 of Achbor 5907 and {certain} men 376 with him {went} into Egypt 4714.
23 And they brought 3318 Uriah 223 from Egypt 4714 and led 935 him to King 4428 Jehoiakim 3079, who slew 5221 him with a sword 2719 and cast 7993 his dead 5038 body 5038 into the burial 6913 place 6913 of the common 1121 people 5971.
24 ¶ But the hand 3027 of Ahikam 296 the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227 was with Jeremiah 3414, so that he was not given 5414 into the hands 3027 of the people 5971 to put 4191 him to death 4191.

## Chapter 27

1

The Nations to Submit to Nebuchadnezzar

In the beginning 7225 of the reign 4467 of Zedekiah 6667 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, this 2088 word 1697 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559--
2 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 to me--"Make 6213 for yourself bonds 4147 and yokes 4133 and put 5414 them on your neck 6677,
3 and send 7971 word to the king 4428 of Edom 112, to the king 4428 of Moab 4124, to the king 4428 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983, to the king 4428 of Tyre 6865 and to the king 4428 of Sidon 6721 by the messengers 4397 who come 935 to Jerusalem 3389 to Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063.
4 "Command 6680 them {to go} to their masters 113, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, thus 3541 you shall say 559 to your masters 113,
5 "I have made 6213 the earth 776, the men 120 and the beasts 929 which 834 are on the face 6440 of the earth 776 by My great 1419 power 3581 and by My outstretched 5186 arm 2220, and I will give 5414 it to the one who 834 is pleasing 3474 in My sight 5869.
6 "Now 6258 I have given 5414 all 3605 these 428 lands 776 into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, My servant 5650, and I have given 5414 him also 1571 the wild 2421 animals 2421 of the field 7704 to serve 5647 him.
7 "All 3605 the nations 1471 shall serve 5647 him and his son 1121 and his grandson 1121 until 5704 the time 6256 of his own land 776 comes 935; then many 7227 nations 1471 and great 1419 kings 4428 will make 5647 him their servant 5647.
8 ¶ "It will be, {that} the nation 1471 or the kingdom 4467 which 834 will not serve 5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, and which 834 will not put 5414 its neck 6677 under the yoke 5923 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, I will punish 6485 that nation 1471 with the sword 2719, with famine 7458 and with pestilence 1698," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "until 5704 I have destroyed 8552 it by his hand 3027.
9 "But as for you, do not listen 8085 to your prophets 5030, your diviners 7080, your dreamers 2472, your soothsayers 6049 or your sorcerers 3786 who 834 speak 559 to you, saying 559, 'You will not serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894.'
10 "For they prophesy 5012 a lie 8267 to you in order 4616 to remove 7368 you far 7368 from your land 127; and I will drive 5080 you out and you will perish 6.
11 "But the nation 1471 which 834 will bring 935 its neck 6677 under the yoke 5923 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and serve 5647 him, I will let remain 5117 on its land 127," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and they will till 5647 it and dwell 3427 in it."'"
12 ¶ I spoke 1696 words 1697 like all 3605 these 428 to Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063, saying 559, "Bring 935 your necks 6677 under the yoke 5923 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and serve 5647 him and his people 5971, and live 2421!
13 "Why 4100 will you die 4191, you and your people 5971, by the sword 2719, famine 7458 and pestilence 1698, as the LORD 3068 has spoken 1696 to that nation 1471 which 834 will not serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894?
14 "So do not listen 8085 to the words 1697 of the prophets 5030 who speak 559 to you, saying 559, 'You will not serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894,' for they prophesy 5012 a lie 8267 to you;
15 for I have not sent 7971 them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "but they prophesy 5012 falsely 8267 in My name 8034, in order 4616 that I may drive 5080 you out and that you may perish 6, you and the prophets 5030 who prophesy 5012 to you."
16 ¶ {Then} I spoke 1696 to the priests 3548 and to all 3605 this 2088 people 5971, saying 559, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: Do not listen 8085 to the words 1697 of your prophets 5030 who prophesy 5012 to you, saying 559, 'Behold 2009, the vessels 3627 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 will now 6258 shortly 4120 be brought 7725 again 7725 from Babylon 894'; for they are prophesying 5012 a lie 8267 to you.
17 "Do not listen 8085 to them; serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and live 2421! Why 4100 should this 384 city 5892 become 1961 a ruin 2723?
18 "But if 518 they are prophets 5030, and if 518 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 is with them, let them now 4994 entreat 6293 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 that the vessels 3627 which are left 3498 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, in the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063 and in Jerusalem 3389 may not go 935 to Babylon 894.
19 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 concerning 413 the pillars 5982, concerning 5921 the sea 3220, concerning 5921 the stands 4350 and concerning 5921 the rest 3499 of the vessels 3627 that are left 3498 in this 384 city 5892,
20 which 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 did not take 3947 when he carried 1540 into exile 1540 Jeconiah 3204 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079, king 4428 of Judah 3063, from Jerusalem 3389 to Babylon 894, and all 3605 the nobles 2715 of Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389.
21 "Yes 3588, thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, concerning 5921 the vessels 3627 that are left 3498 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 and in the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063 and in Jerusalem 3389,
22 'They will be carried 935 to Babylon 894 and they will be there 8033 until 5704 the day 3117 I visit 6485 them,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068. 'Then I will bring 5927 them back 5927 and restore 7725 them to this 2088 place 4725.'"

## Chapter 28

1

Hananiah's False Prophecy

Now in the same 1931 year 8141, in the beginning 7225 of the reign 4467 of Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063, in the fourth 7243 year 8141, in the fifth 2549 month 2320, Hananiah 2608 the son 1121 of Azzur 5809, the prophet 5030, who 834 was from Gibeon 1391, spoke 559 to me in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 in the presence 5869 of the priests 3548 and all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'I have broken 7665 the yoke 5923 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894.
3 'Within 5750 two 8145 years 8141 I am going to bring 7725 back 7725 to this 2088 place 4725 all 3605 the vessels 3627 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004, which 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 took 3947 away 3947 from this 2088 place 4725 and carried 935 to Babylon 894.
4 'I am also going to bring 7725 back 7725 to this 2088 place 4725 Jeconiah 3204 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079, king 4428 of Judah 3063, and all 3605 the exiles 1546 of Judah 3063 who went 935 to Babylon 894,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'for I will break 7665 the yoke 5923 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894.'"
5 ¶ Then the prophet 5030 Jeremiah 3414 spoke 559 to the prophet 5030 Hananiah 2608 in the presence 5869 of the priests 3548 and in the presence 5869 of all 3605 the people 5971 who were standing 5975 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068,
6 and the prophet 5030 Jeremiah 3414 said 559, "Amen 543! May the LORD 3068 do 6213 so 3651; may the LORD 3068 confirm 6965 your words 1697 which 834 you have prophesied 5012 to bring 7725 back 7725 the vessels 3627 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 and all 3605 the exiles 1473, from Babylon 894 to this 2088 place 4725.
7 "Yet 389 hear 8085 now 4994 this 2088 word 1697 which 834 I am about to speak 1696 in your hearing 241 and in the hearing 241 of all 3605 the people 5971!
8 "The prophets 5030 who 834 were before 6440 me and before 6440 you from ancient 5769 times 5769 prophesied 5012 against 413 many 7227 lands 776 and against 5921 great 1419 kingdoms 4467, of war 4421 and of calamity 7463 and of pestilence 1698.
9 "The prophet 5030 who 834 prophesies 5012 of peace 7965, when the word 1697 of the prophet 5030 comes 935 to pass 935, then that prophet 5030 will be known 3045 {as} one whom 834 the LORD 3068 has truly 571 sent 7971."
10 ¶ Then Hananiah 2608 the prophet 5030 took 3947 the yoke 4133 from the neck 6677 of Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 and broke 7665 it.
11 Hananiah 2608 spoke 559 in the presence 5869 of all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Even 3602 so 3602 will I break 7665 within 5750 two 8145 full 3117 years 8141 the yoke 5923 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 from the neck 6677 of all 3605 the nations 1471.'" Then the prophet 5030 Jeremiah 3414 went 1980 his way 1870.
12 ¶ The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 after 310 Hananiah 2608 the prophet 5030 had broken 7665 the yoke 4133 from off 5921 the neck 6677 of the prophet 5030 Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
13 "Go 1980 and speak 559 to Hananiah 2608, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "You have broken 7665 the yokes 4133 of wood 6086, but you have made 6213 instead 8478 of them yokes 4133 of iron 1270."
14 'For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "I have put 5414 a yoke 5923 of iron 1270 on the neck 6677 of all 3605 these 428 nations 1471, that they may serve 5647 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894; and they will serve 5647 him. And I have also 1571 given 5414 him the beasts 2421 of the field 7704."'"
15 Then Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 said 559 to Hananiah 2608 the prophet 5030, "Listen 8085 now 4994, Hananiah 2608, the LORD 3068 has not sent 7971 you, and you have made this 2088 people 5971 trust 982 in a lie 8267.
16 "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Behold 2009, I am about to remove 7971 you from the face 6440 of the earth 127. This year 8141 you are going to die 4191, because 3588 you have counseled 1696 rebellion 5627 against 413 the LORD 3068.'"
17 ¶ So Hananiah 2608 the prophet 5030 died 4191 in the same 1931 year 8141 in the seventh 7637 month 2320.

## Chapter 29

1

Message to the Exiles

Now these 428 are the words 1697 of the letter 5612 which 834 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 sent 7971 from Jerusalem 3389 to the rest 3499 of the elders 2205 of the exile 1540, the priests 3548, the prophets 5030 and all 3605 the people 5971 whom 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 had taken 1540 into exile 1473 from Jerusalem 3389 to Babylon 894.
2 (This was after 310 King 4428 Jeconiah 3204 and the queen 1377 mother 1377, the court 5631 officials 5631, the princes 8269 of Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389, the craftsmen 2796 and the smiths 4525 had departed 3318 from Jerusalem 3389.)
3 {The letter was sent} by the hand 3027 of Elasah 501 the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, and Gemariah 1587 the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, whom 834 Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 sent 7971 to Babylon 894 to Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, saying 559,
4 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, to all 3605 the exiles 1473 whom 834 I have sent 1540 into exile 1540 from Jerusalem 3389 to Babylon 894,
5 'Build 1129 houses 1004 and live 3427 {in them;} and plant 5193 gardens 1593 and eat 398 their produce 6529.
6 'Take 3947 wives 802 and become 3205 the fathers 3205 of sons 1121 and daughters 1323, and take 3947 wives 802 for your sons 1121 and give 5414 your daughters 1323 to husbands 376, that they may bear 3205 sons 1121 and daughters 1323; and multiply 7235 there 8033 and do not decrease 4591.
7 'Seek 1875 the welfare 7965 of the city 5892 where I have sent 1540 you into exile 1540, and pray 6419 to the LORD 3068 on its behalf 1157; for in its welfare 7965 you will have 1961 welfare 7965.'
8 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Do not let your prophets 5030 who 834 are in your midst 7130 and your diviners 7080 deceive 5378 you, and do not listen 8085 to the dreams 2472 which 834 they dream 2492.
9 'For they prophesy 5012 falsely 8267 to you in My name 8034; I have not sent 7971 them,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
10 ¶ "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'When 3588 seventy 7657 years 8141 have been 4390 completed 4390 for Babylon 894, I will visit 6485 you and fulfill 6965 My good 2896 word 1697 to you, to bring 7725 you back 7725 to this 2088 place 4725.
11 'For I know 3045 the plans 4284 that I have 2803 for you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'plans 4284 for welfare 7965 and not for calamity 7463 to give 5414 you a future 319 and a hope 8615.
12 'Then you will call 7121 upon Me and come 1980 and pray 6419 to Me, and I will listen 8085 to you.
13 'You will seek 1245 Me and find 4672 {Me} when 3588 you search 1875 for Me with all 3605 your heart 3824.
14 'I will be found 4672 by you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'and I will restore 7725 your fortunes 7622 and will gather 6908 you from all 3605 the nations 1471 and from all 3605 the places 4725 where I have driven 5080 you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'and I will bring 7725 you back 7725 to the place 4725 from where I sent 1540 you into exile 1540.'
15 ¶ "Because 3588 you have said 559, 'The LORD 3068 has raised 6965 up prophets 5030 for us in Babylon 894'--
16 for thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 413 the king 4428 who sits 3427 on the throne 3678 of David 1732, and concerning 413 all 3605 the people 5971 who dwell 3427 in this 384 city 5892, your brothers 251 who 834 did not go 3318 with you into exile 1473--
17 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'Behold 2009, I am sending 7971 upon them the sword 2719, famine 7458 and pestilence 1698, and I will make 5414 them like split-open 8182 figs 8384 that cannot 3808 be eaten 398 due 4480 to rottenness 7455.
18 'I will pursue 7291 them with the sword 2719, with famine 7458 and with pestilence 1698; and I will make 5414 them a terror 2113 to all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776, to be a curse 423 and a horror 8047 and a hissing 8322, and a reproach 2781 among all 3605 the nations 1471 where I have driven 5080 them,
19 because they have not listened 8085 to My words 1697,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'which 834 I sent 7971 to them again 7925 and again 7971 by My servants 5650 the prophets 5030; but you did not listen 8085,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
20 "You, therefore, hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, all 3605 you exiles 1473, whom 834 I have sent 7971 away 7971 from Jerusalem 3389 to Babylon 894.
21 ¶ "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, concerning 413 Ahab 256 the son 1121 of Kolaiah 6964 and concerning 413 Zedekiah 6667 the son 1121 of Maaseiah 4641, who are prophesying 5012 to you falsely 8267 in My name 8034, 'Behold 2009, I will deliver 5414 them into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will slay 5221 them before your eyes 5869.
22 'Because 4480 of them a curse 7045 will be used 3947 by all 3605 the exiles 1546 from Judah 3063 who 834 are in Babylon 894, saying 559, "May the LORD 3068 make 7760 you like Zedekiah 6667 and like Ahab 256, whom 834 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 roasted 7033 in the fire 784,
23 because they have acted 6213 foolishly 5039 in Israel 3478, and have committed 5003 adultery 5003 with their neighbors' 7453 wives 802 and have spoken 1696 words 1697 in My name 8034 falsely 8267, which 834 I did not command 6680 them; and I am He who knows 3045 and am a witness 5707," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.'"
24 ¶ To Shemaiah 8098 the Nehelamite 5161 you shall speak 559, saying 559,
25 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Because you have sent 7971 letters 5612 in your own name 8034 to all 3605 the people 5971 who 834 are in Jerusalem 3389, and to Zephaniah 6846 the son 1121 of Maaseiah 4641, the priest 3548, and to all 3605 the priests 3548, saying 559,
26 "The LORD 3068 has made 5414 you priest 3548 instead 8478 of Jehoiada 3077 the priest 3548, to be the overseer 6496 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 over every 3605 madman 7696 who prophesies 5012, to put 5414 him in the stocks 4115 and in the iron 6729 collar 6729,
27 now 6258 then, why 4100 have you not rebuked 1605 Jeremiah 3414 of Anathoth 6069 who prophesies 5012 to you?
28 "For he has sent 7971 to us in Babylon 894, saying 559, '{The exile} will be long 752; build 1129 houses 1004 and live 3427 {in them} and plant 5193 gardens 1593 and eat 398 their produce 6529.'"'"
29 ¶ Zephaniah 6846 the priest 3548 read 7121 this 2088 letter 5612 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030.
30 Then came 1961 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
31 "Send 7971 to all 3605 the exiles 1473, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 413 Shemaiah 8098 the Nehelamite 5161, "Because Shemaiah 8098 has prophesied 5012 to you, although I did not send 7971 him, and he has made you trust 982 in a lie 8267,"
32 therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am about to punish 6485 Shemaiah 8098 the Nehelamite 5161 and his descendants 2233; he will not have 1961 anyone 376 living 3427 among 8432 this 2088 people 5971, and he will not see 7200 the good 2896 that I am about to do 6213 to My people 5971," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "because 3588 he has preached 1696 rebellion 5627 against 5921 the LORD 3068."'"

## Chapter 30

1

Deliverance from Captivity Promised

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Write 3789 all 3605 the words 1697 which 834 I have spoken 1696 to you in a book 5612.
3 'For behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'when I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of My people 5971 Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.' The LORD 3068 says 559, 'I will also bring 7725 them back 7725 to the land 776 that I gave 5414 to their forefathers 1 and they shall possess 3423 it.'"
4 ¶ Now these 428 are the words 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 concerning 413 Israel 3478 and concerning 413 Judah 3063:
5 ¶ "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'I have heard 8085 a sound 6963 of terror 2731, Of dread 6343, and there 369 is no 369 peace 7965.
6 'Ask 7592 now 4994, and see 7200 If 518 a male 2145 can give 3205 birth 3205. Why 4069 do I see 7200 every 3605 man 1397 {With} his hands 3027 on his loins 2504, as a woman in childbirth 3205? And {why} have all 3605 faces 6440 turned 2015 pale 3420?
7 'Alas 1945! for that day 3117 is great 1419, There 369 is none 369 like 3644 it; And it is the time 6256 of Jacob's 3290 distress 6869, But he will be saved 3467 from it.
8 ¶ 'It shall come 1961 about on that day 3117,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'that I will break 7665 his yoke 5923 from off 5921 their neck 6677 and will tear 5423 off 5423 their bonds 4147; and strangers 2114 will no 3808 longer 5750 make 5647 them their slaves 5647.
9 'But they shall serve 5647 the LORD 3068 their God 430 and David 1732 their king 4428, whom 834 I will raise 6965 up for them.
10 'Fear 3372 not, O Jacob 3290 My servant 5650,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'And do not be dismayed 2865, O Israel 3478; For behold 2009, I will save 3467 you from afar 7350 And your offspring 2233 from the land 776 of their captivity 7628. And Jacob 3290 will return 7725 and will be quiet 8252 and at ease 7599, And no 369 one 369 will make 2729 him afraid 2729.
11 'For I am with you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'to save 3467 you; For I will destroy completely 3617 all 3605 the nations 1471 where I have scattered 6327 you, Only 389 I will not destroy you completely 3617. But I will chasten 3256 you justly 4941 And will by no 3808 means 5352 leave 5352 you unpunished 5352.'
12 ¶ "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Your wound 4347 is incurable 605 And your injury 4347 is serious 2470.
13 'There 369 is no 369 one 369 to plead 1777 your cause 1779; {No} healing 7499 for {your} sore 4205, No 369 recovery 8585 for you.
14 'All 3605 your lovers 157 have forgotten 7911 you, They do not seek 1875 you; For I have wounded 5221 you with the wound 4347 of an enemy 340, With the punishment 4148 of a cruel 394 one 394, Because 5921 your iniquity 5771 is great 7230 {And} your sins 2403 are numerous 6105.
15 'Why 4100 do you cry 2199 out over 5921 your injury 7667? Your pain 4341 is incurable 605. Because 5921 your iniquity 5771 is great 7230 {And} your sins 2403 are numerous 6105, I have done 6213 these 428 things 428 to you.
16 'Therefore 3651 all 3605 who devour 398 you will be devoured 398; And all 3605 your adversaries 6862, every 3605 one 3605 of them, will go 1980 into captivity 7628; And those who plunder 8155 you will be for plunder 4933, And all 3605 who prey 962 upon you I will give 5414 for prey 957.
17 'For I will restore 5927 you to health 724 And I will heal 7495 you of your wounds 4347,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'Because 3588 they have called 7121 you an outcast 5080, saying: "It is Zion 6726; no 369 one 369 cares 1875 for her."'
18

Restoration of Jacob

¶ "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Behold 2009, I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of the tents 168 of Jacob 3290 And have 7355 compassion 7355 on his dwelling 4908 places 4908; And the city 5892 will be rebuilt 1129 on its ruin 8510, And the palace 759 will stand 3427 on its rightful 4941 place 4941.
19 'From them will proceed 3318 thanksgiving 8426 And the voice 6963 of those who celebrate 7832; And I will multiply 7235 them and they will not be diminished 4591; I will also honor 3513 them and they will not be insignificant 6819.
20 'Their children 1121 also will be as formerly 6924, And their congregation 5712 shall be established 3559 before 6440 Me; And I will punish 6485 all 3605 their oppressors 3905.
21 'Their leader 117 shall be one of them, And their ruler 4910 shall come 3318 forth 3318 from their midst 7130; And I will bring 7126 him near 7126 and he shall approach 5066 Me; For who 4310 would dare 6148 to risk 6148 his life 3820 to approach 5066 Me?' declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
22 'You shall be My people 5971, And I will be your God 430.'"
23 ¶ Behold 2009, the tempest 5591 of the LORD 3068! Wrath 2534 has gone 3318 forth 3318, A sweeping 1641 tempest 5591; It will burst 2342 on the head 7218 of the wicked 7563.
24 The fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068 will not turn 7725 back 7725 Until 5704 He has performed 6213 and until 5704 He has accomplished 6965 The intent 4209 of His heart 3820; In the latter 319 days 3117 you will understand 995 this.

