\NormalFont\ShortTitle{JEREMIAH}
{\MTB This book is the account of Jeremiah foretelling about God punishing the Israeli people because they rejected him and would not repent. We call this book
\par }{\MT Jeremiah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Introduction
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
I}},
Jeremiah,
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
{\ADD{
am
writing}}
these
messages.
{\ADD{
I
am}}
a
priest,
from
Anathoth
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the
area
where
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
{\ADD{
lives}}.
\VS{2}Yahweh
started
to
give
me
these
messages
when
Josiah
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost 13
years.
\VS{3}Yahweh
continued
to
give
me
more
messages
when
Josiah’s
son
Jehoiakim
was
the
king,
and
he
continued
to
do
that
until
Zedekiah
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for
almost
eleven
years.
It
was
in August
of
that
year
that
the
people
of
Jerusalem
were ◄exiled/taken
as
prisoners►
{\ADD{
to
Babylonia}}.
\par }{\SH Yahweh
chose
Jeremiah
to
be
his
prophet
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
One
day}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\par }{\Q \VS{5}“I
knew
you
before
I
{\ADD{
finished}}
forming
you
in
your
mother’s
womb.
\par }{\QB Before
you
were
born,
I ◄set
you
apart/chose
you►
\par }{\QB and
I
appointed
you
to
be
{\ADD{
my}}
prophet
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
whose
messages
would
be}}
for
{\ADD{
all}}
nations.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
replied, “O,
Yahweh
my
God,
I
am
{\ADD{
not qualified
to}}
speak
{\ADD{
for
you}},
because
I
am
very
young!”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Yahweh
replied, “Do
not
say
that,
because
you
must
go
to
everyone
to
whom
I
will
send
you,
and
you
must
tell
them
everything
that
I
tell
you
to
say.
\VS{8}And
you
must
not
be
afraid
of
the
people
{\ADD{
to
whom
you
will
speak}},
because
I
will
protect
you
{\ADD{
from
being
harmed
by
them}}.
{\ADD{
This
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it!”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
Yahweh
touched
my
mouth
and
said, “Listen
to
me!
I
am ◄putting
my
message
into
your
mouth/telling
you
what
you
must
speak►.
\VS{10}Today
I
am appointing
you
to
warn
nations
and
kingdoms.
You
will
tell
them
that
I
will
completely
destroy
and
get
rid
of [DOU]
some
of
them
and
that
I
will
establish [MET]
others
and
cause
them
to
be
strong.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Jeremiah,
what
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
replied, “I
see
a
branch
from
an
almond
tree.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Yahweh
said, “That
is
correct.
And
{\ADD{
because
the
word
for ‘almond’ resembles
the
word
for ‘watching’}},
it
means
that
I
am
watching
{\ADD{
what
will
happen}},
and
I
will
make
certain
that
what
I
have
said
to
you
{\ADD{
about
destroying
nations}}
will
happen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
spoke
to
me
again
and
said, “What
do
you
see
{\ADD{
now}}?”
\par }{\PP I
replied, “I
see
a
pot
full
of
boiling
{\ADD{
water}} [MTY].
It
is tipping
{\ADD{
toward
me}}
from
the
north.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Yahweh
replied, “{\ADD{
Yes!
It
means
that}}
from
the
north
great
trouble/destruction
will
{\ADD{
spread}} [MET]
over
this
land,
{\ADD{
like
boiling
water}} [MET]
pouring
{\ADD{
from
a
pot}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Listen
to
what
I
say:
\par }{\QB I
am
summoning
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
kingdoms
that
will
come
from
the
north
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q Their
kings
will
set
up
their
thrones
at
the
gates
of
this
city
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
they
are
now
the
kings
of
Judah}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Their
armies}}
will
attack
{\ADD{
and
break
down}}
the
walls
of
this
city,
and
{\ADD{
they
will
do
the
same
thing
to}}
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
will
punish [MTY]
my
people
because
of
all
the
evil
things
that
they
have
done;
\par }{\Q they
have
abandoned
me
and
they
worship
gods/idols.
\par }{\QB They
worship
idols
that
they
have
made
with
their
own
hands!
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So,
get
up
and
put
on
your
clothes
{\ADD{
to
get
ready
for
action}}!
Then
go
to
the
people
of
Judah
and
tell
them
everything
that
I
tell
you
to
say.
Do
not
be
afraid
of
them,
because
{\ADD{
if
you
are
afraid
of
them}},
I
will
cause
you
to
be
truly
terrified
in
front
of
them!
\VS{18}But
listen!
I
will
cause
you
to
be
{\ADD{
strong,
like}} [MET]
a
city
that
has
strong
walls
around
it.
You
will
be
{\ADD{
as
strong
as}} [MET]
an
iron
pillar
or
a
bronze
wall.
None
of
the
kings
or
officials
or
priests
will
be
able
to
defeat
you.
\VS{19}They
will
oppose
you,
but
they
will
not
be
able
to
defeat
you,
because
I
will
be
with
you
and
will
protect
you.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it!”

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH The Israelis sinned in spite of God’s care for them
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message
\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{
to
proclaim
to
everyone
in
Jerusalem.
He
said
that
I
should
tell
them
this}} [MET]:
\par }{\Q “I,
Yahweh,
remember
that
you
very
much
wanted
to
please
me
{\ADD{
long
ago}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
You
tried
to
please
me
like}}
a
bride
{\ADD{
tries
to
please
her
husband}};
\par }{\Q You
loved
me,
\par }{\QB and
you
followed
me
through
the
desert [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
At
that
time
you}} Israelis ◄were
set
apart/belonged
only►
to
me;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
you
belonged
to
me
like}}
the
first
part
of
the
harvests
belong
to
me [MET].
\par }{\Q I
promised
to
punish
all
those
who
harmed
you,
my
people,
\par }{\QB and
truly
I
did
send
disasters
on
them.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
happened
because
I}},
Yahweh,
said
{\ADD{
that
it
would
happen}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}So,
you
{\ADD{
descendants
of}} [MTY]
Jacob,
all
you
people
of [MTY]
Israel,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}listen
to
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\QB “◄What
sin
did
I
commit [RHQ]
that
caused
your
ancestors
to
turn
far
away
from
me?/Though
your
ancestors
found
no
fault
in
me,
they
turned
far
away
from
me.►
\par }{\Q They
worshiped
worthless
idols,
\par }{\QB and
they
themselves
became
worthless.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}They
did
not
say, ‘Yahweh
brought
us
{\ADD{
safely}}
out
of
Egypt,
\par }{\Q and
he
led
us
through
a
desert
\par }{\QB where
there
were
a
lot
of
pits;
\par }{\Q he
led
us
where
there
was
no
water
and
where
it
was
very
dangerous,
\par }{\QB through
a
land
where
no
one
lives,
and
no
one
even
travels.
\par }{\Q ◄So
where
is
Yahweh
now?/So
he
should
be
helping
us
now!► [RHQ]’
\par }{\Q \VS{7}And
when
I
brought
you
into
a
very
fertile
land,
\par }{\QB in
order
that
you
could
enjoy
{\ADD{
all}}
the
fruit
and
{\ADD{
other}}
good
things
that
you
would
harvest,
\par }{\Q you
caused
the
land
that
I
promised
to
give
to
you
to
be unfit
for
me
\par }{\QB and
to
become
disgusting/detestable
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
Your}}
priests
also
did
not
say,
\par }{\QB ‘◄Where
is
Yahweh
now?/Yahweh
should
be
helping
us
now!►’ [RHQ]
\par }{\Q Those
who
teach/explain
my
laws
do
not
{\ADD{
want
to}}
know
me,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
your}}
leaders
have
rebelled
against
me.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Your}}
prophets
gave
you
messages
from
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Baal,
\par }{\QB and
they
worship
worthless
idols.”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
accused
the Israeli
people
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“So,
I
will
accuse
you
in
court.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
In
future
years}},
I
will
say
what
your
children
and
your
grandchildren
have
done
that
is
wrong.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
{\ADD{
that
it
will
happen}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}If
you
go
{\ADD{
west}}
to
the
island
of
Cyprus,
\par }{\QB or
if
you
go
{\ADD{
east}}
to
Kedar
{\ADD{
land,}}
\par }{\Q and
if
you
ask
people
in
those
places,
\par }{\QB they
will
tell
you
that
no
people
{\ADD{
from
their
countries}}
have
ever
done
the
wicked
things
that
you
people
have
done!
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The
people
of
no
other
nation
have
ever [RHQ]
abandoned
their
gods
that
they
thought
were
glorious
\par }{\QB and
started
to
worship
gods
that
are
not
really
gods,
\par }{\Q but
you
people
have
abandoned
me,
your
glorious
God,
\par }{\QB and
are
worshiping
gods
that
are
useless.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though
everything
in}}
the
sky
is
surprised
and
dismayed/appalled
{\ADD{
about
what
you
have
done}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
they
tremble
because
they
are
very
horrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
You}},
my
people,
have
done
two
evil
things:
\par }{\Q You
have
rejected
me,
the
one
who
is
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
fountain
{\ADD{
where
you
can
obtain}}
fresh
water,
\par }{\QB and
you
{\ADD{
are
worshiping
gods
that
are
like}} [MET]
pits
in
the
ground
\par }{\QB that
are
cracked
and
which
are
not
able
to
hold
any
water.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}You Israeli
people,
you
were
certainly
not [RHQ]
slaves
when
you
were
born;
\par }{\QB you
were
captured
{\ADD{
by
your
enemies}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
Your
enemies}} [MET]
roared
{\ADD{
like}}
lions,
\par }{\QB and
they
destroyed
your
land.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Now}}
your
towns
have
been
burned,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
lives
in
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Soldiers
from
Memphis
and
Tahpenes,
{\ADD{
cities
in
Egypt}},
have
{\ADD{
defeated
you}}
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and}}
shaved
your
heads
{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
their
slaves}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}But
it
is [RHQ]
because
you
abandoned
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB that
these
disasters
have
happened
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}So ◄why
are
you
trying
to
make
an
alliance
with [MET]
the
rulers
of
Egypt?/it
certainly
will
not
help
you
to
make
an
alliance
with
the
rulers
of
Egypt► [RHQ].
\par }{\QB Why
are
you
trying
to
make
an
alliance
with [MET]
the
rulers
of
Assyria
who
live
near
the
{\ADD{
Euphrates}}
River?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
It
is
because}}
you
have
been
{\ADD{
very}}
wicked
that
I [PRS]
will
punish
you.
\par }{\QB It
is
because
you
have
turned
away
from
me
that
I [PRS]
will
condemn
you.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
When
I
do
that}},
you
will
realize
that
painful
and
evil [DOU]
things
will
happen
to
you
because
you
have
forsaken
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh,
your
God,
\par }{\QB and
you
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
revere
me.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
certainly
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
in
heaven,
have
said
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Long
ago,
you
stopped
obeying
{\ADD{
me}} [MET],
and
you
would
not
allow
{\ADD{
me}}
to
lead
you [MET];
\par }{\QB you
refused
to
worship
{\ADD{
me}}.
\par }{\Q Instead,
you
worship
idols
that
are
under
trees
on
the
top
of
every
hill,
\par }{\QB and
your
young
women
have
sex
with [EUP]
{\ADD{
men
at
those
places}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
you
were
a grapevine
that
I
planted
\par }{\QB when
it
was
a
cutting
from
a
very
good
vine.
\par }{\Q So
now
it
is
disgusting
that [RHQ]
you
have
become
{\ADD{
like}}
a
rotten
worthless
vine.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Your
guilt
from
your
sins
is
like [MET]
very
bad stains
on
a
cloth,
\par }{\QB and
you
cannot
get
rid
of
those stains
even
by
using
very
strong
soap.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
This
is
true
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}You
say
that
you
have
not
sinned.
\par }{\Q You
say ‘We
have
not
become
unacceptable
to
God;
\par }{\QB we
have
not
worshiped
Baal.’
\par }{\Q But
think
about
{\ADD{
the
disgusting
things
that
you
do
very
eagerly}}
in
{\ADD{
Hinnom}}
Valley
{\ADD{
outside
Jerusalem}}.
\par }{\QB You
are
like
desperate
female
camels,
running
here
and
there
{\ADD{
to
find
male
camels
to
have
sex
with}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}You
are
{\ADD{
like}}
wild
female
donkeys
in
the
desert.
\par }{\QB They
sniff
the
air
to
find
where
the
male
donkeys
are,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
can [RHQ]
restrain
them.
\par }{\Q The
male
donkeys
that
want
them
do
not
become
tired
searching
for
them,
\par }{\QB because
at
mating
time
they
find
them
{\ADD{
easily}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}You
constantly
run
here
and
there
{\ADD{
to
find
idols
to
worship}},
with
the
result
that
your
sandals
are
worn
out,
\par }{\QB and
your throats
have
become
dry.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
told
you
to
stop
doing
that}},
\par }{\QB but
you
said, ‘We
cannot
stop,
because
we
love
foreign
gods,
\par }{\QB and
we
must
worship
them.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{26}{\ADD{
Yahweh
says
this}}:
\par }{\Q “A
robber
is
disgraced
when
he
is
caught.
\par }{\QB And
all
of
you,
including
your
kings
and
priests
and
prophets,
are
similarly
disgraced.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}You
say
to
{\ADD{
a
piece
of}}
wood
{\ADD{
that
is
carved
to
become
a
sacred
idol}}, ‘You
are
our
father!’
\par }{\QB And
you
say
to
a
stone
{\ADD{
that
you
have
set
up}}, ‘You
are
our
mother!’
\par }{\Q You
have
rejected [IDM]
me,
\par }{\QB but
when
you
experience
troubles,
\par }{\Q you
cry
out
to
me
to
rescue
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Why
do
you
not [RHQ]
cry
out
to
the
gods
that
you
made?
\par }{\Q You
have
as
many
gods
as
you
have
cities
{\ADD{
and
towns}}
in
Judah.
\par }{\QB So
why
do
you
not
plead
with
them
to
rescue
you
\par }{\QB when
you
experience
disasters?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}You
complain
that
it
was
wrong
for
me
{\ADD{
not
to
have
rescued
you}},
\par }{\QB but
you
have
all
rebelled
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}I
punished
some
of
you,
\par }{\QB but
you
did
not
learn
anything
from
my
doing
that.
\par }{\Q You
have
killed
many
of
the
prophets
that
I
{\ADD{
sent
to
you}},
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
fierce
lions
kill
{\ADD{
other
animals}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{31}You
people
of
Israel,
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.
\par }{\Q I
have
certainly [RHQ]
never
{\ADD{
abandoned
you}}
in
a
desert;
\par }{\QB I
have
never
{\ADD{
left
you}}
in
a
land
full
of
darkness.
\par }{\Q So,
why
do
you,
my
people,
say ‘We
are
free
from
God’s
control;
\par }{\QB we
will
not
return
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
God anymore’?
\par }{\Q \VS{32}A
young
woman
would
certainly
never [RHQ]
forget
{\ADD{
to
wear}}
her
jewelry,
\par }{\QB and
a
bride
would
never [RHQ]
forget
to
wear
her
wedding
dress,
\par }{\Q but
you
my
people
have
forgotten
me
for
many
years.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}You
know
how
to
easily
find
{\ADD{
gods
from
other
countries}}
whom
you
can
love.
\par }{\QB You
can
find
them
as
easily
as
a
prostitute
{\ADD{
can
find
men
to
sleep
with}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}Although
you
have
on
your
clothes
the
blood
of
poor
people
whom
you
have
murdered,
\par }{\QB people
who ◄were
innocent/had
not
done
things
that
are
wrong►,
\par }{\Q \VS{35}you
say ‘We
have
not
done
anything
that
is
wrong;
\par }{\QB so
surely
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
is
not
angry
with
us.’
\par }{\Q But
I
will
punish [MTY]
you
{\ADD{
severely}}
\par }{\QB for
saying ‘We
have
not
sinned.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{36}Previously
you
requested
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Assyria
to
help
you,
\par }{\QB but
they
were
not
able
to
help
you.
\par }{\Q Now
you
have
requested
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Egypt
to
help
you,
\par }{\QB but
they
will
not
be
able
to
help
you,
either.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}They
will
capture
you,
and
you
will
be
{\ADD{
their
prisoners}} [MTY],
\par }{\QB led
to
Egypt,
{\ADD{
very
ashamed}}
with
your
hands
on
your
heads.
\par }{\Q That
will
happen
because
I,
Yahweh,
have
rejected
those
{\ADD{
nations}}
that
you
are relying
on,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
not
be
able
to
help
you
at
all.”

\par }\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“{\ADD{
Moses
wrote
that}}
if
a
man
divorces
his
wife
and
then
she
marries
another
man,
\par }{\QB her
first
husband
certainly
must
not [RHQ]
take
her
back
again
{\ADD{
to
be
his
wife}},
\par }{\Q because
that
would
certainly [RHQ]
cause
the
whole
nation
to
become
unacceptable
to
me.
\par }{\Q But
you
have
more
{\ADD{
idols
than}}
prostitutes
have
men
whom
they
have
slept
with!
\par }{\QB So,
{\ADD{
why
should
I
accept
you
if}}
you
return
to
me?” [RHQ]
says
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Look
up
at
the
barren hilltops.
\par }{\QB On
every hilltop
there
are [RHQ]
{\ADD{
idols
that
you
have
worshiped}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
are
all
lovers
with
whom
you
have
had
sex.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
you
have
sat
along
the roadsides
like
an
Arab,
waiting
{\ADD{
to
attack
and
steal
things
from}}
those
who
pass
by.
\par }{\Q Because
of
worshiping
idols
and
all
the
other
wicked
things
that
you
have
done,
\par }{\QB you
have
caused
the
{\ADD{
entire}}
land
to
become
unacceptable
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}That
is
why
I
have
not
sent
you
any
rain
at
the
times
of
the
year
when
you
needed
it.
\par }{\Q But
you
are
like
prostitutes [MET]
\par }{\QB who
are
not
at
all
ashamed
{\ADD{
for
what
they
have
done}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Now
each
of
you
says
to
me, ‘You
are
my
father!
\par }{\QB You
have
loved
me
ever
since
I
was
young!
\par }{\Q \VS{5}So
surely
you
will
not [RHQ]
be
angry
with
me
forever!’
\par }{\Q But
you
will
not
quit
sinning!”
\par }{\SH Israel’s
idolatry
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
One
day}}
when
Josiah
was
the
king
of
Judah,
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Have
you
seen
what
the
people
of
Israel
have
done?
They
have
turned
away
from
me,
like
a
woman
who
has
abandoned
her
husband
and
sleeps
with
other
men.
They
have
gone
up
on
every hilltop
and
under
every
big
tree
and
worshiped
idols
there [MET].
\VS{7}I
thought
that
they
would
return
to
me,
so
I
said
to
them, ‘Come
back
to
me!’
But
they
refused.
So
I
sent
them
away
{\ADD{
to
other
countries,
like
a
man}}
writes
a
note
saying
that
he
is divorcing
his
wife
and
then
sends
his
wife
away
because
she
has
committed
adultery [MET].
\VS{8}The
people
of
Judah
saw
what
I
did
to
them.
But
they
are
just
like
the
people
of
Israel.
They
are
not
afraid
{\ADD{
of
what
I
will
do
to
them}}.
They
also
{\ADD{
have
turned
away
from
me
and
are
worshiping
idols
like}}
women
who
abandon
their
husbands
and
go
to
other
men [MET].
\VS{9}They
thought
that
worshiping
idols
did
not
matter
to
me,
so
they
have
made
the
{\ADD{
entire}}
land
unacceptable
to
me
by
worshiping
idols
of
wood
and
stone.
\VS{10}The
people
of
Judah
have
pretended
to
return
to
me,
but
they
have
not
really
done
that.
{\ADD{
This
is
true
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “The
people
of
Israel
have
turned
away
from
me,
but
what
the
people
of
Judah
have
done
is
worse.
\VS{12}So
go
and
tell
this
to
the
people
of
Israel:
\par }{\Q ‘Yahweh
says
this
to
you Israeli
people
who
have
turned
away
from
him:
\par }{\Q I
am
merciful.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
continue
to
be
angry
with
you
forever.
\par }{\QB So
return
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}But
you
must
admit/say
that
you
are
guilty,
\par }{\QB and
that
you
have
rebelled
against
me,
Yahweh,
your
God,
\par }{\Q that
you
have
worshiped
idols
under
big
trees
everywhere,
\par }{\QB and
you
have
not
obeyed
me.
\par }{\QB You
have
turned
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}But
you
belong
to
me.
\par }{\QB So
I
will
take
you,
one
from
{\ADD{
each}}
city
and
two
from
{\ADD{
each}}
clan,
\par }{\QB and
bring
you
{\ADD{
back}}
to
Jerusalem
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
from
the
countries
to
which
you
were
exiled}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
If
you
do
that}},
I
will
appoint
for
you
leaders
with
whom
I
am
pleased,
\par }{\QB leaders
who
will
guide
you
{\ADD{
well}}
because
they
will
know
and
understand
{\ADD{
what
pleases
me}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}And
when
you
become
very
numerous [DOU]
in
your
land,
\par }{\QB you
will
not
need
to
talk
about
the
Sacred
Chest
that
contained
the
Ten
Commandments.
\par }{\Q You
will
not
think
about
it,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
not
want
to
make
a
new
one.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}At
that
time
people
will
say, “Jerusalem
is
{\ADD{
the
place
where}}
Yahweh’s
throne
is.”
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
People
from}}
all
nations
will
come
there
to
worship
me.
\par }{\QB And
they
will
no
longer
stubbornly
do
the
evil
things
that
they
desire.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}At
that
time
you
people [MTY]
of
Israel
and
the
people
of
Judah
will
return
from
{\ADD{
being ◄exiled/forced
to
live►
in}}
lands
to
the northeast.
\par }{\QB You
will
return
to
the
land
that
I
gave
to
your
ancestors
to
belong
to
them
{\ADD{
forever}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}You
people
of
Israel,
I
wanted
to
accept
you
to
be
my
children.
\par }{\Q I
wanted
to
give
you
{\ADD{
this}}
delightful
land.
\par }{\QB It
is
a
land
more
desirable/pleasant
than
the
land
of
any
other
nation!
\par }{\Q I
wanted
you
to
call
me ‘father’,
\par }{\QB and
I
wanted
you
to
never
turn
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}But
you
have
abandoned
me
like
wives
who
have
abandoned
their
husbands.’ ”
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
is
what}}
Yahweh
said,
and
{\ADD{
I
told
it}}
to
the
people
of
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}People
will
hear
a
noise
on
the
barren hilltops.
\par }{\QB It
will
be
the
noise
made
by
people
weeping
and
pleading
{\ADD{
for
God
to
be
merciful
to
them}}.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
admitting/saying
that
they
have
forgotten
Yahweh
their
God,
\par }{\QB and
that
they
turned
away
from
behaving
as
God
wanted
them
to.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}Yahweh
will
say
to
them, “You Israeli
people,
come
back
to
me!
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
If
you
do
that}},
I
will
cause
you
to
never
turn
away
from
me
again.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
people
will
reply}}, “We
are
returning
to
you,
\par }{\QB because
you
are
Yahweh,
our
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}We
did
not
get
any
help
from
{\ADD{
the
idols
that
we
worshiped
on}}
the hilltops;
\par }{\QB we
did
not
get
any
help
from
making
all
that
noise
up
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}From
the
time
when
we
were
young,
the
shameful
{\ADD{
god
Baal}}
has
taken
away
{\ADD{
from
us}}
everything
that
our
ancestors
worked
hard
to
acquire.
\par }{\QB He
has
taken
away
their
flocks
{\ADD{
of
sheep}}
and
herds
{\ADD{
of
cattle}},
their
sons
and
their
daughters.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}So,
now
we
should
lie
down feeling
very
ashamed [DOU],
\par }{\QB because
we
and
our
ancestors
have
sinned
against
Yahweh
our
God,
\par }{\Q and
we
have
never
obeyed
him.”

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH What Yahweh says about returning to him
\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
says, “You Israeli
{\ADD{
people}},
come
back
to
me!
\par }{\QB If
you
get
rid
of
those
detestable
idols
\par }{\QB and
do
not
turn
away
from
me
{\ADD{
again}},
\par }{\Q \VS{2}and
if
you
declare, ‘Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
what
he
says
is
true,’
\par }{\QB and
if
you
{\ADD{
start
to}}
always
say
what
is
true
and
act
justly/fairly
and
righteously,
\par }{\Q then
the
{\ADD{
people
in
the
other}}
nations
{\ADD{
of
the
world}}
will
request
that
I
bless
them
{\ADD{
as
I
have
blessed
you}},
\par }{\QB and
they
will
{\ADD{
all
come
and}}
honor/praise
me.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{3}This
is
what
Yahweh
says
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
other
cities
in}}
Judah:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
Prepare
yourselves
to
receive
my
messages}}
\par }{\QB like
farmers
plow
up
hard
ground
{\ADD{
in
order
that
they
can
plant
seed
in
it}}.
\par }{\Q Just
as
farmers
do
not
{\ADD{
waste
good
seed
by}}
sowing
seeds
among thorny
plants,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
I
do
not
want
to
waste
my
time
telling
you
messages
that
you
are
not
ready
to
receive}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Purify
your
inner
beings
and
your
minds
for
me.
\par }{\QB If
you
do
not
do
that,
my
being
angry
with
you [MTY]
\par }{\QB because
of
{\ADD{
all}}
the
sins
that
you
have
committed
\par }{\QB will
be
like
a
fire
that
will
be
impossible
to
extinguish.”
\par }{\SH Disaster
from
the
north
\par }{\Q \VS{5}“Declare
this [DOU]
to
{\ADD{
all
the
people
in}}
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
Judea;
\par }{\QB blow
the
trumpets
everywhere
in
the
land
{\ADD{
to
warn
the
people}}.
\par }{\Q Tell
them
that
they
should
flee
to
\par }{\QB the
cities
that
have
high
walls
around
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Shout
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem,
\par }{\Q ‘Run
away
{\ADD{
now}}!
Do
not
delay,
\par }{\QB because
I
am
about
to
cause
you
to
experience
a
terrible
disaster [DOU]
\par }{\QB that
will
come
from
the
north.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
An
army}}
that
has
destroyed
{\ADD{
many}}
nations
will
attack
you
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
lion
that
comes
out
of
its
den
{\ADD{
to
attack
other
animals}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
soldiers
of
that
army}}
have
taken
down
their
tents
\par }{\QB and
they
are
ready
to
march
toward
your
land.
\par }{\QB They
will
destroy
your
cities
and
leave
them
without
any
people
still
living
in
them.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So,
put
on
sackcloth/rough
clothes
\par }{\Q and
weep
and
beat
your
chests
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
very
sorry
for
what
you
have
done}},
\par }{\QB because
Yahweh
is
still
very
angry
with
us.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Yahweh
said
that
at
the
time
{\ADD{
he
punishes
you}},
the
King
of
Judah
and
{\ADD{
all
his}}
officials
will
be
very
afraid.
\par }{\QB The
priests
and
the
prophets
will
be
terrified.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
I
replied, “Yahweh
{\ADD{
my}}
God,
you
completely
deceived
the
people
by
telling
them
that
there
would
be
peace
in
Jerusalem,
but
now
{\ADD{
our
enemies}} [PRS]
are
ready
to
slaughter
us
with
their
swords!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}When
that
happens,
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
will
say
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{“A
huge
army
will
come
to
attack
you}}.
\par }{\QB They
will
not
{\ADD{
be
like
a
gentle
breeze
that}}
separates
wheat
from
chaff.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
They
will
be
like}}
a
very
hot
wind
{\ADD{
that
blows
in}}
from
the
desert [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
They
will
be
like}} [MET]
a
strong
blast
that
I
will
send.
\par }{\QB Now
I
am
declaring
that
I
will
punish/destroy
you.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
Our
enemies}}
are
about
to
rush
down
on
us;
their
chariots
are
like [SIM]
whirlwinds.
\par }{\QB Their
horses
are
faster
than
eagles.
\par }{\Q It
will
be
terrible
for
us!
\par }{\Q \VS{14}{\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Jerusalem [APO],
purify
your
hearts/inner
beings,
\par }{\QB in
order
that
Yahweh
will
rescue
you.
\par }{\Q How
long
will
you
continue
to
think
about
{\ADD{
doing}}
evil
things?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}From
Dan
{\ADD{
city
in
the
far
north}}
to
the
hills
of
Ephraim
{\ADD{
a
few
miles/kilometers
north
of
Jerusalem}}
messengers
are
proclaiming
that
disasters
are
coming.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Tell
this
to
the
{\ADD{
people
in
other}}
nations
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
but
also}}
announce
it
in
Jerusalem:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Yahweh
says}}, “An
army
is
coming
to
Jerusalem
from
far
away;
\par }{\QB they
will
shout
{\ADD{
a battle-cry}}
against
the
cities
in
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}They
will
set
up
tents
around
Jerusalem
like
people
set
up
temporary
shelters [SIM]
around
a
field
{\ADD{
at
harvest
time}}.
\par }{\QB That
will
happen
because
the
people
of
Judah
have
rebelled
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}You
will
be
punished
very
severely;
\par }{\QB it
will
{\ADD{
be
as
though
a
sword}}
has
stabbed
your innerr
beings.
\par }{\Q But
you
are
causing
those
things
to
happen
to
you
\par }{\QB because
of
the
evil
things
that
you
have
done.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}I
am
extremely
anguished/sad;
\par }{\QB the
pain
in
my
inner
being
is
very
severe.
\par }{\QB My
heart
beats
wildly.
\par }{\Q But
I
cannot
remain
silent
\par }{\QB because
I
have
heard
{\ADD{
our
enemies}}
blowing
their
trumpets
\par }{\QB to
announce
that
the
battle
{\ADD{
against
Judah
will
start
immediately}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Disasters
will
occur
one
after
another
\par }{\QB until
the
whole
land
is
ruined.
\par }{\Q Suddenly
{\ADD{
all}}
our
tents
will
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
even}}
the
curtains
{\ADD{
inside
the
tents}}
will
be
ripped
apart.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}How
long
will
this
battle
continue?
\par }{\QB How
long
will
I
continue
to
see
the
enemy
battle
flags
\par }{\QB and
hear
the
sound
of
their
trumpets
being
blown?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}{\ADD{
Yahweh
says}}, “My
people
are
{\ADD{
very}}
foolish!
\par }{\QB They
do
not
have
a relationship
with
me.
\par }{\Q They
are
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
stupid
children
\par }{\QB who
do
not
understand
{\ADD{
anything}}.
\par }{\Q They
very cleverly
do
what
is
wrong,
\par }{\QB but
they
do
not
know
how
to
do
what
is
good.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
vision
of
the
coming
disaster
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}{\ADD{
God
gave
me
a
vision
in
which}}
I
saw
\par }{\QB that
the
earth
was
barren
and
without
form.
\par }{\Q I
looked
at
the
sky,
\par }{\QB and
there
was
no
light
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}I
looked
at
the
mountains
and
hills,
\par }{\QB and
they
shook
and
moved
from
side
to
side.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}I
looked
and
saw
that
there
were
no
{\ADD{
more}}
people,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
birds
had flown
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}I
looked
and
saw
that
the
fields
that
previously
were
fertile
had
become
a
desert.
\par }{\Q The
cities
were
all
ruined;
\par }{\QB they
had
all
been
destroyed
by
Yahweh
because
he
was
extremely
angry.
\par }{\SH The
coming
destruction
of
Jerusalem/Judah
\par }{\PP \VS{27}This
is
what
Yahweh
is
saying:
\par }{\Q “The
entire
land
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
will
be
ruined,
\par }{\QB but
I
will
not
destroy
it
completely.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}I
will
do
to
my
people
what
I
said
that
I
would
do,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
not
change
my
mind.
\par }{\Q So
{\ADD{
when
that
happens,
it
will
be
as
though}}
the
earth
will
mourn
\par }{\QB and
the
sky
will
become
very
dark.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
When
the
people
hear}}
the
sound
of
the
{\ADD{
enemy}}
army
marching,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
they
will
be
terrified
as}}
they
flee
from
their
cities.
\par }{\Q Some
of
them
will
find
places
to
hide
in
the
bushes,
\par }{\QB and
others
will
run
toward
the
mountains/hills
{\ADD{
to
escape
being
killed
by
their
enemies}}.
\par }{\Q All
the
cities
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}
will
be
abandoned;
\par }{\QB not
one
person
will
remain
in
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{30}So
you
who
will
surely
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
why
are
you
doing
the
things
that
you
are
doing
now}}?
\par }{\QB Why
are
you
wearing
beautiful
clothes
and
jewelry?
\par }{\QB Why
are
you
putting
paint
around
your
eyes?
\par }{\Q Doing
those
things
will
not
help
you,
\par }{\QB because
the
people
{\ADD{
in
other
countries
that
you
think}}
love
you
{\ADD{
actually}}
despise
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
try
to
kill
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{31}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
already
hear
{\ADD{
the
people
in
Jerusalem}}
crying
very
loudly,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
cries
when
she
is
giving
birth
to
her
first
child;
\par }{\Q she gasps
for
breath
and
pleads
for
someone
to
help
her.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though
Jerusalem}}
is
crying, “Something
terrible
is happening
to
me!
They
are
about
to
murder
me!”

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH No one in Judah is honest
\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem}}, “Go
up
and
down
every
street.
\par }{\QB Search
in
the marketplaces
to
find
people
who
do
what
is
fair/right,
\par }{\QB who
try
to
be
faithful
to
me.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
If
you
find
even
one
person
like
that}},
\par }{\QB I
will
forgive
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Jerusalem
and
not
destroy}}
their
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}But
when
people
there
say, ‘I
solemnly
declare
that
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
{\ADD{
I
will
do
what
he
says}},’
\par }{\QB they
are
lying.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}Yahweh,
you
are
certainly [RHQ]
searching
for
{\ADD{
people
who
tell
the}}
truth.
\par }{\QB You
struck/punished
your
people,
but
they
did
not
pay
any
attention.
\par }{\Q You
crushed
them,
but
they
ignored
what
you
were
telling
them
to
do.
\par }{\Q They
were
extremely
stubborn [IDM]
\par }{\QB and
refused
to
return
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
thought, “{\ADD{
We
cannot
expect}}
these
{\ADD{
people
to
act
righteously,
because
they}}
are
poor;
\par }{\QB they
do
not
have
any
sense.
\par }{\Q They
do
not
know
the
way
Yahweh
wants
them
to
conduct
their
lives;
\par }{\QB they
do
not
know
what
God
requires
them
to
do.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}So,
I
will
go
and
talk
to
their
leaders,
\par }{\QB because
they
{\ADD{
surely}}
know
how
God
wants
them
to
conduct
their
lives.”
\par }{\Q But
they
also
have
stopped
obeying
Yahweh [MET],
\par }{\QB and
they
will
not
allow
him
to
lead
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Because
of
that,
lions
will
come
out
of
the
forests
and
kill
them;
\par }{\QB wolves
from
the
desert
will
attack
them;
\par }{\QB leopards
that
lurk/wait
outside
their
cities
will
maul
anyone
who
walks
outside
the
cities.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Those
things
will
happen}}
because
the
people
have
sinned
very
much
against
God
\par }{\QB and
have
turned
away
from
him
very frequently.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}Yahweh
says, “I
cannot [RHQ]
forgive
these
people;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
even}}
their
children
have
abandoned
me.
\par }{\Q When
they
solemnly
declare
something,
they
ask
their
gods
{\ADD{
to
show
that
what
they
say
is
true}}.
\par }{\Q I
gave
my
people
everything
that
they
needed,
\par }{\QB but
they
often
went
to
{\ADD{
the
shrines
of
their
idols}}
and
committed
adultery
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
Just
like}} [MET]
well-fed
male
horses
neigh,
wanting
sex
with
female
horses,
\par }{\QB each
of
the
men
desires
to
have
sex
with
his
neighbor’s
wife.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}◄Should
I
not
punish
them
for
this [RHQ]?/I
will
certainly
get
revenge
on
this
nation
for
this!►
\par }{\QB I
will
certainly
get
revenge [RHQ]
on
this
nation
whose
people
behave
like
that!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{
I
will
say
to
your
enemies}}, ‘The
people
{\ADD{
of
Judah
and
Israel
are
like
a
vineyard}}.
\par }{\Q Go
along
the
rows
in
their
vineyards
\par }{\Q and
get
rid
of
{\ADD{
most
of}}
the
people,
\par }{\QB but
do
not
kill
all
of
them.
\par }{\Q These
people
do
not
belong
to
me,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
so
get
rid
of
them}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like
a gardener}} [MET] lops/cuts
off
branches
from
a
vine.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
have
turned
away
from
me
completely.’
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
have
lied
about
me
and
said,
\par }{\QB ‘He
will
not
punish
us!
\par }{\QB He
will
not
cause
us
to
experience
disasters!
\par }{\QB We
will
not
experience
wars
or
famines!
\par }{\Q \VS{13}What
{\ADD{
God’s}}
prophets
say
is
nothing
but
hot
air!
\par }{\QB They
do
not
have
messages
{\ADD{
from
God}}!
\par }{\QB We
would
like
{\ADD{
the
disasters
that
they
predict}}
to
happen
to
them!’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}So,
this
is
what
Yahweh,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
in
heaven,
has
said
to
me:
\par }{\Q “Because
my
people
are
saying
those
things,
\par }{\QB I
will
give
you
a
message
to
tell
them [MTY]
that
will
be
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
fire,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
these
people
will
be
like}} [MET]
wood
that
the
fire
will
burn
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Listen
to
this,
you
people
of
Israel:
\par }{\Q I
will
bring
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
a
distant
nation
to
attack
you.
\par }{\QB It
is
a
very
powerful
nation
that
has
existed
for
a
long
time.
\par }{\Q They
speak
a
language
that
you
do
not
know
\par }{\QB and
which
you
will
not
be
able
to
understand.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Their
soldiers
are
all
very
strong,
\par }{\QB and
the
arrows
from
their
quivers [MET]
will ◄send
many Israeli
men
to
their
graves/cause
many Israeli
people
to
die►.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}They
will
eat
the
food
that
you
have
harvested
from
your
fields,
\par }{\QB and
eat
your
bread.
\par }{\Q They
will
kill
your
sons
and
daughters,
\par }{\Q and
they
will
kill
your
flocks
{\ADD{
of
sheep}}
and
herds
{\ADD{
of
cattle}}.
\par }{\QB They
will
eat
your
grapes
and
your
figs.
\par }{\Q They
will
{\ADD{
also}}
destroy
your
cities
that
have
high
walls
around
them
\par }{\QB and
kill
the
people
with
their
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}But
even
when
those
things
happen,
I
will
not
get
rid
of
all
of
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}And
when
the
survivors
ask, ‘Why
is
Yahweh
our
God
doing
this
to
us?’
\par }{\QB you
will
tell
them, ‘You
rejected
him
and
worshiped
foreign
gods
in
your
{\ADD{
own}}
land,
\par }{\QB so
{\ADD{
now}}
you
will
become
slaves
of
foreigners
in
a
land
that
is
not
your
land.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “Proclaim
this
to
the
people
of
Israel
and
Judah:
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Listen
to
this,
you
people
who
are
foolish
and
who
do
not
have
any
sense:
\par }{\QB You
have
eyes,
but
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
cannot
see;
\par }{\QB you
have
ears,
but
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
cannot
hear.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Why
do
you
not
revere
me [RHQ]?
\par }{\QB You
should [RHQ]
tremble
when
you
are
in
my
presence!
\par }{\Q I,
Yahweh,
am
the
one
who
put
a
barrier
along
the shores
\par }{\QB so
that
the
waters
of
the
ocean
cannot
cross
it
{\ADD{
and
flood
the
land}}.
\par }{\Q The
waves
roll
and
roar,
but
they
cannot
go
past
that
barrier.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}But
you
people
{\ADD{
are
not
like
the
waves
that
obey
me}}.
\par }{\QB You
people
are
very
stubborn
and
rebellious.
\par }{\QB You
have
constantly
turned
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}You
do
not
say
to
yourselves,
\par }{\QB ‘We
should
revere
Yahweh
our
God,
\par }{\QB the
one
who
sends
us
rain
at
the
times
when
we
need
it,
\par }{\QB the
one
who
causes
the
grain
to
become
ripe
at
the
harvest
season.’
\par }{\Q \VS{25}It
is
because
of
the
wrong
things
that
you
have
done,
that
those
good
things
have
not
happened;
\par }{\QB it
is
because
of
the
sins
that
you
have
committed
that
you
have
been
prevented
from
receiving
those
blessings.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{26}Among
my
people
are
wicked
people
who
hide
along
the
roads
to
ambush/attack
people
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
men
who
hunt
birds ◄put
out
nets/set
traps►
to
catch
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Like
{\ADD{
a
hunter
has}}
a
cage
full
of
birds
{\ADD{
that
he
has
captured}},
\par }{\QB their
homes
are
full
of
things
that
they
have
gotten
by
deceiving
others.
\par }{\Q So
now
they
are
{\ADD{
very}}
rich
and
powerful.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}They
are
big
and
fat,
\par }{\QB and
there
is
no
limit
to
the
evil
things
that
they
have
done.
\par }{\QB They
do
not
try
to
defend
orphans
in
the courtrooms,
\par }{\QB and
they
do
not
help
poor
people
to
get
what
they
have
a
right
to
receive.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}So
I
will
certainly [RHQ]
punish
them
for
doing
those
things.
\par }{\QB I
will
certainly [RHQ] ◄get
revenge
on
their
nation/do
to
their
nation
what
they
deserve►.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{30}Very
appalling/horrible
and
terrible [DOU]
things
are happening
in
this
country:
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Prophets
speak
{\ADD{
only}}
lies
\par }{\QB and
priests
rule
by
their
own
authority,
\par }{\Q and
you
people
like
that!
\par }{\QB But
when
you
{\ADD{
start
to}}
experience
disasters,
what
will
you
do [RHQ]?”

