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thou written thereon, saying, The king of Babylon shall surely come, and shall destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and 30 beast? Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall not have one to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast forth to the heat by day, and to the frost by night. And I will visit upon him, and upon his seed, and upon his servants, their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil which I have denounced against them, but they hearkened not.

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Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe; and he wrote thereon from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book, which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there was a further addition made unto them of many words of the same sort.

CHAP. XLV.

THE WORD WHICH JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE UNTO BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH, AFTER HE HAD WRITTEN THESE WORDS IN A BOOK FROM THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING,

THUS hath JEHOVAH the God of Israel spoken 3 concerning thee, O Baruch; Thou hast said, Woe now unto me! for JEHOVAH hath added grief to my sorrow; I am wearied with my sighing, and 4 have found no rest. Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus hath JEHOVAH said; Behold, what I have builded, I am about to pull down; and

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what I have planted I am about to pluck up, even 5 the whole land itself: and seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek [them] not; for, behold, I am about to bring evil upon all flesh, saith JEHOVAH; but I will give thee thy life as spoil in all places whither thou goest.

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CHAP. XXIV,

JEHOVAH shewed me, and behold two baskets of figs offered according to law before the temple of JEHOVAH, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the artificers, and the armourers, from Jerusalem, and had conducted 2 them to Babylon: one basket of figs exceedingly good, like the figs of the early sort; and the other basket of figs exceedingly bad, which could S not be eaten for badness. And JEHOVAH said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs exceedingly good, and the bad exceedingly bad, which cannot be eaten for 4 badness. Then came the word of JEHOVAH UN5 to me, saying, Thus saith JEHOVAH the God of

Israel; Like these good figs, so will I distinguish the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of Chaldea, in a favour6 able manner. And I will set my eyes upon them

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favourably, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up, and not pull down; 7 and I will plant them, and not pluck up.

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I will give them a heart to know me, that I am
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figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, surely thus saith JEHOVAH, So will I make Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, those that are left in this land, and 9 those that settle in the land of Egypt: and I will deliver them up to vexation afflictively in all kingdoms of the earth; to be a reproach, and a proverb, and a taunt, and a curse, in all places 10 whither I shall drive them. And I will send among them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence, until they be consumed from off the land, which I gave unto them and to their fathers.

CHAP. XXIX.

1 NOW these are the words of the letter, which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem, unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive 2 from Jerusalem to Babylon, after the departure of Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the artificers, and the armourers, from Jerusa3 lem, by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Babylon) saying,

THUS saith JEHOVAH of hosts the God of Israel unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto 5 Babylon; Build ye houses, and inhabit; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take

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wives for your sons, and give your daughters unto husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and increase ye there, and be not diminish7. ed. And seek ye the peace of the city whither

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I have caused you to be carried away captive, for 8 in the peace thereof shall ye have 'peace. For thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, nor your diviners, impose upon you, neither hearken ye to your dealers in dreams, whom ye cause to dream. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name; I have not sent them, saith 10 JEHOVAH. For thus saith JEHOVAH, Surely when seventy years have been completed at Babylon, I will visit you, and I will perform towards you my good promise, in bringing you again to 11 this place. For I know the intentions which I have in my mind respecting you, saith JEHOVAH, -intentions of peace, and not of hurtful tendency; to make your latter end even an object of hope. 12 And ye shall call upon me, and shall go and pray 13 unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye

shall seek me, and shall find, when ye shall have 14 sought me with your whole heart. And I will be found of you, saith JEHOVAH; and I will reverse your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith JEHOVAH; and I will bring you again to the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

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BUT thus hath JEHOVAH Spoken concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that went not forth with you into

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17 captivity: Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, Behold, I am about to send upon them the sword, and the famine, aud the pestilence, and I will make them like the vilest figs, which cannot be eaten for badness. And I will persecute them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence; and I will give them up to vexation in all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse, and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach, among all na19 tions, whither I have driven them because they have not hearkened unto my words, saith JEHOVAH, when I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending, even as ye 20 have not hearkened, saith JEHOVAH. Hearken ye therefore unto the word of JEHOVAH all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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WHEREAS ye have said, JEHOVAH hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon: Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby22 lon; and he shall slay them before your eyes and from them shall be taken a curse among all the captives of Judah that are at Babylon, saying, JEHOVAH make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire: 23 because they have practised villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours wives, and have spoken a word in my name false

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ly, which I commanded them not; for I know

and am a witness, saith JEHOVAH.

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