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CHAP. XXVII.

1 IN THE BEGINNING OF the reign of ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH, CAME THIS COMMAND UNTO JEREMIAH FROM JEHOVAH, TO SAY,

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THUS said JEHOVAH to me, Make thee bands and yokes, and thou shalt put them upon thy 3 neck; and thou shalt send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the ambassadors, that are come to Jerusalem to 4 Zedekiah king of Judah. And thou shalt charge them with a message unto their masters, saying, 5 Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters; I have made the earth, and the man and the beast which are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it unto 6 whomsoever it seemeth meet unto me. And now

I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and the beasts of the field also have I given unto him 7 to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land, even his, be come, when many nations 8 and great kings shall exact service of him. And it shall be, that whatsoever nation and kingdom will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and will not submit its neck to the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and with famine and with pestilence will I visit upon that nation, saith JEHOVAH, until I have consumed

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9 them by his hand. Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets, and to your diviners, and to your dealers in dreams, and to your astrologers, and to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye 10 shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy falsehood unto you, so as to remove you far from your own land, and that I should drive 11 you out, and that ye should perish. But the nation which shall bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and shall serve him, I will even leave them undisturbed in their own land, saith JEHOVAH, and they shall cultivate it, and shall dwell therein.

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And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve 13 him and his people, and live. Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, according as JEHOVAH hath spoken concerning the nation which will not serve 14 the king of Babylon. And hearken ye not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; 15 for they prophesy falsehood unto you. For I have not sent them, saith JEHOVAH, but they prophesy in my name falsely, that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

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Also to the priests, and to all the people, spake I, saying, Thus saith JEHOVAH, Нearken not unto the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the house of JEHOVAH shall be brought back again from Babylon now shortly: for they prophesy unto you

17 falsehood. Hearken ye not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this 18 city become a desolation? But if they be prophets, and if the word of JEHOVAH be with them, let them now intercede with JEHOVAH of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of JEHOVAH, and in the house of the king of Judah, and 19 in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon. For thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are 20 left in this city, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of 21 Judah and Jerusalem: Surely thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the ves

sels that are left in the house of JEHOVAH, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jeru22 salem; They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I shall visit them, saith JEHOVAH; when I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.

CHAP. XXVIII.

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1 AND it came to pass in the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of JEHOVAH, in the presence of the priests and of all the 2 people, saying, Thus hath JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, spoken, saying, I have broken the 3 yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full

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years will I bring again to this place all the veşsels of the house of JEHOVAH, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place, 4 and carried them to Babylon. And Jeconiah the -son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, will I bring again to this place, saith JEHOVAH; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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5 Then Jeremiah the prophet. spake unto Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood 6 in the house of JEHOVAH.. And Jeremiah the 5/prophet said, Amen so let JEHOVAH do; let JE

HOVAH Confirm thy words which thou hast proTo apliesied in bringing back the vessels of the house Yof JEHOVAH, and all the captives, from Babylon 7 unto this place. Nevertheless hear now this word 3 which I speak in thy hearing, and in the hearing -8bf all the people. The prophets, who have been before me and before thee from ancient time, have also prophesied concerning many nations, and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of cala9 mity, and of pestilence. Whatsoever prophet shall prophesy of peace, by the word of the prophet coming to shall the prophet be discerned, whom JEHOVAH hath sent indeed..

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Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake 11` it. "And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith JEHOVAH, After this manner will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Then came the word of JEHOVAH to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet 13 saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith JEHOVAH, Thou hast broken yokes of wood, but thou shalt make instead of them yokes of iron. 14 For thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts the God of Israel; A yoke of iron have I put upon the neck. of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and also the beasts of the field have I given s unto him.

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The prophet Jeremiah also said unto: Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; JEHOVAH hath not sent thee; but thou hast made this peo16 ple to trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH, Behold I am about to cast thee from off the face of the ground; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken prevarication concerning 17 JEHOVAH. And Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month.

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CHAP. XXI.

THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM JEHOVAH, WHEN KING ZEDEKIAH SENT UNTO HIM Pashur the SON OF MELCHIJAH, AND ZEPHANIAH THE SON OF MAASEIAH THE PRIEST, SAYING,

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INTREAT, we pray thee, JEHOVAH for us, because Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that JEHOVAH will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, and he may go up from us.

And Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall ye 4 say to Zedekiah: Thus saith JEHOVAH the God

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