## Chapter 31

1

Israel's Mourning Turned to Joy

"At that time 6256," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "I will be the God 430 of all 3605 the families 4940 of Israel 3478, and they shall be My people 5971."
2 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "The people 5971 who 8300 survived 8300 the sword 2719 Found 4672 grace 2580 in the wilderness 4057-- Israel 3478, when it went 1980 to find 7280 its rest 7280."
3 The LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to him from afar 7350, {saying,} "I have loved 157 you with an everlasting 5769 love 160; Therefore I have drawn 4900 you with lovingkindness 2617.
4 "Again 5750 I will build 1129 you and you will be rebuilt 1129, O virgin 1330 of Israel 3478! Again 5750 you will take 5710 up your tambourines 8596, And go 3318 forth 3318 to the dances 4234 of the merrymakers 7832.
5 "Again 5750 you will plant 5193 vineyards 3754 On the hills 2022 of Samaria 8111; The planters 5193 will plant 5193 And will enjoy 2490 {them.}
6 "For there 3426 will be a day 3117 when watchmen 5341 On the hills 2022 of Ephraim 669 call 7121 out, 'Arise 6965, and let us go 5927 up {to} Zion 6726, To the LORD 3068 our God 430.'"
7 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Sing 7442 aloud 7442 with gladness 8057 for Jacob 3290, And shout 6670 among the chief 7218 of the nations 1471; Proclaim 8085, give 1984 praise 1984 and say 559, 'O LORD 3068, save 3467 Your people 5971, The remnant 7611 of Israel 3478.'
8 "Behold 2009, I am bringing 935 them from the north 6828 country 776, And I will gather 6908 them from the remote 3411 parts 3411 of the earth 776, Among them the blind 5787 and the lame 6455, The woman 2030 with child 2030 and she who is in labor 3205 with child, together 3164; A great 1419 company 6951, they will return 7725 here 2008.
9 "With weeping 1065 they will come 935, And by supplication 8469 I will lead 2986 them; I will make them walk 1980 by streams 5158 of waters 4325, On a straight 3477 path 1870 in which they will not stumble 3782; For I am 1961 a father 1 to Israel 3478, And Ephraim 669 is My firstborn 1060."
10 ¶ Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O nations 1471, And declare 5046 in the coastlands 339 afar 4801 off 4801, And say 559, "He who scattered 2219 Israel 3478 will gather 6908 him And keep 8104 him as a shepherd 7462 keeps his flock 5739."
11 For the LORD 3068 has ransomed 6299 Jacob 3290 And redeemed 1350 him from the hand 3027 of him who 2389 was stronger 2389 than 4480 he.
12 "They will come 935 and shout 7442 for joy 7442 on the height 4791 of Zion 6726, And they will be radiant 5102 over 413 the bounty 2898 of the LORD 3068-- Over 5921 the grain 1715 and the new 8492 wine 8492 and the oil 3323, And over 5921 the young 1121 of the flock 6629 and the herd 1241; And their life 5315 will be like a watered 7302 garden 1588, And they will never languish 1669 again 3254.
13 "Then 227 the virgin 1330 will rejoice 8055 in the dance 4234, And the young 970 men 970 and the old 2205, together 3164, For I will turn 2015 their mourning 60 into joy 8342 And will comfort 5162 them and give 8055 them joy 8055 for their sorrow 3015.
14 "I will fill 7301 the soul 5315 of the priests 3548 with abundance 1880, And My people 5971 will be satisfied 7646 with My goodness 2898," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
15 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "A voice 6963 is heard 8085 in Ramah 7414, Lamentation 5092 {and} bitter 8563 weeping 1065. Rachel 7354 is weeping 1065 for her children 1121; She refuses 3985 to be comforted 5162 for her children 1121, Because 3588 they are no 369 more 369."
16 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Restrain 4513 your voice 6963 from weeping 1065 And your eyes 5869 from tears 1832; For your work 6468 will be rewarded 7939," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And they will return 7725 from the land 776 of the enemy 340.
17 "There 3426 is hope 8615 for your future 319," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And {your} children 1121 will return 7725 to their own territory 1366.
18 "I have surely 8085 heard 8085 Ephraim 669 grieving 5110, 'You have chastised 3256 me, and I was chastised 3256, Like an untrained calf 5695; Bring 7725 me back 7725 that I may be restored 7725, For You are the LORD 3068 my God 430.
19 'For after 310 I turned 7725 back 7725, I repented 5162; And after 310 I was instructed 3045, I smote 5606 on {my} thigh 3409; I was ashamed 954 and also 1571 humiliated 3637 Because 3588 I bore 5375 the reproach 2781 of my youth 5271.'
20 "Is Ephraim 669 My dear 3357 son 1121? Is he a delightful 8191 child 3206? Indeed 3588, as often 1767 as I have spoken 1696 against him, I certainly 2142 {still} remember 2142 him; Therefore My heart 4578 yearns 1993 for him; I will surely 7355 have 7355 mercy 7355 on him," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
21 ¶ "Set 5324 up for yourself roadmarks 6725, Place 7760 for yourself guideposts 8564; Direct 7896 your mind 3820 to the highway 4546, The way 1870 by which you went 1980. Return 7725, O virgin 1330 of Israel 3478, Return 7725 to these 428 your cities 5892.
22 "How 4970 long will you go 2559 here 2559 and there 2559, O faithless 7728 daughter 1323? For the LORD 3068 has created 1254 a new 2319 thing 2319 in the earth 776-- A woman 5347 will encompass 5437 a man 1397."
23 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Once again 5750 they will speak 559 this 2088 word 1697 in the land 776 of Judah 3063 and in its cities 5892 when I restore 7725 their fortunes 7622, 'The LORD 3068 bless 1288 you, O abode 5116 of righteousness 6664, O holy 6944 hill 2022!'
24 "Judah 3063 and all 3605 its cities 5892 will dwell 3427 together 3164 in it, the farmer 406 and they who go 5265 about 5265 with flocks 5739.
25 "For I satisfy 7301 the weary 5889 ones 5315 and refresh 4390 everyone 3605 who languishes 1669."
26 At this 384 I awoke 7019 and looked 7200, and my sleep 8142 was pleasant 6149 to me.
27

A New Covenant

¶ "Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when I will sow 2232 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and the house 1004 of Judah 3063 with the seed 2233 of man 120 and with the seed 2233 of beast 929.
28 "As I have watched 8245 over 5921 them to pluck 5428 up, to break 5422 down 5422, to overthrow 2040, to destroy 6 and to bring 7489 disaster 7489, so 3651 I will watch 8245 over 5921 them to build 1129 and to plant 5193," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
29 "In those 1992 days 3117 they will not say 559 again 5750, 'The fathers 1 have eaten 398 sour 1155 grapes 1155, And the children's 1121 teeth 8127 are set 6949 on edge 6949.'
30 "But everyone 376 will die 4191 for his own iniquity 5771; each 3605 man 120 who eats 398 the sour 1155 grapes 1155, his teeth 8127 will be set 6949 on edge 6949.
31 ¶ "Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when I will make 3772 a new 2319 covenant 1285 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and with the house 1004 of Judah 3063,
32 not like the covenant 1285 which 834 I made 3772 with their fathers 1 in the day 3117 I took 2388 them by the hand 3027 to bring 3318 them out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, My covenant 1285 which 834 they broke 6565, although I was a husband 1166 to them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
33 "But this 384 is the covenant 1285 which 834 I will make 3772 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478 after 310 those 1992 days 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "I will put 5414 My law 8451 within 7130 them and on their heart 3820 I will write 3789 it; and I will be their God 430, and they shall be My people 5971.
34 "They will not teach 3925 again 5750, each 376 man 376 his neighbor 7453 and each 376 man 376 his brother 251, saying 559, 'Know 3045 the LORD 3068,' for they will all 3605 know 3045 Me, from the least 6996 of them to the greatest 1419 of them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "for I will forgive 5545 their iniquity 5771, and their sin 2403 I will remember 2142 no 3808 more 5750."
35 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, Who gives 5414 the sun 8121 for light 216 by day 3119 And the fixed 2708 order 2708 of the moon 3394 and the stars 3556 for light 216 by night 3915, Who stirs 7280 up the sea 3220 so that its waves 1530 roar 1993; The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034:
36 "If 518 this 428 fixed 2706 order 2706 departs 4185 From before Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "Then the offspring 2233 of Israel 3478 also 1571 will cease 7673 From being 1961 a nation 1471 before 6440 Me forever."
37 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "If 518 the heavens 8064 above can be measured 4058 And the foundations 4144 of the earth 776 searched 2713 out below 4295, Then I will also 1571 cast 3988 off 3988 all 3605 the offspring 2233 of Israel 3478 For all 3605 that they have done 6213," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
38 ¶ "Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when the city 5892 will be rebuilt 1129 for the LORD 3068 from the Tower 4026 of Hananel 2606 to the Corner 6438 Gate 8179.
39 "The measuring 4060 line 6957 will go 3318 out farther 5750 straight 5048 ahead 5048 to the hill 1389 Gareb 1619; then it will turn 5437 to Goah 1601.
40 "And the whole 3605 valley 6010 of the dead 6297 bodies 6297 and of the ashes 1880, and all 3605 the fields 7709 as far 5704 as the brook 5158 Kidron 6939, to the corner 6438 of the Horse 5483 Gate 8179 toward the east 4217, shall be holy 6944 to the LORD 3068; it will not be plucked 5428 up or overthrown 2040 anymore 5750 forever 5769."

## Chapter 32

1

Jeremiah Imprisoned

The word 1697 that came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 in the tenth 6224 year 8141 of Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063, which 1931 was the eighteenth year 8141 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019.
2 Now at that time 227 the army 2428 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 was besieging Jerusalem 3389, and Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 was shut 3607 up in the court 2691 of the guard 4307, which 834 {was in} the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063,
3 because 834 Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 had shut 3607 him up, saying 559, "Why 4069 do you prophesy 5012, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am about to give 5414 this 384 city 5892 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will take 3920 it;
4 and Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 will not escape 4422 out of the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778, but he will surely 5414 be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will speak 1696 with him face 6310 to face 6310 and see 7200 him eye 5869 to eye 5869;
5 and he will take 1980 Zedekiah 6667 to Babylon 894, and he will be there 8033 until 5704 I visit 6485 him," declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "If 3588 you fight 3898 against 854 the Chaldeans 3778, you will not succeed 6743"'?"
6 ¶ And Jeremiah 3414 said 559, "The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me, saying 559,
7 'Behold 2009, Hanamel 2601 the son 1121 of Shallum 7967 your uncle 1730 is coming 935 to you, saying 559, "Buy 7069 for yourself my field 7704 which 834 is at Anathoth 6068, for you have the right 4941 of redemption 1353 to buy 7069 {it.}"'
8 "Then Hanamel 2601 my uncle's 1730 son 1121 came 935 to me in the court 2691 of the guard 4307 according to the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 and said 559 to me, 'Buy 7069 my field 7704, please 4994, that is at Anathoth 6068, which 834 is in the land 776 of Benjamin 1144; for you have the right 4941 of possession 3425 and the redemption 1353 is yours; buy 7069 {it} for yourself.' Then I knew 3045 that this 1931 was the word 1697 of the LORD 3068.
9 ¶ "I bought 7069 the field 7704 which 834 was at Anathoth 6068 from Hanamel 2601 my uncle's 1730 son 1121, and I weighed 8254 out the silver 3701 for him, seventeen shekels 8255 of silver 3701.
10 "I signed 3789 and sealed 2856 the deed 5612, and called 5749 in witnesses 5707, and weighed 8254 out the silver 3701 on the scales 3976.
11 "Then I took 3947 the deeds 5612 of purchase 4736, both the sealed 2856 {copy containing} the terms 4687 and conditions 2706 and the open 1540 {copy;}
12 and I gave 5414 the deed 5612 of purchase 4736 to Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, the son 1121 of Mahseiah 4271, in the sight 5869 of Hanamel 2601 my uncle's 1730 {son} and in the sight 5869 of the witnesses 5707 who signed 3789 the deed 5612 of purchase 4736, before 5869 all 3605 the Jews 3064 who were sitting 3427 in the court 2691 of the guard 4307.
13 "And I commanded 6680 Baruch 1263 in their presence 5869, saying 559,
14 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Take 3947 these 428 deeds 5612, this 2088 sealed 2856 deed 5612 of purchase 4736 and this 2088 open 1540 deed 5612, and put 5414 them in an earthenware 2789 jar 3627, that they may last 5975 a long 7227 time 3117."
15 'For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Houses 1004 and fields 7704 and vineyards 3754 will again 5750 be bought 7069 in this 384 land 776."'
16

Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

¶ "After 310 I had given 5414 the deed 5612 of purchase 4736 to Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, then I prayed 6419 to the LORD 3068, saying 559,
17 'Ah 162 Lord 136 GOD 3068! Behold 2009, You have made 6213 the heavens 8064 and the earth 776 by Your great 1419 power 3581 and by Your outstretched 5186 arm 2220! Nothing is too 4480 difficult 6381 for You,
18 who shows 6213 lovingkindness 2617 to thousands 505, but repays 7999 the iniquity 5771 of fathers 1 into the bosom 2436 of their children 1121 after 310 them, O great 1419 and mighty 1368 God 410. The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034;
19 great 1419 in counsel 6098 and mighty 7227 in deed 5950, whose 834 eyes 5869 are open 6491 to all 3605 the ways 1870 of the sons 1121 of men 120, giving 5414 to everyone 376 according to his ways 1870 and according to the fruit 6529 of his deeds 4611;
20 who 834 has set 7760 signs 226 and wonders 4159 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, {and} even to this 2088 day 3117 both in Israel 3478 and among mankind 120; and You have made 6213 a name 8034 for Yourself, as at this 2088 day 3117.
21 'You brought 3318 Your people 5971 Israel 3478 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 with signs 226 and with wonders 4159, and with a strong 2389 hand 3027 and with an outstretched 5186 arm 2220 and with great 1419 terror 4172;
22 and gave 5414 them this 384 land 776, which 834 You swore 7650 to their forefathers 1 to give 5414 them, a land 776 flowing 2100 with milk 2461 and honey 1706.
23 'They came 935 in and took 3423 possession 3423 of it, but they did not obey 8085 Your voice 6963 or walk 1980 in Your law 8451; they have done 6213 nothing 3808 of all 3605 that You commanded 6680 them to do 6213; therefore You have made all 3605 this 384 calamity 7463 come 7122 upon them.
24 'Behold 2009, the siege 5550 ramps 5550 have reached 935 the city 5892 to take 3920 it; and the city 5892 is given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778 who fight 3898 against 5921 it, because of the sword 2719, the famine 7458 and the pestilence 1698; and what 834 You have spoken 1696 has come 1961 to pass 1961; and behold 2009, You see 7200 {it.}
25 'You have said 559 to me, O Lord 136 GOD 3068, "Buy 7069 for yourself the field 7704 with money 3701 and call 5749 in witnesses 5707"--although the city 5892 is given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778.'"
26 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
27 "Behold 2009, I am the LORD 3068, the God 430 of all 3605 flesh 1320; is anything too 4480 difficult 6381 for Me?"
28 Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am about to give 5414 this 384 city 5892 into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778 and into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will take 3920 it.
29 "The Chaldeans 3778 who are fighting 3898 against 5921 this 384 city 5892 will enter 935 and set 3341 this 384 city 5892 on fire 784 and burn 8313 it, with the houses 1004 where 834 {people} have offered 6999 incense 6999 to Baal 1168 on their roofs 1406 and poured 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to other 312 gods 430 to provoke 3707 Me to anger 3707.
30 "Indeed 3588 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 and the sons 1121 of Judah 3063 have been doing 6213 only 389 evil 7451 in My sight 5869 from their youth 5272; for the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 have been only 389 provoking 3707 Me to anger 3707 by the work 4639 of their hands 3027," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
31 "Indeed 3588 this 384 city 5892 has been 1961 to Me {a} {provocation of} My anger 639 and My wrath 2534 from the day 3117 that they built 1129 it, even to this 2088 day 3117, so that it should be removed 5493 from before 5921 My face 6440,
32 because 5921 of all 3605 the evil 7463 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 and the sons 1121 of Judah 3063 which 834 they have done 6213 to provoke 3707 Me to anger 3707--they, their kings 4428, their leaders 8269, their priests 3548, their prophets 5030, the men 376 of Judah 3063 and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389.
33 "They have turned 6437 {their} back 6203 to Me and not {their} face 6440; though {I} taught 3925 them, teaching 3925 again 7925 and again 3925, they would not listen 8085 and receive 3947 instruction 4148.
34 "But they put 7760 their detestable 8251 things 8251 in the house 1004 which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034, to defile 2930 it.
35 "They built 1129 the high 1116 places 1116 of Baal 1168 that are in the valley 1516 of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323 to pass 5674 through 5674 {the fire} to Molech 4432, which 834 I had not commanded 6680 them nor 3808 had it entered 5927 My mind 3820 that they should do 6213 this 384 abomination 8441, to cause Judah 3063 to sin 2398.
36 ¶ "Now 6258 therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 concerning 413 this 384 city 5892 of which 834 you say 559, 'It is given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 by sword 2719, by famine 7458 and by pestilence 1698.'
37 "Behold 2009, I will gather 6908 them out of all 3605 the lands 776 to which 834 I have driven 5080 them in My anger 639, in My wrath 2534 and in great 1419 indignation 7110; and I will bring 7725 them back 7725 to this 2088 place 4725 and make them dwell 3427 in safety 983.
38 "They shall be My people 5971, and I will be their God 430;
39 and I will give 5414 them one 259 heart 3820 and one 259 way 1870, that they may fear 3372 Me always, for their own good 2896 and for {the good of} their children 1121 after 310 them.
40 "I will make 3772 an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285 with them that I will not turn 7725 away 7725 from them, to do 3190 them good 3190; and I will put 5414 the fear 3374 of Me in their hearts 3824 so that they will not turn 5493 away 5493 from Me.
41 "I will rejoice 7797 over 5921 them to do 3190 them good 3190 and will faithfully 571 plant 5193 them in this 384 land 776 with all 3605 My heart 3820 and with all 3605 My soul 5315.
42 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Just 3512 as I brought 935 all 3605 this 384 great 1419 disaster 7463 on this 2088 people 5971, so 3651 I am going to bring 935 on them all 3605 the good 2899 that I am promising 1696 them.
43 'Fields 7704 will be bought 7069 in this 384 land 776 of which 834 you say 559, "It is a desolation 8077, without 369 man 120 or beast 929; it is given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778."
44 'Men will buy 7069 fields 7704 for money 3701, sign 3789 and seal 2856 deeds 5612, and call 5749 in witnesses 5707 in the land 776 of Benjamin 1144, in the environs 5439 of Jerusalem 3389, in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, in the cities 5892 of the hill 2022 country 2022, in the cities 5892 of the lowland 8219 and in the cities 5892 of the Negev 5045; for I will restore 7725 their fortunes 7622,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068."