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem
\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}“ou
people
in
Jerusalem
who
are
from
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Benjamin,
\par }{\QB flee
from
this
city!
\par }{\Q Blow
the
trumpets
in
Tekoa
{\ADD{
city
south
of
Jerusalem}}!
\par }{\Q Send
up
a
{\ADD{
smoke}}
signal
in
Beth-Haccherem
{\ADD{
town}}
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
to
warn
the
people
of
the
coming
danger}}!
\par }{\Q A
powerful
{\ADD{
army}}
will
come
from
the
north,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
cause
great
destruction.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Jerusalem
is
{\ADD{
like}}
a
beautiful
pasture
{\ADD{
full
of
sheep}},
\par }{\QB but
it
will
soon
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
Enemy
kings,
not}}
shepherds [MET],
will
come
{\ADD{
with
their
armies}}
and
set
up
their
tents
around
the
city,
\par }{\QB and
each
{\ADD{
king
will
choose
a
part
of
the
city
for
his
soldiers
to
destroy
like}} [MET]
shepherds
divide
their
pastures
for
their
flocks
of
sheep.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
The
kings
will
tell
their
troops}},
\par }{\QB “Get
ready
for
the
battle.
\par }{\QB We
should
attack
them
before noontime.
\par }{\Q But
{\ADD{
if
we
arrive
there
late
in
the
afternoon}}
\par }{\QB when
the
shadows
are
becoming
long,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}we
will
attack
them
at
night
\par }{\QB and
tear
down
their
fortresses.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\SH Yahweh predicts
what
will
happen
to
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Yahweh,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
in
heaven,
says
this:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
I
will
command
those
soldiers
to}}
cut
down
the
trees
{\ADD{
outside
Jerusalem}}
\par }{\QB and
to
build
dirt
ramps
up
to
the
top
of
the
city
walls
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
in
order
that
they
can
enter
the
city}}.
\par }{\Q This
city
must
be
punished
\par }{\QB because
everyone
there
continually
oppresses
others.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
wicked
things
that
the
people
do
\par }{\QB pour
out
of
the
city
like [SIM]
water
flows
out
of
a
spring.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
noise
from
people
doing}}
violent
and
destructive
actions
is
heard
everywhere.
\par }{\QB I
continually
see
{\ADD{
people
who
are}}
suffering
and
wounded.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Listen
to
what
I
am
warning
you,
{\ADD{
you
people
of}} [APO]
Jerusalem,
\par }{\QB because
if
you
do
not
listen,
I
will
reject
you
\par }{\Q and
cause
your
land
to
become
desolate,
\par }{\QB a
land
where
no
one
lives.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{9}Yahweh,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
in
heaven,
also
says
this:
\par }{\QB “{\ADD{
I
will
tell
your
enemies}}
to
cause
your
country
to
become
as
desolate [SIM]
as
a
vineyard
from
which
all
the
grapes
have
been
completely
stripped
from
the
vines.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Their
soldiers
will
seize
the
possessions
of}}
those
who
remain
in
Israel
{\ADD{
after
the
others
have
been
exiled}}
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
farmers
go
to
the
vines
again
to
pick
any
grapes
{\ADD{
that
were ◄left/not
picked►}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{
Then
I
said, “If
I
speak
to
the Israeli
people}}
to
warn
them,
\par }{\QB ◄who
will
listen
to
me?/No
one
will
listen
to
me.► [RHQ]
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
their
ears
are
closed,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
as
a
result}}
they
cannot
hear
{\ADD{
what
I
say}}.
\par }{\Q They
scorn
Yahweh’s
messages;
\par }{\QB they
do
not
want
to
listen
to
them
at
all.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}So
{\ADD{
now}}
I
am
extremely
angry,
like
Yahweh
is
angry,
\par }{\QB and
I
cannot
restrain
it
any
longer.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}}
Yahweh
said
{\ADD{
to
me}},
\par }{\QB “Tell
everyone
that
you
are
very
angry
with
them.
\par }{\QB Tell
the
children
in
the
streets
and
the
young
men
who
gather
together.
\par }{\Q Tell
the
men
and
their
wives;
\par }{\QB tell
the
very
old
people [DOU],
also.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
Tell
the
men
that}}
I
will
give
their
houses
to
{\ADD{
their
enemies}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
give
their
property/fields
and
their
wives
to
them,
also,
\par }{\Q when
I
punish [IDM]
the
people
who
live
in
this
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Everyone
is
trying
to
get
money
by tricking
others,
\par }{\QB from
the
most
{\ADD{
important
people}}
to
the
least
{\ADD{
important
people}};
\par }{\Q even
the
prophets
and
the
priests
are
trying
to
deceive
{\ADD{
people
to
get
money}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}{\ADD{
They
act
as
though
the
sins
of
my
people
are
like}} [MET]
small
wounds
that
they
do
not
need
to
put bandages
on.
\par }{\Q They
continually
{\ADD{
greet
people
by}}
saying ‘I
hope
things
are
going
well
with
you,’
\par }{\QB when
things
are
not
going
well.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}They
should
be [RHQ]
ashamed
about
the
disgusting
things
that
they
do,
\par }{\QB but
they
are
not
ashamed
at
all.
\par }{\QB They
do
not
{\ADD{
even}}
know
how
to ◄blush/show
on
their
faces
that
they
are
ashamed►.
\par }{\Q So,
they
also
will
be
among
those
who
will
be
killed.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
destroyed
when
I
punish
them.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{16}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
said
{\ADD{
to
the Israeli
people}}:
\par }{\Q “Stand
at
the crossroads
and
look
{\ADD{
at
the
people
who
pass
by}}.
\par }{\QB Ask
them
what
was
the
good
behavior
{\ADD{
that
their
ancestors
had}}
long
ago.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
And
when
they
tell
you}},
behave
that
way.
\par }{\QB If
you
do
that,
you
will
find
rest
for
your
souls.”
\par }{\Q But
you
replied, ‘We
do
not
want
to
do
that!’
\par }{\Q \VS{17}I
sent
{\ADD{
my
prophets
who
were
like}} [MET]
watchmen.
\par }{\QB They
said, ‘Listen
carefully
when
we
blow
the
trumpets
{\ADD{
to
warn
you
that
your
enemies
are
approaching}},’
\par }{\QB but
you
said, ‘{\ADD{
No}},
we
do
not
want
to
listen.’
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Therefore,
you
people
in
the
other
nations,
listen
to
this:
\par }{\QB Pay
attention
to
what
is
going
to
happen
to
the
{\ADD{Israeli
people}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Listen,
all
of
you!
\par }{\QB I
am
going
to
cause
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
to
experience
disasters.
\par }{\QB That
is
what
will
happen
to
them
because
they
have
refused
to
listen
to
what
I
told
them.
\par }{\QB They
have
refused
to
obey
my
laws.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
You Israeli
people}},
when
you
burn
frankincense
that
came
from
{\ADD{
far
away
in}}
Sheba,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
when
you
offer
to
me}} sweet-smelling
anointing
oil
that
came
from
far
away,
\par }{\QB I
will
not [RHQ]
be
pleased
with
your
sacrifices.
\par }{\Q I
will
not
accept
the
sacrifices
that
are
completely
burned
on
the
altar;
\par }{\QB I
am
not
pleased
with
{\ADD{
any
of}}
your
sacrifices.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}Therefore,
I
will
put obstacles
on
the
roads
on
which
my
people
will
travel.
\par }{\QB Men
and
their
sons
and
people’s
neighbors
and
friends
will
stumble
over
those obstacles
and
fall
down;
\par }{\Q everyone
will
die.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{22}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says
this:
\par }{\Q “You
will
see
a
{\ADD{
huge}}
army
marching
{\ADD{towards
you}}
from
the
north.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
An
army
of}}
a
great
nation
very
far
away
is
preparing
{\ADD{
to
attack
you}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}They
have
bows
{\ADD{
and
arrows}}
and
spears;
\par }{\QB they
are
{\ADD{
very}}
cruel,
and
do
not
act mercifully
{\ADD{
to
anyone}}.
\par }{\Q As
they
ride
along
on
their
horses,
\par }{\QB the
horses’
feet
sound
like
the
roaring
of
the
ocean
{\ADD{
waves}};
\par }{\Q they
are
riding
in
battle
formation
\par }{\QB to
attack
you
people
of
Jerusalem.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}{\ADD{
The
people
of
Jerusalem
say}},
\par }{\Q “We
have
heard
reports
about
the
enemy;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so}}
we
are
very
frightened,
with
the
result
that
we
feel
weak.
\par }{\Q We
are
very
afraid,
and
worried,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
women
who
are
about
to
give
birth
to
babies.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}{\ADD{
So
one
person
says
to
another}},
\par }{\QB ‘Do
not
go
out
into
the
fields!
Do
not
go
on
the
roads,
\par }{\Q because
the
enemy
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
have
swords
{\ADD{
and
they
are
everywhere}};
\par }{\QB they
are
coming
from
all
directions,
and
we
are
extremely
afraid.’ ”
\par }{\Q \VS{26}{\ADD{
So
I
say}}, “My
dear
people,
put
on ◄sackcloth/rough
clothes►
and
sit
in
ashes
{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
sorry
for
your
sins}}.
\par }{\Q Mourn
and
cry
very
much,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
{\ADD{
a
woman
would
cry}}
if
her
only
son
had
died,
\par }{\Q because
your
enemies
are
very
near,
\par }{\QB and
they
are
going
to
destroy
{\ADD{
everything}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me}},
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
Jeremiah}},
I
have
caused
you
to
become
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
someone
who heats
metal
very
hot
{\ADD{
to
completely
burn
the
impurities}}.
\par }{\QB You
will
examine
my
people’s
behavior.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}You
will
find
out
that
they
are
very
stubborn
rebels,
\par }{\QB they
are
always slandering
others.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Their
inner
beings}}
are
as
hard
as
bronze
or
iron;
\par }{\QB they
all
{\ADD{
continually}}
deceive
others.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
A metalworker
causes}}
the
bellows
to
blow
very
hard
to
{\ADD{
make
the
fire
very
hot
to}}
completely
burn
up
the
impurities [MET].
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
But
just
as}}
a
fire
does
not
cause
all
the
waste
material
to
run
off,
\par }{\QB it
is
impossible
to
separate
{\ADD{
the
righteous
people
from
the
wicked
people,
and
punish
only}}
the
wicked
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
have
rejected
them;
\par }{\QB I
say
that
they
are
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
worthless
silver.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Jeremiah spoke at the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said
to
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Go
to
the
entrance
of
my
temple,
and
give
this
message
to
the
people:
\par }{\Q You
people
of
Judah
who
worship
here,
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh!
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
to
you,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{'If
you}}
stop
doing
evil
things
and
start
doing
what
is
right,
\par }{\QB I
will
allow
you
to
remain
living
in
your
land.'
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
But
some
people}}
are
repeatedly
saying
to
you,
\par }{\Q ‘The
temple
of
Yahweh
is
here,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so
we
will
be
safe}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
he
will
not
allow
us
and
the
temple
to
be
destroyed}}.’
\par }{\Q But
do
not
pay
attention
to
what
they
say,
\par }{\QB because
they
are
deceiving
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
I
will
act mercifully
to
you
only}}
if
you
change
your
behavior
and
stop
doing
evil
things,
\par }{\QB and
if
you
{\ADD{
start
to}}
act
fairly/justly
toward
others,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}and
if
you
stop
oppressing
foreigners
{\ADD{
who
live
in
your
country}},
and
orphans
and
widows,
\par }{\Q and
if
you
stop murdering
people,
\par }{\Q and
if
you
stop
worshiping ◄foreign
gods/idols►.
\par }{\QB However,
if
you
continue
to
do
those
things,
you
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}If
you
do
what
I
have
told
you,
I
will
allow
you
to
stay
in
this
land
that
I
promised
to
your
ancestors
that
it
would
belong
to
them
{\ADD{
and
their
descendants}}
forever.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
People
are
repeatedly}}
telling
you,
{\ADD{‘The
temple
is
here,
so
we
are
safe}}’,
\par }{\QB and
you
are
trusting/believing
{\ADD{
that
what
they
are
saying
is
true}},
but
it
is
a
lie.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Those
people
are
deceiving
you,
and
what
they
say
is}}
worthless.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
think
that [RHQ]
you
can
steal
things,
murder
people,
commit
adultery,
tell
lies
in
court,
and
worship
Baal
and
all
those
other
gods
that
you
did
not
know
about
previously,
\par }{\QB \VS{10}and
then
come
here
and
stand
in
front
of
this
temple,
which
is
my
temple,
and
say ‘Nothing
bad
will
happen
to
us!’,
\par }{\QB while
you
continue
to
do
all
those
abominable
things.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Do
you
realize
that
you
are
causing
this
temple,
which
is
my
temple,
to
become
like [MET]
a
den
where
bandits
hide [RHQ]?
\par }{\QB Do
you
not
know
that
I
see
{\ADD{
all
the
evil
things
that
you
people
do
there}}?
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
Long
ago}}
I
put
my
Sacred
Tent
at
Shiloh
{\ADD{
city}},
to
be
a
place
where
people
would
worship
me [MTY].
\par }{\Q Think
about
how
I
{\ADD{
destroyed
it}}
because
my
people,
the Israeli
people,
did
{\ADD{
many}}
wicked
things
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}And
while
you
were
continually
doing
those
wicked
things,
\par }{\QB I
told
you
about
it
many
times,
but
you
refused
to
listen.
\par }{\Q I
called
out
to
you,
\par }{\QB but
you
refused
to
answer
{\ADD{
me}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore,
just
like
I
destroyed
Shiloh,
I
will
{\ADD{
now}}
destroy
this
temple
\par }{\QB that
was
built
for
people
to
worship
me [MTY],
\par }{\Q this
temple
that
you
trust
in,
\par }{\QB that
is
in
this
place
that
I
gave
to
you
and
your
ancestors.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}And
I
will
expel
you
from
this
land
and
send
you
{\ADD{
to
other
countries}}
far
away
from
me,
\par }{\QB just
like
I
did
to
your
relatives,
the
people
of
Israel.”
\par }{\SH The
warning
from
Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Jeremiah}},
do
not
pray
for
these
people
{\ADD{
any
longer}}.
\par }{\Q Do
not
cry
for
them
or
plead
for
{\ADD{
me
to
help}}
them,
\par }{\QB because
I
will
not
pay
any
attention
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Do
you
see
{\ADD{
the
wicked
things}}
that
they
are
doing
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
in
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah?
\par }{\Q \VS{18}The
children
gather
firewood
\par }{\Q and
their
fathers
use
it
to
make
fires
{\ADD{
on
the
altars
to
burn
sacrifices}}.
\par }{\Q The
women
knead/make
dough
to
make
cakes
to
offer
to
{\ADD{
their
goddess
Astarte
who
is
called}}
the
Queen
of
Heaven.
\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{
on
their
altars}}
they
pour
out
offerings
of
wine
to
{\ADD{
their}}
other
idols.
\par }{\QB All
of
those
things
cause
me
to
become
extremely
angry!
\par }{\Q \VS{19}But
I
am
not [RHQ]
the
one
whom
they
are
hurting;
\par }{\QB they
are
really [RHQ]
hurting
themselves
{\ADD{
by
doing
these
things
for
which
they
should
be}}
very
ashamed!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
this:
\par }{\QB “Because
I
am
extremely
angry
with
{\ADD{
what
happens
at}}
this
place,
\par }{\QB I
will
punish
these
people
severely [MTY];
\par }{\Q my
being
very
angry
will
be
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
fire
that
will
not
be
extinguished,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
destroy
the
people,
{\ADD{
their}}
animals,
{\ADD{
their}}
fruit
trees,
and
{\ADD{
their}}
crops.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}Therefore,
this
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q “Take
away [IRO]
your
offerings
that
you
bring
to
burn
completely
on
your
altars
and
your
{\ADD{
other}}
sacrifices;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
don’t
give
them
to
me}};
eat
them
{\ADD{
yourselves}}!
\par }{\Q \VS{22}When
I
led
your
ancestors
out
of
Egypt,
\par }{\QB it
was
not
offerings
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar
or
{\ADD{
other}}
sacrifices
that
I
wanted
from
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}What
I
told
them
was, ‘Obey
me;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
if
you
do
that}},
I
will
be
your
God
and
you
will
be
my
people.
\par }{\Q If
you
do
the
things
that
I
want
you
to
do,
\par }{\QB everything
will
go
well
for
you.’
\par }{\Q \VS{24}But
your
ancestors
would
not
pay
any
attention [DOU]
to
me.
\par }{\QB They
continued
to
do
{\ADD{
the
evil
things}}
that
they
wanted
to
do,
\par }{\Q everything
that
in
their
stubborn
inner
beings
they
desired
to
do.
\par }{\QB Instead
of
coming
closer
to
me,
they
went
further
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}From
the
day
that
your
ancestors
left
Egypt
until
now,
\par }{\QB I
have
continued
to
send
my
prophets
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}But
you,
{\ADD{
my
people}},
have
not
listened
to
me
or
paid
attention
to
what
I
said;
\par }{\QB you
have
been
stubborn,
and
you
have
done
more
sinful
things
than
your
ancestors
did.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “When
you
tell
all
this
to
my
people,
\par }{\QB they
will
not
listen
to
you.
\par }{\Q When
you
call
to
them,
\par }{\QB they
will
not
answer.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Say
to
them, ‘You
people
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
have
not
obeyed
Yahweh,
your
God;
\par }{\QB you
have
not
accepted
it
when
he
tried
to
correct
you.
\par }{\Q No
one
among
you
is
truthful;
\par }{\QB you
do
not
say
anything
that
is
true;
{\ADD{
you
speak
only
lies}}.’
\par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
So,
tell
them
to}}
cut
off
their
hair
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
are
mourning}};
\par }{\QB tell
them
to
go
up
into
the
hills
and
sing
a
sad funeral
song,
\par }{\Q because
I
have
completely
rejected [DOU]
this
generation
{\ADD{
of
people}}
who
have
made
me
angry.”
\par }{\SH The
Valley
of
Slaughter
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Yahweh
says
this: “The
people
of
Judah
have
done
many
things
that
I
say
are
evil.
\par }{\Q They
have
set
up
their
disgusting
idols
in
my
temple,
\par }{\QB causing
it
to
become
an
unacceptable
{\ADD{
place
to
worship
me}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}They
have
built
altars
at
Topheth
in
Ben-Hinnom
Valley
{\ADD{
outside
Jerusalem}},
\par }{\QB and
they
sacrifice
their
sons
and
daughters
on
those
altars.
\par }{\Q I
never
commanded
them
to
do
that;
\par }{\QB I
never
even
thought
that
anyone
would
do
that.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}So
they
should
beware!
\par }{\QB There
will
be
a
time
when
that
place
will
no
longer
be
called
Topheth
or
the
Hinnom
Valley;
\par }{\QB instead,
it
will
be
called
the
Valley
of
Slaughter.
\par }{\Q There
will
be
a
huge
number
of
people
who
will
be
buried
there,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
there
will
be
no
space
to
bury
more
bodies.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}The
corpses
of
my
people
that
are
{\ADD{
not
buried
and
are}}
left
on
the
ground
will
be
eaten
by
vultures
and
wild
animals,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
no
one
to shoo/chase
them
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}There
will
be
no
one
singing
and
laughing
anymore
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem;
\par }{\QB there
will
be
no
more
joyful
voices
of bridegrooms
and
brides
in
Judah,
\par }{\QB because
the
land
will
be
completely
destroyed.”

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
says, “At
the
time
{\ADD{
that
your
corpses
are
scattered
on
the
ground}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
your
enemies
will}}
break
open
the
graves
of
your
kings
and
{\ADD{
other}}
officials
who
lived
in
Judah,
\par }{\QB and
the
graves
of
your
priests
and
prophets
and
other
people
who
lived
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}They
will
take
out
their
bones
{\ADD{
from
their
graves}}
and
{\ADD{
dishonor
them
by}}
scattering
them
on
the
ground
under
the
sun
and
the
moon
and
the
stars—
\par }{\QB those
are
the
gods
which
my
people
loved
and
served
and
worshiped.
\par }{\Q No
one
will
gather
up
their
bones
and
bury
them
{\ADD{
again}};
\par }{\QB they
will
remain
scattered
on
the
ground
like
dung.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}And
all
the
people
of
this
wicked
nation
{\ADD{
who
are
still
alive
and}}
whom
I
have
exiled
to
other
countries
will
say,
\par }{\QB ‘We
would
prefer
to
die
than
to
continue
to
stay
alive
{\ADD{
here
in
these
countries}}.’
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
be
true
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\SH The
people
will
not
admit
their
sins
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Jeremiah}},
tell
the
people
that
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
saying
to
them:
\par }{\Q ‘When
people
fall
down,
they
get
up
again,
do
they
not [RHQ]?
\par }{\QB When
people
are
going
along
a
road
and
find
out
that
they
are
walking
on
the
wrong
road,
they
go
back
{\ADD{
and
find
the
correct
road}},
do
they
not [RHQ]?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
Yes,
they
do}},
so
why
do
these
people
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
continue
{\ADD{
trusting
in
those
idols
that
have
deceived
them}}?
\par }{\QB They
continue
turning
away
from
me,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
even
though
I
have
warned
them}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
have
listened
carefully [DOU]
{\ADD{
to
what
they
say}},
\par }{\QB but
they
do
not
say
what
they
should
say.
\par }{\Q Not
one
of
them
is
sorry
for
having
sinned.
\par }{\QB No
one
says, “I
have
done [RHQ]
wicked
things.”
\par }{\Q They
are
{\ADD{
sinning
and}}
doing
what
they
want
to
\par }{\QB as
fast
as [SIM]
a
horse
that
is
running
into
a
battle.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}All
the
birds
{\ADD{
that
fly
south
for
the ◄winter/cold
season►}}
know
the
time
that
they
need
to
fly
south,
\par }{\QB and
they
all
return
at
the
right
time
the
following
year.
\par }{\Q But
my
people
{\ADD{
are
not
like
those
birds}}!
\par }{\QB They
do
not
know
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
require
them
to
do.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Your
men
who
teach
you
{\ADD{
the
laws
that
Moses
wrote}}
have
been
saying
false
things
{\ADD{
about
those
laws}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
So}},
why [RHQ]
do
they
{\ADD{
continue}}
saying, “We
are
{\ADD{
very}}
wise
{\ADD{
because}}
we
have
the
laws
of
Yahweh”?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Those
teachers,
who
think
that [IRO]
they
are
wise,
will
be
ashamed/disgraced
and
dismayed
when
they
are
taken
{\ADD{
to
other
countries
by
their
enemies}}
\par }{\QB because
they
sinned
by rejecting
what
I
told
them.
\par }{\Q Truly,
they
were
not [RHQ]
very
wise
to
do
that!
\par }{\Q \VS{10}So,
I
will
give
their
wives
to
other
men;
\par }{\QB I
will
give
their
fields
to
{\ADD{
the
enemy
soldiers}}
who
conquer
them.
\par }{\Q All
the
people,
including
those
who
are
important
and
those
who
are
not
important,
deceive
{\ADD{
others}}
in
order
to
obtain
their
possessions.
\par }{\QB Even
{\ADD{
my}}
prophets
and
my
priests
do
that.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
They
act
as
though
the
sins
of
my
people}}
are
not
serious,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like}} [MET]
wounds
that
do
not
need
to
be cleaned
and
bandaged.
\par }{\Q They
tell
the
people
that
everything
will
go
well
with
them,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
but
that
is
not
true}};
things
will
not
go
well
with
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
should
be [RHQ]
ashamed
when
they
do
disgusting
things [RHQ],
\par }{\QB but
they
do
not
even
know
how
to
show
on
their
faces
that
they
are
ashamed
{\ADD{
about
their
sins}}.
\par }{\Q So,
{\ADD{
they
will
be
killed,
and}}
their
corpses
{\ADD{
also}}
will
lie
among
the
corpses
of
others
who
have
been
slaughtered
{\ADD{
by
their
enemies}}.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
killed
when
I
punish
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
will
{\ADD{
allow
their
enemies
to}}
take
away
the
figs
and
grapes
that
the
people
would
have
harvested
from
their
fields.
\par }{\QB Their
fruit
trees
will
all
wither.
\par }{\Q They
will
not
receive
{\ADD{
all}}
the
blessings
that
I
prepared
for
them.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
This
will
certainly
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}{\ADD{
Then
the
people
will
say}}, “◄Why
should
we
wait
here
{\ADD{
in
these
small
towns}}?/We
should
not
wait
here
{\ADD{
in
these
small
towns}}.► [RHQ]!
\par }{\QB We
should
go
to
the
cities
that
have
high
walls
around
them,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
but
even
if
we
do
that}}
we
will
be
killed
there,
\par }{\QB because
Yahweh
our
God
has
decided
that
we
must
be
destroyed;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}} [MET]
he
has
given
us
a
cup
of
poison
to
drink,
\par }{\QB because
we
sinned
against
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}We
hoped/desired
that
things
would
go
well
for
us,
\par }{\QB but
things
have
not
gone
well.
\par }{\Q We
hoped
that
bad
things
would
not
happen
to
us
anymore,
\par }{\QB but
only
things
that
terrify
us
{\ADD{
are happening
to
us}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}People
{\ADD{
far
north
in
Israel}}
in
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Dan
can
already
hear
the
snorting
of
the
horses
of
their
enemies
{\ADD{
who
are
preparing
to
attack
us}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
entire
land
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
is
shaking
as
their
army
approaches;
\par }{\QB they
are
coming
to
destroy
our
land
and
everything
in
it,
the
people
and
the
cities.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
Yahweh
says}}, “I
will
send
{\ADD{
those
enemy
soldiers
to
Judah}},
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
like [MET]
poisonous
snakes
among
you.
\par }{\Q No
one
will
be
able
to
stop
them
from
attacking
you [MET];
\par }{\QB they
will
attack
you
like
snakes
do,
{\ADD{
and
kill
you}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\SH Jeremiah
mourned
for
the
people
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
grieve
very
much
{\ADD{
for
the
people
of
Judah}},
and
my
grieving
does
not
end.
\par }{\QB I
am
very
sad [IDM].
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Throughout
our
land,
the
people
ask,
\par }{\Q “Has
Yahweh
abandoned
Jerusalem?
\par }{\QB Is
{\ADD{
he}},
our city’s
king,
no
longer
there?”
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Yahweh
replies}}, “Why
do
the
people
cause
me
to
become
very
angry
by
{\ADD{
worshiping}}
idols
and
foreign
gods?” [RHQ]
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
The
people
say}}, “The
harvest
{\ADD{
season}}
is
finished,
the ◄summer/hot
season►
has
ended,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
we
hoped
that
we
would
receive
blessings
from
Yahweh}},
\par }{\QB but
he
has
not
rescued
us
{\ADD{
from
our
enemies}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}I
cry
because
my
people
have
been
crushed.
\par }{\QB I
mourn,
and
I
am
completely
dismayed.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}{\ADD{
I
ask}}, “Surely
there
is [RHQ] medicinal
balm
in
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}!
\par }{\QB Surely
there
are [RHQ] doctors
there!”
\par }{\Q But
my
people
have
been
badly
wounded
{\ADD{
in
their
spirits}},
\par }{\QB and
nothing
can
heal
them.

\par }\PoetryChap{9}{\Q \VerseOne{1}I
wish
that
my
head
was
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
spring
of
water,
\par }{\QB and
that
my
eyes
were
{\ADD{
like}}
a
fountain
of
tears.
\par }{\Q Then
I
would
cry
night
and
day
for
all
of
my
people
who
have
been
killed
{\ADD{
by
our
enemies}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}I
wish
that
I
could
leave
my
people
and
forget
them,
\par }{\QB and
go
and
live
in
a
shack/shelter
in
the
desert,
\par }{\Q because
they
have
not
remained
faithful [MET]
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}};
\par }{\QB they
are
a mob
of
people
who
deceive
others.
\par }{\BB \par }{\SH Yahweh
replied
to
Jeremiah
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
Yahweh
replied
to
me}},
\par }{\Q “They
use
their
tongues
{\ADD{
to
tell}} [MET]
lies
\par }{\QB like
people
shoot
{\ADD{
arrows}}
with
bows.
\par }{\Q It
is
because
they
tell
lies
that
they
have
become
more
powerful
in
this
land,
\par }{\QB and
they
do
not
know
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Do
not
trust
your
neighbors
and
{\ADD{
even}}
your
brothers!
\par }{\QB They
all
are
as
deceitful
{\ADD{
as
Jacob
was}}.
\par }{\Q They
slander
{\ADD{
each
other}}
and
tell
lies
{\ADD{
about
each
other}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
deceive
their
friends
\par }{\QB and
never
tell
the
truth.
\par }{\Q They
lie
continually
and,
because
of
that,
they
have
become
skilled
liars;
\par }{\QB they
do
one
oppressive
thing
after
another,
and
are
unable
to
stop
doing
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}They habitually
lie
and
deceive
{\ADD{
each
other}},
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
admit/say
that
I
am
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
say
this:
\par }{\Q Listen
carefully
to
what
I
say:
I
will
{\ADD{
cause
my
people
to
experience
great
afflictions,}}
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like
a metalworker
puts
metal
in
a
hot
fire}} [MET]
to
completely
burn
out
the
impure
bits.
\par }{\Q Because
of
all
{\ADD{
the
evil
things}}
that
my
people
have
done,
\par }{\QB there
is
absolutely
nothing
else [RHQ]
that
I
can
do.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}What
they
say [MTY]
{\ADD{
injures
people
like}} [MET]
poisoned
arrows
do.
\par }{\Q They
say
to
their
neighbors, ‘I
hope
things
will
go
well
for
you,’
\par }{\QB while
they
are
planning
to
kill
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Should
I
not
punish
them
for
doing
that [RHQ]?
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
should
certainly ◄get
revenge
on/give
what
they
deserve
to►
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
a
nation
that
does
things
like
that!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}So,
I
will
weep
and
wail
for
{\ADD{
the
people
who
live
in}}
the
mountains
and
in
the ◄pastures/places
where
the
livestock
eat
the
grass►,
\par }{\QB because
those
areas
will
be
desolate,
and
no
one
will
live
there.
\par }{\Q There
will
be
no
cattle
there
to
call
to
each
other,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
birds
and
wild
animals
will
have
fled
{\ADD{
to
other
places}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
says}}, “I
will
cause
Jerusalem
to
become
a
heap
of
ruins,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
only}}
jackals/wolves
will
live
there.
\par }{\Q I
will
destroy
the
towns
of
Judah,
with
the
result
that
they
will
be
completely
deserted;
\par }{\QB no
one
will
live
there.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
I
said}}, “Only
people
who
are
very
wise [RHQ]
can
understand
these
things.
\par }{\QB Only
those
who
have
been
taught
by
Yahweh
can [RHQ]
explain
these
things
to
others.
\par }{\Q The
wise
people
are [RHQ]
the
only
ones
who
can
explain
why
the
land
will
be
completely
ruined
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
everyone [RHQ]
will
be
afraid
to
travel
through
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Yahweh
replied, “{\ADD{
These
things
will
happen}}
because
my
people
have
rejected
my
laws
which
I
gave
to
them;
\par }{\QB they
have
not
obeyed
me
or
my
instructions.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Instead,
they
have
stubbornly
done
the
things
that
they
wanted
to
do.
\par }{\Q They
have
worshiped
the
idols
that
represent
the
god
Baal,
\par }{\QB which
is
what
their
ancestors
did.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}So
now
listen
to
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
of
the Israelis,
say:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
What
I
will
do
will
be
like}} [MET]
giving
these
people
bitter
things
to
eat
and
poison
to
drink:
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
will
scatter
them
to
many
nations
which
neither
they
nor
their
ancestors
have
known
{\ADD{
anything
about}};
\par }{\QB I
will
{\ADD{
enable
their
enemies
to}}
strike
them
with
swords
\par }{\QB until
I
have
destroyed
them.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{17}This
is
also
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q “Think
{\ADD{
about
what
is happening}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
then}}
summon
those
women
who
mourn
{\ADD{
when
someone
has
died}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Tell
them
to
come
quickly
and
start
to
wail,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
tears
will
stream
down
from
your(pl)
eyes.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Listen
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem
crying/lamenting,
saying,
\par }{\QB ‘We
have
been
ruined/destroyed!
\par }{\QB We
have
experienced
a
terrible
disaster!
\par }{\Q Now
we
are
very
ashamed,
\par }{\QB because
our
houses
have
been
destroyed
{\ADD{
by
our
enemies}},
and
we
{\ADD{
are
being
forced
to}}
leave
our
land.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}You
women,
listen
to
what
Yahweh
says [MTY].
\par }{\QB Pay
attention
to
his
words [DOU].
\par }{\Q Teach
your
daughters
to
wail.
\par }{\QB Teach
each
other
how
to
sing funeral
songs,
\par }{\Q \VS{21}because
people
will
be
dying [PRS]
in
your
houses
and
in
palaces.
\par }{\QB There
will
be
no
more
children
playing
in
the
streets,
\par }{\Q there
will
be
no
more
young
men
{\ADD{
gathering}}
in
the
city
squares/marketplaces.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}There
will
be
corpses
scattered
across
the
fields
like
dung;
\par }{\Q their
dead
bodies
will
lie
there
like [SIM]
grain
that
has
been
cut
by
reapers/farmers,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
no
one
{\ADD{
still
alive}}
to
bury
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Yahweh
says
this:
\par }{\Q “Wise
men
should
not
boast
about
their
being
wise,
\par }{\QB strong
men
should
not
boast
about
their
being
strong;
\par }{\QB and
rich
people
should
not
boast
about
their
being
rich.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Instead,
those
who
want
to
boast
should
boast
about
their
knowing
me
\par }{\QB and
about
understanding
that
I
am
Yahweh,
\par }{\Q that
I
am
kind
and
just
and
righteous,
\par }{\QB that
I
faithfully
love
{\ADD{
people}},
\par }{\QB and
that
I
am
delighted
with
{\ADD{
people
who
act}}
that
way.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25-26}There
will
be
a
time
when
I
will
punish
all
those
people
of
Egypt
and
of
the
Moab people-group
and
of
the
Edom
{\ADD{people-group}}
and
of
the
Ammon
{\ADD{people-group}},
\par }{\QB all
those
people
who
live
close
to
desert
areas (OR,
who
cut
their
hair
short
{\ADD{
to
please
their
gods}})
far
from
Judah,
\par }{\QB all
those
people
who
have
{\ADD{
changed
their
bodies
by}}
circumcising
them [MET]
\par }{\QB but
who
have
not
{\ADD{
changed}}
their
inner
beings.
\par }{\Q I
will
punish
the
people
of
Judah
also,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
not
changed
their
inner
beings,
{\ADD{
either}}.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Worthless idols
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}You
people
of
Israel,
listen
to
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Do
not
act
like
the
people
of
{\ADD{
other}}
nations
act,
\par }{\Q and
do
not
be
terrified
by
strange/unusual
things
that
you
see
in
the
sky,
\par }{\QB even
though
they
cause
the
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
to
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
customs
of
the
people
{\ADD{
of
other
nations}}
are
worthless.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
For
example}},
they
cut
down
a
tree
in
the
forest.
\par }{\QB Then
a
{\ADD{
skilled}}
worker/craftsman
{\ADD{
cuts
a
section
of
it
and}}
uses
his
chisel
to
carve
an
idol
from
that
section.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
Then}}
people
decorate
the
idol
with
silver
and
gold.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Then}}
they
fasten
it
securely
with
nails
in
order
that
it
will
not
topple/fall
over.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
Then}}
the
idol
{\ADD{
stands
there}}
like [SIM]
a
scarecrow
in
a
field
of
cucumbers/melons!
\par }{\QB It
cannot
speak,
\par }{\Q and
people
must
carry
it,
\par }{\QB because
it
cannot
walk.
\par }{\Q Do
not
be
afraid
of
idols,
\par }{\QB because
they
cannot
harm
{\ADD{
anyone}},
\par }{\QB and
they
cannot
do
{\ADD{
anything}}
good
{\ADD{
to
help
anyone}}.”
\par }{\SH Hymn
of
praise
to
Yahweh
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Yahweh,
there
is
no
one
like
you.
\par }{\QB You [MTY]
are
great,
and
you
are
very
powerful.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}You
are
the
king
of
all
the
nations!
\par }{\QB Everyone
should [RHQ]
revere
you,
\par }{\QB because
that
is
what
you
deserve.
\par }{\Q Among
all
the
wise
people
on
the
earth
\par }{\QB and
in
all
the
kingdoms
where
they
live,
\par }{\QB ◄there
is
no
one
like
you./who
can
compare
with
you?►
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Those
people
who
{\ADD{
think
that
they
are}}
very
wise [IRO]
are
stupid
and
foolish [DOU].
\par }{\QB The
idols
that
they
worship
are
only
made
of
wood!
\par }{\QB Those
idols
certainly
cannot
teach
them
anything.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}People
hammer
into
thin
sheets
silver
from
Tarshish
and
gold
from
Uphaz,
\par }{\QB and
then
they
give
those
sheets
of
silver
and
gold
to
skilled
workers/craftsmen
to
cover
the
idols.
\par }{\Q Then
they
put
on
those
idols expensive
purple
robes
\par }{\QB that
are
made
by
skilled
workers.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
Yahweh
is
the
{\ADD{
only}}
true
God;
\par }{\QB he
is
the all-powerful
God,
\par }{\QB the
king
{\ADD{
who
rules}}
forever.
\par }{\Q When
he
is
angry,
{\ADD{
all}}
the
earth
shakes/quakes;
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
the
nations
cannot
endure
{\ADD{
what
he
does}}
when
he
is
angry
{\ADD{
with
them}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
You Israeli
people}},
tell
this
to
those
people: “Those
idols
did
not
make
the
sky
and
the
earth,
and
they
will
disappear
from
the
earth.”
\par }{\Q \VS{12}But
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
made
the
earth
by
his
power;
\par }{\QB he
established
it
{\ADD{
firmly}}
by
his
wisdom
\par }{\QB and
stretched
out
the
sky
by
his
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}When
he
speaks
{\ADD{
loudly}},
there
is
thunder
in
the
sky;
\par }{\QB he
causes
clouds
to
form
over
every
part
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q He
sends
lightning
with
the
rain
\par }{\QB and
releases
the
winds
from
his
storehouses.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}People
are
senseless
and
know
very
little [HYP];
\par }{\Q those
who
make
idols
are
always
disappointed
\par }{\QB because
their
idols
do
nothing
for
them.
\par }{\Q The
images/statues
that
they
make
are
not real
{\ADD{
gods}};
\par }{\QB they
are lifeless.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Idols
are
worthless;
they
deserve
to
be ridiculed;
\par }{\QB there
will
be
a
time
when
they
{\ADD{
all}}
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}But
the
God
whom
we Israelis
worship
is
not
like
those
idols;
\par }{\QB he
is
the
one
who
created
everything
{\ADD{
that
exists}};
\par }{\Q we,
the
tribe/people
of
Israel,
belong
to
him;
\par }{\QB he
is
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels.
\par }{\SH The
coming
destruction
\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
Yahweh
says
this
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem}}:
\par }{\Q “The
army
of
your
enemies
surrounds
your
city,
\par }{\QB so
gather
up
your
possessions
{\ADD{
and
prepare}}
to
leave
the
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
will
soon
throw
you
out
of
this
land
\par }{\QB and
cause
you
to
experience
great
troubles,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
you
will
have
severe
pain (OR,
none
of
you
will
be
left
here).”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
The
people
replied, “It
is
as
though}}
we
have
been
{\ADD{
badly}}
wounded,
\par }{\QB and
we
are
very
grieved;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
we
have
a
very
serious
illness,
\par }{\QB and
we
must
endure
the
pain.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
our
{\ADD{
great}}
tent
is
destroyed;
\par }{\QB the
ropes
{\ADD{
that
held
it
up}}
have
been
cut;
\par }{\Q our
children
have
gone
away
from
us
and
will
not
return;
\par }{\QB there
are
no
people
left
to
rebuild
our
great
tent.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Our
leaders [MET]
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
have
any
sense;
\par }{\QB they
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
ask
Yahweh
{\ADD{
to ◄guide
them/tell
them
what
to
do►}},
\par }{\Q so
they
will
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
prosper,
\par }{\QB and
all
those
over
whom
they
rule [MET]
will
be
scattered.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Listen!
{\ADD{
Our
enemies’
armies}}
in
the
north
are
making
a
{\ADD{
very}}
big
noise/commotion
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
as
they
march
toward
us}}.
\par }{\Q The
towns
in
Judah
will
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
they
will
become}}
a
place
where
jackals/wolves
live.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
prayer
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Yahweh,
I
know
that
no
person
controls
what
will
happen
to
him;
\par }{\QB no
one
is
able
to
direct
the
events
that
he
will
experience.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}{\ADD{
So}}
correct/discipline
us,
but
do
it
gently.
\par }{\QB Do
not
correct/punish
us
when
you
are
angry,
\par }{\QB because
we
would
die
if
you
did
that.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Punish [MTY]
{\ADD{
all}}
the
nations
whose
people
do
not
acknowledge/say
that
you
are
God;
\par }{\QB punish
all
the
nations
whose
people
do
not
worship
you,
\par }{\Q because
they
are
completely
destroying [DOU]
{\ADD{
us
people
of}}
Israel
\par }{\QB and
they
are
causing
our
land
to
soon
be
only
a
desert.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH The people of Judah did not keep the agreement with Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
{\ADD{
another}}
message
that
Yahweh
told
me:
\VS{2}“Listen
to
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
{\ADD{
the
ancestors
of}}
the
people
of
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
other
cities
in}}
Judah.
Then
remind
them
of
{\ADD{
that
agreement}}.
\VS{3}Then
tell
them
that
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
worship}},
said
that
I
will
curse
everyone
who
does
not
obey
what
was
written
in
that
agreement
that
I
made
with
them.
\VS{4}It
is
the
same
agreement
that
I
made
with
their
ancestors
when
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
What
happened
to
them
in
Egypt
was
terrible;
it
was
as
though
they
were}}
living
in
a
hot
furnace [MET].
When
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt,
I
told
them
to
obey
me,
and
to
do
everything
that
I
had
commanded
them
to
do.
{\ADD{
I
also
told
them}}
that
if
they
obeyed
me,
they
would
be
my
people
and
I
would
be
their
God.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
Now
tell
these
people
that
if
they
obey
me}},
I
will
do
what
I
promised
to
do
for
their
ancestors.
I
will
enable
them
to
continue
living
in
this
very
fertile [IDM]
land
in
which
they
now
live.”
\par }{\PP I
replied, “Yahweh,
I
hope
that
what
you
said
will
happen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
into
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
to
the
{\ADD{
other}}
cities
in
Judah.
Proclaim
my
message
to
the
people.
Tell
them
to
listen
to
the
agreement
{\ADD{
that
I
made
with
their
ancestors}},
and
to
obey
it.
\VS{7}When
I
brought
their
ancestors
out
of
Egypt,
I
solemnly
pleaded
with
them
many
times
to
obey
me,
and
I
am
still
pleading
with
them
now.
\VS{8}But
they
did
not
obey
me
or
{\ADD{
even}}
pay
any
attention
to
me.
Everyone
continued
to
be
stubborn
and
to
do
the
evil
things
that
they
wanted
to
do.
I
commanded
them
to
do
what
was
written
in
the
agreement,
but
they
refused.
So
I
punished
them
in
all
the
ways
that
I
promised
that
I
would.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “The
people
of
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
other
cities
in}}
Judah
are
rebelling
against
me.
\VS{10}Their
ancestors
refused
to
do
what
I
told
them
to
do,
and
{\ADD{
now}}
these
people
have
returned
to
committing
the
sins
that
their
ancestors
committed.
They
are
worshiping
other
gods.
The
people
of
Israel
disobeyed
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
their
ancestors,
and
{\ADD{
now}}
the
people
of
Judah
have
done
the
same
thing.
\VS{11}So
now
I,
Yahweh,
am
warning
them
that
I
will
cause
them
to
experience
disasters,
and
they
will
not
escape
them.
And
when
they
cry
out
for
me
{\ADD{
to
help
them}},
I
will
not
pay
attention.
\VS{12}When
that
happens,
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
other}}
cities
in
Judah
will
{\ADD{
offer
sacrifices
and}}
burn
incense
to
their
gods
and
ask
for
their
help,
but
those
gods
will
not
be
able
to
save
them
when
those
disasters
come
to
them.
\VS{13}There
are
more
gods
in
Judah
than
there
are
towns
in
Judah,
and
the
people
of
Jerusalem
have
erected
as
many
altars
to
burn
incense
{\ADD{
to
those
gods}}
as
there
are
streets
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Jeremiah,
do
not
pray
for
these
people,
and
do
not
plead
with
me
to
rescue
them.
If
you
plead
with
me,
I
will
not
pay
attention;
and
if
they
cry
out
to
me
for
help
when
they
are
in
distress,
I
will
not
listen
to
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Yahweh
said,
\par }{\Q “The
people
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
whom
I
love
certainly
no
longer
have [RHQ]
a
right
to
come
to
my
temple,
\par }{\QB because
they
continually
do
many
evil
things.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
They
think
that}}
continually
making
sacrifices
of
meat
to
me
certainly
will [RHQ]
protect
them
from
disasters,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
they
will
be
able
to
rejoice.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
previously
said
that
they
were
like
an
olive
tree
full
of
green
leaves
\par }{\QB with
a
lot
of
good
olives
on
it,
\par }{\Q but
{\ADD{
now
I
will
send
their
enemies
to
attack}}
them
furiously;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
I
will
break
off
their
branches,
and
{\ADD{
their
city}}
will
be
destroyed
by
fire.
\par }{\MM \VS{17}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
people
of
Judah
and
Israel
were
a
beautiful
olive
tree
that
I,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
planted,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
now}},
by
burning
incense
to
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Baal,
they
have
caused
me
to
become
{\ADD{
very}}
angry.
\par }{\Q So
{\ADD{
now}}
I
have
decided
to
destroy
them.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
enemies
planned
to
kill
him
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Yahweh
revealed
to
me
that
{\ADD{
my
enemies}}
were
planning
to
kill
me.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Before
he
did
that}},
I
was
like
a
lamb
that
was
being
led
away
to
be
slaughtered;
I
did
not
know
what
they
were
planning
to
do.
I
did
not
know
that
they
were
saying, “Let’s
get
rid
of
this
tree
and
its
fruit,”
so
{\ADD{
I
did
not
know}}
that
they
intended
to
kill
me,
in
order
that
no
one
would
remember
me [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
Then
I
prayed}}, “Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
you
judge
people
justly/fairly,
\par }{\QB and
you
examine
everything
that
we
are
thinking [DOU].
\par }{\Q Allow
me
to
watch
you
getting
revenge
on
the
people
{\ADD{
who
want
to
kill
me}},
\par }{\QB because
I
trust
that
you
will
do
for
me
what
is
right.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}It
was
the
men
of
{\ADD{
my
own
town}},
Anathoth,
who
wanted
to
kill
me,
and
they
told
me
that
they
would
kill
me
if
I
did
not
stop
prophesying
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
say.
\VS{22}So
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
said
{\ADD{
about
them}}, “I
will
punish
them.
Their
young
men
will
be
killed
in
wars,
and
their
children
will
die
because
they
have
no
food.
\VS{23}I
have
set
a
time
when
I
will
bring
disasters
to
the
people
of
Anathoth,
and
when
that
happens,
none
of
them
will
remain
alive.”

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Jeremiah complained to Yahweh
\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}Yahweh,
whenever
I
tell
you
that
I
am unhappy
{\ADD{
about
what
is happening
to
me}},
\par }{\QB you
{\ADD{
always}}
act
justly/fairly.
\par }{\Q So
now
allow
me
to
ask
about
one
more
thing
{\ADD{
that
I
do
not
understand}}:
\par }{\QB Why
are
wicked
people
{\ADD{
often}}
very
prosperous?
\par }{\QB Why
do
things
go
very
well
for
dishonest/wicked
people?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}You
allow
them
to
prosper
\par }{\QB like [MET]
trees
that
grow
tall
and
bear
{\ADD{
a
lot
of}}
fruit.
\par }{\Q They
{\ADD{
always}}
say [MTY]
good
things
about
you,
\par }{\QB but
their
hearts
are
{\ADD{
really}}
far
from
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}But
Yahweh,
as
for
me,
you
know
what
is
in
my
inner
being.
\par }{\QB You
see
what
I
{\ADD{
do}}
and
you
are
able
to
know
what
I
am
thinking.
\par }{\Q So
drag
away
those
{\ADD{
wicked}}
people,
\par }{\QB like
{\ADD{
people
drag
away}}
sheep
that
they
are
going
to butcher.
\par }{\Q Set
them
aside
like
sheep
that
are
about
to
be
slaughtered!
\par }{\Q \VS{4}This
land
is [RHQ]
becoming
very
dry
and
even
the
grass
is withering.
\par }{\Q The
wild
animals
and
the
birds
have
{\ADD{
all}}
died
\par }{\QB because
the
people
are
{\ADD{
very}}
wicked.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
All
that
has
happened}}
because
the
people
have
said,
\par }{\QB “Yahweh
does
not
know
what
we
are
doing (OR,
what
will
happen
to
us)!”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
replied
to
Jeremiah
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
Then
to
show
me
that
I
needed
to
be
prepared
to
endure
even
greater difficulties,
Yahweh
said
to
me}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{“It
is
as
though}}
you
have
become
exhausted
from racing
against
men;
\par }{\QB so
how
will
you
be
able
to
race
against
horses?
\par }{\Q If
you
{\ADD{
stumble
and}}
fall
when
you
are
running
on
open/bare/smooth
ground,
\par }{\QB what
will
happen
to
you
when
you
are
running
through
the thornbushes
near
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
Already}}
your
brothers
and
{\ADD{
other
members
of}}
your
own
family
oppose
you.
\par }{\QB They ◄plot
against/plan
to
do
evil
things
to►
you
and
they
say
bad
things
about
you.
\par }{\QB So
even
if
they
say
nice
things
about
you,
\par }{\Q do
not
trust
them!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}I
have
abandoned
my
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people,
\par }{\QB the
people
whom
I
chose
to
belong
to
me.
\par }{\Q I
have
allowed
their
enemies
to
conquer
the Israeli
people,
whom
I
love.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}My
people
have
become
to
me
like [SIM]
a
lion
in
the
forest.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
roar
at
me
like
a
lion,
\par }{\QB so
now
I
hate
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}My
chosen
people
have [RHQ]
become
like
speckled
hawks
\par }{\QB that
are
surrounded
by
vultures
{\ADD{
waiting
to
eat
their
flesh
after
they
are
dead}}.
\par }{\Q Tell
all
the
wild
animals
to
come
\par }{\QB and
eat
{\ADD{
the
flesh
of
their
corpses}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Many
rulers
{\ADD{
from
other
countries
have
come
with
their
armies
and}}
devastated/destroyed
my
people
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
whom
I
care
for
like
a
farmer
takes
care
of
his}}
vineyard.
\par }{\Q They
have
caused
my
beautiful
land
to
become
a
barren
desert
where
no
one
lives.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}They
have
caused
it
to
become
completely
empty;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
I
hear
the
land
crying
sadly/mournfully.
\par }{\Q The
whole
land
is
desolate,
\par }{\QB and
no
one ◄worries
about/pays
any
attention
to►
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}The
soldiers
{\ADD{
of
our
enemies}}
have
marched
across
all
the
barren hilltops.
\par }{\Q But
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
using
those
armies [MTY]
to
punish
your
land
from
one
end
to
the
other,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
escape.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
my
people
planted
wheat,
\par }{\QB but
now
they
are
harvesting
thorns.
\par }{\Q They
have
become
very
tired
{\ADD{
because
of
much
hard
work}},
\par }{\QB but
they
have
gained
nothing
{\ADD{
from
all
that
work}}.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
very
disappointed
because
their
harvests
{\ADD{
will
be
very
small}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
that
will
happen}}
because
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
extremely
angry
{\ADD{
with
them}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
said
to
me: “{\ADD{
I
will
punish}}
the
evil
nearby
nations
that
have
been
trying
to
take
away
the
land
that
I
gave
to
my Israeli
people,
and
I
will
force
them
to
leave
their
own
land.
But
I
will
throw
the
people
of
Judah
out
of
their
land,
also.
\VS{15}But
later
I
will
act mercifully
toward
those
nations
again,
and
I
will
bring
them
back
to
their
own
lands
again.
Each
{\ADD{
clan}}
will
come
back
to
its
own
land.
\VS{16}And
if
the
people
{\ADD{
of
the
other
nations
whose
armies
have
invaded
Israel}}
learn
the
{\ADD{religious}}
customs
of
my
people,
and
if
they
learn
that
I
{\ADD{
am
listening}}
when
they
solemnly
promise
that
they
will
do
something
good,
like
they
taught
my
people
to
believe
that
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Baal
{\ADD{
was
listening}}
when
they
made
solemn
promises,
I
will
cause
them
to
become
prosperous,
and
they
also
will
be
my
people.
\VS{17}But
I
will
expel
any
nation
whose
people
refuse
to
obey
me,
and
I
will
destroy
that
nation
and
its
people.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Jeremiah’s linen waistcloth
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
One
day}}
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
and
buy
a
linen waistcloth.
Put
it
on,
but
do
not
wash
it.”
\VS{2}So
I
bought
a
{\ADD{
very
nice}} waistcloth,
which
is
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
do,
and
I
put
it
on.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
{\ADD{
later}}
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
\VS{4}He
said, “Go
to
the
small Perath
Stream
{\ADD{
near
Jerusalem}}
and
hide
your waistcloth
in
a
crevice/hole
in
the
rocks.”
\VS{5}So
I
went
to
the
stream
and
did
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}A
long
time
later,
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
{\ADD{
back}}
to
that
stream
and
get
the waistcloth
that
I
told
you
to
hide
there.”
\VS{7}So
I
went
to
the Perath
Stream
and
dug
out
the waistcloth
from
the
crevice/hole
in
which
I
had
hidden
it.
But
it
was
ruined,
and
useless.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{9}“{\ADD{
What
happened
to
your waistcloth}}
shows
that
I
will
destroy
the
things
that
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah
are
very
proud
of.
\VS{10}Those
wicked
people
refuse
to
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.
They
stubbornly
do
just
what
they
desire
to
do;
they
worship
other
gods.
Therefore,
they
will
become
completely
useless,
like
your waistcloth.
\VS{11}Just
like
a waistcloth
clings
closely/tightly
to
a
man’s
waist,
I
wanted
the
people [MTY]
of
Israel
and
Judah
to
cling
closely
to
me.
I
wanted
them
to
be
my
people,
people
who
would
praise
me
and
honor
me.
But
they
would
not
pay
attention
{\ADD{
to
me}}. “
\par }{\SH The
warning
regarding
wine
bags
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“{\ADD{
So}},
tell
this
to
them: ‘Yahweh,
the
God
whom
you Israeli
{\ADD{
people
worship}},
says
that
every
leather
wineskin
should
be
filled
with
wine.’
And
{\ADD{
when
you
tell
that
to
them}},
they
will
reply, ‘◄Of
course/Certainly►
we
know [RHQ]
that
all
wineskins
should
be
filled
with
wine!’
\VS{13}And
then
you
must
tell
them, ‘No,
that
is
not
what
Yahweh
means.
What
he
said
means
that
he
will
cause
this
land
to
be
filled
with
people
who
are
drunk.
{\ADD{
That
will
include
all
of
you}}—the
king
who
sits
on
the
throne
that
King
David
previously
sat
on,
the
priests
and
the
prophets,
and
even
the
common
people
of
Jerusalem.’
\VS{14}{\ADD{
He
is
saying}}, ‘I
will
cause
you
to bash
each
other.
{\ADD{
Even}}
parents
will bash
their
children.
I
will
not
pity
you
or
act mercifully
toward
you
at
all; pitying
you
will
not
prevent
me
from
getting
rid
of
you.’ ”
\par }{\SH A
warning
that
the
people
of
Judah
will
be
exiled
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
You
people
of
Judah}},
pay
very
careful
attention [DOU].
\par }{\QB Do
not
be
proud,
because
Yahweh
has
spoken
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
he
is
ready
to
bring
darkness
on
you
\par }{\QB and
to
cause
you
to
stumble
and
fall
{\ADD{
as
you
walk}}
on
the
hills
when
it
is
becoming
dark.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}}
praise/honor
Yahweh
your
God
before
that
happens.
\par }{\Q If
you
do
not
do
that,
you
will
look
for
light,
\par }{\QB but
all
you
will
see
is
darkness
and
gloom.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}And
if
you
{\ADD{
still}}
refuse
to
heed
what
he
says,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
what
will
happen
to
you
because
of}}
your
being
proud
will
cause
me
to
cry
when
I
am
alone.
\par }{\Q My
eyes
will
be
filled
with
tears
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
you}},
Yahweh’s
people,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
whom
he
takes
care
of
like
a
shepherd
takes
care
of}} [MET]
his
flock,
\par }{\QB will
{\ADD{
all}}
be
{\ADD{
captured
by
your
enemies
and}}
taken
to
other
countries.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}{\ADD{
You
people
of
Judah}},
say
to
the
king
and
to
his
mother,
\par }{\Q “Come
down
from
sitting
on
your
thrones
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
humbly}}
sit
in
the
dust,
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
your
enemies}}
will
soon
snatch
from
your
heads
your
glorious
crowns.”
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
towns
in
the
southern
part
of
Judah
will
be
surrounded
by
your
enemies,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
be
able
to
get
through
their
lines
{\ADD{
to
rescue
the
people
in
those
towns}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Judah
will
be
captured
and
taken
away;
\par }{\QB you
will
all
be ◄exiled/taken
{\ADD{
to
foreign
countries►}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
You
leaders
of
Jerusalem}},
open
your
eyes
and
look:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
enemy
armies
are
ready
to}}
march
down
from
the
north.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
what
will
happen
to [RHQ]
the
{\ADD{
people
of
Judah
who
are
like}}
a
beautiful
flock
of
sheep,
\par }{\QB people
that
he
gave
to
you
to
take
care
of?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}What
will
you
say [RHQ]
when
Yahweh
appoints
people
from
other
countries
to
rule
over
you,
\par }{\QB people
who
you
{\ADD{mistakenly}}
thought
were
your
friends?
\par }{\Q You
will [RHQ]
suffer
very
much
pain,
\par }{\QB like
a
woman
who
is
about
to
give
birth
to
a
baby.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}You
will
ask
yourselves, “Why
is
this happening
to
us?”
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
I
will
reply
that}}
it
is
because
of
your
many
sins.
\par }{\Q That
is
why
{\ADD{
soldiers
of
the invading
armies}}
will
lift
up
the
skirts
{\ADD{
of
your
women}}
and
rape
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}A
man
from
Ethiopia
certainly
cannot [RHQ]
change
the
color
of
his
{\ADD{
black}}
skin,
\par }{\QB and
a
leopard
certainly
cannot [RHQ]
change
its
spots.
\par }{\Q Similarly,
you
cannot
start
doing
what
is
good,
\par }{\QB because
you
have
always
done
what
is
evil.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}{\ADD{
Yahweh
says}}, “I
will
scatter
you
like
chaff
\par }{\QB that
is
blown
away
by
the
wind
from
the
desert.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}That
is
what
is
certainly
going
to
happen
to
you;
\par }{\QB the
things
that
I
have
determined
will
happen
to
you,
\par }{\QB because
you
have
forgotten
me,
\par }{\QB and
you
are
trusting
in
false
{\ADD{
gods}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
myself
will
pull
your
skirts
up
over
your
faces
\par }{\QB and
cause
you
to
be
very
ashamed
because
everyone
will
be
able
to
see
your
sex
organs.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}I
have
seen
that
you
{\ADD{
act
like
men
who
are
eager
to
commit
adultery}};
\par }{\QB you
are
like
male
horses
that whinny
when
they
desire
{\ADD{
to
have
sex
with}}
a
female
horse.
\par }{\Q I
have
seen
that
you
worship
disgusting
idols
in
the
fields
and
on
the
hills.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Jerusalem,
terrible
things
will
happen
to
you!
\par }{\QB How
long
will
it
be [RHQ]
until
you
are
acceptable
to
me
{\ADD{
again}}?”

