# verses

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\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> the \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w* of his \w increase|strong="H8393"\w*: all that \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* him shall \w offend|strong="H0816"\w*; \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, What \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* have your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in me, that they are gone \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me, and have \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, and are become \w vain|strong="H1891"\w*?


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Neither \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they, Where <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that brought us \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, that \w led|strong="H3212"\w* us through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, through a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w deserts|strong="H6160"\w* and of \w pits|strong="H7745"\w*, through a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w drought|strong="H6723"\w*, and of the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*, through a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w*, and where no \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w*?


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And I \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* you into a \w plentiful|strong="H3759"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof and the \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* thereof; but when ye \w entered|strong="H0935"\w*, ye \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* mine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*.<n>a plentiful…: or, the land of Carmel</n>


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The \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* not, Where <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? and they that \w handle|strong="H8610"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* me not: the \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* also \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* by \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* <i>things that</i> do not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Wherefore I will yet \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* with you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and with your \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* will I \w plead|strong="H7378"\w*.


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For pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* of \w Chittim|strong="H3794"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; and \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, and \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* \w diligently|strong="H3966"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* if there be such a thing.<n>over: or, over to</n>


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Hath a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w changed|strong="H3235"\w* <i>their</i> \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, which <i>are</i> yet no \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*? but my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have \w changed|strong="H4171"\w* their \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* for <i>that which</i> doth not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*.


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Be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, O ye \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, at this, and be horribly \w afraid|strong="H8175"\w*, be ye \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w desolate|strong="H2717"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w evils|strong="H7451"\w*; they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me the \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* of \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, <i>and</i> hewed them \w out|strong="H2672"\w* \w cisterns|strong="H0877"\w*, \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w cisterns|strong="H0877"\w*, that can \w hold|strong="H3557"\w* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>Is</i> \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? <i>is</i> he a \w homeborn|strong="H1004"\w* <i>slave</i>? \w why|strong="H4069"\w* is he \w spoiled|strong="H0957"\w*?<n>spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?</n>


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The young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w roared|strong="H7580"\w* upon him, <i>and</i> \w yelled|strong="H5414"\w*, and they \w made|strong="H7896"\w* his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w*: his \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* are \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* without \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.<n>yelled: Heb. gave out their voice</n>


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Also the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Noph|strong="H5297"\w* and \w Tahapanes|strong="H8471"\w* have \w broken|strong="H7462"\w* the crown of thy \w head|strong="H6936"\w*.<n>have…: or, feed on thy crown</n>


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Hast thou not \w procured|strong="H6213"\w* this unto thyself, in that thou hast \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* he \w led|strong="H3212"\w* thee by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*?


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And now what hast thou to do in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Sihor|strong="H7883"\w*? or what hast thou to do in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*?


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Thine own \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* shall \w correct|strong="H3256"\w* thee, and thy \w backslidings|strong="H4878"\w* shall \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* thee: \w know|strong="H3045"\w* therefore and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>it is</i> an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>thing</i> and \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w*, that thou hast \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and that my \w fear|strong="H6345"\w* <i>is</i> not in thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For of old \w time|strong="H5769"\w* I have \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* thy \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, <i>and</i> \w burst|strong="H5423"\w* thy \w bands|strong="H4147"\w*; and thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w transgress|strong="H5674"\w*; when upon every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* thou \w wanderest|strong="H6808"\w*, playing the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*.<n>transgress: or, serve</n>


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Yet I had \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* thee a noble \w vine|strong="H8321"\w*, wholly a \w right|strong="H0571"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*: how then art thou \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into the degenerate \w plant|strong="H5494"\w* of a \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* unto me?


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For though thou \w wash|strong="H3526"\w* thee with \w nitre|strong="H5427"\w*, and take thee \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w soap|strong="H1287"\w*, <i>yet</i> thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* is \w marked|strong="H3799"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.


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How canst thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I am not \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w*, I have not \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*? \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: <i>thou art</i> a \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* \w dromedary|strong="H1072"\w* \w traversing|strong="H8308"\w* her \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*;<n>thou art…: or, O swift dromedary</n>


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A wild \w ass|strong="H6501"\w* \w used|strong="H3928"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, <i>that</i> snuffeth \w up|strong="H7602"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* at her \w pleasure|strong="H0185"\w*; in her \w occasion|strong="H8385"\w* who can turn her \w away|strong="H7725"\w*? all they that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* her will not \w weary|strong="H3286"\w* themselves; in her \w month|strong="H2320"\w* they shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* her.<n>A wild…: or, O wild ass, etc</n><n>used: Heb. taught</n><n>her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart</n><n>turn…: or, reverse it?</n>


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\w Withhold|strong="H4513"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from being \w unshod|strong="H3182"\w*, and thy \w throat|strong="H1627"\w* from \w thirst|strong="H6773"\w*: but thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, There is no \w hope|strong="H2976"\w*: no; for I have \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them will I \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>There…: or, Is the case desperate?</n>


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As the \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* is \w ashamed|strong="H1322"\w* when he is \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, so is the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w*; they, their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and their \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and their \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*,


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\w Saying|strong="H0559"\w* to a \w stock|strong="H6086"\w*, Thou <i>art</i> my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and to a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, Thou hast brought me \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*: for they have \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* <i>their</i> \w back|strong="H6203"\w* unto me, and not <i>their</i> \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: but in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* they will \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us.<n>brought…: or, begotten me</n><n>their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck</n>


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But where <i>are</i> thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* that thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee? let them \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, if they can \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of thy \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*: for <i>according to</i> the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of thy \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* are thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<n>trouble: Heb. evil</n><pb/>


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Wherefore will ye \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* with me? ye all have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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In \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* have I \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* your \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; they \w received|strong="H3947"\w* no \w correction|strong="H4148"\w*: your own \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* your \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, like a \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Have I been a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H3991"\w*? wherefore \w say|strong="H0559"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, We are \w lords|strong="H7300"\w*; we will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* no more unto thee?<n>We are…: Heb. We have dominion</n>


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Can a \w maid|strong="H1330"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* her \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w*, <i>or</i> a \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* her \w attire|strong="H7196"\w*? yet my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me \w days|strong="H3117"\w* without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.


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Why \w trimmest|strong="H3190"\w* thou thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w*? therefore hast thou also \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* the wicked \w ones|strong="H7451"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.


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Also in thy \w skirts|strong="H3671"\w* is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* \w innocents|strong="H5355"\w*: I have not \w found|strong="H4672"\w* it by secret \w search|strong="H4290"\w*, but upon all these.<n>secret…: Heb. digging</n>


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Yet thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, Because I am \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*, surely his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* shall \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from me. Behold, I will \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* with thee, because thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, I have not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.


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Why gaddest thou \w about|strong="H0235"\w* so \w much|strong="H3966"\w* to \w change|strong="H8138"\w* thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w*? thou also shalt be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, as thou wast \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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Yea, thou shalt go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from him, and thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* upon thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thy \w confidences|strong="H4009"\w*, and thou shalt not \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* in them.<pb/>


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They \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, If a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* put \w away|strong="H7971"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and she \w go|strong="H1980"\w* from him, and become \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w*, shall he return unto her \w again|strong="H7725"\w*? shall not that \w land|strong="H0776"\w* be \w greatly|strong="H2610"\w* \w polluted|strong="H2610"\w*? but thou hast played the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* with \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w lovers|strong="H7453"\w*; yet return \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>They say: Heb. Saying</n>


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Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* unto the high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H0375"\w* thou hast not been \w lien|strong="H7693"\w* with. In the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* hast thou \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* for them, as the \w Arabian|strong="H6163"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; and thou hast \w polluted|strong="H2610"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* with thy \w whoredoms|strong="H2184"\w* and with thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.


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Therefore the \w showers|strong="H7241"\w* have been \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w*, and there hath been no latter \w rain|strong="H4456"\w*; and thou hadst a \w whore’s|strong="H2181"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*, thou \w refusedst|strong="H3985"\w* to be \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*.


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Wilt thou not from this time \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* unto me, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, thou <i>art</i> the \w guide|strong="H0441"\w* of my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*?


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Will he \w reserve|strong="H5201"\w* <i>his anger</i> for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*? will he \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* <i>it</i> to the \w end|strong="H5331"\w*? Behold, thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* evil \w things|strong="H7451"\w* as thou \w couldest|strong="H3201"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* also unto me in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>that</i> which \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? she is gone \w up|strong="H1980"\w* upon every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* and \w under|strong="H8478"\w* every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and there hath played the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*.


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* she had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these <i>things</i>, \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* thou unto me. But she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not. And her \w treacherous|strong="H0901"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>.


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And I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*, when for all the \w causes|strong="H0182"\w* whereby \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* committed \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* I had put her \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her a \w bill|strong="H5612"\w* of \w divorce|strong="H3748"\w*; yet her \w treacherous|strong="H0898"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* not, but \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and played the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* also.


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And it came to pass through the \w lightness|strong="H6963"\w* of her \w whoredom|strong="H2184"\w*, that she \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and committed \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* and with \w stocks|strong="H6086"\w*.<n>lightness: or, fame</n>


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And yet for all this her \w treacherous|strong="H0901"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath not \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me with her whole \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, but \w feignedly|strong="H8267"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>feignedly: Heb. in falsehood</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, The \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w justified|strong="H6663"\w* \w herself|strong="H5315"\w* more than \w treacherous|strong="H0898"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, thou \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; <i>and</i> I will not cause mine \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon you: for I <i>am</i> \w merciful|strong="H2623"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> I will not \w keep|strong="H5201"\w* <i>anger</i> for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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Only \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, that thou hast \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and hast \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* to the \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w*, O \w backsliding|strong="H7726"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for I am \w married|strong="H1166"\w* unto you: and I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* you \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of a \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* you to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*:


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* according to mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, which shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* you with \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H7919"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, when ye be \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* and \w increased|strong="H6509"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* no more, The \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: neither shall it \w come|strong="H5927"\w* to \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*: neither shall they \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* it; neither shall they \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* <i>it;</i> neither shall <i>that</i> be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* any more.<n>come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart</n><n>that…: or, it be magnified</n>


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* they shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall be \w gathered|strong="H6960"\w* unto it, to the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: neither shall they \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* any more \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that I have given for an \w inheritance|strong="H5157"\w* unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>with: or, to</n><n>given…: or, caused your fathers to possess</n>


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But I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall I \w put|strong="H7896"\w* thee among the \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w goodly|strong="H6643"\w* \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* of the \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* of \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*? and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and shalt not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from \w me|strong="H0310"\w*.<n>from me: Heb. from after me</n><n>a goodly…: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty</n><n>pleasant…: Heb. land of desire</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Surely|strong="H0403"\w* <i>as</i> a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* departeth from her \w husband|strong="H7453"\w*, so have ye dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with me, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>husband: Heb. friend</n>


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A \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* upon the high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* <i>and</i> \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for they have \w perverted|strong="H5753"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, <i>and</i> they have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, ye \w backsliding|strong="H7726"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, <i>and</i> I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* your \w backslidings|strong="H4878"\w*. Behold, we \w come|strong="H0857"\w* unto thee; for thou <i>art</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w Truly|strong="H0403"\w* in \w vain|strong="H8267"\w* <i>is salvation hoped for</i> from the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, <i>and from</i> the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*: \w truly|strong="H0403"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>is</i> the \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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For \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w labour|strong="H3018"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* from our \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*; their \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and their \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*, their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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We lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in our \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*, and our \w confusion|strong="H3639"\w* \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* us: for we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, we and our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, from our \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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If thou wilt \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto me: and if thou wilt put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* thine \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* out of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, then shalt thou not \w remove|strong="H5110"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*; and the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* themselves in him, and in him shall they \w glory|strong="H1984"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Break \w up|strong="H5214"\w* your fallow \w ground|strong="H5215"\w*, and \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* not among \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*.


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\w Circumcise|strong="H4135"\w* yourselves to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* of your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, ye \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: lest my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* like \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* that none can \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* <i>it</i>, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* ye in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*, gather \w together|strong="H4390"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Assemble|strong="H0622"\w* yourselves, and let us \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w defenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.


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Set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w standard|strong="H5251"\w* toward \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: \w retire|strong="H5756"\w*, \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* not: for I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.<n>retire: or, strengthen</n><n>destruction: Heb. breaking</n>


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The \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from his \w thicket|strong="H5441"\w*, and the \w destroyer|strong="H7843"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* is on his \w way|strong="H5265"\w*; he is gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*; <i>and</i> thy \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* shall be laid \w waste|strong="H5327"\w*, without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.


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For this \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* you with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* and \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*: for the \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is not turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from us.


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And it shall come to pass at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>that</i> the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*; and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* shall \w wonder|strong="H8539"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, \w Ah|strong="H0162"\w*, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! \w surely|strong="H0403"\w* thou hast \w greatly|strong="H5377"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; whereas the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w reacheth|strong="H5060"\w* unto the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* shall it be \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, A \w dry|strong="H6703"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H8205"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, not to \w fan|strong="H2219"\w*, nor to \w cleanse|strong="H1305"\w*,


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<i>Even</i> a \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* from those <i>places</i> shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me: now also will I \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w sentence|strong="H4941"\w* against them.<n>a full…: or, a fuller wind than those</n><n>give…: Heb. utter judgments</n>


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Behold, he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*, and his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* <i>shall be</i> as a \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*: his \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* are \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*. \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! for we are \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*.


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O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w wash|strong="H3526"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* from \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, that thou mayest be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*. How long shall thy \w vain|strong="H0205"\w* \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* thee?


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For a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w declareth|strong="H5046"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, and \w publisheth|strong="H8085"\w* \w affliction|strong="H0205"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.


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Make ye \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* to the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; behold, \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, <i>that</i> \w watchers|strong="H5341"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, and give \w out|strong="H5414"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* against the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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As \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of a \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, are they against her round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*; because she hath been \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w* against me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* and thy \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* have \w procured|strong="H6213"\w* these <i>things</i> unto thee; this <i>is</i> thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, because it is \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w*, because it \w reacheth|strong="H5060"\w* unto thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ My \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*, my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*! I am \w pained|strong="H2342"\w* at my \w very|strong="H7023"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* maketh a \w noise|strong="H1993"\w* in me; I cannot hold my \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, because thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, O my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, the \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>my very…: Heb. the walls of my heart</n>


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\w Destruction|strong="H7667"\w* upon \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* is \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*; for the whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*: \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* are my \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, <i>and</i> my \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* in a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*.


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How long shall I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w standard|strong="H5251"\w*, <i>and</i> \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*?


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For my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>is</i> \w foolish|strong="H0191"\w*, they have not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* me; they <i>are</i> \w sottish|strong="H5530"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and they have none \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*: they <i>are</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* to do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*, but to do \w good|strong="H3190"\w* they have no \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and, lo, <i>it was</i> without \w form|strong="H8414"\w*, and \w void|strong="H0922"\w*; and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and they <i>had</i> no \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and, lo, they \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w*, and all the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* moved \w lightly|strong="H7043"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*, and, lo, <i>there was</i> no \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and all the \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* were \w fled|strong="H5074"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*, and, lo, the fruitful \w place|strong="H3759"\w* <i>was</i> a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof were broken \w down|strong="H5422"\w* at the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> by his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.


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For thus hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*; yet will I not \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w*.


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For this shall the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* be \w black|strong="H6937"\w*: because I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>, I have \w purposed|strong="H2161"\w* <i>it</i>, and will not \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*, neither will I turn \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from it.


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The whole \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* for the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* and \w bowmen|strong="H7198"\w*; they shall \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into \w thickets|strong="H5645"\w*, and climb \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w rocks|strong="H3710"\w*: every \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*, and not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w therein|strong="H2004"\w*.


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And <i>when</i> thou <i>art</i> \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, what wilt thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w*? Though thou \w clothest|strong="H3847"\w* thyself with \w crimson|strong="H8144"\w*, though thou \w deckest|strong="H5710"\w* thee with \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, though thou \w rentest|strong="H7167"\w* thy \w face|strong="H5869"\w* with \w painting|strong="H6320"\w*, in \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* shalt thou make thyself \w fair|strong="H3302"\w*; <i>thy</i> \w lovers|strong="H5689"\w* will \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* thee, they will \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>face: Heb. eyes</n>


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For I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* as of a woman in \w travail|strong="H2470"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* as of her that bringeth forth her first \w child|strong="H1069"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, <i>that</i> \w bewaileth|strong="H3306"\w* herself, <i>that</i> \w spreadeth|strong="H6566"\w* her \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* <i>is</i> me now! for my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* is \w wearied|strong="H5888"\w* because of \w murderers|strong="H2026"\w*.<pb/>


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Run ye to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w* through the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* now, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* in the broad \w places|strong="H7339"\w* thereof, if ye can \w find|strong="H4672"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* <i>any</i> that \w executeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, that \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0530"\w*; and I will \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* it.


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And though they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; surely they \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>are</i> not thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon the \w truth|strong="H0530"\w*? thou hast \w stricken|strong="H5221"\w* them, but they have not \w grieved|strong="H2342"\w*; thou hast \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them, <i>but</i> they have \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w correction|strong="H4148"\w*: they have made their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w harder|strong="H2388"\w* than a \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*; they have \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.


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Therefore I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely these <i>are</i> \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*; they are \w foolish|strong="H2973"\w*: for they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>nor</i> the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* of their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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I will \w get|strong="H3212"\w* me unto the great \w men|strong="H1419"\w*, and will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto them; for they have \w known|strong="H3045"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* of their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: but these have \w altogether|strong="H3162"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, <i>and</i> \w burst|strong="H5423"\w* the \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w*.