## Chapter 33

1

Restoration Promised

Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 the second 8145 time 8145, while he was still 5750 confined 6113 in the court 2691 of the guard 4307, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 who made 6213 {the earth,} the LORD 3068 who formed 3335 it to establish 3559 it, the LORD 3068 is His name 8034,
3 'Call 7121 to Me and I will answer 6030 you, and I will tell 5046 you great 1419 and mighty 1219 things 1219, which you do not know 3045.'
4 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 concerning 5921 the houses 1004 of this 384 city 5892, and concerning 5921 the houses 1004 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 which are broken 5422 down 5422 {to make a defense} against 413 the siege 5550 ramps 5550 and against 413 the sword 2719,
5 'While {they} are coming 935 to fight 3898 with the Chaldeans 3778 and to fill 4390 them with the corpses 6297 of men 120 whom 834 I have slain 5221 in My anger 639 and in My wrath 2534, and I have hidden 5641 My face 6440 from this 384 city 5892 because 5921 of all 3605 their wickedness 7463:
6 'Behold 2009, I will bring 5927 to it health 724 and healing 4832, and I will heal 7495 them; and I will reveal 1540 to them an abundance 6283 of peace 7965 and truth 571.
7 'I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of Judah 3063 and the fortunes 7622 of Israel 3478 and will rebuild 1129 them as they were at first 7223.
8 'I will cleanse 2891 them from all 3605 their iniquity 5771 by which 834 they have sinned 2398 against Me, and I will pardon 5545 all 3605 their iniquities 5771 by which 834 they have sinned 2398 against Me and by which 834 they have transgressed 6586 against Me.
9 'It will be to Me a name 8034 of joy 8342, praise 8416 and glory 8597 before all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776 which 834 will hear 8085 of all 3605 the good 2899 that I do 6213 for them, and they will fear 6342 and tremble 7264 because 5921 of all 3605 the good 2899 and all 3605 the peace 7965 that I make 6213 for it.'
10 ¶ "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Yet 5750 again 5750 there will be heard 8085 in this 2088 place 4725, of which 834 you say 559, "It is a waste 2720, without 369 man 120 and without 369 beast 929," {that is,} in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389 that are desolate 8074, without 369 man 120 and without 369 inhabitant 3427 and without 369 beast 929,
11 the voice 6963 of joy 8342 and the voice 6963 of gladness 8057, the voice 6963 of the bridegroom 2860 and the voice 6963 of the bride 3618, the voice 6963 of those who say 559, "Give 3034 thanks 3034 to the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, For the LORD 3068 is good 2896, For His lovingkindness 2617 is everlasting 5769"; {and of those} who bring 935 a thank 8426 offering 8426 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068. For I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of the land 776 as they were at first 7223,' says 559 the LORD 3068.
12 ¶ "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'There will again 5750 be in this 2088 place 4725 which is waste 2720, without man 120 or beast 929, and in all 3605 its cities 5892, a habitation 5116 of shepherds 7462 who rest 7257 their flocks 6629.
13 'In the cities 5892 of the hill 2022 country 2022, in the cities 5892 of the lowland 8219, in the cities 5892 of the Negev 5045, in the land 776 of Benjamin 1144, in the environs 5439 of Jerusalem 3389 and in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, the flocks 6629 will again 5750 pass 5674 under 5921 the hands 3027 of the one who numbers 4487 them,' says 559 the LORD 3068.
14

The Davidic Kingdom

¶ 'Behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'when I will fulfill 6965 the good 2896 word 1697 which 834 I have spoken 1696 concerning 413 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 and the house 1004 of Judah 3063.
15 'In those 1992 days 3117 and at that time 6256 I will cause a righteous 6666 Branch 6780 of David 1732 to spring 6779 forth 6779; and He shall execute 6213 justice 4941 and righteousness 6666 on the earth 776.
16 'In those 1992 days 3117 Judah 3063 will be saved 3467 and Jerusalem 3389 will dwell 7931 in safety 983; and this 2088 is {the name} by which 834 she will be called 7121: the LORD 3068 is our righteousness 6664.'
17 "For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'David 1732 shall never 3808 lack 3772 a man 376 to sit 3427 on the throne 3678 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478;
18 and the Levitical 3881 priests 3548 shall never 3808 lack 3772 a man 376 before Me to offer 5927 burnt 5930 offerings 5930, to burn 6999 grain offerings 4503 and to prepare 6213 sacrifices 2077 continually.'"
19 ¶ The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
20 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'If 518 you can break 6565 My covenant 1285 for the day 3117 and My covenant 1285 for the night 3915, so that day 3119 and night 3915 will not be at their appointed 6256 time 6256,
21 then My covenant 1285 may also 1571 be broken 6565 with David 1732 My servant 5650 so that he will not have 1961 a son 1121 to reign 4427 on his throne 3678, and with the Levitical 3881 priests 3548, My ministers 8334.
22 'As the host 6635 of heaven 8064 cannot 3808 be counted 5608 and the sand 2344 of the sea 3220 cannot 3808 be measured 4058, so 3651 I will multiply 7235 the descendants 2233 of David 1732 My servant 5650 and the Levites 3881 who minister 8334 to Me.'"
23 ¶ And the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
24 "Have you not observed 7200 what 4100 this 2088 people 5971 have spoken 1696, saying 559, 'The two 8147 families 4940 which 834 the LORD 3068 chose 977, He has rejected 3988 them'? Thus they despise 5006 My people 5971, no 4480 longer 5750 are they as a nation 1471 in their sight 6440.
25 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'If 518 My covenant 1285 {for} day 3119 and night 3915 {stand} not, {and} the fixed 2708 patterns 2708 of heaven 8064 and earth 776 I have not established 7760,
26 then 1571 I would reject 3988 the descendants 2233 of Jacob 3290 and David 1732 My servant 5650, not taking 3947 from his descendants 2233 rulers 4910 over 413 the descendants 2233 of Abraham 85, Isaac 3327 and Jacob 3290. But I will restore 7725 their fortunes 7622 and will have 7355 mercy 7355 on them.'"

## Chapter 34

1

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, when Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 and all 3605 his army 2428, with all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776 that were under his dominion 4475 and all 3605 the peoples 5971, were fighting 3898 against 5921 Jerusalem 3389 and against 5921 all 3605 its cities 5892, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Go 1980 and speak 559 to Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and say 559 to him: "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Behold 2009, I am giving 5414 this 384 city 5892 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and he will burn 8313 it with fire 784.
3 'You will not escape 4422 from his hand 3027, for you will surely 8610 be captured 8610 and delivered 5414 into his hand 3027; and you will see 7200 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 eye 5869 to eye 5869, and he will speak 1696 with you face 6310 to face 6310, and you will go 935 to Babylon 894.'"'
4 "Yet 389 hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063! Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 you, 'You will not die 4191 by the sword 2719.
5 'You will die 4191 in peace 7965; and as {spices} were burned 4955 for your fathers 1, the former 7223 kings 4428 who 834 were before 6440 you, so 3651 they will burn 8313 {spices} for you; and they will lament 5594 for you, "Alas 1945, lord 113!"' For I have spoken 1696 the word 1697," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
6 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 spoke 1696 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 to Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 in Jerusalem 3389
7 when the army 2428 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 was fighting 3898 against 5921 Jerusalem 3389 and against 5921 all 3605 the remaining 3498 cities 5892 of Judah 3063, {that is,} Lachish 3923 and Azekah 5825, for they {alone} remained 7604 as fortified 4013 cities 5892 among the cities 5892 of Judah 3063.
8 ¶ The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 after 310 King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 had made 3772 a covenant 1285 with all 3605 the people 5971 who 834 were in Jerusalem 3389 to proclaim 7121 release 1865 to them:
9 that each 376 man 376 should set 7971 free 2670 his male 5650 servant 5650 and each 376 man 376 his female 8198 servant 8198, a Hebrew 5680 man 5680 or a Hebrew 5680 woman 5680; so that no 1115 one 1097 should keep 5647 them, a Jew 3064 his brother 251, in bondage 5647.
10 And all 3605 the officials 8269 and all 3605 the people 5971 obeyed 8085 who 834 had entered 935 into the covenant 1285 that each 376 man 376 should set 7971 free 2670 his male 5650 servant 5650 and each 376 man 376 his female 8198 servant 8198, so that no 1115 one 1097 should keep 5647 them any 5750 longer 5750 in bondage 5647; they obeyed 8085, and set 7971 {them free.}
11 But afterward they turned 7725 around 7725 and took 7725 back 7725 the male 5650 servants 5650 and the female 8198 servants 8198 whom 834 they had set 7971 free 2670, and brought 3533 them into subjection 3533 for male 5650 servants 5650 and for female 8198 servants 8198.
12 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
13 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, 'I made 3772 a covenant 1285 with your forefathers 1 in the day 3117 that I brought 3318 them out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, from the house 1004 of bondage 5650, saying 559,
14 "At the end 7093 of seven 7651 years 8141 each 376 of you shall set 7971 free 7971 his Hebrew 5680 brother 251 who 834 has been sold 4376 to you and has served 5647 you six 8337 years 8141, you shall send 7971 him out free 2670 from you; but your forefathers 1 did not obey 8085 Me or incline 5186 their ear 241 to Me.
15 "Although recently 3117 you {had} turned 7725 and done 6213 what 3477 is right 3477 in My sight 5869, each 376 man 376 proclaiming 7121 release 1865 to his neighbor 7453, and you had made 3772 a covenant 1285 before 6440 Me in the house 1004 which 834 is called 7121 by My name 8034.
16 "Yet you turned 7725 and profaned 2490 My name 8034, and each 376 man 376 took 7725 back 7725 his male 5650 servant 5650 and each 376 man 376 his female 8198 servant 8198 whom 834 you had set 7971 free 2670 according to their desire 5315, and you brought 3533 them into subjection 3533 to be your male 5650 servants 5650 and female 8198 servants 8198."'
17 ¶ "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'You have not obeyed 8085 Me in proclaiming 7121 release 1865 each 376 man 376 to his brother 251 and each 376 man 376 to his neighbor 7453. Behold 2009, I am proclaiming 7121 a release 1865 to you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'to the sword 2719, to the pestilence 1698 and to the famine 7458; and I will make 5414 you a terror 2113 to all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776.
18 'I will give 5414 the men 376 who have transgressed 5674 My covenant 1285, who 834 have not fulfilled 6965 the words 1697 of the covenant 1285 which 834 they made 3772 before 6440 Me, {when} they cut 3772 the calf 5695 in two 8147 and passed 5674 between 996 its parts 1335--
19 the officials 8269 of Judah 3063 and the officials 8269 of Jerusalem 3389, the court 5631 officers 5631 and the priests 3548 and all 3605 the people 5971 of the land 776 who passed 5674 between 996 the parts 1335 of the calf 5695--
20 I will give 5414 them into the hand 3027 of their enemies 340 and into the hand 3027 of those who seek 1245 their life 5315. And their dead 5038 bodies 5038 will be food 3978 for the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the beasts 929 of the earth 776.
21 'Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and his officials 8269 I will give 5414 into the hand 3027 of their enemies 340 and into the hand 3027 of those who seek 1245 their life 5315, and into the hand 3027 of the army 2428 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 which has gone 5927 away 5927 from you.
22 'Behold 2009, I am going to command 6680,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'and I will bring 7725 them back 7725 to this 384 city 5892; and they will fight 3898 against 5921 it and take 3920 it and burn 8313 it with fire 784; and I will make 5414 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 a desolation 8077 without 369 inhabitant 3427.'"

## Chapter 35

1

The Rechabites' Obedience

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 in the days 3117 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, saying 559,
2 "Go 1980 to the house 1004 of the Rechabites 7397 and speak 1696 to them, and bring 935 them into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, into one 259 of the chambers 3957, and give 8248 them wine 3196 to drink 8248."
3 Then I took 3947 Jaazaniah 2970 the son 1121 of Jeremiah 3414, son 1121 of Habazziniah 2262, and his brothers 251 and all 3605 his sons 1121 and the whole 3605 house 1004 of the Rechabites 7397,
4 and I brought 935 them into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, into the chamber 3957 of the sons 1121 of Hanan 2605 the son 1121 of Igdaliah 3012, the man 376 of God 430, which 834 was near 681 the chamber 3957 of the officials 8269, which 834 was above the chamber 3957 of Maaseiah 4641 the son 1121 of Shallum 7967, the doorkeeper.
5 Then I set 5414 before 6440 the men 1121 of the house 1004 of the Rechabites 7397 pitchers 1375 full 4392 of wine 3196 and cups 3563; and I said 559 to them, "Drink 8354 wine 3196!"
6 But they said 559, "We will not drink 8354 wine 3196, for Jonadab 3082 the son 1121 of Rechab 7394, our father 1, commanded 6680 us, saying 559, 'You shall not drink 8354 wine 3196, you or your sons 1121, forever.
7 'You shall not build 1129 a house 1004, and you shall not sow 2232 seed 2233 and you shall not plant 5193 a vineyard 3754 or own 1961 one; but in tents 168 you shall dwell 3427 all 3605 your days 3117, that you may live 2421 many 7227 days 3117 in the land 127 where you sojourn 1481.'
8 "We have obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of Jonadab 3082 the son 1121 of Rechab 7394, our father 1, in all 3605 that he commanded 6680 us, not to drink 8354 wine 3196 all 3605 our days 3117, we, our wives 802, our sons 1121 or our daughters 1323,
9 nor 1115 to build 1129 ourselves houses 1004 to dwell 3427 in; and we do not have 1961 vineyard 3754 or field 7704 or seed 2233.
10 "We have only dwelt 3427 in tents 168, and have obeyed 8085 and have done 6213 according to all 3605 that Jonadab 3082 our father 1 commanded 6680 us.
11 "But when Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 came 5927 up against 413 the land 776, we said 559, 'Come 935 and let us go 935 to Jerusalem 3389 before the army 2428 of the Chaldeans 3778 and before the army 2428 of the Arameans 758.' So we have dwelt 3427 in Jerusalem 3389."
12

Judah Rebuked

¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
13 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Go 1980 and say 559 to the men 376 of Judah 3063 and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389, "Will you not receive 3947 instruction 4148 by listening 8085 to My words 1697?" declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
14 "The words 1697 of Jonadab 3082 the son 1121 of Rechab 7394, which 834 he commanded 6680 his sons 1121 not to drink 8354 wine 3196, are observed 6965. So they do not drink 8354 {wine} to this 2088 day 3117, for they have obeyed 8085 their father's 1 command 4687. But I have spoken 1696 to you again 7925 and again 1696; yet you have not listened 8085 to Me.
15 "Also I have sent 7971 to you all 3605 My servants 5650 the prophets 5030, sending 7971 {them} again 7925 and again 7971, saying 559: 'Turn 7725 now 4994 every 376 man 376 from his evil 7451 way 1870 and amend 3190 your deeds 4611, and do not go 1980 after 310 other 312 gods 430 to worship 5647 them. Then you will dwell 3427 in the land 127 which 834 I have given 5414 to you and to your forefathers 1; but you have not inclined 5186 your ear 241 or listened 8085 to Me.
16 'Indeed 3588, the sons 1121 of Jonadab 3082 the son 1121 of Rechab 7394 have observed 6965 the command 4687 of their father 1 which 834 he commanded 6680 them, but this 2088 people 5971 has not listened 8085 to Me.'"'
17 "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Behold 2009, I am bringing 935 on Judah 3063 and on all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 all 3605 the disaster 7463 that I have pronounced 1696 against 5921 them; because 3282 I spoke 1696 to them but they did not listen 8085, and I have called 7121 them but they did not answer 6030.'"
18 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to the house 1004 of the Rechabites 7397, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Because you have obeyed 8085 the command 4687 of Jonadab 3082 your father 1, kept 8104 all 3605 his commands 4687 and done 6213 according to all 3605 that he commanded 6680 you;
19 therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Jonadab 3082 the son 1121 of Rechab 7394 shall not lack 3772 a man 376 to stand 5975 before 6440 Me always."'"

## Chapter 36

1

Jeremiah's Scroll Read in the Temple

In the fourth 7243 year 8141 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, this 2088 word 1697 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 "Take 3947 a scroll and write 3789 on it all 3605 the words 1697 which 834 I have spoken 1696 to you concerning 5921 Israel 3478 and concerning 5921 Judah 3063, and concerning 5921 all 3605 the nations 1471, from the day 3117 I {first} spoke 1696 to you, from the days 3117 of Josiah 2977, even to this 2088 day 3117.
3 "Perhaps 194 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 will hear 8085 all 3605 the calamity 7463 which 834 I plan 2803 to bring 6213 on them, in order 4616 that every 376 man 376 will turn 7725 from his evil 7451 way 1870; then I will forgive 5545 their iniquity 5771 and their sin 2403."
4 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 called 7121 Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, and Baruch 1263 wrote 3789 on a scroll at the dictation 6310 of Jeremiah 3414 all 3605 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 which 834 He had spoken 1696 to him.
5 Jeremiah 3414 commanded 6680 Baruch 1263, saying 559, "I am restricted 6113; I cannot go 935 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
6 "So you go 935 and read 7121 from the scroll 4039 which 834 you have written 3789 at my dictation 6310 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 to the people 5971 in the LORD'S 3068 house 1004 on a fast 6685 day 3117. And also 1571 you shall read 7121 them to all 3605 {the people of} Judah 3063 who come 935 from their cities 5892.
7 "Perhaps 194 their supplication 8467 will come 5307 before 6440 the LORD 3068, and everyone 376 will turn 7725 from his evil 7451 way 1870, for great 1419 is the anger 639 and the wrath 2534 that the LORD 3068 has pronounced 1696 against 413 this 2088 people 5971."
8 Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374 did 6213 according to all 3605 that Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 commanded 6680 him, reading 7121 from the book 5612 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 in the LORD'S 3068 house 1004.
9 ¶ Now in the fifth 2549 year 8141 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, in the ninth 8671 month 2320, all 3605 the people 5971 in Jerusalem 3389 and all 3605 the people 5971 who came 935 from the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 to Jerusalem 3389 proclaimed 7121 a fast 6685 before 6440 the LORD 3068.
10 Then Baruch 1263 read 7121 from the book 5612 the words 1697 of Jeremiah 3414 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 in the chamber 3957 of Gemariah 1587 the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227 the scribe 5613, in the upper 5945 court 2691, at the entry 6607 of the New 2319 Gate 8179 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004, to all 3605 the people 5971.
11 ¶ Now when Micaiah 4321 the son 1121 of Gemariah 1587, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, had heard 8085 all 3605 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 from the book 5612,
12 he went 3381 down 3381 to the king's 4428 house 1004, into the scribe's 5613 chamber 3957. And behold 2009, all 3605 the officials 8269 were sitting 3427 there 8033--Elishama 476 the scribe 5613, and Delaiah 1806 the son 1121 of Shemaiah 8098, and Elnathan 494 the son 1121 of Achbor 5907, and Gemariah 1587 the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, and Zedekiah 6667 the son 1121 of Hananiah 2608, and all 3605 the {other} officials 8269.
13 Micaiah 4321 declared 5046 to them all 3605 the words 1697 that he had heard 8085 when Baruch 1263 read 7121 from the book 5612 to the people 5971.
14 Then all 3605 the officials 8269 sent 7971 Jehudi 3065 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418, the son 1121 of Shelemiah 8018, the son 1121 of Cushi 3570, to Baruch 1263, saying 559, "Take 3947 in your hand 3027 the scroll 4039 from which 834 you have read 7121 to the people 5971 and come 1980." So Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374 took 3947 the scroll 4039 in his hand 3027 and went 935 to them.
15 They said 559 to him, "Sit 3427 down 3427, please 4994, and read 7121 it to us." So Baruch 1263 read 7121 it to them.
16 When they had heard 8085 all 3605 the words 1697, they turned 6342 in fear 6342 one 376 to another 7453 and said 559 to Baruch 1263, "We will surely 5046 report 5046 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 to the king 4428."
17 And they asked 7592 Baruch 1263, saying 559, "Tell 5046 us, please 4994, how 349 did you write 3789 all 3605 these 428 words 1697? {Was it} at his dictation 6310?"
18 Then Baruch 1263 said 559 to them, "He dictated all 3605 these 428 words 1697 to me, and I wrote 3789 them with ink 1773 on the book 5612."
19 Then the officials 8269 said 559 to Baruch 1263, "Go 1980, hide 5641 yourself, you and Jeremiah 3414, and do not let anyone know 3045 where 375 you are."
20

The Scroll Is Burned

¶ So they went 935 to the king 4428 in the court 2691, but they had deposited 6485 the scroll 4039 in the chamber 3957 of Elishama 476 the scribe 5613, and they reported all 3605 the words 1697 to the king 4428.
21 Then the king 4428 sent 7971 Jehudi 3065 to get 3947 the scroll 4039, and he took 3947 it out of the chamber 3957 of Elishama 476 the scribe 5613. And Jehudi 3065 read 7121 it to the king 4428 as well as to all 3605 the officials 8269 who stood 5975 beside the king 4428.
22 Now the king 4428 was sitting 3427 in the winter 2779 house 1004 in the ninth 8671 month 2320, with {a fire} burning 1197 in the brazier 254 before 6440 him.
23 When Jehudi 3065 had read 7121 three 7969 or four 702 columns 1817, {the king} cut 7167 it with a scribe's 5613 knife 8593 and threw 7993 {it} into the fire 784 that was in the brazier 254, until 5704 all 3605 the scroll 4039 was consumed 8552 in the fire 784 that was in the brazier 254.
24 Yet the king 4428 and all 3605 his servants 5650 who heard 8085 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 were not afraid 6342, nor 3808 did they rend 7167 their garments 899.
25 Even though 1571 Elnathan 494 and Delaiah 1806 and Gemariah 1587 pleaded 6293 with the king 4428 not to burn 8313 the scroll 4039, he would not listen 8085 to them.
26 And the king 4428 commanded 6680 Jerahmeel 3396 the king's 4428 son 1121, Seraiah 8304 the son 1121 of Azriel 5837, and Shelemiah 8018 the son 1121 of Abdeel 5655 to seize 3947 Baruch 1263 the scribe 5613 and Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030, but the LORD 3068 hid 5641 them.
27

The Scroll Is Replaced

¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 after 310 the king 4428 had burned 8313 the scroll 4039 and the words 1697 which 834 Baruch 1263 had written 3789 at the dictation 6310 of Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
28 "Take 3947 again 7725 another 312 scroll 4039 and write 3789 on it all 3605 the former 7223 words 1697 that were on the first 7223 scroll 4039 which 834 Jehoiakim 3079 the king 4428 of Judah 3063 burned 8313.
29 "And concerning 5921 Jehoiakim 3079 king 4428 of Judah 3063 you shall say 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "You have burned 8313 this 384 scroll 4039, saying 559, 'Why 4069 have you written 3789 on it that the king 4428 of Babylon 894 will certainly 935 come 935 and destroy 7843 this 384 land 776, and will make man 120 and beast 929 to cease 7673 from it?'"
30 'Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 Jehoiakim 3079 king 4428 of Judah 3063, "He shall have 1961 no 3808 one to sit 3427 on the throne 3678 of David 1732, and his dead 5038 body 5038 shall be cast 7993 out to the heat 2721 of the day 3117 and the frost 7140 of the night 3915.
31 "I will also punish 6485 him and his descendants 2233 and his servants 5650 for their iniquity 5771, and I will bring 935 on them and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 and the men 376 of Judah 3063 all 3605 the calamity 7463 that I have declared 1696 to them--but they did not listen 8085."'"
32 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 took 3947 another 312 scroll 4039 and gave 5414 it to Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, the scribe 5613, and he wrote 3789 on it at the dictation 6310 of Jeremiah 3414 all 3605 the words 1697 of the book 5612 which 834 Jehoiakim 3079 king 4428 of Judah 3063 had burned 8313 in the fire 784; and many 7227 similar words 1697 were added 3254 to them.

