24:023:027 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by theirdreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as theirfathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
24:023:028 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and hethat hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What isthe chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
24:023:029 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like ahammer 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 usetheir 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, thatshall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that manand his house.
24:023:035 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one tohis brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath theLORD spoken?
24:023:036 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for everyman's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted thewords 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 arefirst ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, whichcould not be eaten, they were so bad.
24:024:003 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And Isaid, 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 bringthem again to this land: and I will build them, and not pullthem 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 theyshall 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 ofthe earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, ataunt 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 Igave 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 worshipthem, and provoke me not to anger with the works of yourhands; and I will do you no hurt.
24:025:007 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that yemight provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to yourown 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 havepronounced 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 ofthem also: and I will recompense them according to theirdeeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
24:025:015 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the winecup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, towhom I send thee, to drink it.
24:025:016 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of thesword that I will send among them.
24:025:017 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all thenations 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, andthe kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
24:025:023 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmostcorners,
24:025:024 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingledpeople that dwell in the desert,
24:025:025 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and allthe kings of the Medes,
24:025:026 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one withanother, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon theface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink afterthem.
24:025:027 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD ofhosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue,and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I willsend 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 ofthe earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall notbe lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dungupon the ground.
24:025:034 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in theashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of yourslaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and yeshall 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 evilway, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to dounto them because of the evil of their doings.
24:026:004 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye willnot hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set beforeyou,
24:026:005 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom Isent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but yehave not hearkened;
24:026:006 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make thiscity a curse to all the nations of the earth.
24:026:007 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heardJeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
24:026:008 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speakingall that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all thepeople, that the priests and the prophets and all the peopletook him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
24:026:009 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, Thishouse shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolatewithout an inhabitant? And all the people were gatheredagainst 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 thepeople, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against thishouse and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
24:026:013 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey thevoice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him ofthe 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 kingof Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thussaith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field,and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of thehouse as the high places of a forest.
24:026:019 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all todeath? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, andthe LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronouncedagainst them? Thus might we procure great evil against oursouls.
24:026:020 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of theLORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, whoprophesied against this city and against this land accordingto all the words of Jeremiah.
24:026:021 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and allthe princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him todeath: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, andwent 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 himunto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and casthis dead body into the graves of the common people.
24:026:024 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was withJeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of thepeople to put him to death.
24:027:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiahking 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 theLORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto yourmasters;
24:027:005 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon theground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and havegiven it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
24:027:006 And now have I given all these lands into the hand ofNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beastsof 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'sson, until the very time of his land come: and then manynations 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 thesewords, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king ofBabylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
24:027:013 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by thefamine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken againstthe nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
24:027:014 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets thatspeak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king ofBabylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
24:027:015 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy alie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye mightperish, 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 beuntil the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will Ibring 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 allthe vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king ofBabylon took away from this place, and carried them toBabylon:
24:028:004 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son ofJehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, thatwent into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yokeof 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 oldprophesied both against many countries, and against greatkingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
24:028:009 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of theprophet 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 prophetJeremiah'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 offthe neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
24:028:013 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hastbroken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokesof 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, Hearnow, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makestthis people to trust in a lie.
24:028:016 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee fromoff the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, becausethou 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, andthe smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
24:029:003 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the sonof Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon toNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
24:029:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all thatare carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carriedaway 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 beaccomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my goodword toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
24:029:011 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith theLORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you anexpected 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 mewith 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 ofJudah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee likeZedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted inthe fire;
24:029:023 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and havecommitted adultery with their neighbours' wives, and havespoken lying words in my name, which I have not commandedthem; 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 peoplethat are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiahthe priest, and to all the priests, saying,
24:029:026 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada thepriest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD,for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, thatthou 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 Israeland 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 awoman 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 iseven the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out ofit.
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 fromafar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacobshall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and noneshall make him afraid.
24:030:011 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though Imake a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correctthee in measure, and will not leave thee altogetherunpunished.
24:030:012 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thywound is grievous.
24:030:013 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be boundup: 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 captivityof Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; andthe city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palaceshall remain after the manner thereof.
24:030:019 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice ofthem that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shallnot be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not besmall.
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, acontinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head ofthe wicked.
24:030:024 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hathdone 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 swordfound grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went tocause him to rest.
24:031:003 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I haveloved thee with an everlasting love: therefore withlovingkindness have I drawn thee.
24:031:004 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin ofIsrael: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, andshalt 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 mountEphraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto theLORD our God.
24:031:007 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, andshout 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 gatherthem from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind andthe lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth withchild together: a great company shall return thither.
24:031:009 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will Ilead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of watersin a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am afather 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 tobe comforted for her children, because they were not.
24:031:016 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thineeyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith theLORD; 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 hearttoward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turnagain, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
24:031:022 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? forthe LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shallcompass 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 replenishedevery sorrowful soul.
24:031:026 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet untome.
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 asour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
24:031:030 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man thateateth 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 fathersin the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out ofthe land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although Iwas an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
24:031:033 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the houseof Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my lawin their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and willbe 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 yearof Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year ofNebuchadrezzar.
24:032:002 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: andJeremiah 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, Whereforedost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, Iwill give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, andhe shall take it;
24:032:004 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand ofthe Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand ofthe 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 recompensestthe iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their childrenafter them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, ishis name,
24:032:019 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are openupon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every oneaccording to his ways, and according to the fruit of hisdoings:
24:032:020 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, evenunto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hastmade thee a name, as at this day;
24:032:021 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land ofEgypt 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 comeand set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, uponwhose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and pouredout drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
24:032:030 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have onlydone evil before me from their youth: for the children ofIsrael have only provoked me to anger with the work of theirhands, 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 deliveredinto the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by thefamine, and by the pestilence;
24:032:037 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither Ihave driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in greatwrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I willcause 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 mayfear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their childrenafter them:
24:032:040 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I willnot turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put myfear 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 willplant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and withmy whole soul.
24:032:042 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this greatevil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the goodthat I have promised them.
24:032:043 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It isdesolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand ofthe 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 formedit, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
24:033:003 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great andmighty 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 ofIsrael 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 honourbefore all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all thegood that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble forall the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procureunto it.