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shalt say unto them, Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink..ye, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall so as not to rise again, before the sword which I am about to send among you. And it shall be, in case they shall refuse to take the cup from thine hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, Ye shall surely drink. For behold upon the city which is called by my name I begin to bring evil; and shall ye go altogether unpunished Ye shall not go unpunished; for a sword am I about to call for against all the inhabitants of the earth, saith JEHOVAH of hosts. 30THOU shalt also prophesy unto them all these words, and shalt say unto them,~*

JEHOVAH from on high shall roar,

shall he utter his

And from his holy habitation shall he utter his

voice;
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He shall roar aloud against his resting place,

A shout like that of the vintagers shall he give
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

81 A tumult hath reached unto the extremity of the earth;

Because JEHOVAH hath a controversy with the nations,

He hath entered into judgment with the whole race of the wicked, to RADI

Delivering them up unto the sword, saith JEHO

VAH.

32 Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts;

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Behold, evil is going forth from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind shall be raised from the extreme quarters of the earth:

33 And the slain of JEHOVAH in that day shall be From the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:

They shall not be lamented, nor gathered, nor buried,

For dung shall they be upon the surface of the ground.

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34 Wail, O ye shepherds, and cry,

And roll yourselves [in ashes] O ye chief of the flock;

Because your days for slaughter, and your dispersions, are accomplished;

And ye shall fall like a precious vessel.

35 And the means of flight shall be cut off from the shepherds,

And of escape from the chief of the flock. 36 A voice of crying of the shepherds,

And of wailing of the chief of the flock,
Because JEHOVAH hath laid their pasture waste!

37 Also the peaceful folds are destroyed

By means of the fierce wrath of JEHOVAH.
38 He hath quitted, like a lion, his covert;
Surely their land is become a desolation,
By means of the fierceness of the oppressor,
And by means of the fierceness of his wrath.
CHAP. XXVI.

1 IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH King of Judah, CAME THIS WORD FROM JEHOVAH, SAYING,

THUS saith JEHOVAH, Stand in the court of the house of JEHOVAH, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, those that come to worship in the house of JEHOVAH, all the words which I have charged thee to speak unto them; abate not 3 a word: if peradventure they will hearken, and

turn every one from his evil way that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them, because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith JEHO

VAH; If ye will not hearken unto me to walk in my 5 law, which have set before you, to hearken un

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to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, rising up early and sending, even as ye have not hearkened then will I make this house like Shiloh, and this city will I make a curse among all nations of the earth.

And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the 8 house of JEHOVAH. And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had done speaking all that JEHOVAH had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people apprehended him, saying, Thou shalt sure9ly die. Wherefore hast thou prophesied in the

name of JEHOVAH, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be made desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were assembled together against Jeremiah in the house 10 of JEHOVAH! When the princes of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king's house to the house of JEHOVAH, and sat in the entrance 11 of the new gate of the house of JEHOVAH. Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; because he hath prophesied coneerning this city according as ye have heard with your ears. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, JEHOVAH hath sent me to prophesy concerning this house,

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and concerning this city, all the words which ye 13 have heard. But now amend ye your ways and

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your doings, and hearken unto the voice of JEHOVAH your God; and JEHOVAH will repent him of the evil which he hath denounced against you. 14 And as for me, behold I am in your power; do to me as it is good and right in your eyes. Only know assuredly, that if ye put me to death, surely ye shall bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth JEHOVAH hath sent me unto you, to speak all these words in your ears. 16. 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 17 of JEHOVAH our God.

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Certain also of the elders

spake to all the assemMicah the Morasthite Hezekiah king of Ju

of the land rose up and 18 bly of the people, saying, prophesied in the days of dah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, Sion shall be plowed up [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house shall be like the heights of the forest. Did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah, proceed to put him 19 to death? Did he not fear JEHOVAH, and intreat the favour of JEHOVAH, So that JEHOVAH repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? But we are doing great mischief to ourselves.

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But there was also a man, that prophesied in the name of JEHOVAH, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the

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21 words of Jeremiah. And when Jehoiakim the king, and all his great men, and all the princes, heard his words, then the king sought to put him to death: but Urijah heard and was afraid, and 22 fled and went into Egypt. But Jehoiakim the king sent adversaries, Elnathan the son of Ach23 bor, and certain men with him, into Egypt: and they brought Urijah forth out of Egypt, and brought him to king Jehoiakim, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the buryingplaces of the children of the people. 24 Howbeit the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that he should not be delivered into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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CHAP. XXXV.

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THE WORD WHICH CAME UNTO JEREMIAH from JehoVAH IN THE days of JehGIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING,

Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of JEHOVAH, into one of the chambers, and give 3 them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habatziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house 4 of the Rechabites. And I brought them into the house of JEHOVAH, 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 5 Shallum, the keeper of the door. And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine and cups; and I said unto them,

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