Jeremiah is beaten, and put in prison.

CHRIST 590.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Before there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

+Heb. falte hood, or, a lie.

14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth keb. 38. 26. with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

! Or, cells. 589.

16 When Jeremiah was entered into ch. 386 the dungeon, and into the || cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

+ Heb. let my supplica. tion fall.

18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

He is put into a dungeon.

surely be given into the hand of the king
of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

Before CHRIST 589.

11.

4 Therefore the princes said unto the
king, We beseech thee, 'let this man be See eh, 26.
put to death: for thus he weakeneth the
hands of the men of war that remain in
this city, and the hands of all the people,
in speaking such words unto them: for
this man seeketh not the welfare of this +Heb.peace.
people, but the hurt.

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Be-
hold, he is in your hand: for the king is
not he that can do any thing against you.

king.

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast & ch. 37. 21.
him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son
of Hammelech, that was in the court of or, of the
the prison: and they let down Jeremiah
with cords. And in the dungeon there
was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah
sunk in the mire.

7¶Now when Ebed-melech the E- h ch. 39. 16.
thiopian, one of the eunuchs which was
in the king's house, heard that they had
put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king
then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and the is like to die He he for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

will die.

thine hand.

I pray thee, 20 Therefore hear now, 10 Then the king commanded EbedO my lord the king: let my supplicamelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from tion, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest hence thirty men with thee, and take He up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dunI die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king command-geon, before he die. ed that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of ach. 38.9. bread out of the bakers' street, "until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

& 38. 13, 28.

a cb. 37.3.

b ch. 21. 1. ech. 21.8.

! ch. 21.9.

21.10.

a

HEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

2 Thus saith the LORD, "He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

e

3 Thus saith the LORD, This eity shall

11 So Ebed-melech took the men with
him, and went into the house of the king
under the treasury, and took thence old
cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let
them down by cords into the dungeon to
Jeremiah.

12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian
said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old
cast clouts and rotten rags under thine
And Jere-
armholes under the cords.
miah did so.

13 'So they drew up Jeremiah with ver. 6.
cords, and took him up out of the dun-
and Jeremiah remained in the k ch.37.21.
geon:
court of the prison.

cipal.

14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of Or, prin the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

16 So Zedekiah the king sware se

Jeremiah's conference with the king.

Before

589.

JEREMIAH.

CHRIST 589.

CHST cretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD | of the prison until the day that Jerusa-Before
Jerusalem is taken, and Zedekiah blinded.
liveth, 1that made us this soul, I will not lem was taken: and he was there when
I Isai. 57.16. put thee to death, neither will I give thee Jerusalem was taken.
into the hand of these men that seek
thy life.

24. 12.

m 2 Kings
n ch. 39. 3.

17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zede-1
kiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt as-
suredly "go forth "unto the king of Ba-
bylon's princes, then thy soul shall live,
and this city shall not be burned with fire;
and thou shalt live, and thine house:

18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the
king of Babylon's princes, then shall this
city be given into the hand of the Chal-
deans, and they shall burn it with fire,
ch. 32.4 and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand.

& 34.3. ver.
23.

19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they

p 1 Sam. 31. Pmock me.

4.

of thy peace.

20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed

me:

22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's + Heb. Men princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have vailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in prethe mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives 9 ch.39.6 and thy children to the Chaldeans: and 'thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the Heb. thou king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

& 41. 10.

r ver. 18.

shait burn,

s ch. 37. 20.

24 ¶Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said

unto thee:

26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, tch. 37-15 that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king Heb. they had commanded. So +they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not

were silent from him.

ch. 37. 21. perceived.

& 39.14

28 So "Jeremiah abode in the court
650

after them, and overtook Zedekiah in dc4
5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued
the plains of Jericho: and when they had
taken him, they brought him up to Ne-
lah in the land of Hamath, where he
buchadnezzar king of Babylon to Rib- Kips
tgave judgment upon him.

33

+ Heb.spake with kim ch. 4. 12.

sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his
6 Then the king of Babylon slew the jets
eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all
the nobles of Judah.