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Wherefore a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* out of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* shall \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them, <i>and</i> a \w wolf|strong="H2061"\w* of the \w evenings|strong="H6160"\w* shall \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* them, a \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* shall \w watch|strong="H8245"\w* over their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: every one that goeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thence \w shall|strong="H2007"\w* be torn in \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*: because their \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* are \w many|strong="H7231"\w*, <i>and</i> their \w backslidings|strong="H4878"\w* are \w increased|strong="H6105"\w*.<n>evenings: or, deserts</n><n>are increased: Heb. are strong</n><pb/>


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¶ \w How|strong="H0335"\w* shall I \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* thee for \w this|strong="H2063"\w*? thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by <i>them that are</i> \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: when I had fed them to the \w full|strong="H7650"\w*, they then committed \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, and assembled themselves by \w troops|strong="H1413"\w* in the \w harlots’|strong="H2181"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.


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They were <i>as</i> \w fed|strong="H2109"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H7904"\w*: every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w neighed|strong="H6670"\w* after his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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Shall I not \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* for these <i>things</i>? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and shall not my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* on such a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* as this?<pb/>


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¶ Go ye \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon her \w walls|strong="H8284"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*; but \w make|strong="H6213"\w* not a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w*: take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* her \w battlements|strong="H5189"\w*; for they <i>are</i> not the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have dealt \w very|strong="H0898"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* against me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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They have \w belied|strong="H3584"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> not he; neither shall \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us; neither shall we \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* nor \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*:


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And the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* shall become \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and the \w word|strong="H1696"\w* <i>is</i> not in them: thus shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto them.


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Wherefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Because ye \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, behold, I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them.


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Lo, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* upon you from \w far|strong="H4801"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: it <i>is</i> a \w mighty|strong="H0386"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, it <i>is</i> an \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* whose \w language|strong="H3956"\w* thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not, neither \w understandest|strong="H8085"\w* what they \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.


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Their \w quiver|strong="H0827"\w* <i>is</i> as an \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w*, they <i>are</i> all mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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And they shall eat \w up|strong="H0398"\w* thine \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, and thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, <i>which</i> thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* should \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: they shall eat \w up|strong="H0398"\w* thy \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and thine \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*: they shall eat \w up|strong="H0398"\w* thy \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* and thy fig \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*: they shall \w impoverish|strong="H7567"\w* thy \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, wherein \w thou|strong="H2007"\w* \w trustedst|strong="H0982"\w*, with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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Nevertheless in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will not \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* with you.<pb/>


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¶ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Wherefore|strong="H8478"\w* \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* all these <i>things</i> unto us? then shalt thou \w answer|strong="H0559"\w* them, Like as ye have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* in your \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, so shall ye \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* in a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* <i>that is</i> not yours.<pb/>


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\w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* this in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* it in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now this, O \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and without \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*; which have \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* not; which have \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* not:<n>understanding: Heb. heart</n>


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\w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* ye not me? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: will ye not \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w* at my \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, which have \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* <i>for</i> the \w bound|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* by a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w decree|strong="H2706"\w*, that it cannot \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* it: and though the \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* thereof \w toss|strong="H1607"\w* themselves, yet can they not \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*; though they \w roar|strong="H1993"\w*, yet can they not pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* it?


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But this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* hath a \w revolting|strong="H5637"\w* and a \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; they are \w revolted|strong="H5493"\w* and \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*.


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Neither \w say|strong="H0559"\w* they in their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, Let us now \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, both the \w former|strong="H3138"\w* and the \w latter|strong="H4456"\w*, in his \w season|strong="H6256"\w*: he \w reserveth|strong="H8104"\w* unto us the \w appointed|strong="H2708"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w* of the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Your \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* have turned \w away|strong="H5186"\w* these <i>things</i>, and your \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* have \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* <i>things</i> from you.


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For among my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* <i>men:</i> they lay \w wait|strong="H7789"\w*, as he that \w setteth|strong="H7918"\w* \w snares|strong="H3353"\w*; they \w set|strong="H5324"\w* a \w trap|strong="H4889"\w*, they \w catch|strong="H3920"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.<n>they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait</n>


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As a \w cage|strong="H3619"\w* is \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, so <i>are</i> their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*: therefore they are become \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, and waxen \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.<n>cage: or, coop</n>


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They are waxen \w fat|strong="H8080"\w*, they \w shine|strong="H6245"\w*: yea, they \w overpass|strong="H5674"\w* the \w deeds|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*: they \w judge|strong="H1777"\w* not the \w cause|strong="H1779"\w*, the cause of the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, yet they \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*; and the \w right|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* do they not \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*.


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Shall I not \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* for these <i>things</i>? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: shall not my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* on such a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* as this?<pb/>


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¶ A \w wonderful|strong="H8047"\w* and horrible \w thing|strong="H8186"\w* is \w committed|strong="H1961"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*;<n>A wonderful…: or, Astonishment and filthiness</n>


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The \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* bear \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* by their \w means|strong="H3027"\w*; and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* <i>to have it</i> so: and what will ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof?<n>bear…: or, take into their hands</n><pb/>


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O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, gather yourselves to \w flee|strong="H5756"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w*, and set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w sign|strong="H4864"\w* of fire in \w Beth-haccerem|strong="H1021"\w*: for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w appeareth|strong="H8259"\w* out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.


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I have \w likened|strong="H1820"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* to a \w comely|strong="H5116"\w* and \w delicate|strong="H6026"\w* <i>woman</i>.<n>comely: or, dwelling at home</n>


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The \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* with their \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto her; they shall \w pitch|strong="H8628"\w* <i>their</i> \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* against her round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*; they shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w place|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* ye \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against her; \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* goeth \w away|strong="H6437"\w*, for the \w shadows|strong="H6752"\w* of the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* are stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w*.


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H5927"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and let us \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* her \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Hew ye \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w trees|strong="H6097"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* a \w mount|strong="H5550"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: this <i>is</i> the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to be \w visited|strong="H6485"\w*; she <i>is</i> wholly \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of her.<n>cast…: or, pour out the engine of shot</n>


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As a \w fountain|strong="H0953"\w* casteth \w out|strong="H6979"\w* her \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, so she casteth \w out|strong="H6979"\w* her \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* and \w spoil|strong="H7701"\w* is \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in her; before \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* <i>is</i> \w grief|strong="H2483"\w* and \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*.


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Be thou \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w*, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, lest my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w depart|strong="H3363"\w* from thee; lest I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* not \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.<n>depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, They shall \w throughly|strong="H5953"\w* \w glean|strong="H5953"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* as a \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*: turn \w back|strong="H7725"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* as a \w grapegatherer|strong="H1219"\w* into the \w baskets|strong="H5552"\w*.


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To whom shall I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and give \w warning|strong="H5749"\w*, that they may \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*? behold, their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* <i>is</i> \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*, and they \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*: behold, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is unto them a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*; they have no \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in it.


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Therefore I am \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; I am \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* with holding \w in|strong="H3557"\w*: I will pour it \w out|strong="H8210"\w* upon the \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*, and upon the \w assembly|strong="H5475"\w* of young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for even the \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* with the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* shall be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, the \w aged|strong="H2205"\w* with <i>him that is</i> \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* unto \w others|strong="H0312"\w*, <i>with their</i> \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* and \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for I will stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of them even unto the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* of them every one <i>is</i> \w given|strong="H1214"\w* to \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w*; and from the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* even unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* every one \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*.


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They have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* also the \w hurt|strong="H7667"\w* <i> \+w of the daughter|strong="H1323"\+w*</i> of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w slightly|strong="H7043"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; when <i>there is</i> no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.<n>hurt: Heb. bruise, or, breach</n>


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Were they \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w* when they had \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*? \w nay|strong="H1571"\w*, they were not at \w all|strong="H0954"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, \w neither|strong="H1571"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* they \w blush|strong="H3637"\w*: therefore they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* among them that \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that</i> I \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* them they shall be cast \w down|strong="H3782"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* ye in the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* for the \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*, where <i>is</i> the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* therein, and ye shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w rest|strong="H4771"\w* for your \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*. But they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We will not \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* <i>therein</i>.


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Also I \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* over you, <i>saying</i>, \w Hearken|strong="H7181"\w* to the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*. But they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We will not \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, O \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w*, what <i>is</i> among them.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of their \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*, because they have not \w hearkened|strong="H7181"\w* unto my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, nor to my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, but \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* it.


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To what purpose \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* there to me \w incense|strong="H3828"\w* from \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w*, and the \w sweet|strong="H2896"\w* \w cane|strong="H7070"\w* from a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*? your burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* <i>are</i> not \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w*, nor your \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w sweet|strong="H6149"\w* unto me.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* \w stumblingblocks|strong="H4383"\w* before this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* upon them; the \w neighbour|strong="H7934"\w* and his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* shall be \w raised|strong="H5782"\w* from the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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They shall lay \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and \w spear|strong="H3591"\w*; they <i>are</i> \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w*, and have no \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*; their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w roareth|strong="H1993"\w* like the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; and they \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, set in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* as \w men|strong="H0376"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against thee, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.


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We have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w fame|strong="H8089"\w* thereof: our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* wax \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*: \w anguish|strong="H6869"\w* hath taken \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of us, <i>and</i> \w pain|strong="H2427"\w*, as of a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*.


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Go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, nor \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* <i>and</i> \w fear|strong="H4032"\w* <i>is</i> on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* <i>thee</i> with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w wallow|strong="H6428"\w* thyself in \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*: \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*, <i>as for</i> an only \w son|strong="H3173"\w*, most \w bitter|strong="H8563"\w* \w lamentation|strong="H4553"\w*: for the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* shall \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us.


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I have \w set|strong="H5414"\w* thee <i>for</i> a \w tower|strong="H0969"\w* <i>and</i> a \w fortress|strong="H4013"\w* among my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that thou mayest \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w try|strong="H0974"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.


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They <i>are</i> all \w grievous|strong="H5493"\w* \w revolters|strong="H5637"\w*, \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* with \w slanders|strong="H7400"\w*: <i>they are</i> \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* and \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*; they <i>are</i> all \w corrupters|strong="H7843"\w*.


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The \w bellows|strong="H4647"\w* are \w burned|strong="H2787"\w*, the \w lead|strong="H5777"\w* is \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* of the \w fire|strong="H0800"\w*; the \w founder|strong="H6884"\w* \w melteth|strong="H6884"\w* in \w vain|strong="H7723"\w*: for the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* are not plucked \w away|strong="H5423"\w*.


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\w Reprobate|strong="H3988"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* shall <i>men</i> \w call|strong="H7121"\w* them, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* them.<n>Reprobate…: or, Refuse silver</n><pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* there this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, all <i>ye of</i> \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at these \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Amend|strong="H3190"\w* your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, and I will cause you to \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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\w Trust|strong="H0982"\w* ye not in \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, The \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, The \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>are</i> these.


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For if ye \w throughly|strong="H3190"\w* \w amend|strong="H3190"\w* your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*; if ye \w throughly|strong="H6213"\w* \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* between a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*;


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<i>If</i> ye \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* not the \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w*, the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, and the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*, and \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* not \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, neither \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to your \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*:


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Then will I cause you to \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, ye \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, that cannot \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*.


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Will ye \w steal|strong="H1589"\w*, \w murder|strong="H7523"\w*, and commit \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, and \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*, and burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* whom ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not;


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And \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We are \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all these \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*?<n>which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called</n>


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Is this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, become a \w den|strong="H4631"\w* of \w robbers|strong="H6530"\w* in your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*? Behold, even I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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But \w go|strong="H3212"\w* ye now unto my \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which <i>was</i> in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, where I \w set|strong="H7931"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what I \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to it \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And now, because ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these \w works|strong="H4639"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto you, rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, but ye \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* not; and I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* you, but ye \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* not;


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Therefore will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto <i>this</i> \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, wherein ye \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, and unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to you and to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, as I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.


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And I will cast you \w out|strong="H7993"\w* of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, as I have cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w* all your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, <i>even</i> the whole \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* not thou for this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, neither lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* nor \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for \w them|strong="H1157"\w*, neither make \w intercession|strong="H6293"\w* to me: for I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thee.<pb/>


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¶ \w Seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou not what they \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w kindle|strong="H1197"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w knead|strong="H3888"\w* <i>their</i> \w dough|strong="H1217"\w*, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3561"\w* to the \w queen|strong="H4446"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and to pour \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, that they may provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.<n>queen…: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven</n>


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Do they provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: <i>do they</i> not <i>provoke</i> themselves to the \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of their own \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*?


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; Behold, mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* shall be poured \w out|strong="H5413"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, upon \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and upon \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, and upon the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and upon the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*; and it shall \w burn|strong="H1197"\w*, and shall not be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Put|strong="H5595"\w* your burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* unto your \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.


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For I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* not unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, nor \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* or \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*:<n>concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of</n>


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But this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* I them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and I will be your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and ye shall be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* ye in all the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* you, that it may be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* unto you.


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But they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, but \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w counsels|strong="H4156"\w* <i>and</i> in the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and went \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*, and not \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n><n>went: Heb. were</n>


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Since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* came forth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I have even \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto you all my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them:</i>


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Yet they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto me, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, but \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w neck|strong="H6203"\w*: they did \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* than their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Therefore thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto them; but they will not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to thee: thou shalt also \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto them; but they will not \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee.


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But thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, This <i>is</i> a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* that \w obeyeth|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, nor \w receiveth|strong="H3947"\w* \w correction|strong="H4148"\w*: \w truth|strong="H0530"\w* is \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*, and is cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.<n>correction: or, instruction</n><pb/>


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¶ Cut \w off|strong="H1494"\w* thine \w hair|strong="H5145"\w*, <i>O Jerusalem</i>, and cast <i>it</i> \w away|strong="H7993"\w*, and take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w* on high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* and \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* the \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* of his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.


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For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: they have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, to \w pollute|strong="H2930"\w* it.


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And they have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, to \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* <i>them</i> not, neither \w came|strong="H5927"\w* it into my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>came…: Heb. came it upon my heart</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that it shall no more be \w called|strong="H0559"\w* \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, nor the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, but the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*: for they shall \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, till there be \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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And the \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* for the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and for the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and none shall fray <i>them</i> \w away|strong="H2729"\w*.


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Then will I cause to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and from the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w mirth|strong="H8342"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w*: for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H2723"\w*.<pb/>


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, they shall bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, out of their \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*:


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And they shall \w spread|strong="H7849"\w* them before the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, and the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, whom they have \w loved|strong="H0157"\w*, and whom they have \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* whom they have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, and whom they have \w sought|strong="H1875"\w*, and whom they have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*: they shall not be \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w*, nor be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*; they shall be for \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.


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And \w death|strong="H4194"\w* shall be \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* rather than \w life|strong="H2416"\w* by all the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of them that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* of this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, which \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* in all the \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Shall they \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and not \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*? shall he turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, and not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*?


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Why <i>then</i> is this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* slidden \w back|strong="H7725"\w* by a \w perpetual|strong="H5329"\w* \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w*? they \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* fast \w deceit|strong="H8649"\w*, they \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.


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I \w hearkened|strong="H7181"\w* and \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, <i>but</i> they spake not \w aright|strong="H1696"\w*: no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* him \w of|strong="H5921"\w* his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? every one \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w course|strong="H4794"\w*, as the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w rusheth|strong="H7857"\w* into the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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Yea, the \w stork|strong="H2624"\w* in the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* her appointed \w times|strong="H4150"\w*; and the \w turtle|strong="H8449"\w* and the \w crane|strong="H5483"\w* and the \w swallow|strong="H5693"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w coming|strong="H0935"\w*; but my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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How do ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We <i>are</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, and the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> with us? Lo, \w certainly|strong="H0403"\w* in \w vain|strong="H8267"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* he <i>it;</i> the \w pen|strong="H5842"\w* of the \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w* <i>is</i> in \w vain|strong="H8267"\w*.<n>in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood</n>


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The \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i> are \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w*, they are \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* and \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: lo, they have \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and what \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* <i>is</i> in them?<n>The wise…: or, Have they been ashamed, etc</n><n>what…: Heb. the wisdom of what thing</n>


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Therefore will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* unto \w others|strong="H0312"\w*, <i>and</i> their \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* to them that shall \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* <i>them:</i> for every one from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* even unto the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* is \w given|strong="H1214"\w* to \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w*, from the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* even unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* every one \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w*.


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For they have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* the \w hurt|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w slightly|strong="H7043"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; when <i>there is</i> no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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Were they \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w* when they had \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*? nay, they were not at \w all|strong="H0954"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, neither \w could|strong="H3045"\w* they \w blush|strong="H3637"\w*: therefore shall they \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* among them that \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* they shall be cast \w down|strong="H3782"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>I will…: or, In gathering I will consume</n><pb/>


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¶ I will \w surely|strong="H0622"\w* \w consume|strong="H5486"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: <i>there shall be</i> no \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* on the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, nor \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* on the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, and the \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* shall \w fade|strong="H5034"\w*; and <i>the things that</i> I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them shall pass \w away|strong="H5674"\w* from them.


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Why do we sit \w still|strong="H3427"\w*? \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* yourselves, and let us \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w defenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and let us be \w silent|strong="H1826"\w* there: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath put us to \w silence|strong="H1826"\w*, and given us \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w gall|strong="H7219"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, because we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>gall: or, poison</n>


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We \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* for \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, but no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* <i>came; and</i> for a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w health|strong="H4832"\w*, and behold \w trouble|strong="H1205"\w*!


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The \w snorting|strong="H5170"\w* of his \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*: the whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w* at the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w neighing|strong="H4684"\w* of his strong \w ones|strong="H0047"\w*; for they are \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and have \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w all|strong="H4393"\w* that is in it; the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and those that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.<n>all…: Heb. the fulness thereof</n>


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For, behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w serpents|strong="H5175"\w*, \w cockatrices|strong="H6848"\w*, among you, which <i>will</i> not <i>be</i> \w charmed|strong="H3908"\w*, and they shall \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>When</i> I would \w comfort|strong="H4010"\w* myself against \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*, my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> \w faint|strong="H1742"\w* in me.<n>in: Heb. upon</n>


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Behold the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* because of them that dwell in a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: <i>Is</i> not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? <i>is</i> not her \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in her? Why have they provoked me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, <i>and</i> with \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*?<n>them…: Heb. the country of them that are far off</n>


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The \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* is \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, the \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* is \w ended|strong="H3615"\w*, and we are not \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*.