## Chapter 37

1

Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh

Now Zedekiah 6667 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977 whom 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 had made 4427 king 4427 in the land 776 of Judah 3063, reigned 4427 as king 4428 in place 8478 of Coniah 3078 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079.
2 But neither 3808 he nor 3808 his servants 5650 nor 3808 the people 5971 of the land 776 listened 8085 to the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 which 834 He spoke 1696 through 3027 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030.
3 ¶ Yet King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 sent 7971 Jehucal 3081 the son 1121 of Shelemiah 8018, and Zephaniah 6846 the son 1121 of Maaseiah 4641, the priest 3548, to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030, saying 559, "Please 4994 pray 6419 to the LORD 3068 our God 430 on our behalf 1157."
4 Now Jeremiah 3414 was {still} coming 935 in and going 3318 out among 8432 the people 5971, for they had not {yet} put 5414 him in the prison.
5 Meanwhile, Pharaoh's 6547 army 2428 had set 3318 out from Egypt 4714; and when the Chaldeans 3778 who had been besieging Jerusalem 3389 heard 8085 the report 8088 about them, they lifted 5927 the {siege} from Jerusalem 3389.
6 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030, saying 559,
7 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Thus 3541 you are to say 559 to the king 4428 of Judah 3063, who sent 7971 you to Me to inquire 1875 of Me: "Behold 2009, Pharaoh's 6547 army 2428 which has come 3318 out for your assistance 5833 is going to return 7725 to its own land 776 of Egypt 4714.
8 "The Chaldeans 3778 will also return 7725 and fight 3898 against 5921 this 384 city 5892, and they will capture 3920 it and burn 8313 it with fire 784."'
9 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Do not deceive 5378 yourselves 5315, saying 559, "The Chaldeans 3778 will surely 1980 go 1980 away from us," for they will not go 1980.
10 'For even if 518 you had defeated 5221 the entire 3605 army 2428 of Chaldeans 3778 who were fighting 3898 against 854 you, and there were {only} wounded 1856 men 376 left 7604 among them, each 376 man 376 in his tent 168, they would rise 6965 up and burn 8313 this 384 city 5892 with fire 784.'"
11

Jeremiah Imprisoned

¶ Now it happened 1961 when the army 2428 of the Chaldeans 3778 had lifted 5927 {the siege} from Jerusalem 3389 because of Pharaoh's 6547 army 2428,
12 that Jeremiah 3414 went 3318 out from Jerusalem 3389 to go 1980 to the land 776 of Benjamin 1144 in order to take 2505 possession 2505 of {some} property 2505 there among 8432 the people 5971.
13 While he was at the Gate 8179 of Benjamin 1144, a captain 1167 of the guard 6488 whose name 8034 was Irijah 3376, the son 1121 of Shelemiah 8018 the son 1121 of Hananiah 2608 was there 8033; and he arrested 8610 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030, saying 559, "You are going 5307 over 5307 to the Chaldeans 3778!"
14 But Jeremiah 3414 said 559, "A lie 8267! I am not going 5307 over 5307 to the Chaldeans 3778"; yet he would not listen 8085 to him. So Irijah 3376 arrested 8610 Jeremiah 3414 and brought 935 him to the officials 8269.
15 Then the officials 8269 were angry 7107 at Jeremiah 3414 and beat 5221 him, and they put 5414 him in jail in the house 1004 of Jonathan 3083 the scribe 5613, which they had made 6213 into the prison.
16 For Jeremiah 3414 had come 935 into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted 2588 cell 2588; and Jeremiah 3414 stayed 3427 there 8033 many 7227 days 3117.
17 ¶ Now King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 sent 7971 and took 3947 him {out;} and in his palace 1004 the king 4428 secretly 5643 asked 7592 him and said 559, "Is there 3426 a word 1697 from the LORD 3068?" And Jeremiah 3414 said 559, "There 3426 is!" Then he said 559, "You will be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894!"
18 Moreover Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to King 4428 Zedekiah 6667, "{In} what 4100 {way} have I sinned 2398 against you, or against your servants 5650, or against this 2088 people 5971, that you have put 5414 me in prison?
19 "Where 346 then are your prophets 5030 who 834 prophesied 5012 to you, saying 559, 'The king 4428 of Babylon 894 will not come 935 against 5921 you or against 5921 this 384 land 776'?
20 "But now 6258, please 4994 listen 8085, O my lord 113 the king 4428; please 4994 let my petition 8467 come 5307 before 6440 you and do not make me return 7725 to the house 1004 of Jonathan 3083 the scribe 5613, that I may not die 4191 there 8033."
21 Then King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 gave 6680 commandment 6680, and they committed 6485 Jeremiah 3414 to the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307 and gave 5414 him a loaf 3603 of bread 3899 daily 3117 from the bakers' 644 street 2351, until 5704 all 3605 the bread 3899 in the city 5892 was gone 8552. So Jeremiah 3414 remained 3427 in the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307.

## Chapter 38

1

Jeremiah Thrown into the Cistern

Now Shephatiah 8203 the son 1121 of Mattan 4977, and Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Pashhur 6583, and Jucal 3081 the son 1121 of Shelemiah 8018, and Pashhur 6583 the son 1121 of Malchijah 4441 heard 8085 the words 1697 that Jeremiah 3414 was speaking 1696 to all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'He who stays 3427 in this 384 city 5892 will die 4191 by the sword 2719 and by famine 7458 and by pestilence 1698, but he who goes 3318 out to the Chaldeans 3778 will live 2421 and have 1961 his {own} life 5315 as booty 7998 and stay 2421 alive 2421.'
3 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'This 384 city 5892 will certainly 5414 be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the army 2428 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and he will capture 3920 it.'"
4 Then the officials 8269 said 559 to the king 4428, "Now 4994 let this 2088 man 376 be put 4191 to death 4191, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men 376 of war 4421 who are left 7604 in this 384 city 5892 and all 3605 the people 5971, by speaking 1696 such 428 words 1697 to them; for this 2088 man 376 is not seeking 1875 the well-being 7965 of this 2088 people 5971 but rather their harm 7463."
5 So King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 said 559, "Behold 2009, he is in your hands 3027; for the king 4428 can 3201 {do} nothing against you."
6 Then they took 3947 Jeremiah 3414 and cast 7993 him into the cistern 953 {of} Malchijah 4441 the king's 4428 son 1121, which 834 was in the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307; and they let 7971 Jeremiah 3414 down 7971 with ropes 2256. Now in the cistern 953 there 369 was no 369 water 4325 but only 518 mud 2916, and Jeremiah 3414 sank 2883 into the mud 2916.
7 But Ebed-melech 5663 the Ethiopian 3569, a eunuch 5631, while he was in the king's 4428 palace 1004, heard 8085 that they had put 5414 Jeremiah 3414 into the cistern 953. Now the king 4428 was sitting 3427 in the Gate 8179 of Benjamin 1144;
8 and Ebed-melech 5663 went 3318 out from the king's 4428 palace 1004 and spoke 1696 to the king 4428, saying 559,
9 "My lord 113 the king 4428, these 428 men 376 have acted 7489 wickedly 7489 in all 3605 that they have done 6213 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 whom 834 they have cast 7993 into the cistern 953; and he will die 4191 right 8478 where 8478 he is because of the famine 7458, for there 369 is no 369 more 5750 bread 3899 in the city 5892."
10 Then the king 4428 commanded 6680 Ebed-melech 5663 the Ethiopian 3569, saying 559, "Take 3947 thirty 7970 men 376 from here 2088 under your authority 3027 and bring 5927 up Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 from the cistern 953 before 2962 he dies 4191."
11 So Ebed-melech 5663 took 3947 the men 376 under his authority 3027 and went 935 into the king's 4428 palace 1004 to {a place} beneath 8478 the storeroom 214 and took 3947 from there 8033 worn-out 1094 clothes 5499 and worn-out 1094 rags 4418 and let 7971 them down 7971 by ropes 2256 into the cistern 953 to Jeremiah 3414.
12 Then Ebed-melech 5663 the Ethiopian 3569 said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "Now 4994 put 7760 these worn-out 1094 clothes 5499 and rags 4418 under 8478 your armpits under 8478 the ropes 2256"; and Jeremiah 3414 did 6213 so 3651.
13 So they pulled 4900 Jeremiah 3414 up with the ropes 2256 and lifted 5927 him out of the cistern 953, and Jeremiah 3414 stayed 3427 in the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307.
14 ¶ Then King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 sent 7971 and had Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 brought 3947 to him at the third 7992 entrance 3996 that is in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068; and the king 4428 said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "I am going to ask 7592 you something 1697; do not hide 3582 anything 1697 from me."
15 Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to Zedekiah 6667, "If 3588 I tell 5046 you, will you not certainly 4191 put 4191 me to death 4191? Besides, if 3588 I give 3289 you advice 3289, you will not listen 8085 to me."
16 But King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 swore 7650 to Jeremiah 3414 in secret 5643 saying 559, "As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who 834 made 6213 this 384 life 5315 for us, surely 518 I will not put 4191 you to death 4191 nor 518 will I give 5414 you over to the hand 3027 of these 428 men 376 who 834 are seeking 1245 your life 5315."
17

Interview with Zedekiah

¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to Zedekiah 6667, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'If 518 you will indeed 3318 go 3318 out to the officers 8269 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, then you will live 2421, this 384 city 5892 will not be burned 8313 with fire 784, and you and your household 1004 will survive 2421.
18 'But if 518 you will not go 3318 out to the officers 8269 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, then this 384 city 5892 will be given 5414 over to the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778; and they will burn 8313 it with fire 784, and you yourself 859 will not escape 4422 from their hand 3027.'"
19 Then King 4428 Zedekiah 6667 said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "I dread 1672 the Jews 3064 who 834 have gone 5307 over 5307 to the Chaldeans 3778, for they may give 5414 me over into their hand 3027 and they will abuse 5953 me."
20 But Jeremiah 3414 said 559, "They will not give 5414 you over. Please 4994 obey the LORD 3068 in what 834 I am saying 1696 to you, that it may go 3190 well 3190 with you and you may live 2421.
21 "But if 518 you keep refusing 3985 to go 3318 out, this 2088 is the word 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 has shown 7200 me:
22 'Then behold 2009, all 3605 of the women 802 who 834 have been left 7604 in the palace 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063 are going to be brought 3318 out to the officers 8269 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894; and those 1992 women 802 will say 559, "Your close 7965 friends Have misled 5496 and overpowered 3201 you; While your feet 7272 were sunk 2883 in the mire 1206, They turned 5472 back 268."
23 'They will also bring 3318 out all 3605 your wives 802 and your sons 1121 to the Chaldeans 3778, and you yourself 859 will not escape 4422 from their hand 3027, but will be seized 8610 by the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, and this 384 city 5892 will be burned 8313 with fire 784.'"
24 ¶ Then Zedekiah 6667 said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "Let no 408 man 376 know 3045 about these 428 words 1697 and you will not die 4191.
25 "But if 3588 the officials 8269 hear 8085 that I have talked 1696 with you and come 935 to you and say 559 to you, 'Tell 5046 us now 4994 what 4100 you said 1696 to the king 4428 and what 4100 the king 4428 said 1696 to you; do not hide 3582 {it} from us and we will not put 4191 you to death 4191,'
26 then you are to say 559 to them, 'I was presenting 5307 my petition 8467 before 6440 the king 4428, not to make me return 7725 to the house 1004 of Jonathan 3083 to die 4191 there 8033.'"
27 Then all 3605 the officials 8269 came 935 to Jeremiah 3414 and questioned 7592 him. So he reported 5046 to them in accordance with all 3605 these 428 words 1697 which 834 the king 4428 had commanded 6680; and they ceased 2790 speaking 2790 with him, since 3588 the conversation 1697 had not been overheard 8085.
28 So Jeremiah 3414 stayed 3427 in the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307 until 5704 the day 3117 that Jerusalem 3389 was captured 3920.

## Chapter 39

1

Jerusalem Captured

Now when 3512 Jerusalem 3389 was captured 3920 in the ninth 8671 year 8141 of Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063, in the tenth 6224 month 2320, Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 and all 3605 his army 2428 came 935 to Jerusalem 3389 and laid 6696 siege 6696 to it;
2 in the eleventh year 8141 of Zedekiah 6667, in the fourth 7243 month 2320, in the ninth 8672 {day} of the month 2320, the city 5892 {wall} was breached 1234.
3 Then all 3605 the officials 8269 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894 came 935 in and sat 3427 down 3427 at the Middle 8432 Gate 8179: Nergal-sar-ezer 5371, Samgar-nebu 5562, Sar-sekim 8310 the Rab-saris 7249, Nergal-sar-ezer 5371 {the} Rab-mag 7248, and all 3605 the rest 7611 of the officials 8269 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894.
4 When 3512 Zedekiah 6667 the king 4428 of Judah 3063 and all 3605 the men 376 of war 4421 saw 7200 them, they fled 1272 and went 3318 out of the city 5892 at night 3915 by way 1870 of the king's 4428 garden 1588 through the gate 8179 between 996 the two walls 2346; and he went 3318 out toward 1870 the Arabah 6160.
5 But the army 2428 of the Chaldeans 3778 pursued 7291 them and overtook 5381 Zedekiah 6667 in the plains 6160 of Jericho 3405; and they seized 3947 him and brought 5927 him up to Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 at Riblah 7247 in the land 776 of Hamath 2574, and he passed 1696 sentence 1696 on him.
6 Then the king 4428 of Babylon 894 slew 7819 the sons 1121 of Zedekiah 6667 before his eyes 5869 at Riblah 7247; the king 4428 of Babylon 894 also slew 7819 all 3605 the nobles 2715 of Judah 3063.
7 He then blinded 5786 Zedekiah's 6667 eyes 5869 and bound 631 him in fetters 5178 of bronze 5178 to bring 935 him to Babylon 894.
8 The Chaldeans 3778 also burned 8313 with fire 784 the king's 4428 palace 1004 and the houses 1004 of the people 5971, and they broke 5422 down 5422 the walls 2346 of Jerusalem 3389.
9 As for the rest 3499 of the people 5971 who were left 7604 in the city 5892, the deserters 5307 who 834 had gone 5307 over 5307 to him and the rest 3499 of the people 5971 who remained 7604, Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 carried 1540 {them} into exile 1540 in Babylon 894.
10 But some 4480 of the poorest 1800 people 5971 who 834 had 369 nothing, Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 left 7604 behind 7604 in the land 776 of Judah 3063, and gave 5414 them vineyards 3754 and fields 3010 at that time 3117.
11

Jeremiah Spared

¶ Now Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 gave 6680 orders 6680 about 5921 Jeremiah 3414 through 3027 Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876, saying 559,
12 "Take 3947 him and look after 5921 him, and do 6213 nothing harmful 7451 to him, but rather deal 6213 with him just 3512 as he tells 1696 you."
13 So Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 sent 7971 {word,} along with Nebushazban 5021 the Rab-saris 7249, and Nergal-sar-ezer 5371 the Rab-mag 7248, and all 3605 the leading 7227 officers 7227 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894;
14 they even sent 7971 and took 3947 Jeremiah 3414 out of the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307 and entrusted 5414 him to Gedaliah 1436, the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, to take 3318 him home 1004. So he stayed 3427 among 8432 the people 5971.
15 ¶ Now the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 had come 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 while he was confined 6113 in the court 2691 of the guardhouse 4307, saying 559,
16 "Go 1980 and speak 559 to Ebed-melech 5663 the Ethiopian 3569, saying 559, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Behold 2009, I am about to bring 935 My words 1697 on this 384 city 5892 for disaster 7463 and not for prosperity 2899; and they will take 1961 place 1961 before 6440 you on that day 3117.
17 "But I will deliver 5337 you on that day 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "and you will not be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the men 376 whom 834 you dread 3016.
18 "For I will certainly 4422 rescue 4422 you, and you will not fall 5307 by the sword 2719; but you will have 1961 your {own} life 5315 as booty 7998, because 3588 you have trusted 982 in Me," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.'"

## Chapter 40

1

Jeremiah Remains in Judah

The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 after 310 Nebuzaradan 5018 captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 had released 7971 him from Ramah 7414, when he had taken 3947 him bound 631 in chains 246 among 8432 all 3605 the exiles 1546 of Jerusalem 3389 and Judah 3063 who were being exiled 1540 to Babylon 894.
2 Now the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 had taken 3947 Jeremiah 3414 and said 559 to him, "The LORD 3068 your God 430 promised 1696 this 384 calamity 7463 against 413 this 2088 place 4725;
3 and the LORD 3068 has brought 935 {it} on and done 6213 just 3512 as He promised 1696. Because 3588 you {people} sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 and did not listen 8085 to His voice 6963, therefore this 2088 thing 1697 has happened 1961 to you.
4 "But now 6258, behold 2009, I am freeing 6605 you today 3117 from the chains 246 which 834 are on your hands 3027. If 518 you would prefer to come 935 with me to Babylon 894, come 935 {along,} and I will look after 5921 you; but if 518 you would prefer not to come 935 with me to Babylon 894, never 2308 mind 2308. Look 7200, the whole 3605 land 776 is before 6440 you; go 1980 wherever 8033 it seems good 2896 and right 3477 for you to go 1980."
5 As Jeremiah was still 5750 not going 7725 back 7725, {he said,} "Go 7725 on back 7725 then to Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, whom 834 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 has appointed 6485 over the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, and stay 3427 with him among 8432 the people 5971; or 176 else go 1980 anywhere 3605 it seems right 3477 for you to go 1980." So the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 gave 5414 him a ration 737 and a gift 4864 and let 7971 him go 7971.
6 Then Jeremiah 3414 went 935 to Mizpah 4709 to Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296 and stayed 3427 with him among 8432 the people 5971 who were left 7604 in the land 776.
7 ¶ Now all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were in the field 7704, they and their men 376, heard 8085 that the king 4428 of Babylon 894 had appointed 6485 Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296 over the land 776 and that he had put 6485 him in charge 6485 of the men 376, women 802 and children 2945, those of the poorest 1803 of the land 776 who 834 had not been exiled 1540 to Babylon 894.
8 So they came 935 to Gedaliah 1436 at Mizpah 4709, along with Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418, and Johanan 3076 and Jonathan 3083 the sons 1121 of Kareah 7143, and Seraiah 8304 the son 1121 of Tanhumeth 8576, and the sons 1121 of Ephai 5778 the Netophathite 5200, and Jezaniah 3153 the son 1121 of the Maacathite 4602, {both} they and their men 376.
9 Then Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, swore 7650 to them and to their men 376, saying 559, "Do not be afraid 3372 of serving 5647 the Chaldeans 3778; stay 3427 in the land 776 and serve 5647 the king 4428 of Babylon 894, that it may go 3190 well 3190 with you.
10 "Now as for me, behold 2009, I am going to stay 3427 at Mizpah 4709 to stand 5975 {for you} before 6440 the Chaldeans 3778 who 834 come 935 to us; but as for you, gather 622 in wine 3196 and summer 7019 fruit 7019 and oil 8081 and put 7760 {them} in your {storage} vessels 3627, and live 3427 in your cities 5892 that you have taken 8610 over 8610."
11 Likewise, also 1571 all 3605 the Jews 3064 who 834 were in Moab 4124 and among the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983 and in Edom 112 and who 834 were in all 3605 the {other} countries 776, heard 8085 that the king 4428 of Babylon 894 had left 5414 a remnant 7611 for Judah 3063, and that he had appointed 6485 over 5921 them Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227.
12 Then all 3605 the Jews 3064 returned 7725 from all 3605 the places 4725 to which 834 they had been driven 5080 away 5080 and came 935 to the land 776 of Judah 3063, to Gedaliah 1436 at Mizpah 4709, and gathered 622 in wine 3196 and summer 7019 fruit 7019 in great 3966 abundance 7235.
13 ¶ Now Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were in the field 7704 came 935 to Gedaliah 1436 at Mizpah 4709
14 and said 559 to him, "Are you well 3045 aware 3045 that Baalis 1185 the king 4428 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983 has sent 7971 Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 to take 5221 your life 5315?" But Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296 did not believe 539 them.
15 Then Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 spoke 559 secretly 5643 to Gedaliah 1436 in Mizpah 4709, saying 559, "Let me go 1980 and kill 5221 Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418, and not a man 376 will know 3045! Why 4100 should he take 5221 your life 5315, so that all 3605 the Jews 3063 who are gathered 6908 to you would be scattered 6327 and the remnant 7611 of Judah 3063 would perish 6?"
16 But Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296 said 559 to Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143, "Do not do 6213 this 2088 thing 1697, for you are telling 1696 a lie 8267 about 413 Ishmael 3458."

