Jeremiah

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1 , 9 , 21 , 35 The judgment of Babylon. 4 , 17 , 33 The redemption of Israel.

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THE word that the LORD spake aagainst Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans 1by Jeremiah the prophet.

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bDeclare ye among the nations, and publish, and 2set up a *standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, cBel is confounded, dMerodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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For eout of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which fshall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

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¶In gthose days, and in that time, saith the LORD, hthe children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, igoing and weeping: they shall go, and jseek the LORD their God.

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They kshall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us ljoin ourselves to the LORD min a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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My people hath been nlost sheep: their oshepherds have caused them to go astray, they phave turned them away on the mountains: they have qgone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten rtheir 3restingplace.

q ch. 3.5,6,23.
r Ca. 1.7,8.
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All that found them shave devoured them: and their adversaries said, tWe offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, uthe habitation of justice, even the LORD, vthe hope of their fathers.

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wRemove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

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¶For, xlo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon yan assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty 4expert man; znone shall return in vain.

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And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her ashall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

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Because bye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye cdestroyers of mine heritage, because dye are grown 5fat as the heifer at grass, and 6bellow as bulls;

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Your mother shall be *sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, ethe hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

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Because of the fwrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: gevery one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

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hPut yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for ishe hath sinned against the LORD.

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jShout against her round about: she khath given her hand: her lfoundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is mthe vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; nas she hath done, do unto her.

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Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the 7sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword othey shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

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¶Israel is pa scattered sheep; the qlions have driven him away: first rthe king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, sas I have punished the king of Assyria.

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And tI will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on uCarmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and vGilead.

v Ca. 6.5.
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In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, wthe iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, xand there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom yI reserve.

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zGo up against the land 8of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants aof 9Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do baccording to all that I have commanded thee.

z v.3,9-15.
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A csound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

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How dis the hammer of the whole earth cut *asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

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I ehave laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou fhast striven against the LORD.

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The gLORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is hthe work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

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iCome against her from 10the utmost border, open her storehouses: 11cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

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Slay all her jbullocks; klet them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for ltheir day is come, mthe time of their visitation.

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The nvoice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to odeclare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his ptemple.

p La. 1.10; 2.6,7.
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qCall together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: rrecompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for sshe hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

q v.9,14,26.
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tTherefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

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Behold, I am against thee, uO thou 12most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for vthy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

v v.27.
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And wthe 13most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I xwill kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

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¶Thus saith the LORD of hosts; yThe children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

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Their zRedeemer is strong; athe LORD of hosts is his name: he shall bthroughly plead their cause, that he may cgive rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

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¶A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, dand upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

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A sword is upon the 14liars; and they shall e*dote: a sword is fupon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

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A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all gthe mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become has women: a sword is upon her treasures; and ithey shall be robbed.

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A drought is upon her jwaters; and they shall be dried up: for it is kthe land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

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lTherefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for mever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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As nGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

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oBehold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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pThey shall hold the bow and the *lance: qthey are cruel, and will not shew mercy: rtheir voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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The sking of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in *travail.

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Behold, he shall come up tlike a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is ua chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and vwho will 15appoint me the time? and who is that wshepherd that will stand before me?

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Therefore hear ye xthe counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely ythe least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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At zthe noise of the taking of Babylon athe earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.