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For the \w hurt|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* am I \w hurt|strong="H7665"\w*; I am \w black|strong="H6937"\w*; \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w* hath taken \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on me.


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<i>Is there</i> no \w balm|strong="H6875"\w* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*; <i>is there</i> no \w physician|strong="H7495"\w* there? why \w then|strong="H3588"\w* is not the \w health|strong="H0724"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w recovered|strong="H5927"\w*?<n>recovered: Heb. gone up?</n><pb/>


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Oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* my \w head|strong="H7218"\w* were \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* a \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* of \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, that I might \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w* for the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*!<n>Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc</n>


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Oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* I had in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* a lodging \w place|strong="H4411"\w* of wayfaring \w men|strong="H0732"\w*; that I might \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* from them! for they <i>be</i> all \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*, an \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* of treacherous \w men|strong="H0898"\w*.


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And they \w bend|strong="H1869"\w* their \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* <i>like</i> their \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* <i>for</i> \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*: but they are not \w valiant|strong="H1396"\w* for the \w truth|strong="H0530"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; for they \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* to \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Take ye \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* ye not in any \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*: for every \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* will \w utterly|strong="H6117"\w* \w supplant|strong="H6117"\w*, and every \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* will \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* with \w slanders|strong="H7400"\w*.<n>neighbour: or, friend</n>


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And they will \w deceive|strong="H2048"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and will not \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*: they have \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, <i>and</i> \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* themselves to commit \w iniquity|strong="H5753"\w*.<n>deceive: or, mock</n>


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Thine \w habitation|strong="H3427"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*; through \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w* they \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Behold, I will \w melt|strong="H6884"\w* them, and \w try|strong="H0974"\w* them; for how shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?


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Their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* <i>is as</i> an \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* shot \w out|strong="H7819"\w*; it \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*: <i>one</i> \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* with his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, but in \w heart|strong="H7130"\w* he \w layeth|strong="H7760"\w* his \w wait|strong="H0696"\w*.<n>in heart: Heb. in the midst of him</n><n>his wait: or, wait for him</n><pb/>


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¶ Shall I not \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* them for these <i>things</i>? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: shall not my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* on such a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* as this?


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For the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* will I take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* and \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w*, and for the \w habitations|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*, because they are burned \w up|strong="H3341"\w*, so that \w none|strong="H0376"\w* can \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through <i>them;</i> neither can <i>men</i> \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*; both the \w fowl|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* are \w fled|strong="H5074"\w*; they are \w gone|strong="H1980"\w*.<n>habitations: or, pastures</n><n>burned up: or, desolate</n><n>both…: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc</n>


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And I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*, <i>and</i> a \w den|strong="H4583"\w* of \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*; and I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.<n>desolate: Heb. desolation</n><pb/>


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¶ Who <i>is</i> the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, that may \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* this? and <i>who is he</i> to whom the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, that he may \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* it, for what the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w perisheth|strong="H0006"\w* <i>and</i> is burned \w up|strong="H3341"\w* like a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, that none passeth \w through|strong="H5674"\w*?


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* my \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, neither \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* therein;


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But have \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of their own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, which their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* them:<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* them, <i>even</i> this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, with \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*, and give them \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w gall|strong="H7219"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*.


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I will \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* them also among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom neither they nor their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w known|strong="H3045"\w*: and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, till I have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Consider|strong="H0995"\w* ye, and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* for the mourning \w women|strong="H6969"\w*, that they may \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; and \w send|strong="H7971"\w* for \w cunning|strong="H2450"\w* <i>women</i>, that they may \w come|strong="H0935"\w*:


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And let them make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, and take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w* for us, that our \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* may run \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, and our \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* gush \w out|strong="H5140"\w* with \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.


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For a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w* is \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* out of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, How are we \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*! we are \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*, because we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, because our \w dwellings|strong="H4908"\w* have cast <i>us</i> \w out|strong="H7993"\w*.


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Yet \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O ye \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and let your \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w wailing|strong="H5092"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0802"\w* her \w neighbour|strong="H7468"\w* \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*.


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For \w death|strong="H4194"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into our \w windows|strong="H2474"\w*, <i>and</i> is \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into our \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w children|strong="H5768"\w* from \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, <i>and</i> the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* from the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*.


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\w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Even the \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* as \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* upon the \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and as the \w handful|strong="H5995"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w harvestman|strong="H7114"\w*, and none shall \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* <i>them</i>.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Let not the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>man</i> \w glory|strong="H1984"\w* in his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, neither let the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* <i>man</i> \w glory|strong="H1984"\w* in his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, let not the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* <i>man</i> \w glory|strong="H1984"\w* in his \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*:


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But let him that \w glorieth|strong="H1984"\w* \w glory|strong="H1984"\w* in this, that he \w understandeth|strong="H7919"\w* and \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* me, that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which \w exercise|strong="H6213"\w* \w lovingkindness|strong="H2617"\w*, \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: for in these <i>things</i> I \w delight|strong="H2654"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* all <i>them which are</i> \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* with the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6190"\w*;<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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\w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and all <i>that are</i> in the \w utmost|strong="H7112"\w* \w corners|strong="H6285"\w*, that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: for all <i>these</i> \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* <i>are</i> \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>are</i> \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>in the utmost…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled</n><pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* unto you, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Learn|strong="H3925"\w* not the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and be not \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* at the \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; for the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* are \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* at \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.


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For the \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>are</i> \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*: for <i>one</i> \w cutteth|strong="H3772"\w* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* out of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w workman|strong="H2796"\w*, with the \w axe|strong="H4621"\w*.<n>customs…: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity</n>


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They \w deck|strong="H3302"\w* it with \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; they \w fasten|strong="H2388"\w* it with \w nails|strong="H4548"\w* and with \w hammers|strong="H4717"\w*, that it \w move|strong="H6328"\w* not.


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They <i>are</i> \w upright|strong="H4749"\w* as the palm \w tree|strong="H8560"\w*, but \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* not: they must \w needs|strong="H5375"\w* be \w borne|strong="H5375"\w*, because they cannot \w go|strong="H6805"\w*. Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of them; for they cannot do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*, neither also <i>is it</i> in them to do \w good|strong="H3190"\w*.


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Forasmuch as <i>there is</i> none like unto thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; thou <i>art</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* in \w might|strong="H1369"\w*.


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Who would not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee, O \w King|strong="H4428"\w* of \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*? for to thee doth it \w appertain|strong="H2969"\w*: forasmuch as among all the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i> of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and in all their \w kingdoms|strong="H4438"\w*, <i>there is</i> none like unto thee.<n>to…: or, it liketh thee</n>


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But they are \w altogether|strong="H0259"\w* \w brutish|strong="H1197"\w* and \w foolish|strong="H3688"\w*: the \w stock|strong="H6086"\w* <i>is</i> a \w doctrine|strong="H4148"\w* of \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.<n>altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once</n>


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\w Silver|strong="H3701"\w* spread into \w plates|strong="H7554"\w* is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* from \w Uphaz|strong="H0210"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w workman|strong="H2796"\w*, and of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w founder|strong="H6884"\w*: \w blue|strong="H8504"\w* and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w* <i>is</i> their \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*: they <i>are</i> all the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w cunning|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i>.


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> the \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, he <i>is</i> the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: at his \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w tremble|strong="H7493"\w*, and the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall not be able to \w abide|strong="H3557"\w* his \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*.<n>true…: Heb. God of truth</n><n>living God: Heb. living Gods</n><n>everlasting…: Heb. king of eternity</n>


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\w Thus|strong="H1836"\w* shall ye \w say|strong="H0560"\w* unto them, The \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* that have \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8065"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0778"\w*, <i>even</i> they shall \w perish|strong="H0007"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, and from \w under|strong="H8460"\w* \w these|strong="H0429"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8065"\w*.


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He hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, he hath \w established|strong="H3559"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* by his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and hath stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* by his \w discretion|strong="H8394"\w*.


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When he \w uttereth|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, <i>there is</i> a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and he causeth the \w vapours|strong="H5387"\w* to \w ascend|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w lightnings|strong="H1300"\w* with \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, and bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* out of his \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*.<n>multitude: or, noise</n><n>with: or, for</n>


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Every \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w brutish|strong="H1197"\w* in <i>his</i> \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: every \w founder|strong="H6884"\w* is \w confounded|strong="H3001"\w* by the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*: for his molten \w image|strong="H5262"\w* <i>is</i> \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*, and <i>there is</i> no \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* in them.<n>brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know</n>


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They <i>are</i> \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w errors|strong="H8595"\w*: in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* they shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.


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The \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* <i>is</i> not like them: for he <i>is</i> the \w former|strong="H3335"\w* of all <i>things;</i> and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>is</i> the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*: The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Gather \w up|strong="H0622"\w* thy \w wares|strong="H3666"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w fortress|strong="H4692"\w*.<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w sling|strong="H7049"\w* out the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* at this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, and will \w distress|strong="H6887"\w* them, that they may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>it so</i>.<pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* is me for my \w hurt|strong="H7667"\w*! my \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* is \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w*: but I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Truly|strong="H0389"\w* this <i>is</i> a \w grief|strong="H2483"\w*, and I must \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* it.


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My \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* is \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, and all my \w cords|strong="H4340"\w* are \w broken|strong="H5423"\w*: my \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of me, and they <i>are</i> not: <i>there is</i> none to stretch \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* my \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* any more, and to set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* my \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w*.


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For the \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* are become \w brutish|strong="H1197"\w*, and have not \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: therefore they shall not \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w*, and all their \w flocks|strong="H4830"\w* shall be \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*.


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Behold, the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bruit|strong="H8052"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w commotion|strong="H7494"\w* out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, to \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, <i>and</i> a \w den|strong="H4583"\w* of \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>is</i> not in himself: <i>it is</i> not in \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* to \w direct|strong="H3559"\w* his \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w correct|strong="H3256"\w* me, but with \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*; not in thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, lest thou bring me to \w nothing|strong="H4591"\w*.<n>bring…: Heb. diminish me</n>


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Pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* thy \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thee not, and upon the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* that \w call|strong="H7121"\w* not on thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: for they have eaten \w up|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* him, and \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* him, and have made his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thou unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w obeyeth|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*,


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Which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> I brought them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from the \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them, according to all which I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* you: so shall ye be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and I will be your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:


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That I may \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* which I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* with \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* I, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, So be \w it|strong="H0543"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>So…: Heb. Amen</n>


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Then the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them.


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For I \w earnestly|strong="H5749"\w* \w protested|strong="H5749"\w* unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> I brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>even</i> unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w protesting|strong="H5749"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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Yet they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, but \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: therefore I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon them all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* <i>them</i> to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; but they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>them</i> not.<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, A \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* among the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and among the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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They are turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of their \w forefathers|strong="H7223"\w*, which \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*; and they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them: the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which I \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon them, which they shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*; and though they shall \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto me, I will not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto them.<n>to escape: Heb. to go forth of</n>


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Then shall the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* unto whom they offer \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*: but they shall not \w save|strong="H3467"\w* them at \w all|strong="H3467"\w* in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>trouble: Heb. evil</n>


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For <i>according to</i> the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of thy \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* were thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and <i>according to</i> the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* have ye set \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* to <i>that</i> shameful \w thing|strong="H1322"\w*, <i>even</i> \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.<n>shameful…: Heb. shame</n>


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Therefore \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* not thou for this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, neither lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* or \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for them: for I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* <i>them</i> in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* that they \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* unto me for their \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>trouble: Heb. evil</n>


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What hath my \w beloved|strong="H3039"\w* to do in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>seeing</i> she hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w lewdness|strong="H4209"\w* with \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* is \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* from thee? when thou doest \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, then thou \w rejoicest|strong="H5937"\w*.<n>What…: Heb. What is to my beloved in my house</n><n>when…: or, when thy evil is</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, A \w green|strong="H7488"\w* olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \w fair|strong="H3303"\w*, <i>and</i> of \w goodly|strong="H8389"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*: with the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tumult|strong="H1999"\w* he hath \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon it, and the \w branches|strong="H1808"\w* of it are \w broken|strong="H7489"\w*.


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, that \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* thee, hath \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against thee, \w for|strong="H1558"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* against themselves to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* in offering \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath given me \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* <i>of it</i>, and I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it:</i> then thou \w shewedst|strong="H7200"\w* me their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.


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But I <i>was</i> like a \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w* <i>or</i> an \w ox|strong="H0441"\w* <i>that</i> is \w brought|strong="H2986"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w*; and I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that they had \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* against me, <i>saying</i>, Let us \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* with the \w fruit|strong="H3899"\w* thereof, and let us cut him \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, that his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* may be no more \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w*.<n>the tree…: Heb. the stalk with his bread</n>


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But, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, that \w judgest|strong="H8199"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6664"\w*, that \w triest|strong="H0974"\w* the \w reins|strong="H3629"\w* and the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, let me \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* on them: for unto thee have I \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* my \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* not in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that thou \w die|strong="H4191"\w* not by our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*:


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Behold, I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* them: the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*:<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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And there shall be no \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of them: for I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* <i>art</i> thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when I \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* with thee: yet let me \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* with thee of <i>thy</i> \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*: Wherefore doth the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? <i>wherefore</i> are all they \w happy|strong="H7951"\w* that deal \w very|strong="H0899"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*?<n>talk…: or, reason the case with thee</n>


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Thou hast \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* them, yea, they have taken \w root|strong="H8327"\w*: they \w grow|strong="H3212"\w*, yea, they bring \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*: thou <i>art</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w* in their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and far \w from|strong="H7350"\w* their \w reins|strong="H3629"\w*.<n>they grow: Heb. they go on</n>


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But thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* me: thou hast \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* me, and \w tried|strong="H0974"\w* mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* toward thee: pull them \w out|strong="H5423"\w* like \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* for the \w slaughter|strong="H2878"\w*, and \w prepare|strong="H6942"\w* them for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*.<n>toward…: Heb. with thee</n>


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How long shall the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, and the \w herbs|strong="H6212"\w* of every \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*, for the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein? the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* are \w consumed|strong="H5595"\w*, and the \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*; because they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* our last \w end|strong="H0319"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ If thou hast \w run|strong="H7323"\w* with the \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, and they have \w wearied|strong="H3811"\w* thee, then how canst thou \w contend|strong="H8474"\w* with \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*? and <i>if</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, <i>wherein</i> thou \w trustedst|strong="H0982"\w*, <i>they wearied thee</i>, then how wilt thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w swelling|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*?


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For even thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, even they have dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with thee; yea, they have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* a \w multitude|strong="H4392"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee: \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* them not, though they \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* fair \w words|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee.<n>they have called…: or, they cried after thee fully</n><n>fair…: Heb. good things</n><pb/>


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¶ I have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, I have \w left|strong="H5203"\w* mine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*; I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* the dearly \w beloved|strong="H3033"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of her \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<n>the dearly…: Heb. the love</n>


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Mine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* is unto me as a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* in the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*; it crieth \w out|strong="H5414"\w* against me: therefore have I \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* it.<n>crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice</n>


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Mine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* <i>is</i> unto me <i>as</i> a \w speckled|strong="H6641"\w* \w bird|strong="H5861"\w*, the \w birds|strong="H5861"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* <i>are</i> against her; \w come|strong="H3212"\w* ye, \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w come|strong="H0857"\w* to \w devour|strong="H0402"\w*.<n>speckled: or, taloned</n><n>come to: or, cause them to come to</n>


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\w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, they have \w trodden|strong="H0947"\w* my \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* under \w foot|strong="H0947"\w*, they have \w made|strong="H5414"\w* my \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* a \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<n>pleasant…: Heb. portion of desire</n>


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They have \w made|strong="H7760"\w* it \w desolate|strong="H8076"\w*, <i>and being</i> \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* it \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w* unto me; the whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is made \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, because no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w layeth|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> to \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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The \w spoilers|strong="H7703"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon all high \w places|strong="H8205"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* from the <i>one</i> \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* even to the <i>other</i> \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: no \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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They have \w sown|strong="H2232"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, but shall \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*: they have put themselves to \w pain|strong="H2470"\w*, <i>but</i> shall not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*: and they shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of your \w revenues|strong="H8393"\w* because of the \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>they shall: or, ye shall</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* against all mine \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w*, that \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* which I have caused my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w*; Behold, I will pluck them \w out|strong="H5428"\w* of their \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, and pluck \w out|strong="H5428"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.


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And it shall come to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I have plucked them \w out|strong="H5428"\w* I will \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on them, and will bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, if they will \w diligently|strong="H3925"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; as they \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; then shall they be \w built|strong="H1129"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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But if they will not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*, I will \w utterly|strong="H5428"\w* pluck \w up|strong="H5428"\w* and \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* that \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w get|strong="H7069"\w* thee a \w linen|strong="H6593"\w* \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* it upon thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w put|strong="H0935"\w* it not in \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.


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So I \w got|strong="H7069"\w* a \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> on my \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*.


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* that thou hast \w got|strong="H7069"\w*, which <i>is</i> upon thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* it there in a \w hole|strong="H5357"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*.


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So I \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* it by \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me.


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And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* from thence, which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee to \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* there.


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Then I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, and \w digged|strong="H2658"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* from the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where I had \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* it: and, behold, the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* was \w marred|strong="H7843"\w*, it was \w profitable|strong="H6743"\w* for nothing.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, After this manner will I \w mar|strong="H7843"\w* the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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This \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which \w refuse|strong="H3987"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, which \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* them, shall even be as this \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w*, which is \w good|strong="H6743"\w* for nothing.<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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For as the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* \w cleaveth|strong="H1692"\w* to the \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, so have I caused to \w cleave|strong="H1692"\w* unto me the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; that they might be unto me for a \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and for a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and for a \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*, and for a \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*: but they would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore thou shalt \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto them this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Every \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*: and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Do we not \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that every \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*?