## Chapter 41

1

Gedaliah Is Murdered

In the seventh 7637 month 2320 Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418, the son 1121 of Elishama 476, of the royal 4410 family 2233 and {one} of the chief 7227 officers 7227 of the king 4428, along with ten 6235 men 376, came 935 to Mizpah 4709 to Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296. While they were eating 398 bread 3899 together 3164 there 8033 in Mizpah 4709,
2 Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 and the ten 6235 men 376 who 834 were with him arose 6965 and struck 5221 down 5221 Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227, with the sword 2719 and put 4191 to death 4191 the one whom 834 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 had appointed 6485 over the land 776.
3 Ishmael 3458 also struck 5221 down 5221 all 3605 the Jews 3064 who 834 were with him, {that is} with Gedaliah 1436 at Mizpah 4709, and the Chaldeans 3778 who 834 were found 4672 there 8033, the men 376 of war 4421.
4 ¶ Now it happened 1961 on the next 8145 day 3117 after the killing 4191 of Gedaliah 1436, when no 3808 one 376 knew 3045 about {it,}
5 that eighty 8084 men 376 came 935 from Shechem 7927, from Shiloh 7887, and from Samaria 8111 with their beards 2206 shaved 1548 off 1548 and their clothes 899 torn 7167 and their bodies gashed 1413, having grain offerings 4503 and incense 3828 in their hands 3027 to bring 935 to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
6 Then Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 went 3318 out from Mizpah 4709 to meet 7122 them, weeping 1058 as he went 1980; and as he met 6298 them, he said 559 to them, "Come 935 to Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296!"
7 Yet it turned 1961 out that as soon as they came 935 inside 8432 the city 5892, Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 and the men 376 that were with him slaughtered 7819 them {and cast them} into the cistern 953.
8 But ten 6235 men 376 who were found 4672 among them said 559 to Ishmael 3458, "Do not put 4191 us to death 4191; for we have 3426 stores 4301 of wheat 2406, barley 8184, oil 8081 and honey 1706 hidden 4301 in the field 7704." So he refrained 2308 and did not put 4191 them to death 4191 along 8432 with their companions 251.
9 ¶ Now as for the cistern 953 where Ishmael 3458 had cast 7993 all 3605 the corpses 6297 of the men 376 whom 834 he had struck 5221 down 5221 because 3027 of Gedaliah 1436, it was the one that King 4428 Asa 609 had made 6213 on account of Baasha 1201, king 4428 of Israel 3478; Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 filled 4390 it with the slain 2491.
10 Then Ishmael 3458 took 7617 captive 7617 all 3605 the remnant 7611 of the people 5971 who 834 were in Mizpah 4709, the king's 4428 daughters 1323 and all 3605 the people 5971 who were left 7604 in Mizpah 4709, whom 834 Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 had put 6485 under 6485 the charge 6485 of Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296; thus Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 took 7617 them captive 7617 and proceeded 1980 to cross 5674 over 5674 to the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983.
11

Johanan Rescues the People

¶ But Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were with him heard 8085 of all 3605 the evil 7463 that Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 had done 6213.
12 So they took 3947 all 3605 the men 376 and went 1980 to fight 3898 with Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 and they found 4672 him by the great 7227 pool 4325 that is in Gibeon 1391.
13 Now as soon as all 3605 the people 5971 who 834 were with Ishmael 3458 saw 7200 Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were with him, they were glad 8055.
14 So all 3605 the people 5971 whom 834 Ishmael 3458 had taken 7617 captive 7617 from Mizpah 4709 turned 5437 around 5437 and came 7725 back 7725, and went 1980 to Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143.
15 But Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 escaped 4422 from Johanan 3076 with eight 8083 men 376 and went 1980 to the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983.
16 Then Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were with him took 3947 from Mizpah 4709 all 3605 the remnant 7611 of the people 5971 whom 834 he had recovered 7725 from Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418, after 310 he had struck 5221 down 5221 Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, {that is,} the men 376 who were soldiers, {the} women 802, {the} children 2945, and {the} eunuchs 5631, whom 834 he had brought 7725 back 7725 from Gibeon 1391.
17 And they went 1980 and stayed 3427 in Geruth 1628 Chimham 3643, which 834 is beside 681 Bethlehem 1035, in order to proceed into Egypt 4714
18 because of the Chaldeans 3778; for they were afraid 3372 of them, since 3588 Ishmael 3458 the son 1121 of Nethaniah 5418 had struck 5221 down 5221 Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296, whom 834 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 had appointed 6485 over the land 776.

## Chapter 42

1

Warning against Going to Egypt

Then all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428, Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143, Jezaniah 3153 the son 1121 of Hoshaiah 1955, and all 3605 the people 5971 both 4480 small 6996 and great 1419 approached 5066
2 and said 559 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030, "Please 4994 let our petition 8467 come 5307 before 6440 you, and pray 6419 for us to the LORD 3068 your God 430, {that is} for all 3605 this 384 remnant 7611; because 3588 we are left 7604 {but} a few 4592 out of many 7235, as your own eyes 5869 {now} see 7200 us,
3 that the LORD 3068 your God 430 may tell 5046 us the way 1870 in which 834 we should walk 1980 and the thing 1697 that we should do 6213."
4 Then Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 said 559 to them, "I have heard 8085 {you.} Behold 2009, I am going to pray 6419 to the LORD 3068 your God 430 in accordance with your words 1697; and I will tell 5046 you the whole 3605 message 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 will answer 6030 you. I will not keep 4513 back 4513 a word 1697 from you."
5 Then they said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "May the LORD 3068 be a true 571 and faithful 539 witness 5707 against us if 518 we do not act 6213 in accordance with the whole 3605 message 1697 with which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 will send 7971 you to us.
6 "Whether 518 {it} is pleasant 2896 or 518 unpleasant 7451, we will listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 our God 430 to whom 834 we are sending 7971 you, so 4616 that it may go 3190 well 3190 with us when 3588 we listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 our God 430."
7 ¶ Now at the end 7093 of ten 6235 days 3117 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414.
8 Then he called 7121 for Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 that were with him, and for all 3605 the people 5971 both 4480 small 6996 and great 1419,
9 and said 559 to them, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 the God 430 of Israel 3478, to whom 834 you sent 7971 me to present 5307 your petition 8467 before 6440 Him:
10 'If 518 you will indeed 7725 stay 3427 in this 384 land 776, then I will build 1129 you up and not tear 2040 you down 2040, and I will plant 5193 you and not uproot 5428 you; for I will relent 5162 concerning 413 the calamity 7463 that I have inflicted 6213 on you.
11 'Do not be afraid 3372 of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, whom 834 you are {now} fearing 3372; do not be afraid 3372 of him,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'for I am with you to save 3467 you and deliver 5337 you from his hand 3027.
12 'I will also show 5414 you compassion 7356, so that he will have 7355 compassion 7355 on you and restore 7725 you to your own soil 127.
13 'But if 518 you are going to say 559, "We will not stay 3427 in this 384 land 776," so as not to listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 your God 430,
14 saying 559, "No 3808, but we will go 935 to the land 776 of Egypt 4714, where 834 we will not see 7200 war 4421 or hear 8085 the sound 6963 of a trumpet 7782 or hunger 7456 for bread 3899, and we will stay 3427 there 8033";
15 then in that case 3651 listen 8085 to the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O remnant 7611 of Judah 3063. Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "If 518 you really 7760 set 7760 your mind 6440 to enter 935 Egypt 4714 and go 935 in to reside 1481 there 8033,
16 then the sword 2719, which 834 you are afraid 3372 of, will overtake 5381 you there 8033 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714; and the famine 7458, about which 834 you are anxious 1672, will follow 1692 closely 1692 after 310 you there 8033 {in} Egypt 4714, and you will die 4191 there 8033.
17 "So all 3605 the men 376 who 834 set 7760 their mind 6440 to go 935 to Egypt 4714 to reside 1481 there 8033 will die 4191 by the sword 2719, by famine 7458 and by pestilence 1698; and they will have 1961 no 3808 survivors 8300 or refugees 6412 from the calamity 7463 that I am going to bring 935 on them."'"
18 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "As My anger 639 and wrath 2534 have been poured 5413 out on the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389, so 3651 My wrath 2534 will be poured 5413 out on you when you enter 935 Egypt 4714. And you will become 1961 a curse 7045, an object 8047 of horror 8047, an imprecation 7045 and a reproach 2781; and you will see 7200 this 2088 place 4725 no 3808 more 5750."
19 The LORD 3068 has spoken 1696 to you, O remnant 7611 of Judah 3063, "Do not go 935 into Egypt 4714!" You should clearly 3045 understand 3045 that today 3117 I have testified 5749 against you.
20 For you have {only} deceived 8582 yourselves 5315; for it is you who sent 7971 me to the LORD 3068 your God 430, saying 559, "Pray 6419 for us to the LORD 3068 our God 430; and whatever the LORD 3068 our God 430 says 559, tell 5046 us so 3651, and we will do 6213 it."
21 So I have told 5046 you today 3117, but you have not obeyed the LORD 3068 your God 430, even in whatever He has sent 7971 me to {tell} you.
22 Therefore you should now 6258 clearly 3045 understand 3045 that you will die 4191 by the sword 2719, by famine 7458 and by pestilence 1698, in the place 4725 where you wish 2654 to go 935 to reside 1481.

## Chapter 43

1

In Egypt Jeremiah Warns of Judgment

But as soon as Jeremiah 3414, whom 834 the LORD 3068 their God 430 had sent 7971, had finished 3615 telling 1696 all 3605 the people 5971 all 3605 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 their God 430--that is, all 3605 these 428 words 1697--
2 Azariah 5838 the son 1121 of Hoshaiah 1955, and Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143, and all 3605 the arrogant 2086 men 376 said 559 to Jeremiah 3414, "You are telling 1696 a lie 8267! The LORD 3068 our God 430 has not sent 7971 you to say 559, 'You are not to enter 935 Egypt 4714 to reside 1481 there 8033';
3 but Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374 is inciting 5496 you against us to give 5414 us over into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778, so they will put 4191 us to death 4191 or exile 1540 us to Babylon 894."
4 So Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428, and all 3605 the people 5971, did not obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 to stay 3427 in the land 776 of Judah 3063.
5 But Johanan 3076 the son 1121 of Kareah 7143 and all 3605 the commanders 8269 of the forces 2428 took 3947 the entire 3605 remnant 7611 of Judah 3063 who 834 had returned 7725 from all 3605 the nations 1471 to which 834 they had been driven 5080 away 5080, in order to reside 1481 in the land 776 of Judah 3063--
6 the men 1397, the women 802, the children 2945, the king's 4428 daughters 1323 and every 3605 person 5315 that Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876 had left 5117 with Gedaliah 1436 the son 1121 of Ahikam 296 and grandson 1121 of Shaphan 8227, together with Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 and Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374--
7 and they entered 935 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 (for they did not obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068) and went 935 in as far 5704 as Tahpanhes 8471.
8 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 in Tahpanhes 8471, saying 559,
9 "Take 3947 {some} large 1419 stones 68 in your hands 3027 and hide 2934 them in the mortar 4423 in the brick 4404 {terrace} which 834 is at the entrance 6607 of Pharaoh's 6547 palace 1004 in Tahpanhes 8471, in the sight 5869 of some 376 {of the} Jews 3064;
10 and say 559 to them, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Behold 2009, I am going to send 7971 and get 3947 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 the king 4428 of Babylon 894, My servant 5650, and I am going to set 7760 his throne 3678 {right} over 4605 these 428 stones 68 that I have hidden 2934; and he will spread 5186 his canopy 8237 over 5921 them.
11 "He will also come 935 and strike 5221 the land 776 of Egypt 4714; those who 834 are {meant} for death 4194 {will be given over} to death 4194, and those for captivity 7628 to captivity 7628, and those for the sword 2719 to the sword 2719.
12 "And I shall set 3341 fire 784 to the temples 1004 of the gods 430 of Egypt 4714, and he will burn 8313 them and take 7617 them captive 7617. So he will wrap 5844 himself 5844 with the land 776 of Egypt 4714 as a shepherd 7462 wraps 5844 himself 5844 with his garment 899, and he will depart 3318 from there 8033 safely 7965.
13 "He will also shatter 7665 the obelisks 4676 of Heliopolis 1053, which 834 is in the land 776 of Egypt 4714; and the temples 1004 of the gods 430 of Egypt 4714 he will burn 8313 with fire 784."'"

## Chapter 44

1

Conquest of Egypt Predicted

The word 1697 that came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 for all 3605 the Jews 3064 living 3427 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, those who were living 3427 in Migdol 4024, Tahpanhes 8471, Memphis 5297, and the land 776 of Pathros 6624, saying 559,
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'You yourselves 864 have seen 7200 all 3605 the calamity 7463 that I have brought 935 on Jerusalem 3389 and all 3605 the cities 5892 of Judah 3063; and behold 2009, this 2088 day 3117 they are in ruins 2723 and no 369 one 369 lives 3427 in them,
3 because of their wickedness 7463 which 834 they committed 6213 so as to provoke 3707 Me to anger 3707 by continuing 1980 to burn 6999 sacrifices 6999 {and} to serve 5647 other 312 gods 430 whom 834 they had not known 3045, {neither} they, you, nor 3808 your fathers 1.
4 'Yet I sent 7971 you all 3605 My servants 5650 the prophets 5030, again 7925 and again 7971, saying 559, "Oh 4994, do not do 6213 this 384 abominable 8441 thing 1697 which 834 I hate 8130."
5 'But they did not listen 8085 or incline 5186 their ears 241 to turn 7725 from their wickedness 7463, so as not to burn 6999 sacrifices 6999 to other 312 gods 430.
6 'Therefore My wrath 2534 and My anger 639 were poured 5413 out and burned 1197 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389, so they have 1961 become 1961 a ruin 2723 and a desolation 8077 as it is this 2088 day 3117.
7 'Now 6258 then thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Why 4100 are you doing 6213 great 1419 harm 7463 to yourselves 5315, so as to cut 3772 off 3772 from you man 376 and woman 802, child 5768 and infant 3243, from among 8432 Judah 3063, leaving 3498 yourselves without 1115 remnant 7611,
8 provoking 3707 Me to anger 3707 with the works 4639 of your hands 3027, burning 6999 sacrifices 6999 to other 312 gods 430 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, where you are entering 935 to reside 1481, so 4616 that you might be cut 3772 off 3772 and become 1961 a curse 7045 and a reproach 2781 among all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776?
9 "Have you forgotten 7911 the wickedness 7463 of your fathers 1, the wickedness 7463 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063, and the wickedness 7463 of their wives 802, your own wickedness 7463, and the wickedness 7463 of your wives 802, which 834 they committed 6213 in the land 776 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389?
10 "But they have not become 1792 contrite 1792 even to this 2088 day 3117, nor 3808 have they feared 3372 nor 3808 walked 1980 in My law 8451 or My statutes 2708, which 834 I have set 5414 before 6440 you and before 6440 your fathers 1."'
11 ¶ "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'Behold 2009, I am going to set 7760 My face 6440 against you for woe 7463, even to cut 3772 off 3772 all 3605 Judah 3063.
12 'And I will take 3947 away the remnant 7611 of Judah 3063 who 834 have set 7760 their mind 6440 on entering 935 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 to reside 1481 there 8033, and they will all 3605 meet 8552 their end 8552 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714; they will fall 5307 by the sword 2719 {and} meet 8552 their end 8552 by famine 7458. Both 4480 small 6996 and great 1419 will die 4191 by the sword 2719 and famine 7458; and they will become 1961 a curse 7045, an object 8047 of horror 8047, an imprecation 7045 and a reproach 2781.
13 'And I will punish 6485 those who live 3427 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, as I have punished 6485 Jerusalem 3389, with the sword 2719, with famine 7458 and with pestilence 1698.
14 'So there will be no 3808 refugees 6412 or survivors 8300 for the remnant 7611 of Judah 3063 who have entered 935 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 to reside 1481 there 8033 and then to return 7725 to the land 776 of Judah 3063, to which 834 they are longing to return 7725 and live 3427; for none 3808 will return 7725 except {a few} refugees 6412.'"
15 ¶ Then all 3605 the men 376 who were aware 3045 that their wives 802 were burning 6999 sacrifices 6999 to other 312 gods 430, along with all 3605 the women 802 who were standing 5975 by, {as} a large 1419 assembly 6951, including all 3605 the people 5971 who were living 3427 in Pathros 6624 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, responded 6030 to Jeremiah 3414, saying 559,
16 "As for the message 1697 that you have spoken 1696 to us in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, we are not going to listen 8085 to you!
17 "But rather we will certainly 6213 carry 6213 out every 3605 word 1697 that has proceeded 3318 from our mouths 6310, by burning 6999 sacrifices 6999 to the queen 4446 of heaven 8064 and pouring 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to her, just 3512 as we ourselves 587, our forefathers 1, our kings 4428 and our princes 8269 did 6213 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389; for {then} we had plenty 7646 of food 3899 and were well 2896 off 2896 and saw 7200 no 3808 misfortune 7463.
18 "But since we stopped 2308 burning 6999 sacrifices 6999 to the queen 4446 of heaven 8064 and pouring 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to her, we have lacked 2637 everything 3605 and have met 8552 our end 8552 by the sword 2719 and by famine 7458."
19 "And," {said the women,} "when 3588 we were burning 6999 sacrifices 6999 to the queen 4446 of heaven 8064 and were pouring 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to her, was it without our husbands 376 that we made 6213 for her {sacrificial} cakes 3561 in her image 6087 and poured 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to her?"
20

Calamity for the Jews

¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to all 3605 the people 5971, to the men 1397 and women 802--even to all 3605 the people 5971 who were giving 6030 him {such} an answer 1697--saying 559,
21 "As for the smoking 7002 sacrifices 7002 that you burned 6999 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063 and in the streets 2351 of Jerusalem 3389, you and your forefathers 1, your kings 4428 and your princes 8269, and the people 5971 of the land 776, did not the LORD 3068 remember 2142 them and did not {all this} come 5927 into His mind 3820?
22 "So the LORD 3068 was no 3808 longer 5750 able 3201 to endure 5375 {it,} because of the evil 7455 of your deeds 4611, because of the abominations 8441 which 834 you have committed 6213; thus your land 776 has become 1961 a ruin 2723, an object 8047 of horror 8047 and a curse 7045, without 369 an inhabitant 3427, as {it is} this 2088 day 3117.
23 "Because you have burned 6999 sacrifices 6999 and have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 and not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 or walked 1980 in His law 8451, His statutes 2708 or His testimonies 5715, therefore this 384 calamity 7463 has befallen 7122 you, as {it has} this 2088 day 3117."
24 ¶ Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to all 3605 the people 5971, including all 3605 the women 802, "Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, all 3605 Judah 3063 who 834 are in the land 776 of Egypt 4714,
25 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, as follows 559: 'As for you and your wives 802, you have spoken 1696 with your mouths 6310 and fulfilled 4390 {it} with your hands 3027, saying 559, "We will certainly 6213 perform 6213 our vows 5088 that we have vowed 5087, to burn 6999 sacrifices 6999 to the queen 4446 of heaven 8064 and pour 5258 out drink 5262 offerings 5262 to her." Go 6965 ahead 6965 and confirm 6965 your vows 5088, and certainly 6213 perform 6213 your vows 5088!'
26 "Nevertheless 3651 hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, all 3605 Judah 3063 who are living 3427 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, 'Behold 2009, I have sworn 7650 by My great 1419 name 8034,' says 559 the LORD 3068, 'never 518 shall My name 8034 be invoked 2142 again 5750 by the mouth 6310 of any 3605 man 376 of Judah 3063 in all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714, saying 559, "As the Lord 136 GOD 3068 lives 2416."
27 'Behold 2009, I am watching 8245 over 5921 them for harm 7463 and not for good 2899, and all 3605 the men 376 of Judah 3063 who 834 are in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 will meet 8552 their end 8552 by the sword 2719 and by famine 7458 until 5704 they are completely 3615 gone 3615.
28 'Those who 6412 escape 6412 the sword 2719 will return 7725 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 to the land 776 of Judah 3063 few 4962 in number 4557. Then all 3605 the remnant 7611 of Judah 3063 who have gone 935 to the land 776 of Egypt 4714 to reside 1481 there 8033 will know 3045 whose 4310 word 1697 will stand 6965, Mine 4480 or theirs.
29 'This 2088 will be the sign 226 to you,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'that I am going to punish 6485 you in this 2088 place 4725, so 4616 that you may know 3045 that My words 1697 will surely 6965 stand 6965 against 5921 you for harm 7463.'
30 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Behold 2009, I am going to give 5414 over Pharaoh 6548 Hophra 6548 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 to the hand 3027 of his enemies 340, to the hand 3027 of those who seek 1245 his life 5315, just 3512 as I gave 5414 over Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063 to the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, {who was} his enemy 340 and was seeking 1245 his life 5315.'"

