Jeremiahs enlargement:

Christ

589. d Chap. 39.16.

miah funk in the mire.

79dNow when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon, (the king then fitting in the gate of Benjamin)

8 Ebed-Melech went forth out of the kings house, and spake to the king, faying,

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

+ Heb.

+ Heb. in thine hand.

e Verf. 6.

ƒ Chap. 37.21.

Or, principal,

57.16.

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, faying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he die.

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

12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian faid unto Jeremiah, Put now thefe old caft clouts, and rotten rags under thine arm-holes, under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

e

13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon, and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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

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

16 So Zedekiah the king fware fecretly unto Iaiah Jeremiah, faying, As the LORD liveth, & that made us this foul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

h

17 Then faid Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus faith the LORD the God of hofts, the God of Chap. Ifrael, If thou wilt affuredly go forth unto the live, and this city fhall not be burnt with fire, king of Babylons princes, then thy foul shall

39.3.

and thou shalt live, and thine houfe.

18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylons princes, then fhall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they fhall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

19 And Zedekiah the king faid unto Jere

20 But Jeremiah faid, They fhall not deliver thee: obey, I befech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I fpeak unto thee: fo it fhall be well unto thee, and thy foul fhall live.

21 But if thou refufe to go forth, this is the word that the LORD had fhewed me:

22 And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judahs house, shall be brought forth to the king of Babylons princes, and those women fhall fay, + Thy friends have fet thee t Heb. on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet pease are funk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

Men of thy

23 So they fhall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou + Heb. fhalt cause this city to be burnt with fire.

24 Then faid Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou fhalt 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 hait faid unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king faid unto thee:

thou shalt burn &c.

26 Then thou fhalt fay unto them, I pre-i Chan. fented my fupplication before the king, that he 37.40. would not caufe me to return to Jonathans Chape house to die there.

27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him, and he told them according to ali these words that the king had commanded: fo

37.15

they left off speaking with him, for the matter + Heb. was not perceived.

they were

filent from

28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the him. prifon, until the day that Jerufalem was taken, and he was there when Jerufalem was taken.

Jerufalem befieged and taken.

Chap. Before Nergal-fharezer, Shamgar-nebo, Sarfe-chim, Chrift Rab-faris, Nergal-fharezer, Rab-mag, with 588. all the refidue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

c Chap. 52.7.

4 And it came to pafs, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah faw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the kings garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls, and he went out the way of the plain.

5 But the Chaldeans army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of

Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he Pake with gave judgment upon him.

him judg

ments.

+ Heb.

with two

brafen

fetters.

Then the king of Babylon flew the fons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: alfo the king of Babylon flew all the nobles of Judah.

7 Moreover, he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him with chains to carry him to † Babylon.

ehains, or, 8 And the Chaldeans burnt the kings house, and the houses of the people with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerufalem.

d Chap. 52.13.

Or, chief

9 Then Nebuzar-adan the † captain of the mahal guard carried away captive into Babylon, the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and thofe that fell away, that fell to him, with ners, or, the rest of the people that remained.

+ Heb. chief of the excentio

flaughter

men.

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

And fo Verf. 10, 11, &c.

in that day. Heb.

of.

11 Now Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babyby the hand lon gave charge concerning Jeremiaht to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, faying, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and + do him no harm, but do unto him even as he fhall fay unto thee.

+ Heb. fet thine

eyes upon bim.

• Chap.

13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard fent, and Nebufhasban, Rab-faris, and Nergalfharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylons princes:

14 Even they fent, and took Jeremiah out 38.28. of the court of the prifon, and committed him Chap. funto Gedaliah & the fon of Ahikam, the fon of Chap. Shaphan, that he should carry him home: fo he dwelt among the people.

40. 5.

26.24.

h Chap.

15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was fhut up in the court of the prifon, faying,

16 h Go and fpeak to Ebed-melech the E38.7.12. thiopian, faying, Thus faith the LORD of hosts the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

5 Now while he was not yet gone back, be faid, Go back alfo to Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, the fon of Shaphan, whom the king of 2 King. Babylon hath made governor over the cities of 25.22, Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wherefoever it feemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

6 d Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the a Chap. fon of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him 39. 14. among the people that were left in the land.

7 Now when all the captains of the forces e 2 King. which were in the fields, even they and their 25.23. men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the fons of Kareah, and Seraiah the fon of Tanhumeth, and the fons of

Ishmaels confpiracy revealed:

Christ

to ftand before.

