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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, KING JAMES, BOOK 24 ***
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+Book 24        Jeremiah
+
+24:001:001 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that
+           were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
+
+24:001:002 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the
+           son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his
+           reign.
+
+24:001:003 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
+           of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the
+           son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of
+           Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
+
+24:001:004 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
+
+24:001:005 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou
+           camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained
+           thee a prophet unto the nations.
+
+24:001:006 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a
+           child.
+
+24:001:007 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou
+           shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I
+           command thee thou shalt speak.
+
+24:001:008 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver
+           thee, saith the LORD.
+
+24:001:009 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And
+           the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy
+           mouth.
+
+24:001:010 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the
+           kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and
+           to throw down, to build, and to plant.
+
+24:001:011 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,
+           what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
+
+24:001:012 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will
+           hasten my word to perform it.
+
+24:001:013 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
+           What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the
+           face thereof is toward the north.
+
+24:001:014 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall
+           break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
+
+24:001:015 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the
+           north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set
+           every one his throne at the entering of the gates of
+           Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and
+           against all the cities of Judah.
+
+24:001:016 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their
+           wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
+           other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
+
+24:001:017 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto
+           them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces,
+           lest I confound thee before them.
+
+24:001:018 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an
+           iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against
+           the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the
+           priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
+
+24:001:019 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail
+           against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver
+           thee.
+
+24:002:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
+
+24:002:002 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the
+           LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of
+           thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness,
+           in a land that was not sown.
+
+24:002:003 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his
+           increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come
+           upon them, saith the LORD.
+
+24:002:004 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the
+           families of the house of Israel:
+
+24:002:005 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in
+           me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after
+           vanity, and are become vain?
+
+24:002:006 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of
+           the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through
+           a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and
+           of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed
+           through, and where no man dwelt?
+
+24:002:007 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit
+           thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye
+           defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
+
+24:002:008 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle
+           the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me,
+           and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things
+           that do not profit.
+
+24:002:009 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with
+           your children's children will I plead.
+
+24:002:010 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto
+           Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a
+           thing.
+
+24:002:011 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but
+           my people have changed their glory for that which doth not
+           profit.
+
+24:002:012 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid,
+           be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
+
+24:002:013 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me
+           the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns,
+           broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
+
+24:002:014 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he
+           spoiled?
+
+24:002:015 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his
+           land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
+
+24:002:016 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown
+           of thy head.
+
+24:002:017 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast
+           forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
+
+24:002:018 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the
+           waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of
+           Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
+
+24:002:019 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings
+           shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil
+           thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God,
+           and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
+
+24:002:020 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands;
+           and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high
+           hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the
+           harlot.
+
+24:002:021 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how
+           then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange
+           vine unto me?
+
+24:002:022 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap,
+           yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
+
+24:002:023 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after
+           Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done:
+           thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
+
+24:002:024 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind
+           at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all
+           they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month
+           they shall find her.
+
+24:002:025 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from
+           thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have
+           loved strangers, and after them will I go.
+
+24:002:026 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of
+           Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their
+           priests, and their prophets.
+
+24:002:027 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou
+           hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto
+           me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they
+           will say, Arise, and save us.
+
+24:002:028 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them
+           arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for
+           according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
+
+24:002:029 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed
+           against me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:002:030 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no
+           correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a
+           destroying lion.
+
+24:002:031 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a
+           wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my
+           people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
+
+24:002:032 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my
+           people have forgotten me days without number.
+
+24:002:033 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou
+           also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
+
+24:002:034 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor
+           innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all
+           these.
+
+24:002:035 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall
+           turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou
+           sayest, I have not sinned.
+
+24:002:036 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also
+           shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
+
+24:002:037 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine
+           head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou
+           shalt not prosper in them.
+
+24:003:001 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and
+           become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall
+           not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the
+           harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:003:002 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou
+           hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them,
+           as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the
+           land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
+
+24:003:003 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath
+           been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou
+           refusedst to be ashamed.
+
+24:003:004 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art
+           the guide of my youth?
+
+24:003:005 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the
+           end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou
+           couldest.
+
+24:003:006 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king,
+           Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is
+           gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree,
+           and there hath played the harlot.
+
+24:003:007 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto
+           me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw
+           it.
+
+24:003:008 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
+           committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
+           divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went
+           and played the harlot also.
+
+24:003:009 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom,
+           that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones
+           and with stocks.
+
+24:003:010 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not
+           turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:003:011 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath
+           justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
+
+24:003:012 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,
+           thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause
+           mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the
+           LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
+
+24:003:013 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed
+           against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the
+           strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my
+           voice, saith the LORD.
+
+24:003:014 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married
+           unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a
+           family, and I will bring you to Zion:
+
+24:003:015 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which
+           shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
+
+24:003:016 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased
+           in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no
+           more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it
+           come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall
+           they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
+
+24:003:017 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD;
+           and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of
+           the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after
+           the imagination of their evil heart.
+
+24:003:018 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of
+           Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the
+           north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto
+           your fathers.
+
+24:003:019 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give
+           thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of
+           nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt
+           not turn away from me.
+
+24:003:020 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so
+           have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith
+           the LORD.
+
+24:003:021 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and
+           supplications of the children of Israel: for they have
+           perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their
+           God.
+
+24:003:022 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your
+           backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD
+           our God.
+
+24:003:023 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from
+           the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the
+           salvation of Israel.
+
+24:003:024 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our
+           youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their
+           daughters.
+
+24:003:025 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for
+           we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers,
+           from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the
+           voice of the LORD our God.
+
+24:004:001 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me:
+           and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
+           then shalt thou not remove.
+
+24:004:002 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment,
+           and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves
+           in him, and in him shall they glory.
+
+24:004:003 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem,
+           Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
+
+24:004:004 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins
+           of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem:
+           lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can
+           quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
+
+24:004:005 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow
+           ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say,
+           Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
+
+24:004:006 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will
+           bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
+
+24:004:007 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
+           Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to
+           make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,
+           without an inhabitant.
+
+24:004:008 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the
+           fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
+
+24:004:009 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that
+           the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the
+           princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets
+           shall wonder.
+
+24:004:010 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived
+           this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace;
+           whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
+
+24:004:011 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem,
+           A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the
+           daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
+
+24:004:012 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now
+           also will I give sentence against them.
+
+24:004:013 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be
+           as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto
+           us! for we are spoiled.
+
+24:004:014 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou
+           mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within
+           thee?
+
+24:004:015 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from
+           mount Ephraim.
+
+24:004:016 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against
+           Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out
+           their voice against the cities of Judah.
+
+24:004:017 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about;
+           because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:004:018 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee;
+           this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it
+           reacheth unto thine heart.
+
+24:004:019 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart
+           maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou
+           hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of
+           war.
+
+24:004:020 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is
+           spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a
+           moment.
+
+24:004:021 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the
+           trumpet?
+
+24:004:022 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are
+           sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are
+           wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
+
+24:004:023 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void;
+           and the heavens, and they had no light.
+
+24:004:024 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the
+           hills moved lightly.
+
+24:004:025 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the
+           heavens were fled.
+
+24:004:026 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and
+           all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the
+           LORD, and by his fierce anger.
+
+24:004:027 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;
+           yet will I not make a full end.
+
+24:004:028 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be
+           black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will
+           not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
+
+24:004:029 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and
+           bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the
+           rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell
+           therein.
+
+24:004:030 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou
+           clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with
+           ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting,
+           in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise
+           thee, they will seek thy life.
+
+24:004:031 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the
+           anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the
+           voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that
+           spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is
+           wearied because of murderers.
+
+24:005:001 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
+           now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can
+           find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that
+           seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
+
+24:005:002 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear
+           falsely.
+
+24:005:003 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken
+           them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but
+           they have refused to receive correction: they have made their
+           faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
+
+24:005:004 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for
+           they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their
+           God.
+
+24:005:005 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them;
+           for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of
+           their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and
+           burst the bonds.
+
+24:005:006 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf
+           of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over
+           their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in
+           pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their
+           backslidings are increased.
+
+24:005:007 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken
+           me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to
+           the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled
+           themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
+
+24:005:008 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed
+           after his neighbour's wife.
+
+24:005:009 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall
+           not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+
+24:005:010 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end:
+           take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
+
+24:005:011 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
+           treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:005:012 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither
+           shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor
+           famine:
+
+24:005:013 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in
+           them: thus shall it be done unto them.
+
+24:005:014 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak
+           this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and
+           this people wood, and it shall devour them.
+
+24:005:015 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of
+           Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an
+           ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not,
+           neither understandest what they say.
+
+24:005:016 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
+
+24:005:017 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy
+           sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy
+           flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy
+           fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein
+           thou trustedst, with the sword.
+
+24:005:018 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a
+           full end with you.
+
+24:005:019 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth
+           the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou
+           answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange
+           gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that
+           is not your's.
+
+24:005:020 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
+           saying,
+
+24:005:021 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding;
+           which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
+
+24:005:022 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my
+           presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea
+           by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the
+           waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail;
+           though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
+
+24:005:023 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they
+           are revolted and gone.
+
+24:005:024 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our
+           God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his
+           season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the
+           harvest.
+
+24:005:025 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
+           have withholden good things from you.
+
+24:005:026 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he
+           that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
+
+24:005:027 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of
+           deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
+
+24:005:028 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds
+           of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the
+           fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do
+           they not judge.
+
+24:005:029 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not
+           my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+
+24:005:030 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
+
+24:005:031 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by
+           their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will
+           ye do in the end thereof?
+
+24:006:001 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of
+           the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set
+           up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of
+           the north, and great destruction.
+
+24:006:002 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate
+           woman.
+
+24:006:003 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they
+           shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall
+           feed every one in his place.
+
+24:006:004 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.
+           Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the
+           evening are stretched out.
+
+24:006:005 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
+
+24:006:006 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and
+           cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be
+           visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
+
+24:006:007 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her
+           wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me
+           continually is grief and wounds.
+
+24:006:008 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from
+           thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
+
+24:006:009 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the
+           remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a
+           grapegatherer into the baskets.
+
+24:006:010 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?
+           behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken:
+           behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they
+           have no delight in it.
+
+24:006:011 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with
+           holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and
+           upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband
+           with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full
+           of days.
+
+24:006:012 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their
+           fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon
+           the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
+
+24:006:013 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them
+           every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even
+           unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
+
+24:006:014 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people
+           slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
+
+24:006:015 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,
+           they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
+           therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time
+           that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
+
+24:006:016 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask
+           for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,
+           and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will
+           not walk therein.
+
+24:006:017 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of
+           the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
+
+24:006:018 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is
+           among them.
+
+24:006:019 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people,
+           even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not
+           hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
+
+24:006:020 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the
+           sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not
+           acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
+
+24:006:021 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay
+           stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the
+           sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his
+           friend shall perish.
+
+24:006:022 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north
+           country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of
+           the earth.
+
+24:006:023 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have
+           no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon
+           horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter
+           of Zion.
+
+24:006:024 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish
+           hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
+
+24:006:025 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the
+           sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
+
+24:006:026 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow
+           thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most
+           bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon
+           us.
+
+24:006:027 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people,
+           that thou mayest know and try their way.
+
+24:006:028 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they
+           are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
+
+24:006:029 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the
+           founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
+
+24:006:030 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath
+           rejected them.
+
+24:007:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
+
+24:007:002 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this
+           word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah,
+           that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
+
+24:007:003 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your
+           ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this
+           place.
