i Lev. 16, 29. & 23.27-32. Acts 27.9. k ver. 3. † Heb. their supplication shall fall. about 606. I Or, door. 1 ch. 26. 10. The king burneth the roll. had heard, when Baruch read the 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears! 15 And they said unto him, Sit of the people in the LORD's down now, and read it in our house upon the fasting day: ears. So Baruch read it in their and also thou shalt read them ears. in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 kIt 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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 cars of all the people. 11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 12 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. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he 16 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. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. 20 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. 21 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. Before CHRIST about 606. 3. 15. 22 Now the king sat in mthem See Amos winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 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 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the "2 Kings 22. king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made 11. Is. 36. 22. & 37.1. I Or. about 605. 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hamme of the king. lech, 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. 27¶Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. cl. 22. 30. P ch. 22. 19. † Heb. visit upon, cl. 23. 34. ↑ Heb. as they. about 599. a2 Kings 24. 17. 2 Chr. 36. 10. ch. 22. 24. 29 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? 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be Pcast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. 32 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. CHAPTER XXXVII. 1 The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the people. 6 Jeremiah prophesieth the Chaldeans' certain return and victory. 11 He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. 16 He assureth Zedekiah of the captivity. 18 Entreating for his liberty, he obtaineth some favour. Jeremiah's prophecy. about 599. Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, Before whom Nebuchadrezzar king of CHRIST Babylon made king in the land of Judah. b2 Chr. 36. 12, 14. 2 b But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by Heb, by the the prophet Jeremiah. с hand of the prophet. 590. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maa- ch. 21. 1, 2. seiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. & 29. 25. & 52.24. 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you fch. 21. 2. unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall ch. 34. 22. come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying,† Heb. souls. The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten hel. 21. 4, 5. the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but t wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 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 Before son of Hananiah; and he took CHRIST Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. † Heb. falsehood, or, a lie. k elt. 38. 26. I ch. 38. 6. Or, cells. 589. † Heb. let my supplication full. mel. 32. 2. & 38. 13, 28. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is +false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. 16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 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. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?" 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: tlet 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. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah m into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' ch. 38. 9. & street, "until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 52.6. CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1 Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah. 7 Ebed-melech, by suit, getteth him some enlargement. 14 Upon secret conference he counselleth the king by yielding to save his life. 24 By the king's instructions he concealeth the conference from the princes. HEN Shephatiah the son of and cast into the dungeon. A cl. 37. 3. b ch. 21. 1. c ch. 21. 8. son of Pashur, and Jucal the Before son of Shelemiah, and Pashur CHRIST the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, Hed ch. 21. 9. that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This ch. 21. 10. & city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, flet this man be put to death: See ch. 26. 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 † Heb. peace. people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 32 3. 11. 6 & Then took they Jeremiah, 8 ch. 37. 21. and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hamme-Or, of the lech, that was in the court of the king. prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7hNow when Ebed-melech ch. 39. 16. 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; 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 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 the ist Heb. like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. he will die. L Jeremiah's advice 589. Before 589. Before men with him, and went into LORD, which I speak unto thee: CHRIST the house of the king under so it shall be well unto thee, and CHRIST the treasury, and took thence thy soul shall live. old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. I Is. 57. 16. m2 Kings 24. 12. n ch. 39. 3. 14 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. 15 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? 16 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 inen that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly mgo 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: 18 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 cl. 32. 4. & thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 34. 3. ver. 23. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me P1 Sam. 31.4. into their hand, and they Pmock me. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: 22 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. +Heb. Men of thy peace. eh. 39. 6. & 41. 10. I ver. 18. 23 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 Heb. be burned with fire. 24 Then said Zedekiah unto! Jeremiah, Let no man know of, these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 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: Ithou shalt burn, &c. 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my suppli-ch. 37. 20. cation before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to diet cl. 37. 15. there. 27 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. 28 So "Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 Jerusalem is taken. 4 Zedekiah is made blind, and sent to Babylon. 8 The city rumnated, 9 the people captivated. 11 Ne5uchadrezzar's charge for the good usage of Jeremiah. 15 God's promise to Ebedmele ch. 20 But Jeremiah said, They the ninth year of Zedekiah shall not deliver thee. Obey, I I beseech thee, the voice of the © 2 Kings 25. 4. &c. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3b And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. c 4 And it came to pass, that ch. 52. 7, &c. 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. d ch. 32. 4. & 38. 18, 23. 5 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 e Riblah in the land of Hat Heb. spake math, where he gave judgment upon him. 2 Kings 23. 33. with lum judgments. ch. 4. 12. f Ez. 12. 13. compared with ch.32. 4. 52. 13. 6 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. 7 Moreover the put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him † with chains, to carry him to Babylon. † Heb. with 8 And the Chaldeans burned two brazen chains, or, the king's house, and the houses fetters. of the people, with fire, and brake 52 Kings 25.9. ch. 38. 18. & down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 h Then Nebuzar-adan the It 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. h 2 Kings 25. 11, &c. ch 52.15, &c. Or, chief marshal. ↑ Heb. chief of the execu tioners, or, slaughter men: and sover. 10,11, &c. See Gen. 37. 36. † Heb. in that day. Heb. by the hand of. ↑ Heb. set thine eyes upon him. 10 But Nebuzar-adan 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 tat the same time. 11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concern ing Jeremiah tto Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and tlook well to him, and do him no harm; but God's promise to Ebed-melech. do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; Before CHRIST 588. 14 Even they sent, and took ich. 38. 28. Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him un-keh. 40. 5. to Gedaliah the son of Ahi-ch. 26. 24. kam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. 15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 16 Go and speak to mEbed-me-m ch. 38.7, 12. lech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring Dan. 9. 12. my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for ch. 21. 9. & a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. chains among all that were caror, ried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto bel. 50.7. him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned Dent 29.24, against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which |