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Then shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, even the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* that \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, with \w drunkenness|strong="H7943"\w*.


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And I will \w dash|strong="H5310"\w* them \w one|strong="H0376"\w* against \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, even the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: I will not \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*, nor \w spare|strong="H2347"\w*, nor have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*, but \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* them.<n>one…: Heb. a man against his brother</n><n>but…: Heb. from destroying them</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye, and give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*; be not \w proud|strong="H1361"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, before he cause \w darkness|strong="H2821"\w*, and before your \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w stumble|strong="H5062"\w* upon the \w dark|strong="H5399"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and, while ye \w look|strong="H6960"\w* for \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, he \w turn|strong="H7760"\w* it into the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*, <i>and</i> \w make|strong="H7896"\w* <i>it</i> gross \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*.


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But if ye will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* it, my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* in secret \w places|strong="H4565"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* <i>your</i> \w pride|strong="H1466"\w*; and mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w weep|strong="H1830"\w* \w sore|strong="H1830"\w*, and run \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, because the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w flock|strong="H5739"\w* is carried away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*.


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and to the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*, \w Humble|strong="H8213"\w* yourselves, sit \w down|strong="H3427"\w*: for your \w principalities|strong="H4761"\w* shall come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of your \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*.<n>principalities: or, head tires</n>


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The \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall be shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w*, and none shall \w open|strong="H6605"\w* <i>them:</i> \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall be carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* all of it, it shall be \w wholly|strong="H7965"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*.


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Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* them that \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*: where <i>is</i> the \w flock|strong="H5739"\w* <i>that</i> was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee, thy \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*?


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What wilt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* when he shall \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* thee? for thou hast \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* them <i>to be</i> \w captains|strong="H0441"\w*, <i>and</i> as \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* over thee: shall not \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* \w take|strong="H0270"\w* thee, as a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*?<n>punish: Heb visit upon</n><pb/>


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¶ And if thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, Wherefore \w come|strong="H7122"\w* these things upon me? For the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* are thy \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, <i>and</i> thy \w heels|strong="H6119"\w* made \w bare|strong="H2554"\w*.<n>made…: or, shall be violently taken away</n>


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Can the \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w change|strong="H2015"\w* his \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*, or the \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* his \w spots|strong="H2272"\w*? <i>then</i> \w may|strong="H3201"\w* ye also do \w good|strong="H3190"\w*, that are \w accustomed|strong="H3928"\w* to do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*.<n>accustomed: Heb. taught</n>


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Therefore will I \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* them as the \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w* that passeth \w away|strong="H5674"\w* by the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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This <i>is</i> thy \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*, the \w portion|strong="H4490"\w* of thy \w measures|strong="H4055"\w* from me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; because thou hast \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me, and \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*.


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Therefore will I \w discover|strong="H2834"\w* thy \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* upon thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, that thy \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* may \w appear|strong="H7200"\w*.


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I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* thine \w adulteries|strong="H5004"\w*, and thy \w neighings|strong="H4684"\w*, the \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w* of thy \w whoredom|strong="H2184"\w*, <i>and</i> thine \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* on the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto thee, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*! wilt thou not be made \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*? when <i>shall it</i> \w once|strong="H5750"\w* <i>be</i>?<n>when…: Heb. after when yet?</n><pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* the \w dearth|strong="H1226"\w*.<n>the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints</n>


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof \w languish|strong="H0535"\w*; they are \w black|strong="H6937"\w* unto the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; and the \w cry|strong="H6682"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* is gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.


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And their \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* their little \w ones|strong="H6810"\w* to the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*: they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w pits|strong="H1356"\w*, <i>and</i> \w found|strong="H4672"\w* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* with their \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*; they were \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.


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Because the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* is \w chapt|strong="H2865"\w*, for there was no \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w plowmen|strong="H0406"\w* were \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, they \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.


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Yea, the \w hind|strong="H0365"\w* also \w calved|strong="H3205"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* <i>it</i>, because there was no \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*.


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And the wild \w asses|strong="H6501"\w* did \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*, they snuffed \w up|strong="H7602"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* like \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*; their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* did \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, because <i>there was</i> no \w grass|strong="H6212"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, though our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against us, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou <i>it</i> for thy \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake: for our \w backslidings|strong="H4878"\w* are \w many|strong="H7231"\w*; we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee.


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O the \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w* thereof in \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, why shouldest thou be as a \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and as a wayfaring \w man|strong="H0732"\w* <i>that</i> turneth \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* to tarry for a \w night|strong="H3885"\w*?


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Why shouldest thou be as a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w astonied|strong="H1724"\w*, as a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* <i>that</i> \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w*? yet thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>art</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of us, and we are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w leave|strong="H3240"\w* us not.<n>we…: Heb. thy name is called upon us</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Thus have they \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* to \w wander|strong="H5128"\w*, they have not \w refrained|strong="H2820"\w* their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* doth not \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* them; he will now \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* not for this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for <i>their</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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When they \w fast|strong="H6684"\w*, I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* their \w cry|strong="H7440"\w*; and when they \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* and an \w oblation|strong="H4503"\w*, I will not \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* them: but I will \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* them by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, \w Ah|strong="H0162"\w*, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! behold, the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, neither shall ye have \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; but I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you \w assured|strong="H0571"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>assured…: Heb. peace of truth</n>


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Then the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, The \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them not, neither have I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, neither \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto them: they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* unto you a \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* and \w divination|strong="H7081"\w*, and a thing of \w nought|strong="H0457"\w*, and the \w deceit|strong="H8649"\w* of their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them not, yet they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Sword|strong="H2719"\w* and \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* shall not be in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; By \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* shall those \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* be \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to whom they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* shall be cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and they shall have none to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, them, their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, nor their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, nor their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: for I will \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* upon them.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto them; Let mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* run \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, and let them not \w cease|strong="H1820"\w*: for the \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* is \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w breach|strong="H7667"\w*, with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w* \w blow|strong="H4347"\w*.


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If I go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, then behold the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*! and if I \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, then behold them that are \w sick|strong="H8463"\w* with \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*! yea, both the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* go \w about|strong="H5503"\w* into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not.<n>go about…: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not</n>


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Hast thou \w utterly|strong="H3988"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? hath thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lothed|strong="H1602"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? why hast thou \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* us, and <i>there is</i> no \w healing|strong="H4832"\w* for us? we \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* for \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and <i>there is</i> no \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and for the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w healing|strong="H4832"\w*, and behold \w trouble|strong="H1205"\w*!


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We \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, our \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: for we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee.


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Do not \w abhor|strong="H5006"\w* <i>us</i>, for thy \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake, do not \w disgrace|strong="H5034"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of thy \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: \w remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w break|strong="H6565"\w* not thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with us.


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Are \w there|strong="H3426"\w* <i>any</i> among the \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* that can cause \w rain|strong="H1652"\w*? or can the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w showers|strong="H7241"\w*? <i>art</i> not thou he, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? therefore we will \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* upon thee: for thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* all these <i>things</i>.<pb/>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, Though \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, <i>yet</i> my \w mind|strong="H5315"\w* <i>could</i> not <i>be</i> toward this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: cast <i>them</i> \w out|strong="H7971"\w* of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, and let them go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, if they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Whither shall we go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*? then thou shalt \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Such as <i>are</i> for \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, to \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; and such as <i>are</i> for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and such as <i>are</i> for the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, to the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; and such as <i>are</i> for the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, to the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.


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And I will \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* over them \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4940"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* to \w slay|strong="H2026"\w*, and the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* to \w tear|strong="H5498"\w*, and the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, to \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*.<n>kinds: Heb. families</n>


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And I will \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* them to be \w removed|strong="H2189"\w* into all \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w because|strong="H1558"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, for <i>that</i> which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>cause…: Heb. give them for a removing</n>


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For who shall have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w* upon thee, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? or who shall \w bemoan|strong="H5110"\w* thee? or who shall go \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* how thou \w doest|strong="H7965"\w*?<n>how…: Heb. of thy peace?</n>


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Thou hast \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou art \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*: therefore will I stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against thee, and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* thee; I am \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* with \w repenting|strong="H5162"\w*.


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And I will \w fan|strong="H2219"\w* them with a \w fan|strong="H4214"\w* in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; I will \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* <i>them</i> of children, I will \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>since</i> they \w return|strong="H7725"\w* not from their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>children: or, whatsoever is dear</n>


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Their \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* are \w increased|strong="H6105"\w* to me above the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* of the \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*: I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon them against the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* a \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* at \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w*: I have caused <i>him</i> to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon it \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*, and \w terrors|strong="H0928"\w* upon the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>the mother…: or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men</n>


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She that hath \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*: she hath given \w up|strong="H5301"\w* the \w ghost|strong="H5315"\w*; her \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* is \w gone|strong="H0935"\w* down while <i>it was</i> yet \w day|strong="H3119"\w*: she hath been \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H2659"\w*: and the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of them will I \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* is me, my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, that thou hast \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* me a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* and a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w contention|strong="H4066"\w* to the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*! I have neither lent on \w usury|strong="H5383"\w*, nor men have lent to me on \w usury|strong="H5383"\w*; <i>yet</i> every one of them doth \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* me.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Verily|strong="H3808"\w* it shall be \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with thy \w remnant|strong="H8281"\w*; \w verily|strong="H0518"\w* I will cause the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* to \w entreat|strong="H6293"\w* thee <i>well</i> in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* and in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H6869"\w*.<n>cause…: or, intreat the enemy for thee</n>


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Shall \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w break|strong="H7489"\w* the \w northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* and the \w steel|strong="H5178"\w*?


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Thy \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* and thy \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w spoil|strong="H0957"\w* without \w price|strong="H4242"\w*, and <i>that</i> for all thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, even in all thy \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.


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And I will make <i>thee</i> to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* with thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* <i>which</i> thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not: for a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* is \w kindled|strong="H6919"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, <i>which</i> shall \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* upon you.<pb/>


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¶ O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w*: \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, and \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* me, and \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* me of my \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w*; take me not \w away|strong="H3947"\w* in thy \w longsuffering|strong="H0639"\w*: \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that for thy sake I have \w suffered|strong="H5375"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H2781"\w*.


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Thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* were \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, and I did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* them; and thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w* was unto me the \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* and \w rejoicing|strong="H8057"\w* of mine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: for I am \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<n>I am…: Heb. thy name is called upon me</n>


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I \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* not in the \w assembly|strong="H5475"\w* of the \w mockers|strong="H7832"\w*, nor \w rejoiced|strong="H5937"\w*; I \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w alone|strong="H0910"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of thy \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: for thou hast \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* me with \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*.


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Why is my \w pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w perpetual|strong="H5331"\w*, and my \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w incurable|strong="H0605"\w*, <i>which</i> \w refuseth|strong="H3985"\w* to be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a \w liar|strong="H0391"\w*, <i>and as</i> \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* <i>that</i> \w fail|strong="H0539"\w*?<n>fail: Heb. be not sure?</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, If thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, then will I bring thee \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, <i>and</i> thou shalt \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me: and if thou take \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* from the \w vile|strong="H2151"\w*, thou shalt be as my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: let them \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto thee; but \w return|strong="H7725"\w* not thou unto them.


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And I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* a \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*: and they shall \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against thee, but they shall not \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against thee: for I <i>am</i> with thee to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee and to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*, and I will \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* thee out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H6184"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came also unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thou shalt not \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, neither shalt thou have \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* or \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and concerning the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* that are \w born|strong="H3205"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and concerning their \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w* that \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* them, and concerning their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* that \w begat|strong="H3209"\w* them in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*;


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They shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* of \w grievous|strong="H8463"\w* \w deaths|strong="H4463"\w*; they shall not be \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w*; neither shall they be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*; <i>but</i> they shall be as \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*: and they shall be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and by \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; and their \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* shall be \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* for the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and for the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Enter|strong="H0935"\w* not into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w mourning|strong="H4798"\w*, neither \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* nor \w bemoan|strong="H5110"\w* them: for I have taken \w away|strong="H0622"\w* my \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* from this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>even</i> \w lovingkindness|strong="H2617"\w* and \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w*.<n>mourning: or, mourning feast</n>


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Both the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and the \w small|strong="H6996"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: they shall not be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, neither shall <i>men</i> \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* for them, nor \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves, nor make themselves \w bald|strong="H7139"\w* for them:


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Neither shall <i>men</i> \w tear|strong="H6536"\w* <i>themselves</i> for them in \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*, to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* them for the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; neither shall <i>men</i> give them the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of \w consolation|strong="H8575"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* for their \w father|strong="H0001"\w* or for their \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.<n>tear…: or, break bread for them</n>


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Thou shalt not also \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w*, to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* with them to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will cause to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* out of this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* in your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and in your \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w mirth|strong="H8342"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Wherefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against us? or what <i>is</i> our \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? or what <i>is</i> our \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* that we have \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?


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Then shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Because your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and have \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them, and have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* them, and have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*;


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And ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* than your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; for, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, ye \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, that they may not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me:<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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Therefore will I \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* you out of this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not, <i>neither</i> ye nor your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and there shall ye \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; where I will not \w shew|strong="H5414"\w* you \w favour|strong="H2594"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that it shall no more be \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, that brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;


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But, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, that brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and from all the \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* whither he had \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them: and I will bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* into their \w land|strong="H0127"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* for \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w fishers|strong="H1771"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and they shall \w fish|strong="H1770"\w* them; and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* will I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* for \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w hunters|strong="H6719"\w*, and they shall \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* them from every \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and from every \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and out of the \w holes|strong="H5357"\w* of the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*.


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For mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>are</i> upon all their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: they are not \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* from my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, neither is their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w hid|strong="H6845"\w* \w from|strong="H5048"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And \w first|strong="H7223"\w* I will \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* and their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w double|strong="H4932"\w*; because they have \w defiled|strong="H2490"\w* my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, they have \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* mine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* with the \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* of their \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* and abominable \w things|strong="H8441"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, my \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, and my \w fortress|strong="H4581"\w*, and my \w refuge|strong="H4498"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H6869"\w*, the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee from the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w inherited|strong="H5157"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, and <i>things</i> wherein <i>there is</i> no \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*.


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Shall a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* unto himself, and they <i>are</i> no \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*?


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Therefore, behold, I will this \w once|strong="H6471"\w* cause them to \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, I will cause them to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* and my \w might|strong="H1369"\w*; and they shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>The  [[ LORD]][[*: or, ]][[ JEHOVAH]][[*]]</n><pb/>


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The \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* with a \w pen|strong="H5842"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, <i>and</i> with the \w point|strong="H6856"\w* of a \w diamond|strong="H8068"\w*: <i>it is</i> \w graven|strong="H2790"\w* upon the \w table|strong="H3871"\w* of their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and upon the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of your \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*;<n>point: Heb. nail</n>


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Whilst their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* and their \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* by the \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* upon the \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.


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O my \w mountain|strong="H2042"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* <i>and</i> all thy \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* to the \w spoil|strong="H0957"\w*, <i>and</i> thy high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* for \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, throughout all thy \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.


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And thou, even thyself, shalt \w discontinue|strong="H8058"\w* from thine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee; and I will cause thee to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not: for ye have \w kindled|strong="H6919"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, <i>which</i> shall \w burn|strong="H3344"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>thyself: Heb. in thyself</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* that \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and \w maketh|strong="H7760"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and whose \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w departeth|strong="H5493"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For he shall be like the \w heath|strong="H6199"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, and shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* when \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*; but shall \w inhabit|strong="H7931"\w* the parched \w places|strong="H2788"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, <i>in</i> a \w salt|strong="H4420"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* and not \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.


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\w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>is</i> the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* that \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and whose \w hope|strong="H4009"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is.


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For he shall be as a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* by the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and <i>that</i> spreadeth \w out|strong="H7971"\w* her \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* by the \w river|strong="H3105"\w*, and shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* when \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, but her \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* shall be \w green|strong="H7488"\w*; and shall not be \w careful|strong="H1672"\w* in the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w drought|strong="H1226"\w*, neither shall \w cease|strong="H4185"\w* from \w yielding|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.<n>drought: or, restraint</n><pb/>


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¶ The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> \w deceitful|strong="H6121"\w* above all <i>things</i>, and desperately \w wicked|strong="H0605"\w*: who can \w know|strong="H3045"\w* it?


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I the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, <i>I</i> \w try|strong="H0974"\w* the \w reins|strong="H3629"\w*, even to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, <i>and</i> according to the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.


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<i>As</i> the \w partridge|strong="H7124"\w* \w sitteth|strong="H1716"\w* <i>on eggs</i>, and \w hatcheth|strong="H3205"\w* <i>them</i> not; <i>so</i> he that \w getteth|strong="H6213"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and not by \w right|strong="H4941"\w*, shall \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* them in the \w midst|strong="H2677"\w* of his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and at his \w end|strong="H0319"\w* shall be a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w*.<n>sitteth…: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth</n><pb/>


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¶ A \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H7223"\w* <i>is</i> the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of our \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, all that \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* thee shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, <i>and</i> they that \w depart|strong="H3249"\w* from \w me|strong="H5493"\w* shall be \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* of \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.


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\w Heal|strong="H7495"\w* me, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and I shall be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*; \w save|strong="H3467"\w* me, and I shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*: for thou <i>art</i> my \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Where <i>is</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? let it \w come|strong="H0935"\w* now.