+
+24:007:004 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD,
+           The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
+
+24:007:005 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye
+           throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
+
+24:007:006 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
+           and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after
+           other gods to your hurt:
+
+24:007:007 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that
+           I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
+
+24:007:008 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
+
+24:007:009 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely,
+           and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye
+           know not;
+
+24:007:010 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by
+           my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these
+           abominations?
+
+24:007:011 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of
+           robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:007:012 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set
+           my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the
+           wickedness of my people Israel.
+
+24:007:013 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD,
+           and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye
+           heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
+
+24:007:014 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my
+           name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you
+           and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
+
+24:007:015 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all
+           your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
+
+24:007:016 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry
+           nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I
+           will not hear thee.
+
+24:007:017 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the
+           streets of Jerusalem?
+
+24:007:018 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and
+           the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of
+           heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that
+           they may provoke me to anger.
+
+24:007:019 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not
+           provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
+
+24:007:020 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my
+           fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon
+           beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of
+           the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
+
+24:007:021 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your
+           burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
+
+24:007:022 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the
+           day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
+           burnt offerings or sacrifices:
+
+24:007:023 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I
+           will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in
+           all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well
+           unto you.
+
+24:007:024 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in
+           the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and
+           went backward, and not forward.
+
+24:007:025 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of
+           Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants
+           the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
+
+24:007:026 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but
+           hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
+
+24:007:027 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they
+           will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but
+           they will not answer thee.
+
+24:007:028 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth
+           not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction:
+           truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
+
+24:007:029 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up
+           a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and
+           forsaken the generation of his wrath.
+
+24:007:030 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith
+           the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which
+           is called by my name, to pollute it.
+
+24:007:031 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the
+           valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their
+           daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither
+           came it into my heart.
+
+24:007:032 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it
+           shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of
+           Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in
+           Tophet, till there be no place.
+
+24:007:033 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of
+           the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall
+           fray them away.
+
+24:007:034 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from
+           the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of
+           gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the
+           bride: for the land shall be desolate.
+
+24:008:001 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones
+           of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the
+           bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the
+           bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
+
+24:008:002 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and
+           all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they
+           have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they
+           have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be
+           gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face
+           of the earth.
+
+24:008:003 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue
+           of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all
+           the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of
+           hosts.
+
+24:008:004 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall
+           they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
+
+24:008:005 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a
+           perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to
+           return.
+
+24:008:006 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man
+           repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
+           every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the
+           battle.
+
+24:008:007 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and
+           the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of
+           their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
+
+24:008:008 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with
+           us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes
+           is in vain.
+
+24:008:009 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo,
+           they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in
+           them?
+
+24:008:010 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their
+           fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the
+           least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from
+           the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
+
+24:008:011 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people
+           slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
+
+24:008:012 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,
+           they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
+           therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of
+           their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
+
+24:008:013 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no
+           grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf
+           shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass
+           away from them.
+
+24:008:014 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter
+           into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the
+           LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of
+           gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
+
+24:008:015 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of
+           health, and behold trouble!
+
+24:008:016 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land
+           trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for
+           they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in
+           it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
+
+24:008:017 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you,
+           which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:008:018 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint
+           in me.
+
+24:008:019 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people
+           because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD
+           in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to
+           anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
+
+24:008:020 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not
+           saved.
+
+24:008:021 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am
+           black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
+
+24:008:022 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why
+           then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
+
+24:009:001 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
+           tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the
+           daughter of my people!
+
+24:009:002 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring
+           men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they
+           be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
+
+24:009:003 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they
+           are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed
+           from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:009:004 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in
+           any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and
+           every neighbour will walk with slanders.
+
+24:009:005 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not
+           speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies,
+           and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
+
+24:009:006 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit
+           they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:009:007 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt
+           them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my
+           people?
+
+24:009:008 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one
+           speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
+           heart he layeth his wait.
+
+24:009:009 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall
+           not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+
+24:009:010 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and
+           for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because
+           they are burned up, so that none can pass through them;
+           neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of
+           the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
+
+24:009:011 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I
+           will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
+
+24:009:012 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he
+           to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare
+           it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a
+           wilderness, that none passeth through?
+
+24:009:013 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I
+           set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked
+           therein;
+
+24:009:014 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and
+           after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
+
+24:009:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and
+           give them water of gall to drink.
+
+24:009:016 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they
+           nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after
+           them, till I have consumed them.
+
+24:009:017 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the
+           mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning
+           women, that they may come:
+
+24:009:018 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that
+           our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out
+           with waters.
+
+24:009:019 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we
+           spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken
+           the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
+
+24:009:020 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear
+           receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters
+           wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
+
+24:009:021 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our
+           palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young
+           men from the streets.
+
+24:009:022 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall
+           fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the
+           harvestman, and none shall gather them.
+
+24:009:023 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
+           neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the
+           rich man glory in his riches:
+
+24:009:024 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth
+           and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise
+           lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for
+           in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
+
+24:009:025 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all
+           them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
+
+24:009:026 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and
+           Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in
+           the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and
+           all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
+
+24:010:001 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of
+           Israel:
+
+24:010:002 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be
+           not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are
+           dismayed at them.
+
+24:010:003 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree
+           out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with
+           the axe.
+
+24:010:004 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
+           nails and with hammers, that it move not.
+
+24:010:005 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must
+           needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them;
+           for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do
+           good.
+
+24:010:006 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art
+           great, and thy name is great in might.
+
+24:010:007 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth
+           it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the
+           nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto
+           thee.
+
+24:010:008 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a
+           doctrine of vanities.
+
+24:010:009 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold
+           from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the
+           founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the
+           work of cunning men.
+
+24:010:010 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an
+           everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and
+           the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
+
+24:010:011 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the
+           heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth,
+           and from under these heavens.
+
+24:010:012 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
+           world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
+           discretion.
+
+24:010:013 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in
+           the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
+           ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and
+           bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
+
+24:010:014 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is
+           confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is
+           falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
+
+24:010:015 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their
+           visitation they shall perish.
+
+24:010:016 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of
+           all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD
+           of hosts is his name.
+
+24:010:017 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the
+           fortress.
+
+24:010:018 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the
+           inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them,
+           that they may find it so.
+
+24:010:019 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly
+           this is a grief, and I must bear it.
+
+24:010:020 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my
+           children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none
+           to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
+
+24:010:021 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the
+           LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks
+           shall be scattered.
+
+24:010:022 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion
+           out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah
+           desolate, and a den of dragons.
+
+24:010:023 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is
+           not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
+
+24:010:024 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger,
+           lest thou bring me to nothing.
+
+24:010:025 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and
+           upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have
+           eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have
+           made his habitation desolate.
+
+24:011:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying,
+
+24:011:002 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of
+           Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
+
+24:011:003 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;
+           Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
+
+24:011:004 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them
+           forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying,
+           Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command
+           you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
+
+24:011:005 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your
+           fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as
+           it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
+
+24:011:006 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the
+           cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear
+           ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
+
+24:011:007 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I
+           brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day,
+           rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
+
+24:011:008 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every
+           one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will
+           bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I
+           commanded them to do: but they did them not.
+
+24:011:009 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men
+           of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+
+24:011:010 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,
+           which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods
+           to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have
+           broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
+
+24:011:011 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon
+           them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they
+           shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
+
+24:011:012 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem
+           go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but
+           they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
+
+24:011:013 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O
+           Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem
+           have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to
+           burn incense unto Baal.
+
+24:011:014 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry
+           or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that
+           they cry unto me for their trouble.
+
+24:011:015 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath
+           wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from
+           thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
+
+24:011:016 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of
+           goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled
+           fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
+
+24:011:017 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil
+           against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the
+           house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to
+           provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
+
+24:011:018 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it:
+           then thou shewedst me their doings.
+
+24:011:019 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the
+           slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices
+           against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit
+           thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living,
+           that his name may be no more remembered.
+
+24:011:020 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest
+           the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for
+           unto thee have I revealed my cause.
+
+24:011:021 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that
+           seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD,
+           that thou die not by our hand:
+
+24:011:022 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish
+           them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and
+           their daughters shall die by famine:
+
+24:011:023 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil
+           upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
+
+24:012:001 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me
+           talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the
+           wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very
+           treacherously?
+
+24:012:002 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,
+           yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and
+           far from their reins.
+
+24:012:003 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried
+           mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the
+           slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
+
+24:012:004 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field
+           wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the
+           beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He
+           shall not see our last end.
+
+24:012:005 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,
+           then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of
+           peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how
+           wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
+
+24:012:006 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they
+           have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a
+           multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair
+           words unto thee.
+
+24:012:007 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have
+           given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her
+           enemies.
+
+24:012:008 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth
+           out against me: therefore have I hated it.
+
+24:012:009 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round
+           about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the
+           field, come to devour.
+
+24:012:010 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my
+           portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a
+           desolate wilderness.
+
+24:012:011 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth
+           unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man
+           layeth it to heart.
+
+24:012:012 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the
+           wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the
+           one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no
+           flesh shall have peace.
+
+24:012:013 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put
+           themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be
+           ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the
+           LORD.
+
+24:012:014 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that
+           touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to
+           inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and
+           pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
+
+24:012:015 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out
+           I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring
+           them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his
+           land.
+
+24:012:016 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the
+           ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as
+           they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be
+           built in the midst of my people.
+
+24:012:017 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy
+           that nation, saith the LORD.
+
+24:013:001 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle,
+           and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
+
+24:013:002 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put
+           it on my loins.
+
+24:013:003 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
+
+24:013:004 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,
+           and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the
+           rock.
+
+24:013:005 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
+
+24:013:006 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto
+           me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence,
+           which I commanded thee to hide there.
+
+24:013:007 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from
+           the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was
+           marred, it was profitable for nothing.
+
+24:013:008 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
+
+24:013:009 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of
+           Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
+
+24:013:010 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in
+           the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to
+           serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle,
+           which is good for nothing.
+
+24:013:011 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I
+           caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the
+           whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto
+           me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a
+           glory: but they would not hear.
+
+24:013:012 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the
+           LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine:
+           and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that
+           every bottle shall be filled with wine?
+
+24:013:013 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
+           will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings
+           that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the
+           prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with
+           drunkenness.
+
+24:013:014 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and
+           the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare,
+           nor have mercy, but destroy them.
+
+24:013:015 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
+
+24:013:016 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and
+           before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while
+           ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and
+           make it gross darkness.
+
+24:013:017 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret
+           places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run
+           down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away
+           captive.
+
+24:013:018 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit
+           down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown
+           of your glory.
+
+24:013:019 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open
+           them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall
+           be wholly carried away captive.
+
+24:013:020 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:
+           where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
+
+24:013:021 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast
+           taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not
+           sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
+
+24:013:022 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things
+           upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts
+           discovered, and thy heels made bare.
+
+24:013:023 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
+           then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
+
+24:013:024 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away
+           by the wind of the wilderness.
+
+24:013:025 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith
+           the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in
+           falsehood.
+
+24:013:026 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy
+           shame may appear.
+
+24:013:027 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness
+           of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the
+           fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made
+           clean? when shall it once be?
+
+24:014:001 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the
+           dearth.
+
+24:014:002 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black
+           unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
+
+24:014:003 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters:
+           they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with
+           their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and
+           covered their heads.
+
+24:014:004 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the
+           earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
+
+24:014:005 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it,
+           because there was no grass.
+
+24:014:006 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed
+           up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there
+           was no grass.
+
+24:014:007 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it
+           for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have
+           sinned against thee.
+
+24:014:008 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble,
+           why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a
+           wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
+
+24:014:009 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that
+           cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we
+           are called by thy name; leave us not.