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH The terrible drought
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
there
had
been
no
rain
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}
for
a
long
time,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{
The
people
in}}
Judah
are
very
distressed;
\par }{\QB people
{\ADD{
are
sitting}}
on
the
ground
and
mourning;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
in
all
of}}
Jerusalem
people
are
crying
loudly.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
rich
people
send
their
servants
to
{\ADD{
wells}}
to
get
water,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
all}}
the
wells
are
dry.
\par }{\Q The
servants
return
with
empty
pitchers;
\par }{\Q they
cover
their
heads
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because
they
are
ashamed
and
humiliated/disappointed
and
sad}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
ground
is
extremely
dry
and
cracked
open
\par }{\QB because
there
has
been
no
rain.
\par }{\Q The
farmers
are
very
worried,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so}}
they
{\ADD{
also}}
cover
their
heads.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Even
the ◄does/female
deer►
abandon
their newborn
babies/fawns
\par }{\QB because
there
is
no
grass
in
the
fields
{\ADD{
for
them
to
eat}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
wild
donkeys
stand
on
the
barren
hills,
\par }{\QB panting
like [SIM]
{\ADD{
thirsty}}
jackals/wolves.
\par }{\Q They
become
blind
\par }{\QB because
there
is
no
grass
{\ADD{
to
eat}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
The
people
say}}, “Yahweh,
we
have
turned
away
from
you
and
sinned
many
times,
\par }{\QB and
now
we
know
that
we
are
being
punished
because
of
our
sins,
\par }{\Q but
please
help
us
\par }{\QB in
order
that
everyone
can
see
that
you
are
very
great [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{8}You
are
the
one
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
to
do
good
things
for
us}}
\par }{\QB when
we
have
{\ADD{
many}}
troubles/difficulties.
\par }{\Q So,
why
do
you
{\ADD{
not
help
us}}?
\par }{\QB You
act
as
though
you
are
a
stranger
in
our
land,
\par }{\QB like
you
are
someone
who
is
staying
here
for
only
one
night.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Are
you
also
surprised
{\ADD{
about
the
terrible
things
that
are happening
to
us}}?
\par }{\QB Why
do
you
act
like
you
are
unable
to
save
anyone,
even
though
you
are
a
strong
warrior?
\par }{\Q Yahweh,
you
are
{\ADD{
here}}
among
us,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
others
know
that}}
we
are
your
people,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so}}
do
not
abandon
us!”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
to
those
people:
\par }{\Q “You
love
to
wander
away
{\ADD{
from
me}};
\par }{\QB you
run [MTY]
from
one
{\ADD{
idol}}
to
another.
\par }{\Q Therefore,
now
I
will
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
accept
you,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
punish
you
for
your
sins.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Do
not
pray
for
these
people
{\ADD{
anymore}}.
\VS{12}When
they ◄fast/abstain
from
food
in
order
to
honor
me►,
I
will
not
pay
any
attention.
When
they
bring
{\ADD{
to
me}}
their
offerings
{\ADD{
of
animals}}
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
their
offerings
of
grain,
I
will
not
accept
them.
Instead,
I
will
get
rid
of
them
by
wars,
by
famines,
and
by
diseases.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
I
replied
to
him, “Yahweh
{\ADD{
my}}
God,
{\ADD{
their}}
prophets
are
telling
the
people
that
they
will
not
experience
wars [MTY]
or
famines.
They
are
telling
the
people
that
you
will
surely
allow
us
to
have
peace
in
our
land
{\ADD{
for
many
years}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Yahweh
replied
to
me, “Those
prophets
say
that
they
are
speaking
what
I
tell
them
to
say [MTY],
but
they
are
telling
lies.
I
did
not
send
them,
{\ADD{
so}}
what
they
are
saying
is
false.
They
say
that
they
have
received
visions
from
me,
and
that
they
are
telling
things
that
I
have
revealed
to
them,
but
that
is
not
true.
They
are
saying
foolish
things
that
they
have
only
thought
of
themselves.
\VS{15}So
this
is
what
I
say
about
those
prophets
who
are
predicting
what
will
happen,
saying
that
I
told
them
those
things:
They
are
saying
that
we Israelis
will
not
die
from
wars
or
famines,
but
I
did
not
send
those
prophets.
And
they
themselves
will
die
from
wars
or
from
famines.
\VS{16}And
the
people
to
whom
they
are
predicting
these
things,
they
and
their
wives
and
their
sons
and
their
daughters,
will
{\ADD{
also
die}}
from
wars
or
from
famines.
{\ADD{
Their
corpses
will}}
be
thrown
into
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
and
there
will
not
be
anyone
to
bury
them.
I
will
punish
them
like
they
deserve
to
be
punished.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
So,
Jeremiah}},
tell
this
to
them
{\ADD{
about
yourself}}:
\par }{\Q ‘Day
and
night
my
eyes
are
full
of
tears.
\par }{\QB I
cannot
stop
crying.
\par }{\Q I
cry
for
my
people,
\par }{\QB who
are
{\ADD{
very
precious
to
me,
as
if
they
were}} [MET]
my
daughters.
\par }{\QB I
cry
for
them
because
they
have
been
severely
wounded;
\par }{\QB they
have
been
severely
crushed [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{18}If
I
go
out
into
the
fields,
\par }{\QB I
see
{\ADD{
corpses
of}}
people
who
have
been
slaughtered
by
our
enemies.
\par }{\Q If
I
walk
along
the
streets
of
the
city,
\par }{\QB I
see
{\ADD{
corpses
of
people
who
died}}
from
hunger.
\par }{\Q The
prophets
and
the
priests
travel
through
the
land,
preaching
to
people,
\par }{\QB but
they
do
not
know
{\ADD{
what
they
are
doing}} (OR,
{\ADD{
in
a
land}}
that
they
know
nothing
about).’ ”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
prayer
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
Then
I
prayed
this}}:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
Yahweh}},
have
you
completely
rejected
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Judah?
\par }{\QB Do
you
really
despise
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem [MTY]?
\par }{\Q Why
have
you [RHQ]
wounded
us
very
badly,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
we
will
never
be
healed?
\par }{\Q We
hoped
that
we
would
have
peace,
\par }{\QB but
there
was
no
peace.
\par }{\Q We
hoped
that
there
would
be
a
time
when
we
would
be
healed,
\par }{\QB but
all
that
we
received
were
things
that
terrified
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Yahweh,
we
admit/know
that
we
are
wicked
people,
\par }{\QB and
that
our
ancestors
{\ADD{
also}}
did
many
wicked
things.
\par }{\Q We
have
{\ADD{
all}}
sinned
against
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}But
{\ADD{
Yahweh}},
in
order
that
we
may
honor [MTY]
you,
\par }{\QB do
not
despise/abandon
us.
\par }{\Q Do
not
dishonor
{\ADD{
the
city
where}} [MTY]
your
glorious
throne
is.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Please}}
do
not
forget
{\ADD{
us}},
\par }{\QB and
do
not ◄break
your
agreement
with
us/stop
doing
what
you
agreed
to
do
for
us►.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Those
idols
that
{\ADD{
have
been
brought
from}}
other
nations
certainly
cannot [RHQ]
bring
rain
{\ADD{
to
us}},
\par }{\QB and
the
sky
certainly
cannot [RHQ]
cause
rain
to
fall.
\par }{\Q Yahweh
our
God,
you
are
the
only
one
who
can
do
things
like
that.
\par }{\QB So
we
will
confidently
expect
you
{\ADD{
to
help
us}}.”

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Yahweh said what would happen to the people of Judah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
{\ADD{
this}}
to
me: “Even
if
Moses
and
Samuel
could
{\ADD{
come
back
from
their
graves
and}}
and
stand
in
front
of
me
{\ADD{
and
plead
with
me
for
these Israeli
people}},
I
would
not
act mercifully [IDM]
toward
these
people.
{\ADD{
I
would
tell
you}}, ‘Send
them
away
from
me.
Cause
them
to
leave
me!’
\VS{2}And
if
they
ask
you, ‘Where
shall
we
go?’,
tell
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q The
ones
that
I
say
must
die,
will
die:
\par }{\Q The
ones
that
I
say
must
die
in
wars [MTY],
will
die
in
wars.
\par }{\Q The
ones
that
I
say
must
die
from
hunger,
will
die
from
hunger.
\par }{\Q The
ones
that
I
say
must
be
captured
{\ADD{
and
taken
to
other
countries}},
will
be
captured
{\ADD{
and
taken
to
other
countries}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}I
will
send
four
things
that
will
get
rid
of
them:
I
will
send
{\ADD{
enemy
soldiers
using}}
swords
to
kill
them.
I
will
send
wild
dogs
to
drag
away
{\ADD{
their
corpses}}.
I
will
send
vultures
to
eat
{\ADD{
their
corpses}}.
And
I
will
send
{\ADD{
other}}
wild
animals
to
eat
what
remains
{\ADD{
of
their
corpses}}.
\VS{4}Because
of
{\ADD{
the
wicked
things
that}}
King
Manasseh
did
in
Jerusalem,
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
people
in}}
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
to
be
horrified
about
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
in
Judah
to}}
my
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}You
{\ADD{
people
of
}}Jerusalem,
no
one
will [RHQ]
feel
sorry
for
you.
\par }{\QB No
one
will [RHQ]
weep/cry
for
you.
\par }{\QB No
one
will [RHQ]
ask ◄how
you
are/if
you
are
well►.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}You
people
have
abandoned
me;
\par }{\QB you
have
continued
to
walk
away
{\ADD{
from
me}} [DOU].
\par }{\Q So,
I
will
lift
up
my
fist
to
smash
you;
\par }{\QB I
will
not
act mercifully
toward
you
any
longer.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}At
the
gates
of
your
cities,
I
will
{\ADD{
scatter
you
like
a
farmer
scatters
the
chaff
from
his
grain
by}} ◄winnowing
it/throwing
it
up
to
allow
the
wind
to
blow
the
chaff
away► [MET].
\par }{\QB You,
my
people,
have
refused
to
turn
away
from
your
evil
behavior.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}},
I
will
get
rid
of
you,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
even
cause
your
children
to
be
killed.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I
will
cause
there
to
be
more
widows
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}
\par }{\QB than
{\ADD{
there
are
grains
of}}
sand
on
the
seashore [HYP].
\par }{\Q At noontime,
{\ADD{
when
people
will
not
be expecting
it
to
happen}},
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
an
enemy
army}}
to
attack
you,
\par }{\QB an
army
that
will
destroy
your
young
men
and
cause
their
mothers
to
weep.
\par }{\Q I
will
cause
you
to
suddenly
experience
great
suffering/pain
and
become
very
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}A
woman
who
has
seven
children
will
become
faint
and ◄gasp
for
breath/be
hardly
able
to
breathe►;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
daylight
will
become
darkness
for
her,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
because
most
of}}
her
children
will
be
dead,
\par }{\QB and
she
will
be
disgraced
and
humiliated [DOU].
\par }{\Q And
her
children
who
are
still
alive,
I
will
enable
your
enemies
to
kill
them.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
complaint
and
Yahweh’s
reply
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
I
said
to}}
my
mother, “I
am
very
sad;
\par }{\Q I
wish
that
you
had
not
given
birth
to
me;
\par }{\QB everyone
in
this
land
opposes
me
and
quarrels
with
me.
\par }{\Q I
am
not
a
person
who
lends
{\ADD{
money
to
people
and threatens
to sue/harm
them
if
they
do
not
pay
me
back
when
they
should}},
\par }{\QB and
I
am
not
a
person
who
borrows
{\ADD{
money
from
others
and
then
refuses
to
pay
it
back}},
\par }{\Q but
everyone [HYP]
curses
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
Yahweh
replied
to
me,
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
Jeremiah}},
I
will
take
care
of
you.
\par }{\Q And
at
times
when
your
enemies
have
troubles
and
disasters,
\par }{\QB they
will
{\ADD{
come
to
you
and}}
plead
for
you
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}.”
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
told
me
to
say
to
the
people}}
of
Judah,
\par }{\Q “our
enemies,
who
are
{\ADD{
as
strong
as}}
iron
or
bronze,
{\ADD{
will
attack
you}} fromfrom
the
north;
\par }{\QB no
one
will
be
able
to
stop
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
will
give
all
the
valuable
possessions
{\ADD{
of
the
people
of
Judah}}
to
their
enemies,
\par }{\QB without
them
paying
for
it.
\par }{\Q Their
valuable
possessions
will
be
the
payment/reward
{\ADD{
that
I
will
give
them}}
\par }{\QB because
of
all
the
sins
that
you
have
committed
throughout
your
country.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
tell
your
enemies
to
force
you
to
become
their
prisoners,
\par }{\QB and
to
take
you
to
other
lands
that
you
do
not
{\ADD{
even}}
know
about,
\par }{\QB and
force
you
to
become
their
slaves.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
because
I
am
extremely
angry
{\ADD{
with
you}};
\par }{\QB my
being
angry
is
{\ADD{
like}} [SIM]
a
fire
that
will
burn
forever.”
\par }{\SH Another
complaint
by
Jeremiah,
and
Yahweh’s
reply
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
Then
I
said}}, “Yahweh,
you
know
{\ADD{
what
is happening
to
me}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Please}}
come
and ◄help
me/take
care
of
me►.
\par }{\QB Punish
those
who
are ◄persecuting
me/causing
me
to
suffer►.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Please}}
do
not
continue
to
be
patient
with
them
\par }{\QB and
do
not
allow
me
to
die
now.
\par }{\Q It
is ◄for
your
sake/because
I
serve
you►
that
I
am
suffering.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Yahweh
my
God,
you
are
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels;
\par }{\Q and
when
you
spoke
to
me,
\par }{\QB I
was
delighted
with
your
message;
it
caused
me
to
be
joyful,
\par }{\Q and
I
eagerly
accepted [MET]
what
you
said
\par }{\QB because
I
belong
to
you. [IDM, MTY]
\par }{\Q \VS{17}When
the
people
were carousing
together,
\par }{\QB I
never
joined
them;
\par }{\Q I
sat
alone,
because
you [MTY]
are
the
one
who
controls
what
I
do.
\par }{\QB I
was
very
angry
{\ADD{
with
those
people
because
of
their
sins}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}So, ◄why
do
you
{\ADD{
allow}}
me
to
continue
to
suffer?/I
do
not
understand
why
you
allow
me
to
continue
to
suffer.► [RHQ]
\par }{\QB It
seems
that [RHQ]
my
wounds
cannot
be
healed.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Sometimes
you
help
me,
sometimes
you
do
not
help
me}}.
\par }{\QB It
seems
that
you
are
as undependable
as
a
brook
that
has
water
in
it
only
during
certain
seasons;
\par }{\QB you
are
like
a
spring
that
has
dried
up.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
Yahweh
{\ADD{
replied}},
\par }{\Q “If
you
begin
again
to
{\ADD{
trust
in}}
me,
\par }{\Q I
will
restore
you,
\par }{\QB in
order
that
you
can
continue
to
serve
me.
\par }{\Q If
you
proclaim
good/valuable
messages
and
not
worthless
ones,
\par }{\QB you
will
continue
to
be
the
one
who
speaks
what
I
tell
you
to
say.
\par }{\Q You
must
cause
the
people
to
pay
attention
to
what
{\BD{
you}}
say;
\par }{\QB you
must
not
pay
attention
to
what
{\BD{
they}}
say.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}They
will
fight
against
you,
\par }{\QB but
I
will
protect
you,
like [SIM]
people
are
protected
from
their
enemies
by
a
bronze
wall.
\par }{\Q They
will
not
defeat
you,
\par }{\QB because
I
will
be
with
you,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
protect
and
rescue [DOU]
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
Truly}},
I
will
keep
you
safe
from
those
wicked
people,
\par }{\QB I
will
rescue
you
when
you
are
seized
by
cruel
people.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Jeremiah was warned about the coming disaster
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said
to
me}},
\VS{2}“Do
not
get
married
and
have
children
in
this
land,
\VS{3}because
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say
about
the
children
who
are
born
in
this
city,
and
about
their
mothers
and
fathers:
\VS{4}{\ADD{
Many
of}}
them
will
die
from
terrible
diseases.
And
no
one
will
mourn
for
them.
No
one
will
even
bury
their
corpses;
the
corpses
will
lie
on
the
ground,
{\ADD{
scattered}}
like
manure.
{\ADD{
Others}}
will
die
in
wars
or
from
hunger,
and
{\ADD{
then}}
their
corpses
will
become
food
for
vultures
and
wild
animals.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
said
to
me: “Do
not
go
to funerals
to
mourn
or
to
show
{\ADD{
those
whose
relatives
have
died}}
that
you
feel
sorry
for
them,
because
I
have
stopped
protecting
them,
and
I
have
caused
that
things
will
not
go
well
for
them.
I
have
stopped
faithfully
loving
them
and
acting mercifully
toward
them.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Very
many
people}}
will
die
in
this
land,
{\ADD{
including}}
those
who
are
important
and
those
who
are
not
important.
And
no
one
will
mourn
for
them,
or
{\ADD{
even}}
bury
{\ADD{
their
corpses}}.
No
one
will
cut
himself
or
shave
his
head
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
is
very
sad}}.
\VS{7}No
one
will
bring
food
to
comfort
those
who
are
mourning,
not
even
if
it
is
their
father
or
their
mother
{\ADD{
who
has
died}}.
No
one
will
give
them
a
cup
{\ADD{
of
wine}}
to
cheer
them
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
do
not
go
into
the
houses
where
people
are
feasting.
Do
not
eat
or
drink
anything
with
them.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
do
this}}
because
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
say: ‘While
you
are
still
alive
and
seeing
it
happen,
I
will
cause
there
to
be
no
more
singing
and
laughing
in
this
land.
There
will
be
no
more
joyful
voices
of bridegrooms
and
brides.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
you
tell
these
things
to
the
people,
they
will
ask, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
declared
that
these
terrible
things
will
happen
to
us?
What
have
we
done
{\ADD{
for
which
we
deserve
to
be
punished
like
this}}?
What
sin
have
we
committed
against
Yahweh
our
God?’
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
this
is
what
you
must
tell
them
{\ADD{
that
I
am replying
to
them}}: ‘It
is
because
your
ancestors
turned
away
from
me,
Yahweh.
They
worshiped
other
gods
and
served
them.
They
abandoned
me
and
did
not
obey
my
commands.
\VS{12}But
you
{\ADD{
who
are
living
now}}
have
done
more
wicked
things
than
your
ancestors
did!
Each
of
you
stubbornly
does
the
evil
things
that
he
desires
and
refuses
to
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.
\VS{13}So,
I
will
throw
you
out
of
this
land,
and
I
will
send
you
to
a
land
that
you
and
your
ancestors
have
never
known
about.
There
you
will
worship
other
gods
day
and
night.
And
I
will
not
act mercifully
toward
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
there
will
be
a
time
when
people
{\ADD{
who
are
solemnly
promising
to
do
something}}
will
no
longer
say, ‘{\ADD{
I
will
do
this}},
{\ADD{
just
as
surely}}
as
Yahweh
lives—the
one
who
brought
the Israeli
people
here
from
Egypt.’
\VS{15}Instead,
they
will
say ‘{\ADD{
I
will
do
this,
just
as
surely}}
as
Yahweh
lives—the
one
who
brought
{\ADD{
us}} Israeli
people
back
to
our
own
land,
from
the
lands
to
the
north
and
from
all
the
other
lands
to
which
he
had ◄exiled
us/forced
us
to
go►.’
{\ADD{
They
will
be
able
to
say
that}}
because
{\ADD{
some
day}}
I
will
bring
your
descendants
back
to
this
land
that
I
gave
to
your
ancestors.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
now
I
am
summoning
{\ADD{
your
enemies
who
will
seize
the
people
of
Judah
like}} [MET]
fishermen
{\ADD{
catch
fish}}.
I
am
summoning
those
who
will
search
for
them
on
every
mountain
and
hill,
and
in
every
cave,
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
hunters
{\ADD{
search
for
animals
to
kill}}.
\VS{17}I
am
watching
them
carefully.
I
see
every
sin
{\ADD{
that
they
commit}}.
They
will
not
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
hide
from
me [MTY].
\VS{18}Because
of
all
the
wicked
things
that
they
have
done [DOU],
I
will
punish
them
twice
as
much
{\ADD{
as
I
would
punish
other
people.
I
will
do
that}}
because
they
have
caused
my
land
to
become
unacceptable
to
me
because
of
their
{\ADD{
worshiping}} lifeless
statues
of
detestable
gods,
and
{\ADD{
also
because
they}}
have
done
many
other
evil
things
throughout
my
land.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
prayed
again,
and
Yahweh
replied
\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
Then
I
prayed,
saying}}, “Yahweh,
you
are
the
one
who
strengthens
me
and
protects
me [MET];
\par }{\QB you
are
the
one
to
whom
I
go
when
I
have
{\ADD{
troubles}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Some
day
people
from}}
nations
all
over
the
world
will
come
to
you
and
say,
\par }{\QB ‘Our
ancestors
left/gave
us
only
something
that
was
false;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
they
worshiped
idols}}
that
are
completely
worthless [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{20}No
one
can [RHQ]
make
their
own
gods;
\par }{\QB the
gods
that
they
make
are
{\ADD{
only
idols}};
they
are
not real
gods.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
Then
Yahweh
said}}, “Now
I
will
show
my
power
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Judah}};
\par }{\QB I
will
show
them
that
I
am
truly
very
powerful [DOU].
\par }{\QB Then,
finally,
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
am
the
true
God}}.”

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Yahweh’s promise to punish Judah
\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said, “It
is
as
though
a
list
of}}
the
sins
{\ADD{
committed
by
the
people
of}}
Judah
is
engraved
with
an
iron
chisel,
or
engraved
using
the
fine
point
of
a
very
hard
stone,
\par }{\QB on
the
altars
{\ADD{
where
they
worship
idols}}.
\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
this
list
is
engraved
on
their
inner
beings!
\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{
Even}}
their
children
are
happy
to
go
to
the
altars
{\ADD{
to
worship
their
gods}},
and
to
the
poles
{\ADD{
that
represent
the
goddess}}
Asherah
{\ADD{
at
which
their
parents
worshiped}},
\par }{\QB shrines
that
are
underneath
all
the
big
trees
\par }{\QB and
on
{\ADD{
all}}
the
high
hills.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}So,
I
will
allow
your
enemies
to
capture
{\ADD{
Zion}},
your
holy
hill,
\par }{\QB and
all
your
wealth
and
your ◄treasures/valuable
things►,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
even}}
the
shrines
on
all
those
hills,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
sins
that
you
people
have
committed
throughout
your
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
{\ADD{
wonderful}}
land
that
I
gave
to
you
will
no
longer
belong
to
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
tell
your
enemies
to
take
you
to
a
land
that
you
do
not
know
about,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
become
their
slaves.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
do
that}}
because
I
am
extremely
angry
{\ADD{
with
you}};
\par }{\QB my
being
angry
is
{\ADD{
like}}
a
fire
that
will
burn
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
I}}
will
curse/condemn
those
who
trust
in
human
beings
{\ADD{
to
help
them}},
\par }{\QB those
who
rely
on
their
own
strength
\par }{\QB and
turn
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}They
are
like
{\ADD{
dry}}
bushes
in
the
desert,
\par }{\QB they
are
people
who
will
not
experience
any
good
things.
\par }{\Q Those
people
will
live
in
the
barren
desert
\par }{\QB in
a salty
area,
where
nothing
grows.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}But
I
am
pleased
with
those
who
trust
in
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB and
who
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
me
to
take
care
of
them}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Those
people
are
like [SIM]
fruit
trees
that
have
been
planted
along
a riverbank,
\par }{\QB trees
that
have
roots
that
go
down
into
the
{\ADD{
wet
ground
beside}}
the
water.
\par }{\Q They
are
trees
whose
leaves
remain
green
when
it
becomes
hot,
\par }{\QB trees
that
continue
to
bear
fruit
when
there
are
many
months
in
which
there
is
no
rain.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Human
minds
are
extremely
corrupt/deceitful,
\par }{\QB and
you
cannot
change
that.
\par }{\QB It
is
also
completely
impossible [RHQ]
for
anyone
to
understand
that.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}But
I,
Yahweh,
search
what
is
in
everyone’s
inner
being,
\par }{\QB and
I
examine
what
they
are
thinking.
\par }{\Q I
will
give
all
people
rewards,
\par }{\QB what
they
deserve
for
what
they
have
done.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
I,
Jeremiah,
agree,
because
I
know
that}}
people
who
become
rich
by
doing
things
that
are
unjust
\par }{\QB are
like
birds
that
hatch
eggs
that
they ◄did
not
lay/stole
from
another
nest►.
\par }{\Q So,
when
those
people
have
lived
only
half
of
the
years
{\ADD{
that
they
expect
to
live}},
their
wealth
will
disappear.
\par }{\QB Then
{\ADD{
other
people
will
realize
that}}
those
rich
people
have
been
foolish.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Yahweh,
your
temple
is
{\ADD{
like}}
a
glorious
throne
\par }{\QB that
is
still
on
a
high
hill.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
are
the
one
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israeli
people
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
to
bless
us}},
\par }{\QB and
all
those
who
turn
away
from
you
will
be
disgraced.
\par }{\Q Their
names
will
be
written
{\ADD{
only}}
in
the
dust,
{\ADD{
and
will
soon
disappear}},
\par }{\QB because
they
have
abandoned
you,
{\ADD{
who
are
like}} [MET]
a
fountain
where
people
obtain
fresh
water.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}Yahweh,
{\ADD{
please}}
heal
me,
because
{\ADD{
if
you
heal
me}},
I
will
truly
be
healed.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
If
you}}
rescue
me,
I
will
truly
be
safe,
\par }{\QB because
you
are
the
{\ADD{
only}}
one
whom
I
praise.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}People
often
ridicule
me
and
say,
\par }{\Q “You
tell
us
messages
that
you
say
came
from
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB but ◄why
have
the
things
that
you
predicted
not
happened?/those
predictions
have
not
come
true!►” [RHQ]
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Yahweh,
you
{\ADD{
appointed
me
to
take
care
of
your
people
like}}
a
shepherd
{\ADD{
takes
care
of
his
sheep}} [MET];
I
have
not
abandoned
that
work,
\par }{\QB and
you
know
that
I
have
not
{\ADD{
previously}}
wanted
this
time
of
disaster
{\ADD{
to
come
to
people
who
ridicule
me}}.
\par }{\Q And
you
know
everything
that
I
have
said [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
your
people}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Do
not
cause
me
to
be
terrified!
\par }{\QB When
disasters
come/occur,
you
are
the
one
to
whom
I
will
go
to
be
safe.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}{\ADD{
So
now}},
cause
those
who ◄persecute
me/cause
me
to
suffer►
to
be
ashamed
and
dismayed,
\par }{\QB but
do
not
{\ADD{
do
things
to
me
that
will}}
cause
me
to
be
ashamed
and
dismayed.
\par }{\Q Cause
them
to
be
terrified!
\par }{\QB Do
to
them
many
things
that
will
completely
destroy
them!
\par }{\SH Keeping
the
Sabbath
day
holy
\par }{\PP \VS{19}This
is
what
Yahweh
said
to
me: “Go
to
the
city
gates
in
Jerusalem.
{\ADD{
First}}
go
to
the
gate
where
the
kings
of
Judah
go
in
and
out
of
the
city,
and
{\ADD{
then}}
go
to
each
of
the
{\ADD{
other}}
gates.
\VS{20}Say
to
the
people
{\ADD{
at
each
gate}}, ‘You
kings
of
Judah
and
everyone
{\ADD{
else}}
who
is
living
in
Jerusalem
and
all
{\ADD{
you
other
people
of}}
Judah
who
enter
these
gates,
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh!
\VS{21}He
says, “Listen
to
this
warning
carefully!
{\ADD{
Stop
doing
work}}
on ◄Sabbath/our
rest►
days!
Stop
carrying
loads
through
these
gates
{\ADD{
on
those
days}}!
\VS{22}Do
not
carry
loads
out
of
your
houses
or
do
any
{\ADD{
other}}
work
on
Sabbath
days!
Instead,
cause
Sabbath
days
to
be ◄holy/set
apart
for
me►.
I
commanded
your
ancestors
to
do
that,
\VS{23}but
they
did
not
listen
to
me
or
obey
me.
When
I
did
things
to
correct
them,
they
stubbornly [IDM]
refused
to
pay
attention
to
what
I
said
or
to
accept
it.
\VS{24}But
I
say
that
if
you
obey
me,
and
if
you
do
not
carry
loads
through
these
gates
{\ADD{
on
Sabbath
days}}
or
do
any
other
work
on
Sabbath
days,
and
if
you
dedicate
the
Sabbath
days
to
me,
\VS{25}kings
of
Judah [MTY]
and
{\ADD{
their}}
officials
will
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
go
in
and
out
of
these
gates.
There
will
{\ADD{
always}}
be
someone
who
is
a
descendant
of [MTY]
{\ADD{
King}}
David
ruling
{\ADD{
here}} [MTY]
in
Jerusalem.
Kings
and
their
officials
will
go
in
and
out
of
these
gates,
riding
in
chariots
and
on
horses,
and
there
will
be
people
living
in
this
city
forever.
\VS{26}And
people
will
come
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}
bringing
offerings
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
{\ADD{
other}}
offerings.
They
will
bring
to
the
temple
grain
offerings
and
incense
and
offerings
to
thank
{\ADD{
me}}.
People
will
bring
those
offerings
from
the
towns
in
Judah
and
the
villages
near
Jerusalem
and
from
the
land
{\ADD{
where
the
tribe}}
of
Benjamin
{\ADD{
lives}}
and
from
the
western
foothills
and
from
the
desert
in
the
south.
\VS{27}But
if
you
do
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
say,
and
if
you
refuse
to
dedicate
the
Sabbath
days
to
me,
and
if
you
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
carry
loads
through
these
gates
into
the
city
on
Sabbath
days,
I
will
burn
these
gates
completely.
The
fire
will
spread
to
the
palaces,
and
no
one
will
be
able
to
put
out
that
fire.” ’ ”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH The potter and the clay
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
another
message
to
me.
{\ADD{
He
said}},
\VS{2}“Go
to
the shop
of
the
man
who
makes
clay
pots.
I
will
give
you
a
message
there.”
\VS{3}So
I
went
to
that shop,
and
I
saw
the
man
who
makes
pots.
He
was
working
at
the
wheel
{\ADD{
that
he
uses
to
form
pots}}.
\VS{4}But
when
he
finished
making
one
jar,
it
was
not
as
good
as
he
hoped/wanted
it
to
be.
{\ADD{
So}},
he
took
that
clay
and
formed
it
into
another
jar, shaping
it
as
he
desired.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{6}“Perhaps
the
people
of
Israel
{\ADD{
think
that}}
I
cannot
do
to
them
like
this
man
who
makes
pots
has
done [RHQ].
{\ADD{
But
what
they
think
is
wrong}}.
I
{\ADD{
can
control
what
happens
to
them
like}}
this
man
{\ADD{
controls
what
he
does
with
the
clay}}
in
his
hands.
\VS{7}There
may
be
a
time
when
I
proclaim
that
I
will
get
rid
of
a
nation
or
kingdom,
{\ADD{
like
someone}}
pulls
up
{\ADD{
a
plant
with
its
roots}},
and smashes
it,
and
destroys
it.
\VS{8}But
if
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
that
nation
repent
of
doing
evil
things,
I
will
not
send
to
them
the
disasters
that
I
planned
to
send.
\VS{9}And
there
may
be
a
time
when
I
proclaim
that
I
will
establish
a
nation
or
kingdom
and
cause
it
to
be
strong [MET].
\VS{10}But
if
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
that
nation
{\ADD{
start
to}}
do
evil
things
and
refuse
to
obey
me,
then
I
will
not
bless
them
as
I
said
that
I
would
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Therefore,
{\ADD{
Jeremiah,
go
and
warn
all}}
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
in
other
places}}
in
Judah.
Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says: “I
am
planning
to
cause
you
to
experience
a
disaster [DOU].
{\ADD{
So}},
each
of
you
should
turn
from
your
evil
behavior
and
start
doing
what
is
right,
{\ADD{
in
order
that
you
will
not
experience
that
disaster}}.” ’ ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
So
I
told
that
message
to
the
people}},
but
they
replied, “It
is
useless
{\ADD{
for
you
to
tell
us
that}}.
We
will
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
be
stubborn
and
behave
as
we
want
to.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So,
this
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “Ask
the
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in
other}}
nations
if
they
have [RHQ]
ever
heard
of
such
a
thing.
\par }{\QB My Israeli
people,
who
{\ADD{
have
been
pure
like}} [MET]
virgins,
have
done
a
terrible
thing!
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
snow
certainly
never [RHQ]
completely
disappears/melts
from
the
rocky
slopes
of
the
mountains
in
Lebanon.
\par }{\QB The
cold
streams
that
flow
down
from
those
distant
mountains
never [RHQ]
cease
flowing.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}But
my
people
{\ADD{
are
not
as
reliable
as
those
streams:}}
\par }{\QB They
have
abandoned
me.
\par }{\Q They
burn
incense
to
{\ADD{
honor/worship}}
worthless
idols.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
have
stumbled
as
they
walked
along
very
old
roads
that
are
good
roads,
\par }{\QB and
now,
instead,
they
are
walking
on
dirt
paths.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Therefore,
their
land
will
become
desolate,
\par }{\QB and
people
who
see
it
will
hiss
{\ADD{
to
ridicule
it}}.
\par }{\Q Eveyone
who
passes
by
will
be
appalled;
\par }{\QB they
will
shake
their
heads
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
are
shocked}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}I
will
scatter
the
people
when
their
enemies
{\ADD{
attack
them}}
\par }{\QB like
dust
is
scattered
by
an
east
wind.
\par }{\Q And
when
they
experience
all
those difficulties/disasters,
\par }{\QB I
will
turn
my
back
on
them
{\ADD{
and
refuse}}
to
help
them.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
complained
to
Yahweh
again
when
the
people
planned
to
attack
him
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
some
of
the
people
said, “Come,
let’s
plan
to
attack
Jeremiah.
We
have
{\ADD{
many}}
priests
who
teach
us
God’s
laws,
and
wise
men
who
give
us
good
advice,
and
prophets
who
tell
us
{\ADD{
what
will
happen.
We
do
not
need
Jeremiah!}}
So,
let’s
slander
him
and
not
pay
attention
to
anything
that
he
says.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
Then
I
prayed}}, “Yahweh,
{\ADD{
please}}
listen
to
me!
\par }{\QB And
listen
to
what
my
enemies
are
saying
about
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}I
am
doing
things
that
are
good,
\par }{\QB so
it
is
disgusting
that [RHQ]
they
are
paying
me
back
by
doing
evil
{\ADD{
things
to
me}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
have
dug
a
pit
for
me
{\ADD{
to
fall
into}}
and
die.
\par }{\QB Do
not
forget
that
{\ADD{
one
time}}
I
stood
in
front
of
you
and
pleaded
for
you
{\ADD{
to
help
them}},
\par }{\QB and
I
tried
to
prevent
you
from
{\ADD{
punishing
them}} [MTY],
even
though
you
were
very
angry
with
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}So
{\ADD{
now}},
allow
their
children
to
die
from
hunger!
\par }{\QB Or
cause
them
to
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords!
\par }{\Q Cause
their
wives
to
become
widows,
whose
children
are
all
dead!
\par }{\QB Cause
their
{\ADD{
old}}
men
to
die
in
a
plague,
\par }{\QB and
cause
their
young
men
to
be
killed
in
battles!
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Cause
people
to scream
in
their
homes
\par }{\QB when
enemy
soldiers
suddenly
come
into
their
houses!
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Cause
all
those
things
to
happen
to
them}}
because
they
{\ADD{
want
to
kill
me}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
have
dug
a
pit
for
me
{\ADD{
to
fall
into}},
\par }{\QB and
they
have
hidden
traps
along
my
path.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Yahweh,
you
know
all
the
things
that
they
are
planning
to
do
to
kill
me.
\par }{\Q Do
not
forgive
them
for
their
crimes
\par }{\QB or
blot
out
{\ADD{
the
record
of}}
their
sins.
\par }{\Q Cause
them
to
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB punish
them
because
of
your
being
angry
{\ADD{
with
them}}!”

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Judah will be like a smashed jar
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
another
message
that
Yahweh
gave
{\ADD{
to
me}}: “Go
and
buy
a
clay
jar
from
a
man
who
makes
them.
Then
take
with
you
some
of
the
elders
of
the
people
and
leaders
of
the
priests.
\VS{2}Go
out
{\ADD{
of
the
city}}
past
the
Gate
of
Broken
Pots,
to
the
place
{\ADD{
overlooking
the
dump
for
broken
pottery
in}}
the
Ben-Hinnom
Valley.
Then
give
them
a
message.
\VS{3}Say
to
them, ‘{\ADD{
This
message
is
for}}
you
kings
of
Judah
and
{\ADD{
other}}
people
of
Jerusalem.
Listen
to
what
Yahweh
is
saying!
The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
that
he
will
cause
there
to
be
a
terrible
disaster
in
{\ADD{
Jerusalem}}.
Those
who
hear
about
it
will
be
stunned/shocked [IDM].
\VS{4}{\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
because
{\ADD{
you Israeli}}
people
have
stopped
worshiping
me,
and
have
caused
this
place
to
be
a
place
where
{\ADD{
you
worship}}
foreign
gods.
You
burn
sacrifices
to
gods
that
neither
you
nor
your
ancestors
nor
{\ADD{
even}}
the
kings
of
Judah
ever
heard
about.
And
you
have
filled
this
place
with
the
blood
of
innocent
people
{\ADD{
whom
you
have
killed}}.
\VS{5}You
have
built
shrines
to
honor
{\ADD{
your
god}}
Baal,
and
at
those
shrines
you
have
{\ADD{
killed}}
your
own
children
and
offered
them
to
be
sacrifices
to
Baal.
I
never
commanded
you
to
do
that,
I
never
spoke
about
doing
that,
I
never
even
thought
about
anyone
doing
that.
\VS{6}So,
beware,
{\ADD{
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
there
will
be
a
time
when
this garbage
dump
will
no
longer
be
called
Topheth
or
Ben-Hinnom
Valley;
it
will
be
called
Slaughter
Valley.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}In
this
place
I
will
ruin
the
plans
of
{\ADD{
you
people
who
live
in}}
Jerusalem
and
in
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah.
I
will
allow
your
enemies
who
want
to
kill
you
to
kill
{\ADD{
many
of}}
you
with
their
swords.
{\ADD{
Then}}
I
will
allow
your
corpses
to
remain
on
the
ground
to
be
food
for
vultures
and
wild
animals.
\VS{8}I
will
{\ADD{
completely
destroy}}
Jerusalem
and
cause
it
to
become
a
heap
of
ruins
that
people
will
despise.
All
the
people
who
pass
by
will
be
appalled,
and
they
will
be
shocked
when
they
see
that
the
city
has
been
destroyed.
\VS{9}I
will
enable
your
enemies
who
want
to
kill
you
to
surround
the
city
for
a
long
time.
{\ADD{
Then
the
food
will
be
all
gone,
and
you
people
will
be
extremely
hungry,
with
the
result
that}}
you
people
in
the
city
will
eat
the
flesh
of
your
own
children
and
your
neighbors’
children.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
Jeremiah,
after
you
tell
that
to
them}},
while
the
people
who
are
with
you
are
watching,
smash
the
jar
{\ADD{
that
you
brought}}.
\VS{11}Then
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says: “Just
like
this
jar
has
been
smashed
and
cannot
be
repaired,
I
will
smash
this
city
of
Jerusalem
and
other
places
in
Judah.
You
will
bury
some
of
your
corpses
here
in
this
dump,
until
there
is
no
more
space
to
bury
any
more
corpses.
\VS{12}That
is
what
I
will
do
to
this
city
and
to
you
people
who
live
here.
I
will
cause
this
city
to
be
desecrated,
like
{\ADD{
King
Josiah
caused
Topheth
to
be}}
a
place
that
was unfit
for
people
to
worship
me
there.
\VS{13}The
houses
in
Jerusalem
and
the
palaces
of
the
kings
of
Judah
will
be
desecrated
like
this
place
will
be.
All
the
houses
where
you
burned
incense
on
the
rooftops
to
honor
the
stars
{\ADD{
that
you
worshiped}},
and
where
you
poured
out
wine
{\ADD{
to
be
an
offering}}
to
your
gods,
will
become ◄desecrated/unacceptable
places
for
people
to
worship
me►.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
I
returned
from
the garbage
dump
where
Yahweh
had
sent
me
to
tell
them
that
message.
Then
I
stood
in
the
courtyard
of
Yahweh’s
temple
and
said
this
to
all
the
people
{\ADD{
who
were
there}}:
\VS{15}“This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says: ‘I
will
cause thereto
be
a
disaster
in
this
city
and
in
the
villages
around
it
like
I
promised,
because
you
people
have
stubbornly [IDM]
refused
to
pay
attention
to
what
I
said
to
you.’ ”

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Pashhur arrested Jeremiah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Pashhur,
the
son
of
Immer,
was
a
priest
who
supervised
the
temple
guards.
He
heard
those
things
that
I
had
prophesied.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
So
he
arrested
me}}.
Then
he
{\ADD{
commanded
guards
to}}
whip
me
and
fasten
my
feet
in ◄stocks/a
wooden
frame►
at
the
Benjamin
Gate
of
Yahweh’s
temple.
\VS{3}The
next
day,
when
Pashhur
released
me,
I
said
to
him, “Pashhur,
Yahweh
is
giving
you
a
new
name.
From
now
on,
your
name
will
be ‘Surrounded
by Terror’,
\VS{4}because
Yahweh
says
this
{\ADD{
to
you}}: ‘I
will
cause
you
and
your
friends
to
be
terrified.
You
will
watch
them
being
killed
by
your
enemies’
swords.
I
will
enable
the
{\ADD{
army
of
the}}
king
of
Babylon
to
capture
the
people
of
Judah.
Those
soldiers
will
take
some
of
the
people
to
Babylon,
and
they
will
kill
others
with
their
swords.
\VS{5}And
I
will
enable
their
soldiers
to
take
away
{\ADD{
other
things
in}}
Jerusalem.
They
will
take
to
Babylon
all
the
very
valuable
things
that
belonged
to
your
kings.
\VS{6}And
{\ADD{
as
for}}
you,
Pashhur,
they
will
take
you
and
all
your
family
to
Babylon.
You
and
your
family
and
all
your
friends
who
have
prophesied
things
that
are
lies
will
die
there
and
be
buried
there.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
complained
to
Yahweh
again
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
One
day
I
said
this
to
Yahweh}}:
\par }{\Q “Yahweh,
{\ADD{
when
you
chose
me
to
be
a
prophet,}}you
deceived
me,
and
I
allowed
you
to
deceive
me.
\par }{\QB You
insisted
that
I
{\ADD{
become
a
prophet}}
and
you
are
stronger
than
I
am.
\par }{\Q And
now
everyone [HYP]
ridicules
me.
\par }{\QB They
make fun
of
me
all
the
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}When
I
tell
{\ADD{
people
your
messages}},
I
shout
saying,
\par }{\QB ‘{\ADD{
Yahweh
is
going
to
cause
you
to
experience}}
violence
and
destruction!’
\par }{\Q So
because
I
tell
them
those
messages
from
you,
\par }{\QB they
insult
me
and
scoff
at
me
all
day
long.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}But
if
I
would
say, ‘I
will
never
mention
Yahweh
or
say
anything
about
him, [MTY]’
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
would
be
as
though}}
your
message
would
burn
in
my
inner
being
like [SIM]
a
fire;
\par }{\QB it
would
be
like
a
fire
in
my
bones.
\par }{\Q Sometimes
I
try
to
remain
silent
and
not
proclaim
your
messages,
\par }{\QB but
I
am
not
able
to
do
that.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
hear
many
people
whispering
{\ADD{
about
me}},
\par }{\QB saying ‘{\ADD{
He
is
the
man
who
proclaims
that
there
will
be
things
that
cause
us
to}}
be
terrified
everywhere.
\par }{\QB We
must
tell
{\ADD{
the
authorities
what
he
is
saying}}!
We
must
denounce
him!’
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Even}}
my
best
friends
are
waiting
for
me
to
say
something
that
is
wrong.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
They
are
saying}}, ‘Perhaps
we
can
cause
him
to
say
something
wrong,
\par }{\QB and
if
he
does,
we
will
be
able
to discredit
him.’
\par }{\Q \VS{11}But
{\ADD{
you}},
Yahweh,
are
helping
me
like [SIM]
a
strong
warrior,
\par }{\QB so
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
will
cause
those
who
persecute
me
to
stumble,
and
they
will
not
defeat
me.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
completely
disgraced
because
of
being
unable
to
defeat
me;
\par }{\QB and
other
people
will
never
forget
that
they
were
disgraced.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
\par }{\Q you
examine
{\ADD{
all}}
those
who
are
righteous;
\par }{\QB you
know
{\ADD{
all
that
is
in}}
their
inner
beings
and
what
they
think.
\par }{\Q Allow
me
to
see
you
getting
revenge
on
those
{\ADD{
who
want
to
harm
me}},
\par }{\QB because
I
trust
that
you
will
do
for
me
what
is
right.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}Sing
to
Yahweh!
\par }{\QB Praise
Yahweh!
\par }{\Q He
rescues
{\ADD{
poor
and}}
needy
people,
\par }{\QB from
those [SYN]
who
are
wicked.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}But
I
hope/desire
that
the
day
that
I
was
born
will
be
cursed.
\par }{\QB I
do
not
want
{\ADD{
anyone
to}}
celebrate
that
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}And
{\ADD{
as
for}}
that
man
who
brought
to
my
father
the
news,
\par }{\QB and
caused
him
to
be
very
happy,
by
saying
\par }{\QB “{\ADD{
You
wife}}
has
given
birth
to
a
son
for
you”,
\par }{\Q I
hope/desire
that
he
{\ADD{
also}}
will
be
cursed.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Allow
him
to
be
destroyed
like
the
cities
that
Yahweh
destroyed
{\ADD{
long
ago}},
\par }{\QB without
acting mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
them}}.
\par }{\Q Cause
that
man
to
hear
the
people
wailing
in
the
morning,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
to
hear
the
enemy
soldiers
shout
their}}
battle
cries
at
noon.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
I
want
that
to
happen
to
him}}
because
he
did
not
kill
me
before
I
was
born.
\par }{\QB I
wish
that
I
had
died
in
my
mother’s
womb,
\par }{\QB and
that
my
mother’s
body
would
have
been
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
my
grave.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
have
continually
experienced
much
trouble
and
sorrow,
\par }{\QB and
I
am
disgraced
now
when
I
am
about
to
die;
\par }{\Q why
was
it
necessary [RHQ]
for
me
to
me
born?

