God's judgments against the Jews. they had committed abomination ?| nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah lamenteth the Jews. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil Is. 59. 4, 13, to evil, and they d know not me, saith the LORD. 4 e Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother Will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

7.

u Matt. 21. Luke 13. 6, &c.

13 11 will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes t on the vine, nor figs on the ufig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? xassem-19. ble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us y water of || gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

15 We z looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!

x ch. 4. 5.

y ch. 9. 15. & 23. 15. Or, poison.

z ch. 14. 19.

15.

d 1 Sam. 2.

ch. 12. 6. 12. Hos. 4. 1. Mic. 7. 5, 6. Or, friend.

f ch. 6. 28.

Or, mock.

g Is. 1. 25. Mal. 3. 3.

။

5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; h for how h Hos. 11. 8. shall I do for the daughter of my people?

therein.

17 For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be c charmed, and c Ps. 58. 4, 5. they shall bite you, saith the Eccles. 10. LORD.

18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people † because of them that dwell in da far Country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they e provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 21 fFor the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am g black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

11.

Heb. because of the country of them that Is. 39. 3. are far off. e Deut. 32. 21. Is. 1. 4.

Heb. from the fowl even to, &c. n ch. 4. 25. o Is. 25. 2. p Is. 13. 22. & 34. 13. ch. 10. 22.

Heb. deso

lation. q Ps. 107.43. Hos. 14. 9.

r ch. 3. 17. & 7. 24. Or, stubbornness.

s Gal. 1. 14. t Ps. 80. 5. u ch. 8. 14. & 23, 15. Lam. 3, 15, 19.

ch. 44. 27. Ezek. 5. 2,

12.

8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh i deceit : one speakethk peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but fin heart he layeth || his wait.

9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and m for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are Il burnt up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle: In both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and pa den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah † desolate, without an inhabitant.

12 1 q Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burnt up like a wilderness, through?

that none passeth

13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

14 But have r walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, s which their fathers taught them:

go from them! for b they be all b ch. 5. 7, 8. adulterers, an assembly of treache

rous men.

25. Job 3. 8. Eccles. 12. 5. Amos 5. 16.

till I have consumed them.

17 Thus saith the LORD of Matt. 9. 23. hosts, Consider ye, and call for z the

The great disparity

mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning.women, that they may come :

18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that

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d Ps. 115. 5.

& 135. 16.

waters.

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, be

1 Cor. 12. 2.

e Ps. 115. 7. Is. 46. 1, 7. f Is. 41. 23.

g Ex. 15. 11. Ps. 86. 8, 10.

out.

20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

& 20. 22.

21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children c ch. 6. 11. from without, and the young men from the streets.

22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall

das dung upon the open field, and d ch. 8. 2. & as the handful after the harvest- 16. 4. man, and none shall gather them.

23 Thus saith the LORD, e Let e Eccles. 9. not the wise man glory in his wis- 11. dom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

24 But let him that glorieth, glory f1 Cor. 1.31. in this, that he understandeth and 2 Cor. 10. 17. knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the

earth: g for in these things I de-g Mic. 6. 8. light, saith the LORD. & 7. 18.

Or, it

liketh thee.

i Ps. 89. 6.

+ Heb. in one, or, at

once.

Is. 41. 29. Hab. 2. 18. Zech. 10. 2.

between God and idols.

5 They are upright as the palmtree, d but speak not: they must needs be e borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for fthey cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

7h Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for || to thee doth all the wise men of the nations, and it appertain: forasmuch as i among in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

8 But they are † altogether & brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

9 Silver spread into plates is k Ps. 115. 8. brought from Tarshish, and 1 gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all n the work of cunning men.

Rom. 1. 21,

22.

1 Dan. 10. 5. n Ps. 115. 4.

+Heb. God

of truth.
Ps. 31. 5.
o 1 Tim. 6.
17.

Heb. king of eternity.

PPs. 10. 16.

+ In the Chaldean

language. See Ps. 96.

5.

10 But the LORD is the † true God, he is o the living God, and an Peverlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, q The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even r they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath t established the world by his wisdom, and u hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

13 x When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and y he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings x Job 38. 34. with rain, and bringeth forth the Or, noise.wind out of his treasures. y Ps. 135. 7.

u Job 9. 8. Ps. 104. 2. Is. 40. 22.

Or, for

z ch. 51. 17,

18.

Or, is more brutish than to know. a Prov. 30.

cir. 600.

2 Thus saith the LORD, a Learn a Lev. 18. 3. not the way of the heathen, and be & 20. 23. not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed

at them.

b ls. 42. 17.

& 44. 11. & 45. 16.

c Hab. 2. 18.

d ver. 11. e Ps. 16. 5. & 73. 26. &

14 z Every man is a brutish in his knowledge: bevery founder is confounded by the graven image: and there is no breath in them. e for his molten image is falsehood,

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors in the time of their visitation d they shall perish.