+
+24:014:010 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to
+           wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD
+           doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and
+           visit their sins.
+
+24:014:011 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their
+           good.
+
+24:014:012 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer
+           burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I
+           will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
+           pestilence.
+
+24:014:013 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,
+           Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but
+           I will give you assured peace in this place.
+
+24:014:014 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my
+           name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither
+           spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and
+           divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their
+           heart.
+
+24:014:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that
+           prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword
+           and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine
+           shall those prophets be consumed.
+
+24:014:016 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the
+           streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and
+           they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor
+           their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their
+           wickedness upon them.
+
+24:014:017 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes
+           run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for
+           the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great
+           breach, with a very grievous blow.
+
+24:014:018 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the
+           sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are
+           sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go
+           about into a land that they know not.
+
+24:014:019 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion?
+           why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we
+           looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of
+           healing, and behold trouble!
+
+24:014:020 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of
+           our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
+
+24:014:021 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the
+           throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
+
+24:014:022 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can
+           cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he,
+           O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou
+           hast made all these things.
+
+24:015:001 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood
+           before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast
+           them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
+
+24:015:002 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither
+           shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the
+           LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the
+           sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the
+           famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
+
+24:015:003 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the
+           sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the
+           heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
+
+24:015:004 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
+           earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah,
+           for that which he did in Jerusalem.
+
+24:015:005 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall
+           bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
+
+24:015:006 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
+           therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy
+           thee; I am weary with repenting.
+
+24:015:007 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I
+           will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since
+           they return not from their ways.
+
+24:015:008 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I
+           have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a
+           spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it
+           suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
+
+24:015:009 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the
+           ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath
+           been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I
+           deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
+
+24:015:010 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife
+           and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither
+           lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one
+           of them doth curse me.
+
+24:015:011 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant;
+           verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time
+           of evil and in the time of affliction.
+
+24:015:012 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
+
+24:015:013 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil
+           without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy
+           borders.
+
+24:015:014 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land
+           which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger,
+           which shall burn upon you.
+
+24:015:015 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge
+           me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering:
+           know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
+
+24:015:016 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was
+           unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called
+           by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
+
+24:015:017 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat
+           alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with
+           indignation.
+
+24:015:018 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which
+           refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a
+           liar, and as waters that fail?
+
+24:015:019 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I
+           bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou
+           take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my
+           mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto
+           them.
+
+24:015:020 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall:
+           and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail
+           against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver
+           thee, saith the LORD.
+
+24:015:021 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I
+           will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
+
+24:016:001 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
+
+24:016:002 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons
+           or daughters in this place.
+
+24:016:003 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the
+           daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their
+           mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that
+           begat them in this land;
+
+24:016:004 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;
+           neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon
+           the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the
+           sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the
+           fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
+
+24:016:005 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,
+           neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my
+           peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness
+           and mercies.
+
+24:016:006 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they
+           shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor
+           cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
+
+24:016:007 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to
+           comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup
+           of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
+
+24:016:008 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with
+           them to eat and to drink.
+
+24:016:009 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
+           will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in
+           your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
+           voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
+
+24:016:010 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people
+           all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath
+           the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is
+           our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed
+           against the LORD our God?
+
+24:016:011 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have
+           forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods,
+           and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have
+           forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
+
+24:016:012 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk
+           every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they
+           may not hearken unto me:
+
+24:016:013 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye
+           know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye
+           serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you
+           favour.
+
+24:016:014 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it
+           shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the
+           children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
+
+24:016:015 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel
+           from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he
+           had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land
+           that I gave unto their fathers.
+
+24:016:016 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they
+           shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and
+           they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill,
+           and out of the holes of the rocks.
+
+24:016:017 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from
+           my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
+
+24:016:018 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin
+           double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled
+           mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and
+           abominable things.
+
+24:016:019 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day
+           of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends
+           of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited
+           lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
+
+24:016:020 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
+
+24:016:021 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will
+           cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know
+           that my name is The LORD.
+
+24:017:001 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the
+           point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their
+           heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
+
+24:017:002 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves
+           by the green trees upon the high hills.
+
+24:017:003 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all
+           thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin,
+           throughout all thy borders.
+
+24:017:004 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage
+           that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies
+           in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire
+           in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
+
+24:017:005 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,
+           and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the
+           LORD.
+
+24:017:006 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not
+           see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in
+           the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
+
+24:017:007 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope
+           the LORD is.
+
+24:017:008 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
+           spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when
+           heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be
+           careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from
+           yielding fruit.
+
+24:017:009 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
+           wicked: who can know it?
+
+24:017:010 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give
+           every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of
+           his doings.
+
+24:017:011 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he
+           that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the
+           midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
+
+24:017:012 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
+           sanctuary.
+
+24:017:013 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be
+           ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the
+           earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of
+           living waters.
+
+24:017:014 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall
+           be saved: for thou art my praise.
+
+24:017:015 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let
+           it come now.
+
+24:017:016 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow
+           thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest:
+           that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
+
+24:017:017 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
+
+24:017:018 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be
+           confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed:
+           bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double
+           destruction.
+
+24:017:019 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the
+           children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in,
+           and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of
+           Jerusalem;
+
+24:017:020 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of
+           Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+           that enter in by these gates:
+
+24:017:021 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no
+           burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of
+           Jerusalem;
+
+24:017:022 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath
+           day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as
+           I commanded your fathers.
+
+24:017:023 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made
+           their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive
+           instruction.
+
+24:017:024 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me,
+           saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of
+           this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to
+           do no work therein;
+
+24:017:025 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and
+           princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots
+           and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and
+           the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for
+           ever.
+
+24:017:026 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the
+           places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and
+           from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south,
+           bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings,
+           and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house
+           of the LORD.
+
+24:017:027 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day,
+           and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of
+           Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the
+           gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem,
+           and it shall not be quenched.
+
+24:018:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
+
+24:018:002 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will
+           cause thee to hear my words.
+
+24:018:003 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he
+           wrought a work on the wheels.
+
+24:018:004 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of
+           the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good
+           to the potter to make it.
+
+24:018:005 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
+
+24:018:006 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith
+           the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are
+           ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
+
+24:018:007 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and
+           concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to
+           destroy it;
+
+24:018:008 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from
+           their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do
+           unto them.
+
+24:018:009 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and
+           concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
+
+24:018:010 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I
+           will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit
+           them.
+
+24:018:011 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the
+           inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold,
+           I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you:
+           return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways
+           and your doings good.
+
+24:018:012 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our
+           own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his
+           evil heart.
+
+24:018:013 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen,
+           who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a
+           very horrible thing.
+
+24:018:014 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the
+           rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come
+           from another place be forsaken?
+
+24:018:015 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense
+           to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways
+           from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast
+           up;
+
+24:018:016 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every
+           one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his
+           head.
+
+24:018:017 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I
+           will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their
+           calamity.
+
+24:018:018 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against
+           Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor
+           counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come,
+           and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed
+           to any of his words.
+
+24:018:019 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that
+           contend with me.
+
+24:018:020 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit
+           for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good
+           for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
+
+24:018:021 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour
+           out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives
+           be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their
+           men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword
+           in battle.
+
+24:018:022 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a
+           troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take
+           me, and hid snares for my feet.
+
+24:018:023 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay
+           me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin
+           from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal
+           thus with them in the time of thine anger.
+
+24:019:001 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and
+           take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the
+           priests;
+
+24:019:002 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by
+           the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that
+           I shall tell thee,
+
+24:019:003 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and
+           inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
+           God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the
+           which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
+
+24:019:004 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place,
+           and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither
+           they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and
+           have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
+
+24:019:005 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their
+           sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I
+           commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
+
+24:019:006 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this
+           place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the
+           son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
+
+24:019:007 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in
+           this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before
+           their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives:
+           and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the
+           heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
+
+24:019:008 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one
+           that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of
+           all the plagues thereof.
+
+24:019:009 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the
+           flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the
+           flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith
+           their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten
+           them.
+
+24:019:010 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that
+           go with thee,
+
+24:019:011 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so
+           will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a
+           potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they
+           shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
+
+24:019:012 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the
+           inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
+
+24:019:013 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of
+           Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all
+           the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all
+           the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto
+           other gods.
+
+24:019:014 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him
+           to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house;
+           and said to all the people,
+
+24:019:015 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
+           will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil
+           that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened
+           their necks, that they might not hear my words.
+
+24:020:001 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief
+           governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah
+           prophesied these things.
+
+24:020:002 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the
+           stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by
+           the house of the LORD.
+
+24:020:003 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth
+           Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The
+           LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
+
+24:020:004 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to
+           thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the
+           sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I
+           will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
+           he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them
+           with the sword.
+
+24:020:005 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all
+           the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and
+           all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the
+           hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them,
+           and carry them to Babylon.
+
+24:020:006 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go
+           into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou
+           shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy
+           friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
+
+24:020:007 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art
+           stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily,
+           every one mocketh me.
+
+24:020:008 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil;
+           because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and
+           a derision, daily.
+
+24:020:009 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any
+           more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning
+           fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and
+           I could not stay.
+
+24:020:010 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,
+           say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for
+           my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we
+           shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on
+           him.
+
+24:020:011 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
+           persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they
+           shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their
+           everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
+
+24:020:012 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the
+           reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for
+           unto thee have I opened my cause.
+
+24:020:013 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered
+           the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
+
+24:020:014 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein
+           my mother bare me be blessed.
+
+24:020:015 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A
+           man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
+
+24:020:016 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew,
+           and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and
+           the shouting at noontide;
+
+24:020:017 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might
+           have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
+
+24:020:018 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
+           sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
+
+24:021:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king
+           Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and
+           Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
+
+24:021:002 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar
+           king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD
+           will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he
+           may go up from us.
+
+24:021:003 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
+
+24:021:004 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back
+           the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight
+           against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which
+           besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into
+           the midst of this city.
+
+24:021:005 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand
+           and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in
+           great wrath.
+
+24:021:006 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and
+           beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
+
+24:021:007 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of
+           Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left
+           in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the
+           famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
+           into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those
+           that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of
+           the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor
+           have mercy.
+
+24:021:008 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD;
+           Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of
+           death.
+
+24:021:009 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by
+           the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and
+           falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and
+           his life shall be unto him for a prey.
+
+24:021:010 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for
+           good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the
+           king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
+
+24:021:011 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the
+           word of the LORD;
+
+24:021:012 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the
+           morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of
+           the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that
+           none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
+
+24:021:013 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and
+           rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come
+           down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
+
+24:021:014 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,
+           saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest
+           thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
+
+24:022:001 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of
+           Judah, and speak there this word,
+
+24:022:002 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that
+           sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and
+           thy people that enter in by these gates:
+
+24:022:003 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness,
+           and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and
+           do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless,
+           nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
+
+24:022:004 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by
+           the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of
+           David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants,
+           and his people.
+
+24:022:005 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith
+           the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
+
+24:022:006 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou
+           art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will
+           make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
+
+24:022:007 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his
+           weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast
+           them into the fire.
+
+24:022:008 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say
+           every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus
+           unto this great city?
+
+24:022:009 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the
+           covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and
+           served them.
+
+24:022:010 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore
+           for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see
+           his native country.
+
+24:022:011 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah
+           king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father,
+           which went forth out of this place; He shall not return
+           thither any more:
+
+24:022:012 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him
+           captive, and shall see this land no more.
+
+24:022:013 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and
+           his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service
+           without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
+
+24:022:014 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers,
+           and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and
+           painted with vermilion.