## Chapter 45

1

Message to Baruch

{This} {is} the message 1697 which 834 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 spoke 1696 to Baruch 1263 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, when he had written 3789 down 3789 these 428 words 1697 in a book 5612 at Jeremiah's 3414 dictation 6310, in the fourth 7243 year 8141 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063, saying 559:
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 the God 430 of Israel 3478 to you, O Baruch 1263:
3 'You said 559, "Ah 4994, woe 188 is me! For the LORD 3068 has added 3254 sorrow 3015 to my pain 4341; I am weary 3021 with my groaning 603 and have found 4672 no 3808 rest 4496."'
4 "Thus 3541 you are to say 559 to him, 'Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, what 834 I have built 1129 I am about to tear 2040 down 2040, and what 834 I have planted 5193 I am about to uproot 5428, that is, the whole 3605 land 776."
5 'But you, are you seeking 1245 great 1419 things 1419 for yourself? Do not seek 1245 {them;} for behold 2009, I am going to bring 935 disaster 7463 on all 3605 flesh 1320,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'but I will give 5414 your life 5315 to you as booty 7998 in all 3605 the places 4725 where you may go 1980.'"

## Chapter 46

1

Defeat of Pharaoh Foretold

That which 834 came 1961 as the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 concerning 5921 the nations 1471.
2 ¶ To Egypt 4714, concerning 5921 the army 2428 of Pharaoh 6549 Neco 6549 king 4428 of Egypt 4714, which 834 was by the Euphrates 6578 River 5104 at Carchemish 3751, which 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 defeated 5221 in the fourth 7243 year 8141 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977, king 4428 of Judah 3063:
3 "Line 6186 up the shield 4043 and buckler 6793, And draw 5066 near 5066 for the battle 4421!
4 "Harness 631 the horses 5483, And mount 5927 the steeds 6571, And take 3320 your stand 3320 with helmets 3553 {on!} Polish 4838 the spears 7420, Put 3847 on the scale-armor 5630!
5 "Why 4069 have I seen 7200 {it?} They are terrified 2844, They are drawing 5472 back 268, And their mighty 1368 men 1368 are defeated 3807 And have taken 5127 refuge 5127 in flight 4498, Without 3808 facing 6437 back 6437; Terror 4032 is on every 5439 side 5439!" Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
6 Let not the swift 7031 man 7031 flee 5127, Nor 408 the mighty 1368 man 1368 escape 4422; In the north 6828 beside the river 5104 Euphrates 6578 They have stumbled 3782 and fallen 5307.
7 Who 4310 is this 2088 that rises 5927 like the Nile 2975, Like the rivers 5104 whose waters 4325 surge 1607 about?
8 Egypt 4714 rises 5927 like the Nile 2975, Even like the rivers 5104 whose waters 4325 surge 1607 about; And He has said 559, "I will rise 5927 and cover 3680 {that} land 776; I will surely destroy 6 the city 5892 and its inhabitants 3427."
9 Go 5927 up, you horses 5483, and drive 1984 madly 1984, you chariots 7393, That the mighty 1368 men 1368 may march 3318 forward 3318: Ethiopia 3568 and Put 6316, that handle 8610 the shield 4043, And the Lydians 3866, that handle 8610 {and} bend 1869 the bow 7198.
10 For that day 3117 belongs to the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635, A day 3117 of vengeance 5360, so as to avenge 5358 Himself on His foes 6862; And the sword 2719 will devour 398 and be satiated 7646 And drink 7301 its fill 7301 of their blood 1818; For there will be a slaughter 2077 for the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635, In the land 776 of the north 6828 by the river 5104 Euphrates 6578.
11 Go 5927 up to Gilead 1568 and obtain 3947 balm 6875, O virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Egypt 4714! In vain 7723 have you multiplied 7235 remedies 7499; There 369 is no 369 healing 8585 for you.
12 The nations 1471 have heard 8085 of your shame 7036, And the earth 776 is full 4390 of your cry 6682 {of distress;} For one warrior 1368 has stumbled 3782 over another 1368, And both 8147 of them have fallen 5307 down 5307 together 3164.
13 ¶ {This is} the message 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 about the coming 935 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 to smite 5221 the land 776 of Egypt 4714:
14 "Declare 5046 in Egypt 4714 and proclaim 8085 in Migdol 4024, Proclaim 8085 also in Memphis 5297 and Tahpanhes 8471; Say 559, 'Take 3320 your stand 3320 and get 3559 yourself ready 3559, For the sword 2719 has devoured 398 those around 5439 you.'
15 "Why 4069 have your mighty 47 ones 47 become 5502 prostrate 5502? They do not stand 5975 because 3588 the LORD 3068 has thrust 1920 them down 1920.
16 "They have repeatedly 7235 stumbled 3782; Indeed 1571, they have fallen 5307 one 376 against 413 another 7453. Then they said 559, 'Get 6965 up! And let us go 7725 back 7725 To our own people 5971 and our native 4138 land 776 Away from the sword 2719 of the oppressor 3238.'
17 "They cried 7121 there 8033, 'Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 {is but} a big 7588 noise 7588; He has let the appointed 4150 time 4150 pass 5674 by!'
18 "As I live 2416," declares 5002 the King 4428 Whose name 8034 is the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Surely 3588 one shall come 935 {who looms up} like Tabor 8396 among the mountains 2022, Or like Carmel 3760 by the sea 3220.
19 "Make 6213 your baggage 3627 ready 6213 for exile 1473, O daughter 1323 dwelling 3427 in Egypt 4714, For Memphis 5297 will become 1961 a desolation 8047; It will even be burned 3341 down 3341 {and} bereft of inhabitants 3427.
20 "Egypt 4714 is a pretty 3304 heifer 5697, {But} a horsefly 7171 is coming 935 from the north 6828--it is coming 935!
21 "Also 1571 her mercenaries 7917 in her midst 7130 Are like fattened 4770 calves 5695, For even 1571 they too 1571 have turned 6437 back 6437 {and} have fled 5127 away together 3164; They did not stand 5975 {their ground.} For the day 3117 of their calamity 343 has come 935 upon them, The time 6256 of their punishment 6486.
22 "Its sound 6963 moves 1980 along like a serpent 5175; For they move 1980 on like an army 2428 And come 935 to her as woodcutters 2404 with axes 7134.
23 "They have cut 3772 down 3772 her forest 3293," declares 5002 the LORD 3068; "Surely 3588 it will no 3808 {more} be found 2713, Even though 3588 they are {now} more 4480 numerous 7231 than 4480 locusts 697 And are without 369 number 4557.
24 "The daughter 1323 of Egypt 4714 has been 954 put 954 to shame 954, Given 5414 over to the power 3027 of the people 5971 of the north 6828."
25 ¶ The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, says 559, "Behold 2009, I am going to punish 6485 Amon 528 of Thebes 4996, and Pharaoh 6547, and Egypt 4714 along with her gods 430 and her kings 4428, even Pharaoh 6547 and those who trust 982 in him.
26 "I shall give 5414 them over to the power 3027 of those who are seeking 1245 their lives 5315, even into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 and into the hand 3027 of his officers 5650. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited 7931 as in the days 3117 of old 6924," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
27 ¶ "But as for you, O Jacob 3290 My servant 5650, do not fear 3372, Nor 408 be dismayed 2865, O Israel 3478! For, see 2009, I am going to save 3467 you from afar 7350, And your descendants 2233 from the land 776 of their captivity 7628; And Jacob 3290 will return 7725 and be undisturbed 8252 And secure 7599, with no 369 one 369 making {him} tremble 2729.
28 "O Jacob 3290 My servant 5650, do not fear 3372," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "For I am with you. For I will make 6213 a full 3617 end 3617 of all 3605 the nations 1471 Where I have driven 5080 you, Yet I will not make 6213 a full 3617 end 3617 of you; But I will correct 3256 you properly 4941 And by no 3808 means 5352 leave 5352 you unpunished 5352."

## Chapter 47

1

Prophecy against Philistia

That which 834 came 1961 as the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 concerning 413 the Philistines 6430, before 2962 Pharaoh 6547 conquered 5221 Gaza 5804.
2 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Behold 2009, waters 4325 are going to rise 5927 from the north 6828 And become 1961 an overflowing 7857 torrent 5158, And overflow 7857 the land 776 and all 4393 its fullness 4393, The city 5892 and those who live 3427 in it; And the men 120 will cry 2199 out, And every 3605 inhabitant 3427 of the land 776 will wail 3213.
3 "Because 4480 of the noise 6963 of the galloping 8161 hoofs 6541 of his stallions 47, The tumult 7494 of his chariots 7393, {and} the rumbling 1995 of his wheels 1534, The fathers 1 have not turned 6437 back 6437 for {their} children 1121, Because 4480 of the limpness 7510 of {their} hands 3027,
4 On account 5921 of the day 3117 that is coming 935 To destroy 7703 all 3605 the Philistines 6430, To cut 3772 off 3772 from Tyre 6865 and Sidon 6721 Every 3605 ally 5826 that is left 8300; For the LORD 3068 is going to destroy 7703 the Philistines 6430, The remnant 7611 of the coastland 339 of Caphtor 3731.
5 "Baldness 7144 has come 935 upon Gaza 5804; Ashkelon 831 has been ruined 1820. O remnant 7611 of their valley 6010, How 4970 long 5704 will you gash 1413 yourself?
6 "Ah 1945, sword 2719 of the LORD 3068, How 575 long 5704 will you not be quiet 8252? Withdraw 622 into your sheath 8593; Be at rest 7280 and stay 1826 still 1826.
7 "How 349 can it be quiet 8252, When the LORD 3068 has given 6680 it an order 6680? Against 413 Ashkelon 831 and against 413 the seacoast-- There 8033 He has assigned 3259 it."

## Chapter 48

1

Prophecy against Moab

Concerning Moab 4124. Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Woe 1945 to Nebo 5015, for it has been destroyed 7703; Kiriathaim 7156 has been 954 put 954 to shame 954, it has been captured 3920; The lofty 4869 stronghold 4869 has been 954 put 954 to shame 954 and shattered 2865.
2 "There 369 is praise 8416 for Moab 4124 no 369 longer 5750; In Heshbon 2809 they have devised 2803 calamity 7463 against 5921 her: 'Come 1980 and let us cut 3772 her off 3772 from {being} a nation 1471!' You too 1571, Madmen 4086, will be silenced 1826; The sword 2719 will follow after 310 you.
3 "The sound 6963 of an outcry 6818 from Horonaim 2773, 'Devastation 7701 and great 1419 destruction 7667!'
4 "Moab 4124 is broken 7665, Her little 6810 ones 6810 have sounded 8085 out a cry 2201 {of distress.}
5 "For by the ascent 4608 of Luhith 3872 They will ascend 5927 with continual 1065 weeping 1065; For at the descent 4174 of Horonaim 2773 They have heard 8085 the anguished 6862 cry 6818 of destruction 7667.
6 "Flee 5127, save 4422 your lives 5315, That you may be like a juniper 6176 in the wilderness 4057.
7 "For because 3282 of your trust 982 in your own achievements 4639 and treasures 214, Even 1571 you yourself 855 will be captured 3920; And Chemosh 3645 will go 3318 off 3318 into exile 1473 Together 3164 with his priests 3548 and his princes 8269.
8 "A destroyer 7703 will come 935 to every 3605 city 5892, So that no 3808 city 5892 will escape 4422; The valley 6010 also will be ruined 6 And the plateau 4334 will be destroyed 8045, As the LORD 3068 has said 559.
9 "Give 5414 wings 6731 to Moab 4124, For she will flee 3318 away 3318; And her cities 5892 will become 1961 a desolation 8047, Without 369 inhabitants 3427 in them.
10 "Cursed 779 be the one who does 6213 the LORD'S 3068 work 4399 negligently 7423, And cursed 779 be the one who restrains 4513 his sword 2719 from blood 1818.
11 ¶ "Moab 4124 has been 7599 at ease 7599 since 4480 his youth 5271; He has also been 8252 undisturbed 8252, {like wine} on its dregs 8105, And he has not been emptied 7385 from vessel 3627 to vessel 3627, Nor 3808 has he gone 1980 into exile 1473. Therefore he retains 5975 his flavor 2940, And his aroma 7381 has not changed 4171.
12 "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, the days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "when I will send 7971 to him those who tip 6808 {vessels,} and they will tip 6808 him over 6808, and they will empty 7385 his vessels 3627 and shatter 5310 his jars 5035.
13 "And Moab 4124 will be ashamed 954 of Chemosh 3645, as the house 1004 of Israel 3478 was ashamed 954 of Bethel 1008, their confidence 4009.
14 "How 349 can you say 559, 'We are mighty 1368 warriors 1368, And men 376 valiant 2428 for battle 4421'?
15 "Moab 4124 has been destroyed 7703 and men have gone 5927 up to his cities 5892; His choicest 4005 young 970 men 970 have also gone 3381 down 3381 to the slaughter 2874," Declares 5002 the King 4428, whose name 8034 is the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
16 "The disaster 343 of Moab 4124 will soon 7138 come 935, And his calamity 7463 has swiftly 3966 hastened 4116.
17 "Mourn 5110 for him, all 3605 you who {live} around 5439 him, Even all 3605 of you who know 3045 his name 8034; Say 559, 'How 351 has the mighty 5797 scepter 4294 been broken 7665, A staff 4731 of splendor 8597!'
18 "Come 3381 down 3381 from your glory 3519 And sit 3427 on the parched 6772 ground 6772, O daughter 1323 dwelling 3427 in Dibon 1769, For the destroyer 7703 of Moab 4124 has come 5927 up against you, He has ruined 7843 your strongholds 4013.
19 "Stand 5975 by the road 1870 and keep 6822 watch 6822, O inhabitant 3427 of Aroer 6177; Ask 7592 him who flees 5127 and her who escapes 4422 {And} say 559, 'What 4100 has happened 1961?'
20 "Moab 4124 has been 954 put 954 to shame 954, for it has been 2865 shattered 2865. Wail 3213 and cry 2199 out; Declare 5046 by the Arnon 769 That Moab 4124 has been destroyed 7703.
21 ¶ "Judgment 4941 has also come 935 upon the plain 4334, upon Holon 2473, Jahzah 3096 and against 5921 Mephaath 4158,
22 against 5921 Dibon 1769, Nebo 5015 and Beth-diblathaim 1015,
23 against 5921 Kiriathaim 7156, Beth-gamul 1014 and Beth-meon 1010,
24 against 5921 Kerioth 7152, Bozrah 1224 and all 3605 the cities 5892 of the land 776 of Moab 4124, far 7350 and near 7138.
25 "The horn 7161 of Moab 4124 has been cut 1438 off 1438 and his arm 2220 broken 7665," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
26 "Make 7937 him drunk 7937, for he has become 1431 arrogant 1431 toward 5921 the LORD 3068; so Moab 4124 will wallow 5606 in his vomit 7006, and he also 1571 will become 1961 a laughingstock 7814.
27 "Now was not Israel 3478 a laughingstock 7814 to you? Or 518 was he caught 4672 among thieves 1590? For each 1767 time 1767 you speak 1697 about him you shake 5110 {your head in scorn.}
28 "Leave 5800 the cities 5892 and dwell 7931 among the crags 5553, O inhabitants 3427 of Moab 4124, And be like a dove 3123 that nests 7077 Beyond 5676 the mouth 6310 of the chasm 6354.
29 "We have heard 8085 of the pride 1347 of Moab 4124--he {is} very 3966 proud 1343-- Of his haughtiness 7312, his pride 1347, his arrogance 1346 and his self-exaltation.
30 "I know 3045 his fury 5678," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "But it is futile; His idle 907 boasts 907 have accomplished 6213 nothing 3808.
31 "Therefore I will wail 3213 for Moab 4124, Even for all 3605 Moab 4124 will I cry 2199 out; I will moan 1897 for the men 376 of Kir-heres 7025.
32 "More 4480 than 4480 the weeping 1065 for Jazer 3270 I will weep 1058 for you, O vine 1612 of Sibmah 7643! Your tendrils 5189 stretched 5674 across 5674 the sea 3220, They reached 5060 to the sea 3220 of Jazer 3270; Upon your summer 7019 fruits 7019 and your grape 1210 harvest 1210 The destroyer 7703 has fallen 5307.
33 "So gladness 8057 and joy 1524 are taken 622 away 622 From the fruitful 3759 field 3759, even from the land 776 of Moab 4124. And I have made the wine 3196 to cease 7673 from the wine 3342 presses 3342; No 3808 one will tread 1869 {them} with shouting 1959, The shouting 1959 will not be shouts 1959 {of joy.}
34 "From the outcry 2201 at Heshbon 2809 even to Elealeh 500, even to Jahaz 3096 they have raised 5414 their voice 6963, from Zoar 6820 even to Horonaim 2773 {and to} Eglath-shelishiyah; for even 1571 the waters 4325 of Nimrim 5249 will become 1961 desolate 4923.
35 "I will make 7673 an end 7673 of Moab 4124," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "the one who offers 5927 {sacrifice} on the high 1116 place 1116 and the one who burns 6999 incense 6999 to his gods 430.
36 ¶ "Therefore My heart 3820 wails 1993 for Moab 4124 like flutes 2485; My heart 3820 also wails 1993 like flutes 2485 for the men 376 of Kir-heres 7025. Therefore they have lost 6 the abundance 3502 it produced 6213.
37 "For every 3605 head 7218 is bald 7144 and every 3605 beard 2206 cut 1639 short 1639; there are gashes 1417 on all 3605 the hands 3027 and sackcloth 8242 on the loins 4975.
38 "On all 3605 the housetops 1406 of Moab 4124 and in its streets 7339 there 3605 is lamentation 4553 everywhere 3605; for I have broken 7665 Moab 4124 like an undesirable vessel 3627," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
39 "How 349 shattered 2865 it is! {How} they have wailed 3213! How 349 Moab 4124 has turned 6437 his back 6203--he is ashamed 954! So Moab 4124 will become 1961 a laughingstock 7814 and an object 4288 of terror 4288 to all 3605 around 5439 him."
40 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Behold 2009, one will fly 1675 swiftly 1675 like an eagle 5404 And spread 6566 out his wings 3671 against 413 Moab 4124.
41 "Kerioth 7152 has been captured 3920 And the strongholds 4679 have been seized 8610, So the hearts 3820 of the mighty 1368 men 1368 of Moab 4124 in that day 3117 Will be like the heart 3820 of a woman 802 in labor 6887.
42 "Moab 4124 will be destroyed 8045 from {being} a people 5971 Because 3588 he has become 1431 arrogant 1431 toward 5921 the LORD 3068.
43 "Terror 6343, pit 6354 and snare 6341 are {coming} upon you, O inhabitant 3427 of Moab 4124," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
44 "The one who flees 5127 from the terror 6343 Will fall 5307 into the pit 6354, And the one who climbs 5927 up out of the pit 6354 Will be caught 3920 in the snare 6341; For I shall bring 935 upon her, {even} upon Moab 4124, The year 8141 of their punishment 6486," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
45 ¶ "In the shadow 6738 of Heshbon 2809 The fugitives 5127 stand 5975 without 4480 strength 3581; For a fire 784 has gone 3318 forth 3318 from Heshbon 2809 And a flame 3852 from the midst 996 of Sihon 5511, And it has devoured 398 the forehead 6285 of Moab 4124 And the scalps 6936 of the riotous 7588 revelers.
46 "Woe 188 to you, Moab 4124! The people 5971 of Chemosh 3645 have perished 6; For your sons 1121 have been taken 3947 away captive 7628 And your daughters 1323 into captivity 7633.
47 "Yet I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of Moab 4124 In the latter 319 days 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 49

1 ¶

Prophecy against Ammon

Concerning the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983. Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Does Israel 3478 have 369 no 369 sons 1121? Or 518 has 369 he no 369 heirs 3423? Why 4069 then has Malcam 4445 taken 3423 possession 3423 of Gad 1410 And his people 5971 settled 3427 in its cities 5892?
2 "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, the days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "That I will cause a trumpet 8643 blast 8643 of war 4421 to be heard 8085 Against 413 Rabbah 7237 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983; And it will become 1961 a desolate 8077 heap 8510, And her towns 1323 will be set 3341 on fire 784. Then Israel 3478 will take 3423 possession 3423 of his possessors 3423," Says 559 the LORD 3068.
3 "Wail 3213, O Heshbon 2809, for Ai 5857 has been destroyed 7703! Cry 6817 out, O daughters 1323 of Rabbah 7237, Gird 2296 yourselves 2296 with sackcloth 8242 and lament 5594, And rush 7751 back 7751 and forth 7751 inside the walls 1448; For Malcam 4445 will go 1980 into exile 1473 Together 3164 with his priests 3548 and his princes 8269.
4 "How 4100 boastful 1984 you are about the valleys 6010! Your valley 6010 is flowing 2100 {away,} O backsliding 7728 daughter 1323 Who trusts 982 in her treasures 214, {saying,} 'Who 4310 will come 935 against 413 me?'
5 "Behold 2009, I am going to bring 935 terror 6343 upon you," Declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635, "From all 3605 {directions} around 5439 you; And each 376 of you will be driven 5080 out headlong 6440, With no 369 one 369 to gather 6908 the fugitives 5074 together.
6 "But afterward I will restore 7725 The fortunes 7622 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983," Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
7