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As for me, I have not \w hastened|strong="H0213"\w* from <i>being</i> a \w pastor|strong="H7462"\w* to \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* thee: neither have I \w desired|strong="H0183"\w* the \w woeful|strong="H0605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w*: that which came \w out|strong="H4161"\w* of my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* was <i>right</i> \w before|strong="H5227"\w* \w thee|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>to…: Heb. after thee</n>


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Be not a \w terror|strong="H4288"\w* unto me: thou <i>art</i> my \w hope|strong="H4268"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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Let them be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w* that \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* me, but let not me be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*: let them be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, but let not me be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*: \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon them the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H7665"\w* them with \w double|strong="H4932"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7670"\w*.<n>destroy…: Heb. break them with a double breach</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me; \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, whereby the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and by the which they go \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and in all the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, ye \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* by these \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* no \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, nor \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i> in by the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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Neither carry \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* out of your \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, neither \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ye any \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, but \w hallow|strong="H6942"\w* ye the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, as I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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But they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not, neither \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, but made their \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w stiff|strong="H7185"\w*, that they might not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, nor \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, if ye \w diligently|strong="H8085"\w* \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* in no \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* through the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but \w hallow|strong="H6942"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* therein;


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Then shall there \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* and \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* in \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and on \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, they, and their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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And they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and from the places \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and from the \w plain|strong="H8219"\w*, and from the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and from the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, and meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*, and \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* sacrifices of \w praise|strong="H8426"\w*, unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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But if ye will not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me to \w hallow|strong="H6942"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and not to \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, even entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; then will I \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and it shall not be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and there I will cause thee to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then I went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, he \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w work|strong="H4399"\w* on the \w wheels|strong="H0070"\w*.<n>wheels: or, frames, or, seats</n>


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And the \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* that he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* of \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* was \w marred|strong="H7843"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*: so he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, as \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H3474"\w* to the \w potter|strong="H3335"\w* to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>of clay…: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the potter</n><n>made it…: Heb. returned and made, etc</n>


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Then the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with you as this \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Behold, as the \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, so <i>are</i> ye in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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<i>At what</i> \w instant|strong="H7281"\w* I shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* concerning a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, and concerning a \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, to pluck \w up|strong="H5428"\w*, and to pull \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* <i>it;</i>


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If that \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, against whom I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w*, \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, I will \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them.


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And <i>at what</i> \w instant|strong="H7281"\w* I shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* concerning a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, and concerning a \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* and to \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* <i>it;</i>


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If it \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, that it \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* not my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, then I will \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* of the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, wherewith I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I would \w benefit|strong="H3190"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ Now therefore go to, \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I \w frame|strong="H3335"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against you, and \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* a \w device|strong="H4284"\w* against you: \w return|strong="H7725"\w* ye now every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and make your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There is no \w hope|strong="H2976"\w*: but we will \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* our own \w devices|strong="H4284"\w*, and we will every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* ye now among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, who hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* such things: the \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* horrible \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*.


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Will <i>a man</i> \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* the \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* <i>which cometh</i> from the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*? <i>or</i> shall the \w cold|strong="H7119"\w* \w flowing|strong="H5140"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* that come from another \w place|strong="H2114"\w* be \w forsaken|strong="H5428"\w*?<n>the snow…: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?</n>


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Because my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* hath \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me, they have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, and they have caused them to \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* in their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* <i>from</i> the \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w paths|strong="H7635"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*, <i>in</i> a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* not cast \w up|strong="H5549"\w*;


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To \w make|strong="H7760"\w* their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, <i>and</i> a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w hissing|strong="H8292"\w*; every one that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* thereby shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and \w wag|strong="H5110"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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I will \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* them as with an \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*; I will \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* them the \w back|strong="H6203"\w*, and not the \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* against \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*; for the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* shall not \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* from the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, nor \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* from the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, nor the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* from the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, and let us not give \w heed|strong="H7181"\w* to any of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>with…: or, for the tongue</n>


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Give \w heed|strong="H7181"\w* to me, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of them that \w contend|strong="H3401"\w* with me.


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Shall \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* be \w recompensed|strong="H7999"\w* for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*? for they have \w digged|strong="H3738"\w* a \w pit|strong="H7745"\w* for my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* that I \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for them, <i>and</i> to turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* from them.


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Therefore deliver \w up|strong="H5414"\w* their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* to the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and pour \w out|strong="H5064"\w* their <i>blood</i> by the \w force|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and let their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* be \w bereaved|strong="H7909"\w* of their children, and <i>be</i> \w widows|strong="H0490"\w*; and let their \w men|strong="H0582"\w* be \w put|strong="H2026"\w* to \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; <i>let</i> their young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* <i>be</i> \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>pour…: Heb. pour them out</n>


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Let a \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* from their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, when thou shalt \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* a \w troop|strong="H1416"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* upon them: for they have \w digged|strong="H3738"\w* a \w pit|strong="H7745"\w* to \w take|strong="H3920"\w* me, and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* for my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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Yet,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* all their \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* against me to \w slay|strong="H4194"\w* <i>me:</i> \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* not their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, neither blot \w out|strong="H4229"\w* their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* from thy \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, but let them be \w overthrown|strong="H3782"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* <i>thus</i> with them in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.<n>to slay…: Heb. for death</n><pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w get|strong="H7069"\w* a \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w earthen|strong="H2789"\w* \w bottle|strong="H1228"\w*, and <i>take</i> of the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and of the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*;


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And go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, which <i>is</i> by the \w entry|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w east|strong="H2777"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* there the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I shall \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* thee,<n>the east…: Heb. the sun gate</n>


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, the which whosoever \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*, his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* shall \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.


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Because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have \w estranged|strong="H5234"\w* this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in it unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, whom neither they nor their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w known|strong="H3045"\w*, nor the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and have \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w innocents|strong="H5355"\w*;


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They have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* also the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, to \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* <i>for</i> burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* not, nor \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>, neither \w came|strong="H5927"\w* <i>it</i> into my \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*:


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Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* shall no more be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, nor The \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, but The \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w slaughter|strong="H2028"\w*.


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And I will make \w void|strong="H1238"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; and I will cause them to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and by the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*: and their \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to be \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* for the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and for the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, and an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*; every one that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* thereby shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w* and \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* because of all the \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w* thereof.


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And I will cause them to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* in the \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* and \w straitness|strong="H4689"\w*, wherewith their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and they that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, shall \w straiten|strong="H6693"\w* them.<pb/>


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Then shalt thou \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w bottle|strong="H1228"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with thee,


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And shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Even \w so|strong="H3602"\w* will I \w break|strong="H7665"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, as <i>one</i> \w breaketh|strong="H7665"\w* a \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, that \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* be made whole \w again|strong="H7495"\w*: and they shall \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* <i>them</i> in \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, till <i>there be</i> no \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w*.<n>be made…: Heb. be healed</n>


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Thus will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, and <i>even</i> \w make|strong="H5414"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* as \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*:


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And the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, shall be \w defiled|strong="H2931"\w* as the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, because of all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* upon whose \w roofs|strong="H1406"\w* they have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and have poured \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from \w Tophet|strong="H8612"\w*, whither the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*; and he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and upon all her \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against it, because they have \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w necks|strong="H6203"\w*, that they might not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, who <i>was</i> also \w chief|strong="H6496"\w* \w governor|strong="H5057"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him in the \w stocks|strong="H4115"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w high|strong="H5945"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, which <i>was</i> by the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w* brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* out of the \w stocks|strong="H4115"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w*, but \w Magor-missabib|strong="H4036"\w*.<n>Magor-missabib: that is, Fear round about</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* to thyself, and to all thy \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*: and they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it:</i> and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall carry them \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and shall \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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Moreover I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* all the \w strength|strong="H2633"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and all the \w labours|strong="H3018"\w* thereof, and all the precious \w things|strong="H3366"\w* thereof, and all the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, which shall \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* them, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* them, and \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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And thou, \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w*, and all that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*: and thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and there thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and shalt be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* there, thou, and all thy \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*, to whom thou hast \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou hast \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* me, and I was \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w*: thou art \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than I, and hast \w prevailed|strong="H3201"\w*: I am in \w derision|strong="H7814"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w*, every one \w mocketh|strong="H3932"\w* me.<n>was deceived: or, was enticed</n>


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For \w since|strong="H1767"\w* I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, I cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*, I \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* and \w spoil|strong="H7701"\w*; because the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was made a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* unto me, and a \w derision|strong="H7047"\w*, \w daily|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of him, nor \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* any more in his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. But <i>his word</i> was in mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* as a \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* in my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and I was \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* with \w forbearing|strong="H3557"\w*, and I \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not <i>stay</i>.<pb/>


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¶ For I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w defaming|strong="H1681"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \w fear|strong="H4032"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*. \w Report|strong="H5046"\w*, <i>say they</i>, and we will \w report|strong="H5046"\w* it. All my \w familiars|strong="H0582"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* for my \w halting|strong="H6763"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Peradventure he will be \w enticed|strong="H6601"\w*, and we shall \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, and we shall \w take|strong="H3947"\w* our \w revenge|strong="H5360"\w* on him.<n>All…: Heb. Every man of my peace</n>


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> with me as a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* terrible \w one|strong="H6184"\w*: therefore my \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*, and they shall not \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*: they shall be \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*; for they shall not \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w*: <i>their</i> \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w confusion|strong="H3639"\w* shall never be \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.


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But, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, that \w triest|strong="H0974"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, <i>and</i> \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* the \w reins|strong="H3629"\w* and the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, let me \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* on them: for unto thee have I \w opened|strong="H1540"\w* my \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*.


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\w Sing|strong="H7891"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* ye the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for he hath \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* wherein I was \w born|strong="H3205"\w*: let not the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* wherein my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* me be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.


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\w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* who brought \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w* to my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w man|strong="H2145"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* is \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto thee; making him \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*.


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And let that \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be as the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w overthrew|strong="H2015"\w*, and \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* not: and let him \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and the \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w* at \w noontide|strong="H6256"\w*;


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Because he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* me not from the \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*; or that my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* might have been my \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, and her \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* <i>to be</i> \w always|strong="H5769"\w* \w great|strong="H2030"\w* <i>with me</i>.


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Wherefore came I \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w labour|strong="H5999"\w* and \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*, that my \w days|strong="H3117"\w* should be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* with \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*?<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Melchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, and \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Enquire|strong="H1875"\w*, I pray thee, of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for \w us|strong="H1157"\w*; for \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* maketh \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against us; if so be that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* with us according to all his wondrous \w works|strong="H6381"\w*, that he may go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from us.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto them, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will turn \w back|strong="H5437"\w* the \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* that <i>are</i> in your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, wherewith ye \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and <i>against</i> the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, which \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* you \w without|strong="H2351"\w* the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, and I will \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* them into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And I myself will \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against you with an \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* and with a \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, even in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, and in \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w*.


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And I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, both \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*: they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*.


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And \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and such as are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* from the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, from the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and from the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of those that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: and he shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; he shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* them, neither have \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*, nor have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.


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He that \w abideth|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*: but he that goeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* that \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* you, he shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* shall be unto him for a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*.


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For I have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and not for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: it shall be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And touching the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>say</i>, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*;


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O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Execute|strong="H1777"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* <i>him that is</i> \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H6231"\w*, lest my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* like \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* that none can \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* <i>it</i>, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.<n>Execute: Heb. Judge</n>


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, <i>and</i> \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; which \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall come \w down|strong="H5181"\w* against us? or who shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into our \w habitations|strong="H4585"\w*?<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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But I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* you according to the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and I will \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* thereof, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* all things round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* it.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n><pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* there this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*,


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that \w sittest|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, thou, and thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* in by these \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Execute|strong="H6213"\w* ye \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* the \w spoiled|strong="H1497"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H6216"\w*: and do no \w wrong|strong="H3238"\w*, do no \w violence|strong="H2554"\w* to the \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w*, the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, nor the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*, neither \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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For if ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w indeed|strong="H6213"\w*, then shall there enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* in \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and on \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, he, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>upon…: Heb. for David upon his throne</n>


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But if ye will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, I \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by myself, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall become a \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; Thou <i>art</i> \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* unto me, <i>and</i> the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*: <i>yet</i> surely I will \w make|strong="H7896"\w* thee a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, <i>and</i> \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* <i>which</i> are not \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And I will \w prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w destroyers|strong="H7843"\w* against thee, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*: and they shall cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w choice|strong="H4005"\w* \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* <i>them</i> into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* by this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, Wherefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* thus unto this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*?


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Then they shall \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ \w Weep|strong="H1058"\w* ye not for the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, neither \w bemoan|strong="H5110"\w* him: <i>but</i> \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1058"\w* for him that goeth \w away|strong="H1980"\w*: for he shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* no more, nor \w see|strong="H7200"\w* his \w native|strong="H4138"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w touching|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; He shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thither any more:


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But he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* whither they have led him \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*, and shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* no more.<pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto him that \w buildeth|strong="H1129"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w unrighteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and his \w chambers|strong="H5944"\w* by \w wrong|strong="H4941"\w*; <i>that</i> useth his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w service|strong="H5647"\w* without \w wages|strong="H2600"\w*, and \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* him not for his \w work|strong="H6467"\w*;


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That \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* me a \w wide|strong="H4060"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and \w large|strong="H7304"\w* \w chambers|strong="H5944"\w*, and cutteth him \w out|strong="H7167"\w* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w*; and <i>it is</i> \w cieled|strong="H5603"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, and \w painted|strong="H4886"\w* with \w vermilion|strong="H8350"\w*.<n>large: Heb. through-aired</n><n>windows: or, my windows</n>


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Shalt thou \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, because thou \w closest|strong="H8474"\w* <i>thyself</i> in \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*? did not thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w*, <i>and</i> then <i>it was</i> \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with him?


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He \w judged|strong="H1777"\w* the \w cause|strong="H1779"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*; then <i>it was</i> \w well|strong="H2896"\w* <i>with him: was</i> not this to \w know|strong="H1847"\w* me? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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But thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* and thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>are</i> not but for thy \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w*, and for to \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and for \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w*, and for \w violence|strong="H4835"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>violence: or, incursion</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; They shall not \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* for him, <i>saying</i>, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*! or, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*! they shall not \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* for him, <i>saying</i>, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*! or, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* his \w glory|strong="H1935"\w*!


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He shall be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with the \w burial|strong="H6900"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, \w drawn|strong="H5498"\w* and cast \w forth|strong="H7993"\w* \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H6817"\w*; and lift \w up|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* from the \w passages|strong="H5676"\w*: for all thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* are \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*.


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I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee in thy \w prosperity|strong="H7962"\w*; <i>but</i> thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. This <i>hath been</i> thy \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* from thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, that thou \w obeyedst|strong="H8085"\w* not my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.<n>prosperity: Heb. prosperities</n>


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The \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* shall eat \w up|strong="H7462"\w* all thy \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w*, and thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*: surely then shalt thou be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w* for all thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.


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O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, that makest thy \w nest|strong="H7077"\w* in the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*, how \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* shalt thou be when \w pangs|strong="H2256"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee, the \w pain|strong="H2427"\w* as of a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*!<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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<i>As</i> I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, though \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* were the \w signet|strong="H2368"\w* upon my \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, yet would I \w pluck|strong="H5423"\w* thee thence;


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>of them</i> whose \w face|strong="H6440"\w* thou \w fearest|strong="H3016"\w*, even into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.


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And I will cast thee \w out|strong="H2904"\w*, and thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* that \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* thee, into \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, where ye were not \w born|strong="H3205"\w*; and there shall ye \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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But to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* whereunto they \w desire|strong="H5375"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, thither shall they not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>desire: Heb. lift up their mind</n>


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<i>Is</i> this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* a \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* \w broken|strong="H5310"\w* \w idol|strong="H6089"\w*? <i>is he</i> a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* wherein <i>is</i> no \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*? wherefore are they cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, he and his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and are \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not?


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O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* ye this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w childless|strong="H6185"\w*, a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* <i>that</i> shall not \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* in his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: for no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*, \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w ruling|strong="H4910"\w* any more in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* be unto the \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* that \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* and \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* of my \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*! \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* against the \w pastors|strong="H7462"\w* that \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; Ye have \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* my \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, and driven them \w away|strong="H5080"\w*, and have not \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* them: behold, I will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* upon you the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of my \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* out of all \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them, and will bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to their \w folds|strong="H5116"\w*; and they shall be \w fruitful|strong="H6509"\w* and \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*.


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And I will set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* over them which shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* them: and they shall \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* no more, nor be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, neither shall they be \w lacking|strong="H6485"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w*, and a \w King|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* and \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w*, and shall \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*: and this <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* whereby he shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, THE LORD OUR \w RIGHTEOUSNESS|strong="H3072"\w*.<n>THE  [[ LORD]][[*…: Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu]]</n>


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Therefore, behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that they shall no more \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;


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But, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and which \w led|strong="H0935"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, and from all \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* whither I had \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them; and they shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* me is \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* because of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; all my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w shake|strong="H7363"\w*; I am like a \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and like a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* whom \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* hath \w overcome|strong="H5674"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and because of the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*.


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For the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*; for \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w swearing|strong="H0423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w*; the pleasant \w places|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* are dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, and their \w course|strong="H4794"\w* is \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and their \w force|strong="H1369"\w* <i>is</i> not right.<n>swearing: or, cursing</n><n>course: or, violence</n>


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For both \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* and \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* are \w profane|strong="H2610"\w*; yea, in my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* have I \w found|strong="H4672"\w* their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Wherefore their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* shall be unto them as \w slippery|strong="H2519"\w* <i>ways</i> in the \w darkness|strong="H0653"\w*: they shall be driven \w on|strong="H1760"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* therein: for I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon them, <i>even</i> the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of their \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w folly|strong="H8604"\w* in the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and caused my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*.<n>folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury</n>


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I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* also in the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* an horrible \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*: they commit \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*: they \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* also the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*, that \w none|strong="H0376"\w* doth \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: they are all of them unto me as \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof as \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.<n>an…: or, filthiness</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* concerning the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; Behold, I will \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* them with \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*, and make them \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w gall|strong="H7219"\w*: for from the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* is \w profaneness|strong="H2613"\w* gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* into all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>profaneness: or, hypocrisy</n>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* unto you: they make you \w vain|strong="H1891"\w*: they \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* of their own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, <i>and</i> not out of the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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They \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* unto them that \w despise|strong="H5006"\w* me, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, Ye shall have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto every one that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* after the \w imagination|strong="H8307"\w* of his own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, No \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon you.<n>imagination: or, stubbornness</n>


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For who hath \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w counsel|strong="H5475"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and hath \w perceived|strong="H7200"\w* and \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? who hath \w marked|strong="H7181"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>?<n>counsel: or, secret</n>


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Behold, a \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, even a \w grievous|strong="H2342"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*: it shall fall \w grievously|strong="H2342"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.


