The restoration of the captives. JEREMIAH. Prophecy of general destruction thou, Jeremiah? and I said, Figs; the good figs, and an astonishment; and these nations shall very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot serve the king of Babylon seventy years. be eaten, they are so evil. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy 4 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, years are accomplished, that I will punish the saying, 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judali, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. 8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, SO will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the Jand of Egypt: 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. THE CHAP. XXV. The Babylonish captivity foretold. word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the 15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me': 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishinent, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one no more, because of the sword which I will send from his evil way, and from the evil of your among you. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his scrvants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye liave not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the hath given unto you and to your fathers for cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say ever and ever: unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts the works of your hands to your own hurt. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all 8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall Because ye have not heard my words, roar from on high, and utter his voice from his 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrez- habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that zar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of bring them against this land, and against the the earth. Inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the round about, and will utterly destroy them, and earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will porpetual desolations. give them that are wicked to the sword, saith 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of the LORD. mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great of the millstones, and the light of the candle. whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, the earth. Teremiah is arraigned. CHAP. XXVI, XXVII. He is acquitted. 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that hath sent me unto you to speak all these words day from one end of the earth even unto the in your ears. other end of the earth: they shall not be lament-16 Then said the princes and all the people ed, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be unto the priests and to the prophets; This man Aung upon the ground. is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the name of the LORD our God. yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the for the days of your slaughter and of your dis-land, and spake to all the assembly of the peopersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like ple, saying, a pleasant vessel. 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. CHAP. XXVI. Jeremiah exhorteth to repentance. IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD in 20 And there was also a man that prophesied the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities 21 And when Jehoiakim the king with all his of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, house, all the words that I command thee to the king sought to put him to death: but when speak unto them; diminish not a word: Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every into Egypt; man from his evil way, that I may repent me of 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, the evil, which I purpose to do unto them be-namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain cause of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law, which I have set before you, men with him into Egypt. 23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the into the graves of the common people. prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up 24 Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam the son early, and sending them, but ye have not hear-of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should kened; not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. CHAP. XXVII. Nebuchadnezzar's conquests typified. N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had 2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds made an end of speaking all that the LORD had and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, commanded him to speak unto all the people, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to that the priests and the prophets and all the peo-the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ample took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. monites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king and this city shall be desolate without an inha- of Judah; bitant? And all the people were gathered against 4 And command them to say unto their mas Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. ters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 10 1 When the princes of Judah heard these Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; things, then they came up from the king's house 51 have made the earth, the man and the beast unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the that are upon the ground, by my great power entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. and by my out-stretched arm, and have given it 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto unto whom it seemed meet unto me. the princes and to all the people, saying, This 6 And now have I given all these lands into man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babyagainst this city, as ye have heard with your ears. lon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have 12 1 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, I given him also to serve him. and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, to prophesy against this house and against this and his son's son, until the very time of his land city all the words that ye have heard. come: and then many nations and great kings 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your shall serve themselves of him. doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil and kingdom which will not serve the same No that he hath pronounced against you. buchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do not put their neck under the yoke of the king of with me as seemeth good and meet unto you: Babylon, that nation will 1 punish, saith the 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me LORD. with the sword, and with the famine, to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood and with the pestilence, until I bave consumed upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon them by his hand. the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, Jeremiah exhorteth Zedekiak. JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's yoke broken. nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor the LORD; for I will break the yoke of the king to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which of Babylon. speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the 51 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the king of Babylon: prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove and in the presence of all the people that stood you far from your land; and that I should drive in the house of the LORD, you out, and ye should perish. 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the 11 But the nations that bring their neck under LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels those will I let remain still in their own land, of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell captive, from Babylon into this place. therein. 7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah I according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. 8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck,and brake it. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Even drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king the prophets that prophesy unto you. of Babylon from the neck of all nations within 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this peo- the space of two full years. And the prophet ple, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not Jeremiah went his way. to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jereiniah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God the LORD be with them, let them now make in- of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the tercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels neck of all these nations, that they may serve which are left in the house of the LORD, and in Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusa-serve him: and I have given him the beasts of lem, go not to Babylon. the field also. 19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concern- 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Ha ing the pillars, and concerning the sea, and con-naniah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; the cerning the bases, and concerning the residue of LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this the vessels that remain in this city, people to trust in a lie. 