Prophecy against Edom

¶ Concerning Edom 112. Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "Is there 369 no 369 longer 5750 any 5750 wisdom 2451 in Teman 8487? Has good counsel 6098 been 6 lost 6 to the prudent 995? Has their wisdom 2451 decayed 5628?
8 "Flee 5127 away, turn 6437 back 6437, dwell 3427 in the depths 6009, O inhabitants 3427 of Dedan 1719, For I will bring 935 the disaster 343 of Esau 6215 upon him At the time 6256 I punish 6485 him.
9 "If 518 grape gatherers 1219 came 935 to you, Would they not leave 7604 gleanings 5955? If 518 thieves 1590 {came} by night 3915, They would destroy 7843 {only} until they had enough 1767.
10 "But I have stripped 2834 Esau 6215 bare 2834, I have uncovered 1540 his hiding 4565 places 4565 So that he will not be able 3201 to conceal 2247 himself; His offspring 2233 has been destroyed 7703 along with his relatives 251 And his neighbors 7934, and he is no 369 more 369.
11 "Leave 5800 your orphans 3490 behind 5800, I will keep 2421 {them} alive 2421; And let your widows 490 trust 982 in Me."
12 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, those who 834 were not sentenced 4941 to drink 8354 the cup 3563 will certainly 8354 drink 8354 {it,} and are you the one 1931 who will be completely 5352 acquitted 5352? You will not be acquitted 5352, but you will certainly 8354 drink 8354 {it.}
13 "For I have sworn 7650 by Myself," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "that Bozrah 1224 will become 1961 an object 8047 of horror 8047, a reproach 2781, a ruin 2721 and a curse 7045; and all 3605 its cities 5892 will become 1961 perpetual 5769 ruins 2723."
14 ¶ I have heard 8085 a message 8052 from the LORD 3068, And an envoy 6735 is sent 7971 among the nations 1471, {saying,} "Gather 6908 yourselves together and come 935 against 5921 her, And rise 6965 up for battle 4421!"
15 "For behold 2009, I have made 5414 you small 6996 among the nations 1471, Despised 959 among men 120.
16 "As for the terror 8606 of you, The arrogance 2087 of your heart 3820 has deceived 5378 you, O you who live 7931 in the clefts 2288 of the rock 5553, Who occupy 8610 the height 4791 of the hill 1389. Though 3588 you make 1361 your nest 7064 as high 1361 as an eagle's 5404, I will bring 3381 you down 3381 from there 8033," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
17 ¶ "Edom 112 will become 1961 an object 8047 of horror 8047; everyone 3605 who passes 5674 by it will be horrified 8074 and will hiss 8319 at all 3605 its wounds 4347.
18 "Like the overthrow 4114 of Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 with its neighbors 7934," says 559 the LORD 3068, "no 3808 one 376 will live 3427 there 8033, nor 3808 will a son 1121 of man 120 reside 1481 in it.
19 "Behold 2009, one will come 5927 up like a lion 743 from the thickets 1347 of the Jordan 3383 against 413 a perennially 386 watered pasture 5116; for in an instant 7280 I will make him run 7323 away from it, and whoever 4310 is chosen 977 I shall appoint 6485 over 413 it. For who 4310 is like 3644 Me, and who 4310 will summon 3259 Me {into court?} And who 4310 then 2088 is the shepherd 7462 who 834 can stand 5975 against 6440 Me?"
20 ¶ Therefore 3651 hear 8085 the plan 6098 of the LORD 3068 which 834 He has planned 3289 against 413 Edom 112, and His purposes 4284 which 834 He has purposed 2803 against 413 the inhabitants 3427 of Teman 8487: surely they will drag 5498 them off 5498, {even} the little 6810 ones 6810 of the flock 6629; surely He will make 8074 their pasture 5116 desolate 8074 because 5921 of them.
21 The earth 776 has quaked 7493 at the noise 6963 of their downfall 5307. There is an outcry 6818! The noise 6963 of it has been heard 8085 at the Red Sea 3220.
22 Behold 2009, He will mount 5927 up and swoop 1675 like an eagle 5404 and spread 6566 out His wings 3671 against 5921 Bozrah 1224; and the hearts 3820 of the mighty 1368 men 1368 of Edom 112 in that day 3117 will be like the heart 3820 of a woman 802 in labor 6887.
23

Prophecy against Damascus

¶ Concerning Damascus 1834. "Hamath 2574 and Arpad 774 are put 954 to shame 954, For they have heard 8085 bad 7451 news 8052; They are disheartened 4127. There is anxiety 1674 by the sea 3220, It cannot be calmed 8252.
24 "Damascus 1834 has become 7503 helpless 7503; She has turned 6437 away to flee 5127, And panic 7374 has gripped 2388 her; Distress 6869 and pangs 2256 have taken 270 hold 270 of her Like a woman in childbirth 3205.
25 "How 349 the city 5892 of praise 8416 has not been deserted 5800, The town 7151 of My joy 4885!
26 "Therefore 3651, her young 970 men 970 will fall 5307 in her streets 7339, And all 3605 the men 376 of war 4421 will be silenced 1826 in that day 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
27 "I will set 3341 fire 784 to the wall 2346 of Damascus 1834, And it will devour 398 the fortified 759 towers 759 of Ben-hadad 1130."
28

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

¶ Concerning Kedar 6938 and the kingdoms 4467 of Hazor 2674, which 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 defeated 5221. Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Arise 6965, go 5927 up to Kedar 6938 And devastate 7703 the men 1121 of the east 6924.
29 "They will take 3947 away their tents 168 and their flocks 6629; They will carry 5375 off 5375 for themselves Their tent 3407 curtains 3407, all 3605 their goods 3627 and their camels 1581, And they will call 7121 out to one another, 'Terror 4032 on every 5439 side 5439!'
30 "Run 5127 away 5127, flee 5110! Dwell 3427 in the depths 6009, O inhabitants 3427 of Hazor 2674," declares 5002 the LORD 3068; "For Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 has formed 3289 a plan 6098 against 5921 you And devised 2803 a scheme 4284 against 5921 you.
31 "Arise 6965, go 5927 up against 413 a nation 1471 which is at ease 7961, Which lives 3427 securely 983," declares 5002 the LORD 3068. "It has no 3808 gates 1817 or bars 1280; They dwell 7931 alone 910.
32 "Their camels 1581 will become 1961 plunder 957, And their many 1995 cattle 4735 for booty 7998, And I will scatter 2219 to all 3605 the winds 7307 those who cut 7112 the corners 6285 {of their hair;} And I will bring 935 their disaster 343 from every 3605 side 5676," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
33 "Hazor 2674 will become 1961 a haunt 4583 of jackals 8565, A desolation 8077 forever; No 3808 one 376 will live 3427 there 8033, Nor 3808 will a son 1121 of man 120 reside 1481 in it."
34

Prophecy against Elam

¶ That which 834 came 1961 as the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 concerning 413 Elam 5867, at the beginning 7225 of the reign 4438 of Zedekiah 6667 king 4428 of Judah 3063, saying 559:
35 ¶ "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'Behold 2009, I am going to break 7665 the bow 7198 of Elam 5867, The finest 7225 of their might 1369.
36 'I will bring 935 upon Elam 5867 the four 702 winds 7307 From the four 702 ends 7098 of heaven 8064, And will scatter 2219 them to all 3605 these 428 winds 7307; And there 8033 will be no 3808 nation 1471 To which 834 the outcasts 5080 of Elam 5867 will not go 935.
37 'So I will shatter 2865 Elam 5867 before 6440 their enemies 340 And before 6440 those who seek 1245 their lives 5315; And I will bring 935 calamity 7463 upon them, Even My fierce 2740 anger 639,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'And I will send 7971 out the sword 2719 after 310 them Until 5704 I have consumed 3615 them.
38 'Then I will set 7760 My throne 3678 in Elam 5867 And destroy 6 out of it king 4428 and princes 8269,' Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
39 'But it will come 1961 about in the last 319 days 3117 That I will restore 7725 the fortunes 7622 of Elam 5867,'" Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 50

1

Prophecy against Babylon

The word 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 concerning 413 Babylon 894, the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778, through 3027 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030:
2 "Declare 5046 and proclaim 8085 among the nations 1471. Proclaim 8085 it and lift 5375 up a standard 5251. Do not conceal 3582 {it but} say 559, 'Babylon 894 has been captured 3920, Bel 1078 has been 954 put 954 to shame 954, Marduk 4781 has been 2865 shattered 2865; Her images 6091 have been 954 put 954 to shame 954, her idols 1544 have been 2865 shattered 2865.'
3 "For a nation 1471 has come 5927 up against 5921 her out of the north 6828; it will make 7896 her land 776 an object 8047 of horror 8047, and there will be no 3808 inhabitant 3427 in it. Both 4480 man 120 and beast 929 have wandered 5110 off, they have gone 1980 away!
4 ¶ "In those 1992 days 3117 and at that time 6256," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 will come 935, {both} they and the sons 1121 of Judah 3063 as well 3164; they will go 1980 along weeping 1058 as they go 1980, and it will be the LORD 3068 their God 430 they will seek 1245.
5 "They will ask 7592 for the way 1870 to Zion 6726, {turning} their faces 6440 in its direction 2008; they will come 935 that they may join 3867 themselves to the LORD 3068 {in} an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285 that will not be forgotten 7911.
6 ¶ "My people 5971 have become 1961 lost 6 sheep 6629; Their shepherds 7462 have led 8582 them astray 8582. They have made them turn 7725 aside 7725 {on} the mountains 2022; They have gone 1980 along from mountain 2022 to hill 1389 And have forgotten 7911 their resting 7258 place 7258.
7 "All 3605 who came 4672 upon them have devoured 398 them; And their adversaries 6862 have said 559, 'We are not guilty 816, Inasmuch as they have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 {who is} the habitation 5116 of righteousness 6664, Even the LORD 3068, the hope 4723 of their fathers 1.'
8 ¶ "Wander 5110 away from the midst 8432 of Babylon 894 And go 3318 forth 3318 from the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778; Be also like male 6260 goats 6260 at the head 6440 of the flock 6629.
9 "For behold 2009, I am going to arouse 5782 and bring 5927 up against 5921 Babylon 894 A horde 6951 of great 1419 nations 1471 from the land 776 of the north 6828, And they will draw 6186 up {their} battle 6186 lines 6186 against her; From there 8033 she will be taken 3920 captive 3920. Their arrows 2671 will be like an expert 7919 warrior 1368 Who does not return 7725 empty-handed 7387.
10 "Chaldea 3778 will become 1961 plunder 7998; All 3605 who plunder 7997 her will have 7646 enough 7646," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
11 ¶ "Because 3588 you are glad 8055, because 3588 you are jubilant 5937, O you who pillage 8154 My heritage 5159, Because 3588 you skip 6335 about 6335 like a threshing 1758 heifer 5697 And neigh 6670 like stallions 47,
12 Your mother 517 will be greatly 3966 ashamed 954, She who gave 3205 you birth 3205 will be humiliated 2659. Behold 2009, {she will be} the least 319 of the nations 1471, A wilderness 4057, a parched 6723 land 6723 and a desert 6160.
13 "Because 4480 of the indignation 7110 of the LORD 3068 she will not be inhabited 3427, But she will be completely 3605 desolate 8077; Everyone 3605 who passes 5674 by Babylon 894 will be horrified 8074 And will hiss 8319 because 5921 of all 3605 her wounds 4347.
14 "Draw 6186 up your battle 6186 lines 6186 against 5921 Babylon 894 on every 5439 side 5439, All 3605 you who bend 1869 the bow 7198; Shoot 3034 at her, do not be sparing 2550 with {your} arrows 2671, For she has sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068.
15 "Raise 7321 your battle 7321 cry 7321 against 5921 her on every 5439 side 5439! She has given 5414 herself 3027 up, her pillars 806 have fallen 5307, Her walls 2346 have been torn 2040 down 2040. For this 1931 is the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068: Take 5358 vengeance 5358 on her; As she has done 6213 {to others, so} do 6213 to her.
16 "Cut 3772 off 3772 the sower 2232 from Babylon 894 And the one who wields 8610 the sickle 4038 at the time 6256 of harvest 7105; From before 6440 the sword 2719 of the oppressor 3238 They will each 376 turn 6437 back 6437 to his own people 5971 And they will each 376 flee 5127 to his own land 776.
17 ¶ "Israel 3478 is a scattered 6340 flock 7716, the lions 738 have driven 5080 {them} away 5080. The first 7223 one 7223 {who} devoured 398 him was the king 4428 of Assyria 804, and this 2088 last 314 one 314 {who} has broken 6105 his bones 6105 is Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894.
18 "Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478: 'Behold 2009, I am going to punish 6485 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and his land 776, just 3512 as I punished 6485 the king 4428 of Assyria 804.
19 'And I will bring 7725 Israel 3478 back 7725 to his pasture 5116 and he will graze 7462 on Carmel 3760 and Bashan 1316, and his desire 5315 will be satisfied 7646 in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669 and Gilead 1568.
20 'In those 1992 days 3117 and at that time 6256,' declares 5002 the LORD 3068, 'search 1245 will be made 1245 for the iniquity 5771 of Israel 3478, but there 369 will be none 369; and for the sins 2403 of Judah 3063, but they will not be found 4672; for I will pardon 5545 those whom 834 I leave 7604 as a remnant 7604.'
21 ¶ "Against 5921 the land 776 of Merathaim 4850, go 5927 up against 5921 it, And against 413 the inhabitants 3427 of Pekod 6489. Slay 2717 and utterly 2763 destroy 2763 them," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And do 6213 according to all 3605 that I have commanded 6680 you.
22 "The noise 6963 of battle 4421 is in the land 776, And great 1419 destruction 7667.
23 "How 349 the hammer 6360 of the whole 3605 earth 776 Has been cut 1438 off 1438 and broken 7665! How 349 Babylon 894 has become 1961 An object 8047 of horror 8047 among the nations 1471!
24 "I set 3369 a snare 3369 for you and you were also 1571 caught 3920, O Babylon 894, While you yourself 855 were not aware 3045; You have been found 4672 and also 1571 seized 8610 Because 3588 you have engaged 1624 in conflict 1624 with the LORD 3068."
25 The LORD 3068 has opened 6605 His armory 214 And has brought 3318 forth 3318 the weapons 3627 of His indignation 2195, For it is a work 4399 of the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635 In the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778.
26 Come 935 to her from the farthest 7093 border 7093; Open 6605 up her barns 3965, Pile 5549 her up like 3644 heaps 6194 And utterly 2763 destroy 2763 her, Let nothing 408 be left 7611 to her.
27 Put 2717 all 3605 her young 6499 bulls 6499 to the sword 2717; Let them go 3381 down 3381 to the slaughter 2874! Woe 1945 be upon them, for their day 3117 has come 935, The time 6256 of their punishment 6486.
28 ¶ There is a sound 6963 of fugitives 5127 and refugees 6412 from the land 776 of Babylon 894, To declare 5046 in Zion 6726 the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068 our God 430, Vengeance 5360 for His temple 1964.
29 ¶ "Summon 8085 many 7227 against 413 Babylon 894, All 3605 those who bend 1869 the bow 7198: Encamp 2583 against 5921 her on every 5439 side 5439, Let there be no 408 escape 6413. Repay 7999 her according to her work 6467; According to all 3605 that she has done 6213, {so} do 6213 to her; For she has become 2102 arrogant 2102 against 413 the LORD 3068, Against 413 the Holy 6918 One 6918 of Israel 3478.
30 "Therefore 3651 her young 970 men 970 will fall 5307 in her streets 7339, And all 3605 her men 376 of war 4421 will be silenced 1826 in that day 3117," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
31 "Behold 2009, I am against 413 you, O arrogant 2087 one," Declares 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3068 of hosts 6635, "For your day 3117 has come 935, The time 6256 when I will punish 6485 you.
32 "The arrogant 2087 one will stumble 3782 and fall 5307 With no 369 one 369 to raise 6965 him up; And I will set 3341 fire 784 to his cities 5892 And it will devour 398 all 3605 his environs 5439."
33 ¶ Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "The sons 1121 of Israel 3478 are oppressed 6231, And the sons 1121 of Judah 3063 as well 3164; And all 3605 who took 7617 them captive 7617 have held 2388 them fast 2388, They have refused 3985 to let 7971 them go 7971.
34 "Their Redeemer 1350 is strong 2389, the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034; He will vigorously 7378 plead 7378 their case 7379 So 4616 that He may bring 7280 rest 7280 to the earth 776, But turmoil 7264 to the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894.
35 "A sword 2719 against 5921 the Chaldeans 3778," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And against 413 the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894 And against 413 her officials 8269 and her wise 2450 men 2450!
36 "A sword 2719 against 413 the oracle 907 priests 907, and they will become 2973 fools 2973! A sword 2719 against 413 her mighty 1368 men 1368, and they will be shattered 2865!
37 "A sword 2719 against 413 their horses 5483 and against 413 their chariots 7393 And against 413 all 3605 the foreigners 6154 who 834 are in the midst 8432 of her, And they will become 1961 women 802! A sword 2719 against 413 her treasures 214, and they will be plundered 962!
38 "A drought 2721 on her waters 4325, and they will be dried 3001 up! For it is a land 776 of idols 6456, And they are mad 1984 over fearsome 367 idols.
39 ¶ "Therefore 3651 the desert 6716 creatures 6716 will live 3427 {there} along 854 with the jackals 338; The ostriches 3284 also will live 3427 in it, And it will never 3808 again 5750 be inhabited 3427 Or dwelt 7931 in from generation 1755 to generation 1755.
40 "As when God 430 overthrew 4114 Sodom 5467 And Gomorrah 6017 with its neighbors 7934," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "No 3808 man 376 will live 3427 there 8033, Nor 3808 will {any} son 1121 of man 120 reside 1481 in it.
41 ¶ "Behold 2009, a people 5971 is coming 935 from the north 6828, And a great 1419 nation 1471 and many 7227 kings 4428 Will be aroused 5782 from the remote 3411 parts 3411 of the earth 776.
42 "They seize 2388 {their} bow 7198 and javelin 3591; They are cruel 394 and have 7355 no 3808 mercy 7355. Their voice 6963 roars 1993 like the sea 3220; And they ride 7392 on horses 5483, Marshalled 6186 like a man 376 for the battle 4421 Against 5921 you, O daughter 1323 of Babylon 894.
43 "The king 4428 of Babylon 894 has heard 8085 the report 8088 about them, And his hands 3027 hang 7503 limp 7503; Distress 6869 has gripped 2388 him, Agony 2427 like a woman in childbirth 3205.
44 ¶ "Behold 2009, one will come 5927 up like a lion 743 from the thicket 1347 of the Jordan 3383 to a perennially 386 watered pasture 5116; for in an instant 7280 I will make them run 7323 away 4480 from it, and whoever 4310 is chosen 977 I will appoint 6485 over 413 it. For who 4310 is like 3644 Me, and who 4310 will summon 3259 Me {into court?} And who 4310 then 2088 is the shepherd 7462 who 834 can stand 5975 before 6440 Me?"
45 Therefore 3651 hear 8085 the plan 6098 of the LORD 3068 which 834 He has planned 3289 against 413 Babylon 894, and His purposes 4284 which 834 He has purposed 2803 against 413 the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778: surely they will drag 5498 them off 5498, {even} the little 6810 ones 6810 of the flock 6629; surely He will make 8074 their pasture 5116 desolate 8074 because 5921 of them.
46 At the shout 6963, "Babylon 894 has been seized 8610!" the earth 776 is shaken 7493, and an outcry 2201 is heard 8085 among the nations 1471.