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH God rejected King Zedekiah’s request
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message
when
King
Zedekiah
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
sent
{\ADD{
a
man
who
was
also
named}}
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Malkijah,
and
a
priest
named
Zephaniah,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
{\ADD{
to
talk
to
me.
They
pleaded
with
me}},
saying,
\VS{2}“{\ADD{
The
army
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
is
attacking
Judah.
Please
speak
to
Yahweh
for
us.
{\ADD{
Ask
him
if
he
will
help
us}}.
Perhaps
he
will
force Nebuchadnezzar’s
{\ADD{
army}}
to
leave
by
performing
a
miracle
for
us,
like
the
miracles
he
performed
{\ADD{
previously}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}I
replied
to
them, “{\ADD{
Go
back
to
King}}
Zedekiah.
Tell
him,
\VS{4}‘This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “I
will
cause
your
weapons
to
be
useless
in
fighting
against
the
king
of
Babylon
and
his
army
that
is
outside
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
attacking.
I
will
enable
them
to
enter
into
the
center
of
this
city.
\VS{5}I
myself
will
fight
against
your
{\ADD{
army}}
with
my
very
great
power, [MTY, DOU]
because
I
am
very
angry
with
you.
\VS{6}I
will
send
a
very ◄terrible
plague/big
sickness►
on
the
people
of
this
city,
and
on
their domestic
animals,
and
{\ADD{
many
of}}
them
will
die.”
\VS{7}And
Yahweh
says
there
are
many
people
in
this
city
who
want
to
kill
you.
So,
he
will
enable
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
and
other
people
in
this
city
to
capture
{\ADD{
you}},
King
Zedekiah,
and
your
officials,
and
{\ADD{
all
the
other}}
people
who
do
not
die
from
the
plague.
His
army
will
slaughter
your
soldiers;
they
will
not
act mercifully
toward
you(pl)
or
pity
you
at
all. [DOU]’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
tell
this
to
{\ADD{
all}}
the
people: ‘Yahweh
says
that
you
must
decide
whether
you
want
to
die
or
to
remain
alive.
\VS{9}Everyone
who
remains
in
Jerusalem
will
die.
They
will
be
killed
in
battles
or
die
from
being
hungry
or
from
diseases.
But
those
who
surrender
to
the
army
of
Babylon
that
is
surrounding
your
city
will
remain
alive.
They
will
escape
dying.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
because
I,
Yahweh,
have
decided
to
cause
this
city
to
experience
disasters,
not
to
experience
something
good.
The
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon
will
capture
this
city
and
will
destroy
it
{\ADD{
completely}}
by
fire.’ ”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
will
punish
Judah’s
kings
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
told
me
to}}
say
this
to
the
family
of
the
king
of
Judah: “Listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh!
\VS{12}This
is
what
he
says
to
you
descendants
of
King
David:
\par }{\Q ‘Every
day,
make
fair
decisions
for
the
people
whom
you
judge.
\par }{\QB Help
those
who
have
been
robbed.
\par }{\QB Rescue/Save
them
from
those [SYN]
who ◄oppress
them/treat
them
cruelly►.
\par }{\Q If
you
do
not
do
that,
\par }{\QB I
will
be
angry
and
punish [MTY]
you
with
a
fire
that
will
be
impossible
to
extinguish,
\par }{\QB because
of
{\ADD{
all}}
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
will
fight
against
you
people
{\ADD{
of
Jerusalem}},
\par }{\QB you
who
live
on
top
of
a
rocky
hill
above
the
valley.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
fight
against}}
you
people
who
boast,
saying,
\par }{\QB “No
one
can
attack
us
and
break
through
{\ADD{
our
defenses}}.”
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
punish
you
for
your
wicked
deeds
like
you
deserve
to
be
punished;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
light
a
fire
in
your
forests
\par }{\QB that
will
burn
up
everything
around
you!’ ”

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH A message about punishing the evil kings of Judah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
another
message
that
Yahweh
gave
{\ADD{
to
me}}: “Go
down
to
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Judah
and
say
this
to
him:
\VS{2}‘You
are
the
king
of
Judah.
You
are
the
ruler [MTY],
like
King
David
was.
You
and
your
officials
and
your
people
must
listen
\VS{3}to
what
Yahweh
says: “Act
fairly
and
justly.
Do
what
is
right.
Help
those
who
have
been
robbed.
Rescue
people
from
those
who
oppress
them.
Stop
doing
evil
things.
Do
not
mistreat
those
who
have
come
here
from
other
countries,
and
do
not
mistreat
orphans
and
widows.
Stop murdering
here
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}} [MTY]
those
who ◄are
innocent/have
not
done
things
that
are
wrong►.
\VS{4}If
you
obey
those
commands
carefully,
there
will
{\ADD{
always}}
be
some
descendant
of
King
David
who
will
be
ruling
here [MTY]
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}.
The
king
and
his
officials
and
other
people
will
ride
through
the
gates
of
the
city
in
chariots
and
on
horses.
\VS{5}But
if
you
refuse
to
pay
attention
to
those
commands,
I,
Yahweh,
solemnly
declare,
with
myself [MTY]
as
a
witness,
that
this
palace
will
become
a
pile
of
rubble.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
about
the
king’s
palace:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
I
like}}
this
palace,
like
I
like
the
forests
in
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
\par }{\QB and
the
mountains
in
Lebanon.
\par }{\Q But
I
will
cause
this
palace
to
become
a
desert,
\par }{\QB a
place
that
no
one
lives
in.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I
will
summon
enemy
troops
who
will
destroy
this
palace;
\par }{\QB each
of
their
soldiers
will
use
his
own
tools
{\ADD{
to wreck
the
building}}.
\par }{\Q They
will
cut
into
pieces
the
beautiful
big
cedar
{\ADD{
beams}}
\par }{\QB and
throw
them
into
a
fire.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}People
from
many
nations
will
walk
past
{\ADD{
the
ruins
of}}
this
city
and
say
to
each
other, “Why
did
Yahweh
destroy
this
city
that
was
{\ADD{
very}}
great?”
\VS{9}And
{\ADD{
other}}
people
will
reply, “{\ADD{
He
did
it}}
because
his
people
stopped
obeying
the
agreement
that
they
had
made
with
Yahweh
their
God.
Instead,
they
worshiped [DOU]
other
gods.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
says,}} “Do
not
mourn
for
King
{\ADD{
Josiah}};
\par }{\QB do
not
cry
because
he
has
died.
\par }{\Q Instead,
mourn
for
{\ADD{
King
Jehoahaz,
his
son}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because}}
he
will
be
captured
and
taken
to
another
country,
\par }{\Q and
he
will
never
return
to
see
his
own
country,
{\ADD{
Judah}},
again.”
\par }{\MM \VS{11}Jehoahaz
became
king
after
his
father,
King
Josiah,
{\ADD{
died}},
but
Jehoahaz
indeed
was
captured
and
taken
{\ADD{
to
Babylonia}}.
And
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
about
him: “He
also
will
never
return
{\ADD{
to
Judah}}.
\VS{12}He
will
die
in
that far-away
country
and
will
never
see
his
own
country
again.”
\par }{\SH A
message
about
King
Jehoiakim
\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
And
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “Terrible
things
will
happen
to
{\ADD{
King
Jehoahaz’s
brother,
King
Jehoiakim}}.
\par }{\Q He
unjustly
{\ADD{
forced
men
to}}
build
his
palace.
\par }{\QB The
rooms
on
the
upper
level
were
built
{\ADD{
by
men
who
were
forced}}
unjustly
{\ADD{
to
do
that
work}};
\par }{\Q he
forced
his
neighbors
to
work
for
nothing;
\par }{\QB he
did
not
pay
them
anything.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}He
said, ‘I
will
{\ADD{
force
my
workers
to}}
build
a
huge
beautiful
palace
\par }{\QB with
very
large
rooms
and
{\ADD{
many}}
windows.
\par }{\Q They
will
cover
the
walls
with
{\ADD{
fragrant}}
cedar panels/timber
\par }{\QB and
paint
them
bright
red.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}But
it
is
certainly
not [RHQ]
having
a
beautiful
cedar
palace
that
causes
a
king
to
be
great!
\par }{\Q Jehoiakim’s
father,
Josiah,
also
had [RHQ]
plenty
of
things
to
eat
and
drink.
\par }{\QB But
Josiah
always
did
things
that
are
right
and
just,
\par }{\QB and
that
is
why
God
blessed
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Josiah
acted
justly/fairly
and
helped
poor
and
needy
people,
\par }{\QB so
things
went
well
for
him.
\par }{\Q Yahweh
says, “That
is [RHQ]
the
way
a
person
should
behave
who
knows
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}But
{\ADD{
Jehoiakim}},
you [MTY]
are
greedy
and
desire
only
to
obtain
things
by
acting
dishonestly.
\par }{\QB You
murder [MTY]
innocent
people,
\par }{\Q you
oppress
poor
people,
\par }{\QB and
you
treat
people
cruelly
and
violently.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{18}Therefore,
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
about
Jehoiakim,
the
son
of
King
Josiah:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
When
he
dies}},
people
will
not
mourn
for
him.
\par }{\QB They
will
not
say
to
each
other, ‘It
is
very
sad;
we
are
so
sorry!’
\par }{\Q The
people
whom
he
ruled
will
not
mourn
for
him,
saying,
\par }{\QB ‘We
are
sad
that
our
king
is
dead;
we
are
so
sorry
that
the
wonderful
things
{\ADD{
that
happened
while
he
was
king
are
ended}}.’
\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
When
he
dies,
people
will
do
to}}
his
corpse
what
they
do
to
a
dead
donkey;
\par }{\QB his
{\ADD{
corpse}}
will
be
dragged
out
of
Jerusalem
and
dumped
outside
the
gates!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
You
people
of
Judah}},
go
to
{\ADD{
the
mountains
in}}
Lebanon
and
weep,
\par }{\QB shout
in
the
{\ADD{
mountains
of
the}}
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}},
\par }{\Q cry
out
in
{\ADD{
the
mountains
of}}
Moab,
\par }{\QB because
all
your
friends
{\ADD{
in
those
areas}}
have
been
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}When
you
were
prosperous,
I
warned
you,
\par }{\QB but
you
replied, ‘We
will
not
pay
attention
{\ADD{
to
what
you
say}}.’
\par }{\Q You
have
been
acting
like
that
since
you
were
young;
\par }{\QB you
have
never
obeyed
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}{\ADD{
So,
now
I
will
punish}}
all
your
leaders;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
they
have
been
blown
away
by
the
wind.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
captured
{\ADD{
by
your
enemies}}
and
taken
to
another
country.
\par }{\Q When
that
happens,
you
will
{\ADD{
truly}}
be
ashamed
and
disgraced
\par }{\QB because
of
all
the
wicked
things
{\ADD{
that
you
have
done}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}{\ADD{
Now,
your
king}}
enjoys
living
in
the
cedar
rooms
in
his
palace,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
soon}}
he
will
be
punished,
\par }{\Q and
then
he
will
groan
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
who
is
giving
birth
to
a
baby.”
\par }{\SH God
will
punish
King
Jehoiachin
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Yahweh
says
this: “Jehoiachin,
son
of
King
Jehoiakim
of
Judah,
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
{\ADD{
I
will
punish
you}}.
Even
if
you
were
the
ring
on
my
finger
that
shows
that
I
am
the
king,
I
would
pull
you
off.
\VS{25}You
are
afraid
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
and
his
huge
army,
{\ADD{
because}}
they
are
wanting
to
kill
you.
I
will
enable
them
to
capture
you.
\VS{26}I
will
expel
you
and
your
mother
{\ADD{
from
this
land}},
and
you
will
be
taken
to
another
country.
Neither
of
you
was
born
there,
but
you
will
both
die
there.
\VS{27}You
will
never
return
to
this
land
that
you
will
very
much
desire
to
return
to.”
\par }{\Q \VS{28}{\ADD{
Someone
said,}} “Jehoiachin
will
be [RHQ]
like
a
broken
pot
\par }{\QB that
is
despised
and
which
no
one
wants.
\par }{\Q He
and
his
children
will
be ◄exiled/forced
to
go►
to
a
foreign
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
I
want}}
the
people
in
this
land
to
listen
carefully
to
this
message
from
Yahweh.”
\par }{\Q \VS{30}This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
In
the
record
about
the
kings
of
Judah,}}
write
down
that
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
this
man
{\ADD{
Jehoiachin}}
had
no
children,
\par }{\QB and
that
he
has
not
been
successful
during
his
life,
\par }{\Q because
none
of
his
children/descendants
will
{\ADD{
ever}}
become
king
\par }{\QB to
rule
over
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Judah.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH God will punish the evil leaders
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
declares, “Terrible
things
will
happen
to
{\ADD{
the
leaders}} [MET]
{\ADD{
of
my
people—those
who
are
like}}
shepherds
of
{\ADD{
the
people
who
are
like}}
my
sheep—because
they
have
scattered
my
people
and
sent
them
away,
and
have
not
taken
care
of
them.
\VS{2}So,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
worship}},
say
to
those
leaders: ‘Instead
of
taking
care
of
my
people
and
{\ADD{
leading
them
to
places
where
they
are
safe,
like
a
shepherd
does
for}}
his
sheep,
you
have
scattered
them.
So
I
will
punish
you
for
the
evil
things
that
you
have
done.
\VS{3}But
later
I
will
gather
those
who
are
still
alive,
from
the
countries
where
I
have
forced
them
to
go.
I
will
bring
them
back
to
their
own
country,
where
they
will
have
many
children,
and
their
number/population
will
increase.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
Then}}
I
will
appoint
{\ADD{
other}}
leaders
for
my
people,
leaders
who
will
take
care
of
them.
And
my
people
will
never
be
afraid [DOU]
of
anything
again,
and
none
of
them
will
be
{\ADD{
like
a}}
lost
{\ADD{
sheep}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says,
\par }{\Q “Some
day
I
will
appoint
for
you
a
righteous
man
\par }{\QB who
will
be
a
descendant
of
King
David.
\par }{\Q He
will
be
a
king
who
rules
wisely.
\par }{\QB He
will
do
what
is
just
and
right
throughout
the
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}At
that
time,
all
the Israeli
people [DOU]
will
be
saved
{\ADD{
from
their
enemies}},
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
safe.
\par }{\Q And
his
name
will
be
\par }{\QB ‘Yahweh,
the
one
who
vindicates/defends
us.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says
that
at
that
time,
people
{\ADD{
who
are
solemnly
promising
to
do
something}}
will
no
longer
say, “{\ADD{
I
will
do
it
as
surely}}
as
Yahweh
lives,
who
rescued
the Israeli
people
from
Egypt.”
\VS{8}Instead,
they
will
say, “{\ADD{
I
will
do
it}}
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
who
brought
{\ADD{
us}} Israeli
people
back
to
our
own
land,
from
the
land
to
the northeast
and
from
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
countries
to
which
he
had
exiled
us.”
And
they
will
live
in
their
own
land
{\ADD{
again}}.
\par }{\SH The
false
prophets
will
be
punished
\par }{\PP \VS{9}I
am
very
shocked
because
of
the
sacred
message
that
Yahweh
has
spoken
about
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
the
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
all
my
bones
shake.
\par }{\Q I
stagger
like
a
man
who
is
drunk
\par }{\QB after
drinking
a
lot
of
wine.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
land
is
full
of
{\ADD{
people
who
commit}}
adultery;
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
has
cursed
the
land.
\par }{\Q Even
the
pastures
in
the
desert
are
all
dried
up,
\par }{\QB because
the
people
do
what
is
evil,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
the
false
prophets}}
use
their
power
to
do
things
that
are
not
just/fair.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}Yahweh
says, “{\ADD{
Yes,
even}}
the
priests
and
the
prophets
are
ungodly;
\par }{\QB they
do
wicked
things
even
in
my
temple.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore,
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
the
paths
that
they
walk
on
are
slippery.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
they
are
being
chased
in
the
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
there
they
will
fall
down,
\par }{\Q because
I
will
cause
them
to
experience
disasters
\par }{\QB at
the
time
that
I
will
punish
them.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
Previously}}
I
saw
that
the
prophets
in
Samaria
were
doing
something
that
was
wrong;
\par }{\QB they
were
prophesying,
saying
that
Baal
{\ADD{
gave
them
the
messages
that
they
were
proclaiming}},
\par }{\Q and
they
were
deceiving
my
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}And
{\ADD{
now}}
I
have
seen
the
prophets
in
Jerusalem
doing
terrible
things.
\par }{\QB They
commit
adultery
\par }{\QB and habitually
tell
lies.
\par }{\Q They
encourage
evil
people
to
continue
to
do
evil
things,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
the
people
do
not
stop
sinning.
\par }{\Q Those
prophets
are
as
wicked
as
the
people
in
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
were.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So,
this
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
about
those
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets:
\par }{\Q “I
will
give
those
prophets
bitter
things
to
eat
\par }{\QB and
poison
to
drink,
\par }{\Q because
it
is
because
of
them
that
this
land
is
filled
with
{\ADD{
people
who
do}}
wicked
things.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q “Do
not
pay
any
attention
to
what
those
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets
say
to
you,
\par }{\QB because
they
are
just
deceiving
you.
\par }{\Q They
tell
you
about
visions
that
they
have
thought/created
{\ADD{
only}}
in
their
own
minds,
\par }{\QB not
about
visions
that
I
have
given
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}They habitually
say
to
those
who
hate
me,
\par }{\QB ‘{\ADD{
Yahweh
says
that}}
you
will
have
peace.’
\par }{\Q And
they
say
to
those
who
stubbornly
do
what
they
want
to
do,
\par }{\QB ‘Nothing
bad
will
happen
to
you
{\ADD{
because
of
your
doing
those
things}}.’
\par }{\Q \VS{18}But
none
of
them
has
ever
been
in
a
council
{\ADD{
meeting}}
in
heaven
\par }{\QB in
order
to
listen
to
a
message
from
me.
\par }{\QB None
of
them
has
paid
attention
to
anything
that
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}So,
listen
to
this:
I
will
punish
them;
it
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
a
great
storm;
\par }{\QB it
will
come
down
{\ADD{
like}}
a
whirlwind,
swirling
around
the
heads
of
those
wicked
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}I
will
not
stop
being
angry
\par }{\QB until
I
completely
accomplish
all
that
I
have
planned.
\par }{\QB In
the
future,
you
will
understand
{\ADD{
all
of}}
this
clearly.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
says,}} “I
have
not
appointed
those
prophets,
\par }{\QB but
they
run
{\ADD{
around
telling
people
their
messages}}.
\par }{\Q I
did
not
speak
to
them,
\par }{\QB but
they
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
prophesy.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}If
they
had
been
in
my
council
{\ADD{meetings}},
\par }{\QB they
would
have
been
able
to
speak
messages
from
me,
\par }{\Q and
they
would
have
caused
people
to
turn
away
from
committing
evil
things.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says, “Am
I
a
God
who
is
only
nearby?
\par }{\QB No,
I
am
a
God
who
is
far
away,
also.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}So,
no
one
can
hide
in
some
secret
place
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
I
cannot
see
him.
\par }{\QB I
am
everywhere,
in
heaven
and
on
the
earth!
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh,
say!
\par }{\PP \VS{25}I
have
heard
those
prophets
prophesy
lies,
saying
that
they
are
telling
people
messages
from
me.
They
say, ‘{\ADD{
Listen
to
me
tell
you}}
the
dream
that
God
gave
me
last
night!
I
{\ADD{
really}}
had
this
dream!’
\VS{26}How
long
will
they
continue
to
do
this?
How
long
will
those
lying
prophets
continue
to
prophesy
things
that
come
only
from
their
own
minds?
\VS{27}They
think
that
because
of
the
dreams
that
they
tell
to
each
other,
people
will
forget
me,
like
their
ancestors
forgot
about
me
when
they
started
to
worship
Baal.
\VS{28}Allow
those
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets
to
tell
people
their
dreams,
but
those
who
have
messages
that
{\ADD{
really}}
come
from
me
should
proclaim
those
messages
faithfully.
I,
Yahweh,
say
{\ADD{
that
like}}
straw
and
grain
are
certainly
very
different,
{\ADD{
my
messages
and
the
messages
from
those
false
prophets
are
certainly
very
different}}.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
my
messages
{\ADD{
burn}}
like
a
fire;
they
{\ADD{
strike
people’s
inner
beings
like}}
someone
strikes
a
rock
with
a
hammer
and smashes
it
into
pieces.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Therefore,
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh
say, 'I
oppose
all
those
prophets
who
steal
messages
from
each
other
and
claim
that
those
messages
came
from
me.
\VS{31}I
oppose
those
prophets
who
speak
their
own
messages
but
claim
that
those
messages
came
from
me.
\VS{32}I
oppose
those
prophets
who
falsely
say
that
I
told
them
something
in
a
vision,
but
they
are
{\ADD{
only}}
telling
lies
that
cause
my
people
to
sin.
I
did
not
send
those
prophets.
I
did
not
even
appoint
them
{\ADD{
to
be
prophets}}.
And
they
have
no
messages
that
will
benefit
my
people
at
all.'
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I,}}
Yahweh,
declare.”
\par }{\SH Messages
from
false
prophets
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “If
one
of
those
prophets
or
priests
or
one
of
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
asks
you, ‘What
problem
has
Yahweh
told
you
about
{\ADD{
now}}?’,
you
must
reply, ‘You
are
the
problem!
And
Yahweh
says
that
he
will
abandon
you!’
\VS{34}And
if
any
prophet
or
priest
or
anyone
{\ADD{
else
falsely}}
says, ‘{\ADD{
I
have}}
a
prophecy
from
Yahweh,’
I
will
punish
that
person
and
his
family.
\VS{35}What
you
should
continually
ask
each
other
is, ‘{\ADD{
When
you
spoke
to
Yahweh,}}
what
did
he
reply?
What
is
he
saying
{\ADD{
to
us}}?’
\VS{36}But
stop
saying ‘{\ADD{
I
have}}
a
prophecy/message
from
Yahweh,’
because
those
who
say
that
are
doing
it
only
because
they
want
people
to
accept
their ideas,
and
by
doing
that
they
distort/change
the
messages
that
are
from
our
God,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels.
\VS{37}This
is
what
you
should
ask
each
prophet: ‘What
did
Yahweh
reply
{\ADD{
when
you
talked
to
him}}?
What
is
he
saying
{\ADD{
to
us}}?’
\VS{38}If
he
replies, ‘{\ADD{
What
I
told
you}}
is
a
prophecy/message
from
Yahweh,’
you
should
say
to
him, ‘You
have
continued
to
say, “{\ADD{
I
received}}
a
prophecy/message
from
Yahweh”
even
though
I
told
you
to
not
claim
that
you
have
received
prophecies/messages
from
Yahweh.’
\VS{39}So
I
{\ADD{,
Yahweh,}}
will
get
rid
of
you
{\ADD{
false
prophets}}.
I
will
expel
you
from
my
presence.
And
I
will
get
rid
of
this
city
that
I
gave
to
you
and
to
your
ancestors.
\VS{40}I
will
cause
people
to
make fun
of
you
forever.
People
will
never
forget
that
you
were
disgraced.”

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Good figs and bad figs
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
The
army
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
captured
Jehoiachin,
the
king
of
Judah,
and
his
officials,
and
all
his
skilled
workers [DOU]
and
took
them
to
Babylon.
After
that
happened,
Yahweh
gave
me
a
vision.
{\ADD{
In
the
vision}}
I
saw
two
baskets
of
figs
that
had
been
placed
in
front
of
the
temple.
\VS{2}One
basket
was
full
of
good
figs,
like
the
kind
that ripen
first.
The
other
basket
was
filled
with
figs
that
were
bad/rotten,
with
the
result
that
they
could
not
be
eaten.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Jeremiah,
what
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
replied, “{\ADD{
I
see
some}}
figs.
Some
are
very
good
ones,
but
some
are
very
bad,
with
the
result
that
no
one
would
eat
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{5}“This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
say
that
they
worship}},
say: ‘The
good
figs
represent [SIM]
the
people
of
Judah
whom
I
exiled
to
Babylonia.
\VS{6}I [SYN]
will ◄watch
over/take
care
of►
them
well,
and
{\ADD{
some
day}}
I
will
bring
them
back
here
{\ADD{
to
Judah}}.
I
will
establish
them
and
cause
them
to
be
strong.
I
will
cause
them
to
be
prosperous [MET],
and
I
will
not
exile
them
{\ADD{
again}}.
\VS{7}I
will
enable
them
to
desire
to
know [IDM]
that
I
am
Yahweh.
They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God,
because
they
will
return
to
me
sincerely.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
also}}
say, ‘The
bad
figs
represent [SIM]
Zedekiah,
the
king
of
Judah,
and
his
officials,
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
who
remain
in
Jerusalem,
and
those
who
have
gone
to
Egypt.
I
will
do
to
them
like
people
do
to
rotten
figs.
\VS{9}I
will
{\ADD{
get
rid
of
them}},
with
the
result
that
people
in
every
nation
on
the
earth
will
be
horrified,
and
will
hate
them
because
they
are
evil
people.
Wherever
I
scatter
them,
people
will
make fun
of
them,
and
say
that
they
are
disgraced,
and
ridicule
them,
and
curse
them.
\VS{10}And
I
will
cause
them
to
experience
wars
and
famines
and
diseases,
until
they
have
disappeared
from
this
land
which
I
gave
to
them
and
to
their
ancestors.’ ”

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH A prediction about being exiled for 70 years
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Jehoiakim
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
four
years,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message
for
all
the
people
of
Judah.
It
was
during
the
year
that
King
Nebuchadnezzar
started
to
rule
in
Babylon.
\VS{2}I
spoke
this
message
to
all
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah:
\VS{3}“Yahweh
has
been
giving
me
messages
for 23
years.
He
started
giving
me
messages
when
Josiah,
the
son
of
Amon,
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost 13
years.
And
I
have
faithfully
told
you
those
messages,
but
you
have
not
paid
any
attention
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Many
times
Yahweh
has
sent
to
you
the
prophets
who
served
him,
but
you
have
not
listened
to
them
or
paid
any
attention
to
what
they
said.
\VS{5}Each
time
their
message
was
this: ‘Turn
from
all
your
evil
behavior [MET],
from
all
the
evil
things
that
you
have
continually
been
doing.
If
you
do
that,
you
will
be
able
to
stay
in
this
land
that
Yahweh
gave
to
you
and
to
your
ancestors,
{\ADD{
to
belong
to
you}}
forever.
\VS{6}Do
not
cause
Yahweh
to
become
angry
by
serving
and
worshiping
idols
that
you
have
made
with
your
hands.
If
you
do
not
cause
him
to
be
angry,
he
will
not
punish/harm
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
Yahweh
says, ‘But
you
would
not
pay
attention
to
the
messages
that
I
{\ADD{
gave
to
those
prophets}}.
You
caused
me
to
become
extremely
angry
by
{\ADD{
your
worshiping
idols}}
that
you
had
made
with
your
own
hands.
That
resulted
in
my
punishing
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
{\ADD{
now,
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
say
that
because
you
have
not
paid
attention
to
what
I
said,
\VS{9}I
will
gather
all
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
the
nations
that
will
come
from
the northeast.
I
have
appointed
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
to
lead
them.
I
have
appointed
him
to
do
my
work
for
me.
I
will
bring
those
{\ADD{
armies}}
to
attack
this
land
and
nearby
countries.
I
will
completely
destroy
them,
and
cause
them
to
be
places
that
people
are
horrified
about,
and
that
people
will ◄ridicule/act
contemptuously
toward►,
places
that
will
be
ruined
forever.
\VS{10}I
will
cause
happy
singing
and
laughing
to
cease
in
your
land.
There
will
no
longer
be
brides
and bridegrooms
talking
{\ADD{
joyfully}}.
There
will
not
be
the
sound
of
people
grinding
{\ADD{
grain}}
with
millstones.
There
will
be
no
lamps
lit
{\ADD{
in
your
houses}}.
\VS{11}All
of
this
land
will
become
a
desert
where
no
one
will
live.
And
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
and
of
the
nearby
countries
will
{\ADD{
will
be
exiled
to
Babylonia
and}} ◄work
for/be
slaves
of►
the
kings
of
Babylon
for
seventy
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then,
after
{\ADD{
they
have
been
in
Babylonia
for}}
seventy
years,
I
will
punish
the
King
of
Babylonia
and
his
people
for
the
sins
that
they
have
committed.
I
will
cause
Babylonia
to
become
a
wasteland/desert
forever.
\VS{13}I
will
cause
them
to
experience
all
the
terrible
things
that
Jeremiah
has
written
about—all
the
punishments
that
he
predicted
will
happen
to
all
those
nations.
\VS{14}The
leaders
of
many
nations
will
cause
the
people
of
Babylonia
to
become
their
slaves,
like
the
people
of
Babylonia
caused
my
people
to
become
slaves.
I
will
punish
them
like
they
deserve
for
{\ADD{
having
caused
my
people
to
suffer}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
wine
that symbolized
God’s
punishment
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Yahweh,
the
God
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
gave
me
{\ADD{
a
vision.
In
the
vision
he
was
holding
a
cup
of
wine}}.
He
said, “Take
from
me
this
cup
that
is
full
of
{\ADD{
wine
that represents}}
punishment [MTY].
I
will
cause
all
{\ADD{
the
leaders
of}}
the
nations
to
which
I
will
send
you
to
drink
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
wine
in
this
cup.
\VS{16}When
they
drink
{\ADD{
the
wine}},
they
will
stagger
and
act
like crazy
people,
because
{\ADD{
they
will
realize
that}}
I
will ◄massacre
many
of
their
people/cause
many
of
their
people
to
be
killed► [MTY]
with
swords.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So,
{\ADD{
in
the
vision,}}
I
took
that
cup
{\ADD{
full
of
wine}}
from
Yahweh,
and
I
took
it
to
all
the
nations
to
which
he
sent
me,
and
caused
{\ADD{
the
leaders
of
those}}
nations
to
drink
{\ADD{
some
of
that
wine}}.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
I
went
to}}
Jerusalem
and
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah,
and
the
king
and
{\ADD{
the
other}}
officials
drank
{\ADD{
some
of
the
wine}}
from
that
cup.
And,
starting
from
that
day,
they
all
{\ADD{
eventually}}
were
removed
from
having
authority,
and
became
{\ADD{
people
whom
others}} ◄ridiculed/acted
contemptuously towards►,
who
were
despised,
and
cursed.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
In
the
vision
I
went
to}}
Egypt
{\ADD{
and
gave
some
of
the
wine}}
to
the
king
and
his
officials
and
many
of
his
people,
\VS{20}and
to
foreigners
who
were
living
there.
{\ADD{
In
the
vision
I
also
went
to}}
Uz
land
and
to
Ashkelon,
Gaza,
Ekron,
and
Ashdod
{\ADD{
cities
and
gave
some
of
the
wine}}
to
the
kings
{\ADD{
of
those
places}}.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
Then
in
the
vision
I
went
to
the}}
Edom,
Moab,
and
Ammon
{\ADD{people-groups}},
\VS{22}and
to
Tyre
and
Sidon
{\ADD{
cities}}
and
to
areas
across
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea,
and
{\ADD{
gave
some
of
the
wine}}
to
the
kings
{\ADD{
of
those
places}}.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
In
the
vision
I
then
went}}
to
Dedan,
Tema,
and
Buz
{\ADD{
cities
in
Arabia}}
and
to
other
distant
places (OR,
places
where
people
cut
their
hair
short),
{\ADD{
and
gave
some
of
the
wine
to
leaders
in
those
areas}}.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
In
the
vision
I
also
went
to
other
places
in}}
Arabia
and
to
the
{\ADD{
kings
of
tribes}}
in
the
desert
\VS{25}and
to
the
kings
of
the
Zimri,
Elam,
and
Media
{\ADD{people-groups}},
\VS{26}and
to
kings
in
countries
to
the
north
that
are
near
{\ADD{
to
Israel}}
and
to
countries
that
are
far
{\ADD{
from
Israel}},
one
after
the
other—
{\ADD{
I
went
to}}
all
the
kingdoms
in
the
world [HYP].
And
finally,
{\ADD{
in
my
vision
I
went
to}}
Babylon,
and
gave
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
wine
to
the
king
of
Babylon—the
wine
{\ADD{
that symbolized
that
Yahweh
would
punish
the
people
of
Babylon
because
he
was
angry
with
them}} [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “Tell
them
that
this
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: ‘Drink
{\ADD{
from
this
cup
some
of
the
wine
that represents
the
punishment
that
I
will
give
you}}.
Drink
{\ADD{
a
lot
of
it}}
and
become
drunk
and
vomit.
You
will
fall
down
and
not
get
up
again,
because
I
will
cause
you
to
be
killed
in
wars [MTY]
that
I
will
send
to
you.
\VS{28}If
any
of
those
to
whom
you
give
this
wine [MTY]
refuse
to
drink
it,
tell
them
that
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
that
they
must
drink
it.
\VS{29}I
am
starting
to
cause
the
people
of
my
own
city
to
experience
disaster.
{\ADD{
Do
you
think
that}}
you
should
not
be
punished [RHQ]?
No,
you
will
surely
be
punished [LIT]
because
I
am
causing
there
to
be
wars
in
all
the
nations
on
the
earth.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
have
said
it.’
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Now
tell
them
all
those
things
that
I
have
said,
and
also
say
this
to
them:
\par }{\Q ‘Yahweh
will
{\ADD{
shout
to
them}}
from
his
holy
dwelling
{\ADD{
in
heaven}} [MTY]
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
it
will
sound
like}}
the
roar
of
a
lion.
\par }{\Q He
will
shout
like [SIM]
people
shout
when
they
are
treading
on
grapes
{\ADD{
to
make
juice
for
wine}};
\par }{\QB he
will
shout
to
everyone
on
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Even
people
in
very
remote
places
around
the
earth
will
hear
him
shouting,
\par }{\QB because
he
will
say
why
he
will
judge
and
punish
all
the
nations.
\par }{\Q He
will
cause
the
wicked
people
to
be
slaughtered
with
swords.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
Yahweh
has
said
it.’
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
tell
them
that
this
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q ‘Listen
to
this!
\par }{\QB There
will
be
disasters
in
one
nation
after
another.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
am preparng
to
punish
them
like}} [MET]
a
great
storm
\par }{\QB that starts
in
the
most
distant
places
on
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}When
that
happens,
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
those
whom
I
have
{\ADD{
caused
to
be}}
slaughtered
will
fill
the
earth
from
the
east
to
the
west.
\par }{\QB And
no
one
will
mourn
for
them,
and
no
one
will
gather
their
corpses
to
bury
them.
They
will
be
{\ADD{
scattered}}
on
the
ground
like
manure.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}You
{\ADD{
evil}}
leaders,
weep
and
moan!
\par }{\QB You
who
should
take
care
of
my
people,
{\ADD{
fall
down
and}}
roll
in
the
dust/dirt.
\par }{\Q It
is
time
for
you
to
be
slaughtered;
\par }{\QB you
will
fall
down
and
be
shattered
like
a
fragile vase
{\ADD{
shatters
when
it
falls
to
the
ground}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}You
will
not
find
any
place
to
hide,
\par }{\QB there
will
be
no
place
to
which
you
can
escape.
\par }{\Q \VS{36}{\ADD{
People
will}}
listen
to
your
leaders
crying
\par }{\QB when
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
ruining
your
nation.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}Your
peaceful
meadows
will
become
a
wasteland/desert
\par }{\QB because
I
will
be
extremely
angry.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}I
will
leave
{\ADD{
my
dwelling
like}} [SIM]
a
lion
leaves
its
den
{\ADD{
to
attack
other
animals}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
cause
your
land
to
become
desolate
\par }{\Q when
I,
because
I
am
very
angry
{\ADD{
with
you}},
cause
{\ADD{
your
enemies
to
slaughter
you
with
their}}
swords.’ ”

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH Jeremiah escaped being killed
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Soon
after
Jehoiakim
became
the
king
of
Judah,
Yahweh
gave
{\ADD{
me}}
this
message:
\VS{2}“This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
telling
you:
Stand
in
the
courtyard
{\ADD{
in
front}}
of
my
temple,
and
speak
to
all
{\ADD{
the
people
from}}
the
various
towns
in
Judah
who
come
there
to
worship
me.
Tell
them
everything
that
I
tell
you;
do
not
omit
anything.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
If
you
do
tell
them
everything}},
perhaps
they
will
pay
attention,
and
each
one
of
them
will
turn
away
from
his
evil
behavior.
Then
I
will
change
my
mind,
and
not
cause
them
to
experience
the
disaster
that
I
was
planning
to
cause
them
to
experience
because
of
the
evil
things
that
they
have
done.
\VS{4-5}Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
I
sent
to
you
the
prophets
who
serve
me,
to
tell
you
what
you
should
do.
I
sent
them
to
you
many
times,
but
you
have
not
paid
attention
to
what
they
said.
If
you
will
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
say
and
do
not
obey
the
message
that
I
have
given
to
you,
and
if
you
do
not
pay
attention
to
what
the
prophets
say,
\VS{6}I
will
destroy
this
temple
like
I
destroyed
Shiloh,
{\ADD{
the
place
where
the
Sacred
Tent
was
put}}.
And
I
will
cause
Jerusalem
to
be
a
place
whose
name
{\ADD{
people
in}}
every
nation
on
the
earth
will
say
when
they
curse
someone.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
When
I
did
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
do,}}
the
priests,
the
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets,
and
many
{\ADD{
other}}
people
listened
to
me
as
I
told
them
that
message
outside
the
temple.
\VS{8}But
as
soon
as
I
finished
telling
them
everything
that
Yahweh
had
commanded
me
to
say,
they
all
seized
me
and
said, “You
must
be
executed!
\VS{9}Why [RHQ]
are
you
prophesying
that
this
temple
will
be
{\ADD{
destroyed}}
like
Shiloh
{\ADD{
was
destroyed}}?
Why
are
you
saying
that
this
city
will
be
destroyed,
and
that
no
one
will
live
here
{\ADD{
anymore}}? (OR,
You
should
not
be
prophesying) [RHQ]”
All
the
people
surrounded
me
{\ADD{
as
I
stood}}
in
{\ADD{
front
of}}
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
the
officials
of
Judah
heard
about
all
this
{\ADD{
that
was happening}},
they
rushed
from
the
palace
and
sat
down
at
the
gate
of
the
temple
named
The
New
Gate,
{\ADD{
to
judge
my
case}}.
\VS{11}The
priests
and
the
{\ADD{
false
}}prophets
told
the
officials
and
the
other
people
{\ADD{
who
were
there}}, “This
man
should
be
executed,
because
he
has
prophesied
that
this
city
{\ADD{
will
be
destroyed}},
and
you
yourselves [MTY]
have
heard
him
say
that!”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
I
replied
to
the
officials
and
the
other
people,
saying, “Yahweh
sent
me
to
prophesy
all
the
things
that
you
heard
me
say
about
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
this
temple
and
this
city.
\VS{13}But
if
you
change
your
behavior
and
stop
sinning,
and
{\ADD{
start
to}}
obey
Yahweh
our
God,
he
will
change
his
mind,
and
not
cause
you
to
experience
the
disasters
that
he
said
that
he
would
send.
\VS{14}As
for
me,
I
am
not
able
to
free
myself
from
your
grasp.
{\ADD{
So
you
can}}
do
to
me
whatever
you
want
to
do.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
But
you
need
to}}
know
that
if
you
kill
me,
you
will
be
killing
a
man [SYN]
who ◄is
innocent/has
not
done
anything
wrong►.
And
you
and
everyone
else
in
this
city
will
be
guilty,
because
the
truth
is
that
it
was
Yahweh
who
sent
me
to
speak
every
word
that
you
have
heard
me
say.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
the
officials
and
the
other
people
said
to
the
priests
and
the
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets, “This
man
does
not
deserve
to
be
executed,
because
he
has
spoken
to
us
the
message [MTY]
that
Yahweh
gave
him!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
some
of
the
elders
stood
up
and
spoke
to
all
the
people
who
were
gathered
{\ADD{
there}}.
\VS{18}They
said, “◄{\ADD{
Remember/Think
about►
what}}
Micah,
{\ADD{
the
prophet}}
from
Moresheth
{\ADD{
town}},
prophesied
during
the
years
that
Hezekiah
was
the
King
of
Judah.
He
told
the
people
of
Judah
this:
\par }{\Q ‘This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Some
day}}
Zion
{\ADD{
Hill}}
will
be
plowed
like
fields
{\ADD{
are
plowed}};
\par }{\QB Jerusalem
will
become
a
heap
of
ruins.
\par }{\Q There
will
be
a
large clump/group
of
trees
on
top
of
the
hill
where
the
temple
is
now.’
\par }{\MM \VS{19}But
did [RHQ]
King
Hezekiah
or
anyone
else
in
Judah
kill
Micah
{\ADD{
for
saying
that}}?
No!
Instead,
Hezekiah
revered
Yahweh,
and
pleaded
that
he
would ◄act mercifully
toward/not
destroy►
them.
So,
Yahweh
changed
his
mind
about
causing
them
to
experience
the
terrible
disaster
that
he
said
he
would
send.
And
now
{\ADD{
if
we
kill
Jeremiah}},
we
are
going
to
cause
ourselves
to experienece
a
terrible
disaster!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
At
that
time,}}Uriah
the
son
of
Shemaiah
from
Kiriath-Jearim
{\ADD{
city}}
was
also
prophesying/proclaiming
messages [MTY]
from
Yahweh.
He
was
predicting
that
the
city
and
the
rest
of
the
land
would
experience
the
same
disasters
that
I
was
predicting.
\VS{21}When
King
Jehoiakim
and
his
army
officers
and
officials
heard
what
Uriah
was
saying,
the
king
sent
someone
to
kill
Uriah.
But
Uriah
heard
about
it,
and
became
{\ADD{
very}}
afraid,
and
he ◄escaped/ran
away►
to
Egypt.
\VS{22}Then
King
Jehoiakim
sent
Elnathan
the
son
of
Acbor
along
with
several
other
men
to
Egypt.
\VS{23}They
captured
Uriah
and
took
him
{\ADD{
back
to
Jerusalem}}
to
King
Jehoiakim.
The
king
then
{\ADD{
had
a
soldier}}
kill
Uriah
with
a
sword.
Then
they
buried
his
corpse
in
a
place
where
poor
people
are
buried.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}However,
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan
defended
me,
and
persuaded
the
officials
not
to
allow [MTY]
the mob
to
murder
me.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH Jeremiah urged them to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Soon
after
Zedekiah
became
the
King
of
Judah,
Yahweh
gave
a
message
to
me.
\VS{2}This
is
what
he
said
to
me: “Make
a ◄yoke/set
of
wooden
bars
to
fasten
around
the
neck
of
an
ox►,
but
fasten
it
around
your
own
neck
with
leather straps.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Then}}
send
messages
to
the
kings
of
Edom,
Moab,
Ammon,
Tyre,
and
Sidon,
by
telling
those
messages
to
the
ambassadors
from
those
countries
who
have
come
to
Jerusalem
to
{\ADD{
talk
to}}
King
Zedekiah.
\VS{4}Tell
them
to
give
this
message
to
their
kings:
This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
worship,
}}says:
\VS{5}‘With
my
very
great
power [MTY, DOU]
I
created
the
earth
and
the
people
and
the
animals
that
are
on
the
earth.
And
I
can
give
my
power
to
anyone
whom
I
want
to.
\VS{6}And
now
I
am
going
to
enable
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon,
who
does
what
I
want
him
to
do,
to
control
your
countries.
I
am
going
to
enable
him
to
rule
everything,
even
the
wild
animals.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
The
people
of}}
all
the
nations
will
work
for
him,
and
{\ADD{
later}}
for
his
son,
and
{\ADD{
later}}
for
his
grandson,
until
the
time
for
them
{\ADD{
to
rule}}
is
finished.
Then
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
many
great
kings
from
many
nations
will
conquer
Babylon.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
now
I
tell
you
that
you
must
{\ADD{
do
what
the
king
of
Babylon
wants
you
to
do}} [MET],
{\ADD{
like
an
ox
that
has}}
a
yoke
on
its
neck
{\ADD{
must
do
what
its
master
wants
it
to
do}}.
I
will
punish
any
nation
that
refuses
to
do
that.
I
will
cause
those
people
to
experience
war
and
famine
and
diseases,
until
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Babylon
have
conquered
that
nation.
\VS{9}So,
do
not
pay
attention
to
your
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets
and
fortune-tellers
and
people
who
predict
what
will
happen
by
working magic
or
by
talking
with
spirits
of
dead
people.
Those
people
say
that
the
king
of
Babylon
will
not
conquer
your
country.
\VS{10}Those
people
are
{\ADD{
all}}
liars.
{\ADD{
If
you
believe
what
they
say,}}
it
will
result
in
your
being
exiled
from
your
land.
I
will
cause
you
to
be
taken
from
your
land,
and
you
will
die
far
away.
\VS{11}But
the
people
of
any
country
who
do
what
the
King
of
Babylon
wants
them
to
do
will
remain
in
their
own
country
and
be
able
to
plant
their
crops [MTY]
{\ADD{
as
they
always
have
done.
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
After
I
gave
that
message
to
those
ambassadors,}}
I
gave
the
same
message
to
King
Zedekiah
of
Judah.
{\ADD{
I
said
to
him,}} “If
you
want
to
remain
alive,
do
what
the
King
of
Babylon
and
his
officials
want
you
to
do [MET].
\VS{13}{\ADD{
It
would
be
foolish
for
you
not
to
do
that,
because
the
result
would
be
that}}
you
and
your
people
would
die
by
{\ADD{
your
enemies’}}
swords
or
by
famine
or
diseases,
which
Yahweh
will
cause
any
nation
to
experience
that
refuses
to
allow
the
King
of
Babylon
to
rule
them.
\VS{14}Do
not
pay
attention
to
those
prophets
who
say
to
you, ‘The
King
of
Babylon
will
not
conquer
your
country.’
They
are
liars.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
This
is
what}}
Yahweh
says: ‘I
have
not
appointed
those
prophets.
They
are
saying
that
I [MTY]
gave
them
messages,
but
they
are
lying.
So,
{\ADD{
if
you
believe
them,}}
I
will
expel
you
from
this
land.
And
you
and
all
those
prophets
will
die
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
I
spoke
to
the
priests
and
the
other
people,
and
I
said, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘Do
not
believe
your
prophets
who
tell
you
that
all
the
gold
items
{\ADD{
that
were
taken}}
from
my
temple
{\ADD{
by
soldiers
from
Babylon}}
will
soon
be
returned
from
Babylon,
because
what
they
are
prophesying
is
a
lie.
\VS{17}Do
not
pay
attention
to
what
they
say.
Surrender
to
the
king
of
Babylon.
If
you
do
that,
you
will
remain
alive.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
not
do
that}} [RHQ],
this
entire
city
will
be
destroyed.
\VS{18}If
they
are
really
prophets
who
speak
messages
from
me,
tell
them
to
plead
to
me,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
that
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
from
Babylon}}
will
not
be
allowed
to
take
away
to
Babylon
the
valuable
items
that
{\ADD{
still}}
remain
in
the
temple
and
in
the
king’s
palace
and
in
{\ADD{
the
other
palaces
in}}
Jerusalem.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
I
say
this}}
because
the
{\ADD{
huge}}
pillars
{\ADD{
that
are
in
front
of
the
temple}}
and
the
large
water tank
and
the
{\ADD{
ten
water}}
carts
and
all
the
other
items
that
are
used
{\ADD{
for
offering
sacrifices
are
still
in
this
city}}.
\VS{20}King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
left
those
things
here
when
he
exiled
Jehoiachin,
the
king
of
Judah,
to
Babylon,
along
with
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
leaders
of
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
leaders
of
other
places
in}}
Judah.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
worship}},
say
this
about
all
those
valuable
things
that
are
still
outside
the
temple
and
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Judah
and
in
{\ADD{
other
places
in
}}Jerusalem:
\VS{22}They
will
{\ADD{
all}}
be
carried
away
to
Babylon.
And
they
will
stay
there
until
I
say
that
they
should
be
brought
back
to
Jerusalem.
Then
they
will
be
bought
back
here.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I,}}
Yahweh,
say.’ ”