9 And Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam the fon of Shaphan, fware unto them and to their men, faying, Fear not to ferve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land and ferve the king of Babylon, and it fhall be well with you.

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Miz+Heb. pah to ferve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and fummerfruits, and oyl, and put them in your veffels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

+ Heb. to ftrike

thee in foul.

11 Likewife 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 fet over them Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam the fon 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 fummer-fruits, very

much.

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

14 And faid unto him, Doft thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath fent Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah + to flay thee? But Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam believed them not.

15 Then Johanan the fon of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah fecretly, faying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will flay Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and no man fhall know it: wherefore fhould he flay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee fhould be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

16 But Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam faid unto Johanan the fon of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing, for thou fpeakeft falfly of Ifhmael.

the land.

Christ

3 Ifhmael alfo flew all the Jews that were 588. 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 fecond day after he had flain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men having their beards fhaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themfelves, with offerings and incenfe in their hand, to bring them to the houfe of the LORD.

6 And Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, tweeping † Heb. all along as he went: and it came to pafs as he going and met them, he faid unto them, Come to Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam.

weeping.

7 And it was fo when they came into the midft of the city, that Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah flew them, and caft them into the midft So of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

8 But ten men were found among them, that faid unto Ifhmael, Slay us not for we have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oyl, and of honey. So he forbare, and flew them not among their brethren.

d

1 Mac. 7.

19.

9 Now the pit wherein Ifhmael had caft all the dead bodies of the men (whom he had flain It because of Gedaliah) was it, which Afa the Or king had made for fear of Baafha king of Ifrael; near Gedaand Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah filled it with + Heb. them that were flain.

by the hand,

or, by the

daliah.

2 Chron.

Io Then Ifhmael carried away captive all the fide of Gerefidue of the people, that were in Mizpah, a 1 King. even the kings daughters, and all the people 15.22. that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan 16.6. the captain of the guard had committed to Ge- Chap. daliah the son of Åhikam, and Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

11 But when Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ifhmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

43.6.

12 Then they took all the men, and went to with Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and him by the great waters that are in Gi-f 2 Same

fight

beon.

f

13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ifhmael faw Johanan the fon 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, caft about and re

turned,

2.13.

Johanan promifeth obedience:

Before turned, and went unto Johanan the fon of KaChrist 588.

reah.

15 But Ishmael the fon of Nethaniah efcaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the

Ammonites.

16 Then took Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Jfhmael the fon of Nethaniah, from Mizpah (after that he had flain Gedaliah the fon 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 habig 2 Sam. tation of 8 Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, 19.37;38. to go to enter into Egypt,

Chap.

40.8.

Or,

Let our Supplication

thee.

18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, becaufe Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah had flain Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in

the land.

CHAP. XLII.

1 Johanan defireth Jeremiah to enquire of God, pro-
mifing obedience to his will: 7 Jeremiah affureth
him of fafety in Judea, 13 and destruction of Egypt:
19 He reproverb their hypocrifie in requiring of the
Lord that which they meant not.

T
Hen all the captains of the forces, and Jo-
hanan the fon of Kareah, and Jezaniah
the fon of Hofhaiah, and all the people from the
least even unto the greateft, came near,

2 And faid unto Jeremiah the prophet, || Let, we beseech thee, our fupplication be accepted fall before before thee, and pray 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 fhew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet faid unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words, and it fhall come to pafs, that whatfoever thing the LORD fhall anfwer you, I will declare it unto 1 Sam. you: I will b keep nothing back from you. 5 Then they faid to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witnefs between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God fhall fend thee to us.

3.18. A&s20. 22.

6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, Chap. to whom we fend thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

7.23.

7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah..

His fafety in Judea.

Chrift

8 Then called he Johanan the fon of Kareah, Before and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even 588. to the greatest,

9 And faid unto them, Thus faith the LORD the God of Ifrael, unto whom he fent me to prefent your fupplication before him,

10 If ye will itill abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid: be not afraid of him, faith the LORD: for I am with you to fave you, and to deliver you from his hand.

d

106.46.

12 And I will fhew mercies unto you, that a Pfal. he may have mercy upon you, and caufe you to return to your own land.

13 But if ye fay, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

14 Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we fhall fee no war, nor hear the found of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread, and there will we dwell:

15 (And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah, Thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, If ye wholly Deut. go to fet your faces to enter into Egypt, and fojourn there)

17.16.