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebelto Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Je-lion against the LORD. rusalem; 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God in the seventh month. of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; CHAP. XXIX. Jeremiah's letter to the captives. NOW these are the words of the letter that 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith unto the residue of the elders which were carthe LORD; then will I bring them up, and re-ried away captives, and to the priests, and to the store thein to this place. prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; CHAP. XXVIII. Hananiah's false prophecy. AND it came to pass the same year, in the be- 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, ginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and JeruJudah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, salem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, departed from Jerusalem;) which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, of the LORD, in the presence of the priests, and and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedeof all the people, saying, kiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebu 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of chadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of IsKing of Babylon. rael, unto all that are carried away captives, 3 Within two full years will I bring again into whom I have caused to be carried away from this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, Jerusalem unto Babylon; that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant from this place, and carried them to Babylon. gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah 5 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughthe son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the ters; and take wives for your sons, and give captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith your daughters to husbands, that they may bear Of Ahab and Zedekiah, lying prophets. CHAP. XXX. Jeremiah readeth Shemaiah's doom sons and daughters; that ye may be increased of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers there, and not diminished. in the house of the LORD, for every man that is 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou caused you to be carried away captives, and pray shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved shall ye have peace. Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a 81 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God prophet to you? of Israel; Let not your prophets and your divi-28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, ners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat to be dreamed. the fruit of them. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. 10 TT For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among shall search for me with all your heart. this people; neither shall he behold the good that 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD:I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because and I will turn away your captivity, and I will he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. gather you from all the nations, and from all the CHAP. XXX. places whither I have driven you, saith the A return from captivity foreshewn. LORD; and I will bring you again into the placeTI THE word that came to Jeremiah from the whence I caused you to be carried away captive. LORD, saying, 15 ¶ Because ye have said, The LORD hath 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, sayraised us up prophets in Babylon; ing, Write thee all the words that I have spoken 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king unto thee in a book. 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all 3 For lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your will bring again the captivity of my people Isbrethren that are not gone forth with you into rael and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will captivity; cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. with the famine, and with the pestilence, and 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth will deliver them to be removed to all the king- travail with child? wherefore do I see every doms of the earth, to be a curse, and an aston-man with his hands on his loins, as a woman ishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? all the nations whither I have driven them: 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is 19 Because they have not hearkened to my like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them but he shall be saved out of it. by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is- 10 1 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant rael, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto Israel: for lo, I will save thee from afar, and you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them thy seed from the land of their captivity; and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby-Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be lon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all 11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save the captivity of Judah which are in Fabylon, thee: though I make a full end of all nations saying, the LORD make thee like Zedekiah and whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in the fire; in measure, and will not leave thee altogether 23 Because they have committed villany in Is-unpunished. rael, and have committed adultery with their 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incuneighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words rable, and thy wound is grievous. in my name, which I have not commanded them; 13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing me24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the dicines. Nelielamite, saying, 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of thee not; for I have wounded thee with the Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusa- cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; lem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the because thy sins were increased. priest, and to all the priests, saying, 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy 26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine Rachel mourning is comforted Iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and have done these things unto thee. ransomed him from the hand of him that was 16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be stronger than he. devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. 18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving 15 T Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard and the voice of them that make merry: and I in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rawill multiply them, and they shall not be few; Ichel weeping for her children refused to be comwill also glorify them, and they shall not be small. forted for her children, because they were not. 20 Their children also shall be as aforetine, and 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice their congregation shall be established before from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy me, and I will punish all that oppress them. work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and 21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. their governor shall proceed from the midst of 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the them; and I will cause him to draw near, and LORD, that thy children shall come again to their he shall approach unto me: for who is this that own border. engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast cliastised me, and was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. the LORD. 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not re-my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confoundturn, until he have done it, and until he haveled, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. CHAP. XXXI. The restoration of Israel. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. 21 Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the highway, even 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were the way which thou wentest: turn again, O vir. left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; gin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 22 11 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsli3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, say-ding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new ing, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. love: therefore with loving-kindness have I 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be shall bring again their captivity; The LORD adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain the dances of them that make merry. of holiness. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. drawn thee. 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, aud they that go forth with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me, 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Žion unto the LORD our God. 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the 27 1 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house save thy people, the remnant of Israel. of Judah with the seed of man, and with the 8 Behold, will bring them from the north seed of beast. country, and gather them from the coasts of the 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the watched over them, to pluck up, and to break woman with child and her that travaileth with down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and child together: a great company shall return to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build thither. and to plant, saith the LORD. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with sup- 29 In those days they shall say no more, The plications will I lead them; I will cause them fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the chilto walk by the rivers of waters in a straight dren's teeth are set on edge. way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquia father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. ty: every man that eateth the sour grape, his 10 T Hear the word of the LORD, Oye nations, teeth shall be set on edge. and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He 31 Behold, the days come, salth the LORD, that that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep I will make a new covenant with the house of him, as a shepherd doth his flock. Israel, and with the house of Judah : |