+
+24:022:015 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did
+           not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and
+           then it was well with him?
+
+24:022:016 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well
+           with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
+
+24:022:017 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy
+           covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for
+           oppression, and for violence, to do it.
+
+24:022:018 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of
+           Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying,
+           Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him,
+           saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
+
+24:022:019 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast
+           forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
+
+24:022:020 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan,
+           and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
+
+24:022:021 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will
+           not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou
+           obeyedst not my voice.
+
+24:022:022 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go
+           into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and
+           confounded for all thy wickedness.
+
+24:022:023 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars,
+           how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain
+           as of a woman in travail!
+
+24:022:024 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim
+           king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I
+           pluck thee thence;
+
+24:022:025 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life,
+           and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into
+           the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
+           of the Chaldeans.
+
+24:022:026 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into
+           another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye
+           die.
+
+24:022:027 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall
+           they not return.
+
+24:022:028 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel
+           wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and
+           his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
+
+24:022:029 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
+
+24:022:030 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that
+           shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall
+           prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more
+           in Judah.
+
+24:023:001 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of
+           my pasture! saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:002 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the
+           pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and
+           driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will
+           visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:003 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries
+           whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their
+           folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
+
+24:023:004 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them:
+           and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall
+           they be lacking, saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:005 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto
+           David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper,
+           and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
+
+24:023:006 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
+           safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE
+           LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
+
+24:023:007 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they
+           shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the
+           children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
+
+24:023:008 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed
+           of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all
+           countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in
+           their own land.
+
+24:023:009 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my
+           bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine
+           hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words
+           of his holiness.
+
+24:023:010 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing
+           the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are
+           dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not
+           right.
+
+24:023:011 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have
+           I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:012 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the
+           darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I
+           will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation,
+           saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:013 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they
+           prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
+
+24:023:014 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible
+           thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen
+           also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his
+           wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the
+           inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
+
+24:023:015 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the
+           prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make
+           them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of
+           Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
+
+24:023:016 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of
+           the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they
+           speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of
+           the LORD.
+
+24:023:017 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said,
+           Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh
+           after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come
+           upon you.
+
+24:023:018 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath
+           perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and
+           heard it?
+
+24:023:019 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a
+           grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of
+           the wicked.
+
+24:023:020 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have
+           executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his
+           heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
+
+24:023:021 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not
+           spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
+
+24:023:022 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people
+           to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their
+           evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
+
+24:023:023 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
+
+24:023:024 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see
+           him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:023:025 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my
+           name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
+
+24:023:026 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that
+           prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their
+           own heart;
+
+24:023:027 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their
+           dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their
+           fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
+
+24:023:028 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he
+           that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is
+           the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:029 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a
+           hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
+
+24:023:030 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD,
+           that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
+
+24:023:031 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use
+           their tongues, and say, He saith.
+
+24:023:032 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith
+           the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by
+           their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor
+           commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at
+           all, saith the LORD.
+
+24:023:033 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask
+           thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then
+           say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:023:034 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that
+           shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man
+           and his house.
+
+24:023:035 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to
+           his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the
+           LORD spoken?
+
+24:023:036 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every
+           man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the
+           words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
+
+24:023:037 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD
+           answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
+
+24:023:038 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith
+           the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD,
+           and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden
+           of the LORD;
+
+24:023:039 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I
+           will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your
+           fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
+
+24:023:040 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a
+           perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
+
+24:024:001 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set
+           before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king
+           of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of
+           Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the
+           carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to
+           Babylon.
+
+24:024:002 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are
+           first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which
+           could not be eaten, they were so bad.
+
+24:024:003 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I
+           said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil,
+           that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
+
+24:024:004 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
+
+24:024:005 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs,
+           so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of
+           Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the
+           Chaldeans for their good.
+
+24:024:006 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring
+           them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull
+           them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
+
+24:024:007 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD:
+           and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they
+           shall return unto me with their whole heart.
+
+24:024:008 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil;
+           surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king
+           of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that
+           remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
+
+24:024:009 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of
+           the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a
+           taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
+
+24:024:010 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
+           among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I
+           gave unto them and to their fathers.
+
+24:025:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of
+           Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
+           of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
+           Babylon;
+
+24:025:002 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of
+           Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
+
+24:025:003 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of
+           Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth
+           year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have
+           spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not
+           hearkened.
+
+24:025:004 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,
+           rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor
+           inclined your ear to hear.
+
+24:025:005 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and
+           from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the
+           LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and
+           ever:
+
+24:025:006 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship
+           them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your
+           hands; and I will do you no hurt.
+
+24:025:007 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye
+           might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your
+           own hurt.
+
+24:025:008 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not
+           heard my words,
+
+24:025:009 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,
+           saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
+           servant, and will bring them against this land, and against
+           the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round
+           about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an
+           astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
+
+24:025:010 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the
+           voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice
+           of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of
+           the candle.
+
+24:025:011 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
+           astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of
+           Babylon seventy years.
+
+24:025:012 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are
+           accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that
+           nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of
+           the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
+
+24:025:013 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have
+           pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book,
+           which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
+
+24:025:014 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of
+           them also: and I will recompense them according to their
+           deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
+
+24:025:015 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine
+           cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to
+           whom I send thee, to drink it.
+
+24:025:016 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the
+           sword that I will send among them.
+
+24:025:017 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the
+           nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
+
+24:025:018 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings
+           thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation,
+           an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
+
+24:025:019 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and
+           all his people;
+
+24:025:020 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of
+           Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and
+           Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
+
+24:025:021 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
+
+24:025:022 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and
+           the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
+
+24:025:023 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost
+           corners,
+
+24:025:024 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled
+           people that dwell in the desert,
+
+24:025:025 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all
+           the kings of the Medes,
+
+24:025:026 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with
+           another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the
+           face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after
+           them.
+
+24:025:027 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of
+           hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue,
+           and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will
+           send among you.
+
+24:025:028 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand
+           to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD
+           of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
+
+24:025:029 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by
+           my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be
+           unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the
+           inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
+
+24:025:030 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say
+           unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his
+           voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon
+           his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the
+           grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
+
+24:025:031 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD
+           hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all
+           flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith
+           the LORD.
+
+24:025:032 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from
+           nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up
+           from the coasts of the earth.
+
+24:025:033 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of
+           the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not
+           be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung
+           upon the ground.
+
+24:025:034 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the
+           ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your
+           slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye
+           shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
+
+24:025:035 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal
+           of the flock to escape.
+
+24:025:036 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the
+           principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath
+           spoiled their pasture.
+
+24:025:037 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the
+           fierce anger of the LORD.
+
+24:025:038 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is
+           desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and
+           because of his fierce anger.
+
+24:026:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
+           king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
+
+24:026:002 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house,
+           and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship
+           in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to
+           speak unto them; diminish not a word:
+
+24:026:003 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil
+           way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do
+           unto them because of the evil of their doings.
+
+24:026:004 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will
+           not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before
+           you,
+
+24:026:005 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I
+           sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye
+           have not hearkened;
+
+24:026:006 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this
+           city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
+
+24:026:007 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard
+           Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
+
+24:026:008 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
+           all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the
+           people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people
+           took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
+
+24:026:009 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This
+           house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
+           without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered
+           against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
+
+24:026:010 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came
+           up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat
+           down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house.
+
+24:026:011 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and
+           to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he
+           hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your
+           ears.
+
+24:026:012 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the
+           people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this
+           house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
+
+24:026:013 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the
+           voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of
+           the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
+
+24:026:014 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth
+           good and meet unto you.
+
+24:026:015 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall
+           surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this
+           city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the
+           LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your
+           ears.
+
+24:026:016 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and
+           to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath
+           spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
+
+24:026:017 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to
+           all the assembly of the people, saying,
+
+24:026:018 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king
+           of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus
+           saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field,
+           and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the
+           house as the high places of a forest.
+
+24:026:019 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to
+           death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and
+           the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced
+           against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our
+           souls.
+
+24:026:020 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the
+           LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who
+           prophesied against this city and against this land according
+           to all the words of Jeremiah.
+
+24:026:021 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all
+           the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to
+           death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and
+           went into Egypt;
+
+24:026:022 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan
+           the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
+
+24:026:023 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him
+           unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast
+           his dead body into the graves of the common people.
+
+24:026:024 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with
+           Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the
+           people to put him to death.
+
+24:027:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
+           king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
+           saying,
+
+24:027:002 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put
+           them upon thy neck,
+
+24:027:003 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
+           and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus,
+           and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which
+           come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
+
+24:027:004 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the
+           LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your
+           masters;
+
+24:027:005 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
+           ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have
+           given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
+
+24:027:006 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
+           Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts
+           of the field have I given him also to serve him.
+
+24:027:007 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's
+           son, until the very time of his land come: and then many
+           nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
+
+24:027:008 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which
+           will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
+           and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of
+           Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the
+           sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I
+           have consumed them by his hand.
+
+24:027:009 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your
+           diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to
+           your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not
+           serve the king of Babylon:
+
+24:027:010 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your
+           land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
+
+24:027:011 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the
+           king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still
+           in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and
+           dwell therein.
+
+24:027:012 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these
+           words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of
+           Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
+
+24:027:013 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the
+           famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against
+           the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
+
+24:027:014 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that
+           speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
+           Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
+
+24:027:015 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a
+           lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might
+           perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
+
+24:027:016 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying,
+           Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets
+           that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the
+           LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon:
+           for they prophesy a lie unto you.
+
+24:027:017 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
+           wherefore should this city be laid waste?
+
+24:027:018 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with
+           them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts,
+           that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and
+           in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to
+           Babylon.
+
+24:027:019 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and
+           concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning
+           the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.
+
+24:027:020 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried
+           away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from
+           Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and
+           Jerusalem;
+
+24:027:021 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
+           concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD,
+           and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
+
+24:027:022 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be
+           until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I
+           bring them up, and restore them to this place.
+
+24:028:001 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the
+           reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in
+           the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet,
+           which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD,
+           in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
+
+24:028:002 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I
+           have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
+
+24:028:003 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all
+           the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
+           Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to
+           Babylon:
+
+24:028:004 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of
+           Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that
+           went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke
+           of the king of Babylon.
+
+24:028:005 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in
+           the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the
+           people that stood in the house of the LORD,
+
+24:028:006 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD
+           perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again
+           the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away
+           captive, from Babylon into this place.
+
+24:028:007 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine
+           ears, and in the ears of all the people;
+
+24:028:008 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old
+           prophesied both against many countries, and against great
+           kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
+
+24:028:009 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the
+           prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known,
+           that the LORD hath truly sent him.
+
+24:028:010 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet
+           Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
+
+24:028:011 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,
+           Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of
+           Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations
+           within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah
+           went his way.
+
+24:028:012 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet,
+           after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off
+           the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:028:013 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast
+           broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes
+           of iron.
+
+24:028:014 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have
+           put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that
+           they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall
+           serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
+
+24:028:015 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear
+           now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest
+           this people to trust in a lie.
+
+24:028:016 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from
+           off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because
+           thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
+
+24:028:017 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh
+           month.
+
+24:029:001 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the
+           prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders
+           which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to
+           the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had
+           carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
+
+24:029:002 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs,
+           the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and
+           the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
+
+24:029:003 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son
+           of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to
+           Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
+
+24:029:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that
+           are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried
+           away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
+
+24:029:005 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat
+           the fruit of them;
+
+24:029:006 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives
+           for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they
+           may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there,
+           and not diminished.
