in revenge of Israel. Before JEREMIAH. The perpetual sinking of Babylon. lence in the land, ruler against CHRIST ruler. 595. ch. 50. 2. ver. 52. ↑ Heb. a Is. 44. 23. & 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will t do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, bch. 50. 3, 41. shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. 49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all I the earth. Or, Both Babylon is to fall. O ye slain of Is rae, and with Babylon. cc. 1 Or. 50 Ye that have escaped the the country. Sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. ch. 44, 28. d Ps. 44. 15, 16. & 79. 4. e ver. 47. fel, 43, 16, Amos 9. 2. Obad. 4. 8 ch. 20. 22. h Ps. 94. 1. ch. 50, 29. ver. 24. i ver. 39. Irh. 46. 18. & 51 We are confounded, be- 54 A sound of a cry cometh 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, made naked. and her high gates shall be burn 1 ver. 44. 1 Or. ed with fire; and mthe people | 59 The word which Jeremiah 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 1. Zedekiah rebelleth. 4 Jerusalem is besieged twenty years old when he EDEKIAH was a one and 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusa lem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of Jerusalem besieged, CHRIST JEREMIAH. taken, and spoiled. Before the month, that Nebuchadrezzar | and those that fell away, that fell Before king of Babylon came, he and all to the king of Babylon, and the CHRIST his army, against Jerusalem, and rest of the multitude. pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 590. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 16 But Nebuzar-adan the cap- 588. ich. 27. 19. See 1 Kings 7. 15, 23, 27, 50. Ex. 27. 3. or, 2 Kings 25. 14, 15, 16, instruments to remove the ashes. Or, censers. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the basins, and the fire- Or, basins. pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Sol Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judg-omon had made in the house ment upon him. of the LORD: mithe brass of 1 Kings 7. all these vessels was without weight. 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. e 21 And concerning the "pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of 13 Now in the fifth month, 13 And burned the house of the 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 hThen Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 47. + Heb. Kings 7.15. 2 Kings 25.17. 2 Chr. 3. 15. Heb. thread. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the see 1 Kings network were a hundred round about. 24 And Pthe captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal The nobles of Judah slain. Before 588. LAMENTATIONS. Before CHRIST 585. 562. 27, 28, 29, 30. Jehoiachin is advanced. scribe of the host, who mustered carried away captive of the Jews CHRIST the people of the land; and seven hundred forty and five | threescore men of the people of persons: all the persons rere the land, that were found in the four thousand and six hundred. midst of the city. 31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of Kings 25. the captivity of Jehoiachin king: of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach | king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, y lifted up the head Gen. 40. 13, of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 600. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own, land. r 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of 12. Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight † Heb. souls. hundred thirty and two per 585. :sons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, NebuIzar-adan the captain of the guard 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 20. Heb. with him. good things 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually 2 Sam. 9. 13. eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. † Heb. 2 She weepeth sore in the 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, Deut. 28.64, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. 65. ch. 2.9. 1 Dent. 28. 43, 44. 15. Jer. 30. 14, Dan. 97, 16. Jer. 52. 28. desirable, 7 Jerusalem remembered in the ver. 10. 8 m Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her become a re- despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: Pshe had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction for the enemy hath magnified himself. Ez. 16. 37. & Deut. 32. 29. Is. 47. 7. P ver. 2, 17, 21. 9 ver. 7. I Or. desirable. Jer. 51. 51. Deut. 23 3. Neh. 13. 1. t Jer. 38. 9. & to make the soul to come † Heb. pass 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her Ipleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat Ito relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and, see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth Ez. 12. 13. & against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 17.20. y Deut. 28. 48. z Is. 63. 3. 14 y The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. judgments to be righteous. hands, and there is none to com- Before fort her: the LORD hath com- CHRIST manded concerning Jacob, that about 588. his adversaries should be round d ver. 2, 9. about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. 18 The LORD is righteous; for I have frebelled against his † commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. e Neh. 9 33. Dan. 9. 7, 14. f1 Sam. 12. 14, 15. +Heb. mouth. Ever 2. Jer. 30. 14. 19 I called for my lovers, but g they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while theyh ver. 11. sought their meat to relieve their souls. is. 16. 11. Ez. 7. 15. 20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are trou-i Job 30. 27. bled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. Deut. 32. 25. 21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring mthe day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. 2 The Lord hath swallowed up 15 The Lord hath trodden un-all the habitations of Jacob, dandaver. 17, 21. der foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath Rev. 14. 19 trodden Tthe virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. 16 For these things I weep; amine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: fhe hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. Ps. 74. 11. Ps. 89. 46. Jeremiah lamenteth Before CHRIST about 588. h ls. 63. 10. ver. 5. ↑ Heb, all the destrable of the eye. i Ez. 24. 25. k ver. 4 Jer 30. 14. Jer. 52. 13. their mothers' bosom. 4 he hath bent his bow like an | their soul was poured out into| 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, 12 Kings 25.9. he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. m Ps 80. 12. & 89. 40. 15.5. Or, hedge. n Is. 1. 8. 0 chi. 1. 4. Zeph. 3. 18. † Heb. shut up. P Ps. 74. 4. 42 Kings 21. 13. Is. 34. 11. Heb. swal lowing up. r Jer. 51. 30. Deut. 28 36. 2 Kings 24. 15. & 25. 7. 20. ch. 1.3. & 4. t2 Chr. 15. 3. "Ps. 74. 9. Ez. 7. 26. * Job 2. 13. Is. 3. 26. ch. 3. 28. 6 And he hath violently m taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; Pthey have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and rbroken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her u prophets also find no vision from the LORD. 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have y cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves Ez. 7. 18. & with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. y Job 2. 12. Z Is. 15. 3. 27.31. a Ps. 6. 7. ch. 3. 4, & bch. 1. 29. Job 16. 13. Ps. 22. 14. d ver. 19. ch. 4.4. Or, faint. 11 a Mine eyes do fail with tears, bmy bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings Iswoon in the streets of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when Before CHRIST about 588. Dan. 9. 12. 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing ch. 1. 12. shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? 14 Thy f prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for 8 Is. 58. 1. thee false burdens and causes of banishment. 15 h All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? h1 Kings 9.8. Jer. 18. 16. Heb. i Ez. 25. 6. 21. Ps. 44. 14. 1 Ps. 48. 2. & 50. 2. Job 16.9.10. Ps. 22. 13. ch. 3. 46. Ps. 56. 2. ° Ps. 35. 21. 16 m All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, "We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 The LORD hath done that which he had Pdevised; he hath P Lev. 26. 16, fulfilled his word that he had| commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. &c. a ver. 2. PR. 38, 16, & 89.42.. t Jer. 14. 17. ch. 1. 16. 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O s wall of the daughter of ver. 8. Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19 Arise, "cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, y that faint for hunger in the top of every street. 20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are |