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The \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, until he have \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*, and till he have \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w thoughts|strong="H4209"\w* of his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* ye shall \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* it \w perfectly|strong="H0998"\w*.


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I have not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* these \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, yet they \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*: I have not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to them, yet they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.


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But if they had \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in my \w counsel|strong="H5475"\w*, and had caused my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, then they should have \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* them from their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and from the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.


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<i>Am</i> I a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and not a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*?


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Can \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* himself in secret \w places|strong="H4565"\w* that I shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* him? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Do not I \w fill|strong="H4392"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* what the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w*, I have \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w*.


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How long shall <i>this</i> \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*? yea, <i>they are</i> \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the \w deceit|strong="H8649"\w* of their own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*;


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Which \w think|strong="H2803"\w* to cause my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* by their \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* which they \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, as their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.


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The \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that hath a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, let him \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*; and he that hath my \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, let him \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* my \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0571"\w*. What <i>is</i> the \w chaff|strong="H8401"\w* to the \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc</n>


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<i>Is</i> not my \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3541"\w* as a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and like a \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* <i>that</i> \w breaketh|strong="H6327"\w* the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* in \w pieces|strong="H6327"\w*?


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Therefore, behold, I <i>am</i> against the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*.


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that \w use|strong="H3947"\w* their \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w*, and \w say|strong="H5001"\w*, He \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*.<n>that…: or, that smooth their tongues</n>


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against them that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and do \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* them, and cause my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w* by their \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, and by their \w lightness|strong="H6350"\w*; yet I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them not, nor \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them: therefore they shall not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* at \w all|strong="H3276"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, or the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, or a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, shall \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>is</i> the \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? thou shalt then \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*? I will even \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And <i>as for</i> the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will even \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* that \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, What hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*? and, What hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*?


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And the \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall ye \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* no more: for every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* shall be his \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*; for ye have \w perverted|strong="H2015"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, What hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* thee? and, What hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*?


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* since ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Because ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*;


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Therefore, behold, I, even I, will \w utterly|strong="H5377"\w* \w forget|strong="H5382"\w* you, and I will \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* you, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* you and your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, <i>and cast you</i> out of my \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*:


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And I will \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* upon you, and a \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w shame|strong="H3640"\w*, which shall not be \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*.<pb/>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me, and, behold, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w baskets|strong="H1736"\w* of \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* <i>were</i> \w set|strong="H3259"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, with the \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w* and \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w*, from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and had \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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\w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* <i>had</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, <i>even</i> like the \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* <i>that are</i> first \w ripe|strong="H1073"\w*: and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w basket|strong="H1731"\w* <i>had</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w naughty|strong="H7451"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, which could not be \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, they were so \w bad|strong="H7455"\w*.<n>they…: Heb. for badness</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, What \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*? And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Figs|strong="H8384"\w*; the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, that cannot be \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, they are so \w evil|strong="H7455"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Again the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Like these \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, so will I \w acknowledge|strong="H5234"\w* them that are carried away \w captive|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, whom I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* out of this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* for <i>their</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.<n>them…: Heb. the captivity</n>


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For I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon them for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and I will bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: and I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* them, and not pull <i>them</i> \w down|strong="H2040"\w*; and I will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* them, and not pluck <i>them</i> \w up|strong="H5428"\w*.


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them an \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* me, that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and they shall be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and I will be their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for they shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto me with their whole \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And as the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, which cannot be \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, they are so \w evil|strong="H7455"\w*; surely thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, So will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*:


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And I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them to be \w removed|strong="H2189"\w* into all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for <i>their</i> \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*, <i>to be</i> a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* and a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w*, a \w taunt|strong="H8148"\w* and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, in all \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whither I shall \w drive|strong="H5080"\w* them.<n>to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation</n>


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And I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, among them, till they be \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* from off the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto them and to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* concerning all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that <i>was</i> the \w first|strong="H7224"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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The which \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and to all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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From the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that <i>is</i> the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath come unto me, and I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto you, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*; but ye have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto you all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them;</i> but ye have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w*, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* your \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.


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They \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Turn ye \w again|strong="H7725"\w* now every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and from the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto you and to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:


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And \w go|strong="H3212"\w* not \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* them, and provoke me not to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; and I will do you no \w hurt|strong="H7489"\w*.


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Yet ye have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; that ye might provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to your own \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Because ye have not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,


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Behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, and against all these \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, and will utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* them, and \w make|strong="H7760"\w* them an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*, and \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w desolations|strong="H2723"\w*.


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Moreover I will \w take|strong="H0006"\w* from them the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w mirth|strong="H8342"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w*, the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w millstones|strong="H7347"\w*, and the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w candle|strong="H5216"\w*.<n>I will…: Heb. I will cause to perish from them</n>


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And this whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be a \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*, <i>and</i> an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*; and these \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it shall come to pass, when \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* are \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w*, <i>that</i> I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and that \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, for their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* it \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w desolations|strong="H8077"\w*.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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And I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon that \w land|strong="H0776"\w* all my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against it, <i>even</i> all that is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, which \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* hath \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* against all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.


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For \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* themselves of them also: and I will \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* them according to their \w deeds|strong="H6467"\w*, and according to the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of their own \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto me; \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of this \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* at my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and cause all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, to whom I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee, to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* it.


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And they shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and be \w moved|strong="H1607"\w*, and be \w mad|strong="H1984"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* that I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* among them.


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Then \w took|strong="H3947"\w* I the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* at the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and made all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, unto whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me:


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<i>To wit</i>, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* thereof, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof, to \w make|strong="H5414"\w* them a \w desolation|strong="H2723"\w*, an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*, and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*; as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*;


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\w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;


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And all the \w mingled|strong="H6153"\w* people, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*, and \w Azzah|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, and the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*,


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\w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*,


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And all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w*, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* which <i>are</i> \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*,<n>isles: or, region by the sea side</n>


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\w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*, and \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w*, and \w Buz|strong="H0938"\w*, and all <i>that are</i> in the \w utmost|strong="H7112"\w* \w corners|strong="H6285"\w*,<n>that…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled</n>


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And all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w*, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the mingled \w people|strong="H6153"\w* that \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*,


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And all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, and all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*,


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And all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w far|strong="H7350"\w* and \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, and all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w world|strong="H0776"\w*, which <i>are</i> upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Sheshach|strong="H8347"\w* shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them.


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Therefore thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* ye, and be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*, and \w spue|strong="H7006"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* no more, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* which I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* among you.


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And it shall be, if they \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* at thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, then shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Ye shall \w certainly|strong="H8354"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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For, lo, I \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to bring \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* on the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and should ye be \w utterly|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*? Ye shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*: for I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* for a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<n>which…: Heb. upon which my name is called</n><pb/>


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Therefore \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* thou against them all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* from on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, and \w utter|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*; he shall \w mightily|strong="H7580"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* upon his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*; he shall \w give|strong="H6030"\w* a \w shout|strong="H1959"\w*, as they that \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* <i>the grapes</i>, against all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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A \w noise|strong="H7588"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>even</i> to the \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* with the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, he will \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* with all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*; he will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them <i>that are</i> \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Behold, \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* to \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* shall be raised \w up|strong="H5782"\w* from the \w coasts|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall be at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from <i>one</i> \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* even unto the <i>other</i> \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: they shall not be \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w*, neither \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w*, nor \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*; they shall be \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*; and \w wallow|strong="H6428"\w* yourselves <i>in the ashes</i>, ye \w principal|strong="H0117"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*: for the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of your \w slaughter|strong="H2873"\w* and of your \w dispersions|strong="H8600"\w* are \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w*; and ye shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* like a \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*.<n>the days…: Heb. your days for slaughter</n><n>a pleasant…: Heb. a vessel of desire</n>


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And the \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* shall have no \w way|strong="H4498"\w* to \w flee|strong="H0006"\w*, nor the \w principal|strong="H0117"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* to \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*.<n>the shepherds…: Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc</n>


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A \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* of the \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, and an \w howling|strong="H3215"\w* of the \w principal|strong="H0117"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, <i>shall be heard:</i> for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w* their \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*.


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And the \w peaceable|strong="H7965"\w* \w habitations|strong="H4999"\w* are cut \w down|strong="H1826"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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He hath \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* his \w covert|strong="H5520"\w*, as the \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*: for their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H3238"\w*, and \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.<n>desolate: Heb. a desolation</n><pb/>


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In the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w reign|strong="H4468"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* came this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* in the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* thee to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto them; \w diminish|strong="H1639"\w* not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*:


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If so be they will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that I may \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* me of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, which I \w purpose|strong="H2803"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; If ye will not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to me, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, which I have \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you,


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To \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, whom I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto you, both rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them</i>, but ye have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w*;


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Then will I \w make|strong="H5414"\w* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* like \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* to all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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So the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now it came to pass, when \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* all that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* <i>him</i> to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Why hast thou \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall be like \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H2717"\w* without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*? And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* against \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ When the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, then they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w entry|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>house</i>.<n>in the…: or, at the door</n>


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Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* unto the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is</i> \w worthy|strong="H4941"\w* to \w die|strong="H4194"\w*; for he hath \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, as ye have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* with your \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.<n>This man…: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* against this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that ye have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.


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Therefore now \w amend|strong="H3190"\w* your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* and your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, and \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* him of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that he hath \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against you.


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As for me, behold, I <i>am</i> in your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with me as \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w meet|strong="H3477"\w* unto you.<n>as…: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes</n>


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But \w know|strong="H3045"\w* ye for \w certain|strong="H3045"\w*, that if ye put me to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, ye shall surely \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* upon yourselves, and upon this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof: for of a \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me unto you to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in your \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; This \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is</i> not \w worthy|strong="H4941"\w* to \w die|strong="H4194"\w*: for he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to us in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Then rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Micah|strong="H4320"\w* the \w Morasthite|strong="H4183"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* shall be \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* <i>like</i> a \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall become \w heaps|strong="H5856"\w*, and the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* as the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of a \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.


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Did \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* put him at \w all|strong="H4191"\w* to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*? did he not \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w besought|strong="H2470"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* him of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* which he had \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against them? \w Thus|strong="H0587"\w* might we \w procure|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against our \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>the  [[ LORD]][[*, and the: Heb. the face of the ]][[ LORD]][[*, etc]]</n>


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And there was also a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, who \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* according to all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*:


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And when \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, with all his mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, and all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to put him to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*: but when \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* it, he was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;


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And \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>namely</i>, \w Elnathan|strong="H0494"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, and <i>certain</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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And they fetched \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him unto \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; who \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* his dead \w body|strong="H5038"\w* into the \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* of the \w common|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>common…: Heb. sons of the people</n>


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Nevertheless the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* was with \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, that they should not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to put him to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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In the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w reign|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* came this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to me; \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w* and \w yokes|strong="H4133"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them upon thy \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*,<n>saith…: or, hath the  [[ LORD]][[* said]]</n>


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And \w send|strong="H7971"\w* them to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*, and to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w*, and to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* which \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;


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And \w command|strong="H6680"\w* them to \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto their \w masters|strong="H0113"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto your \w masters|strong="H0113"\w*;<n>to say…: or, concerning their masters, saying</n>


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I have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* that <i>are</i> \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, by my \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* and by my \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it unto whom it \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w meet|strong="H3474"\w* unto me.


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And now have I \w given|strong="H5414"\w* all these \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; and the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* have I \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him also to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him.


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And all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him, and his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, until the very \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: and then \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* themselves of him.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* and \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* which will not \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the same \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and that will not \w put|strong="H5414"\w* their \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* under the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, that \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* will I \w punish|strong="H6485"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and with the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and with the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, until I have \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* them by his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not ye to your \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, nor to your \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w*, nor to your \w dreamers|strong="H2472"\w*, nor to your \w enchanters|strong="H6049"\w*, nor to your \w sorcerers|strong="H3786"\w*, which \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*:<n>dreamers: Heb. dreams</n>


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For they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* unto you, to remove you \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from your \w land|strong="H0127"\w*; and that I should drive you \w out|strong="H5080"\w*, and ye should \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.


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But the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* their \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* under the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him, those will I let remain \w still|strong="H3240"\w* in their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and they shall \w till|strong="H5647"\w* it, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.<pb/>


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¶ I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* also to \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* according to all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* your \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* under the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him and his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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Why will ye \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, thou and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* against the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* that will not \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*?


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Therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: for they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* unto you.


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For I have not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, yet they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; that I might drive you \w out|strong="H5080"\w*, and that ye might \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, ye, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* unto you.<n>a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly</n>


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Also I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and to all this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not to the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of your \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* unto you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall now \w shortly|strong="H4120"\w* be brought \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: for they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* unto you.


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\w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not unto them; \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*: wherefore should this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* be laid \w waste|strong="H2723"\w*?


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But if they <i>be</i> \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and if the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* with them, let them now make \w intercession|strong="H6293"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, that the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* which are \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and <i>in</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w go|strong="H0935"\w* not to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* concerning the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, and concerning the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and concerning the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and concerning the \w residue|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,


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Which \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* not, when he carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and all the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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Yea, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, concerning the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* <i>in</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and <i>in</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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They shall be \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and there shall they be until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; then will I \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* them up, and \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* them to this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass the same \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w reign|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, <i>and</i> in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azur|strong="H5809"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, which <i>was</i> of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto me in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in the \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w speaketh|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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Within two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* will I bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* into this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* from this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*:<n>two…: Heb. two years of days</n>


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And I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, with all the \w captives|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>captives: Heb. captivity</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* in the \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and in the \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,


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Even the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou hast \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*, to bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and all that is carried away \w captive|strong="H1473"\w*, from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* into this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou now this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;


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The \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that have been \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee of \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* both against \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, and against \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*, of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and of \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*.


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The \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* which \w prophesieth|strong="H5012"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, when the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* shall come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*, <i> \+w then|strong="H0227"\+w*</i> shall the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* be \w known|strong="H3045"\w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w truly|strong="H0571"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* from off the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* it.


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And \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* in the \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Even so will I \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* from the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* of all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* within the space of two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* <i>the prophet</i>, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* had \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w* from off the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Thou hast \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* the \w yokes|strong="H4133"\w* of \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*; but thou shalt \w make|strong="H6213"\w* for them \w yokes|strong="H4133"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I have \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* upon the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* of all these \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, that they may \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*; and they shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him: and I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* also.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*; The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee; but thou makest this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w cast|strong="H7971"\w* thee from off the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*: this \w year|strong="H8141"\w* thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, because thou hast \w taught|strong="H1696"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H5627"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>rebellion: Heb. revolt</n>


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So \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* the same \w year|strong="H8141"\w* in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.<pb/>


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Now these <i>are</i> the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* that \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w residue|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* which were carried away \w captives|strong="H1473"\w*, and to the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* whom \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* had carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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(\w After|strong="H0310"\w* that \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*, and the \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*, the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, and the \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w*, were \w departed|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;)<n>eunuchs: or, chamberlains</n>


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By the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Elasah|strong="H0501"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, (whom \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* to \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*) \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto all that are carried away \w captives|strong="H1473"\w*, whom I have caused to be carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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\w Build|strong="H1129"\w* ye \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* <i>in them;</i> and \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of them;


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* ye \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w beget|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*; and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* for your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w husbands|strong="H0582"\w*, that they may \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w daughters|strong="H1121"\w*; that ye may be \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* there, and not \w diminished|strong="H4591"\w*.


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And \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* the \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* whither I have caused you to be carried away \w captives|strong="H1540"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for it: for in the \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* thereof shall ye have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Let not your \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* and your \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w*, that <i>be</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of you, \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* you, neither \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to your \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* which ye cause to be \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w*.


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For they \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* unto you in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: I have not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>falsely: Heb. in a lie</n><pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, That \w after|strong="H6310"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* be \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w* at \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* I will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* you, and \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* my \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* toward you, in causing you to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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For I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* that I \w think|strong="H2803"\w* toward you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and not of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you an \w expected|strong="H8615"\w* \w end|strong="H0319"\w*.<n>expected…: Heb. end and expectation</n>


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Then shall ye \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon me, and ye shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto me, and I will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you.


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And ye shall \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* me, and \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>me</i>, when ye shall \w search|strong="H1875"\w* for me with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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And I will be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* of you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and I will turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* your \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*, and I will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* you from all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and from all the \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and I will bring you \w again|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* whence I caused you to be carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Because ye have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath raised us \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* in \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*;


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<i>Know</i> that thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>and</i> of your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* that are not gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* with you into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*;


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* upon them the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, and will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* them like \w vile|strong="H8182"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, that cannot be \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, they are so \w evil|strong="H7455"\w*.


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And I will \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, with the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and with the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, and will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them to be \w removed|strong="H2189"\w* to all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, to be a \w curse|strong="H0423"\w*, and an \w astonishment|strong="H8047"\w*, and an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*, and a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*, among all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them:<n>to be a curse: Heb. for a curse</n>


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Because they have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto them by my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them;</i> but ye would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye therefore the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, all ye of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, whom I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kolaiah|strong="H6964"\w*, and of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, which \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* unto you in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; Behold, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*; and he shall \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them before your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*;


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And of them shall be taken \w up|strong="H3947"\w* a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* by all the \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* which <i>are</i> in \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee like \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* and like \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w roasted|strong="H7033"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*;


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Because they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w villany|strong="H5039"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* with their \w neighbours’|strong="H7453"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, which I have not \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them; even I \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, and <i>am</i> a \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>Thus</i> shalt thou also \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>Nehelamite: or, dreamer</n>


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Thus \w speaketh|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Because thou hast \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* in thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and to \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and to all the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* in the stead of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, that ye should be \w officers|strong="H6496"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, for every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that is</i> \w mad|strong="H7696"\w*, and maketh himself a \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w*, that thou shouldest \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him in \w prison|strong="H4115"\w*, and in the \w stocks|strong="H6729"\w*.