13.com

7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's f Ezek. 12. carry him to Babylon. eyes, and bound him with chains, to pared with

cb. 32.4 + Heb. with chains, or,

8¶And the Chaldeans burned the brass ple, with fire, and brake down the walls & is king's house, and the houses of the peo- fetters of Jerusalem.

ch. 38. 18.

& 52. 13.

11, ch.

1 Or, chief

of the guard carried away captive into Ba- 5. is &c.
9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain hig
bylon the remnant of the people that re- marshal.
mained in the city, and those that fell + Heb.c
the people that remained.
away, that fell to him, with the rest of mers, of,

of the rec slaughter men: Aud 11, &c. See

the guard left of the poor of the people, Gea
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of t
and gave them vineyards and fields at
which had nothing, in the land of Judah,
the same time.

11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Ba-
to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
bylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah
guard, saying,

12 Take him, and look well to him,

that day.

the hand of

+ Heb. by

upea lim

+ Heb. at thine eyes

God's promise to Ebed-melech.

Before CHRIST 588.

i ch. 38. 28.

k cb. 40. 5. 1 ch. 26. 24.

m ch. 38. 7,

12.

CHAP. XL.

and do him no harm; but do unto him
even as he shall say unto thee.

13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris,
and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the
king of Babylon's princes;

14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

15¶Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, n Dan. 9. 12. "I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

CHAP. XL.

1 Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan,
goeth to Gedaliah. 7 The dispersed Jews
repair unto him. 13 Johanan revealing
Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed.

HE word that came to Jeremiah from

a

Before

588.

The dispersed Jews repair to Gedaliah. | the king of Babylon hath made governor CHRIST over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

h

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedali- 8 ch.39.14ah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and Judg. 20.1. dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

i 2 Kings 25.

7 ¶ Now when all the captains of the 3, &c. forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the ch.39.10. land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Ich. 41. 1. and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophatite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put

that in your vessels, and in

the captain of the guard had let him go
from Ramah, when he had taken him be-
ing bound in chains among all that were
carried away captive of Jerusalem and
Judah, which were carried away captive
unto Babylon.

3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; + Heb. I will and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

•-1 wine ge upon thee.

e Gen. 20. 15

5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son Kings of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom

cities that ye have taken.

11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

13¶ Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

Ishmael killeth Gedaliah.

CHRIST 588.

JEREMIAH.

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

|

g

The captives recovered.

CHRIST 588.

g ch. 43. 6.

Before gathered unto thee should be scattered, | Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and Before and the remnant in Judah perish? all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son h ch. 40. 7. of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. ich. 40. 14. 11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the ch.40.7,8, forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

a 2 Kings 25. 25. ch.40. 6,

25.

CHAP. XLI.

1 Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and
others, purposeth with the residue to flee
unto the Ammonites. 11 Johanan recover-
eth the captives, and mindeth to flee into
Egypt.

Now

OW it came to pass in the seventh month, "that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with b2 King 25. him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

28. Deut. 14.

3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, e Lev. 19.17, even fourscore men, having their beards 1. Isai. 15. 2. shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

d See
2 Kings 25.9.
1 Sam. 1.7

Or, near

8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom Gedaliah. he had slain +because of Gedaliah, was + Heb. by it which Asa the king had made for by the side of fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with 22. 2 Chron. them that were slain.

the hand, or,

Gedaliah.

f1 Kings 15.

16. 6.

10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in

12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by 'the great 12 Sam. 2. waters that are in Gibeon.

13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of "Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, "whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

CHAP. XLII.

1 Johanan desireth Jeremiah to enquire of
God, promising obedience to his will. 7
Jeremiah assureth him of safety in Judea,
13 and destruction in Egypt. 19 He re-
proveth their hypocrisy, in requiring of the
Lord that which they meant not.

HEN all the captains of the forces,

and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and
all the people from the least even unto
the greatest, came near,

13.

2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplica- 10 tion be accepted before thee, and pray fall for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

3 That the LORD thy God may

shew

thee.

CHAP. XLIII.

19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye 16. not into Egypt: know certainly that I b have admonished you this day.