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, andwithout 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 performthat good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israeland to the house of Judah.
24:033:015 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch ofrighteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall executejudgment and righteousness in the land.
24:033:016 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwellsafely: 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 dayand 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; andwith the Levites the priests, my ministers.
24:033:022 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand ofthe sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David myservant, 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 toZedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD;Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king ofBabylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
24:034:003 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely betaken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shallbehold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speakwith 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, inproclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye hadmade a covenant before me in the house which is called by myname:
24:034:016 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man hisservant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set atliberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them intosubjection, 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 intothe hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodiesshall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to thebeasts of the earth.
24:034:021 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give intothe hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seektheir 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 toreturn to this city; and they shall fight against it, and takeit, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judaha desolation without an inhabitant.
24:035:001 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
24:035:002 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, andbring them into the house of the LORD, into one of thechambers, and give them wine to drink.
24:035:003 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son ofHabaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the wholehouse 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 wevineyard, nor field, nor seed:
24:035:010 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and doneaccording 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 inhabitantsof Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them:because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; andI have called unto them, but they have not answered.
24:035:018 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saiththe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyedthe commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all hisprecepts, and done according unto all that he hath commandedyou:
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 beforeme for ever.
24:036:001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah fromthe 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 whichI purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man fromhis evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
24:036:004 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruchwrote 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 thouwrite all these words at his mouth?
24:036:018 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words untome 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 andJeremiah; 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 theking had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote atthe mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
24:036:028 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the formerwords that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king ofJudah 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; Heshall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his deadbody shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in thenight to the frost.
24:036:031 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for theiriniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that Ihave 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 Coniahthe son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon madeking 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 theprophet Jeremiah.
24:037:003 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah andZephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophetJeremiah, 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 theChaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah tookJeremiah, 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: forthey 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 Ioffended against thee, or against thy servants, or againstthis 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 againstthis 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 ofPashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son ofMalchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto allthe people, saying,
24:038:002 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall dieby the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but hethat goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shallhave 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 theJews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver meinto their hand, and they mock me.
24:038:020 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, Ibeseech 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 daythat Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem wastaken.
24:039:001 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenthmonth, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his armyagainst 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 withchains, to carry him to Babylon.
24:039:008 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses ofthe 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 concerningJeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
24:039:012 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but dounto 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 ofBabylon'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 thoushalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou artafraid.
24:039:018 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by thesword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: becausethou 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 whichwere upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come withme into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but ifit seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear:behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth goodand convenient for thee to go, thither go.
24:040:005 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also toGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the kingof Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, anddwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemethconvenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gavehim 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 untothem and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve theChaldeans: 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 theChaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine,and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, anddwell 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 weredriven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, untoMizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
24:040:013 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains ofthe forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah toMizpah,
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 ofthe forces that were with him, heard of all the evil thatIshmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
24:041:012 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael theson of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that arein Gibeon.
24:041:013 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were withIshmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains ofthe forces that were with him, then they were glad.
24:041:014 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive fromMizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the sonof 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 faithfulwitness between us, if we do not even according to all thingsfor 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 thevoice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it maybe 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 youup: 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 tosave you, and to deliver you from his hand.
24:042:012 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy uponyou, and cause you to return to your own land.
24:042:013 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obeythe 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 ofJudah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If yewholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojournthere;
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 inEgypt; and there ye shall die.
24:042:017 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to gointo Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, bythe famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shallremain 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 notobeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for thewhich 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 yedesire to go and to sojourn.
24:043:001 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end ofspeaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD theirGod, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, evenall these words,
24:043:002 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son ofKareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thouspeakest 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, forto deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they mightput us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
24:043:004 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of theforces, 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 theforces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned fromall nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in theland 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 hadleft with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, andJeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
24:043:007 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not thevoice 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 theland of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptiansshall he burn with fire.
24:044:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews whichdwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and atTahpanhes, 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 seenall the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon allthe cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are adesolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
24:044:003 Because of their wickedness which they have committed toprovoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and toserve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, noryour 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, whitherye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, andthat ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nationsof the earth?
24:044:009 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and thewickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of theirwives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of yourwives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and inthe streets of Jerusalem?
24:044:010 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have theyfeared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I setbefore 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 cutoff 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 allthings, 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 pouredout drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worshipher, 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 thewomen, 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 ofyour doings, and because of the abominations which ye havecommitted; therefore is your land a desolation, and anastonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at thisday.
24:044:023 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinnedagainst the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in histestimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as atthis 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: andall the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall beconsumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an endof them.