+
+24:029:007 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
+           carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in
+           the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
+
+24:029:008 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not
+           your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you,
+           deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to
+           be dreamed.
+
+24:029:009 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent
+           them, saith the LORD.
+
+24:029:010 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be
+           accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good
+           word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
+
+24:029:011 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the
+           LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
+           expected end.
+
+24:029:012 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me,
+           and I will hearken unto you.
+
+24:029:013 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me
+           with all your heart.
+
+24:029:014 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn
+           away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the
+           nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you,
+           saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place
+           whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
+
+24:029:015 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in
+           Babylon;
+
+24:029:016 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon
+           the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in
+           this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with
+           you into captivity;
+
+24:029:017 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them
+           the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them
+           like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
+
+24:029:018 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and
+           with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to
+           all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an
+           astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the
+           nations whither I have driven them:
+
+24:029:019 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD,
+           which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up
+           early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
+
+24:029:020 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the
+           captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
+
+24:029:021 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the
+           son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which
+           prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver
+           them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he
+           shall slay them before your eyes;
+
+24:029:022 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of
+           Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like
+           Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in
+           the fire;
+
+24:029:023 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have
+           committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have
+           spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded
+           them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
+
+24:029:024 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
+
+24:029:025 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
+           Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people
+           that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah
+           the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
+
+24:029:026 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the
+           priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD,
+           for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that
+           thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
+
+24:029:027 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,
+           which maketh himself a prophet to you?
+
+24:029:028 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This
+           captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and
+           plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
+
+24:029:029 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of
+           Jeremiah the prophet.
+
+24:029:030 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:029:031 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD
+           concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath
+           prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to
+           trust in a lie:
+
+24:029:032 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah
+           the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell
+           among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I
+           will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught
+           rebellion against the LORD.
+
+24:030:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
+
+24:030:002 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all
+           the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
+
+24:030:003 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
+           again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the
+           LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave
+           to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
+
+24:030:004 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel
+           and concerning Judah.
+
+24:030:005 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
+           of fear, and not of peace.
+
+24:030:006 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
+           wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a
+           woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
+
+24:030:007 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
+           even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of
+           it.
+
+24:030:008 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of
+           hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will
+           burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves
+           of him:
+
+24:030:009 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king,
+           whom I will raise up unto them.
+
+24:030:010 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
+           neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from
+           afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob
+           shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none
+           shall make him afraid.
+
+24:030:011 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I
+           make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,
+           yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct
+           thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
+           unpunished.
+
+24:030:012 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy
+           wound is grievous.
+
+24:030:013 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound
+           up: thou hast no healing medicines.
+
+24:030:014 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I
+           have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
+           chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine
+           iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
+
+24:030:015 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable
+           for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were
+           increased, I have done these things unto thee.
+
+24:030:016 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all
+           thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
+           and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey
+           upon thee will I give for a prey.
+
+24:030:017 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
+           thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an
+           Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
+
+24:030:018 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity
+           of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and
+           the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
+           shall remain after the manner thereof.
+
+24:030:019 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
+           them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall
+           not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be
+           small.
+
+24:030:020 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
+           congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish
+           all that oppress them.
+
+24:030:021 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor
+           shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to
+           draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that
+           engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
+
+24:030:022 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+
+24:030:023 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
+           continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of
+           the wicked.
+
+24:030:024 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath
+           done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart:
+           in the latter days ye shall consider it.
+
+24:031:001 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the
+           families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
+
+24:031:002 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword
+           found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to
+           cause him to rest.
+
+24:031:003 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have
+           loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
+           lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
+
+24:031:004 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of
+           Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and
+           shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
+
+24:031:005 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the
+           planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
+
+24:031:006 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount
+           Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the
+           LORD our God.
+
+24:031:007 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and
+           shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye,
+           and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
+
+24:031:008 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather
+           them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and
+           the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with
+           child together: a great company shall return thither.
+
+24:031:009 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I
+           lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters
+           in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a
+           father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
+
+24:031:010 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the
+           isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather
+           him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
+
+24:031:011 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the
+           hand of him that was stronger than he.
+
+24:031:012 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and
+           shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat,
+           and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and
+           of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and
+           they shall not sorrow any more at all.
+
+24:031:013 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and
+           old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and
+           will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
+
+24:031:014 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and
+           my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
+
+24:031:015 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
+           and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to
+           be comforted for her children, because they were not.
+
+24:031:016 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine
+           eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the
+           LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
+
+24:031:017 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy
+           children shall come again to their own border.
+
+24:031:018 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
+           chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed
+           to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art
+           the LORD my God.
+
+24:031:019 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I
+           was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea,
+           even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
+
+24:031:020 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I
+           spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
+           therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have
+           mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
+
+24:031:021 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart
+           toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn
+           again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
+
+24:031:022 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for
+           the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall
+           compass a man.
+
+24:031:023 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they
+           shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities
+           thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD
+           bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
+
+24:031:024 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities
+           thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with
+           flocks.
+
+24:031:025 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished
+           every sorrowful soul.
+
+24:031:026 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto
+           me.
+
+24:031:027 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the
+           house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man,
+           and with the seed of beast.
+
+24:031:028 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over
+           them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and
+           to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to
+           build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
+
+24:031:029 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a
+           sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
+
+24:031:030 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that
+           eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
+
+24:031:031 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
+           covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of
+           Judah:
+
+24:031:032 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
+           in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of
+           the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I
+           was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
+
+24:031:033 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house
+           of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law
+           in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will
+           be their God, and they shall be my people.
+
+24:031:034 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
+           every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall
+           all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
+           saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will
+           remember their sin no more.
+
+24:031:035 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day,
+           and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by
+           night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The
+           LORD of hosts is his name:
+
+24:031:036 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD,
+           then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
+           before me for ever.
+
+24:031:037 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the
+           foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also
+           cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,
+           saith the LORD.
+
+24:031:038 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be
+           built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of
+           the corner.
+
+24:031:039 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon
+           the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
+
+24:031:040 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and
+           all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of
+           the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD;
+           it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
+
+24:032:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year
+           of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
+           Nebuchadrezzar.
+
+24:032:002 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and
+           Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison,
+           which was in the king of Judah's house.
+
+24:032:003 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore
+           dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
+           will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
+           he shall take it;
+
+24:032:004 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of
+           the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of
+           the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth,
+           and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
+
+24:032:005 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be
+           until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the
+           Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
+
+24:032:006 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
+
+24:032:007 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come
+           unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for
+           the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
+
+24:032:008 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the
+           prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me,
+           Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in
+           the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is
+           thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I
+           knew that this was the word of the LORD.
+
+24:032:009 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in
+           Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of
+           silver.
+
+24:032:010 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took
+           witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
+
+24:032:011 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was
+           sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was
+           open:
+
+24:032:012 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of
+           Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine
+           uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that
+           subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that
+           sat in the court of the prison.
+
+24:032:013 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
+
+24:032:014 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these
+           evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is
+           sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an
+           earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
+
+24:032:015 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses
+           and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this
+           land.
+
+24:032:016 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto
+           Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
+
+24:032:017 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth
+           by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing
+           too hard for thee:
+
+24:032:018 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest
+           the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children
+           after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is
+           his name,
+
+24:032:019 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open
+           upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one
+           according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
+           doings:
+
+24:032:020 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even
+           unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast
+           made thee a name, as at this day;
+
+24:032:021 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of
+           Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand,
+           and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
+
+24:032:022 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their
+           fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
+
+24:032:023 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy
+           voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of
+           all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast
+           caused all this evil to come upon them:
+
+24:032:024 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and
+           the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight
+           against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of
+           the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass;
+           and, behold, thou seest it.
+
+24:032:025 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for
+           money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand
+           of the Chaldeans.
+
+24:032:026 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:032:027 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any
+           thing too hard for me?
+
+24:032:028 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city
+           into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
+
+24:032:029 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come
+           and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon
+           whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured
+           out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
+
+24:032:030 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only
+           done evil before me from their youth: for the children of
+           Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their
+           hands, saith the LORD.
+
+24:032:031 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger
+           and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this
+           day; that I should remove it from before my face,
+
+24:032:032 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the
+           children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to
+           anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and
+           their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
+           Jerusalem.
+
+24:032:033 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face:
+           though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet
+           they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
+
+24:032:034 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called
+           by my name, to defile it.
+
+24:032:035 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the
+           valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their
+           daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I
+           commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they
+           should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
+
+24:032:036 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
+           concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered
+           into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the
+           famine, and by the pestilence;
+
+24:032:037 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I
+           have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great
+           wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will
+           cause them to dwell safely:
+
+24:032:038 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
+
+24:032:039 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may
+           fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children
+           after them:
+
+24:032:040 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will
+           not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my
+           fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
+
+24:032:041 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will
+           plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with
+           my whole soul.
+
+24:032:042 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great
+           evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good
+           that I have promised them.
+
+24:032:043 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is
+           desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of
+           the Chaldeans.
+
+24:032:044 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and
+           seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in
+           the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in
+           the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley,
+           and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their
+           captivity to return, saith the LORD.
+
+24:033:001 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second
+           time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,
+           saying,
+
+24:033:002 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed
+           it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
+
+24:033:003 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
+           mighty things, which thou knowest not.
+
+24:033:004 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the
+           houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of
+           Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
+
+24:033:005 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
+           with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger
+           and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my
+           face from this city.
+
+24:033:006 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,
+           and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
+
+24:033:007 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of
+           Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
+
+24:033:008 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they
+           have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their
+           iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have
+           transgressed against me.
+
+24:033:009 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour
+           before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the
+           good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for
+           all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure
+           unto it.
+
+24:033:010 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,
+           which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast,
+           even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
+           that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and
+           without beast,
+
+24:033:011 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
+           bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that
+           shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for
+           his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the
+           sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will
+           cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first,
+           saith the LORD.
+
+24:033:012 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is
+           desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities
+           thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their
+           flocks to lie down.
+
+24:033:013 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and
+           in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and
+           in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
+           shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that
+           telleth them, saith the LORD.
+
+24:033:014 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform
+           that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel
+           and to the house of Judah.
+
+24:033:015 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of
+           righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute
+           judgment and righteousness in the land.
+
+24:033:016 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
+           safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called,
+           The LORD our righteousness.
+
+24:033:017 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit
+           upon the throne of the house of Israel;
+
+24:033:018 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to
+           offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do
+           sacrifice continually.
+
+24:033:019 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:033:020 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day,
+           and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day
+           and night in their season;
+
+24:033:021 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,
+           that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and
+           with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
+
+24:033:022 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of
+           the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my
+           servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
+
+24:033:023 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:033:024 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The
+           two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast
+           them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should
+           be no more a nation before them.
+
+24:033:025 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,
+           and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and
+           earth;
+
+24:033:026 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant,
+           so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the
+           seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their
+           captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
+
+24:034:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when
+           Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the
+           kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people,
+           fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof,
+           saying,
+
+24:034:002 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to
+           Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD;
+           Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of
+           Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
+
+24:034:003 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be
+           taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall
+           behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak
+           with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
+
+24:034:004 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus
+           saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
+
+24:034:005 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy
+           fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall
+           they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying,
+           Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
+
+24:034:006 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah
+           king of Judah in Jerusalem,
+
+24:034:007 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and
+           against all the cities of Judah that were left, against
+           Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities
+           remained of the cities of Judah.
+
+24:034:008 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after
+           that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people
+           which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
+
+24:034:009 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his
+           maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that
+           none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his
+           brother.
