6 Wherefore my Fury and mine Anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the Cities of Judah, and in the Streets of Jerufalem, and they are wafted and defolate, as at this Day.

7 Therefore now, thus faith the LORD, the God of Hofts, the God of Ifrael, 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 ;

8 In that ye provoke me unto Wrath with the WORKS of your HANDS, burning Incense unto other Gods in the Land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut your felves off, and that ye might be a Curfe, and a REPROACH among all the NATIONS of the Earth?

9 Have ye forgotten the WICKEDNESS of your Fathers, and the Wickedness of the KINGS of Judah, and the Wickedness of their Wives, and your own Wickednefs, and the Wickedness of your Wives which they have committed in the Land of Judah, and in the Streets of Jerufalem?

10 They are not humbled even unto this Day, neither have they feared nor walked in my Law, nor in my Statutes that I fet before you, and before your Fathers.

II Therefore thus faith the LORD of Hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will fet my Face against you for Evil, and to cut off all Judah.

12 And I will take the Remnant of Judah that have fet their Faces to go into the Land of Egypt to fojourn there, and they fhall be confumed, and fall in the Land of Egypt: they shall even be confumed by the Sword, and by the Famine: they fhall die, from the leaft even unto the greatest, by the Sword, and by the Famine: and they fhall be an Execration, and an Aftonifhment, and a Curfe, and a Reproach.

13 For I will punish them that dwell in the Land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerufalem, by the Sword, by the Famine, and by the Peftilence.

14 So that none of the Remnant of Judah, which are gone into the Land of Egypt to fojourn there, fhall efcape or remain, that they should return into the Land of Judah, to the which they have a Defire to return to dwell there, for none shall return but fuch as fhall efcape.

15 Then all the Men which knew that their Wives had burnt Incenfe unto other Gods, and all the Women that ftood by, a great Multitude, even all the People that dwelt Hhhh 2

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in the Land of Egypt in Pathros, anfwered Jeremiah, faying, 16 As for the Word that thou haft spoken to us in the Name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

17 But we will certainly do whatfoever Thing goeth forth out of our own Mouth, to burn Incenfe unto the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink Offrings unto her, as we have done, we and our Fathers, cur Kings and our Princes, in the Cities of Judah, and in the Streets of Jerufalem: for then had we plenty of Victuals, and were well, and faw no Evil.

18 But fince we have left off to burn Incense to the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink Offerings unto her, we have wanted all Things, and have been confumed by the Sword, and by the Famine.

19 And when we burnt Incenfe to the Queen of Heaven, and poured out drink Offerings unto her, did we make her Cakes to worship her, and pour out drink Offerings unto her without our Men?

20 Then Jeremiah faid unto all the People, to the Men, and to the Women, and to all the People which had given him that Anfwer, faying,

21 The Incenfe that ye burnt in the Cities of Judah, and in the Streets of Jerufalem, 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?

22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the Evil of your Doings, and becaufe of the Abominations which ye have committed: therefore is your Land a Defolation, and an Aftonifhment, and a Curfe without an Inhabitant, as at this Day.

23 Because ye have burnt Incense, and because ye have finned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the Voice of the LORD, nor walked in his Law, nor in his Statutes, nor in his Teftimonies: therefore this Evil is happened unto you, as at this Day.

24 Morcover, Jeremiah faid unto all the People, and to all the Women, Hear the Word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the Land of Egypt.

25 Thus faith the LORD of Hofts, the GoD of Ifrael, faying, Ye and your Wives have both spoken with your Mouths, and fulfilled with your Hand, faying, We will furely perform our Vows that we have vowed, to burn In

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cenfe to the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink Offerings unto her: ye will furely accomplish your Vows, and furely perform your Vows.

26 Therefore hear ye the Word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the Land of Egypt, Behold, I have fworn by my GREAT NAME, faith the LORD, that my Name fhall no more be named in the Mouth of any Man of Judah, in all the Land of Egypt, faying, The LORD GOD liveth.

27 Behold, I will watch over them for Evil, and not for Good, and all the Men of Judah, that are in the Land of Egypt fhall be confumed by the Sword, and by the Famine, until there be an End of them.

28 Yet a fmall Number that escape the Sword, fhall return out of the Land of Egypt into the Land of Judah; and all the Remnant of Judah that are gone into the Land of Egypt to fojourn there, fhall know whofe Words fhall ftand, mine or theirs.

29 And this fhall be a Sign unto you, faith the LORD, that I will punish you in this Place, that ye may know that my Words fhall furely ftand against you for Evil.

30 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra King of Egypt into the Hand of his Enemies, and into the Hand of them that feek his Life, as I gave Zedekiah, King of Judah, into the Hand of Nebuchadrezzar the King of Babylon his Enemy, and that fought his Life.

CHAP. XLV.

Baruch being dismayed, 4 Jeremiah inftru&teth and comforteth him.

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HE Word that Jeremiah the Prophet fpake unto Baruch the Son of Neriah, when he had written thefe Words in a Book at the Mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth Year of Jehoiakim the Son of Jofiah King of Judah, faying,

2 Thus faith the LORD, the GOD of Ifrael unto thee, O Baruch,

3 Thou didft fay, Wo is me now, for the LORD hath added Grief to my Sorrow, I fainted in my Sighing, and I find no Reft.

Thus fhalt thou fay unto him, The LORD faith thus, Echold, that which I have built will I break down, and that

which I have planted, I will pluck up, even this whole Land.

5 And feekeft thou GREAT THINGS FOR thy felf? SEEK them NOT. For behold, I will bring Evil upon all Flesh, faith the LORD: but thy LIFE will I give unto thee for a Prey in all Places whither thou goest.

CHAP. XLVI.

Jeremiah prophefieth the Overthrow of Pharaoh's Army. 13 The Conqueft of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar. 27 Jacob comforted in their Chastisement.

Ver, 28

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EAR thou not, O Jacob my Servant, faith the LORD, for I am with thee, for I will make a FULL End of all the Nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a FULL END of thee, but CORRECT thee in Measure, yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

CHAP. XLVIII.

The Judgment of Moab, 7 For their Pride.

11 For their

Security. 14 For their Carnal Confidence, 26 And for their Contempt of God and his People. 47 The Reftauration of Moab.

CHA P. XLIX.

1 The Judgment of the Ammonites. 7 Of Edom. 23 Of Damafcus. 28 Of Kedar. 30 Of Hazor. 34 And of Elam.

T is conceived, it may not be improper to infert in this Place the Story of the Jews, during their Captivity in Babylon, as it is related in the Book of Daniel.

ABSTRACT

DANIEL

ABSTRACT

Of the Book of

DANIE L,

So far as relates to what befel the Jews after their Captivity to Babylon.

The Conqueft of Babylon by the Perfians, and the Decree of Cyrus for rebuilding the Temple.

CHA P. I.

1 Jehoiakim's Captivity. 3 Afhpenaz taketh Daniel, Hananiah, Mihael and Azariah. 8 They refufing the King's Portion, do profper with Pulfe and Water. 17 Their Excellency in Wisdom.

Ver. 1

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N the third Year of the Reign of Jehoiakim King of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon unto Jerufalem, and befieged it.