16 e The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and f Israel is the rod of his inheritance: g The LORD of hosts is his name.

17 Th Gather up thy wares out 119. 57. ch. of the land, O †inhabitant of the fortress.

51. 19. Lam. 3. 24.

f Deut. 32.9. Ps. 74. 2. g Is. 47. 4. & 31. 15. & 54. 5. ch. 31. 35. & 32. 18. & 50. 34.

h See ch. 6. 1. Ezek. 12. 3, &c.

+ Heb. inhabitress.

i1 Sam. 25.

18 For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will isling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them k that they may find it so.

19 1 Wo is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, m Truly this is a grief, and a I must bear it.

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my chil

29. ch. 16. 13. k Ezek. 6. 10. 1ch. 4. 19. & 8. 21. & 9.

God's covenant proclaimed.

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dren are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch CHRIST forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the P north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a q den of dragons.

23 TO LORD, I know that the r way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

24 O LORD, correct me, but withs judgment; not in thine anger, lest thout bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen u that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

CHAPTER XI.

1 Jeremiah proclaimeth God's covenant, 8 rebuketh the Jews' disobeying thereof, 11 prophesieth evils to come upon them, 18 and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill Jeremiah.

THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;

cir. 600.

pch. 1. 15.& 4. 6. & 5. 15.

& 6. 22.

9 ch. 9. 11. Prov. 16. 1. & 20. 24.

r

Ps. 6. 1. & 38. 1. ch. 30.

11. + Heb. diminish me. Ps. 79. 6. u Job 18. 21. Thess. 4. 5. Thess. 1.8. ch. 8. 16.

2

cir. 608.

a Cursed be the man that obeyeth a Deut. 27.

not the words of this covenant,

4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

26. Gal.3.10.

b from the iron furnace, saying, b Deut. 4.20. Obey my voice, and do them, ac- 1 Kin. 8. 51. cording to all which I command c Lev. 26. 3, you: so shall ye be my people, and 12. ch. 7. 23. will be your God:

5 That I may perform the d oath d Deut. 7.12, which I have sworn unto your fa- 13. Ps. 105. thers, to give them a land flowing 9, 10. with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, † So be it, O LORD.

+Heb. Amen, Deut. 27. 15,

6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the -26. cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, e and do e Rom. 2. 13.

them.

Jam. 1. 22.

7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, frising fch. 7. 13, early and protesting, saying, Obey 25. & 35. 15. my voice.

88 Yet they obeyed not, nor ing ch. 7. 26. clined their ear, but h walked every ch. 3. 17. one in the imagination of their & 7. 24. & evil heart: therefore I will bring 9. 14. upon them all the words of this! Or, stubcovenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.

9 And the LORD said unto me,

bornness.

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A conspiracy against Jeremiah. A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

i Ezek. 22. 10 They are turned back to k the 25. Hos. 6. 9. iniquities of their forefathers, which k Ezek. 20. refused to hear my words; and they 18. I went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

+ Heb. to go
forth of.
[ Ps. 18. 41.
Prov. 1. 28.

14. 12. Ezek. Is. 1. 15. ch. 8. 18. Mic.

3. 4. Zech.
7. 13.
m Deut. 32.
37, 38.
Heb. evil.
n ch. 2. 28.

+ Heb.
shame,
ch. 3. 24.
Hos. 9. 10.

o Ex. 32. 10.

ch. 7. 16. & 14. 11.

1 John 5. 16. + Heb. evil.

p Ps. 50. 16. Is. 1. 11, &c. Heb. What is to my beloved in my

house? q Ezek. 16. 25, &c. r Hag. 2. 12, 13, 14. Tit.

1. 15. Or, when thy evil is. s Prov. 2. 14. t Ps. 52. 8.

Rom. 11. 17. Is. 5. 2.

ch. 2. 21.

11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

12 Then shall the cities of Judah and m cry unto the gods unto whom and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

13 For according to the number of thy n cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their † trouble.

15 p† What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath qwrought lewdness with many; and r the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

16 The LORD called thy name, t A green olive-tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken."

17 For the LORD of hosts, " that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

18 T And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; x ch. 18. 18. and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, y and let us cut him off from z the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

God's heritage forsaken.

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will † punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine :

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CHRIST cir. 608. Heb. visit

upon.

23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even d'thed ch. 23. 12. year of their visitation."

CHAPTER XII.

1 Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's prosperity, by faith seeth their ruin. 5 God admonisheth him of his brethren's treachery against him, 7 and lamenteth his heritage. 14 He promiseth to the penitent return from captivity.

RI IGHTEOUS a art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: b Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: † they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

3 But thou, O LORD, d knowest me: thou hast seen me, and e tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for fthe day of slaughter.

4 How long shall g the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, h for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? i the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last

end.