+
+24:034:010 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had
+           entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his
+           manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none
+           should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed,
+           and let them go.
+
+24:034:011 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the
+           handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought
+           them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
+
+24:034:012 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
+           saying,
+
+24:034:013 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with
+           your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the
+           land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
+
+24:034:014 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an
+           Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath
+           served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee:
+           but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their
+           ear.
+
+24:034:015 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in
+           proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had
+           made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my
+           name:
+
+24:034:016 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his
+           servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at
+           liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into
+           subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
+
+24:034:017 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me,
+           in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every
+           man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you,
+           saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
+           famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
+           kingdoms of the earth.
+
+24:034:018 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant,
+           which have not performed the words of the covenant which they
+           had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and
+           passed between the parts thereof,
+
+24:034:019 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the
+           eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land,
+           which passed between the parts of the calf;
+
+24:034:020 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into
+           the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies
+           shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the
+           beasts of the earth.
+
+24:034:021 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into
+           the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek
+           their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
+           which are gone up from you.
+
+24:034:022 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to
+           return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take
+           it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah
+           a desolation without an inhabitant.
+
+24:035:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
+           Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
+
+24:035:002 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and
+           bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the
+           chambers, and give them wine to drink.
+
+24:035:003 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of
+           Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole
+           house of the Rechabites;
+
+24:035:004 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the
+           chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of
+           God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above
+           the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the
+           door:
+
+24:035:005 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots
+           full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
+
+24:035:006 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of
+           Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
+           wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
+
+24:035:007 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant
+           vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in
+           tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be
+           strangers.
+
+24:035:008 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
+           father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all
+           our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
+
+24:035:009 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we
+           vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
+
+24:035:010 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
+           according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
+
+24:035:011 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came
+           up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to
+           Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear
+           of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
+
+24:035:012 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:035:013 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell
+           the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not
+           receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
+
+24:035:014 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his
+           sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they
+           drink none, but obey their father's commandment:
+           notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and
+           speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
+
+24:035:015 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
+           up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man
+           from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after
+           other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which
+           I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not
+           inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
+
+24:035:016 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed
+           the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but
+           this people hath not hearkened unto me:
+
+24:035:017 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants
+           of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them:
+           because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and
+           I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
+
+24:035:018 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith
+           the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed
+           the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his
+           precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded
+           you:
+
+24:035:019 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before
+           me for ever.
+
+24:036:001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
+           Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from
+           the LORD, saying,
+
+24:036:002 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words
+           that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against
+           Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto
+           thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
+
+24:036:003 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which
+           I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from
+           his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
+
+24:036:004 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch
+           wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD,
+           which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
+
+24:036:005 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot
+           go into the house of the LORD:
+
+24:036:006 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast
+           written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of
+           the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also
+           thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of
+           their cities.
+
+24:036:007 It may be they will present their supplication before the
+           LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great
+           is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced
+           against this people.
+
+24:036:008 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that
+           Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the
+           words of the LORD in the LORD's house.
+
+24:036:009 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of
+           Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed
+           a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to
+           all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto
+           Jerusalem.
+
+24:036:010 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the
+           house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of
+           Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the
+           new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.
+
+24:036:011 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
+           heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
+
+24:036:012 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's
+           chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the
+           scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son
+           of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the
+           son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
+
+24:036:013 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had
+           heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
+
+24:036:014 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
+           the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying,
+           Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears
+           of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the
+           roll in his hand, and came unto them.
+
+24:036:015 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.
+           So Baruch read it in their ears.
+
+24:036:016 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they
+           were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will
+           surely tell the king of all these words.
+
+24:036:017 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou
+           write all these words at his mouth?
+
+24:036:018 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto
+           me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
+
+24:036:019 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and
+           Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
+
+24:036:020 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up
+           the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all
+           the words in the ears of the king.
+
+24:036:021 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out
+           of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the
+           ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which
+           stood beside the king.
+
+24:036:022 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and
+           there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
+
+24:036:023 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four
+           leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire
+           that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the
+           fire that was on the hearth.
+
+24:036:024 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the
+           king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
+
+24:036:025 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made
+           intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but
+           he would not hear them.
+
+24:036:026 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and
+           Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to
+           take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD
+           hid them.
+
+24:036:027 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the
+           king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at
+           the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:036:028 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former
+           words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of
+           Judah hath burned.
+
+24:036:029 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the
+           LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou
+           written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly
+           come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from
+           thence man and beast?
+
+24:036:030 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He
+           shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead
+           body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the
+           night to the frost.
+
+24:036:031 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their
+           iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants
+           of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I
+           have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
+
+24:036:032 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the
+           scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of
+           Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of
+           Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides
+           unto them many like words.
+
+24:037:001 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah
+           the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made
+           king in the land of Judah.
+
+24:037:002 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
+           did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the
+           prophet Jeremiah.
+
+24:037:003 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and
+           Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet
+           Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
+
+24:037:004 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they
+           had not put him into prison.
+
+24:037:005 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the
+           Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they
+           departed from Jerusalem.
+
+24:037:006 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah
+           saying,
+
+24:037:007 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to
+           the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me;
+           Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall
+           return to Egypt into their own land.
+
+24:037:008 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this
+           city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
+
+24:037:009 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The
+           Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not
+           depart.
+
+24:037:010 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that
+           fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among
+           them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn
+           this city with fire.
+
+24:037:011 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was
+           broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
+
+24:037:012 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land
+           of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the
+           people.
+
+24:037:013 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward
+           was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the
+           son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
+           Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
+
+24:037:014 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the
+           Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took
+           Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
+
+24:037:015 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,
+           and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for
+           they had made that the prison.
+
+24:037:016 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the
+           cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
+
+24:037:017 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king
+           asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word
+           from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou
+           shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
+
+24:037:018 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I
+           offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against
+           this people, that ye have put me in prison?
+
+24:037:019 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying,
+           The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
+           this land?
+
+24:037:020 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
+           supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou
+           cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe,
+           lest I die there.
+
+24:037:021 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit
+           Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should
+           give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street,
+           until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah
+           remained in the court of the prison.
+
+24:038:001 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of
+           Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of
+           Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all
+           the people, saying,
+
+24:038:002 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die
+           by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he
+           that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall
+           have his life for a prey, and shall live.
+
+24:038:003 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the
+           hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
+
+24:038:004 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let
+           this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of
+           the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all
+           the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man
+           seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
+
+24:038:005 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for
+           the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
+
+24:038:006 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of
+           Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the
+           prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the
+           dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the
+           mire.
+
+24:038:007 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which
+           was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in
+           the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
+
+24:038:008 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to
+           the king saying,
+
+24:038:009 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they
+           have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into
+           the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place
+           where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
+
+24:038:010 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take
+           from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the
+           prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
+
+24:038:011 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house
+           of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast
+           clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into
+           the dungeon to Jeremiah.
+
+24:038:012 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these
+           old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the
+           cords. And Jeremiah did so.
+
+24:038:013 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of
+           the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
+
+24:038:014 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet
+           unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the
+           LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a
+           thing; hide nothing from me.
+
+24:038:015 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee,
+           wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee
+           counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
+
+24:038:016 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As
+           the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee
+           to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men
+           that seek thy life.
+
+24:038:017 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God
+           of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth
+           unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live,
+           and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt
+           live, and thine house:
+
+24:038:018 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's
+           princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the
+           Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt
+           not escape out of their hand.
+
+24:038:019 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the
+           Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me
+           into their hand, and they mock me.
+
+24:038:020 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I
+           beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee:
+           so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
+
+24:038:021 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD
+           hath shewed me:
+
+24:038:022 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of
+           Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's
+           princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee
+           on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the
+           mire, and they are turned away back.
+
+24:038:023 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
+           Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but
+           shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou
+           shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
+
+24:038:024 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these
+           words, and thou shalt not die.
+
+24:038:025 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they
+           come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what
+           thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will
+           not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
+
+24:038:026 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication
+           before the king, that he would not cause me to return to
+           Jonathan's house, to die there.
+
+24:038:027 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he
+           told them according to all these words that the king had
+           commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter
+           was not perceived.
+
+24:038:028 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day
+           that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was
+           taken.
+
+24:039:001 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth
+           month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army
+           against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
+
+24:039:002 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the
+           ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
+
+24:039:003 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in
+           the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim,
+           Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the
+           princes of the king of Babylon.
+
+24:039:004 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw
+           them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth
+           out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by
+           the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the
+           plain.
+
+24:039:005 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook
+           Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken
+           him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to
+           Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
+
+24:039:006 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah
+           before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles
+           of Judah.
+
+24:039:007 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with
+           chains, to carry him to Babylon.
+
+24:039:008 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of
+           the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
+
+24:039:009 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
+           into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the
+           city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the
+           rest of the people that remained.
+
+24:039:010 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of
+           the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave
+           them vineyards and fields at the same time.
+
+24:039:011 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning
+           Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
+
+24:039:012 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do
+           unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
+
+24:039:013 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,
+           Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of
+           Babylon's princes;
+
+24:039:014 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the
+           prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
+           son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt
+           among the people.
+
+24:039:015 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut
+           up in the court of the prison, saying,
+
+24:039:016 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith
+           the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my
+           words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they
+           shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
+
+24:039:017 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou
+           shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art
+           afraid.
+
+24:039:018 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the
+           sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because
+           thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
+
+24:040:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that
+           Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from
+           Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all
+           that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which
+           were carried away captive unto Babylon.
+
+24:040:002 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him,
+           The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
+
+24:040:003 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath
+           said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not
+           obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
+
+24:040:004 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which
+           were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with
+           me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if
+           it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear:
+           behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good
+           and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
+
+24:040:005 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to
+           Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king
+           of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and
+           dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth
+           convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave
+           him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
+
+24:040:006 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
+           and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the
+           land.
+
+24:040:007 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the
+           fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of
+           Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the
+           land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children,
+           and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried
+           away captive to Babylon;
+
+24:040:008 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
+           Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and
+           Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the
+           Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and
+           their men.
+
+24:040:009 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto
+           them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the
+           Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon,
+           and it shall be well with you.
+
+24:040:010 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the
+           Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine,
+           and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and
+           dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
+
+24:040:011 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the
+           Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries,
+           heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
+           and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
+           son of Shaphan;
+
+24:040:012 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were
+           driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto
+           Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
+
+24:040:013 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
+           the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to
+           Mizpah,
+
+24:040:014 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the
+           king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
+           to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them
+           not.
+
+24:040:015 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
+           secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
+           Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:
+           wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
+           gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
+           Judah perish?
+
+24:040:016 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
+           Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest
+           falsely of Ishmael.
+
+24:041:001 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
+           of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the
+           princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah
+           the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread
+           together in Mizpah.
+
+24:041:002 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that
+           were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
+           Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon
+           had made governor over the land.
+
+24:041:003 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
+           Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there,
+           and the men of war.
+
+24:041:004 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain
+           Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
+
+24:041:005 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from
+           Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and
+           their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings
+           and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the
+           LORD.
+
+24:041:006 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to
+           meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass,
+           as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of
+           Ahikam.
+
+24:041:007 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that
+           Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the
+           midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
+
+24:041:008 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay
+           us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of
+           barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them
+           not among their brethren.
+
+24:041:009 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of
+           the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which
+           Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and
+           Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were
+           slain.
+
+24:041:010 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
+           people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all
+           the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
+           captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of
+           Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
+           captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
+
+24:041:011 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
+           the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that
+           Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
+
+24:041:012 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the
+           son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are
+           in Gibeon.
+
+24:041:013 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with
+           Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
+           the forces that were with him, then they were glad.
+
+24:041:014 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from
+           Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son
+           of Kareah.