16 Then it fhall come to pass, that the sword which ye feared, fhall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof ye were afraid, fhall follow clofe after you there in † Heb. Egypt, and there ye fhall die.

Ihall cleave

after you.

the men be.

17+ So fhall it be with all the men that fet + Heb. their faces to go into Egypt, to fojourn there, Shallall they fhall die by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence: and none of them fhall remain ƒ See or efcape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

upon

Chap. 44

7.20.

18 For thus faith the LORD of hosts, the God of Ifrael, As mine anger and my fury hath been & poured forth upon the inhabitants of Je- & Chap. rufalem; fo fhall my fury be poured forth you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and yeh Chap. fhall be an execration, and an astonishment, and 29.18.22. a curfe, and a reproach, and ye fhall fee this 13. place no more.

Zech. 8.

19 The LORD hath faid concerning you, Oye remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly, that I have + admonished you + Heb. this day.

teft:fied

against you.

20 For ye diffembled in your hearts, Or, when ye fent me unto the LORD your God, you have used deceis faying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God, against and according unto all that the LORD our your foals, God

Chap. 42. I.

Chap.

41.10.

Chap. 39.9.

d Ifaiah 30.4. called Hanes.

588. ending.

do it.

21 And now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath fent me unto you.

22 Now therefore know certainly, that ye fhall die by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence, in the place whither ye desire to go, and to fojourn.

CHAP. XLIII.

1 Johanan difcrediting Jeremiahs prophecy, carrieth Feremiah and others into Egypt. & Jeremiah prophefieth, by a type, the conqueft of Egypt by the Babylonians.

And Nd it came to pals, that when Jeremiah had made an end of fpeaking unto all the people, all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had fent him to them, even all these words,

2 Then fpake Azariah the son of Hofhaiah, and Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the proud men, faying unto Jeremiah, Thou fpeakeft falfly; the LORD our God hath not fent thee to fay, Go not into Egypt to fojourn there.

But Baruch the fon of Neriah fetteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

5 But Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

C

6 Even men and women, and children, and the kings daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam the fon of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the fon of Neriah.

7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD; thus came they, even to d Tahpanhes.

8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, faying,

9 Take great ftones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaohs houfe in Tahpanhes, in the fight of the men of Judah :

10 And fay unto them, Thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will fend and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon

The Jews defolation.

upon

my fervant, and will fet his throne these Before ftones that I have hid, and he shall spread his Chrift royal pavilion over them.

588. e Chap.

See Ezek.

11f And when he cometh, he fhall fmite the 25 9.& land of Egypt, and deliver & fuch as are for 37.6. death, to death; and fuch as are for captivity, 29. 18. to captivity; and fuch as are for the fword, tof Chap. the fword. Chap.

44. 13.

Zech. II.

9.

12 And I will kindle a fire in the houfes of 15.2. the gods of Egypt, and he fhall burn them, and carry them away captives, and he shall aray himself with the land of Egypt, as a fhepherd putteth on his garment, and he fhall go forth from thence in peace.

Standing

13 He fhall break alfo the images of Beth- + Heb. fhemefh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the fates, or, houfes of the gods of the Egyptians fhall he image. burn with fire.

CHAP. XLIV.

1 Jeremiah expreffeth the defolation of Judah for their idolatry: 11 He prophefieth their deftruction, who commit idolatry in Egypt. 15 The obstinacy of the Jews. 20 Jeremiah threatneth them for the fame, 29 and for a fign, prophefieth the destruction of Egypt.

| Ог,

the haufe of the fun.

He word that came to Jeremiah concerning Tall the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tah- Chap. panhes, and at Noph, and in the country of +3.7. Pathros, faying,

2. Thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerufalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a defolation, and no man dwelleth therein.

3 Because of their wickednefs which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incenfe, and to ferve other gods whom they knew not, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

4. Howbeit, I fent unto you all my fervants & 2 Chron. the prophets, rifing early and fending them, 36.15. faying, Oh do not this abominable thing that I hate.

5 But they heark ned not, nor inclined their ear to return from their wickedness, to burn no. incenfe unto other gods.

6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was Chap. poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of +2.18. Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem, and they are wafted and defolate, as at this day.

7 Therefore now thus faith the LORD, the God of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your fouls, to cut off from cut off from you man and woman, child and + Heb. fuckling + out of Judah, to leave you none to cat of the remain;

midst of Judah.