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH Jeremiah condemned Hananiah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Zedekiah
had
been
the
King
of
Judah
for
more
than
three
years,
late
in
the ◄summer/hot
season►, Azzur’s
son
Hananiah,
a
prophet
from
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}},
spoke
to
me
in
the
{\ADD{
courtyard
of
the}}
temple,
while
{\ADD{
all}}
the
priests
and
other
people
were
listening.
He
said,
\VS{2}“This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: ‘I
will
cause
the
king
of
Babylon
to
stop
ruling/controlling [MET]
{\ADD{
all
of
you}}.
\VS{3}◄Within
two
years/Before
two
years
have
ended►,
I
will
cause
to
be
brought
bring
back
to
this
temple
all
the
valuable
things
that
King Nebuchadnezzar’s
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
took
from
this
temple
and
took
to
Babylon.
\VS{4}And
I
will
also
cause
King
Jehoiachin
to
be
brought
back
here,
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
who
were
captured
and
taken
to
Babylon.
The
king
of
Babylon
has
{\ADD{
forced
you
to
do
what
he
wants,
like
someone}}
puts
a
yoke
{\ADD{
on
the
neck
of
an
ox
to
force
it
to
do
what
he}}
wants [MET]
it
to
do.
But
I
will
cause
that
to
end.
{\ADD{
That
will
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}I
replied
to
Hananiah
in
front
of
{\ADD{
all}}
the
priests
and
other
people
who
were
standing
outside
the
temple.
\VS{6}I
said, “◄Amen/May
that
happen►!
I
desire/hope
that
what
you
have
predicted
will
happen.
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
do
everything
that
you
have
said!
I
hope/desire
that
he
will
cause
{\ADD{
men
from
Babylon}}
to
bring
back
from
Babylon
{\ADD{
all}}
the
valuable
things
that
were
in
this
temple,
and
all
the
people
who
were
taken
{\ADD{
to
Babylon}}.
\VS{7}But
now
listen
to
what
I
say
to
you
while
all
these
people
are
listening.
\VS{8}Many
years
ago,
those
who
were
prophets
before
you
and
I
{\ADD{
became
prophets}}
spoke
messages
about
many
nations
and
great
kingdoms.
They
predicted/prophesied
that
wars
and
disasters
and
plagues/diseases
would
occur
in
those
nations.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
So
now
you
or}}
any
other
prophet
who predicts
that
things
will
go
well
{\ADD{
for
us
must
show
that
your
message
is
correct.
Only}}
if
what
you
predict
actually
happens
will
we
know
that
you
were
truly
appointed
by
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Hananiah
took
the
yoke
off
my
neck
and
broke
it.
\VS{11}Then
he
said
this
to
all
the
people
who
were
there: “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘Just
like
Hananiah
has
broken
this
yoke,
within
two
years
I
will
cause
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
to
{\ADD{
stop
forcing
the
people
to
do
what
he
wants,
which
has
been
like}}
a
heavy
yoke
on
all
their
necks [MET].’ ”
After
Hananiah
said
that,
I
left
the
temple
area.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
Soon}}
after
Hananiah
had
broken
the
yoke
that
was
around
my
neck,
Yahweh
gave
this
message
to
me:
\VS{13}“Go
and
say
this
to
Hananiah: ‘Yahweh
says
that
you
have
broken
a
wooden
yoke,
but
that
he
will
replace
it
with
an
iron
yoke.
\VS{14}I
have
forced
the
people
of
all
these
nations
to
{\ADD{
become
slaves
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon.
That
is
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
an
iron
yoke
around
their
necks.
I
have
put
everything,
even
wild
animals,
under
his
control.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
I
{\ADD{
went
to}}
Hananiah
and
said
to
him, “Hananiah,
listen
{\ADD{
to
this}}:
Yahweh
has
not
appointed
you;
instead,
{\ADD{
you
have
told}}
lies
to
the
people,
and
they
have
believed
your
lies.
\VS{16}Therefore,
this
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘You
will
{\ADD{
soon}}
die.
Before
the
end
of
this
year,
you
will
die,
because
you
have
rebelled
against
Yahweh.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Hananiah
died
two
months
later.

\par }\Chap{29}{\SH The letter Jeremiah sent to the people of Judah who had been exiled to Babylonia
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}After
King
Jehoiachin,
his
mother,
his
palace
officials,
other
officials
in
Judah,
and
all
the
various
kinds
of
craftsmen [DOU]
had
been
exiled
to
Babylon,
I
wrote
a
letter
to
the
elders,
the
priests,
the
prophets
and
all
the
other
people
who
had
been
taken
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon
by
{\ADD{
soldiers
of}}
Nebuchadnezzar.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
I
gave}}
the
letter
to
Elasah
the
son
of
Shaphan,
and
to
Gemariah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
when
they
were
about
to
go
to
Babylon
to
be
ambassadors
from
King
Zedekiah
to
King
Nebuchadnezzar.
This
is
what
I
wrote
in
the
letter:
\par }{\BB \par }{\PI \VS{4}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
to
all
you
people
who
were
captured
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Jerusalem
and
taken
{\ADD{
there}}
to
Babylon:
\VS{5}“Build
houses
{\ADD{
there}},
and
plan
to
stay
there
{\ADD{
because
you
will
be
there
for
many
years}}.
Plant
gardens,
and
eat
the
food
that
is
produced
in
the
gardens.
\VS{6}Get
married
and
have
children.
Then
{\ADD{
when
they
grow
up}},
choose
wives
for
your
sons,
and
husbands
for
your
daughters,
in
order
that
they
{\ADD{
also}}
may
have
children.
{\ADD{
In
that
way}},
the
number
of
you
people
will
increase,
not
decrease.
\VS{7}Also,
do
things
that
will
cause
things
to
go
well
{\ADD{
for
the
other
people
there}}
in
the
city
where
I
sent
you.
Pray
that
things
will
go
well
for
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
that
city,
because
if
things
go
well
for
them,
things
will
go
well
for
you,
{\ADD{
also}}.”
\par }{\PI \VS{8}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “There
are
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets
and
fortune-tellers
among
you.
Do
not
allow
them
to
deceive
you.
Do
not
pay
attention
to
{\ADD{
them
when
they
tell
you}}
their
dreams,
\VS{9}because
they
are
telling
you
lies,
saying
that [MTY]
{\ADD{
I
have
given
them
the
messages
that
they
are
telling
you}}.
But,
I
have
not
appointed
them.”
\par }{\PI \VS{10}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
says: “After
you
{\ADD{
and
your
children}}
have
been
in
Babylon
for
seventy
years,
I
will
help
you,
and
do
for
you
the
things
that
I
promised,
and
I
will
enable
you
to
return
here
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}.
\VS{11}I,
Yahweh,
know
what
I
have
planned
for
you.
I
am
planning
to
cause
things
to
go
well
for
you,
not
to
cause
you
to
experience
disasters.
I
am
planning
to
give
you
many
things
that
you
confidently
expect
to
receive
in
the
future.
\VS{12}At
that
time,
when
you
pray,
I
will
heed
you.
\VS{13}If
you
earnestly
desire
for
me
{\ADD{
to
bless
you}},
you
will
experience
me
{\ADD{
blessing
you}}.
\VS{14}I
will
make
my
help
available
to
you [IDM].
I
will
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
slaves
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}.
I
will
gather
you
from
all
the
nations
to
which
I
have
exiled
you,
and
I
will
bring
you
back
{\ADD{
here
to
your
own
land}},
to
the
place
from
which
you
were
taken.”
\par }{\PI \VS{15}{\ADD{
Some
of}}
you
say
that
Yahweh
has
appointed
prophets
for
you
{\ADD{
there}}
in
Babylon.
\VS{16}But
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
about
the
king
who
rules
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Jerusalem,
and
about
all
the
other
people
who
are
{\ADD{
still}}
living
here—your
relatives
who
were
not
taken
to
Babylon
with
you.
\VS{17}The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
this: “I
will
cause
them
to
experience
wars
and
famines
and
diseases.
I
will
cause
them
to
become
like [SIM]
bad
figs
that
are
very
rotten,
with
the
result
that
no
one
can
eat
them.
\VS{18}I
will
not
stop
causing
them
to
experience
wars
and
famines
and
diseases.
And
I
will
scatter
them
all
around
the
world.
In
every
country
where
I ◄force
them
to
be
taken/exile
them►,
I
will
cause
them
to
be
people
whom
{\ADD{
others}}
curse
and
be
horrified
about
and
make fun
of [DOU].
\VS{19}{\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
because
they
have
refused
to
pay
attention
to
my
messages,
messages
that
I
gave
to
the
prophets
whom
I
sent
to
them.
And
you
{\ADD{
who
have
been
exiled
to
Babylon}}
have
not
paid
attention
to
them,
{\ADD{
either}}.”
{\ADD{
That
is
what}}
Yahweh
says.
\par }{\PI \VS{20}{\ADD{
Therefore}},
you
people
who
have
been ◄exiled/forced
to
go►
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon,
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh.
\VS{21}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
about
Ahab
the
son
of
Kolaiah,
and
about
Zedekiah,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
who
are
telling
lies
to
you,
saying
that
they
are
giving
messages [MTY]
from
him: “They
will
be
seized
and
taken
to [MTY]
King
Nebuchadnezzar,
who
will
cause
them
to
be
executed
while
you
are
watching.
\VS{22}Because
of
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
them,
all
you
people
who
have
been
taken
from
Judah
to
Babylon
will
say
this
when
they
curse
someone: ‘I
hope/wish
that
Yahweh
will
do
to
you
the
same
thing
that
he
did
to
Zedekiah
and
Ahab,
whom
the
King
of
Babylon
caused
to
be
{\ADD{
killed
by
being}}
burned
in
a
fire.’
\VS{23}They
have
done
terrible
things
to
{\ADD{
my}} Israeli
people.
They
have
committed
adultery
with
their
neighbors’
wives,
and
they
have
spoken
lies,
saying
that
they
were
messages [MTY]
from
me.
They
have
said
things
that
I
did
not
tell
them
to
say,
and
I,
Yahweh,
have
heard
them
{\ADD{
say
those
things}}.”
\par }{\SH A
message
for
Shemaiah
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\ADD{
Yahweh
told
me
to}}
send
this
message
to
Shemaiah,
a
man
from Nehelam
{\ADD{
town
who
was
living
in
Babylon}}:
\VS{25}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “You
wrote
a
letter
that
no
one
told
you
to
write.
You
sent
it
to
Zephaniah
the
priest,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
and
{\ADD{
you
sent copies}}
to
the
other
priests
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
here
in
Jerusalem.
{\ADD{
This
is
what}}
you
wrote
to
him:
\par }{\PI \VS{26}{\ADD{
Zephaniah}},
Yahweh
has
appointed
you
to
be
the
priest
instead
of
Jehoiada,
to
supervise
those
who
work
in
the
temple.
Anyone
who
acts
like
a crazy
man
and
who
claims
that
he
is
a
prophet,
you
should
put
his
arms
and
legs
and
head
into ◄stocks/a
wooden
frame
{\ADD{
so
that
he
cannot
move►}}.
\VS{27}So
why
have
you
not
done
anything
to
stop
Jeremiah,
the
man
from
Anathoth
{\ADD{
town}},
who
{\ADD{
pretends
that
he}}
is
a
prophet
among
you?
\VS{28}He
sent
a
letter
to
us
{\ADD{
who
are
here}}
in
Babylon,
saying
that
{\ADD{
we
will
be
here
for}}
a
long
time.
He
said
that
{\ADD{
therefore}}
we
should
build
houses
and
plan
to
stay
here,
and
plant
gardens,
and
eat
the
food
that
is
produced
in
the
gardens.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\ADD{
But
when}}
Zephaniah
the
priest
{\ADD{
received}}
the
letter
from
you,
he
{\ADD{
brought
it
to
me
and}}
read
it
to
me.
\VS{30}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{31}“Send
this
message
to
all
the
people
{\ADD{
from
Judah}}
who
are
there
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}.
Say
that
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
about
Shemaiah,
the
man
from Nehelam: ‘I
did
not
appoint
him,
but
he
has
deceived
you
and
caused
you
to
believe
the
lies
that
he
prophesied.
\VS{32}So,
I
will
punish
him
and
his
family.
He
has
incited
you
to
rebel
against
me.
Because
of
that,
all
of
his
descendants
will
soon
die.
I
will
do
{\ADD{
many}}
good
things
for
{\ADD{
you}},
my
people,
but
he
and
his
descendants
will
not
see
those
things,
{\ADD{
because
they
will
be
dead}}.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it!’ ”

\par }\Chap{30}{\SH Yahweh promised to bring his people back
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
say
they
belong
to}},
am
telling
you
that
you
should
write
down
everything
that
I
have
said
to
you.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
know
that}}
some
day
I
will
free
my
people,
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
and
Judah,
from
being
slaves
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}.
I
will
bring
them
back
to
this
land
that
I
gave
to
their
ancestors,
and
this
land
will
belong
to
them
again.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Yahweh
gave
{\ADD{
to
me}}
another
message
concerning
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{5}This
is
what
he
said:
\par }{\Q “I
hear
people screaming
because
they
are
terrified [DOU];
\par }{\QB there
is
no
peace
{\ADD{
in
the
land}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}But
think
about
this:
\par }{\Q Men
certainly
do
not [RHQ]
give
birth
to
babies.
\par }{\Q Therefore,
why
do
strong
men
stand
there,
\par }{\QB with
their
faces
very
white/pale,
\par }{\Q with
their
hands
pressed
against
their
stomachs,
\par }{\QB like
women
who
are
about
to
give
birth
to
babies?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
Terrible
things
will
soon
happen}};
\par }{\QB that
will
be
a
terrible
day!
\par }{\QB There
has
never
been
such
a
time.
\par }{\Q It
will
be
a
time
when
{\ADD{
my}} Israeli
people
will
experience
great
trouble,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
finally}}
they
will
be
saved
{\ADD{
from
their
sufferings}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says
this:
\par }{\Q “At
that
time
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
sever/cut
the
ropes
{\ADD{
that
are
around
my
people}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
free
them
from
being ◄slaves/forced
to
do
what
the
King
of
Babylon
wants
them
to
do► [MET].
\par }{\Q People
in
other
countries
will
no
longer
be
their
bosses.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}My
people
will
{\ADD{
again}}
serve
me,
Yahweh,
their
God,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
they
will
serve
a
king
who
is
a
descendant
of}}
King
David;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
they
will
serve
the
king}}
whom
I
will
appoint
for
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}So,
{\ADD{
you
people
of}}
Israel
who
serve
me,
\par }{\QB do
not
be
dismayed/worried
{\ADD{
now}},
\par }{\Q because
{\ADD{
some
day}}
I
will
bring
you
back
from
distant
places;
\par }{\QB I
will
bring
your
descendants
{\ADD{
back
home}}
from
the
land
to
which
they
were
exiled.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Then
you}} Israeli
people
will
{\ADD{
again}}
live
peacefully
and
safely,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
not
be
any
{\ADD{
nation}}
that
will
cause
you
to
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I,
Yahweh,
say
that
I
will
be
with
you
and
will
rescue
you;
\par }{\QB I
will
completely
destroy
the
nations
to
which
I
have
scattered
you.
\par }{\QB But
I
will
not
completely
destroy
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
punish
you
{\ADD{
for
your
many
sins}},
but
I
will
punish
you
{\ADD{
only}}
as
severely
as
you
deserve:
\par }{\QB I
would
be
doing
wrong
if
I
did
not
punish
you
at
all.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says
this:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
You
have ◄suffered
very
much/endured
many
disasters►}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
have
a
terrible
wound
that
cannot
be
cured.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}There
is
no
one
to
help
you,
\par }{\QB no
one
to
put
a
bandage
on
your
wound.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
{\ADD{
medicine
that
will}}
heal
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}All
your
allies [MET]
have
deserted
you
\par }{\QB and
they
do
not
want
to
help
you
{\ADD{
anymore}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
I
have
punished
you
severely,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like
your}}
enemies
would
wound
you,
\par }{\Q because
you
have
committed
many
sins
\par }{\QB and
you
are
very
guilty.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
Because
that
is
true}},
why
do
you
protest
about
my
punishing
you,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
as
though
I
had
caused}}
a
wound
that
could
not
be
cured [RHQ]?
\par }{\Q It
was
necessary
for
me
to
punish
you,
\par }{\QB because
you
had
committed
many
sins
\par }{\QB and
you
were
very
guilty.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}But
{\ADD{
some
day}}
all
those
who
{\ADD{
are
trying
to}}
destroy
you
will
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB all
your
enemies
will
be
exiled
{\ADD{
to
other
nations}}.
\par }{\Q All
those
who
have
stolen
things
from
you
\par }{\QB will
have
their
{\ADD{
valuable}}
possessions
stolen,
\par }{\Q and
all
those
who
attack
you
will
be
attacked.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
Everyone}}
says
that
you
are ◄outcasts/people
that
they
no
longer
associate
with►,
\par }{\QB and
that
{\ADD{
you
live
in}}
Jerusalem,
a
city
that
no
one
cares
about.”
\par }{\PP But
Yahweh
says,
\par }{\Q “I
will
heal
your injuries/wounds
\par }{\QB and
cause
you
to
be
healthy
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “I
will
bring
the
people
of
Israel
back
from
the
lands
to
which
they
were
taken
\par }{\QB and
enable
them
to
possess
their
land
and
their
houses
again.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
Jerusalem
will
be
rebuilt
on
top
of
its
ruins,
\par }{\QB and
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
palace
will
be
rebuilt
to
be
like
it
was
before.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}People
will
{\ADD{
again}}
sing
joyfully
to
thank
{\ADD{
me}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
cause
there
to
be
more
people
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}},
not
fewer;
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
them
to
be
honored,
not
despised.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Their
children
will
{\ADD{
prosper}}
like
they
did
before.
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
them
to
be
a
group
of
people
{\ADD{
who
worship}}
me,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
punish
any
{\ADD{
nation}}
that
oppresses
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}One
of
their
own
people
will
be
their
king,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
invite
him
to
come
close
to
me
{\ADD{
to
worship
me}},
\par }{\Q because
no
one [RHQ]
would ◄dare/have
courage►
to
come
close
to
me
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
if
I
did
not
invite
him}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}You
{\ADD{Israeli
people}}
will
be
my
people,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
be
your
God.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Yahweh
will
punish [MTY]
{\ADD{
your
enemies}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
will
be
like
a
great}}
storm;
\par }{\QB it
will
come
down
{\ADD{
like}}
a
whirlwind,
swirling
around
the
heads
of
wicked
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}He
will
not
stop
being
angry
\par }{\QB until
he
completely
accomplishes
{\ADD{
all}}
that
he
has
planned.
\par }{\Q In
the
future,
you
will
understand
{\ADD{
all}}
of
this
{\ADD{
clearly}}.

\par }\Chap{31}{\SH Israel will be restored
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
says
that
at
that
time,
he
will
be
the
God
{\ADD{
who
is
worshiped
by}}
all
the
clans
in
Israel,
and
they
will
be
his
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “Those
{\ADD{
people}}
who
remained
alive
and
were
not
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords
\par }{\QB were
blessed
{\ADD{
by
me
even}}
in
the
desert;
\par }{\QB I
enabled
them
to
have
peace.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Long
ago
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
said
to
{\ADD{
your
ancestors,}}
the Israeli
people,
\par }{\Q ‘I
have
loved
you
and
I
will
continue
to
love
you
forever.
\par }{\QB By
faithfully
loving
you,
I
have
brought
you
close
to
myself.’
\par }{\Q \VS{4}And
{\ADD{
now
I
tell
you}},
my Israeli
people
whom
I
love [MET],
that
I
will
cause
you
to
be
a
nation
again.
\par }{\Q You
will
{\ADD{
joyfully}}
dance
as
you
play
your
tambourines.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Again
you
will
plant
your
vineyards
on
the
hills
of
Samaria,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
eat
the
grapes
{\ADD{
that
grow
there}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}There
will
be
a
time
when
watchmen
will
call
out
from
the
hills
of
Samaria [MTY],
\par }{\Q ‘Come,
let’s
go
up
to
Jerusalem
\par }{\QB to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Yahweh,
our
God!' ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}And
now
Yahweh
also
says
this:
\par }{\Q “Sing
joyfully
about
{\ADD{
what
I
have
done
for}}
the
people
of
Israel!
\par }{\Q Shout
about
{\ADD{
your
nation,}}
the
greatest
nation!
\par }{\QB Shout
joyfully,
praising
me
and
saying,
\par }{\QB ‘Yahweh,
rescue
your
people,
\par }{\QB the
ones
who
are
still
alive!’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Do
that
{\ADD{
because}}
I
will
bring
them
back
from
the northeast,
\par }{\QB from
the
most
distant
places
on
the
earth.
\par }{\Q Among
them
will
be
blind
people
and
lame
people,
\par }{\QB women
who
are
pregnant
and
women
who
are ◄having
labor
pains/about
to
give
birth
to
babies►.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
a
huge
group
of
people!
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
will
be
crying
as
they
return,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
praying
{\ADD{
to
me}}.
\par }{\Q I
will
guide
them
along
streams
of
water,
\par }{\QB on
level
paths
where
they
will
not
stumble.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
do
this}}
because
I
am
{\ADD{
like}}
a
father
to
the Israeli
people;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
Israel
is
my
oldest
son.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Yahweh
says, “{\ADD{
You
people
in
the}}
nations
of
the
world,
listen
to
this
message
from
me.
\par }{\QB Then
proclaim
it
to
{\ADD{
people
who
live
along}}
the
coasts
far
away.
\par }{\Q I
scattered
my
people,
but
I
will
gather
them
{\ADD{
again}}
and
will
take
care
of
them
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
shepherd
takes
care
of
his
sheep.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
will
buy
{\ADD{
my}} Israeli
people
back
\par }{\QB from
those
who
{\ADD{
conquered
them
because}}
they
were
more
powerful
{\ADD{
than
my
people}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}My
people
will
return
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}
\par }{\QB and
shout
joyfully
on
the
slopes
of
Zion
Hill.
\par }{\Q They
will
rejoice
about
the
things
that
I
have
abundantly
given
to
them—
\par }{\QB grain
and
new
wine
and
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
\par }{\QB and
young
sheep
and
cattle.
\par }{\Q They
themselves
will
be
like
a
well-watered
garden,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
no
longer
be
sad.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The
young
women
will
dance
joyfully,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
all}}
the
men,
young
ones
and
old
ones,
will
join
with
them.
\par }{\Q I
will
cause
them
to
rejoice
instead
of
mourning;
\par }{\QB I
will
comfort
them
and
cause
them
to
be
happy
instead
of
being
sad.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
priests
will
have
plenty
of
things
to
eat
and
drink,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
all}}
my
people
will
be
filled
with
the
good
things
that
I
give
them.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
certainly
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{15}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says
this:
\par }{\Q “Women
were
weeping
in
Ramah
{\ADD{
town
on
the
border
between
Israel
and
Judah}};
\par }{\QB they
were
mourning
and
crying
very
loudly.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
women
who
were
the
descendants
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
the
two
grandsons
of}}
Rachel
{\ADD{
the
wife
of
Jacob}},
were
weeping
about
their
children,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
could
comfort
them
\par }{\QB because
their
children
were
{\ADD{
all}}
dead.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
But
now}}
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say:
\par }{\Q ‘Do
not
cry
{\ADD{
anymore}},
\par }{\QB because
I
will
reward
you
{\ADD{
for
the
good
things
you
have
done
for
your
children}}.
\par }{\Q Your
children
will
return
from
the
land
where
their
enemies
{\ADD{
have
taken
them}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
telling
you
that
there
are
things
that
you
can
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
me
to
do
for
you}}
in
the
future.
\par }{\QB Your
children
will
return
to
their
own
land.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}I
have
heard
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
grieving
very
much
{\ADD{
and
saying
to
me}},
\par }{\QB ‘You
punished
us
severely,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
calves
are
beaten
{\ADD{
by
their
owners
to
train
them
for pulling
a
plow}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}}
bring
us
back
{\ADD{
to
obey/worship
you
again}},
\par }{\QB because
we
are
ready
to
return
to
you,
\par }{\Q because
you
{\ADD{
alone}}
are
Yahweh,
our
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}We
turned
away
{\ADD{
from
you}},
\par }{\QB but
we
repented;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
after
you}}
caused
us
to
realize
{\ADD{
that
we
were
guilty}}.
\par }{\Q We
beat
our
chests
to
show
that
we
were
very
ashamed [DOU]
of
the
sins
that
we
committed
when
we
were
young.’
\par }{\Q \VS{20}But
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say
this:
\par }{\QB The Israeli
people
certainly
are [RHQ]
still
my
dear
children [DOU].
\par }{\Q It
is
often
necessary
for
me
to
threaten
{\ADD{
to
punish}}
them,
\par }{\QB but
I
still
love
them.
\par }{\Q That
is
why
I
have
not
forgotten
them,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
certainly
act mercifully
toward
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
You Israeli
people,}}
set
up
road
signs;
\par }{\QB put
up
posts
{\ADD{
along
the
roads}}
\par }{\QB to
mark
the
road
on
which
you
walked
{\ADD{
when
you
were
taken
from
Jerusalem}}.
\par }{\Q My
precious/beloved Israeli
people,
\par }{\QB come
back
to
your
towns
here.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}You
people
who
have
been
like [MET]
daughters
who
have
forsaken
their
parents,
\par }{\QB how
long
will
you
continue
to
wander
{\ADD{
away
from
me}} [RHQ]?
\par }{\Q I,
Yahweh,
will
cause
something
to
happen
on
the
earth
that ◄is
new/has
not
happened
before►:
\par }{\QB The
women
of
Israel
will
be
protecting
their
husbands
as
they
travel
{\ADD{
back
here}}!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{23}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “When
I
bring
them
back
from
the
countries
to
which
they
have
been
exiled,
all
the
people
from
the
towns
in
Judah
will
again
say,
{\ADD{‘I
hope
that}}
Yahweh
will
bless
this
my
home,
the
holy
place
where
righteous
{\ADD{
people
will
live}}!’
\VS{24}{\ADD{
The
people
of}}
Judah
{\ADD{
who
live
in}}
the
towns,
including
the
farmers
and
the
shepherds,
will
all
live
together
{\ADD{
peacefully}}.
\VS{25}I
will
enable
weary
people
to
rest,
and
enable
people
who
are
very
exhausted
to
become
strong
again.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{26}I,
{\ADD{
Jeremiah}},
woke
up
{\ADD{
after
dreaming
all
those
things}},
and
I
looked
{\ADD{
around}}.
I
had
slept
{\ADD{
very}} delightfully!
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
said
{\ADD{
to
me}}, “There
will
be
a
time
when
I
will
greatly
increase [MET]
the
number
of
people
and
the
number
of
livestock
here
in
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
Previously}},
I
caused
{\ADD{
their
enemies
to}}
remove
the
people
from
their
land
and
to
destroy
their
land
and
to
cause
them
to
experience
many
disasters [DOU].
But
in
the
future,
I
will
enable
them
to
build
houses
and
to
plant
crops
{\ADD{
here
in
Israel
again}}.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
Previously
the
people
often
said,}} ‘The
parents
have
eaten
sour
grapes,
but
it
is
the
children’s
teeth
that ache.’
{\ADD{
They
meant
that
it
was
not
fair
for
them
to
be
punished
for
their ancestors’
sins}}.
But
{\ADD{
when
I
bring
them
back
to
their
land}},
they
will
no
longer
say
that.
\par }{\MM \VS{30}But
now
all
people
will
die
because
of
the
sins
that
they
themselves
have
committed.
\VS{31}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say
this: ‘There
will
be
a
time
when
I
will
make
a
new
agreement
with
the
people
of
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{32}{\ADD{
This
new
agreement
will}}
not
be
like
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
their
ancestors
when
I
took
them
by
their
hands
and
led
them
out
of
Egypt.
They
broke
that
agreement,
even
though
I
{\ADD{
loved
them
like}} [MET]
husbands
love
their
wives.’
\VS{33}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh,
say: ‘This
is
the
new
agreement
that
I
will
make
with
the
people
of
Israel
some
day:
I
will
put
my
laws
in
their
minds
and
write
them
on
their
inner
beings.
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people.
\VS{34}And
it
will
not
be
{\ADD{
necessary}}
for
them
to
teach
their
neighbors
or
their
relatives
and
say, “{\ADD{
You
need
to}}
know
Yahweh,”
because
everyone,
including unimportant
people
and
very
important
people,
will
{\ADD{
already}}
know
me.
And
I
will
forgive
them
for
having
been
very
wicked,
and
I
will
never
think
again
about
the
sins
that
they
have
committed.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Yahweh
is
the
one
who
causes
the
sun
to
give
light
during
the
day,
\par }{\QB and
who
causes
the
moon
and
the
stars
to
give
light
during
the
night.
\par }{\Q He
stirs
up
the
seas,
with
the
result
that
waves
roar.
\par }{\Q His
name
is
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
\par }{\QB and
this
is
what
he
says:
\par }{\Q \VS{36}“I
will
not
reject
my Israeli
people
\par }{\QB anymore
than
I
will
get
rid
of
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
control
the universe}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}And
this
is
what
I
say:
\par }{\Q ‘No
one
can
measure
the
sky,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
can
find
out
what
is
supporting
the
earth.
\par }{\Q Similarly,
I
cannot
reject
forever
the
descendants
of
Jacob
\par }{\QB because
of
all
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
they
have
done.’
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
is
certain,
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it!
\par }{\PP \VS{38}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
also
say
that
there
will
be
a
time
when
{\ADD{
everything
in}}
Jerusalem
will
be
rebuilt
for
me,
from
the
tower
of
Hananel
{\ADD{
at
the northeast
corner,
west}}
to
{\ADD{
the
gate
named}}
the
Corner
Gate.
\VS{39}{\ADD{
Workers}}
will
stretch
a
measuring
line/string
over
Gareb
Hill
all
the
way
{\ADD{southwest}}
to
Goah.
\VS{40}And
the
whole
area,
including
the
place
where
corpses
and
ashes
are
thrown
in
the
{\ADD{
Kidron}}
Valley,
and
all
the
fields
to
the
east
as
far
as
the
Horse
Gate,
will
become
set
apart
for
me.
And
the
city
{\ADD{
of
Jerusalem}}
will
never
again
be
captured
or
destroyed.”

\par }\Chap{32}{\SH Jeremiah bought some land
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
ten
years,
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message,
during
the
time
that
Nebuchadnezzar
had
been
ruling
{\ADD{
Babylonia}}
for
almost 18
years.
\VS{2}His
army
was
surrounding
Jerusalem,
and
I
was
in
a
prison
area
in
the
courtyard
where
the
guards
of
the
king’s
palace
stayed.
\VS{3}King
Zedekiah
had
put
me
there.
I
continued
to
prophesy
there
{\ADD{
about
what
would
happen}}.
I
continued
to
say, “Yahweh
says
that
he
is
about
to
allow
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
the
king
of
Babylon
to
capture
this
city [DOU].
\VS{4}And
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia
will
capture
King
Zedekiah
and ◄take
him
to/put
him
in
the
hands
of►
the
king
of
Babylon.
\VS{5}Then
his
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
will
take
Zedekiah
to
Babylon,
and
he
will
remain
there
until
I
arrange
for
him
to
be
punished.
And
if
he
tries
to
fight
against
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia,
he
will
not
succeed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
At
that
time}},
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{7}“{\ADD{
Your cousin}}
Hanamel,
the
son
of
Shallum
{\ADD{
your
uncle}},
will
come
to
you.
He
will
say
to
you, ‘Buy
my
field
at
Anathoth,
{\ADD{
your
hometown}}.
{\ADD{
Because
you
are
my
closest
relative}},
{\ADD{
it
is
written
in
our
laws
that}}
you
have
the
right
to
buy
it
{\ADD{
before
I
ask
if
anyone
else
wants
to
buy
it}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
just
as
Yahweh
had
predicted,
my cousin
Hanamel
came
to
see
me
in
the
courtyard
of
the
palace.
He
said, “{\ADD{
Please}}
buy
my
field
at
Anathoth
in
the
area
{\ADD{
where
the
descendants
of}}
Benjamin
live.
It
is
written
in
our
laws
that
you
have
the
right
to
buy
it
{\ADD{
before
I
ask
if
anyone
else
wants
to
buy
it.}}”
When
he
said
that,
I
knew
that
the
message
that
I
had
received
was
{\ADD{
truly}}
from
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
So}},
I
bought
the
field
at
Anathoth.
I
paid
Hanamel 17
pieces
of
silver
for
it.
\VS{10}I
signed
the paper/papyrus
on
which
it
was
written
that
I
was
buying
it,
while
others
were
watching/witnessing
it.
Then
I
weighed
the
silver
{\ADD{
and
gave
it
to
him}}.
\VS{11}Then
I
took
two copies
of
the paper/papyrus.
One
was
sealed
and
the
other
was
not
sealed.
On
both
of
them
was
written
the
price
and
conditions
of
the
purchase.
I
took
both copies
\VS{12}and
I
gave
them
to
Baruch,
who
was
the
son
of Neraiah
and
the
grandson
of
Mahseiah.
I
did
this
while
my cousin
Hanamel,
the
{\ADD{
other}}
witnesses
who
had
signed
the paper/papyrus,
and
other
men
of
Judah
who
were
there
in
the
courtyard,
were
watching.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
Then}},
while
they
were
{\ADD{
all}}
listening,
I
said
to
Baruch,
\VS{14}“This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: ‘Take
both copies
of
this paper/papyrus
and
put
them
in
a
clay
jar,
to
preserve
them
for
a
long
time.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Do
that}}
because
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
say: “{\ADD{
Some
day
people
will
again
own
property}}
in
this
land,
and
they
will
buy
and
sell
houses
and
vineyards
and
fields.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s query
about
buying
the
land
\par }{\PP \VS{16}After
I
had
given
the
papers/papyri
to
Baruch,
I
prayed
to
Yahweh,
saying
this:
\par }{\MI \VS{17}“Yahweh,
{\ADD{
you
are
my}}
Lord!
You
made
the
sky
and
the
earth
by
your
very
great
power. [MTY, DOU]
Nothing
is
too
difficult
for
you
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
\VS{18}You
show
thousands
of
people
that
you
faithfully
love
them,
but
you
punish
people
for
the
sins
that
their
parents
have
committed.
{\ADD{
You
are
the}}
great
and
powerful
God,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels.
\VS{19}You
make
wise
plans
and
you
do
mighty
deeds.
You
see
how
all
people
behave [DOU],
and
you
do
to
them
what
they
deserve.
\VS{20}You
performed
many
miracles [DOU]
in
Egypt,
and
you
continue
{\ADD{
to
perform
miracles
here}}
in
Israel
and
everywhere
else
in
the
world.
{\ADD{
Because
of
that}},
you
have ◄become
very
famous/caused
many
people
to
know
that
you
are
very
great/powerful►.
\VS{21}You
brought
our Israeli
ancestors
out
of
Egypt
by
performing
many
great
miracles [DOU],
using
your
very
great
power [DOU],
causing
{\ADD{
our
enemies
to
be}}
terrified.
\VS{22}You
gave
to
us Israeli
people
this
land
that
you
solemnly
promised
to
give
to
our
ancestors,
a
land
that
is
very
fertile [IDM].
\VS{23}Our
ancestors
came
here
and
conquered
this
land
and
started
to
live
in
it,
but
they
refused
to
obey
you
or
to
do
what
you
commanded
them
to
do.
Because
of
that,
you
have
caused
us
to
experience
all
these
disasters.
\par }{\PI \VS{24}And
now,
{\ADD{
the
army}}
of
Babylonia
has
built
ramps
up
against
our
city
{\ADD{
walls}}
in
order
to
attack
our
city.
Because
of
{\ADD{
our
enemies’}}
swords
and
because
of
famines
and
diseases,
they
will
be
able
to
conquer
it
{\ADD{
easily}}.
The
things
that
you
said
would
happen
have
{\ADD{
now}}
happened.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
And
it
is
evident
that}}
the
Babylonian
army
will
soon
conquer
this
city.
So
now,
Yahweh
my
Lord,
{\ADD{
I
do
not
understand}}
why
you
told
me
to
buy
this
field
with
my
silver,
while
others
were
watching.
{\ADD{
It
seems
that
I
have
just
been
wasting
my
money
by
doing
that}}!”
\par }{\SH Yahweh’s
reply
about
buying
the
land
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{27}“I
am
Yahweh,
the
God
{\ADD{
who
rules}}
all
the
people
{\ADD{
in
the
world}}.
There
is
absolutely
nothing [RHQ]
that
is
too
difficult
for
me
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
\VS{28}So,
this
is
what
I
say:
{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
I
will
enable
the
Babylonian
army
and
King
Nebuchadnezzar
to
capture
this
city.
\VS{29}The
soldiers
of
Babylonia
who
are
{\ADD{
now
outside
the
walls}}
around
the
city
will
enter
and
burn
this
city.
They
will
burn
down
{\ADD{
all}}
the
houses
where
people
caused
me
to
become
angry
by
burning
incense
on
{\ADD{
the
tops
of}}
their
roofs
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
Baal
and
by
pouring
out
offerings
of
wine
to
other
gods.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}The
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
have
continually
done
only
evil
things
from
the
time
that
they
became
a
nation.
They
have
caused
me
to
become
very
angry
by
all
their
evil
deeds.
\VS{31}From
the
time
that
this
city
was
built
until
now,
the
people
of
this
city
have
done
{\ADD{
only}}
things
that
caused
me
to
be
very
angry [DOU].
So
{\ADD{
now}}
I
will
destroy
it.
\VS{32}The
people
of
Israel
and
Judah,
{\ADD{
including}}
their
kings,
their
officials,
the
priests,
the
{\ADD{
false}}
prophets,
and
all
the
other
people
in
Jerusalem
have
committed
many
sins
that
have
caused
me
to
become
angry.
\VS{33}My
people
have
turned
away
from
me
and
have
refused
to
return
to
me.
Even
though
I
taught
them
things
many
times,
they
would
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
taught
them,
and
they
would
not
obey
me.
\VS{34}They
have
set
up
their
detestable
idols
{\ADD{
even}}
in
my
own [MTY]
temple
and ◄defiled
it/caused
it
to
become
a
place
that
is
unacceptable
for
people
to
worship
me►.
\VS{35}They
have
built
shrines
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
Baal
in
Ben-Hinnom
Valley
{\ADD{
outside
Jerusalem}},
and
there
they
sacrifice
their
sons
and
daughters
to
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Molech.
I
never
commanded
them
to
do
such
horrible
things.
I
never
even
thought
that
anyone
might
do
such
a
terrible
thing.
And
by
doing
it
they
have
caused
{\ADD{
all
the
people
of}}
Judah
to
{\ADD{
be
guilty
of
having}}
sinned.”
\par }{\SH The
promise
to
restore
Judah
and
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{36}“But
now
{\ADD{
I
will
say
something
more}}
about
this
city.
You
{\ADD{
people
of
Jerusalem}}
have
been
saying, ‘{\ADD{
The
army
of}}
the
King
of
Babylon
will
conquer
it,
either
by
their
swords
or
because
of
famines
or
diseases.’
But
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
you Israeli
people
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say:
\VS{37}‘I
will
certainly
bring
my
people
back
here
again,
from
all
the
countries
to
which
I
will
force
them
to
go
because
I
am
extremely
angry [DOU]
with
them.
I
will
bring
them
back
to
this
city
and
allow
them
to
live
here
safely.
\VS{38}They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
\VS{39}I
will
cause
them
to
have
one
way
of
thinking [IDM]
and
behaving,
in
order
that
they
may
revere
me,
for
their
good
and
for
the
good
of
their
descendants.
\VS{40}I
will
make
an
agreement
with
them
that
will
last
forever:
I
will
never
stop
doing
good
things
for
them,
and
I
will
encourage
them
to
revere
me
and
never
turn
away
from
me.
\VS{41}I
will
be
happy
to
do
good
things
for
them,
and
I
will
surely
enable
them
to
return
to
this
land
and
remain
here [MET];
I
will
do
that
with
all
my
inner
being
and
all
my
strength.’
\par }{\PP \VS{42}And
this
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say: ‘I
have
caused
them
to
experience
all
these
disasters.
Similarly,
{\ADD{
some
day}}
I
will
do
for
them
all
the
good
things
that
I
have
promised.
\VS{43}{\ADD{
By
buying
land
you,
Jeremiah,
have
predicted
that
some
day}}
people
will
buy
and
sell
fields
in
this
land
about
which
you
{\ADD{
people
of
Jerusalem}}
now
say, “The
Babylonian
soldiers
have
destroyed
it.
It
is
{\ADD{
now}}
desolate.
{\ADD{
It
is
a
land
where}}
there
are
no
longer
any
people
or
animals.”
\VS{44}{\ADD{
But
some
day}}
people
will
{\ADD{
again}}
buy
{\ADD{
and
sell}}
fields
here.
People
will
sign
documents
{\ADD{
about
buying
those
fields}},
and
{\ADD{
other
people}}
will
witness
them
doing
that.
{\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
in
the
land
where
{\ADD{
the
descendants
of}}
Benjamin
live
and
{\ADD{
here}}
in
the
villages
near
Jerusalem,
in
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah,
in
the hilly
areas
and
in
the
foothills
{\ADD{
to
the
west}},
and
in
the
southern
desert
area,
{\ADD{
too.
Some
day}}
I
will
cause
them
to
prosper
again.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”