+
+24:041:015 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with
+           eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
+
+24:041:016 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
+           the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people
+           whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from
+           Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
+           even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and
+           the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
+
+24:041:017 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham,
+           which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
+
+24:041:018 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them,
+           because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the
+           son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the
+           land.
+
+24:042:001 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of
+           Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people
+           from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
+
+24:042:002 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
+           supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the
+           LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but
+           a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
+
+24:042:003 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk,
+           and the thing that we may do.
+
+24:042:004 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;
+           behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your
+           words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the
+           LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep
+           nothing back from you.
+
+24:042:005 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful
+           witness between us, if we do not even according to all things
+           for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
+
+24:042:006 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the
+           voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may
+           be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
+
+24:042:007 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD
+           came unto Jeremiah.
+
+24:042:008 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
+           of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the
+           least even to the greatest,
+
+24:042:009 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
+           unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
+
+24:042:010 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you,
+           and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you
+           up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
+
+24:042:011 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid;
+           be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to
+           save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
+
+24:042:012 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon
+           you, and cause you to return to your own land.
+
+24:042:013 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey
+           the voice of the LORD your God,
+
+24:042:014 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we
+           shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have
+           hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
+
+24:042:015 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of
+           Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye
+           wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
+           there;
+
+24:042:016 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared,
+           shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine,
+           whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in
+           Egypt; and there ye shall die.
+
+24:042:017 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go
+           into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by
+           the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall
+           remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
+
+24:042:018 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine
+           anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants
+           of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when
+           ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and
+           an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see
+           this place no more.
+
+24:042:019 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go
+           ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you
+           this day.
+
+24:042:020 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the
+           LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and
+           according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare
+           unto us, and we will do it.
+
+24:042:021 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not
+           obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the
+           which he hath sent me unto you.
+
+24:042:022 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword,
+           by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye
+           desire to go and to sojourn.
+
+24:043:001 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of
+           speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their
+           God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even
+           all these words,
+
+24:043:002 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
+           Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou
+           speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say,
+           Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
+
+24:043:003 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for
+           to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might
+           put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
+
+24:043:004 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
+           forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD,
+           to dwell in the land of Judah.
+
+24:043:005 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
+           forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from
+           all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the
+           land of Judah;
+
+24:043:006 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters,
+           and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had
+           left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and
+           Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
+
+24:043:007 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the
+           voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
+
+24:043:008 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,
+           saying,
+
+24:043:009 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in
+           the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in
+           Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
+
+24:043:010 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
+           Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king
+           of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these
+           stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion
+           over them.
+
+24:043:011 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and
+           deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for
+           captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the
+           sword.
+
+24:043:012 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt;
+           and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he
+           shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd
+           putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in
+           peace.
+
+24:043:013 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the
+           land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians
+           shall he burn with fire.
+
+24:044:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which
+           dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at
+           Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
+
+24:044:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen
+           all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all
+           the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a
+           desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
+
+24:044:003 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to
+           provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to
+           serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor
+           your fathers.
+
+24:044:004 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
+           early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable
+           thing that I hate.
+
+24:044:005 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from
+           their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
+
+24:044:006 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was
+           kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of
+           Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
+
+24:044:007 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God
+           of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your
+           souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling,
+           out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
+
+24:044:008 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,
+           burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither
+           ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and
+           that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations
+           of the earth?
+
+24:044:009 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the
+           wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their
+           wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your
+           wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in
+           the streets of Jerusalem?
+
+24:044:010 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they
+           feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set
+           before you and before your fathers.
+
+24:044:011 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut
+           off all Judah.
+
+24:044:012 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their
+           faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they
+           shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they
+           shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they
+           shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword
+           and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
+           astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
+
+24:044:013 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
+           have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by
+           the pestilence:
+
+24:044:014 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the
+           land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that
+           they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they
+           have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return
+           but such as shall escape.
+
+24:044:015 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned
+           incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a
+           great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of
+           Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
+
+24:044:016 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of
+           the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
+
+24:044:017 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of
+           our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and
+           to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and
+           our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of
+           Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty
+           of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
+
+24:044:018 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
+           and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all
+           things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
+
+24:044:019 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured
+           out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship
+           her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
+
+24:044:020 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the
+           women, and to all the people which had given him that answer,
+           saying,
+
+24:044:021 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the
+           streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and
+           your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD
+           remember them, and came it not into his mind?
+
+24:044:022 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of
+           your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have
+           committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an
+           astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this
+           day.
+
+24:044:023 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned
+           against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
+           nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his
+           testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at
+           this day.
+
+24:044:024 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the
+           women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the
+           land of Egypt:
+
+24:044:025 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye
+           and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and
+           fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our
+           vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of
+           heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
+           surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
+
+24:044:026 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell
+           in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name,
+           saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the
+           mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
+           The Lord GOD liveth.
+
+24:044:027 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and
+           all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be
+           consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end
+           of them.
+
+24:044:028 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of
+           the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant
+           of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn
+           there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.
+
+24:044:029 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will
+           punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall
+           surely stand against you for evil:
+
+24:044:030 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of
+           Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them
+           that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the
+           hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that
+           sought his life.
+
+24:045:001 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son
+           of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the
+           mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
+           Josiah king of Judah, saying,
+
+24:045:002 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
+
+24:045:003 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief
+           to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
+
+24:045:004 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold,
+           that which I have built will I break down, and that which I
+           have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
+
+24:045:005 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,
+           behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but
+           thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places
+           whither thou goest.
+
+24:046:001 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet
+           against the Gentiles;
+
+24:046:002 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt,
+           which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of
+           Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
+
+24:046:003 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
+
+24:046:004 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth
+           with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the
+           brigandines.
+
+24:046:005 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and
+           their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and
+           look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
+
+24:046:006 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they
+           shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river
+           Euphrates.
+
+24:046:007 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved
+           as the rivers?
+
+24:046:008 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like
+           the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the
+           earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
+
+24:046:009 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty
+           men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle
+           the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
+
+24:046:010 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of
+           vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the
+           sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk
+           with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice
+           in the north country by the river Euphrates.
+
+24:046:011 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of
+           Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt
+           not be cured.
+
+24:046:012 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled
+           the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty,
+           and they are fallen both together.
+
+24:046:013 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land
+           of Egypt.
+
+24:046:014 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in
+           Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee;
+           for the sword shall devour round about thee.
+
+24:046:015 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because
+           the LORD did drive them.
+
+24:046:016 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they
+           said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the
+           land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
+
+24:046:017 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he
+           hath passed the time appointed.
+
+24:046:018 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,
+           Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the
+           sea, so shall he come.
+
+24:046:019 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
+           captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an
+           inhabitant.
+
+24:046:020 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it
+           cometh out of the north.
+
+24:046:021 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted
+           bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away
+           together: they did not stand, because the day of their
+           calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
+
+24:046:022 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall
+           march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers
+           of wood.
+
+24:046:023 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it
+           cannot be searched; because they are more than the
+           grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
+
+24:046:024 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be
+           delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
+
+24:046:025 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will
+           punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their
+           gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust
+           in him:
+
+24:046:026 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their
+           lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
+           and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be
+           inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
+
+24:046:027 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O
+           Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy
+           seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,
+           and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
+
+24:046:028 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am
+           with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations
+           whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of
+           thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee
+           wholly unpunished.
+
+24:047:001 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against
+           the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
+
+24:047:002 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,
+           and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the
+           land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell
+           therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of
+           the land shall howl.
+
+24:047:003 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong
+           horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of
+           his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children
+           for feebleness of hands;
+
+24:047:004 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,
+           and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that
+           remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the
+           remnant of the country of Caphtor.
+
+24:047:005 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the
+           remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
+
+24:047:006 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be
+           quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
+
+24:047:007 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge
+           against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he
+           appointed it.
+
+24:048:001 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and
+           taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
+
+24:048:002 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have
+           devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from
+           being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the
+           sword shall pursue thee.
+
+24:048:003 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
+           destruction.
+
+24:048:004 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be
+           heard.
+
+24:048:005 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up;
+           for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry
+           of destruction.
+
+24:048:006 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the
+           wilderness.
+
+24:048:007 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy
+           treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go
+           forth into captivity with his priests and his princes
+           together.
+
+24:048:008 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall
+           escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be
+           destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
+
+24:048:009 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the
+           cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell
+           therein.
+
+24:048:010 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and
+           cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
+
+24:048:011 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on
+           his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
+           neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
+           remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
+
+24:048:012 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
+           send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and
+           shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
+
+24:048:013 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel
+           was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
+
+24:048:014 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
+
+24:048:015 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen
+           young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King,
+           whose name is the LORD of hosts.
+
+24:048:016 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
+           hasteth fast.
+
+24:048:017 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know
+           his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the
+           beautiful rod!
+
+24:048:018 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy
+           glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come
+           upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
+
+24:048:019 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him
+           that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
+
+24:048:020 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell
+           ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
+
+24:048:021 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and
+           upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
+
+24:048:022 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
+
+24:048:023 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
+
+24:048:024 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of
+           the land of Moab, far or near.
+
+24:048:025 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the
+           LORD.
+
+24:048:026 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the
+           LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall
+           be in derision.
+
+24:048:027 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among
+           thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for
+           joy.
+
+24:048:028 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the
+           rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides
+           of the hole's mouth.
+
+24:048:029 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
+           loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the
+           haughtiness of his heart.
+
+24:048:030 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his
+           lies shall not so effect it.
+
+24:048:031 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all
+           Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
+
+24:048:032 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of
+           Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to
+           the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits
+           and upon thy vintage.
+
+24:048:033 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and
+           from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the
+           winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting
+           shall be no shouting.
+
+24:048:034 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto
+           Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto
+           Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also
+           of Nimrim shall be desolate.
+
+24:048:035 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him
+           that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense
+           to his gods.
+
+24:048:036 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine
+           heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because
+           the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
+
+24:048:037 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon
+           all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
+
+24:048:038 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of
+           Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like
+           a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
+
+24:048:039 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab
+           turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a
+           dismaying to all them about him.
+
+24:048:040 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and
+           shall spread his wings over Moab.
+
+24:048:041 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the
+           mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart
+           of a woman in her pangs.
+
+24:048:042 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he
+           hath magnified himself against the LORD.
+
+24:048:043 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O
+           inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
+
+24:048:044 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he
+           that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare:
+           for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their
+           visitation, saith the LORD.
+
+24:048:045 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of
+           the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a
+           flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of
+           Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
+
+24:048:046 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for
+           thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
+
+24:048:047 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter
+           days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
+
+24:049:001 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no
+           sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad,
+           and his people dwell in his cities?
+
+24:049:002 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
+           cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites;
+           and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be
+           burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that
+           were his heirs, saith the LORD.
+
+24:049:003 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of
+           Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by
+           the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his
+           priests and his princes together.
+
+24:049:004 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
+           backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying,
+           Who shall come unto me?
+
+24:049:005 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of
+           hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be
+           driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him
+           that wandereth.
+
+24:049:006 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children
+           of Ammon, saith the LORD.
+
+24:049:007 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no
+           more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their
+           wisdom vanished?
+
+24:049:008 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I
+           will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will
+           visit him.
+
+24:049:009 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some
+           gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till
+           they have enough.
+
+24:049:010 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,
+           and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled,
+           and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
+
+24:049:011 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and
+           let thy widows trust in me.
+
+24:049:012 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not
+           to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he
+           that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go
+           unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
+
+24:049:013 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall
+           become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all
+           the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
+
+24:049:014 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent
+           unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against
+           her, and rise up to the battle.