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Now therefore why hast thou not \w reproved|strong="H1605"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Anathoth|strong="H6069"\w*, which maketh himself a \w prophet|strong="H5012"\w* to you?


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For therefore he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto us <i>in</i> \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w This|strong="H1931"\w* <i>captivity is</i> \w long|strong="H0752"\w*: \w build|strong="H1129"\w* ye \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* <i>in them;</i> and \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of them.


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And \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* this \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* to all them of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w*; Because that \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* hath \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* unto you, and I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him not, and he caused you to \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*:


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w Nehelamite|strong="H5161"\w*, and his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*: he shall not have a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; neither shall he \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; because he hath \w taught|strong="H1696"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H5627"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>rebellion: Heb. revolt</n><pb/>


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Thus \w speaketh|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* thee all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.


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For, lo, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and I will cause them to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and they shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it.<pb/>


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¶ And these <i>are</i> the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and concerning \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; We have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w trembling|strong="H2731"\w*, of \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*, and not of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.<n>of fear…: or, there is fear, and not peace</n>


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\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* ye now, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* whether a \w man|strong="H2145"\w* doth travail with \w child|strong="H3205"\w*? wherefore do I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* every \w man|strong="H1397"\w* with his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on his \w loins|strong="H2504"\w*, as a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*, and all \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* are \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w paleness|strong="H3420"\w*?<n>a man: Heb. a male</n>


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\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*! for that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, so \w that|strong="H0369"\w* none <i>is</i> like it: it <i>is</i> even the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w Jacob’s|strong="H3290"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*; but he shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* out of it.


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For it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, <i>that</i> I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* his \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* from off thy \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, and will \w burst|strong="H5423"\w* thy \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w*, and \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* shall no more \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* themselves of him:


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But they shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* their \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, whom I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* unto them.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thou not, O my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; neither be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for, lo, I will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee from \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*, and thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*; and \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall be in \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, and be \w quiet|strong="H7599"\w*, and none shall make <i>him</i> \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*.


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For I <i>am</i> with thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee: though I \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whither I have \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* thee, yet will I not \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a full \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of thee: but I will \w correct|strong="H3256"\w* thee in \w measure|strong="H4941"\w*, and will not leave thee \w altogether|strong="H5352"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Thy \w bruise|strong="H7667"\w* <i>is</i> \w incurable|strong="H0605"\w*, <i>and</i> thy \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* <i>is</i> \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w*.


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<i>There is</i> none to \w plead|strong="H1777"\w* thy \w cause|strong="H1779"\w*, that thou mayest be bound \w up|strong="H4205"\w*: thou hast no \w healing|strong="H8585"\w* \w medicines|strong="H7499"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing</n>


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All thy \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* thee; they \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* thee not; for I have \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* thee with the \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* of an \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, with the \w chastisement|strong="H4148"\w* of a cruel \w one|strong="H0394"\w*, for the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; <i>because</i> thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* were \w increased|strong="H6105"\w*.


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Why \w criest|strong="H2199"\w* thou for thine \w affliction|strong="H7667"\w*? thy \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w* <i>is</i> \w incurable|strong="H0605"\w* for the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*: <i>because</i> thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* were \w increased|strong="H6105"\w*, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* these things unto thee.


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Therefore all they that \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* thee shall be \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*; and all thine \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, every one of them, shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*; and they that \w spoil|strong="H7601"\w* thee shall be a \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w*, and all that \w prey|strong="H0962"\w* upon thee will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* for a \w prey|strong="H0957"\w*.


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For I will \w restore|strong="H5927"\w* \w health|strong="H0724"\w* unto thee, and I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* thee of thy \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; because they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee an \w Outcast|strong="H5080"\w*, <i>saying</i>, This <i>is</i> \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, whom no man seeketh \w after|strong="H1875"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Jacob’s|strong="H3290"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on his \w dwellingplaces|strong="H4908"\w*; and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall be \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* upon her own \w heap|strong="H8510"\w*, and the \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* shall \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* after the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* thereof.<n>heap: or, little hill</n>


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And out of them shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* \w thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w* and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of them that make \w merry|strong="H7832"\w*: and I will \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* them, and they shall not be \w few|strong="H4591"\w*; I will also \w glorify|strong="H3513"\w* them, and they shall not be \w small|strong="H6819"\w*.


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Their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* also shall be as \w aforetime|strong="H6924"\w*, and their \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, and I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* all that \w oppress|strong="H3905"\w* them.


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And their \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* shall be of themselves, and their \w governor|strong="H4910"\w* shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of them; and I will cause him to draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, and he shall \w approach|strong="H5066"\w* unto me: for who <i>is</i> this that \w engaged|strong="H6148"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w approach|strong="H5066"\w* unto me? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, the \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* with \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, a \w continuing|strong="H1641"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*: it shall fall with \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.<n>continuing: Heb. cutting</n><n>fall…: or, remain</n>


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The \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, until he have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>, and until he have \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w intents|strong="H4209"\w* of his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* ye shall \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* it.<pb/>


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At the same \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, will I be the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and they shall be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>which were</i> \w left|strong="H8300"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; <i>even</i> \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when I \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to cause him to \w rest|strong="H7280"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* of \w old|strong="H7350"\w* unto me, <i>saying</i>, Yea, I have \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* thee with an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w*: therefore with \w lovingkindness|strong="H2617"\w* have I \w drawn|strong="H4900"\w* thee.<n>of…: Heb. from afar</n><n>with lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee</n>


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Again I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thee, and thou shalt be \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, O \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: thou shalt again be \w adorned|strong="H5710"\w* with thy \w tabrets|strong="H8596"\w*, and shalt go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in the \w dances|strong="H4234"\w* of them that make \w merry|strong="H7832"\w*.<n>tabrets: or, timbrels</n>


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Thou shalt yet \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vines|strong="H3754"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: the \w planters|strong="H5193"\w* shall \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*, and shall eat <i>them</i> as common \w things|strong="H2490"\w*.<n>eat…: Heb. profane them</n>


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For there shall \w be|strong="H3426"\w* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>that</i> the \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* upon the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* ye, and let us go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Sing|strong="H7442"\w* with \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* for \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w shout|strong="H6670"\w* among the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*: \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* ye, \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* ye, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* them from the \w coasts|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, <i>and</i> with them the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*, the woman with \w child|strong="H2030"\w* and her that travaileth with \w child|strong="H3205"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w company|strong="H6951"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thither.


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They shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and with \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w* will I \w lead|strong="H2986"\w* them: I will cause them to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w rivers|strong="H5158"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in a \w straight|strong="H3477"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, wherein they shall not \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*: for I am a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>is</i> my \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*.<n>supplications: or, favours</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O ye \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> in the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* afar \w off|strong="H4801"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, He that \w scattered|strong="H2219"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* him, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* him, as a \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* <i>doth</i> his \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*.


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w ransomed|strong="H1350"\w* him from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of <i>him that was</i> \w stronger|strong="H2389"\w* than he.


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Therefore they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* in the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and shall flow \w together|strong="H5102"\w* to the \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, for \w wheat|strong="H1715"\w*, and for \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and for \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, and for the \w young|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* and of the \w herd|strong="H1241"\w*: and their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall be as a \w watered|strong="H7302"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*; and they shall not \w sorrow|strong="H1669"\w* any \w more|strong="H3254"\w* at all.


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Then shall the \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in the \w dance|strong="H4234"\w*, both young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* and \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for I will \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* their \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* into \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, and will \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* them, and make them \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* from their \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*.


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And I will \w satiate|strong="H7301"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* with \w fatness|strong="H1880"\w*, and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with my \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; A \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w lamentation|strong="H5092"\w*, <i>and</i> \w bitter|strong="H8563"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*; \w Rahel|strong="H7354"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* for her \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to be \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* for her \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, because they <i>were</i> not.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Refrain|strong="H4513"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* from \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*: for thy \w work|strong="H6468"\w* shall \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7939"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and they shall come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*.


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And there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* in thine \w end|strong="H0319"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to their own \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ I have \w surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w bemoaning|strong="H5110"\w* himself <i>thus;</i> Thou hast \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* me, and I was \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w*, as a \w bullock|strong="H5695"\w* \w unaccustomed|strong="H3808"\w* <i>to the yoke:</i> \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* thou me, and I shall be \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Surely \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I was \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*, I \w repented|strong="H5162"\w*; and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I was \w instructed|strong="H3045"\w*, I \w smote|strong="H5606"\w* upon <i>my</i> \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w*: I was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, yea, even \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*, because I did \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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<i>Is</i> \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* my \w dear|strong="H3357"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? <i>is he</i> a \w pleasant|strong="H8191"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*? for \w since|strong="H1767"\w* I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against him, I do \w earnestly|strong="H2142"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* him still: therefore my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* are \w troubled|strong="H1993"\w* for him; I will \w surely|strong="H7355"\w* have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon him, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>are…: Heb. sound</n>


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Set thee \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w waymarks|strong="H6725"\w*, \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee high \w heaps|strong="H8564"\w*: \w set|strong="H7896"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* toward the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* <i>which</i> thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w*: turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, O \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to these thy \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ How long wilt thou go \w about|strong="H2559"\w*, O thou \w backsliding|strong="H7728"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w created|strong="H1254"\w* a new \w thing|strong="H2319"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, A \w woman|strong="H5347"\w* shall \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* a \w man|strong="H1397"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; As yet they shall \w use|strong="H0559"\w* this \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof, when I shall bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* their \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*; The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* thee, O \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*, <i>and</i> \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*.


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And there shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* itself, and in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w husbandmen|strong="H0406"\w*, and they <i>that</i> go \w forth|strong="H5265"\w* with \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*.


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For I have \w satiated|strong="H7301"\w* the \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and I have \w replenished|strong="H4390"\w* every \w sorrowful|strong="H1669"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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Upon this I \w awaked|strong="H6974"\w*, and \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*; and my \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* was \w sweet|strong="H6149"\w* unto me.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* with the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and with the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> like as I have watched \w over|strong="H8245"\w* them, to pluck \w up|strong="H5428"\w*, and to break \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and to throw \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, and to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w*, and to \w afflict|strong="H7489"\w*; so will I watch \w over|strong="H8245"\w* them, to \w build|strong="H1129"\w*, and to \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* no more, The \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* a sour \w grape|strong="H1155"\w*, and the \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* are set on \w edge|strong="H6949"\w*.


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But every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* for his own \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*: every \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* the sour \w grape|strong="H1155"\w*, his \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* shall be set on \w edge|strong="H6949"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*:


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Not according to the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that I \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> I \w took|strong="H2388"\w* them by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to bring them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; which my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* they \w brake|strong="H6565"\w*, although I was an \w husband|strong="H1166"\w* unto them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:<n>although…: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?</n>


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But this <i>shall be</i> the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w After|strong="H0310"\w* those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will \w put|strong="H5414"\w* my \w law|strong="H8451"\w* in their inward \w parts|strong="H7130"\w*, and \w write|strong="H3789"\w* it in their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*; and will be their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and they shall be my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And they shall \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* no more every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for they shall all \w know|strong="H3045"\w* me, from the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of them unto the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* of them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for I will \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and I will \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* no more.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* for a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w ordinances|strong="H2708"\w* of the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* and of the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* for a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, which \w divideth|strong="H7280"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* when the \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* thereof \w roar|strong="H1993"\w*; The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:


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If those \w ordinances|strong="H2706"\w* \w depart|strong="H4185"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>then</i> the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* also shall \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from being a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; If \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* can be \w measured|strong="H4058"\w*, and the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* searched \w out|strong="H2713"\w* \w beneath|strong="H4295"\w*, I will also cast \w off|strong="H3988"\w* all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* for all that they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall be \w built|strong="H1129"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Hananeel|strong="H2606"\w* unto the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.


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And the \w measuring|strong="H4060"\w* \w line|strong="H6957"\w* shall yet go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* over against it upon the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w*, and shall compass \w about|strong="H5437"\w* to \w Goath|strong="H1601"\w*.


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And the whole \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of the dead \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w*, and of the \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w*, and all the \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* unto the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, unto the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, <i>shall be</i> \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; it shall not be plucked \w up|strong="H5428"\w*, nor thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* any more for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which <i>was</i> the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w*.


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For then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* was shut \w up|strong="H3607"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*, which <i>was</i> in the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah’s|strong="H3063"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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For \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had shut him \w up|strong="H3607"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore dost thou \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it;


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And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall not \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, but shall \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with him \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* to \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*;


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And he shall \w lead|strong="H3212"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and there shall he be until I \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* him, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: though ye \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, ye shall not \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Behold, \w Hanameel|strong="H2601"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* thine \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* thee my \w field|strong="H7704"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*: for the \w right|strong="H4941"\w* of \w redemption|strong="H1353"\w* <i>is</i> thine to \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i>.


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So \w Hanameel|strong="H2601"\w* mine \w uncle’s|strong="H1730"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to me in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* my \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, I pray thee, that <i>is</i> in \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: for the \w right|strong="H4941"\w* of \w inheritance|strong="H3425"\w* <i>is</i> thine, and the \w redemption|strong="H1353"\w* <i>is</i> thine; \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i> for thyself. Then I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that this <i>was</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Hanameel|strong="H2601"\w* my \w uncle’s|strong="H1730"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that <i>was</i> in \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, and \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* him the \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, <i>even</i> \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.<n>seventeen…: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver</n>


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And I \w subscribed|strong="H3789"\w* the \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w took|strong="H5749"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, and \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* <i>him</i> the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* in the \w balances|strong="H3976"\w*.<n>subscribed…: Heb. wrote in the book</n>


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So I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*, <i>both</i> that which was \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* <i>according</i> to the \w law|strong="H4687"\w* and \w custom|strong="H2706"\w*, and that which was \w open|strong="H1540"\w*:


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And I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w* unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4271"\w*, in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Hanameel|strong="H2601"\w* mine \w uncle’s|strong="H1730"\w* <i>son</i>, and in the \w presence|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* that \w subscribed|strong="H3789"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*, \w before|strong="H5869"\w* all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And I \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* these \w evidences|strong="H5612"\w*, this \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w*, both which is \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w*, and this \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w* which is \w open|strong="H1540"\w*; and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in an \w earthen|strong="H2789"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, that they may \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Houses|strong="H1004"\w* and \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* shall be possessed \w again|strong="H7069"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w when|strong="H0310"\w* I had \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w evidence|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w purchase|strong="H4736"\w* unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*, I \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Ah|strong="H0162"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! behold, thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* and stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, <i>and</i> there is \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* too \w hard|strong="H6381"\w* for thee:<n>too…: or, hid from thee</n>


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Thou \w shewest|strong="H6213"\w* \w lovingkindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w recompensest|strong="H7999"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* into the \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w* of their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them: the \w Great|strong="H1419"\w*, the \w Mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*,


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\w Great|strong="H1419"\w* in \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, and \w mighty|strong="H7227"\w* in \w work|strong="H5950"\w*: for thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>are</i> \w open|strong="H6491"\w* upon all the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*: to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and according to the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*:<n>work: Heb. doing</n>


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Which hast \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* and \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>even</i> unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and among <i>other</i> \w men|strong="H0120"\w*; and hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*;


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And hast brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* with \w signs|strong="H0226"\w*, and with \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w*, and with a \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and with a stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H0248"\w*, and with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w terror|strong="H4172"\w*;


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And hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which thou didst \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w flowing|strong="H2100"\w* with \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*;


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And they came \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* it; but they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, neither \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in thy \w law|strong="H8451"\w*; they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* nothing of all that thou \w commandedst|strong="H6680"\w* them to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: therefore thou hast caused all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* to \w come|strong="H7122"\w* upon them:


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Behold the \w mounts|strong="H5550"\w*, they are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it; and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* is \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, that \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against it, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and of the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and of the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*: and what thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* is come to pass; and, behold, thou \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>mounts: or, engines of shot</n>


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And thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* thee the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w take|strong="H5749"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*; for the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* is \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.<n>for the: or, though the</n><pb/>


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Behold, I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*: is there any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* too \w hard|strong="H6381"\w* for me?


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it:


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And the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, that \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w set|strong="H3341"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* on this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, upon whose \w roofs|strong="H1406"\w* they have offered \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and poured \w out|strong="H5258"\w* drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have only \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* me from their \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have only provoked me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* hath been to me <i>as</i> a provocation of mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and of my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* it even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; that I should \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* it from before my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*,<n>a provocation…: Heb. for my anger</n>


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Because of all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, they, their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, their \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and their \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And they have \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* unto me the \w back|strong="H6203"\w*, and not the \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: though I \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* them, rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w teaching|strong="H3925"\w* <i>them</i>, yet they have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*.<n>back: Heb. neck</n>


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But they \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, to \w defile|strong="H2930"\w* it.


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And they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, which <i>are</i> in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, to cause their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through <i>the fire</i> unto \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*; which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them not, neither \w came|strong="H5927"\w* it into my \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, that they should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*, to cause \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And now therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, concerning this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, whereof ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, It shall be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*;


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Behold, I will gather them \w out|strong="H6908"\w* of all \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, whither I have \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and in my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, and in \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w*; and I will bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and I will cause them to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*:


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that they may \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* me for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*, for the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* of them, and of their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them:<n>for ever: Heb. all days</n>


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And I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with them, that I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, to do them \w good|strong="H3190"\w*; but I will \w put|strong="H5414"\w* my \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* in their \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, that they shall not \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from me.<n>from them: Heb. from after them</n>


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Yea, I will \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* over them to do them \w good|strong="H2895"\w*, and I will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* them in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w assuredly|strong="H0571"\w* with my whole \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* and with my whole \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>assuredly: Heb. in truth, or, stability</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Like as I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, so will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon them all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that I have \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* them.