\par }\Chap{33}{\SH The promise that God will enable the Israeli people to prosper again
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}While
I
was
still
being
guarded
in
the
courtyard
of
the
palace,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
second
message:
\VS{2}“This
is
what
I,
the
one
who
made
the
earth,
who
formed/shaped
it
and
put
it
in
its
place,
say
{\ADD{
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem}}: ‘My
name
is
Yahweh.
\VS{3}Call
out
to
me,
and
{\ADD{
then}}
I
will
tell
you
great
and
wonderful
things
that
you
have
not
known
{\ADD{
before}}.’
\VS{4}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israeli
people
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say: ‘{\ADD{
The
men
in
this
city}}
have
torn
down
{\ADD{
some
of}}
their
houses,
and
{\ADD{
even
parts
of}}
the
king’s
palace,
to
get materials
to
strengthen
the
walls
around
the
city,
in
order
that
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia
will
not
be
able
to
break
through
the
walls
after
they
climb
up}}
the
ramps
that
they
have
built
against
the
walls,
and
{\ADD{
kill
the
inhabitants
with}}
their
swords.
\VS{5}You
are expecting
to
fight
against
the
army
from
Babylonia,
but
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
is
that}}
the
houses
of
this
city
will
be
filled
with
the
corpses
of
the
men
of
this
city
whom
I
will
{\ADD{
allow
to
be
killed}}
because
I
am
extremely
angry [DOU]
with
them.
I
have
abandoned
them
because
of
all
the
wicked
things
that
they
have
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}However,
{\ADD{
there
will
be
a
time
when}}
I
will
cause
the
people
in
this
city
to
be
healthy
and
strong
again.
I
will
enable
them
to
be
prosperous
and
have
peace.
\VS{7}I
will
bring
the
people
of
Judah
and
Israel
back
from
the
lands
to
which
they
were
exiled.
I
will
enable
them
to
rebuild
their
towns.
\VS{8}I
will
get
rid
of
their
guilt
for
all
the
sins
that
they
have
committed
against
me,
and
I
will
forgive
them
for
their
sin
of
rebelling
against
me.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
all
the
nations
of
the
world
will
rejoice,
and
they
will
praise
me
and
honor
me.
They
will
hear
about
all
the
good
things
that
I
have
done
for
this
city
and,
because
of
that,
they
will
revere
me,
and
they
will
tremble
because
I
have
caused
{\ADD{
the
people
in
this
city}}
to
have
peace
and
to
prosper.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
this
is
also
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say: ‘You
people
have
said
that
this
is
a
land
where
there
are
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
any
people
or
animals.
But
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
that
are
now
completely
empty [DOU],
and
in
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah,
\VS{11}{\ADD{
some
day}}
people
will
again
be
happy
and
laugh.
Brides
and bridegrooms
will
{\ADD{
again
}}
sing
{\ADD{
joyfully}}.
And
many
other
people
will
also
sing
joyfully
as
they
bring
their
offerings
to
me
to
thank
me
{\ADD{
for
what
I
have
done
for
them}}.
{\ADD{
They
will
sing
this
song}}:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
We}}
thank
you,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
\par }{\QB because
you
are
good
{\ADD{
to
us}}.
\par }{\QB You
faithfully
love
{\ADD{
us}}
forever.”
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
They
will
sing
that}}
because
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
the
people
of
}}this
land
to
be
as
prosperous
as
they
were
before.’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}This
land
is
{\ADD{
now}}
desolate.
There
are
no
people
or
animals
living
here.
But
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
say
this: ‘In
this
land
there
will
again
be
pastures/fields
where
shepherds
will
lead
their
sheep.
\VS{13}Shepherds
will
again
count
their
sheep
as
the
sheep
walk
by,
outside
the
towns
in
the hilly
area,
in
the
western
foothills,
in
the
southern
desert
area,
in
the
land
{\ADD{
where
the
descendants}}
of
Benjamin
live,
around
Jerusalem,
and
outside
{\ADD{
all}}
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah.’
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Listen
to
this!
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say
that
there
will
be
a
time
when
I
will
do
for
the
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
{\ADD{
all
the
good
things
that}}
I
promised
to
do
{\ADD{
for
them}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}At
that
time [DOU]
I
will
appoint
a
righteous
man
who
will
be
a
descendant [MET]
of
King
David.
\par }{\QB Throughout
the
land,
he
will
do
what
is
just
and
right.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}At
that
time,
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Judah
will
be
rescued
{\ADD{
from
their
enemies}},
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem
will
be
safe.
\par }{\Q And
people
will
say
that
the
name
of
the
city
is ‘Yahweh
{\ADD{
is
the
one
who}}
vindicates/defends us’.
\par }{\MM \VS{17}And
this
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say: ‘There
will
be
descendants
of
King
David
ruling [MTY]
Israel
forever.
\VS{18}And
there
will
always
be
priests
who
are
descendants
of
Levi
who
{\ADD{
stand}}
in
front
of
me
and
offer
sacrifices
that
will
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
who
will
burn
grain
offerings
and
{\ADD{
other}}
sacrifices.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{20}“This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say: ‘{\ADD{
You}}
certainly
cannot
annul
my
promise/agreement
to
cause nighttime
to
follow
daytime
each
day.
\VS{21}Similarly,
you
cannot
annul
the
promise/agreement
{\ADD{
that
I
made}}
with
King
David,
who
served
me
{\ADD{
well}},
that
there
will
always
be
descendants
of
his
who
will
rule
{\ADD{
Judah}}.
The
same
is
true
for
my
agreement
with
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
are
priests
who
do
work
for
me.
\VS{22}No
one
can
count
the
stars
in
the
sky,
and
no
one
can
count
the
grains
of
sand
at
the
seashore.
Similarly,
I
will
cause
there
to
be
a
huge
number
of
priests
who
are
descendants
of
David
and
descendants
of
Levi
who
will
work
for
me.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Yahweh
gave
another
message
to
me.
He
said,
\VS{24}“Have
you
noticed/heard
that
some
people
are
saying, ‘Yahweh
chose
two
groups,
the
people
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
and
the
people
{\ADD{
of
Israel}},
and
{\ADD{
later}}
abandoned
them.’
They
are
despising
my
people
and
saying
that
Israel
no
longer
deserves
to
be
considered
a
nation.
\VS{25}But
this
is
what
I
say: ‘I
will
not
change
my
laws
that
control
the
day
and
the
night,
the
sky
and
the
earth.
\VS{26}Similarly,
I
will
never
abandon
the
descendants
of
David
or
the
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Jacob,
and
I
will
always
allow
descendants
of
David
to
rule
the
descendants
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob.
I
will
bring
my
people
back
to
their
land,
and
I
will
act mercifully
toward
them.’ ”

\par }\Chap{34}{\SH Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
came
with
the
armies
of
all
the
kingdoms
that
he
ruled,
and
they
fought
against
Jerusalem
and
the
other
towns
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}.
At
that
time,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{2}“Go
to
Zedekiah
the
King
of
Judah,
and
say
to
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “I
am
about
to
enable
the
army
of
the
King
of
Babylon
to
capture
this
city,
and
they
will
burn
it
down.
\VS{3}You
will
not
escape
from
them;
they
will
capture
you
and
take
you
to
the
king
of
Babylon.
And
{\ADD{
then}}
they
will
take
you
to
Babylon.” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
King
Zedekiah,
listen
to
this
that
Yahweh
has
promised: ‘You
will
not
be
killed
in
a
battle [MTY];
\VS{5}you
will
die
peacefully.
{\ADD{
When
you
die}},
people
will
burn
incense
to
honor/remember
you
just
as
they
did
for
your
ancestors
who
were
kings
before
you
became
king.
They
will
mourn
for
you,
crying, “We
are
very
sad
that
our
king
is
dead!”
I,
Yahweh,
promise
that
will
happen.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
So}}
I
took
that
message
to
King
Zedekiah.
\VS{7}At
that
time
the
army
of
Babylonia
had
surrounded
Jerusalem
and
Lachish
and
Azekah.
Those
{\ADD{
three}}
cities
were
the
only
cities
in
Judah
that
had
high
walls
around
them
that
still
had
not
been
captured.
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
warned
them
they
would
be
punished
for
not
freeing
their
slaves
\par }{\PP \VS{8}King
Zedekiah
had
decreed
that
the
people
must
free
their
slaves.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
He
decreed
that}}
the
people
must
free
their
Hebrew
slaves,
{\ADD{
both
the}}
men
slaves
and
the
women
{\ADD{
slaves}}.
No
one
would
be
allowed
to
force
a
fellow
Jew
to
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
be
his
slave.
\VS{10}The
officials
and
the
rest
of
the
people
had
obeyed
{\ADD{
what
the
king
decreed}},
\VS{11}but
later
they
changed
their
minds.
They
forced
the
men
and
women
whom
they
had
freed
to
become
their
slaves
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
So}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message
{\ADD{
to
tell
to
them}}:
\VS{13}“I,
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
you Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}}, ◄made
an
agreement
with/gave
this
command
to►
your
ancestors
{\ADD{
long
ago}},
when
I
rescued
them
from
being
slaves
in
Egypt.
\VS{14}I
told
them
that
they
must
free
all
their
Hebrew
slaves
after
the
slaves
had
worked
for
them
for
six
years.
But
your
ancestors
did
not
pay
any
attention
to
what
I
said.
\VS{15}Recently,
you
obeyed
my
command
and
stopped
doing
what
was
wrong
and
did
what
was
right.
You
made
a
solemn
agreement
at
my
temple
{\ADD{
that
you
would
free
your
slaves}},
and
{\ADD{
then}}
you
freed
them.
\VS{16}But
now
you
have
disregarded
what
you
solemnly
promised,
and
you
have
shown
contempt
for
what
I [MTY]
said
by
taking
back
the
women
and
men
whom
you
had
freed
and
said
they
could
live
wherever
they
wanted
to.
{\ADD{
Now}}
you
have
forced
them
to
be
your
slaves
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say: ‘Because
you
have
not
obeyed
me
by
freeing
your
fellow Israelis,
I
will
free
you
to
{\ADD{
be
destroyed
by}}
the
swords
{\ADD{
of
your
enemies}}
and
by
famines
and
diseases.
All
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
horrified
because
of
{\ADD{
what
happens
to}}
you.
\VS{18-19}Because
you
have
disregarded
what
I
said
in
my
agreement
with
you,
I
will
do
to
you
just
like
you
did
to
the
calves
that
you
cut
in
half
to
show
that
you
would
surely
do
what
you
solemnly
promised
that
you
would
do.
I
will
{\ADD{
enable
your
enemies
to}}
cut
you
into
pieces,
you
officials
of
Judah
and
you
officials
of
Jerusalem,
and
you
officials
in
the
palace,
and
you
priests
and
all
you
common
people.
I
will
do
that
because
you
have
disregarded
what
you
solemnly
promised
{\ADD{
about
freeing
your
slaves}}.
\VS{20}I
will
enable
your
enemies
to
capture
you,
and
they
will
kill
you.
And
your
bodies
will
be
food
for
vultures
and
wild
animals.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}I
will
enable
the
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon
to
capture
King
Zedekiah
and
his
officials.
Although
the
king
of
Babylon
and
his
army
have
left
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
for
a
short
time}},
\VS{22}I
will
summon
them
back
again.
{\ADD{
This
time}},
they
will
fight
against
this
city
and
capture
it
and
burn
it
down.
I
will
make
{\ADD{
sure}}
that
all
the
towns
in
Judah
are
destroyed,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
no
one
will
live
there
{\ADD{
anymore}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{35}{\SH The lesson from the Rechabites
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Several
years
earlier,}}
when
Jehoiakim
was
the
King
of
Judah,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{2}“Go
to
the
place
where
families
of
the
Rechab
clan
live.
Invite
them
to
my
temple.
{\ADD{
When
they
arrive,}}
take
them
into
one
of
the
inside
rooms
and
offer
them
{\ADD{
some}}
wine.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
I
went
to
see
Jaazaniah
and
all
his
brothers
and
sons
who represented
the
Rechab
clan.
Jaazaniah
was
the
son
of
{\ADD{
another
man
named}}
Jeremiah
and
grandson
of
Habazziniah.
\VS{4}I
took
them
to
the
temple,
{\ADD{
and
we
went}}
into
the
room
where
the
sons
of Igdaliah’s
son
Hanan,
who
was
a
prophet,
stayed.
That
room
was
next
to
the
room
that
was
used
by
the
men
who
were
in
charge
of
the
entrances
to
the
temple.
It
was
above
the
room
that
belonged
to
Maaseiah,
who
was
the
temple
gatekeeper
and
the
son
of
Shallum.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}I
set
jugs
of
wine
in
front
of
them
and
urged
them
to
drink
some,
\VS{6}but
they
refused.
They
said, “We
do
not
drink
wine,
because
our ancestor
Jehonadab,
the
son
of
Rechab,
commanded
us,
saying ‘You
and
your
descendants
must
never
drink
wine.
\VS{7}And
you
must
not
build
houses
or
plant
vineyards
or
{\ADD{
other}}
crops.
Instead,
you
must
always
live
in
tents.
If
you
obey
those
commands,
you
all
will
live
for
many
years
in
this
land.’
\VS{8}{\ADD{
So}}
we
have
obeyed
him
in
all
those
matters.
We
have
never
drunk
wine.
Our
wives
and
our
sons
and
our
daughters
{\ADD{
have
also
never
drunk
wine}}.
\VS{9}We
have
not
built
houses
or
planted
vineyards
or
{\ADD{
other}}
crops
or
{\ADD{
worked
in}}
fields.
\VS{10}We
have
lived
in
tents.
We
have
obeyed
all
the
commands
that
Jehonadab,
our ancestor,
gave
us.
\VS{11}But
when
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
attacked
this
country,
we
said, ‘We
must
go
to
Jerusalem
to
escape
from
the
armies
of
Babylonia
and
Syria.’
So,
{\ADD{
we
came}}
to
Jerusalem
and
we
are
living
{\ADD{
here}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Yahweh
gave
this
message
to
me: “This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
say
that
they
belong
to}},
say:
\VS{13}'Go
and
tell
this
to
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
in
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah: “Why
do
you
not [RHQ]
listen
to
me
or
learn
something
about
how
to
obey
me?
\VS{14}The
Rechab
clan
still
do
not
drink
wine,
because
their ancestor
Jehonadab
told
them
to
not
do
that.
{\ADD{
In contrast}},
I
have
spoken
to
you
many
times,
but
you
refuse
to
obey
me.
\VS{15}Many
times
I
sent
prophets
to
you.
They
told
you, 'Turn
away
from
your
wicked
behavior,
and
do
things
that
you
should
do.
Stop
worshiping
other
gods,
in
order
that
you
will
be
able
to
live
{\ADD{
peacefully}}
in
this
land
that
I
gave
to
you
and
your
ancestors.'
But
you
would
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
said
or
obey
me.
\VS{16}The
descendants
of
Jehonadab
have
obeyed
their ancestor,
but
you
have
refused
to
pay
attention
to
what
I
told
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
you Israeli
people
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say: 'You
have
refused
to
listen
to
me
and
you
did
not
answer
when
I
called
you.
Therefore,
I
will
cause
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah
to
experience
all
the
disasters
that
I
said
that
I
would
cause
to
happen.' ” ' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
I
turned
to
the
Rechab
clan
and
said, “This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
we
belong
to}},
says: ‘You
have
obeyed
what
your ancestor
Jehonadab
told
you.
You
have
obeyed
all
his
instructions.
\VS{19}Therefore,
this
is
what
I
say: “There
will
always
be
descendants
of
Jehonadab
who
will
do
work
for
me.” ’ ”

\par }\Chap{36}{\SH They read Jeremiah’s scroll
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Jehoiakim
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for
almost
four
years,
Yahweh
gave
this
message
to
me:
\VS{2}“Get
a
scroll,
and
write
on
it
the
messages
that
I
have
given
to
you
regarding
Israel,
Judah,
and
the
other
nations.
Write
all
of
the
messages,
starting
from
the
time
that
I
gave
you
the
first
message,
when
Josiah
was
the
king,
up
until
now.
\VS{3}When
the
people
of
Judah
hear
{\ADD{
again}}
about
all
the
disasters
that
I
plan
to
cause
them
to
experience,
perhaps
each
one
of
them
will
repent.
If
they
do
that,
I
will
be
able
to
forgive
them
for
the
wrong/evil
things
that
they
have
done.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
So}}
I
summoned
Baruch,
the
son
of Neraiah.
Then,
as
I
dictated
to
him
all
the
messages
that
Yahweh
had
spoken
to
me,
he
wrote
them
on
a
scroll.
\VS{5}Then
I
said
to
him, “I
am
not
allowed
to
{\ADD{
leave
here
and}}
go
to
the
temple.
\VS{6}So,
you
go
{\ADD{
to
the
temple}}
on
the
{\ADD{
next}}
day
when
the
people
are ◄fasting/abstaining
from
food►,
and
read
to
them
the
messages
from
Yahweh
that
you
wrote
while
I
dictated
them
to
you.
Read
them
{\ADD{
aloud}}
to
all
the
people
{\ADD{
who
are
there,
including}}
the
people
of
Judah
who
come
{\ADD{
there}}
from
their
towns.
\VS{7}Perhaps
they
will
turn
from
their
evil
behavior
and
request
Yahweh
{\ADD{
to
act mercifully
toward
them}}.
{\ADD{
They
must
do
that,}}
because
Yahweh
is
very
angry
with
them
and
has
threatened
to
punish
them
severely.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Baruch
did
what
I
told
him
to
do.
He
{\ADD{
went
to
the
temple
and}}
read
{\ADD{
to
the
people}}
all
those
messages
from
Yahweh.
\VS{9}He
did
it
in December
on
a
day
when
their
leaders
had
proclaimed
that
all
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
the
people
who
had
come
there
from
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah
should
fast
to
{\ADD{
please/honor}}
Yahweh.
{\ADD{
It
was
when}}
Jehoiakim
had
been
king
for
almost
five
years.
\VS{10}Baruch
read
to
all
the
people
the
messages
{\ADD{
that
he
had
written}}
on
the
scroll.
{\ADD{
He
read
them
while
he
was}}
in
the
temple,
in
the
room
where
Gemariah
stayed.
He
was
the
son
of
Shaphan,
{\ADD{
who
had
previously
been
the
king’s}}
secretary.
That
room
was
close
to
the
upper
courtyard
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}},
near
the
entrance
to
the
temple
that
is
{\ADD{
called}}
the
New
Gate.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}When
Micaiah,
who
was
the
son
of
Gemariah
and
grandson
of
Shaphan,
heard
those
messages
from
Yahweh,
\VS{12}he
went
down
to
the secretary’s
room
in
the
palace,
where
all
the
king’s
officials
were
meeting.
Elishama
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
secretary
{\ADD{
was
there}}.
Delaiah
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
Elnathan
the
son
of
Acbor,
Gemariah,
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Hananiah,
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
officials
{\ADD{
of
the
king
were
also
there}}.
\VS{13}When
Micaiah
told
them
about
the
messages
that
Baruch
had
been
reading
to
the
people,
\VS{14}the
officials
sent
Jehudi,
who
was
the
son
of
Nethaniah
and
grandson
of
Shelemiah
and great-grandson
of
Cushi,
to
tell
Baruch
to
come
{\ADD{
and
read
the
messages
to
them,
also}}.
So
Baruch
took
the
scroll
and
went
to
them.
\VS{15}They
said
to
him, “Please
sit
down
and
read
it
{\ADD{
to
us}}.”
So
Baruch
did
what
they
requested.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}After
they
had
heard
all
the
messages,
they
were
afraid.
They
looked
at
each
other
and
{\ADD{
then}}
they
said, “We
must
tell
these
messages
to
the
king!”
\VS{17}Then
they
asked
Baruch, “How
did
you
get
this
scroll?
Did
Jeremiah dictate
to
you
all
the
messages
on
this
scroll?”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Baruch
replied, “{\ADD{
Yes}},
Jeremiah
dictated
them
to
me,
and
I
wrote
them
with
ink
on
this
scroll.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
the
officials
told
Baruch, “You
and
Jeremiah
must
both
hide.
Do
not
tell
anyone
where
you
are!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}They
put
the
scroll
in
the
room
of
Elishama,
the
king’s
secretary.
Then
they
went
to
the
king,
who
was
in
the
courtyard,
and
reported
to
him
everything
{\ADD{
that
Baruch
had
read
to
them}}.
\par }{\SH The
king
burned
Jeremiah’s
scroll
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
the
king
sent
Jehudi
to
get
the
scroll.
Jehudi
brought
it
from Elishama’s
room
and
read
it
to
the
king,
while
all
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
officials
were
standing
there.
\VS{22}It
was
in
the
cold
season,
and
the
king
was
in
a
part
of
the
palace
where
he
stayed
when
it
was
cold.
He
was
sitting
in
front
of
a
fire
{\ADD{
to
keep/be
warm}}.
\VS{23}Each
time
Jehudi
finished
reading
three
or
four
columns,
the
king
cut
off
that
section
of
the
scroll
with
a
knife
and
threw
it
into
the
fire.
He
did
that,
section
by
section,
until
the
entire
scroll
was
burned
up.
\VS{24}Neither
the
king
nor
his
officials
showed
that
they
were
afraid
{\ADD{
that
God
would
punish
them}}.
They
did
not
tear
their
clothes
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
were
sorry
for
what
they
had
done}}.
\VS{25}Elnathan,
Delaiah,
and
Gemariah
pleaded
with
the
king
not
to
burn
the
scroll,
but
he
did
not
pay
any
attention.
\VS{26}Then
the
king
commanded
his
son
Jerahmeel,
Seraiah
the
son
of
Azriel,
and
Shelemiah
the
son
of
Abdeel
to arrest
Baruch
and
me.
But
{\ADD{
they
were
unable
to
do
that
because}}
Yahweh
had
hidden
us.
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
had
another
scroll
written
\par }{\PP \VS{27}After
the
king
had
burned
the
scroll
on
which
were
written
the
messages
that
I
had
dictated
to
Baruch,
Yahweh
said
this
to
me:
\VS{28}“Get
another
scroll,
and
{\ADD{
tell
Baruch
to}}
write
everything
again,
the
same
messages
that
he
had
written
on
the
scroll
that
the
king
burned.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
Then
go
to}}
the
king
and
say
to
him, ‘Yahweh
says
this: “You
burned
the
scroll
{\ADD{
because
you
did
not
like}}
what
was
written
on
it,
that
the
king
of
Babylon
would
surely [RHQ]
come
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
and
destroy
this
land
and
get
rid
of
all
the
people
and
the
animals.
\VS{30}Now
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
say
about
{\ADD{
you}},
Jehoiakim: 'None
of
your
descendants
will
rule
this
kingdom [MTY].
Your
corpse
will
be
thrown
out
{\ADD{
on
the
ground
and
not
be
buried}};
it
will
be
under
the
hot
{\ADD{
sun}}
during
the
days
and
{\ADD{
struck
by}}
frost
during
the
nights.
\VS{31}I
will
punish
you
and
your
family
and
your
officials
for
their
sins.
And
I
will
cause
the
people
of
Jerusalem
and
the
people
of
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah
to
experience
all
the
disasters
that
I
promised,
because
you
all
would
not
pay
attention
{\ADD{
to
what
I
said}}!' ” ' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}So
I
took
another
scroll,
and
again
I
dictated
the
messages
to
Baruch.
He
wrote
everything
that
had
been
written
on
the
{\ADD{
other}}
scroll,
the
one
that
King
Jehoiakim
had
burned
in
the
fire.
{\ADD{
But
this
time,
I}}
added
more
messages.

\par }\Chap{37}{\SH King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Jehoiakim
died,
{\ADD{
his
son
Jehoiachin
became
king
for
only
three
months,
after
which}}
King
Josiah’s
son
Zedekiah
became
the
King
of
Judah.
Nebuchadnezzar,
the
King
of
Babylon,
appointed
him
to
be
the
new
king.
\VS{2}But
King
Zedekiah
and
his
palace
officials
and
the
other
people
in
the
land
paid
no
attention
to
the
messages
that
Yahweh
gave
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}However,
{\ADD{
one
day}}
King
Zedekiah
sent
Jehucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Zephaniah
the
priest,
who
was
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
to
me.
They
requested
me
to
pray
to
Yahweh
our
God
for
our
{\ADD{
nation}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}At
that
time
I
had
not
yet
been
put
in
prison,
so
I
could
come
and
go
wherever
and
whenever
I
wanted
to,
{\ADD{
without
being
hindered}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
At
that
time}},
the
army
of
{\ADD{
Hophra}},
the
King
of
Egypt,
came
{\ADD{
to
the
southern
border
of
Judah}}.
When
the
army
of
Babylonia
heard
about
that,
they
stopped
surrounding
Jerusalem
and
left
there
{\ADD{
to
fight
against
the
army
from
Egypt}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Yahweh
gave
this
message
to
me:
\VS{7}“{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say
this: ‘The
King
of
Judah
has
sent
{\ADD{
messengers}}
to
you
to
ask
me
{\ADD{
what
is
going
to
happen}}.
Tell
the
king
that
even
though
the
army
of
the
King
of
Egypt
came
to
help
him,
they
are
about
to
return
to
Egypt.
\VS{8}Then
the
army
of
Babylonia
will
return
here
and
capture
this
city
and
burn
everything
in
it.’
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
So}},
this
is
what
I
say
{\ADD{
to
you Israelis}}: ‘You
should
not
deceive
yourselves,
thinking
that
the
army
from
Babylonia
has
gone
and
will
not
return.
That
is
not
true.
\VS{10}And
even
if
your
soldiers
could
destroy
almost
all
of
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
who
are
attacking
you,
and
allow
only
a
few
of
them
who
were
wounded
to
remain
alive
in
their
tents,
they
would
come
out
{\ADD{
of
their
tents}}
and
burn
this
city
completely!” ’ ”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
was
put
into
a
prison
\par }{\PP \VS{11}When
the
army
from
Babylonia
left
Jerusalem
because
the
army
from
Egypt
was
approaching,
\VS{12}I
started
to
leave
the
city.
I
intended
to
go
to
the
area
{\ADD{
where
the
descendants
of}}
Benjamin
live,
in
order
to
take
possession
of
my
share
of
the
property
from
my
family.
\VS{13}But
as
I
was
walking
out
the
Benjamin
Gate,
a
guard
seized
me
and
said, “You
are
deserting
{\ADD{
us
and
going}}
to
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
from}}
Babylonia!”
The
man
who
seized
me
was
Irijah,
the
son
of
Shelemiah
and
grandson
of
Hananiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
I
{\ADD{
protested
and}}
said, “That
is
not
true!
I
was
not
intending
to
do
that!”
But
Irijah
would
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
said.
He
took
me
to
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
officials.
\VS{15}They
were
very
angry
with
me.
They
{\ADD{
commanded
the
guards
to}}
beat
me
and
{\ADD{
then
to}}
put
me
in
the
house
where
Jonathan
the
king’s
secretary
stayed.
They
had
changed
Jonathan’s
house
to
make
it
become
a
prison.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}They
put
me
in
a
dungeon/cell
in
that
prison,
and
I
remained
there
for
several
days.
\VS{17}Then
King
Zedekiah
secretly
sent
a
servant
to
me,
who
took
me
to
the
palace.
There
the
king
asked
me, “Do
you
have
any
messages
from
Yahweh?”
I
replied, “Yes,
{\ADD{
the
message
is
that}}
you
will
be
handed
over
to
the
king
of
Babylon.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
I
asked
the
king, “What
crime
have
I
committed [RHQ]
against
you
or
against
your
officials
or
against
the Israeli
people,
with
the
result
that
you
have
{\ADD{
commanded
that}}
I
be
put
in
a
prison?
\VS{19}Your
prophets
predicted
that
the
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon
would
not
attack
you
or
this
land.
Why
were [RHQ]
{\ADD{
their
messages}}
not
fulfilled?
\VS{20}Your
majesty,
I
plead
with
you
to
listen
to
me.
Do
not
send
me
back
to
the
dungeon/cell
in
the
house
of
Jonathan
your
secretary,
because
{\ADD{
if
you
do
that,}}
I
will
die
there.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So
King
Zedekiah
commanded
that
{\ADD{
I
not
be
sent
back
to
the
prison
cell.
Instead,}}
I
was
allowed
to
be
watched
by
the
guards
in
the
courtyard
{\ADD{
of
the
palace}}.
{\ADD{
The
king}}
also
{\ADD{
commanded
that
they
should}}
bring
me
a
loaf
of
fresh
bread
every
day,
until
there
was
no
bread
left
in
the
city.
So
{\ADD{
they
put
me}}
in
that
courtyard
and
I
remained
there.

\par }\Chap{38}{\SH Jeremiah was put in a dry well
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Four
officials,}}
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Mattan,
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Pashhur,
Jehucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Pashhur
the
son
of
Malkijah,
heard
what
I
had
been
telling
all
the
people.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
had
been
telling
them}}
that
Yahweh
was
saying, “Everyone
who
stays
in
Jerusalem
will
die.
They
will
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords
or
from
famines
or
from
diseases.
But
those
who
surrender
to
the
Babylonian
army,
they
will
be
spared.
They
will
not
be
killed.
\VS{3}Yahweh
also
says
that
the
army
of
the
King
of
Babylon
will
certainly
capture
this
city [DOU].”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
those
officials
{\ADD{
went}}
to
the
king
and
said, “This
man
{\ADD{
Jeremiah}}
should
be
executed!
Because
of
what
he
is
saying,
he
is
discouraging
our
soldiers
who
remain
in
the
city.
He
is
also
discouraging
the
people.
He
is
not
saying
things
that
will
help
us;
he
is
saying
things
that
will
defeat
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}King
Zedekiah
said, “All
right,
do
to
him
what
you
want
to;
I
do
not
have
the
power
to
stop
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
those
officials
took
me
from
my
cell
and
lowered
me
by
ropes
into
a
well
in
the
courtyard.
The
well
belonged
to
Malkijah,
who
was
a
son
of
the
king.
There
was
no
water
in
the
well,
but
there
was
{\ADD{
a
lot
of}}
mud,
so
I
sank
{\ADD{
down
deep}}
into
the
mud.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
Ebed-Melech,
a
palace
official
from
Ethiopia,
heard
{\ADD{
someone
say}}
that
I
was
in
the
well.
{\ADD{
At
that
time}}
the
king
was deciding/judging
people’s
cases
at
the
Benjamin
Gate.
\VS{8}Ebed-Melech
went
out
of
the
palace
and
said
to
the
king,
\VS{9}“Your
majesty,
those
men
have
done
a
very
evil
thing.
They
have
put
the
prophet
Jeremiah
in
a
well.
{\ADD{
Almost}}
all
the
food
in
the
city
is
gone,
{\ADD{
so
they
will
not
be
able
to
bring
him
any
food}}
and
as
a
result
he
will
die
from
hunger!”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
the
king
told
Ebed-Melech, “Take
thirty
of
my
men/soldiers
with
you,
and
pull
Jeremiah
out
of
the
well,
in
order
that
he
does
not
die!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
Ebed-Melech
took
thirty
men
with
him
and
they
went
into
a
room
in
the
palace
below
the
room
where
they
stored
very
valuable
things.
There
they
found
some
old
rags
and
discarded
clothing.
They
took
those
things
and
went
to
the
well.
They
fastened
them
to
a
rope
and
lowered
the
rope
to
me.
\VS{12}Then
Ebed-Melech
called
down
to
me, “Put
these
rags
underneath
your
armpits,
to
protect
you
from
{\ADD{
being
injured
by}}
the
ropes!”
So
I
did
that.
\VS{13}Then
they
pulled
me
out
of
the
well.
I
{\ADD{
returned}}
to
the
courtyard
where
the
palace
guards
stayed,
and
I
stayed
there.
\par }{\SH Zedekiah
questioned
Jeremiah
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\ADD{
One
day}}
King
Zedekiah
summoned
me,
and
I
was
brought
to
the
king,
{\ADD{
who
was
waiting
for
me}}
at
the
entrance
of
the
temple.
He
said
to
me, “I
want
to
ask
you
something.
I
want
you
{\ADD{
to
answer
me
truthfully,
and}}
and
to
not
conceal
anything.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}I
replied, “If
I
tell
you
{\ADD{
the
truth}},
you
will
{\ADD{
command
that
I}}
be
executed.
And
if
I
give
you
{\ADD{
good}}
advice,
you
will
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
King
Zedekiah
secretly
promised
me, “{\ADD{
Tell
me
the
truth}}!
And
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
I
will
not
{\ADD{
cause}}
you
to
be
executed,
and
I
will
not
hand
you
over
to
those
who
are
wanting
to
kill
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
So}}
then
I
said
to
Zedekiah, “This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: ‘If
you
surrender
to
the
officers
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
you
and
your
family
will ◄be
spared/not
be
killed►,
and
this
city
will
not
be
burned.
\VS{18}But
if
you
refuse
to
surrender
to
them,
you
will
not
escape.
And
the
army
from
Babylonia
will
capture
this
city
and
completely
burn
it.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}The
king
replied, “But
I
am
afraid
{\ADD{
to
surrender
to
the
soldiers
from
Babylon}},
because
their
officers
may
hand
me
over
to
the
people
of
Judah
who
have
already
joined
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia,
and
those
people
from
Judah
will
mistreat
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}I
replied, “If
you
obey
Yahweh
by
doing
what
I
tell
you
to
do,
they
will
not
hand
you
over
to
our
people.
Things
will
go
well
for
you,
and
you
will
remain
alive.
\VS{21}But
if
you
refuse
to
surrender,
this
is
what
Yahweh
has
revealed
to
me:
\VS{22}All
the
women
who
remain
in
your
palace
will
be
brought
out
and
given
to
the
officers
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
Then
those
women
will
say
to
you:
\par }{\Q ‘You
had
friends
whom
{\ADD{
you
thought}}
you
could
trust,
\par }{\QB but
they
have
deceived
you
and
caused
you
to
make
a
wrong
decision.
\par }{\Q Now
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
are
stuck
in
mud,
\par }{\QB and
your
friends
have
abandoned
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{23}All
of
your
wives
and
children
{\ADD{
in
the
city}}
will
be
led
out
to
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia,
and
you
also
will
not
escape.
{\ADD{
The
soldiers
of}}
the
King
of
Babylon
will
seize
you,
and
they
will
burn
down
this
city.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Zedekiah
said
to
me, “Do
not
tell
anyone
what
you
told
me;
if
you
tell
anyone,
my
officials
may
kill
you.
\VS{25}If
my
officials
find
out
that
I
talked
to
you,
perhaps
they
will
come
to
you
and
say, ‘Tell
us
what
you
and
the
king
were
talking
about.
If
you
do
not
tell
us,
we
will
kill
you.’
\VS{26}If
that
happens,
{\ADD{
just}}
tell
them
that
you
pleaded
with
me
not
to
send
you
back
to
the
{\ADD{
dungeon/cell
in}}
Jonathan’s
house,
{\ADD{
because
you
were
afraid
that}}
you
would
die
{\ADD{
if
you
were
put
there
again}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
{\ADD{
that
is
what
happened}}.
The
king’s
officials
came
to
me
and
asked
{\ADD{
why
the
king
had
summoned
me.
But}}
I
told
them
what
the
king
told
me
to
tell
them.
So
they
did
not
ask
me
any
more
{\ADD{
questions}},
because
no
one
had
heard
what
the
king
and
I
had
said
to
each
other.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}So
I
remained
being
guarded
in
the
courtyard
{\ADD{
of
the
palace}},
until
the
day
that
{\ADD{
the
army
of
Babylonia}}
captured
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{39}{\SH Jerusalem was captured
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
King
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
nine
years,
King
Nebuchadnezzar
came
in January
with
his
army,
and
they
surrounded
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}One
and
a
half
years
later,
after
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
for
almost
eleven
years,
on July 18,
{\ADD{
soldiers
from
Babylonia}}
broke
through
the
city
{\ADD{
wall.
Then
they
rushed
in
and
captured
the
city}}.
\VS{3}Then
all
the
officers
of
the
king
of
Babylon
came
in
and
sat
down
at
the
Middle
Gate
{\ADD{
to
decide
what
they
would
do
to
the
city.
They
included}}
Nergal-Sharezer
from Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim
who
was
one
of
the
chief
army
officers,
another
Nergal-Sharezer,
the
king’s advisor,
and
many
other
officials.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}When
King
Zedekiah
and
all
his
soldiers
realized
that
{\ADD{
the
army
of
Babylonia
had
broken
into
the
city}},
they
fled.
{\ADD{
They
waited
until}}
it
was
dark.
Then
they
went
out
of
the
city
through
the
king’s
garden,
through
the
gate
that
was
between
the
two
walls.
Then
they
started
{\ADD{
running}}
toward
the
Jordan
River
Valley.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
pursued
the
king,
and
they
caught
him
on
the
plains
near
Jericho.
They
took
him
to
the
King
of
Babylon,
who
was
at
Riblah
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the
Hamath
{\ADD{
region}}.
There
the
king
of
Babylon
told
{\ADD{
his
soldiers
what}}
they
should
do
to
punish
Zedekiah.
\VS{6}They
forced
Zedekiah
to
watch
while
they
killed
his
sons
and
all
the
officials
from
Judah.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
Then}}
they
gouged
out
Zedekiah’s
eyes.
They
fastened
him
with
bronze
chains
and
took
him
to
Babylon.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
Meanwhile,}}
the
Babylonian
army
burned
the
palace
and
all
the
other
buildings
in
Jerusalem.
And
they
tore
down
the
city
walls.
\VS{9}Then
Nebuzaradan,
the
captain
of
the
{\ADD{
king’s}} bodyguards,
forced
to
go
to
Babylon
{\ADD{
most
of}}
the
other
people
who
remained
in
the
city
and
the
Jews
who
had
joined
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia.
\VS{10}But
he
allowed
some
of
the
very
poor
people
to
remain
in
Judah,
and
he
gave
them
vineyards
and
fields
{\ADD{
to
take
care
of}}.
\par }{\SH Jeremiah
stayed
in
Judah
\par }{\PP \VS{11}King
Nebuchadnezzar
had
{\ADD{
previously}}
told
Nebuzaradan
to
find
me.
He
said,
\VS{12}“Make
sure
that
no
one harms
him.
Take
care
of
him,
and
do
for
him
whatever
he
requests
you
to
do.”
\VS{13}So
he
and
Nebushazban,
who
was
one
of
their
chief
officers,
and
Nergal-Sharezer
the
king’s advisor,
and
other
officers
of
the
King
of
Babylon
\VS{14}sent
{\ADD{
some
men}}
to
bring
me
out
of
the
courtyard
outside
of
the
palace.
They
took
me
to
Gedaliah
who
was
the
son
of
Ahikam
and
grandson
of
Shaphan.
Then
Gedaliah
took
me
to
my
home,
and
I
stayed
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}
among
{\ADD{
my
own}}
people
{\ADD{
who
had
been
allowed
to
remain
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}While
I
was
{\ADD{
still}}
being
guarded
in
the
palace
courtyard,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{16}“Say
this
to
Ebed-Melech,
the
official
from
Ethiopia: ‘This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: “I
will
do
to
this
city
everything
that
I
said
that
I
would
do.
I
will
not
enable
the
people
to
prosper;
I
will
cause
them
to
experience
disasters.
You
will
see
Jerusalem
being
destroyed,
\VS{17}but
I
will
rescue
you
from
the
people
whom
you
are
afraid
of.
\VS{18}You
trusted
me,
so
I
will
save
you.
You
will
not
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
your
enemies’}}
swords;
you
will
remain
alive.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”

\par }\Chap{40}{\SH Jeremiah decided to stay with Gedaliah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
The
soldiers
from
Babylonia}}
captured
me
and
many
other
people
from
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Judah.
They
{\ADD{
planned
to}}
take
us
to
Babylon.
So
they
fastened
chains
around
our
wrists
and
took
us
to
Ramah
{\ADD{
town
north
of
Jerusalem}}.
While
we
were
there,
I
was
released.
{\ADD{
This
is
how
it
happened}}:
\VS{2}{\ADD{
Nebuzaradan,}}
the
captain
of
the
{\ADD{
king’s}} bodyguards,
{\ADD{
found
that
I
was
there}}.
He
summoned
me
and
said
to
me, “Yahweh
your
God
said
that
he
would
cause
this
land
to
experience
a
disaster.
\VS{3}And
now
he
has
caused
it
to
happen.
He
has
done
just
what
he
said
{\ADD{
that
he
would
do}},
because
you
people
sinned
against
Yahweh
and
refused
to
obey
him.
\VS{4}But
today
I
am
going
to
take
the
chains
off
your
wrists
and
release
you.
If
you
want
to
come
with
me
to
Babylon,
{\ADD{
that
will
be
fine}}.
I
will
take
care
of
you.
But
if
you
do
not
want
to
come
with
me,
do
not
come.
{\ADD{
Stay
here}}.
Look,
the
entire
country
is
available;
you
can
choose
whatever
part
you
want
to
go
to.
You
can
go
wherever
you
wish.”
{\ADD{
Then
he
took
the
chains
off
my
wrists}}.
\VS{5}He
said, “If
you
{\ADD{
decide
to}}
stay
here,
go
to
Gedaliah.
The
King
of
Babylon
appointed
him
to
be
the
governor
of
Judah.
{\ADD{
You
will
be
allowed
to}}
stay
here
with
the
people
{\ADD{
that
he
is
governing}}.
But
you
can
do
whatever
you
want
to.”
\par }{\PP Then
Nebuzaradan
gave
me
some
food
and
some
money,
and
he
allowed
me
to
go.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
returned
to
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah,
and
I
stayed
in
Judah
with
the
people
who
still
remained
in
the
land.
\par }{\SH Many
people
returned
to
Judah
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
{\ADD{Israeli}}
soldiers
{\ADD{
who
had
not
surrendered
to
the
army
of
Babylonia}}
were
roaming
around
in
the
countryside.
Then
their
leaders
heard
someone
say
that
the
King
of
Babylon
had
appointed
Gedaliah
to
be
the
governor
of
the
very
poor
people
{\ADD{
who
were
still
in
Judah}},
who
had
not
been
taken
to
Babylon.
\VS{8}So
they
went
{\ADD{
to
talk}}
to
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah.
{\ADD{
Those
who
went
included}}
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
Johanan
and
Jonathan
the
sons
of
Kareah,
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth,
the
sons
of
Ephai
from Netophath,
and
Jezaniah
from
Maacah,
and
the
soldiers
who
were
with
them.
\VS{9}Gedaliah
solemnly
promised
that
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
would
not
harm
them.
He
said, “Do
not
be
afraid
to
do
things
for
them.
Stay
{\ADD{
here}}
in
this
land
and
do
things
for
the
King
of
Babylon.
If
you
do
that,
things
will
go
well
for
you.
\VS{10}As
for
me,
I
will
stay
{\ADD{
here}}
at
Mizpah
to
be
your
representative
to
the
{\ADD{
officials
from}}
Babylonia
who
come
to
{\ADD{
talk
with}}
us.
But
you
should
{\ADD{
return
to
your
towns,
and
eat
the
things
that
are
produced
on
your
land}}.
Harvest
the
grapes
and
the
fruit
{\ADD{
that ripen
in}}
the ◄summer/hot
season►
and
the
olives,
{\ADD{
make
wine
and
olive
oil,}}
and
store
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
Jews
who
had
fled
to
Moab,
Ammon,
Edom,
and
other
{\ADD{
nearby}}
countries
heard
people
say
that
the
King
of
Babylon
had
allowed
a
few
people
{\ADD{
to
remain}}
in
Judah,
and
that
he
had
appointed
Gedaliah
to
be
their
governor.
\VS{12}So
they
{\ADD{
began
to}}
return
to
Judah.
They
stopped
at
Mizpah
to
{\ADD{
talk
with}}
Gedaliah.
Then
{\ADD{
they
went
to
various
places
in
Judea,
and}}
they
harvested
a
great
amount
of
grapes
and
summer
fruit.
\par }{\SH The
plot
to
kill
Gedaliah
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
Some
time
later,}}
Johanan
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
leaders
of
the Israeli
soldiers
{\ADD{
who
had
not
surrendered
to
the
army
of
Babylonia}}
came
to
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah.
\VS{14}They
said
to
him, “Do
you
know
that
Baalis,
the
king
of
the
Ammon
{\ADD{people-group}},
has
sent
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
to assassinate
you?”
But
Gedaliah
did
not
believe
what
they
said.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Later
Johanan
talked
with
Gedaliah
privately.
He
said, “Allow
me
to
go
and
murder
Ishmael
secretly.
It
would
not
be
good [RHQ]
to
allow
him
to
come
and
murder
you!
If
you
are
killed,
what
will
happen
to
all
the
Jews
who
have
returned
to
this
area?
They
will
be
scattered,
and
the
other
people
who
remain
in
Judah
will
all
be
killed!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
Gedaliah
said
to
Johanan, “{\ADD{
No}},
I
will
not
allow
you
to
do
that.
{\ADD{
I
think
that}}
you
are
lying
about
Ishmael.”

\par }\Chap{41}{\SH Gedaliah was murdered
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ishmael
was
a
member
of
the
king’s
family.
He
had
been
one
of
King
Zedekiah’s
important
officials.
In October
of
that
year,
he
went
to
Mizpah
with
ten
other
men
to
{\ADD{
talk
with}}
Gedaliah.
While
they
were
eating
together,
\VS{2}Ishmael
and
the
other
ten
men jumped
up,
and
with
their
swords
they
killed
Gedaliah—the
man
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
appointed
to
be
their
governor!
\VS{3}Ishmael
{\ADD{
and
the
other
men}}
also
killed
all
the
Jews
and
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
who
were
with
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
next
day,
before
anyone
had
found
out
that
Gedaliah
had
been
murdered,
\VS{5}eighty
men
from
Shechem,
Shiloh,
and
Samaria
{\ADD{
cities}}
came
to
worship
at
the
temple
of
Yahweh
{\ADD{
in
Mizpah}}.
They
had
shaved
off
their
beards
and
torn
their
clothes
and
cut
themselves
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
were
mourning}}.
And
they
had
brought
grain
offerings
and
incense
{\ADD{
to
burn
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{6}Ishmael
went
out
of
the
city
to
meet
them,
crying
as
he
went.
When
he
reached
them,
he
said, “Come
{\ADD{
and
see
what
has
happened
to}}
Gedaliah!”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
as
soon
as
they
had
all
entered
the
town,
Ishmael
and
his
men
killed
{\ADD{
most
of}}
them
and
threw
their
corpses
into
a
well.
\VS{8}There
were
{\ADD{
only}}
ten
of
them
whom
they ◄spared/did
not
kill►.
They
were
not
killed
because
they
promised
to
Ishmael
that
{\ADD{
if
he
allowed
them
to
remain
alive,
they
would
bring
him}}
lots
of
wheat
and
barley
and
olive
oil
and
honey
that
they
had
hidden.
\VS{9}The
well
where
Ishmael’s
men
had
thrown
the
corpses
of
the
men
whom
they
had
murdered
was
the
deep
well
that
King
Asa’s
{\ADD{
men}}
had
dug
{\ADD{
in
order
that
they
would
have
water
in
the
city}}
if
the
army
of
King
Baasha
of
Israel
would
surround
the
city.
Ishmael’s
men
filled
that
well
with
corpses.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Ishmael
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
captured
the
king’s
daughters
and
some
of
the
other
people
who
had
been
left
in
Mizpah
by
Nebuzaradan
in
order
that
Gedaliah
would
take
care
of
them.
Ishmael
and
his
men
took
those
people
and
started
back
toward
the
Ammon
area.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
Johanan
and
all
the
other
leaders
of
the Israeli
soldiers
who
had
not
surrendered
to
the
army
of
Babylonia
heard
about
what
Ishmael
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
had
done.
\VS{12}So
they
{\ADD{
immediately}}
went
with
all
their
men
to
stop
them.
They
caught
up
with
them
at
the
large
pool
near
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{13}When
all
the
people
whom
Ishmael
and
his
men
had
captured
saw
Johanan
and
the
soldiers
who
were
with
him,
they
{\ADD{
shouted}}
joyfully.
\VS{14}So
all
those
who
had
been
captured
in
Mizpah
escaped,
and
they
started
to
help
Johanan.
\VS{15}But
Ishmael
and
eight
of
his
men
escaped
and
fled
to
the
Ammon
area.
\VS{16}Then
Johanan
and
the
men
who
were
with
him
{\ADD{
gathered
together}}
all
the
people
whom
they
had
rescued
at
Gibeon.
They
included
soldiers
and
women
and
children
and
some
of
the
king’s
palace
officials.
They
were
all
people
whom
Ishmael
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
had
captured
after
they
had
killed
Gedaliah.
\VS{17}They
took
them
all
to Geruth-Kimham
{\ADD{
village}}
near
Bethlehem.
And
they
all
prepared
to
go
to
Egypt.
\VS{18}They
were
worried
about
what
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia
{\ADD{
would
do
to
them
when
they
found
out}}
that
Ishmael
had
killed
Gedaliah,
who
had
been
appointed
by
the
King
of
Babylonia
to
be
their
governor.