+
+24:049:015 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and
+           despised among men.
+
+24:049:016 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine
+           heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that
+           holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy
+           nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence,
+           saith the LORD.
+
+24:049:017 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it
+           shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues
+           thereof.
+
+24:049:018 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
+           cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there,
+           neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
+
+24:049:019 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of
+           Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will
+           suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man,
+           that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will
+           appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand
+           before me?
+
+24:049:020 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken
+           against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against
+           the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall
+           draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate
+           with them.
+
+24:049:021 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the
+           noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
+
+24:049:022 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his
+           wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the
+           mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
+
+24:049:023 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they
+           have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is
+           sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
+
+24:049:024 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and
+           fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her,
+           as a woman in travail.
+
+24:049:025 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
+
+24:049:026 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the
+           men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of
+           hosts.
+
+24:049:027 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
+           consume the palaces of Benhadad.
+
+24:049:028 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the
+           LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
+
+24:049:029 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall
+           take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and
+           their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every
+           side.
+
+24:049:030 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
+           saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken
+           counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
+
+24:049:031 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth
+           without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor
+           bars, which dwell alone.
+
+24:049:032 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
+           cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that
+           are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity
+           from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
+
+24:049:033 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation
+           for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man
+           dwell in it.
+
+24:049:034 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against
+           Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
+           saying,
+
+24:049:035 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of
+           Elam, the chief of their might.
+
+24:049:036 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four
+           quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those
+           winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of
+           Elam shall not come.
+
+24:049:037 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and
+           before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon
+           them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send
+           the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
+
+24:049:038 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence
+           the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
+
+24:049:039 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will
+           bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
+
+24:050:001 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the
+           land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
+
+24:050:002 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a
+           standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel
+           is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are
+           confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
+
+24:050:003 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her,
+           which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell
+           therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and
+           beast.
+
+24:050:004 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children
+           of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
+           going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
+
+24:050:005 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,
+           saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a
+           perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
+
+24:050:006 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused
+           them to go astray, they have turned them away on the
+           mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have
+           forgotten their restingplace.
+
+24:050:007 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries
+           said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the
+           LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of
+           their fathers.
+
+24:050:008 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the
+           land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the
+           flocks.
+
+24:050:009 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an
+           assembly of great nations from the north country: and they
+           shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she
+           shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert
+           man; none shall return in vain.
+
+24:050:010 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be
+           satisfied, saith the LORD.
+
+24:050:011 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of
+           mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at
+           grass, and bellow as bulls;
+
+24:050:012 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall
+           be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a
+           wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
+
+24:050:013 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited,
+           but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by
+           Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
+
+24:050:014 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye
+           that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath
+           sinned against the LORD.
+
+24:050:015 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her
+           foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is
+           the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she
+           hath done, do unto her.
+
+24:050:016 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the
+           sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing
+           sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall
+           flee every one to his own land.
+
+24:050:017 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away:
+           first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
+
+24:050:018 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
+           Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I
+           have punished the king of Assyria.
+
+24:050:019 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall
+           feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied
+           upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
+
+24:050:020 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity
+           of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and
+           the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will
+           pardon them whom I reserve.
+
+24:050:021 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and
+           against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy
+           after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I
+           have commanded thee.
+
+24:050:022 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
+
+24:050:023 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!
+           how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
+
+24:050:024 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O
+           Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also
+           caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
+
+24:050:025 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the
+           weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord
+           GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
+
+24:050:026 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:
+           cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of
+           her be left.
+
+24:050:027 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe
+           unto them! for their day is come, the time of their
+           visitation.
+
+24:050:028 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of
+           Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,
+           the vengeance of his temple.
+
+24:050:029 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend
+           the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape:
+           recompense her according to her work; according to all that
+           she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against
+           the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
+
+24:050:030 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her
+           men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
+
+24:050:031 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord
+           GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit
+           thee.
+
+24:050:032 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall
+           raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it
+           shall devour all round about him.
+
+24:050:033 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the
+           children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took
+           them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
+
+24:050:034 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he
+           shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to
+           the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
+
+24:050:035 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the
+           inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her
+           wise men.
+
+24:050:036 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is
+           upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
+
+24:050:037 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and
+           upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and
+           they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and
+           they shall be robbed.
+
+24:050:038 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for
+           it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their
+           idols.
+
+24:050:039 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
+           of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell
+           therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither
+           shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
+
+24:050:040 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
+           thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither
+           shall any son of man dwell therein.
+
+24:050:041 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great
+           nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of
+           the earth.
+
+24:050:042 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and
+           will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and
+           they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a
+           man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
+
+24:050:043 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his
+           hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of
+           a woman in travail.
+
+24:050:044 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of
+           Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them
+           suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I
+           may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint
+           me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before
+           me?
+
+24:050:045 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken
+           against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed
+           against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the
+           flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their
+           habitation desolate with them.
+
+24:050:046 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and
+           the cry is heard among the nations.
+
+24:051:001 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
+           and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
+           against me, a destroying wind;
+
+24:051:002 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and
+           shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be
+           against her round about.
+
+24:051:003 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and
+           against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and
+           spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
+
+24:051:004 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and
+           they that are thrust through in her streets.
+
+24:051:005 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of
+           the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin
+           against the Holy One of Israel.
+
+24:051:006 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his
+           soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of
+           the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
+
+24:051:007 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made
+           all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine;
+           therefore the nations are mad.
+
+24:051:008 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take
+           balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
+
+24:051:009 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake
+           her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her
+           judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the
+           skies.
+
+24:051:010 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let
+           us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
+
+24:051:011 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath
+           raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device
+           is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance
+           of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
+
+24:051:012 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch
+           strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the
+           LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against
+           the inhabitants of Babylon.
+
+24:051:013 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,
+           thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
+
+24:051:014 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will
+           fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift
+           up a shout against thee.
+
+24:051:015 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
+           world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his
+           understanding.
+
+24:051:016 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in
+           the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
+           ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and
+           bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
+
+24:051:017 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is
+           confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is
+           falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
+
+24:051:018 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their
+           visitation they shall perish.
+
+24:051:019 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of
+           all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD
+           of hosts is his name.
+
+24:051:020 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will
+           I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy
+           kingdoms;
+
+24:051:021 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
+           and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his
+           rider;
+
+24:051:022 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with
+           thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will
+           I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
+
+24:051:023 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his
+           flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and
+           his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces
+           captains and rulers.
+
+24:051:024 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of
+           Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your
+           sight, saith the LORD.
+
+24:051:025 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the
+           LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out
+           mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and
+           will make thee a burnt mountain.
+
+24:051:026 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a
+           stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever,
+           saith the LORD.
+
+24:051:027 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the
+           nations, prepare the nations against her, call together
+           against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz;
+           appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as
+           the rough caterpillers.
+
+24:051:028 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes,
+           the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the
+           land of his dominion.
+
+24:051:029 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of
+           the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land
+           of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
+
+24:051:030 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have
+           remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became
+           as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are
+           broken.
+
+24:051:031 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet
+           another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at
+           one end,
+
+24:051:032 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have
+           burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
+
+24:051:033 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The
+           daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to
+           thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest
+           shall come.
+
+24:051:034 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
+           crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed
+           me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my
+           delicates, he hath cast me out.
+
+24:051:035 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall
+           the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants
+           of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
+
+24:051:036 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause,
+           and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and
+           make her springs dry.
+
+24:051:037 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons,
+           an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
+
+24:051:038 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'
+           whelps.
+
+24:051:039 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them
+           drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep,
+           and not wake, saith the LORD.
+
+24:051:040 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams
+           with he goats.
+
+24:051:041 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole
+           earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among
+           the nations!
+
+24:051:042 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the
+           multitude of the waves thereof.
+
+24:051:043 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a
+           land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass
+           thereby.
+
+24:051:044 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out
+           of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations
+           shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of
+           Babylon shall fall.
+
+24:051:045 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every
+           man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
+
+24:051:046 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that
+           shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year,
+           and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and
+           violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
+
+24:051:047 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon
+           the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be
+           confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
+
+24:051:048 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall
+           sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from
+           the north, saith the LORD.
+
+24:051:049 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at
+           Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
+
+24:051:050 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:
+           remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your
+           mind.
+
+24:051:051 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath
+           covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries
+           of the LORD's house.
+
+24:051:052 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
+           do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land
+           the wounded shall groan.
+
+24:051:053 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she
+           should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall
+           spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
+
+24:051:054 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction
+           from the land of the Chaldeans:
+
+24:051:055 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of
+           her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters,
+           a noise of their voice is uttered:
+
+24:051:056 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and
+           her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken:
+           for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
+
+24:051:057 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her
+           captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall
+           sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose
+           name is the LORD of hosts.
+
+24:051:058 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall
+           be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with
+           fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the
+           fire, and they shall be weary.
+
+24:051:059 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son
+           of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the
+           king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
+           And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
+
+24:051:060 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon
+           Babylon, even all these words that are written against
+           Babylon.
+
+24:051:061 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and
+           shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
+
+24:051:062 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this
+           place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither
+           man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
+
+24:051:063 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this
+           book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the
+           midst of Euphrates:
+
+24:051:064 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not
+           rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall
+           be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
+
+24:052:001 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,
+           and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
+           name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+
+24:052:002 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD,
+           according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
+
+24:052:003 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem
+           and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that
+           Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
+
+24:052:004 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the
+           tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
+           Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
+           against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts
+           against it round about.
+
+24:052:005 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king
+           Zedekiah.
+
+24:052:006 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the
+           famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for
+           the people of the land.
+
+24:052:007 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and
+           went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate
+           between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now
+           the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by
+           the way of the plain.
+
+24:052:008 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and
+           overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army
+           was scattered from him.
+
+24:052:009 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of
+           Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave
+           judgment upon him.
+
+24:052:010 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his
+           eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
+
+24:052:011 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon
+           bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him
+           in prison till the day of his death.
+
+24:052:012 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which
+           was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
+           came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king
+           of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
+
+24:052:013 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and
+           all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great
+           men, burned he with fire:
+
+24:052:014 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain
+           of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round
+           about.
+
+24:052:015 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
+           certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the
+           people that remained in the city, and those that fell away,
+           that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the
+           multitude.
+
+24:052:016 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the
+           poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
+
+24:052:017 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,
+           and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the
+           LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them
+           to Babylon.
+
+24:052:018 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the
+           bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith
+           they ministered, took they away.
+
+24:052:019 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the
+           caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups;
+           that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver
+           in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
+
+24:052:020 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were
+           under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of
+           the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
+
+24:052:021 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was
+           eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it;
+           and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
+
+24:052:022 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one
+           chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon
+           the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar
+           also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
+
+24:052:023 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all
+           the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
+
+24:052:024 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
+           and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
+           door:
+
+24:052:025 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge
+           of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the
+           king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal
+           scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and
+           threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in
+           the midst of the city.
+
+24:052:026 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
+           them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
+
+24:052:027 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in
+           Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away
+           captive out of his own land.
+
+24:052:028 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive:
+           in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
+
+24:052:029 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away
+           captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
+
+24:052:030 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan
+           the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews
+           seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were
+           four thousand and six hundred.
+
+24:052:031 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the
+           captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month,
+           in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach
+           king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the
+           head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of
+           prison.
+
+24:052:032 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne
+           of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
+
+24:052:033 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat
+           bread before him all the days of his life.
+
+24:052:034 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the
+           king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his
+           death, all the days of his life.
+
+
+
+
+
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