## Chapter 51

1

Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel

Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068: "Behold 2009, I am going to arouse 5782 against 5921 Babylon 894 And against 413 the inhabitants 3427 of Leb-kamai 3846 The spirit 7307 of a destroyer 7843.
2 "I will dispatch 7971 foreigners 2114 to Babylon 894 that they may winnow 2219 her And may devastate 1238 her land 776; For on every 5439 side 5439 they will be opposed 5921 to her In the day 3117 of {her} calamity 7463.
3 "Let not him who bends 1869 his bow 7198 bend 1869 {it,} Nor 413 let him rise 5927 up in his scale-armor 5630; So do not spare 2550 her young 970 men 970; Devote 2763 all 3605 her army 6635 to destruction 2763.
4 "They will fall 5307 down 5307 slain 2491 in the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778, And pierced 1856 through 1856 in their streets 2351."
5 ¶ For neither 3808 Israel 3478 nor 3808 Judah 3063 has been forsaken 488 By his God 430, the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, Although 3588 their land 776 is full 4390 of guilt 817 Before 4480 the Holy 6918 One 6918 of Israel 3478.
6 Flee 5127 from the midst 8432 of Babylon 894, And each 376 of you save 4422 his life 5315! Do not be destroyed 1826 in her punishment 5771, For this 1931 is the LORD'S 3068 time 6256 of vengeance 5360; He is going to render 7999 recompense 1576 to her.
7 Babylon 894 has been a golden 2091 cup 3563 in the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068, Intoxicating 7937 all 3605 the earth 776. The nations 1471 have drunk 8354 of her wine 3196; Therefore the nations 1471 are going 1984 mad 1984.
8 Suddenly 6597 Babylon 894 has fallen 5307 and been broken 7665; Wail 3213 over 5921 her! Bring 3947 balm 6875 for her pain 4341; Perhaps 194 she may be healed 7495.
9 We applied healing 7495 to Babylon 894, but she was not healed 7495; Forsake 5800 her and let us each 376 go 1980 to his own country 776, For her judgment 4941 has reached 5060 to heaven 8064 And towers 5375 up to the very skies 7834.
10 The LORD 3068 has brought 3318 about 3318 our vindication 6666; Come 935 and let us recount 5608 in Zion 6726 The work 4639 of the LORD 3068 our God 430!
11 ¶ Sharpen 1305 the arrows 2671, fill 4390 the quivers 7982! The LORD 3068 has aroused 5782 the spirit 7307 of the kings 4428 of the Medes 4074, Because 3588 His purpose 4209 is against 5921 Babylon 894 to destroy 7843 it; For it is the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068, vengeance 5360 for His temple 1964.
12 Lift 5375 up a signal 5251 against 413 the walls 2346 of Babylon 894; Post 2388 a strong 2388 guard 4929, Station 6965 sentries 8104, Place 3559 men in ambush 693! For the LORD 3068 has both 1571 purposed 2161 and performed 6213 What 834 He spoke 1696 concerning 413 the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894.
13 O you who dwell 7931 by many 7227 waters 4325, Abundant 7227 in treasures 214, Your end 7093 has come 935, The measure 520 of your end 1215.
14 The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 has sworn 7650 by Himself 5315: "Surely I will fill 4390 you with a population 120 like locusts 3218, And they will cry 6031 out with shouts 1959 of victory over 5921 you."
15 ¶ {It is} He who made 6213 the earth 776 by His power 3581, Who established 3559 the world 8398 by His wisdom 2451, And by His understanding 8394 He stretched 5186 out the heavens 8064.
16 When He utters 5414 His voice 6963, {there is} a tumult 1995 of waters 4325 in the heavens 8064, And He causes the clouds 5387 to ascend 5927 from the end 7097 of the earth 776; He makes 6213 lightning 1300 for the rain 4306 And brings 3318 forth 3318 the wind 7307 from His storehouses 214.
17 All 3605 mankind 120 is stupid 1197, devoid 4480 of knowledge 1847; Every 3605 goldsmith 6884 is put 954 to shame 954 by his idols 6459, For his molten 5262 images 5262 are deceitful 8267, And there is no 3808 breath 7307 in them.
18 They are worthless 1892, a work 4639 of mockery 8595; In the time 6256 of their punishment 6486 they will perish 6.
19 The portion 2506 of Jacob 3290 is not like these 428; For the Maker 3335 of all 3605 is He, And of the tribe 7626 of His inheritance 5159; The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is His name 8034.
20 {He says,} "You are My war-club 4661, {My} weapon 3627 of war 4421; And with you I shatter 5310 nations 1471, And with you I destroy 7843 kingdoms 4467.
21 "With you I shatter 5310 the horse 5483 and his rider 7392, And with you I shatter 5310 the chariot 7393 and its rider 7392,
22 And with you I shatter 5310 man 376 and woman 802, And with you I shatter 5310 old 2205 man 376 and youth 5288, And with you I shatter 5310 young 970 man 970 and virgin 1330,
23 And with you I shatter 5310 the shepherd 7462 and his flock 5739, And with you I shatter 5310 the farmer 406 and his team 6776, And with you I shatter 5310 governors 6346 and prefects 5461.
24 ¶ "But I will repay 7999 Babylon 894 and all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of Chaldea 3778 for all 3605 their evil 7463 that they have done 6213 in Zion 6726 before your eyes 5869," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
25 "Behold 2009, I am against 413 you, O destroying 7843 mountain 2022, Who destroys 7843 the whole 3605 earth 776," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "And I will stretch 5186 out My hand 3027 against 5921 you, And roll 1556 you down 1556 from the crags 5553, And I will make 5414 you a burnt 8316 out mountain 2022.
26 "They will not take 3947 from you {even} a stone 68 for a corner 6438 Nor 3808 a stone 68 for foundations 4144, But you will be desolate 8077 forever 5769," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
27 ¶ Lift 5375 up a signal 5251 in the land 776, Blow 8628 a trumpet 7782 among the nations 1471! Consecrate 6942 the nations 1471 against 5921 her, Summon 8085 against 5921 her the kingdoms 4467 of Ararat 780, Minni 4508 and Ashkenaz 813; Appoint 6485 a marshal 2951 against 5921 her, Bring 5927 up the horses 5483 like bristly 5569 locusts 3218.
28 Consecrate 6942 the nations 1471 against 5921 her, The kings 4428 of the Medes 4074, Their governors 6346 and all 3605 their prefects 5461, And every 3605 land 776 of their dominion 4475.
29 So the land 776 quakes 7493 and writhes 2342, For the purposes 4284 of the LORD 3068 against 5921 Babylon 894 stand 6965, To make 7760 the land 776 of Babylon 894 A desolation 8047 without 369 inhabitants 3427.
30 The mighty 1368 men 1368 of Babylon 894 have ceased 2308 fighting 3898, They stay 3427 in the strongholds 4679; Their strength 1369 is exhausted 5405, They are becoming 1961 {like} women 802; Their dwelling 4908 places 4908 are set 3341 on fire 3341, The bars 1280 of her {gates} are broken 7665.
31 One courier 7323 runs 7323 to meet 7122 another 7323, And one messenger 5046 to meet 7122 another 5046, To tell 5046 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 That his city 5892 has been captured 3920 from end 7097 {to end;}
32 The fords 4569 also have been seized 8610, And they have burned 8313 the marshes 98 with fire 784, And the men 376 of war 4421 are terrified 926.
33 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478: "The daughter 1323 of Babylon 894 is like a threshing 1637 floor 1637 At the time 6256 it is stamped 1869 firm 1869; Yet 5750 in a little 4592 while 4592 the time 6256 of harvest 7105 will come 935 for her."
34 ¶ "Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 has devoured 398 me {and} crushed 2000 me, He has set 3322 me down 3322 {like} an empty 7386 vessel 3627; He has swallowed 1104 me like a monster 8577, He has filled 4390 his stomach 3770 with my delicacies 5730; He has washed 1740 me away 1740.
35 "May the violence 2555 {done} to me and to my flesh 7607 be upon Babylon 894," The inhabitant 3427 of Zion 6726 will say 559; And, "May my blood 1818 be upon the inhabitants 3427 of Chaldea 3778," Jerusalem 3389 will say 559.
36 Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, "Behold 2009, I am going to plead 7378 your case 7379 And exact 5358 full 5360 vengeance 5360 for you; And I will dry 2717 up her sea 3220 And make 3001 her fountain 4726 dry 3001.
37 "Babylon 894 will become 1961 a heap 1530 {of ruins,} a haunt 4583 of jackals 8565, An object 8047 of horror 8047 and hissing 8322, without 369 inhabitants 3427.
38 "They will roar 7580 together 3164 like young 3715 lions 3715, They will growl 5286 like lions' 738 cubs 1484.
39 "When they become 2552 heated 2552 up, I will serve 7896 {them} their banquet 4960 And make 7937 them drunk 7937, that they may become 5937 jubilant 5937 And may sleep 3462 a perpetual 5769 sleep 8142 And not wake 3364 up," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
40 "I will bring 3381 them down 3381 like lambs 3733 to the slaughter 2873, Like rams 352 together 5973 with male 6260 goats 6260.
41 ¶ "How 349 Sheshak 8347 has been captured 3920, And the praise 8416 of the whole 3605 earth 776 been seized 8610! How 349 Babylon 894 has become 1961 an object 8047 of horror 8047 among the nations 1471!
42 "The sea 3220 has come 5927 up over 5921 Babylon 894; She has been engulfed 3680 with its tumultuous 1995 waves 1530.
43 "Her cities 5892 have become 1961 an object 8047 of horror 8047, A parched 6723 land 776 and a desert 6160, A land 776 in which 2004 no man 376 lives 3427 And through 5674 which 2004 no 3808 son 1121 of man 120 passes 5674.
44 "I will punish 6485 Bel 1078 in Babylon 894, And I will make what 1105 he has swallowed 1105 come 3318 out of his mouth 6310; And the nations 1471 will no 3808 longer 5750 stream 5102 to him. Even 1571 the wall 2346 of Babylon 894 has fallen 5307 down 5307!
45 ¶ "Come 3318 forth 3318 from her midst 8432, My people 5971, And each 376 of you save 4422 yourselves 5315 From the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068.
46 "Now so 6435 that your heart 3824 does not grow 7401 faint 7401, And you are not afraid 3372 at the report 8052 that {will be} heard 8085 in the land 776-- For the report 8052 will come 935 one year 8141, And after 310 that another report 8052 in another year 8141, And violence 2555 {will be} in the land 776 With ruler 4910 against 5921 ruler 4910--
47 Therefore 3651 behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935 When I will punish 6485 the idols 6456 of Babylon 894; And her whole 3605 land 776 will be put 954 to shame 954 And all 3605 her slain 2491 will fall 5307 in her midst 8432.
48 "Then heaven 8064 and earth 776 and all 3605 that is in them Will shout 7442 for joy 7442 over 5921 Babylon 894, For the destroyers 7703 will come 935 to her from the north 6828," Declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
49 ¶ Indeed 1571 Babylon 894 is to fall 5307 {for} the slain 2491 of Israel 3478, {As} also 1571 for Babylon 894 the slain 2491 of all 3605 the earth 776 have fallen 5307.
50 You who 6412 have escaped 6412 the sword 2719, Depart 1980! Do not stay 5975! Remember 2142 the LORD 3068 from afar 7350, And let Jerusalem 3389 come 5927 to your mind 3824.
51 We are ashamed 954 because 3588 we have heard 8085 reproach 2781; Disgrace 3639 has covered 3680 our faces 6440, For aliens 2114 have entered 935 The holy 4720 places 4720 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004.
52 ¶ "Therefore 3651 behold 2009, the days 3117 are coming 935," declares 5002 the LORD 3068, "When I will punish 6485 her idols 6456, And the mortally 2491 wounded 2491 will groan 602 throughout 3605 her land 776.
53 "Though 3588 Babylon 894 should ascend 5927 to the heavens 8064, And though 3588 she should fortify 1219 her lofty 4791 stronghold 5797, From Me destroyers 7703 will come 935 to her," declares 5002 the LORD 3068.
54 ¶ The sound 6963 of an outcry 2201 from Babylon 894, And of great 1419 destruction 7667 from the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778!
55 For the LORD 3068 is going to destroy 7703 Babylon 894, And He will make 6 {her} loud 1419 noise 6963 vanish 6 from her. And their waves 1530 will roar 1993 like many 7227 waters 4325; The tumult 7588 of their voices 6963 sounds 5414 forth 5414.
56 For the destroyer 7703 is coming 935 against 5921 her, against 5921 Babylon 894, And her mighty 1368 men 1368 will be captured 3920, Their bows 7198 are shattered 2865; For the LORD 3068 is a God 410 of recompense 1578, He will fully 7999 repay 7999.
57 "I will make 7937 her princes 8269 and her wise 2450 men 2450 drunk 7937, Her governors 6346, her prefects 5461 and her mighty 1368 men 1368, That they may sleep 3462 a perpetual 5769 sleep 8142 and not wake 3364 up," Declares 5002 the King 4428, whose name 8034 is the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
58 Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, "The broad 7342 wall 2346 of Babylon 894 will be completely 6209 razed 6209 And her high 1364 gates 8179 will be set 3341 on fire 784; So the peoples 5971 will toil 3021 for nothing, And the nations 3816 become 3286 exhausted 3286 {only} for fire 784."
59 ¶ The message 1697 which 834 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 commanded 6680 Seraiah 8304 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, the grandson 1121 of Mahseiah 4271, when he went 1980 with Zedekiah 6667 the king 4428 of Judah 3063 to Babylon 894 in the fourth 7243 year 8141 of his reign 4427. (Now Seraiah 8304 was quartermaster.)
60 So Jeremiah 3414 wrote 3789 in a single 259 scroll 5612 all 3605 the calamity 7463 which 834 would come 935 upon Babylon 894, {that is,} all 3605 these 428 words 1697 which have been written 3789 concerning 413 Babylon 894.
61 Then Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to Seraiah 8304, "As soon as you come 935 to Babylon 894, then see 7200 that you read 7121 all 3605 these 428 words 1697 aloud,
62 and say 559, 'You, O LORD 3068, have promised 1696 concerning 413 this 2088 place 4725 to cut 3772 it off 3772, so that there will be nothing 1115 dwelling 3427 in it, whether 4480 man 120 or beast 929, but it will be a perpetual 5769 desolation 8077.'
63 "And as soon as you finish 3615 reading 7121 this 2088 scroll 5612, you will tie 7194 a stone 68 to it and throw 7993 it into the middle 8432 of the Euphrates 6578,
64 and say 559, 'Just 3602 so 3602 shall Babylon 894 sink 8257 down 8257 and not rise 6965 again because of the calamity 7463 that I am going to bring 935 upon her; and they will become 3286 exhausted 3286.'" Thus 2008 far 5704 are the words 1697 of Jeremiah 3414.

## Chapter 52

1

The Fall of Jerusalem

Zedekiah 6667 was twenty-one years 8141 old 1121 when he became 4427 king 4427, and he reigned 4427 eleven years 8141 in Jerusalem 3389; and his mother's 517 name 8034 was Hamutal 2537 the daughter 1323 of Jeremiah 3414 of Libnah 3841.
2 He did 6213 evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068 like all 3605 that Jehoiakim 3079 had done 6213.
3 For through 5921 the anger 639 of the LORD 3068 {this} came 1961 about in Jerusalem 3389 and Judah 3063 until 5704 He cast 7993 them out from His presence 6440. And Zedekiah 6667 rebelled 4775 against the king 4428 of Babylon 894.
4 Now it came 1961 about in the ninth 8671 year 8141 of his reign 4427, on the tenth 6218 {day} of the tenth 6224 month 2320, that Nebuchadnezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 came 935, he and all 3605 his army 2428, against 5921 Jerusalem 3389, camped 2583 against 5921 it and built 1129 a siege 1785 wall 1785 all 5439 around 5439 it.
5 So the city 5892 was under siege 4692 until 5704 the eleventh year 8141 of King 4428 Zedekiah 6667.
6 On the ninth 8672 {day} of the fourth 7243 month 2320 the famine 7458 was so severe 2388 in the city 5892 that there was no 3808 food 3899 for the people 5971 of the land 776.
7 Then the city 5892 was broken 1234 into, and all 3605 the men 376 of war 4421 fled 1272 and went 3318 forth 3318 from the city 5892 at night 3915 by way 1870 of the gate 8179 between 996 the two walls 2346 which 834 {was} by the king's 4428 garden 1588, though the Chaldeans 3778 were all 5439 around 5439 the city 5892. And they went 1980 by way 1870 of the Arabah 6160.
8 But the army 2428 of the Chaldeans 3778 pursued 7291 the king 4428 and overtook 5381 Zedekiah 6667 in the plains 6160 of Jericho 3405, and all 3605 his army 2428 was scattered 6327 from him.
9 Then they captured 8610 the king 4428 and brought 5927 him up to the king 4428 of Babylon 894 at Riblah 7247 in the land 776 of Hamath 2574, and he passed 1696 sentence 1696 on him.
10 The king 4428 of Babylon 894 slaughtered 7819 the sons 1121 of Zedekiah 6667 before his eyes 5869, and he also 1571 slaughtered 7819 all 3605 the princes 8269 of Judah 3063 in Riblah 7247.
11 Then he blinded 5786 the eyes 5869 of Zedekiah 6667; and the king 4428 of Babylon 894 bound 631 him with bronze 5178 fetters 5178 and brought 935 him to Babylon 894 and put 5414 him in prison until 5704 the day 3117 of his death 4194.
12 ¶ Now on the tenth 6218 {day} of the fifth 2549 month 2320, which 1931 was the nineteenth year 8141 of King 4428 Nebuchadnezzar 5019, king 4428 of Babylon 894, Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the bodyguard 2876, who was in the service of the king 4428 of Babylon 894, came 935 to Jerusalem 3389.
13 He burned 8313 the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, the king's 4428 house 1004 and all 3605 the houses 1004 of Jerusalem 3389; even every 3605 large 1419 house 1004 he burned 8313 with fire 784.
14 So all 3605 the army 2428 of the Chaldeans 3778 who 834 {were} with the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 broke 5422 down 5422 all 3605 the walls 2346 around 5439 Jerusalem 3389.
15 Then Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 carried 1540 away 1540 into exile 1540 some 4480 of the poorest 1803 of the people 5971, the rest 3499 of the people 5971 who were left 7604 in the city 5892, the deserters 5307 who 834 had deserted 5307 to the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and the rest 3499 of the artisans 525.
16 But Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 left 7604 some 4480 of the poorest 1803 of the land 776 to be vinedressers 3755 and plowmen 3009.
17 ¶ Now the bronze 5178 pillars 5982 which 834 belonged to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 and the stands 4350 and the bronze 5178 sea 3220, which 834 were in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, the Chaldeans 3778 broke 7665 in pieces 7665 and carried 5375 all 3605 their bronze 5178 to Babylon 894.
18 They also took 3947 away the pots 5518, the shovels 3257, the snuffers 4212, the basins 4219, the pans 3709 and all 3605 the bronze 5178 vessels 3627 which 834 were used 8334 in {temple} service 8334.
19 The captain 7227 of the guard 2876 also took 3947 away the bowls 5592, the firepans 4289, the basins 4219, the pots 5518, the lampstands 4501, the pans 3709 and the drink 4518 offering 4518 bowls 4518, what 834 was fine 3701 gold 2091 and what 834 was fine 3701 silver 3701.
20 The two 8147 pillars 5982, the one 259 sea 3220, and the twelve bronze 5178 bulls 1241 that were under 8478 the sea 3220, {and} the stands 4350, which 834 King 4428 Solomon 8010 had made 6213 for the house 1004 of the LORD 3068--the bronze 5178 of all 3605 these 428 vessels 3627 was beyond 3808 weight 4948.
21 As for the pillars 5982, the height 6967 of each 259 pillar 5982 {was} eighteen cubits 520, and it {was} twelve cubits 520 in circumference and four 702 fingers 676 in thickness 5672, {and} hollow 5014.
22 Now a capital 3805 of bronze 5178 was on it; and the height 6967 of each 259 capital 3805 was five 2568 cubits 520, with network 7639 and pomegranates 7416 upon the capital 3805 all 5439 around 5439, all 3605 of bronze 5178. And the second 8145 pillar 5982 was like these 428, including pomegranates 7416.
23 There were ninety-six exposed 7307 pomegranates 7416; all 3605 the pomegranates 7416 {numbered} a hundred 3967 on the network 7639 all 5439 around 5439.
24 ¶ Then the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 took 3947 Seraiah 8304 the chief 7218 priest 3548 and Zephaniah 6846 the second 4932 priest 3548, with the three 7969 officers 8104 of the temple 5592.
25 He also took 3947 from the city 5892 one 259 official 5631 who 834 was overseer 6496 of the men 376 of war 4421, and seven 7651 of the king's 4428 advisers who 834 were found 4672 in the city 5892, and the scribe 5613 of the commander 8269 of the army 6635 who mustered 6633 the people 5971 of the land 776, and sixty 8346 men 376 of the people 5971 of the land 776 who were found 4672 in the midst 8432 of the city 5892.
26 Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 took 3947 them and brought 1980 them to the king 4428 of Babylon 894 at Riblah 7247.
27 Then the king 4428 of Babylon 894 struck 5221 them down 5221 and put 4191 them to death 4191 at Riblah 7247 in the land 776 of Hamath 2574. So Judah 3063 was led 1540 away 1540 into exile 1540 from its land 127.
28 ¶ These 2088 are the people 5971 whom 834 Nebuchadnezzar 5019 carried 1540 away 1540 into exile 1540: in the seventh 7651 year 8141 3,023 Jews 3064;
29 in the eighteenth year 8141 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019 832 persons 5315 from Jerusalem 3389;
30 in the twenty-third year 8141 of Nebuchadnezzar 5019, Nebuzaradan 5018 the captain 7227 of the guard 2876 carried 1540 into exile 1540 745 Jewish 3064 people 5315; there were 4,600 persons 5315 in all 3605.
31 ¶ Now it came 1961 about in the thirty-seventh year 8141 of the exile 1546 of Jehoiachin 3078 king 4428 of Judah 3063, in the twelfth month 2320, on the twenty-fifth of the month 2320, that Evil-merodach 192 king 4428 of Babylon 894, in the {first} year 8141 of his reign 4438, showed 5375 favor to Jehoiachin 3078 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and brought 3318 him out of prison.
32 Then he spoke 1696 kindly 2899 to him and set 5414 his throne 3678 above the thrones 3678 of the kings 4428 who 834 {were} with him in Babylon 894.
33 So Jehoiachin changed 8132 his prison 3608 clothes 899, and had 398 his meals 3899 in the king's presence 6440 regularly 8548 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425.
34 For his allowance 737, a regular 8548 allowance 737 was given 5414 him by the king 4428 of Babylon 894, a daily 3117 portion 1697 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425 until 5704 the day 3117 of his death 4194.