\par }\Chap{42}{\SH Jeremiah warned them to not go to Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Johanan
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Hoshaiah,
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
leaders
of
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
soldiers
{\ADD{
who
had
not
surrendered
to
the
army
of
Babylonia}},
and
many [HYP]
{\ADD{
other}}
people,
including
those
who
were
important
and
those
who
were
not
important,
came
\VS{2}to
me.
They
said, “Please
listen
to
our
request
and
pray
to
Yahweh
our
God
for
all
of
us.
Although
we
were
previously
a
huge
number
of
people,
you
can
see
that
now
we
are
only
a
small
number
of
people
{\ADD{
who
have
survived}}.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Pray}}
that
Yahweh
our
God
will
show
us
what
we
should
do
and
where
we
should
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
replied, “Okay,
I
will
pray
to
Yahweh
our
God,
like
you
have
requested,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
he
says.
I
will ◄tell
you
everything/not
hide
anything
from
you►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}They
replied
to
me, “We
hope/wish
that
Yahweh
our
God
will
be
a
faithful
witness
against
us
if
we
refuse
to
do
everything
that
he
tells
us
to
do.
\VS{6}We
are requesting
you
to
ask
Yahweh
our
God
what
we
should
do.
{\ADD{
When
he
replies}},
we
will
obey
him,
whether
we
like
what
he
says
or
not.
We
will
do
that
because
{\ADD{
we
know
that}}
things
will
go
well
for
us
if
we
obey
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
So
I
prayed}}
to
Yahweh,
and
ten
days
later
he
gave
me
his
reply.
\VS{8}So
I
summoned
Johanan
and
all
his
{\ADD{
other}}
soldiers
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people,
including
those
who
were
important
and
those
who
were
not
important.
\VS{9}I
said
to
them, “You
told
me
to
tell
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
what
you
were requesting.
This
is
what
he
replied:
\VS{10}‘You
{\ADD{
should}}
stay
here
in
this
land.
If
you
do
that,
I
will
cause
your
{\ADD{
nation}}
to
be
strong
and
not
be
weak.
I
will
cause
you
to
prosper
and
not
be
exiled
{\ADD{
again}}.
I
am
sorry
about
the
disasters
that
I
{\ADD{
was
forced
to}}
cause
you
to
experience.
\VS{11}But
do
not
be
afraid
of
the
king
of
Babylon
{\ADD{
anymore}},
because
I
will ◄be
with/help►
you.
I
will
rescue
you [DOU]
from
his
power [MTY].
\VS{12}I
will
be
merciful
to
you
by
causing
him
to
act
kindly
toward
you.
So
as
a
result,
he
will
allow
you
to
stay
here
in
your
land.’
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
if
you
refuse
to
obey
Yahweh
our
God,
and
if
you
say ‘We
will
not
stay
here;
\VS{14}instead,
we
will
go
to
Egypt.
There
we
will
not
experience
{\ADD{
any}}
wars,
we
will
not
hear
trumpets
{\ADD{signaling
our
soldiers
to
prepare
for
battles}},
and
we
will
not
be
hungry,’
\VS{15}then
listen
to
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says: ‘If
you
are
determined
to
go
to
Egypt,
and
you
go
and
live
there,
\VS{16}you
will
experience
those
wars
and
famines
that
you
are
afraid
of,
and
you
will
{\ADD{
all}}
die
there.
\VS{17}That
is
what
will
happen
to
all
you
who
are
determined
to
go
to
Egypt
and
live
there.
{\ADD{
Some
of
you}}
will
be
killed
by
the
swords
{\ADD{
of
your
enemies,
and
others
of
you
will
die}}
from
famines
and
from
diseases.
None
of
you
will
escape
the
disasters
that
I
will
bring
on
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
also
says
this: ‘Because
I
was
very
angry,
I
severely
punished [MTY]
{\ADD{
all}}
the
people
of
Jerusalem.
I
will
do
the
same
things
to
you
when
you
go
to
Egypt.
{\ADD{
The
result
will
be
that}}
people
will
curse
you.
They
will
be
horrified
about
{\ADD{
what
has
happened
to}}
you.
They
will
make fun
of
you,
and
you
will
never
see
this
land
again.’
\par }{\PP \VS{19}You
little
group
of
people
of
Judah
who
are
still
alive,
{\ADD{
listen
to
me}}:
Yahweh
has
told
you, ‘Do
not
go
to
Egypt.’
{\ADD{
So}}
do
not
forget
what
I
have
warned
you
today.
\VS{20}I
know
that
you
were
lying
when
you
requested
me
to
pray
to
Yahweh
our
God.
\VS{21}And
today
I
have
told
you
exactly
what
he
said,
but
{\ADD{
I
know
that}}
you
will
not
obey
Yahweh
our
God
now,
just
as
you
have
not
obeyed
him
previously.
\VS{22}You
want
to
go
to
Egypt
and
live
there.
So
now,
you
can
be
sure
of
this:
{\ADD{
All
of}}
you
will
die
there.
{\ADD{
Some
of
you
will
be
killed}}
by
the
swords
{\ADD{
of
your
enemies
and
others
will
die}}
from
famines
or
from
diseases.”

\par }\Chap{43}{\SH Jeremiah was taken to Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
So}}
I
finished
telling
to
the
people
that
message
from
Yahweh
our
God.
\VS{2}But
then
Johanan
and
Azariah
and
some
other
insolent/arrogant
men
said
to
me, “You
are
lying!
Yahweh
our
God
has
not
told
{\ADD{
us}}
that
we
should
not
go
to
Egypt!
\VS{3}{\ADD{
We
think
that}}
Baruch
has
urged/persuaded
you
to
say
this,
in
order
that
{\ADD{
if
we
stay
here}},
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
will
seize
us
and
kill
us
or
take
us
to
Babylonia.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Johanan
and
the
other
leaders
of
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
soldiers
and
{\ADD{
many
of}} [HYP]
the
other
people
{\ADD{
who
were
there}}
refused
to
obey
Yahweh’s
command
to
stay
in
Judah.
\VS{5}Johanan
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
leaders
gathered
together
all
the
people
who
had
returned
from
the
other
countries
to
which
they
had
been
scattered.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
They
included}}
men,
women,
children,
the
king’s
daughters,
and
all
those
whom
Nebuzaradan
had
left
with
Gedaliah,
and
they
also
took
Baruch
and
me.
\VS{7}They
refused
to
obey
Yahweh,
and
they
took
us
all
{\ADD{
to
Egypt}},
as
far
as
Tahpenes
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
While
we
were}}
at
Tahpenes,
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{9}“While
the
people
of
Judah
are
watching
you,
take
some
large
rocks
and
bury
them
under
the
brick
pavement
at
the
entrance
to
the
king’s
palace
there
at
Tahpenes.
\VS{10}Then
say
to
the
people
of
Judah, ‘This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
says: “I
will
summon
Nebuchadnezzar
the
King
of
Babylon,
who
does
my
work,
to
come
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
to
Egypt.
I
will
set
up
his
throne
over
these
stones
that
I
told
Jeremiah
to
bury.
And
Nebuchadnezzar
will
set
up
his
tent
there
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
has
become}}
the
King
{\ADD{
of
Egypt}}.
\VS{11}When
his
{\ADD{
army}}
comes,
they
will
attack
Egypt.
Then
those
will
die
who
{\ADD{
I
have
determined}}
must
die,
those
who
{\ADD{
I
have
determined}}
must
be
captured
will
be
captured,
and
those
who
{\ADD{
I
have
determined}}
must
be
killed
by
swords
will
be
killed
by
swords.
\VS{12-13}Nebuchadnezzar’s
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
will
burn
down
the
temples
of
the
gods
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
But
before
they
burn
the
temples}},
they
will
take
away
their
idols
{\ADD{
as souvenirs}}.
His
{\ADD{
troops}}
will
clean
Egypt
like
a
shepherd cleans
lice
from
his
cloak.
They
will
tear
down
the
sacred
pillars
that
are
in
the
temple
of
their
sun
god.
And
then Nebuchadnezzar’s
{\ADD{
troops}}
will
leave
there,
without
having
been
harmed.” ’ ”

\par }\Chap{44}{\SH Jeremiah predicted disaster would come because of their idolatry
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
This
is}}
the
message
that
Yahweh
gave
me
concerning
the
Jews
who
were
living
in
{\ADD{
northern}}
Egypt—in
Migdol,
Tahpenes,
and
Memphis
{\ADD{
cities}},
and
in
the
Pathros
{\ADD{
region
in
southern
Egypt}}:
\VS{2}“This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say: ‘You
saw
the
disaster
that
I
caused
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
Jerusalem
and
the
other
towns
in
Judah
to
experience.
Those
towns
are
now
ruined
and
deserted.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
That
happened}}
because
I
was
extremely
angry
with
them
on
account
of
their
being
very
wicked.
They
burned
incense
to
other
gods
and
worshiped
them.
They
were
gods
that
you
{\ADD{
previously}}
did
not
know
about,
and
your
ancestors
also
{\ADD{
did
not
know
about
them}}.
\VS{4}Many
times
I
sent
my
prophets
who
served
me,
to
say
to
them, “Do
not
do
those
abominable
things
that
I
hate!”
\VS{5}But
my
people
would
not
pay
any
attention [DOU]
{\ADD{
to
what
I
said
to
them}}.
They
would
not
turn
away
from
their
wicked
behavior,
or
stop
burning
incense
to
{\ADD{
worship/honor}}
other
gods.
\VS{6}So
I
poured
out
my
anger [MTY]
on
them.
I
punished
people
on
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
on
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah.
It
caused
those
towns
to
be
ruined
and
deserted,
and
they
are
still
like
that.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
now
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
ask
you: ‘Why
are
you
causing
yourselves
to
experience
these
disasters?
{\ADD{
Do
you
not
realize
that
because
of
what
you
are
doing}},
soon
there
will
be
no
more
men
or
women
or
children
or
infants
left
among
you
{\ADD{
who
have
come
here
to
Egypt}}
from
Judah?
\VS{8}Why
are
you [RHQ]
provoking
me
and
causing
me
to
be
very
angry
by
burning
incense
to
the
idols
that
you
have
made
here
in
Egypt?
{\ADD{
If
you
continue
doing
this,}}
you
will
destroy
yourselves,
and
you
will
cause
yourselves
to
be
people
whom
all
the
nations
on
the
earth
will
curse
and
despise.
\VS{9}Have
you
forgotten
{\ADD{
how
I
punished}}
your
ancestors
for
the
wicked
things
that
they
did,
and
{\ADD{
how
I
punished}}
the
kings
and
queens
of
Judah
for
what
they
did,
and
you
and
your
wives
for
the
sins
that
you
committed
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
the
other
towns}}
in
Judah?
\VS{10}Up
until
this
day
you
have
not
humbled
yourselves
or
revered
me.
You
have
not
obeyed
the
laws
and
decrees [DOU]
that
I
gave
to
you
and
your
ancestors.’
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
you}} Israelis
{\ADD{
say
you
belong
to}},
say: ‘I
am
determined
to
cause
all
of
you
to
experience
disasters
and
to
get
rid
of
every
one
of
you.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
You}}
people
from
Judah
who
have
survived
were
determined
to
come
and
live
here
in
Egypt.
So
I
will
get
rid
of
all
of
you
here
in
Egypt.
Every
one
of
you
will
die,
including
those
who
are
important
and
those
who
are
not
important.
{\ADD{
Some
of}}
you
will
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
your
enemies’}}
swords,
{\ADD{
some
will
die}}
from
famines.
You
will
become
{\ADD{
people
whom
others}}
curse,
be
horrified
about,
and
make fun
of.
\VS{13}I
will
punish
you
here
in
Egypt
like
I
punished
{\ADD{
others
in}}
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
some
of
whom
were
killed}}
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords
and
{\ADD{
some
of
whom}}
died
from
famines
or
diseases.
\VS{14}You
people
who
did
not
die
in
Judah
fled
here
to
Egypt,
hoping
that
{\ADD{
some
day}}
you
would
return
to
Judah.
But
very
few [HYP]
of
you
will
survive
and
escape.
You
are
longing/wanting
to
remain
alive
and
return
to
Judah,
but
only
a
very
few
of
you
will
escape
and
be
able
to
do
that.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
a
large
group
of
the
people
who
had
started
to
live
in
northern
Egypt
and
southern
Egypt,
including
all
the
men
who
knew
that
their
wives
had
been
burning
incense
to
other
gods,
and
all
the
women
who
were
standing
there,
said
this
to
me:
\VS{16}“You
are
saying
that [MTY]
Yahweh
gave
messages
to
you,
but
we
will
not
pay
any
attention
to
your
messages!
\VS{17}We
will
certainly
do
everything
that
we
said
that
we
would
do.
We
will
burn
incense
to
{\ADD{
worship
our
goddess
Astarte,}}
the
Queen
of
Heaven,
and
we
will
pour
out
offerings
{\ADD{
of
wine}}
to
her,
just
like
we
and
our
ancestors
and
our
kings
and
{\ADD{
their}}
officials
have
{\ADD{
always}}
done
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
in
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah.
At
that
time,
we
had
plenty
of
food,
and
we
were
prosperous
and
we
did
not
have
any
troubles.
\VS{18}But
ever
since
we
stopped
burning
incense
to
the
Queen
of
Heaven
and
giving
her
offerings
{\ADD{
of
wine}},
we
have
had
many
troubles,
and
{\ADD{
some
of
our
people}}
have
been
killed
by
{\ADD{
our
enemies’}}
swords
and
{\ADD{
some
have
died}}
from
hunger.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
{\ADD{
the
women
said}}, “{\ADD{
Furthermore}},
we
burned
incense
and
poured
out
{\ADD{
wine}}
offerings
to
the
Queen
of
Heaven,
and
we
also
made
small
cakes
that
resembled
her
idol,
to
offer
to
her.
But
our
husbands
certainly
knew
about
{\ADD{
and
approved
of}} [RHQ]
what
we
were
doing!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
I
said
to
all
the
men
and
women
who
had
answered
me,
\VS{21}“Do
not
think [RHQ]
that
Yahweh
did
not
know
that
you
and
your
ancestors
and
your
kings
and
their
officials
and
all
the
other
people
in
Judah
were
burning
incense
to
{\ADD{
worship/honor}}
idols
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
and
in
the
{\ADD{
other}}
towns
in
Judah!
\VS{22}It
was
because
Yahweh
could
no
longer
endure/tolerate
your
wicked
actions
and
the
detestable
things
that
you
were
doing
that
he
caused
your
land
to
be
{\ADD{
a
place
whose
name
people
say
when
they}}
curse
someone,
a
land
that
is
ruined
and
which
has
no
one
living
in
it.
And
your
land
is
still
like
that.
\VS{23}It
is
because
you
burned
incense
to
{\ADD{
worship/honor}}
idols
and
committed
{\ADD{
other}}
sins
against
Yahweh
that
you
experienced
{\ADD{
all}}
those
disasters.
It
is
because
you
have
not
obeyed
him
or
his
laws
and
decrees
and
commandments.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\ADD{
Then}}
I
said
to
all
of
them,
including
the
women, “All
you
{\ADD{
people
of}}
Judah
who
are
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Egypt,
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh.
\VS{25}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
{\ADD{
to
you Israeli
men}}: ‘You
and
your
wives
have
said
that
you
would
continue
to
do
what
you
promised,
to
burn
incense
and
pour
out
wine
to
the
{\ADD{
goddess
whom
you
call}}
the
Queen
of
Heaven.
{\ADD{
And
you
have
proved
by
your
actions
that
you
intend
to
continue
to
do
that}}.
So
go
ahead
and
continue
doing
what
you
have
promised
to
do
{\ADD{
for
her}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{26}But
now,
all
you
people
from
Judah
who
are
{\ADD{
now}}
living
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Egypt,
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh.
He
says, ‘I
have
solemnly
declared,
using
my
great
name,
that
{\ADD{
soon}}
none
of
{\ADD{
you}}
people
from
Judah
who
are
here
in
Egypt
will
ever
again
use
my
name.
{\ADD{
There
will
be
none
of
you
who,
when
you
solemnly
promise
to
do
something,}}
will
ever
again
say, “{\ADD{
I
will
do
it
as
surely}}
as
Yahweh
lives.”
\VS{27}Because
I
will
be
watching
over
you,
not
to
cause
good
things
to
happen
to
you
but
to
cause
things
to
happen
that
will
harm
you.
{\ADD{
Almost}}
everyone [HYP]
from
Judah
who
is
{\ADD{
now
here}}
in
Egypt
will
experience
being
{\ADD{
killed
by
their
enemies’}}
swords,
or
dying
from
famine.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
Only
a
very}}
few
{\ADD{
of
you}}
will
not
die,
and
will
return
to
Judah.
{\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
all
those
who
came
to
Egypt
will
find
out
whose
words ◄were
true/were
fulfilled►,
theirs
or
mine.’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says, ‘I
will
do
something
that
will
prove
to
you
that
everything
that
I
have
said
will
happen,
and
that
I
will
punish
you
{\ADD{
here}}
in
this
place.
\VS{30}I
will
cause
Hophra,
the
king
of
Egypt,
to
be
captured
by
his
enemies
who
want
to
kill
him,
just
like
I
caused
King
Zedekiah
of
Judah
to
be
captured
by
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon.’ ”
{\ADD{
And
that
is
what
happened
several
years
later}}.

\par }\Chap{45}{\SH A message for Baruch
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
King
Josiah
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
four
years,
{\ADD{
I,}}
Baruch,
wrote
down
{\ADD{
all}}
the
messages
that
the
prophet
Jeremiah
had
dictated
to
me.
Then
Jeremiah
gave
me
a
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“Baruch,
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
has
a
message
for
you.
\VS{3}You
have
said, ‘Terrible
things
{\ADD{
are happening}}
to
me!
I
have
endured
much
pain
already.
And
now
Yahweh
is
causing
me
to
be
very
sad,
in
addition
to
my
having
pain.
I
am
exhausted
from
my ◄groaning/being
sad►,
and
I
am
unable
to
rest!’
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
{\ADD{
Baruch}},
this
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘I
will
destroy
this
nation
that
I
established.
{\ADD{
This
nation
is
like
a
tree}} [MET]
that
I
planted
and
that
I
will
now
pull
up
with
its
roots.
\VS{5}So,
should
you [RHQ]
desire
that
people
do
things
to
honor
you
in
a
special
way?
Do
not
desire
that.
{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
I
will
cause
all
these
people
to
experience
a
great
disaster,
but
wherever
you
go,
I
will
protect
you,
and
you
will
not
be
killed.’ ”

\par }\Chap{46}{\SH Messages about other nations
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
are
messages
that
Yahweh
gave
to
the
prophet
Jeremiah
about
{\ADD{
other}}
nations.
\par }{\SH Messages
about
Egypt
\par }{\PP \VS{2}After
Jehoiakim,
son
of
King
Josiah,
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
four
years,
this
message
about
Egypt
was
given
{\ADD{
by
Yahweh}}.
It
was
when
the
army
of
King
Neco
of
Egypt
was
defeated
by
the
army
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
along
the
Euphrates
River.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
This
is
what
Yahweh
said: “The
officers
of
the
army
of
Egypt
are
saying
to
their
troops}},
\par }{\Q \VS{3}‘Prepare
your
shields
\par }{\QB and
march
out
to
fight
the
battle!
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Put harnesses
on
your
horses,
\par }{\QB and
get
on
their
backs.
\par }{\Q ◄Get
into
your
positions/Line
up►
{\ADD{
for
the
battle}};
\par }{\QB put
on
your
helmets.
\par }{\Q Sharpen
your
spears,
\par }{\QB and
put
on
your
armor!’
\par }{\Q \VS{5}But
what [RHQ]
do
I
see?
\par }{\QB I
see
that
the
soldiers
of
Egypt
will
be
terrified
and
will
be
fleeing.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Even}}
the
bravest
of
their
soldiers
will
be
running
away,
\par }{\QB without
{\ADD{
even}}
looking
backward!
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
{\ADD{
their
soldiers}}
will
be
terrified
on
all
sides!
\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
Even}}
the fastest
{\ADD{
runners}}
will
try
to
run
away,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
even
the
greatest
of}}
their
warriors
will
not
escape.
\par }{\Q In
the
north,
by
the
Euphrates
{\ADD{
River}},
\par }{\QB they
will
stumble
and
fall.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}What
group
is
this
that
will
be
covering
the
land
\par }{\QB like
the
water
of
the
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}
covers
the
land
when
it
floods?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
It
is
the
army
of}}
Egypt
\par }{\QB that
will
be
covering
the
land
like
a
surging/huge
flood,
\par }{\Q and
they
will
boast
that
they
will
cover
the
earth
\par }{\QB and
will
destroy
cities
and
the
people
{\ADD{
who
live
in
them}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
{\ADD{
riders
of}}
horses,
charge/rush
{\ADD{
into
the
battle}}!
\par }{\QB You
{\ADD{drivers
of}}
chariots,
drive
furiously!
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
All}}
you
warriors
from
Ethiopia
and
Libya
\par }{\QB who
carry
your
shields,
\par }{\Q you
warriors
from
Lydia
\par }{\QB who
shoot
arrows,
\par }{\Q you
come!
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But,
{\ADD{
you
need
to
know
that}}
this
is
the
day
when
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
will
get
revenge
on
my
enemies.
\par }{\Q With
my
sword [PRS]
I
will
kill
{\ADD{
my
enemies}}
until
I
am
satisfied;
\par }{\QB my
sword
will
{\ADD{
be
like
a
monster
that}} [MET, PRS]
drinks
the
blood
{\ADD{
of
the
animals
it
kills}}
until
it
is
no
longer
thirsty.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
enemy
soldiers
who
will
be
killed}}
in
the
north
beside
the
Euphrates
River
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
will
be
like}} [MET]
a
sacrifice
to
{\ADD{
me}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}You
people [IDM]
of
Egypt,
\par }{\QB go
up
to
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
to
obtain
medicine;
\par }{\Q but
it
will
be
useless
to
take
all
those
medicines;
\par }{\QB you
will
not
be
healed.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
People
in}}
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations
will
hear
how
you
were
humiliated.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
People}}
all
over
the
earth
will
hear
you
wailing.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Your
mighty}}
warriors
will
stumble
over
each
other
\par }{\QB and
they
will
all
fall
down
together.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message
about
King
Nebuchadnezzar
when
he
planned
to
attack
Egypt
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}:
\par }{\Q \VS{14}“Shout
{\ADD{
this
message}}
throughout
Egypt!
\par }{\QB Proclaim
it
in
Migdol,
Memphis,
and
Tahpenes
{\ADD{
cities}}!
\par }{\Q ‘◄Get
into
your
positions/Line
up►
{\ADD{
for
the
battle}};
\par }{\QB Prepare
to
defend
yourselves,
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
everyone}}
around
you
will
be
killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Your
god
is
a
bull;
\par }{\QB Why
does
he
fall
down?
\par }{\Q He
will
not
be
able
to
stand
up,
\par }{\QB because
Yahweh
will
knock
him
down.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}The
soldiers
from
other
countries
will
stumble
and
fall
over
each
other,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
then}}
they
will
say
to
each
other,
\par }{\Q ‘Let’s
get
up
and
go
back
to
our
own
people,
to
our
own
land.
\par }{\QB Let’s
get
away
from
the
swords
of
our
enemies!’
\par }{\Q \VS{17}There
{\ADD{
in
Egypt}}
they
will
say,
\par }{\QB ‘The
king
of
Egypt talks
loudly,
\par }{\QB but
when
our
{\ADD{
army}}
had
an opportunity
{\ADD{
to
defeat
our
enemies}},
they
failed.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}{\ADD{
I,}}
the
King,
who
am
called
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
\par }{\QB say
this:
\par }{\Q ‘As
{\ADD{
surely
as}}
I
live,
someone’s
army
will
be
coming
{\ADD{
to
fight
against
the
army
of
Egypt}}.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
{\ADD{
extremely
powerful}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
as
though
they
were
as
tall}}
as
Tabor
Hill,
\par }{\QB or
{\ADD{
as
high}}
as
Carmel
{\ADD{
Mountain}}
close
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
All}}
you
people
who
live
in
Egypt,
\par }{\QB pack
your
possessions/clothes
and
prepare
to
be
exiled.
\par }{\Q Memphis
{\ADD{
city}}
will
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB it
will
become
a
ruin,
and
no
one
will
be
living
there.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Egypt
is
{\ADD{
like}} [SIM]
a
beautiful
young
cow,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
the
army
of
a
powerful
king}}
from
the northeast
will
come
to
attack
it
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like}}
a
horsefly [MET]
{\ADD{
bites
a
cow}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The ◄mercenaries/soldiers
{\ADD{
from
other
countries}}
who
have
been
hired►
will
become
like [SIM]
fat
calves;
\par }{\QB but
they
also
will
turn
around
and
run
away;
\par }{\Q they
will
not
stand
{\ADD{
there
and
fight}},
\par }{\QB because
it
will
be
a
day
when
there
will
be
a
{\ADD{
great}}
disaster
in
Egypt,
\par }{\QB a
day
when
their
people
will
be
{\ADD{
greatly}}
punished.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}{\ADD{
The
soldiers
of}}
Egypt
will
run
away,
\par }{\QB as
silently
as
a
snake scurries/crawls
away.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
army
of}}
the
enemy
will
advance;
\par }{\QB they
will
march
along
carrying
their
axes
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
men
who
cut
down
trees.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
they
will
kill
the
soldiers
{\ADD{
of
Egypt}}
\par }{\QB as
though [SIM]
they
were
a
forest
of
trees,
\par }{\QB because
the
enemy
soldiers
will
be
as
numerous
as
{\ADD{
a
swarm
of}}
locusts.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}The
people
of
Egypt
will
be
humiliated;
\par }{\QB they
will
be
conquered
by
people
from
the northeast.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{25}{\ADD{
I,}}
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
say, ‘I
will
punish
Amon,
{\ADD{
the
god
whom
the
people}}
of
Thebes
{\ADD{
city}}
worship,
and
{\ADD{
all}}
the
{\ADD{
other}}
gods
in
Egypt.
{\ADD{
I
will
punish}}
the
King
of
Egypt
and
{\ADD{
all}}
those
who
trust
in
him.
\VS{26}I
will
cause
them
to
be
captured
by
those
who
want
to
kill
them—Nebuchadnezzar
the
King
of
Babylon,
and
his
army
officers.
But
many
years
later,
people
will
live
in
Egypt
again.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’
\par }{\Q \VS{27}But
you
people
of
Israel
who
serve
me,
\par }{\QB do
not
be
at
all
dismayed [DOU]
now,
\par }{\Q because
some
day
I
will
bring
you
back
from
distant
places;
\par }{\QB I
will
bring
your
descendants
from
the
land
to
which
they
were
exiled.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Then
you}} Israeli
people
will
again
live
peacefully
and
safely,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
not
be
any
{\ADD{
nation}}
to
cause
you
to
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
to
you
people
of
Israel
who
serve
me,
\par }{\Q ‘Do
not
be
afraid,
\par }{\QB because
I
will
be
with
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
completely
destroy
the
nations
among
whom
I
have
scattered
you,
\par }{\QB but
I
will
not
completely
get
rid
of
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
punish
you,
but
I
will
punish
you
only
as
severely
as
you
deserve:
\par }{\QB It
would
be
wrong
if
I
did
not
punish
you
at
all.’ ”

\par }\Chap{47}{\SH A message about Philistia
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
to
the
prophet
Jeremiah
a
message
about
the
people
of
Philistia.
{\ADD{
The
message
was
given
to
me}}
before
Gaza
{\ADD{
city
in
Philistia}}
was
captured
by
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}This
is
what
Yahweh
said:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
An
army}} [MET]
will
be
coming
from
the northeast
\par }{\QB that
will
cover
the
land
like
a
flood.
\par }{\Q They
will
destroy
the
land
and
everything
in
it;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
they
will
destroy}}
people
and
cities.
\par }{\Q People
will scream;
\par }{\QB everyone
in
the
land
will
wail.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
They
will
hear}}
the
sound
of
the
hooves
of
the
{\ADD{
enemy}}
horses,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
they
will
hear}}
the
rumble/noise
of
the
wheels
{\ADD{
of
their
enemies’}}
chariots.
\par }{\Q Men
{\ADD{
will
run
away;}}
\par }{\QB they
will
not
stop
to
help
their
children;
\par }{\QB they
will
be
completely
weak
and
helpless [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{4}It
will
be
the
time
for
all
the
people
of
Philistia
to
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB and
the
time
to
prevent
the
remaining
soldiers
from
helping
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Tyre
and
Sidon
{\ADD{
cities}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
will
get
rid
of
the
people
of
Philistia,
\par }{\QB those
whose
ancestors
{\ADD{
long
ago}}
came
from
Crete
{\ADD{
island}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
The
people
of}}
Gaza
will
be
humiliated;
\par }{\QB they
will
shave
off
all
the
hair
on
their
heads
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
they
are
ashamed}}.
\par }{\Q The
{\ADD{
people
of
}}Ashkelon
{\ADD{
city}}
will
all
be
silent
{\ADD{
because
they
will
be
mourning}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
All
you
people
who
live}}
along
the
coast
{\ADD{
of
the Mediterranean
Sea}}
who
are
still
alive,
\par }{\QB how
long [RHQ]
will
you
gash
yourselves
{\ADD{
because
you
are
mourning}}?”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
The
people
of
Philistia
say,}} “Yahweh,
when [RHQ]
will
you
{\ADD{
tell
our
enemies
to
stop
killing
us
with}} [PRS]
their
swords?
\par }{\QB Tell
them
to [PRS]
put
them
back
into
their sheaths
and
keep
them
there!”
\par }{\Q \VS{7}But
it
would
not
be
right [RHQ]
for
their
swords
to
stay
there,
\par }{\QB because
Yahweh
has
commanded
their
enemies
{\ADD{
to
do
something
more}};
\par }{\Q Yahweh
intends
to
tell
them
to
attack
{\ADD{
all
the
people
living
in}}
Ashkelon
and
{\ADD{
in
other
cities}}
along
the
coast.

\par }\Chap{48}{\SH A message about Moab
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
a
message
about
Moab.
The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
said:
\par }{\Q “Terrible
things
will
happen
to
Nebo
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\QB it
will
{\ADD{
soon}}
be
ruined.
\par }{\Q Kiriathaim
{\ADD{
city}}
will
be
captured
and
{\ADD{
all
its
people
will
be}}
humiliated;
\par }{\QB the
high
wall
around
their
city
will
be
ruined,
and
{\ADD{
its
people}}
will
become
ashamed.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}No
one
will
boast
about
Moab
again;
\par }{\QB the
{\ADD{
enemies
of
Moab}}
will
plan
to
destroy
{\ADD{
the
capital
city,}}
Heshbon.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
They
will
say,}} ‘Come,
let’s
cause
Moab
to
no
longer
be
a
nation.’
\par }{\Q You
people
in
Madmen
{\ADD{
town}},
you
also
will
be
silenced;
\par }{\QB enemy
armies [MTY]
will
pursue
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Listen
to
the
people
of
Horonaim
{\ADD{
town}} screaming;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
they
will
be
wailing
because
their
town
will
have
been}}
devastated
and
destroyed [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
All
of}}
Moab
will
be
ruined;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
even}}
the
little
children
will
cry
{\ADD{
loudly}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
will
cry
bitterly
\par }{\QB as
they
climb
up
Luhith
{\ADD{
Hill}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Others
will
wail}}
on
the
road
down
to
Horonaim,
\par }{\QB being
very
sad
because
of
{\ADD{
their
town
being}}
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
Someone
will
say
to
them}}, ‘Flee!
\par }{\QB Hide
in
the
desert!’
\par }{\Q \VS{7}But
you
trusted
that
because
you
were
rich
and
powerful,
{\ADD{
you
would
be
safe}};
\par }{\QB so
you
will
be
captured.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
statue
of
your
god}}
Chemosh
and
all
his
priests
and
officials
\par }{\QB will
be
taken
away
to
distant
lands.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}All
the
towns
{\ADD{
in
Moab}}
will
be
destroyed;
\par }{\QB none
of
them
will
escape.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Towns
in}}
the
valleys
and
on
the
plateau
will
{\ADD{
all}}
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
that
is
what
will
happen.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Spread
salt
on
the
ground
\par }{\QB in
order
that
it
will
become
a
wasteland
with
{\ADD{
nothing
growing
there
anymore}},
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
be
living
in
it!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Yahweh
will
curse
anyone
who
will
not
eagerly
do
what
he
desires,
\par }{\QB anyone
who
refrains
from
using
his
sword
to
kill [MTY]
others
{\ADD{
in
Moab}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
The
people
of}}
Moab
have
always
felt
secure;
\par }{\QB they
have
never
been ◄exiled/forced
{\ADD{
by
their
enemies}}
to
go
to
other
countries►.
\par }{\Q They
are
like [MET]
wine
that
has
been
left
undisturbed
{\ADD{
in
a
container
for
many
days
to
give
it
good
flavor}},
\par }{\Q so
now
it
smells
good,
\par }{\QB and
it
tastes
good.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}But
Yahweh
says
that
there
will
be
a
time
when
he
will
send
{\ADD{
enemies
to
attack
them}};
\par }{\Q they
will
get
rid
of
the
people
of
Moab
like
people
pour
out
wine
{\ADD{
on
the
ground}}
\par }{\QB and
then
smash
the
wine
jar.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Then
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Moab
will
be
ashamed
of
{\ADD{
their
god/idol}}
Chemosh
{\ADD{
because
it
did
not
help
them}},
\par }{\QB like
the Israeli
people
were
ashamed
because
their
gold
statue
of
a
calf
{\ADD{
was
smashed}}
at
Bethel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}{\ADD{
The
soldiers
of
Moab
previously}}
said, “We
are
warriors;
\par }{\QB we
have
fought bravely
in
battles!”
\par }{\Q \VS{15}But
now
our
King,
who
is
Yahweh,
who
is
called ‘the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels’,
says
that
{\ADD{
the
country
of}}
Moab
and
all
the
towns
in
it
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\QB Their
fine
young
men
will
{\ADD{
all}}
be
slaughtered.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Moab
will
very
soon
be
destroyed.
\par }{\QB It
will
soon
experience
disaster.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}You
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in
nations}}
near
Moab,
\par }{\QB who
know
that
it
is
very
famous,
\par }{\Q should
mourn
for
Moab,
\par }{\Q and
say, “Its
glorious
power [MTY, DOU]
is
{\ADD{
completely}}
ended/broken.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}You
people
of
Dibon
{\ADD{
city}},
stop
being
proud
because
of
being
honored,
\par }{\QB and
sit
in
the
dust/dirt,
\par }{\Q because
those
who
will
destroy
other
places
in
Moab
will
attack
your
{\ADD{
city}}
\par }{\QB and
destroy
your
high
walls.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}You
people
of
Aroer
{\ADD{
town}},
\par }{\QB stand
along
the
road
and
watch.
\par }{\Q Shout
to
the
men
and
women
who
will
be
fleeing
{\ADD{
from
Moab}},
\par }{\QB “What
has
happened
{\ADD{
there}}?”
\par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{
They
will
reply}},
\par }{\QB “Moab
is
ruined
and
{\ADD{
we
are}}
disgraced!”
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}}
weep
and
wail [DOU].
\par }{\QB Proclaim
at
the
Aroer
{\ADD{
River}}
that
Moab
has
been
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
will
have
punished
{\ADD{
the
towns
in
Moab
that
are
on}}
the ◄plateau/high
level►:
\par }{\QB Holon
and
Jahaz
and
Mephaath,
\par }{\QB \VS{22}Dibon
and
Nebo
and
Beth-Diblathaim,
\par }{\QB \VS{23}Kiriathaim
and
Beth-Gamul
and
Beth-Meon,
\par }{\QB \VS{24}Kerioth
and
Bozrah,
\par }{\QB cities
that
are
near
{\ADD{
each
other}}
and
towns
that
are
far
away
{\ADD{
from
each
other}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Yahweh
says, “The
power [MTY]
of
Moab
will
be
ended;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though}} [MET]
Moab
will
have
a
broken
arm.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}{\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Moab
have
rebelled
against
{\ADD{
me,}}
Yahweh;
\par }{\QB so
{\ADD{
now}}
I
will
cause
you
all
to
{\ADD{
stagger
like}} [SIM]
drunken
people.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
You
people
of
}}Moab
will
wallow
in
your
own
vomit
\par }{\QB and
be ridiculed.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}You
{\ADD{
people
of
Moab}} ridiculed
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel [RHQ].
\par }{\Q You
treated
them
as
though
they
were
thieves [RHQ].
\par }{\QB You
shook
your
head
at
them scornfully
and
despised
them [RHQ].
\par }{\Q \VS{28}You
people
who
live
in
Moab,
\par }{\QB you
should
abandon
your
towns
and
go
and
live
in
caves.
\par }{\Q Be
like [SIM]
doves
that
make
their
nests
in
the
entrances
of
caves.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}We
have
{\ADD{
all}}
heard
that
{\ADD{
the
people
of
}}Moab
are
very
proud;
\par }{\QB they
are
extremely
proud
and conceited/arrogant. [IDM, DOU]
\par }{\Q \VS{30}But
Yahweh
says, “I
know
about
that,
\par }{\QB but
it
is
useless
for
them
to
boast
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because}}
it
will
accomplish
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}So
{\ADD{
now}}
I
will
wail
for
Moab;
\par }{\QB I
will
cry
about
all
its
people.
\par }{\QB I
will
moan
for
the
men
of
Kir-Hareseth
{\ADD{
city}},
{\ADD{
the
old
capital
of
Moab}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}You
people
of
Sibmah
{\ADD{
city}},
you
have
many
vineyards.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
branches
of
your
vines
extend
across
the
{\ADD{
Dead
}}
Sea
to
Jazer
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}But
no
one
will
be
joyful
or
happy
in
Moab
now;
\par }{\QB your
fruit
and
grapes
that ripen
in
the ◄summer/hot
season►
will
soon
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q There
will
be
no
grape
juice
coming
from
the
winepresses,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so}}
there
will
be
no
wine.
\par }{\Q People
will
not
shout
joyfully
\par }{\QB as
they
tread
on
the
grapes;
\par }{\Q people
will
shout,
\par }{\QB but
they
will
not
be
shouting
joyfully.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{34}Instead,
the
sound
of
their
wailing
will
rise
from
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}}
to
Elealeh
{\ADD{
town}}
and
Jahaz
{\ADD{
village}},
\par }{\QB from
Zoar
{\ADD{
city}}
as
far
as
Horonaim
{\ADD{
town}}
and
Eglath-Shelishiyah
{\ADD{
village}}.
\par }{\Q Even
the
water
in
Nimrim
{\ADD{
Stream}}
will
be
dried
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
I
will
get
rid
of
the
people
who
offer
sacrifices
on
the hilltops,
\par }{\QB and
burn
incense
to
their
gods.
\par }{\Q \VS{36}I [SYN]
moan
for
the
people
of
Moab
and
Kir-Hareseth
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
{\ADD{
someone
playing
a funeral
song
on}}
a
flute,
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
all}}
their
wealth
will
disappear.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}The
men
will
shave
their
heads
and
their
beards
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
are
mourning}}.
\par }{\QB They
all
will
slash
their
hands
and
wear ◄rough
cloth/sackscloth►
around
their waists.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}In
every
home
and
in
the
town
plazas/centers
in
Moab
there
will
be
{\ADD{
people
who
are}}
mourning,
\par }{\QB because
I
will
have
destroyed
Moab
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
someone smashes
an
{\ADD{
old}}
jar
that
no
one
wants
{\ADD{
anymore}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{39}Moab
will
be
completely
shattered!
\par }{\QB And
you
will
hear
the
people
wailing
loudly!
\par }{\Q They
will
be
disgraced.
\par }{\QB Moab
will
become
a
nation
that
people
ridicule.
\par }{\Q The
people
in
nearby
{\ADD{
countries}}
will
be
horrified
{\ADD{
about
what
has
happened
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say:
\par }{\Q ‘Look!
Their
enemies
will
be
swooping/rushing
down
over
Moab
\par }{\QB like
an
eagle [SIM]
swoops
down
{\ADD{
to
seize
an
animal}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{41}Its
cities
will
be
captured,
\par }{\QB its
fortresses
will
be
seized.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Even}}
their
warriors
will
be
{\ADD{
afraid}},
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
who
is
about
to
give
birth.
\par }{\Q \VS{42}{\ADD{
The
leaders
of}}
Moab
boasted
against
{\ADD{
me,}}
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB so
Moab
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{43}{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
you
people
of
Moab
will
be
terrified,
and
fall
into
pits
and
traps.
\par }{\Q \VS{44}Those
who
are
terrified
and
try
to
run
away
will
fall
into
deep
pits.
\par }{\QB Whoever
climbs
out
of
a
pit
will
be
caught
in
a
trap,
\par }{\Q because
I
will
punish
them
at
the
time
that
I
have
chosen.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{45}The
people
will
flee
as
far
as
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}},
\par }{\QB but
they
will
not
be
able
to
go
any
further,
\par }{\Q because
a
fire
will
burn
in
Heshbon,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
which
is
the
city}}
where
{\ADD{
King}}
Sihon
lived
{\ADD{
long
ago}},
\par }{\Q and
it
will
burn
up
all
the
people [SYN]
in
Moab
\par }{\QB who noisily/loudly
boasted
very
much.
\par }{\Q \VS{46}{\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Moab,
terrible
things
will
happen
to
you!
\par }{\QB You
people
who
worship
{\ADD{
your
god}}
Chemosh,
you
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q Your
sons
and
your
daughters
will
be
captured
and
taken
away
{\ADD{
to
other
countries}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{47}But
some
day,
I
will
enable
the
people
of
Moab
to
return
to
their
land
again.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\PP That
is
the
end
of
what
I
prophesied
about
Moab.