5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

& 46. 21. &

48. 44. & 50.

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t Lev. 26.

16. Deut. 28. 38. Mic. 6.

15. Hag. 1. Or, ye.

Judah's destruction typified. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

14 T Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that u Zech. 2. 8. u touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will x pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them

x Deut. 30. 3. ch. 32. 37.

y Ezek. 28. 25.

ch. 5. 28.

Hab. 1. 4.
Mal. 3. 15.
+ Heb. they
go on.
Is. 29. 13.
Matt. 15. 8.
Mark 7. 6.

Ps. 17. 3. & 139. 1.

e ch. 11. 20.

Heb. with thee. f Jam. 5. 5. g ch. 23. 10. Hos. 4. 3. h Ps. 107. 34. ich. 4. 25. & 7. 20. & 9. 10. Hos.

4. 3.

6 For even 1 thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: m believe them not, Or, they though they speak † fair words un-cried after thee fully. Im Prov. 26.

unto thee.

7 I have forsaken mine house, have left mine heritage; I have given † the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it ||† crieth out against me: therefore have I hated

it.

25.

Heb. good things. + Heb. the love.

Or, yelleth. Heb. giv eth out his voice.

talons.

9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round Or, having about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, In come to devour.

10 Many o pastors have destroyed P my vineyard, they have a trodden my portion under foot, they have made my † pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate rit mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Or, cause them to come. ch. 7. 33.

n Is. 56. 9.

o ch. 6. 3. p Is. 5. 1, 5. Is. 63. 18. Heb. portion of de

sire. r ver. 4. a Is. 42. 25.

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, a to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be b built in the midst of my people.

17 But if they will not e obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER XIII.

1 In the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigureth the destruction of his people. 12 Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretelleth their drunkenness in misery. 15 He exhorteth to prevent their future judgments. 22 He sheweth their abominations are the cause thereof.

THUS saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded

me.

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner a will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which b walk in

God exhorteth to repentance.

the imagination of their heart,| and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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cir. 602.

Or, stub

bornness.

.

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that c they c Ex. 19. 5. might be unto me for a people,

and d for a name, and for a praise, d ch. 33. 9. and for a glory: but they would not hear.

12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, e with e 1s. 51. 17, drunkenness.

14 And fI will dash them tone against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

21. & 63. 6. ch. 25. 27. & 51. 7. f Ps. 2. 9.

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cir. 602.

+ Heb.
taught.
r Ps. 1. 4.
Hos. 13. 3.

s Job 20. 29.

Ps. 11. 6.
t ch. 10. 14.

u ver. 22.
Lam. 1. 8.
Ezek. 16. 37.
& 23. 29.
Hos. 2. 10.
x ch. 5. 8.

y Is. 65. 7.
ch. 2. 20. &
3.2, 6.
Ezek. 6. 13.

Heb. after when yet?

cir. 601.

+ Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints. a Is. 3. 26. b ch. 8. 21.

5. 12.

them.

15 T Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 16 g Give glory to the LORD Josh. 7. 19. your God, before he cause h dark-h Is. 5. 30. ness, and before your feet stumble & 8. 22. upon the dark mountains, and Amos 8. 9. while ye look for light, he turn i Is. 59. 9. it into k the shadow of death, and k Ps. 44. 19. make it gross darkness.

17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and 1 mine eye shall 1 ch. 9. 1. & weep sore, and run down with 14. 17. Lam. tears, because the LORD's flock is 1. 2, 16. & 2. carried away captive.

18 Say unto m the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your || principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold

18.

m See 2 Kin. 24. 12. ch.

22. 26.
Or, head
tires.

them a that come from the north: n ch. 6. 22. where is the flock that was given. thee, thy beautiful flock?

21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast + Heb. visit taught them to be captains, and as upon. chief over thee: shall not o sorrows o ch. 6. 24. take thee, as a woman in travail ? p ch. 5. 19. 22 T And if thou say in thine & 16. 10. heart, p Wherefore come these 9 Is. 3. 17. things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are a thy skirts discovered, and thy heels

made bare.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then

A grievous dearth may ye also do good, that are fac customed to do evil.

24 Therefore will I scatter them r as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in t falsehood.

26 Therefore u will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations y on the hills in the fields. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean ?

when shall it once be?

CHAPTER XIV.

1 The grievous famine, 7 causeth Jeremiah to pray. 10 The Lord will not be entreated for the people. 13 Lying prophets are no excuse for them. 17 Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.

THE

HE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning † the dearth.

2 Judah mourneth, and a the gates thereof languish; they are 5 black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. cry on their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were d ashamed and confounded, e and covered their heads.

4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

6 And f the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

7 TO LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it g Ps. 25. 11. for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

8 h O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man i that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, kart in the midst of us, and twe are called by thy name; leave us not.

10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; m he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

11 Then said the LORD unto me, n Pray not for this people for their good.