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And \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* shall be \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* in this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, whereof ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* without \w man|strong="H0120"\w* or \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*; it is \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.


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Men shall \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w subscribe|strong="H3789"\w* \w evidences|strong="H5612"\w*, and \w seal|strong="H2856"\w* <i>them</i>, and \w take|strong="H5749"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and in the places \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H8219"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*: for I will cause their \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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Moreover the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* time, while he was yet shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w maker|strong="H6213"\w* thereof, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* it, to \w establish|strong="H3559"\w* it; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*;<n>the  [[ LORD]][[* is: or, ]][[ JEHOVAH]][[*, etc]]</n>


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\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* unto me, and I will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee, and \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and mighty \w things|strong="H1219"\w*, which thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not.<n>mighty: or, hidden</n>


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, concerning the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and concerning the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which are thrown \w down|strong="H5422"\w* by the \w mounts|strong="H5550"\w*, and by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*;


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They \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, but <i>it is</i> to \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* them with the dead \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*, whom I have \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and in my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, and for all whose \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* I have \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* it \w health|strong="H0724"\w* and \w cure|strong="H4832"\w*, and I will \w cure|strong="H7495"\w* them, and will \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* unto them the \w abundance|strong="H6283"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.


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And I will cause the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* them, as at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*.


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And I will \w cleanse|strong="H2891"\w* them from all their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, whereby they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against me; and I will \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* all their \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*, whereby they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and whereby they have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me.<pb/>


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¶ And it shall be to me a \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, a \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* and an \w honour|strong="H8597"\w* before all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them: and they shall \w fear|strong="H6342"\w* and \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* for all the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* and for all the \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* that I \w procure|strong="H6213"\w* unto it.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Again there shall be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, which ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w desolate|strong="H2720"\w* without \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and without \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, <i>even</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that are \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, without \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and without \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*, and without \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*,


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The \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w*, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of them that shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Praise|strong="H3034"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; for his \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* <i>endureth</i> for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: <i>and</i> of them that shall \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the sacrifice of \w praise|strong="H8426"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. For I will cause to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, as at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; Again in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, which is \w desolate|strong="H2720"\w* without \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and without \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, and in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof, shall be an \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* causing <i>their</i> \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* to lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w*.


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In the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w vale|strong="H8219"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and in the places \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, shall the \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* pass \w again|strong="H5674"\w* under the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of him that \w telleth|strong="H4487"\w* <i>them</i>, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* that \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* which I have \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, will I cause the \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* to grow \w up|strong="H6779"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and he shall \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*: and this <i>is the name</i> wherewith she shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, The LORD our \w righteousness|strong="H3072"\w*.<n>The  [[ LORD]][[*…: Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu]]</n><pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w David|strong="H1732"\w* shall \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;<n>David…: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David</n>


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Neither shall the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me to \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and to \w kindle|strong="H6999"\w* meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; If ye can \w break|strong="H6565"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and that there should not be \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in their \w season|strong="H6256"\w*;


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<i>Then</i> may also my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* be \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that he should not have a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* upon his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*; and with the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, my \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w*.


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As the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* cannot be \w numbered|strong="H5608"\w*, neither the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w*: so will I \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* that \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* unto me.


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Moreover the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Considerest|strong="H7200"\w* thou not what this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, he hath even cast them \w off|strong="H3988"\w*? thus they have \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they should be no more a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; If my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* <i>be</i> not with \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, <i>and if</i> I have not \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* the \w ordinances|strong="H2708"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*;


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\w Then|strong="H1571"\w* will I cast \w away|strong="H3988"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>so</i> that I will not \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>any</i> of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* <i>to be</i> \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* over the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3446"\w*, and \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*: for I will cause their \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on them.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and all his \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, and all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* of his \w dominion|strong="H3027"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and against all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>of his…: Heb. the dominion of his hand</n>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*:


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And thou shalt not escape \w out|strong="H4422"\w* of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H8610"\w* be \w taken|strong="H8610"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and he shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with thee \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* to \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and thou shalt \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth</n>


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Yet \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, O \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of thee, Thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*:


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<i>But</i> thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: and with the \w burnings|strong="H4955"\w* of thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* which were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, so shall they \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* <i>odours</i> for thee; and they will \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* thee, <i>saying</i>, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*! for I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,


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When the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and against all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that were \w left|strong="H3498"\w*, against \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, and against \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*: for these \w defenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>This is</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* had \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which <i>were</i> at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w* unto them;


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That every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* should let his \w manservant|strong="H5650"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w maidservant|strong="H8198"\w*, <i>being</i> an \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* or an \w Hebrewess|strong="H5680"\w*, \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*; that none should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* himself of them, <i>to wit</i>, of a \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.


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Now when all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which had \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* should let his \w manservant|strong="H5650"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w maidservant|strong="H8198"\w*, \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*, that none should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* themselves of them any more, then they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w*, and let <i>them</i> \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.


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But \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* they \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*, and caused the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and the \w handmaids|strong="H8198"\w*, whom they had let \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*, to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and brought them into \w subjection|strong="H3533"\w* for \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and for \w handmaids|strong="H8198"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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At the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* let ye \w go|strong="H7971"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* an \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w*, which hath been \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* unto thee; and when he hath \w served|strong="H5647"\w* thee \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, thou shalt let him \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* from thee: but your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto me, neither \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* their \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*.<n>hath been…: or, hath sold himself</n>


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And ye were \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*, and had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, in \w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*; and ye had \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:<n>now: Heb. to day</n><n>which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called</n>


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But ye \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* and \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and caused every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, whom ye had \w set|strong="H7971"\w* at \w liberty|strong="H2670"\w* at their \w pleasure|strong="H5315"\w*, to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and brought them into \w subjection|strong="H3533"\w*, to be unto you for \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and for \w handmaids|strong="H8198"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Ye have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, in \w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: behold, I \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* a \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w* for you, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, to the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, and to the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; and I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* you to be \w removed|strong="H2189"\w* into all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>to be…: Heb. for a removing</n>


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, which have not \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which they had \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, when they \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* the \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* in \w twain|strong="H8147"\w*, and \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* between the \w parts|strong="H1335"\w* thereof,


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The \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* between the \w parts|strong="H1335"\w* of the \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*;


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I will even \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: and their dead \w bodies|strong="H5038"\w* shall be for \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and to the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, which are gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from you.


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Behold, I will \w command|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and cause them to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and they shall \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against it, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it, and \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: and I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* a \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w* without an \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, and \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, into \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w*, and give them \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*.


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Then I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Habaziniah|strong="H2262"\w*, and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and all his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*;


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And I \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, into the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Igdaliah|strong="H3012"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w above|strong="H4605"\w* the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*:<n>door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel</n>


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And I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w* \w pots|strong="H1375"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w cups|strong="H3563"\w*, and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* ye \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.


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But they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*: for \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* us, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, <i>neither ye</i>, nor your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:


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Neither shall ye \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, nor \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, nor \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, nor have <i>any:</i> but all your \w days|strong="H3117"\w* ye shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*; that ye may \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* where ye <i>be</i> \w strangers|strong="H1481"\w*.


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Thus have we \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w* in all that he hath \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* us, to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* all our \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, we, our \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, our \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, nor our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*;


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Nor to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* for us to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*: neither have we \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, nor \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, nor \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*:


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But we have dwelt \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and have \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* us.


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But it came to pass, when \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that we \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: so we \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Will ye not \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* to \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, that he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* not to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, are \w performed|strong="H6965"\w*; for unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* none, but \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* their \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*: notwithstanding I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto you, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*; but ye \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto me.


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I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* also unto you all my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, rising up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* and \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them</i>, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Return|strong="H7725"\w* ye now every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w amend|strong="H3190"\w* your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* not \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and ye shall dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to you and to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: but ye have not \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* your \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, nor \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto me.


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Because the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* have \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them; but this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* hath not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto me:


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and upon all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against them: because I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, but they have not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*; and I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto them, but they have not \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w Rechabites|strong="H7397"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Because ye have \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* your \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* all his \w precepts|strong="H4687"\w*, and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according unto all that he hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* you:


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* shall not \w want|strong="H3772"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>Jonadab…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand, etc</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>that</i> this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* came unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* of a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, and \w write|strong="H3789"\w* therein all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and against all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee, from the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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It may be that the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* which I \w purpose|strong="H2803"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them; that they may \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; that I may \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* and their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.


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Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*: and \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* from the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, upon a \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* of a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.


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And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*; I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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Therefore \w go|strong="H0935"\w* thou, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, which thou hast \w written|strong="H3789"\w* from my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* upon the \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and also thou shalt \w read|strong="H7121"\w* them in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* that come \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.


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It may be they will \w present|strong="H5307"\w* their \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and will \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: for \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>is</i> the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>they…: Heb. their supplication shall fail</n>


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And \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him, \w reading|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, in the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>that</i> they \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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Then \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, in the \w higher|strong="H5945"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, at the \w entry|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>entry: or, door</n><pb/>


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¶ When \w Michaiah|strong="H4321"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* out of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,


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Then he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, into the \w scribe’s|strong="H5608"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w*: and, lo, all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* there, <i>even</i> \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, and \w Elnathan|strong="H0494"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, and \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, and all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.


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Then \w Michaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* unto them all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, when \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Therefore all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Cushi|strong="H3570"\w*, unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* wherein thou hast \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w come|strong="H3212"\w*. So \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto them.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Sit \w down|strong="H3427"\w* now, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it in our \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*. So \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* <i>it</i> in their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.


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Now it came to pass, when they had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, they were \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \w both|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* and \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, We will \w surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And they \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* us now, How didst thou \w write|strong="H3789"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* at his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*?


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Then \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* them, He \w pronounced|strong="H7121"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto me with his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and I \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* <i>them</i> with \w ink|strong="H1773"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* unto \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* thee, thou and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*; and let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0375"\w* ye be.<pb/>


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¶ And they went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* into the \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, but they laid \w up|strong="H6485"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* in the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*: and he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it out of \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w* the \w scribe’s|strong="H5608"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w*. And \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* which \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Now the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w winterhouse|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*: and <i>there was a fire</i> on the \w hearth|strong="H0254"\w* \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when \w Jehudi|strong="H3065"\w* had \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* or \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w leaves|strong="H1817"\w*, he \w cut|strong="H7167"\w* it with the \w penknife|strong="H8593"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* that <i>was</i> on the \w hearth|strong="H0254"\w*, until all the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w* was \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* that <i>was</i> on the \w hearth|strong="H0254"\w*.


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Yet they were not \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w*, nor \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* their \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, <i>neither</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, nor any of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w Elnathan|strong="H0494"\w* and \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w* and \w Gemariah|strong="H1587"\w* had made \w intercession|strong="H6293"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that he would not \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*: but he would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* them.


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But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Jerahmeel|strong="H3396"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammelech|strong="H4429"\w*, and \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azriel|strong="H5837"\w*, and \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abdeel|strong="H5655"\w*, to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*: but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* them.<n>of Hammelech: or, of the king</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, and the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* at the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thee \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, and \w write|strong="H3789"\w* in it all the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that were in the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, which \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Thou hast \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* this \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hast thou \w written|strong="H3789"\w* therein, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall \w certainly|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and shall cause to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from thence \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*?


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; He shall have none to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and his dead \w body|strong="H5038"\w* shall be cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w heat|strong="H2721"\w*, and in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* to the \w frost|strong="H7140"\w*.


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And I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* him and his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* for their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; and I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon them, and upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and upon the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that I have \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* against them; but they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w roll|strong="H4039"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it to \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Neriah|strong="H5374"\w*; who \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* therein from the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* which \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: and there were \w added|strong="H3254"\w* besides unto them \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w like|strong="H1992"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>like: Heb. as they</n><pb/>


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w Coniah|strong="H3659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, whom \w Nebuchadrezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* made \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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But neither he, nor his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, nor the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, did \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.<n>by…: Heb. by the hand of the prophet</n>


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And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehucal|strong="H3081"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* and \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* to the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* now unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for us.


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Now \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for they had not \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him into \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Then \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* was come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: and when the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* that \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w tidings|strong="H8088"\w* of them, they \w departed|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you unto me to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of me; Behold, \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, which is come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w help|strong="H5833"\w* you, shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* into their own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* shall come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it, and \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; \w Deceive|strong="H5377"\w* not \w yourselves|strong="H5315"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H1980"\w* \w depart|strong="H3212"\w* from us: for they shall not \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>yourselves: Heb. your souls</n>


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For though ye had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* the whole \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* that \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against you, and there \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* <i>but</i> \w wounded|strong="H1856"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* among them, <i>yet</i> should they rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>wounded: Heb. thrust through</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, that when the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* was broken \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*,<n>broken…: Heb. made to ascend</n>


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Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, to \w separate|strong="H2505"\w* himself thence in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>separate…: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people</n>


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And when he was in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, a \w captain|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w ward|strong="H6488"\w* <i>was</i> there, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*; and he \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou fallest \w away|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w false|strong="H8267"\w*; I fall not \w away|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. But he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not to him: so \w Irijah|strong="H3376"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.<n>false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie</n>


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Wherefore the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* were \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* him in \w prison|strong="H0612"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*: for they had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* that the \w prison|strong="H3608"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* was \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w dungeon|strong="H1004"\w*, and into the \w cabins|strong="H2588"\w*, and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* had \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* there \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*;<n>cabins: or, cells</n>


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Then \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and took him \w out|strong="H3947"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Is there <i>any</i> \w word|strong="H1697"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There \w is|strong="H3426"\w*: for, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he, thou shalt be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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Moreover \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, What have I \w offended|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, or against thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, or against this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that ye have \w put|strong="H5414"\w* me in \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*?


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Where <i>are</i> \w now|strong="H0346"\w* your \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* which \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* unto you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against you, nor against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*?


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Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* now, I pray thee, O my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: let my \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, I pray thee, be \w accepted|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; that thou cause me not to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, lest I \w die|strong="H4191"\w* there.<n>let…: Heb. let my supplication fall</n>


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Then \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* that they should \w commit|strong="H6485"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* into the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*, and that they should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* a \w piece|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* out of the \w bakers’|strong="H0644"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, until all the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* were \w spent|strong="H8552"\w*. Thus \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w*, and \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w*, and \w Jucal|strong="H3116"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, and \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, He that \w remaineth|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, by the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and by the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*: but he that goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; for he shall have his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* for a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*, and shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, This \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, which shall \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it.


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Therefore the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, We beseech thee, let this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*: for \w thus|strong="H3651"\w* he \w weakeneth|strong="H7503"\w* the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, in \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* such \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto them: for this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1875"\w* not the \w welfare|strong="H7965"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, but the \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>welfare: Heb. peace</n>


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Then \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, he <i>is</i> in your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>is</i> not <i>he that</i> \w can|strong="H3201"\w* do <i>any</i> \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* against you.


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Then \w took|strong="H3947"\w* they \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him into the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammelech|strong="H4428"\w*, that <i>was</i> in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*: and they let \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* with \w cords|strong="H2256"\w*. And in the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w* <i>there was</i> no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, but \w mire|strong="H2916"\w*: so \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* in the \w mire|strong="H2916"\w*.<n>of Hammelech: or, of the king</n><pb/>


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¶ Now when \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* the \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* which was in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that they had \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* in the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*; the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* then \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*;


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\w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, these \w men|strong="H0582"\w* have done \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* in all that they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, whom they have \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* into the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*; and he is like to \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w place|strong="H8478"\w* where he is: for <i>there is</i> no more \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>he is like…: Heb. he will die</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* the \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* from hence \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with \w thee|strong="H3027"\w*, and take \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* out of the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*, before he \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>with thee: Heb. in thine hand</n>


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So \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* under the \w treasury|strong="H0214"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thence \w old|strong="H1094"\w* cast \w clouts|strong="H5499"\w* and \w old|strong="H1094"\w* rotten \w rags|strong="H4418"\w*, and let them \w down|strong="H7971"\w* by \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* into the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w* to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*.


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And \w Ebed-melech|strong="H5663"\w* the \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* now <i>these</i> \w old|strong="H1094"\w* cast \w clouts|strong="H5499"\w* and rotten \w rags|strong="H4418"\w* under thine \w armholes|strong="H0679"\w* under the \w cords|strong="H2256"\w*. And \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so.


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So they drew \w up|strong="H4900"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* with \w cords|strong="H2256"\w*, and took him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w dungeon|strong="H0953"\w*: and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto him into the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w entry|strong="H3996"\w* that <i>is</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, I will \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* thee a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* nothing from me.<n>third: or, principal</n>


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Then \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, If I \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> unto thee, wilt thou not \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* put me to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*? and if I give thee \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, wilt thou not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me?


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So \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, that \w made|strong="H6213"\w* us this \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, I will not put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, neither will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of these \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* unto \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; If thou wilt \w assuredly|strong="H3318"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, then thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall not be \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; and thou shalt \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:


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But if thou wilt not go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, then shall this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, and they shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and thou shalt not escape \w out|strong="H4422"\w* of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, I am \w afraid|strong="H1672"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, lest they \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* me into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and they \w mock|strong="H5953"\w* me.


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But \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They shall not \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>thee</i>. \w Obey|strong="H8085"\w*, I beseech thee, the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee: so it shall be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* unto thee, and thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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But if thou \w refuse|strong="H3986"\w* to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, this <i>is</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me:


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And, behold, all the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* that are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah’s|strong="H3063"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* <i>shall be</i> brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon’s|strong="H0894"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and those <i>women</i> shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w friends|strong="H0582"\w* have set thee \w on|strong="H5496"\w*, and have \w prevailed|strong="H3201"\w* against thee: thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* are \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* in the \w mire|strong="H1206"\w*, <i>and</i> they are turned \w away|strong="H5472"\w* \w back|strong="H0268"\w*.<n>Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace</n>


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So they shall bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* all thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* to the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: and thou shalt not escape \w out|strong="H4422"\w* of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, but shalt be \w taken|strong="H8610"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: and thou shalt cause this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to be \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>thou shalt cause…: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc</n><pb/>