\par }\Chap{49}{\SH A message about Ammon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
This
message
is}}
about
the
Ammon people-group.
This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “There
are [RHQ]
plenty
of Israeli
people
left
\par }{\QB to
occupy
{\ADD{
the
land
of
the
tribe
of}}
Gad.
\par }{\Q So,
why
are [RHQ]
{\ADD{
the
people
who
worship
the
god}}
Molech
living
in
those
towns?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}There
will
be
a
time
when
I
will
sound
the battle-cry
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
for
their
enemies}}
to
attack
{\ADD{
their
capital
city}},
Rabbah.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Then}}
it
will
become
a
heap
of
ruins,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
all}}
the
nearby
towns
will
be
burned.
\par }{\Q Then
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
will
again
possess
the
land
\par }{\QB that
the
Ammon people-group
took
away
from
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
people
of
Heshbon
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY],
wail,
\par }{\QB because
Ai
{\ADD{
town
nearby}}
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q You
people
of
Rabbah
{\ADD{
city}},
weep;
\par }{\QB put
on ◄rough
clothing/saackcloth►
{\ADD{
to
show
you
are
mourning}};
\par }{\Q run
back
and
forth
{\ADD{
in
confusion}}
inside
the
city
walls,
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
your
god}}
Milcom,
along
with
its
priests
and
officials,
will
be
taken
away ◄in
exile/to
other
countries►.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}You
are [RHQ]
very
proud
of
your
very
fertile
valleys,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
but
they
will
soon
be
ruined}}.
\par }{\Q You
rebellious
people,
you
trusted
in
your
wealth,
\par }{\QB and
you
said, ‘Certainly
no [RHQ]
army
will
be
able
to
attack
us!’
\par }{\Q \VS{5}But
listen
to
this: 'I,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
\par }{\QB will
cause
you
to
become
terrified.
\par }{\Q You
will
all
be
forced
to
flee
{\ADD{
to
other
countries}},
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
be
able
to
bring
you
together
{\ADD{
again}}.'
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}But
some
day
I
will
enable
the
Ammon people-group
to
return
to
their
land.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen,
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\SH Messages
about
Edom
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
This
message
is}}
about
the
Edom people-group.
This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q “It
seems
that [RHQ]
there
are
no
wise
people
in
Teman
{\ADD{
district
in
Edom}}!
\par }{\QB There
are
no
people
left
who
can
give
others
{\ADD{
good}}
advice.
\par }{\QB The
people
who
were
wise [PRS]
have
disappeared.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}You
people
of
Dedan
{\ADD{
city
in
the
south
of
Edom}},
\par }{\QB turn
and
flee
and
hide
in
deep
{\ADD{
caves}},
\par }{\Q because
when
I
cause
the
Edom people-group
to
experience
disaster,
\par }{\QB I
will
punish
you,
too.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Those
who
harvest
grapes
\par }{\QB always [RHQ]
leave
some
on
the
vines.
\par }{\Q When
thieves
come
at
night,
\par }{\QB they
surely [RHQ]
steal
only
as
much
as
they
want.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
I
will
cause
everything
in
Edom
to
be
destroyed,
and
there
will
be
nothing
left,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
no
place
for
people
to
hide.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Many
of}} [HYP]
the
children,
their
relatives
and
their
neighbors,
will
die,
\par }{\QB and
Edom
will
not exist
anymore.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}But
I
will
protect
the
orphans,
\par }{\QB and
the
widows
{\ADD{
also}}
will
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
depend
on
me
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}And
this
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
says: “If
those
who
do
not
deserve
to
suffer [MET]
must
suffer,
you
people
of
Edom
must [RHQ]
suffer
much
more [DOU]!
You
will
not
escape
being
punished.
\VS{13}I,
Yahweh,
have
solemnly
promised,
using
my
own
name,
that
{\ADD{
your
chief
city}}
Bozrah
will
become
a
place
that
people
will
be
horrified
about.
It
will
be
a
heap
of
ruins.
People
will
make fun
of
it
and
use
its
name
when
they
curse
people.
All
the
nearby
towns
and
villages
will
be
a
ruins
forever.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}I
heard
this
message
from
Yahweh:
\par }{\Q “I
have
sent
an
ambassador
to
{\ADD{
many}}
nations,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
to
tell
them
to}}
gather
together
to
attack
Edom.
\par }{\QB They
must
prepare
for
battle!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
And
Yahweh
says
to
the
people
of
Edom,}}
\par }{\Q “I
will
cause
your
nation
to
become
very unimportant
among
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations.
\par }{\QB They
will
all
despise
your
country.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}You
have
caused
{\ADD{
people
of
other
nations}}
to
be
terrified,
\par }{\QB and
you [MTY]
have
been
very
proud,
\par }{\QB but
you
have
deceived
yourselves.
\par }{\Q You
live
in
caves
in
the
rock
cliffs;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
you
think
that
you
are
safe
there
because}}
you
live
high
up
there.
\par }{\Q But
even
if
you
make
your
homes
as
high
up
as
the
eagles’
nests,
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
you
to
come
{\ADD{
crashing}}
down.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Edom
will
become
a
place
about
which
people
are
horrified;
\par }{\QB people
who
pass
by
will
be
horrified
and
will ◄gasp/be
shocked►
\par }{\QB when
they
see
the
destruction.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Edom
will
be
destroyed
as
{\ADD{
completely
as}}
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and
the
nearby
towns
were
destroyed
{\ADD{
long
ago}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
As
a
result,}}
no
one
will
live
there
{\ADD{
anymore}} [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
will
come
to
Edom
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
like [SIM]
a
lion
comes
out
of
the jungle
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
leaps
on
the
sheep
that
are}}
eating
in
the
good pastureland.
\par }{\Q I
will
quickly
chase
the
people
of
Edom
from
their
land.
\par }{\QB And
{\ADD{
then}}
I
will
appoint
for
them
a
leader
whom
I
will
choose;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
can
do
that}}
because
there
is
no
one [RHQ]
like
me
who
can
object
to
what
I
do.
\par }{\QB No
ruler
can
oppose
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Listen
to
what
I
have
planned
to
do
to
the
people
of
Teman
{\ADD{
town}}
and
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
Edom:
\par }{\Q Even
the
little
children
will
be
dragged
away,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
completely
get
rid
of
the
people [MET]
who
live
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}When
Edom
is
destroyed,
the
noise
{\ADD{
will
be
extremely
great}},
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
the
earth
will
shake,
\par }{\Q and
the
wailing
of
the
people
will
be
heard
{\ADD{
as
far
away
as}}
the
Red
Sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Look!
The
enemy
troops
will
swoop/rush
down
over
Bozrah
\par }{\QB like
an
eagle
spreads
its
wings
when
it
swoops
down
{\ADD{
to
seize
an
animal}}.
\par }{\Q On
that
day,
{\ADD{
even
the
strongest}}
warriors
of
Edom
will
{\ADD{
be
afraid}}
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
who
is
about
to
give
birth.”
\par }{\SH A
message
about
Damascus
\par }{\PP \VS{23}{\ADD{
This
message
is}}
about
Damascus.
{\ADD{
This
is
what
Yahweh
says}}:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
The
people
in
the
nearby
cities
of}}
Hamath
and
Arpad
are
confused,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
heard
bad
news
{\ADD{
about
Damascus}}.
\par }{\Q They
are
very
anxious
and
restless,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
sea
in
a
big
storm.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}The
people
of
Damascus
have
become
very
weak,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
they
all}}
have ◄panicked/fled
{\ADD{
because}}
they
are
very
afraid►.
\par }{\Q The
people
are
anguished
and
in
pain
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
{\ADD{
experiences}}
who
is
about
to
give
birth.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}That
famous
city,
that
I
was
{\ADD{
previously}}
pleased
with,
\par }{\QB will
be
abandoned.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Its
young
men
will
fall
in
the
streets.
\par }{\QB Its
soldiers
will
all
be
killed
in
one
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}And
I,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
will
start
a
fire
to
burn
the
walls
that
surround
Damascus,
\par }{\QB and
the
palaces
of
{\ADD{
King}}
Ben-Hadad
will
be
burned
down.”
\par }{\SH A
message
about
Kedar
and
Hazor
\par }{\PP \VS{28}{\ADD{
This
is
a
message}}
about
the
Kedar
{\ADD{people-group}}
and
the
kingdom
of
Hazor
which
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Nebuchadnezzar
King
of
Babylon
attacked.
This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
I
will
cause
an
army
to}}
advance
to
attack
Kedar
\par }{\QB and
destroy
those
people
who
live
east
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Their
tents
and
their
flocks
{\ADD{
of
sheep}}
will
be
captured.
\par }{\QB The
curtains
{\ADD{
in
their
tents}}
and
their
camels
and
their
other
possessions
will
be
taken
away.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Everywhere}}
men
will
shout,
\par }{\QB ‘We
are
terrified
{\ADD{
because
terrible
things
are happening}}
all
around
us!’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{30}So
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say, ‘Run
away
{\ADD{
quickly}}!
\par }{\QB You
people
who
live
in
Hazor,
go
and
hide
in
deep
{\ADD{
caves}},
\par }{\Q because
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
wants
to
attack
you
{\ADD{
with
his
army}};
\par }{\QB he
is
planning
to
destroy
you!’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{31}But
I
say
{\ADD{
to
Nebuchadnezzar}},
\par }{\Q ‘Go
up
and
attack
that
nation
whose
people
feel
secure;
\par }{\QB they
do
not
have
allies
{\ADD{
who
will
help
them}}
and
do
not
have
{\ADD{
walls
with}}
gates
that
have
bars
in
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}Your
troops
will
seize
their
camels
and
{\ADD{
other}}
livestock.
\par }{\QB I
will
scatter
in
every
direction [IDM]
those
people
who
live
in
remote
places (OR,
who
cut
their
hair
short).
\par }{\Q I
will
cause
them
to
experience
disasters
from
every
direction.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}Hazor
will
become
a
place
where
jackals/wolves
live,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
deserted
forever.
\par }{\Q No
one
will
live
there
again;
\par }{\QB no
one
will
settle
there [DOU].’ ”
\par }{\SH A
message
about
Elam
\par }{\PP \VS{34}I
received
this
message
from
Yahweh
when
King
Zedekiah
was
starting
to
rule
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says:
\par }{\Q “The
men
of
Elam
are
famous ◄archers/men
who
shoot
arrows
well►;
\par }{\QB that
is
how
they
have
made
their
country
very
powerful.
\par }{\Q But
I
will
get
rid
of
them [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{36}I
will
bring
their
enemies
from
all
directions [IDM, DOU],
\par }{\QB and
they
will
scatter
the
people
of
Elam
in
all
directions.
\par }{\Q The
people
of
Elam
will
be
exiled
to
every
nation
on
the
earth [LIT, HYP].
\par }{\Q \VS{37}Because
I
am
very
angry
with
the
people
of
Elam,
\par }{\QB I
will
enable
their
enemies
to
smash
Elam;
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
the
people
of
Elam
to
experience
great
disasters.
\par }{\Q I
will
enable
their
enemies,
who
want
to
kill
them,
to
pursue
them
{\ADD{
and
kill
them}}
with
swords
\par }{\QB until
I
completely
get
rid
of
all
of
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}I,
Yahweh,
will
judge
them
there [MTY],
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
then}}
I
will
get
rid
of
their
king
and
{\ADD{
his}}
officials.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{39}But
some
day,
I
will
enable
the
people
of
Elam
to
return
to
their
land.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{50}{\SH A message about Babylon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
to
{\ADD{
me,}}
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
a
message
about
Babylon
{\ADD{
city}}
and
the
country
of
Babylonia.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\ADD{
This
is
what
Yahweh
says}}:
\par }{\Q “Proclaim [DOU]
{\ADD{
a
message}}
among
the
nations;
\par }{\QB do
not
withhold
any
of
it;
\par }{\Q raise
up
a
signal
flag
\par }{\QB to
announce
that
Babylon
will
be
captured.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Its
chief
god}}
Marduk,
{\ADD{
whose
other
name
is}}
Bel,
will
be
completely
disgraced,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
statues
and
idols
will
be
shattered.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
The
army
of}}
a
nation
will
come
from
the
north
to
attack
Babylon
\par }{\QB and
destroy
the
city
very
thoroughly,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
no
one
will
live
there
{\ADD{
again}}.
\par }{\QB Both
people
and
animals
will
run
away.”
\par }{\SH The
people
of
Israel
will
return
from
Babylon
\par }{\Q \VS{4}“But
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
say
that
in
the
future,
when
that
is
about
to
happen,
\par }{\QB the
people
of
Israel
and
the
people
of
Judah
will
join
together.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
weeping
\par }{\QB and
wanting
{\ADD{
to
worship}}
me,
their
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
will
inquire
about
the
road
to
Jerusalem,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
then}}
they
will
start
traveling [IDM]
toward
it.
\par }{\Q They
will
say
{\ADD{
to
each
other}},
\par }{\QB ‘We
must
return
to
Yahweh
{\ADD{
again}}!’
\par }{\QB They
will
make
an
everlasting
agreement
with
me
that
they
will
never
forget.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}My
people
have
been
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
lost
sheep.
\par }{\QB Their
{\ADD{
leaders/rulers}}
have
caused
them
{\ADD{
to
abandon
me}}
\par }{\QB like [MET]
shepherds
who
have
allowed
their
sheep
to
wander
in
the
hills
and
mountains.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
My
people
are
like}} [MET]
sheep
\par }{\QB that
do
not
know
the
path
to
return
to
the sheepfold.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}All
their
enemies
who
found
them
attacked
them.
\par }{\QB They
said, ‘We
did
not
sin
{\ADD{
by
attacking
them}},
\par }{\Q because
they
sinned
against
Yahweh;
\par }{\QB he
is
the
one
who
provides
what
they
need;
\par }{\Q he
is
the
one
to
whom
they
should
have
remained
faithful;
\par }{\QB he
is
the
one
whom
their
ancestors
confidently
expected
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
But
now,
I
say
to
the
leaders
of
my
people}}, ‘Flee
from
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Leave
the
land
of
Babylonia!
\par }{\Q Be
like [SIM]
male
goats
{\ADD{
that
go}}
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the
flock;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
lead
my
people
back
to
their
own
land}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}{\ADD{
Do
that}}
because
I
am
going
to
gather
an
army
of
great
nations
to
the
north
{\ADD{
of
Babylon}}.
\par }{\QB They
will
join
together
to
attack
Babylon
and
will
capture
it.
\par }{\Q Their
arrows
will
be
like [SIM]
skilled
warriors
\par }{\QB that
always
hit
what
they
aim
at.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Babylonia
will
be
conquered,
\par }{\QB and
those
who
conquer
it
will
take
away
everything
they
want.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\SH The conquest
of
Babylon
\par }{\Q \VS{11}“You
people
{\ADD{
of
Babylon}}
who ◄plundered/stole
everything
valuable
from►
my
chosen
people,
\par }{\QB now
you
are
very
happy [DOU].
\par }{\Q You
run
around
joyfully
like [SIM]
a
calf
in
a
meadow,
\par }{\QB and
are
happy
like [SIM]
male
horses
are
happy
when
they
are
neighing.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}But
{\ADD{
soon}}
your
people
will
be
very
disgraced [DOU]
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
being
conquered}}.
\par }{\QB Your
country
will
be
the
most
insignificant
nation;
\par }{\QB it
will
be
a
desert,
a
dry
and
deserted
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Because
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
am
angry
{\ADD{
with
you
people
of
Babylon}},
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
your
city
to
become
completely
deserted.
\par }{\Q All
who
pass
by
will
be
horrified
\par }{\QB and
will ◄gasp/be
shocked►
because
of
the
destruction
there.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}{\ADD{
All
you
nations
that
surround
Babylon,}}
\par }{\QB prepare
to
attack
it!
\par }{\Q Tell
your
archers
to
shoot
at
their
enemies;
\par }{\QB shoot
all
of
your
arrows
at
them [LIT],
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
the
people/leaders
of
Babylon
have
sinned
against
me,}}
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Shout
{\ADD{war-cries}}
against
Babylon
from
all
sides
{\ADD{
of
the
city}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
The
soldiers
of}}
Babylon
will
surrender;
\par }{\QB the
towers
and
walls
will
be
torn
down.
\par }{\Q It
is
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
who
will
be
getting
revenge
{\ADD{
on
the
people
of
Babylon}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so
help
me
to}}
get
revenge.
\par }{\QB Do
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Babylon
what
they
have
done
to
others!
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Take
away
from
Babylon
those
who
plant
{\ADD{
crops}}
\par }{\QB and
those
who
reap
the
harvests!
\par }{\Q Because
of
the
swords
carried
by
those
who
will
attack
{\ADD{
Babylon}},
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
those
people
in
Babylon
who
have
come
from
other
countries}}
\par }{\QB should
all
run
away,
back
to
their
own
countries [DOU]!”
\par }{\SH God’s
people
will
return
to
Israel
\par }{\Q \VS{17}“The Israeli
{\ADD{
people}}
are
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
sheep
\par }{\QB that
have
been
scattered
by
lions.
\par }{\Q First
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
the
King
of
Assyria
defeated
them.
\par }{\QB Then
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
smashed
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
this
is
what
I,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
say:
\par }{\Q ‘Now
I
will
punish
the
King
of
Babylon
and
the
people
of
his
land,
\par }{\QB like
I
punished
the
King
of
Assyria.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}And
I
will
bring
the
people
of
Israel
back
to
their
own
land
\par }{\QB where
they
will
eat
{\ADD{
the
food
that
grows}}
in
the
fields
of
the
Carmel
and
Bashan
{\ADD{
regions}},
\par }{\Q and
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
the hilly
areas
of
Ephraim
and
Gilead
will
have
all
they
want
to
eat.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}At
that
time,
there
will
not
be
people
in
Israel
and
in
Judah
who
{\ADD{
are
still
guilty
for
having}}
sinned [DOU],
\par }{\QB because
I
will
forgive
the
small
group
of
people
whom
I
enable
to
still
be
alive.’ ”
\par }{\SH God’s
punishment
on
Babylon
\par }{\Q \VS{21}“{\ADD{
So,
I,
Yahweh,
say
to
the
enemies
of
Babylonia,}}‘Attack
{\ADD{
the
people
who
live
in}}
the
Merathaim
{\ADD{
region}}
\par }{\QB and
the
people
in
the
Pekod
{\ADD{
region
of
Babylonia}}.
\par }{\Q Pursue
them,
kill
them,
and
completely
get
rid
of
them,
\par }{\QB as
I
have
commanded
you
to
do.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Shout
your
battle
cries
throughout
the
land;
\par }{\QB shout
{\ADD{
when
you
are
causing}}
great
destruction.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}{\ADD{
The
army
of
Babylon
is
like}} [MET]
the
most
powerful
hammer
on
the
earth,
\par }{\QB but
it
will
be
completely
shattered.
\par }{\Q Babylon
will
be
deserted
among
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations.’
\par }{\Q \VS{24}You
{\ADD{
people
of}}
Babylon,
{\ADD{
listen,}}
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because}}
I
have
set
a
trap
for
you;
\par }{\Q you
will
be
caught
{\ADD{
in
that
trap}},
\par }{\QB because
you
fought
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
have
opened
the
place
where
I
store
my
weapons,
\par }{\QB and
I
have
brought
out
{\ADD{
all}}
the
weapons
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
to
use
against
the
people
with
whom}}
I
am
angry.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I,}}
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
have
{\ADD{
a
lot
of}}
work
to
do
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
to
punish}}
the
people
of
Babylonia.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}{\ADD{
So,
you
enemies
of
Babylonia,}}
come
from
distant
lands
and
attack
it.
\par }{\QB Break
open
the
places
where
they
store
the
grain.
\par }{\Q Crush
the
walls
of
the
city
and
the
houses
\par }{\QB and
pile
up
{\ADD{
the
rubble
like}} [SIM]
heaps
of
grain.
\par }{\Q Destroy
everything;
\par }{\QB do
not
leave
anything
that
is
not
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Destroy
all
the
{\ADD{
young
men
who
are
as
strong
as}} [MET]
bulls;
\par }{\QB take
them
to
where
you
will
slaughter
them.
\par }{\Q It
will
be
terrible
for
them,
\par }{\QB because
it
will
be
time
for
them
to
be
punished.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Listen
to
the
people
who
have
fled
and
escaped
from
Babylon
\par }{\QB while
they
tell
in
Jerusalem
how
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
gotten
revenge
against
those
who
destroyed
my
temple
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}Summon
archers [DOU]
to
come
to
attack
Babylon;
\par }{\QB surround
the
city
\par }{\QB in
order
that
no
one
will
escape.
\par }{\Q Do
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Babylon
what
they
have
done
to
others [DOU],
\par }{\QB because
they
have
defied
{\ADD{
me,}}
the
Holy
One
of
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}The
young
men
of
Babylon
will
fall
in
the
streets;
\par }{\QB all
their
soldiers
will
be
killed
in
one
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}{\ADD{
I,}}
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
say
this:
\par }{\QB ‘You
arrogant/proud
people,
\par }{\Q it
is
now
the
time;
\par }{\QB it
is
the
time [DOU]
when
I
will
punish
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}{\ADD{
Your
land
is
full
of}}
proud
people,
\par }{\QB but
you
will
stumble
and
fall,
\par }{\Q and
no
one
will
lift
you
up
{\ADD{
again}}.
\par }{\Q I
will
light
a
fire
in
the
cities
in
Babylonia
\par }{\QB that
will
burn
up
everything
that
is
nearby.’
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\ADD{
I}},
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
also
say
this:
\par }{\Q ‘The
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
were ◄oppressed/treated
cruelly►;
\par }{\QB those
who
captured
them
guarded
them
carefully
and
would
not
allow
them
to
leave
{\ADD{
Babylon}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}But
I
am
strong,
and
I
will
free
them.
\par }{\QB I
am
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels;
\par }{\Q I
will
defend
my
people
\par }{\QB and
enable
them
{\ADD{
to
return
to}}
their
land
where
they
will
have
peace,
\par }{\Q but
the
people
of
Babylonia
will
not
have
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{35}{\ADD{
I
will
send
enemy
soldiers
carrying}}
swords [PRS]
to
strike
the
people
of
Babylonia;
\par }{\QB they
will
strike
the
officials
and
wise
men
\par }{\QB and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
who
live
in
Babylon.
\par }{\Q \VS{36}They
will
strike
their
false
prophets
with
swords
\par }{\QB and
they
will
become
foolish.
\par }{\Q They
will
strike
the
{\ADD{
strongest}}
warriors
of
Babylonia,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
all
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}They
will
strike
their
horses
and
chariots
\par }{\QB and
the
foreigners
who
are
in
the
army
of
Babylonia,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
{\ADD{
all}}
become
{\ADD{
as
weak}}
as [MET]
women.
\par }{\Q They
will
seize [MTY]
all
the
valuable
things
there
in
Babylon
\par }{\QB and
take
them
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}{\ADD{
I
}}will
cause
the
streams
to
become
dry.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
do
all
those
things}}
because
the
{\ADD{
entire}}
land
{\ADD{
of
Babylonia}}
is
filled
with
idols,
\par }{\QB and
those
{\ADD{
horrible}}
idols
have
caused
the
people
{\ADD{
who
worship
them}}
to
become crazy.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{39}{\ADD{
Soon
only}}
hyenas
and
{\ADD{
other}}
wild
creatures
will
live
there;
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
a
place
where
owls
live.
\par }{\Q People
will
never
live
there
again;
\par }{\QB it
will
be
uninhabited
forever [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{40}{\ADD{
I
will
destroy
Babylon}}
like
I
destroyed
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and
the
nearby
towns;
\par }{\QB no
one
will
{\ADD{
ever}}
live
there
{\ADD{
again}} [DOU].
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{41}Look!
A
{\ADD{
great}}
army
will
come
from
the
north.
\par }{\QB A
great
nation
far
away
with
many
kings
is
preparing
{\ADD{
to
attack
you
people
of
Babylon}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{42}Their
{\ADD{
army}}
has
bows
{\ADD{
and
arrows}}
and
spears;
\par }{\QB they
are
{\ADD{
very}}
cruel,
and
do
not
act mercifully
{\ADD{
to
anyone}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
As}}
they
ride
along
on
{\ADD{
their}}
horses,
\par }{\QB the
sound
of
the
horses’
hooves
is
like [SIM]
the
roaring
of
the
ocean
{\ADD{
waves}};
\par }{\Q they
are
riding
in
battle
formation
\par }{\QB to
attack
you,
you
people
of
Babylon.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{43}The
King
of
Babylon
says,
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
I}}
have
heard
reports
about
the
enemy
{\ADD{
approaching}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so
I
am
very
frightened,
with
the
result
that}}
I
am
weak.
\par }{\Q I
am
{\ADD{
very
fearful,
and}}
anguished/worried,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
a
woman
who
is
about
to
give
birth
to
a
baby.”
\par }{\Q \VS{44}I,
{\ADD{
Yahweh}},
will
come
to
Babylon
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
like
a
lion
comes
out
of
the jungle
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
leaps
on
the
sheep
that
are
eating}}
the
good pastureland.
\par }{\Q I
will
quickly
chase
the
people
of
Babylonia
from
their
land.
\par }{\QB And
{\ADD{
then}}
I
will
appoint
for
them
{\ADD{
a
leader}}
whom
I
will
choose;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
do
that}}
because
there
is
no
one [RHQ]
like
me
who
can
say
that
what
I
have
done
is
not
right.
\par }{\QB No
ruler
can [RHQ]
oppose
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{45}Listen
to
what
I
have
planned
to
do
to
the
people
of
Babylon
{\ADD{
city}}
and
the
rest
of
Babylonia:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
even}}
the
little
children
will
be
dragged
away,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
completely
destroy
the
people [MET]
who
live
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{46}When
Babylon
is
destroyed,
the
noise
will
be
extremely
loud,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
the
earth
will
shake,
\par }{\Q and
the
wailing
of
the
people
will
be
heard
by
the
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations.’ ”

\par }\Chap{51}{\SH Babylon will be destroyed
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q “I
will inspire/motivate
{\ADD{
an
army}}
to
destroy
Babylon
{\ADD{
like
a
powerful}}
wind [MET],
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
also}}
to
destroy
the
people
of
Babylonia.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}I
will
send
a
foreign
army
to
come
to
get
rid
of
Babylonia
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
like
a
strong
wind}}
that
blows
away
chaff.
\par }{\Q They
will
attack
from
every
direction
\par }{\QB on
that
day
of
disaster.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
I
will
tell
them,}} ‘Do
not
allow
the
archers
{\ADD{
of
Babylon}}
to
{\ADD{
have
time
to}}
put
on
their
armor
\par }{\QB or
draw
their
bows.
\par }{\Q Do
not
spare
the
young
men
of
Babylon.
\par }{\QB Completely
destroy
their
army.’
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their
soldiers
will
fall
dead
in
Babylonia;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
they
will
die
after
being}}
wounded
in
the
streets.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
I,}}
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the Israelis’
God,
have
not
abandoned
Israel
and
Judah.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Even
though}}
their
land
was
full
of
people
who
sinned
against
{\ADD{
me}},
the
Holy
God
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB I
am
still
their
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
You
people
of
Israel
and
Judah,}}
flee
from
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Run
away
from
there!
\par }{\Q Do
not
stay
there
and
be
killed
when
I
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Babylon}}!
\par }{\Q It
will
be
the
time
when
I
will
get
revenge;
\par }{\QB I
will
do
to
them
what
they
deserve.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Babylon
has
been
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
gold
cup
in
my
hand,
{\ADD{
a
cup
that
is
full
of
wine}}
\par }{\QB that
caused
people
all
over
the
earth
{\ADD{
who
drank
some
of
it
to
become}}
drunk.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
the
{\ADD{
rulers
of}}
the
nations
drank
the
wine
from
Babylon,
\par }{\QB and
it
caused
them
to
become crazy.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}But
suddenly
Babylon
will
be
conquered.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
You
foreigners
who
live
in
Babylon,}}
weep
for
its
people.
\par }{\Q Give
them
medicine
for
their
wounds;
\par }{\QB perhaps
they
can
be
healed.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}We
{\ADD{
foreigners}}
would
have
{\ADD{
tried
to}}
heal
them,
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
now}}
they
cannot
be
healed.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So
we
will
not
try
to
help
them;}}
we
will
abandon
them,
\par }{\QB and
return
to
our
own
lands,
\par }{\Q because
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
the
punishment
they
are
receiving
is
so
great
that
it
reaches
up
to
the
clouds
in
sky,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so
great
that
no
one
can
measure
it}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Yahweh
has ◄vindicated
us/shown
that
we
were
right►;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
so}}
let’s
proclaim
in
Jerusalem
everything
that
Yahweh
our
God
has
done
{\ADD{
for
us}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
You
enemy
soldiers,}}
sharpen
your
arrows!
\par }{\QB Lift
up
your
shields,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
because}}
Yahweh
has
incited
your
kings
of
Media
{\ADD{
and
Persia
to
march
with
their
armies}}
to
Babylon
and
to
destroy
it.
\par }{\QB That
is
how
Yahweh
will
get
revenge
on
{\ADD{
those
foreigners
who
entered}}
his
temple
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
and
defiled
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Lift
up
a
battle
flag
close
to
the
walls
of
Babylon!
\par }{\QB ◄Reinforce
the/Appoint
more►
guards,
\par }{\Q and
tell
the
watchmen
to
stand
{\ADD{
in
their
positions}}!
\par }{\Q Prepare
an
ambush,
\par }{\QB because
Yahweh
is
about
to
accomplish
all
that
he
has
planned
to
do
to
the
people
of
Babylon.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Babylon
is
{\ADD{
a
city}}
near
the
great
{\ADD{
Euphrates}}
River,
\par }{\QB a
city
in
which
there
are
many
rich
people,
\par }{\Q but
it
is
time
for
Babylon
to
be
finished;
\par }{\QB the
time
{\ADD{
for
the
city}}
to exist
is
ended.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
has
solemnly
promised,
using
his
own
name,
\par }{\Q “Your
cities
will
be
filled
with
your
enemies;
\par }{\QB I
will
cause
them
to
be
like [SIM]
a
swarm
of
locusts;
\par }{\QB and
they
will
shout
triumphantly
{\ADD{
when
they
conquer
your
city}}.”
\par }{\SH A
song
to
praise
Yahweh
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Yahweh
created
the
earth
by
his
power;
\par }{\QB he
established
it
by
his
wisdom,
\par }{\QB and
he
stretched
out
the
sky
by
his
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}When
he
speaks
loudly,
there
is
thunder
in
the
sky;
\par }{\QB he
causes
clouds
to
form
in
every
part
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q He
sends
lightning
with
the
rain
\par }{\QB and
releases
the
winds
from
his
storehouses.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}People
are
senseless,
and
they
know
very
little [HYP];
\par }{\Q those
who
make
idols
are
{\ADD{
always}}
disappointed,
\par }{\QB because
their
idols
{\ADD{
do
nothing
for
them}}.
\par }{\Q The
images/statues
that
they
make
are
not real
{\ADD{
gods}};
\par }{\QB they
are lifeless.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Idols
are
worthless;
they
deserve
to
be ridiculed;
\par }{\QB there
will
be
a
time
when
they
will
{\ADD{
all}}
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}But
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
is
not
like
those
{\ADD{
idols}};
\par }{\QB he
is
the
one
who
created
everything
{\ADD{
that
exists}};
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
we}},
the
people
of
Israel,
belong
to
him;
\par }{\QB his
name
is ‘the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels’.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Yahweh
says
{\ADD{
about
the
army
of
Babylonia}} (OR,
{\ADD{
about
a
nation
that
will
attack
Babylonia)}},
\par }{\Q “You
have
been
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
my
battle-axe
and
war-club;
\par }{\Q with
your
{\ADD{
power}}
I
have
shattered
nations
\par }{\QB and
destroyed
{\ADD{
many}}
kingdoms.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}With
your
{\ADD{
power}}
I
have
shattered
armies
{\ADD{
of
other
nations}}:
\par }{\QB I
destroyed
{\ADD{
their}}
horses
and
their
riders,
{\ADD{
their}}
chariots
and
{\ADD{
their}} chariot-drivers.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}With
your
{\ADD{
power}}
I
shattered
men
and
women,
\par }{\QB old
people
and
children,
\par }{\QB young
men
and
young
women.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}With
your
{\ADD{
power}}
I
shattered
shepherds
and
their
flocks
{\ADD{
of
sheep}},
\par }{\QB farmers
and
their
oxen,
\par }{\QB governors
and
{\ADD{
their}}
officials.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{24}But,
Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
says,
\par }{\Q “{\ADD{
Soon}}
I
will
repay/punish
{\ADD{
you}}
people
in
Babylon
and
in
the
rest
of
Babylonia
\par }{\QB for
all
the
evil
things
that
you
have
done
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}{\ADD{
Babylonia
is}} [APO]
like [MET]
a
great
mountain
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
from
which
bandits
descend}}
to ◄plunder/steal
things
from►
people
all
over
the
earth.
\par }{\Q But
I,
Yahweh,
am
the
enemy
of
you
{\ADD{
people
of
Babylonia}}.
\par }{\QB I
will
raise
my
fist
to
strike
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
knock
you
down
from
the
cliffs
\par }{\QB and
cause
you
to
be
{\ADD{
only}}
a
huge
pile
of
burned
rubble.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Your
{\ADD{
city}}
will
be
abandoned
forever;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
even}}
the
stones
in
your
{\ADD{
city}}
will
never
{\ADD{
again}}
be
used
for
buildings.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Your
city
will
be
completely
destroyed}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{27}{\ADD{
Tell}}
the
nations
to
lift
up
a
battle
flag!
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Tell
them
to}}
shout
the battle-cry!
\par }{\Q Gather
all
their
armies
to
fight
against
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Prepare
the
nations
to
attack
Babylon.
\par }{\QB Summon
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
the
kingdoms
{\ADD{
north
of
Babylonia}}—from
Ararat,
Minni,
and
Ashkenaz.
\par }{\Q Appoint
a
commander
for
them,
\par }{\Q and
bring
{\ADD{
a
great
number
of}}
horses;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
there
must
be
a
huge
number
of
horses}};
that
{\ADD{
huge
number}}
will
resemble [SIM]
a
swarm
of
locusts.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Prepare
the
{\ADD{
armies
of
other
nations}},
\par }{\QB armies
that
will
be
led
by
the
kings
of
Media
{\ADD{
and
Persia}},
\par }{\QB their
governors
and
{\ADD{
their}}
officials.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
When
they
attack
Babylon,
it
will
be
as
though}}
the
earth
will
shake
and
writhe
{\ADD{
in
pain}},
\par }{\QB because
{\ADD{
those
armies}}
will
accomplish
everything
that
Yahweh
has
planned
to
do
to
Babylon;
\par }{\Q they
will
destroy
it
completely,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
no
one
will
live
there
{\ADD{
again}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}{\ADD{
When
their
enemies
attack}},
the
strongest
warriors
in
Babylon
will
not
fight.
\par }{\QB They
will
remain
in
their barracks,
without
any
strength.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
as
timid/weak
as [SIM]
women.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
The
enemy
soldiers}}
will
burn
the
buildings
in
the
city
\par }{\QB and
pull
down
the
bars
{\ADD{
of
the
city
gates}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Messengers
will
go
quickly,
one
after
another,
\par }{\QB to
tell
the
king
that
his
city
has
been
captured.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}The
places
at
which
people
can
cross
the
river
{\ADD{
to
escape
from
the
city}}
will
be
blocked.
\par }{\QB The
dry
reeds
in
the
marshes/swamps
will
be
set
on
fire,
\par }{\QB and
the
soldiers
of
Babylon
will
be
terrified.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{33}This
is
what
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
we}} Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says;
\par }{\Q “Babylon
is
like [SIM]
wheat
on
the
ground
where
it
is
about
to
be
threshed
\par }{\QB by
{\ADD{
animals}} tramping
on
it.
\par }{\QB Very
soon
{\ADD{
their
enemies}}
will
trample
on
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Babylon [MET].”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{34}{\ADD{
The
army
of}}
Nebuchadnezzar,
the
King
of
Babylon,
has
attacked
and
crushed
us
{\ADD{Israeli
people}},
\par }{\QB and
we
have
no
strength
{\ADD{
left}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
they
have
swallowed
us
like
a
{\ADD{
great}}
monster
\par }{\QB that
filled
its
belly
with
all
our
tasty
parts,
\par }{\QB and
then
has
spit
out
{\ADD{
what
it
did
not
like}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}{\ADD{
So}}
the
people
of [PRS]
Jerusalem
say
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}},
\par }{\Q “Cause
the
people
of
Babylon
to
suffer
\par }{\QB like
they
caused
us
to
suffer!
\par }{\Q Cause
the
people
of
Babylonia
to
be
punished
for
killing [MTY]
our
people!”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
will
get
revenge
on
Babylon
\par }{\PP \VS{36}And
this
is
what
Yahweh
replies
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem:
\par }{\Q “I
will
{\ADD{
be
like
your lawyer
to}}
defend
you,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
avenge
you.
\par }{\Q I
will
dry
up
the
river
in
Babylon
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
all}}
the
springs
of
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}Babylon
will
become
a
heap
of
ruins,
\par }{\QB a
place
where
jackals/wolves
live.
\par }{\Q It
will
become
a
place
that
people
are
horrified
about
and
will
ridicule;
\par }{\QB it
will
be
a
place
where
no
one
lives.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}The
people
of
Babylon
will
{\ADD{
all}}
roar
like
young
lions;
\par }{\QB they
will
growl
like
baby
lions.
\par }{\Q \VS{39}But
while
they
are
extremely
hungry,
\par }{\QB I
will
prepare
a
{\ADD{
different
kind
of}}
feast
for
them.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
will
cause
them
to
drink
wine
until
they
are
very
drunk,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
they
will
fall
asleep.
\par }{\Q But
they
will
never
wake
up
from
that
sleep!
\par }{\Q \VS{40}I
will
bring
them
down
to
a
place
where
they
will
be
slaughtered,
\par }{\QB like [SIM]
{\ADD{
someone
who
takes}}
lambs
or
rams
or
goats
{\ADD{
to
where
they
will
be
slaughtered
for
sacrifices}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{41}People
all
over
the
earth
{\ADD{
now}} ◄honor/praise►
Babylon;
\par }{\QB they
say
that
it
is
a
great
city.
\par }{\Q But
I
will
cause
it
to
become
a
{\ADD{
place
about
which
people
of
all}}
nations
are
horrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{42}The
{\ADD{
enemies
of
Babylon}}
will
cover
the
city
{\ADD{
like}}
huge
waves
of
the
sea [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{43}The
towns
in
Babylonia
will
become
ruins,
\par }{\QB Babylonia
will
become
a
dry
desert
area.
\par }{\Q It
will
be
a
land
in
which
no
one
lives
\par }{\QB and
which
no
one
walks
through.
\par }{\Q \VS{44}And
I
will
punish
Bel,
{\ADD{
the
god
that
the
people}}
of
Babylon
{\ADD{
worship}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
cause
the
people
to
give
back
what
they
have
stolen [MET].
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
People
of
other}}
nations
will
no
longer
come
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Bel.
\par }{\QB And
the
walls
of
Babylon
will
collapse.”
\par }{\SH A
message
for
the Israeli
people
\par }{\Q \VS{45}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
says,}} “My
people,
come
out
of
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Run
away
from
there!
\par }{\QB Run,
because
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
am
extremely
angry [MTY]
{\ADD{
with
the
people
of
Babylon,
and
I
will
get
rid
of
them}}!
\par }{\Q \VS{46}Do
not
be
discouraged/worried [IDM]
or
afraid
\par }{\QB when
you
hear
reports
{\ADD{
about
what
is happening
in
Babylon}}.
\par }{\Q People
will
report
rumors
like
that
every
year,
\par }{\QB rumors
about
violent
things
being
done
in
the
land,
\par }{\QB and
rumors
about
leaders
fighting
against
each
other.
\par }{\Q \VS{47}But
it
will
soon
be
the
time
for
me
to
get
rid
of
the
idols
in
Babylon.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
People
all
over}}
the
land
will
be
ashamed
{\ADD{
because
of
being
defeated}};
\par }{\QB and
the
corpses
of
their
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
will
lie
in
the
streets.
\par }{\Q \VS{48}Then
all
{\ADD{
the
angels
in}}
heaven
and
all
the
{\ADD{
people
on}} [PRS]
the
earth
will
rejoice,
\par }{\QB because
from
the
north
will
come
{\ADD{
armies}}
that
will
destroy
Babylon.
\par }{\Q \VS{49}Like
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
of
Babylon}}
killed
the
people
of
Israel
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
also}}
killed
others
all
over
the
world [HYP],
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Babylon
must
also
be
killed.
\par }{\Q \VS{50}You
{\ADD{Israeli
people}}
who
have
not
been
killed [MTY],
get
out
of
Babylon!
\par }{\QB Do
not
wait!
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Even
though
you
are
in
a
land}}
far
away
{\ADD{
from
Israel}},
\par }{\QB think
about
Yahweh,
and
think
about
Jerusalem!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{51}{\ADD{
The Israeli
people
say}},
\par }{\QB “We
are
ashamed.
\par }{\Q We
are
completely
disgraced [DOU],
\par }{\QB because
foreigners
have
entered
Yahweh’s
temple
{\ADD{
and ◄defiled
it/caused
it
to
become unfit
for
worship►}}.”
\par }{\Q \VS{52}Yahweh
replies, “{\ADD{
That
is
true}},
but
there
will
soon
be
a
time
when
I
will
destroy
the
idols
in
Babylon,
\par }{\QB and
throughout
Babylonia
there
will
be
wounded
people
who
will
groan.
\par }{\Q \VS{53}Even
if
{\ADD{
the
walls
around}}
Babylon
could
extend
up
to
the
sky,
\par }{\QB and
if
its
walls/fortifications
were
extremely
strong,
\par }{\Q I
will
send
{\ADD{
armies}}
that
will
destroy
the
city.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I,}}
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\SH Babylon
will
be
completely
destroyed
\par }{\Q \VS{54}Listen
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Babylon
crying
{\ADD{
for
help}}!
\par }{\QB And
listen
to
the
sounds
of
things
being
destroyed
all
over
Babylonia!
\par }{\Q \VS{55}Yahweh
will
be
destroying
Babylon.
\par }{\QB He
will
cause
the
loud noises
in
the
city
to
cease.
\par }{\Q \VS{56}Enemy
troops
will
surge
against
the
city
like [SIM]
a
great
wave.
\par }{\QB They
will
capture
the city’s
mighty
soldiers
\par }{\QB and
break
their
weapons.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
happen}}
because
Yahweh
is
a
God
who
punishes
{\ADD{
his
enemies}}
justly;
\par }{\QB he
will
punish
them
as
they
deserve.
\par }{\PP \VS{57}The
king,
the
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
says,
\par }{\Q “I
will
cause
the
city
officials
and
wise
men,
the
army
captains
and
soldiers
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}
to
become
drunk.
\par }{\QB They
will
fall
asleep,
\par }{\QB but
they
will
never
wake
up
{\ADD{
again}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{58}Yahweh
also
says,
\par }{\Q “The
thick
walls
around
Babylon
will
be
flattened
to
the
ground.
\par }{\QB The
city
gates
will
be
burned.
\par }{\Q People
{\ADD{
from
other
countries}}
will
work
hard
{\ADD{
to
save
the
city}},
\par }{\QB but
it
will
be ◄in
vain/useless►,
\par }{\QB because
everything
{\ADD{
that
they
have
built}}
will
be
destroyed
by
fire.”
\par }{\SH Jeremiah’s
message
was
taken
to
Babylon
\par }{\PP \VS{59}Seraiah
was
the
man
who
made
arrangements
for
the
King
of
Babylon
{\ADD{
whenever
he
traveled}}.
He
was
the
son
of Neraiah
and
grandson
of
Mahseiah.
When
he
was
about
to
go
to
Babylon
with
King
Zedekiah,
after
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
Judah
for
almost
four
years,
the
prophet
Jeremiah
gave
him
a
message.
\VS{60}Jeremiah
had
written
on
a
scroll
a
list
of
all
the
disasters
that
he
had
written
about,
disasters
that
would
soon
occur
in
Babylon.
\VS{61}He
said
to
Seraiah, “When
you
arrive
in
Babylon,
read
{\ADD{
aloud}}
everything
that
I
have
written
{\ADD{
on
this
scroll}}.
\VS{62}Then
pray, ‘Yahweh,
you
said
that
you
will
thoroughly
destroy
Babylon,
with
the
result
that
people
and
animals
will
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
live
there.
You
said
that
it
will
be
desolate
forever.’
\VS{63}{\ADD{
Then}},
when
you
have
finished
reading
{\ADD{
what
I
have
written
on}}
the
scroll,
tie
it
to
a
{\ADD{
heavy}}
stone
and
throw
it
into
the
Euphrates
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{64}Then
say, ‘In
the
same
way,
Babylon
{\ADD{
and
its
people}}
will
disappear
and
never exist
again,
because
of
the
disasters
that
Yahweh
will
cause
to
occur there’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP That
is
the
end
of
Jeremiah’s
messages.

\par }\Chap{52}{\SH Zedekiah tried to flee from Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Zedekiah
was
twenty-one
years
old
when
he
became
the
King
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}.
He
ruled
in
Jerusalem
for
eleven
years.
His
mother
was
Hamutal,
the
daughter
of
{\ADD{
a
man
named}}
Jeremiah
from
Libnah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{2}Zedekiah
did
{\ADD{
many}}
things
that
Yahweh
says
are
evil,
like
{\ADD{
his
father}}
Jehoiakim
had
done.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
The
events
that
are summarized
here
happened}}
because
Yahweh
was
angry
with
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem
and
{\ADD{
of
other
places
in}}
Judah,
and
finally
he ◄exiled
them/forced
them
to
go
to
other
countries►
{\ADD{
and
said
that
he
did
not
want
to
have
anything
to
do
with}}
them
anymore.
\par }{\PP Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
So,}}
on January 15,
when
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
for
almost
nine
years,
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
led
his
entire
army
to
attack
Jerusalem.
They
surrounded
the
city
and
built
dirt
ramps
up
to
the
top
of
the
city
walls
{\ADD{
to
enable
them
to
attack
the
city}}.
\VS{5}They
continued
to
surround
Jerusalem
until
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
for
almost
eleven
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
Zedekiah
had
been
ruling
for
almost
eleven
years,
by July 18
of
that
year,
the ◄famine/lack
of
food►
in
the
city
had
become
very
severe,
and
there
was
no
{\ADD{
more}}
food
for
the
people
{\ADD{
to
eat}}.
\VS{7}Then
{\ADD{
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia}}
broke
through
{\ADD{
a
section
of}}
the
city
wall,
and
all
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
soldiers
fled.
But
because
the
city
was
surrounded
by
soldiers
from
Babylonia,
{\ADD{
Zedekiah
and
the Israeli}}
soldiers
{\ADD{
waited
until}}
it
became
dark.
Then
they
left
the
city
through
the
gate
between
the
two
walls
behind
the
king’s
garden.
Then
they
ran towards
the
Jordan
River
Valley.
\VS{8}But
the
soldiers
of
Babylonia
pursued
King
Zedekiah,
and
they
caught
up
with
him
on
the
plains
near
Jericho.
{\ADD{
He
was
alone
because}}
all
his
men
had
deserted
him
and
had
scattered.
\VS{9}The
soldiers
of
Babylonia
took
him
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
who
was
at
Riblah
in
the
Hamath
{\ADD{
region}}.
There
the
king
of
Babylon
told
{\ADD{
his
soldiers
what}}
they
should
do
to
punish
Zedekiah.
\VS{10}They
forced
Zedekiah
to
watch
while
they
killed
his
sons
and
all
the
officials
from
Judah.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
Then}}
they
gouged
out
Zedekiah’s
eyes.
They
fastened
him
with
bronze
chains
and
took
him
to
Babylon.
They
put
him
in
a
prison,
and
he
remained
there
until
the
day
that
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}On August 17
of
that
year,
which
was
when
King
Nebuchadnezzar
had
been
ruling
for
almost 19
years,
Nebuzaradan,
who
was
the
captain
of
the
king’s bodyguards
and
one
of
the
king’s
officials,
arrived
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}He
{\ADD{
commanded
his
soldiers
to}}
burn
down
the
temple
of
Yahweh,
the
king’s
palace,
and
all
the
houses
in
Jerusalem.
They
{\ADD{
also}}
destroyed
all
the
important
buildings
{\ADD{
in
the
city}}.
\VS{14}Then
he
supervised
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
while
they
tore
down
the
walls
on
all
sides
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{15}Then
Nebuzaradan ◄forced
to
go/exiled►
{\ADD{
to
Babylon}}
some
of
the
poorest
people,
those Israelis
who
had
said
they
would
support
the
king
of
Babylon,
the
rest
of
the
craftsmen,
and
other
people
who
had
remained
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{16}But
Nebuzaradan
allowed
some
of
the
very
poor
people
to
remain
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}
to
take
care
of
the
vineyards
and
fields.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
soldiers
from
Babylonia
broke
{\ADD{
into
pieces}}
the
{\ADD{
huge}}
bronze
pillars
that
were
in
front
of
the
temple,
and
the
{\ADD{
large}}
bronze
water tank,
and
the
{\ADD{
ten
bronze
water}}
carts,
and
they
took
all
the
bronze
to
Babylon.
\VS{18}They
also
took
away
the
basins
{\ADD{
for
holding
the
ashes
from
the
burned
sacrifices}},
the
shovels
{\ADD{
for cleaning
out
the
ashes}},
the
tools
for snuffing
out
the wicks
of
the
lamps,
the
basins
{\ADD{
for
holding
the
blood
of
the
sacrificed
animals}},
the
dishes
{\ADD{
for
incense}},
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
bronze
items
that
were
used
when
sacrifices
were
made
at
the
temple.
\VS{19}Nebuzaradan
also
{\ADD{
told
his
soldiers
to}}
take
away
the
small
bowls,
the
dishes
for
burning
incense,
the
basins,
pots,
lampstands,
bowls
{\ADD{
for
incense}},
and
the
bowls
used
for
pouring
out
the
wine
offerings.
They
took
all
the
other
items
that
were
made
of
pure
gold
or
silver.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
bronze
from
the
two
pillars,
the
{\ADD{
large
water}} tank
and
the
twelve
statues
of
oxen
that
were
beneath
it,
and
the
water
carts,
was
more/heavier
than
they
could
weigh.
Those
things
had
been
made
for
the
temple
during
the
time
that
Solomon
was
the
king.
\VS{21}Each
of
the
pillars
was ◄27
feet/8 meters►
tall
and ◄18
feet/5.5 meters►
around.
They
were
hollow,
and
each
had
sides/walls
that
were ◄3
in./8 cm.►
thick.
\VS{22}The
bronze
head
on
the
top
of
each
pillar
was ◄7-1/2
feet/over 2 meters►
high
and
was
decorated
all
around
with
a
bronze
{\ADD{
network
of
figures
that represented}}
pomegranates.
\VS{23}There
was
a
total
of 100
figures
of
pomegranates
on
the
network
at
the
top, 96
of
which
could
be
seen
from
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
Nebuzaradan
{\ADD{
returned
to
Babylon}},
he
took
{\ADD{
with
him
as
prisoners}}
Seraiah
the Supreme
Priest,
Zephaniah
who
was Seraiah’s
deputy,
and
the
three
men
who
guarded
the
entrances
{\ADD{
to
the
temple}}.
\VS{25}He
found
{\ADD{
some
other}}
people
who
were
{\ADD{
hiding}}
in
the
city.
{\ADD{
So}}
from
them
he
took
a
commander
of
the
army
{\ADD{
of
Judah}},
seven
of
the
king’s advisors,
the
army commander’s
chief
secretary
who
was
in
charge
of recruiting
{\ADD{
soldiers
for
the
army}},
and 60
{\ADD{
other}}
soldiers.
\VS{26}Nebuzaradan
took
them
all
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
{\ADD{
who
was
still}}
at
Riblah.
\VS{27}There
at
Riblah
in
the
Hamath
region,
the
king
of
Babylon
commanded
that
they
{\ADD{
all}}
be
executed.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
Many
of
the
people
of}}
Judah
were ◄forced
to
leave/exiled
from►
their
own
land.
\VS{28}The
number
of
people
who
were
captured
and
sent
to
Babylon
at
that
time,
when
Nebuchadnezzar
had
been
ruling
for
almost
seven
years,
was 3,023.
\VS{29}Then,
when
he
had
been
ruling
for
almost 18
years,
his
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
took 832
{\ADD{
more Israeli
people
to
Babylonia}}.
\VS{30}When
he
had
been
ruling
almost 23
years,
he
sent
Nebuzaradan
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem
again}},
and
he
brought
back 745
{\ADD{
more Israelis
to
Babylonia}}.
That
was
a
total
of 4,600 Israelis
{\ADD{
who
were
taken
to
Babylonia}}.
\par }{\SH Jehoiachin
was
released
from
prison
\par }{\PP \VS{31}After
King
Jehoiachin
of
Judah
had
been
in
prison
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}
for
almost
thirty-seven
years,
Evil-Merodach
became
the
king
of
Babylon.
He
was
kind
to
Jehoiachin
and
ordered
that
he
be
released
from
prison.
That
was
on
March 31
of
the
year
that
Evil-Merodach
became
king.
\VS{32}He
{\ADD{
always}}
spoke
kindly
to
Jehoiachin
and
gave
him
a
position
in
which
he
was
honored
more
than
{\ADD{
all}}
the
other
kings
{\ADD{
who
had
been
exiled/taken
to
Babylon}}.
\VS{33}He
{\ADD{
supplied
new
clothes}}
for
Jehoiachin,
to
replace
the
clothes
that
he
had
been
wearing
in
prison.
{\ADD{
He
also
allowed}}
Jehoiachin
to
eat
with
him
every
day,
all
during
the
rest
of
his
life.
\VS{34}Every
day,
the
King
{\ADD{
of
Babylon}}
gave
him
some
money
{\ADD{
to
buy
the
things
that
he
needed.
That
continued}}
until
the
day
that
Jehoiachin
died.
\par }