B.C. 587?

See footnote, Time,

Rev. 10:6.

Song

17

o Delusion,

2 Thess. 2:11.

B.C. 587?

cense unto the "queen of heaven, is happened unto you, as at this see footnote, Time, and to pour out drink offerings day.

unto her, as we have done, we, 24 Moreover Jĕr-e-mi'ah said n Moon, worshiped, and our fathers, our kings, and unto all the people, and to all our princes, in the cities of Ju'- the women, Hear the word of dah, and in the streets of Jê-ru'- the LORD, all Jū'dah that are så-lem: 'for then had we plenty in the land of 'E'gypt: of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

18

p God, providence of, mysterious and misinterpreted, Gen. 2:2.

19 1 R. V. husbands?

21

Rulers, wicked,
Ex. 18:21.

22

Sin, repugnant to
God, Rom. 5:12.

8 Jews, wickedness
of, Neh. 4:2.

23 Disobedience to God, Eph. 5:6,

25 Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, say-
18 'But since we left off to burn ing; Ye and your wives have
'incense to the "queen of heaven, both spoken with your mouths,
and to pour out drink offerings and fulfilled with your hand,
unto her, "we have wanted all saying, We will surely perform
things, and have been consumed our "vows that we have vowed,
by the sword and by the "fam- to "burn 'incense to the "queen
ine.
of heaven, and to pour out
19 And when we burned 'in- drink offerings unto her: ye
cense to the "queen of heaven, will surely accomplish your
and poured out drink offerings vows, and surely perform your
unto her, did we make her cakes
to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings unto her, without
our 'men?
20

Then Jĕr-e-mi'ah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the 'women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

21 The ‘incense that ye burned in the cities of Jū'dah, and in the streets of Jê-ru'să-lěm, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

vows.

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Jū'dah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have "sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Ju'dah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the 'men of Ju'dah that are in the land of 'E'gypt shall be "consumed by the "sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

22 So that "the LORD could no
longer bear, because of the evil 28 Yet a small number that
of your doings, and because of escape the sword shall return out
the abominations which ye have of the land of 'E'gypt into the
committed; therefore is your land of Jū'dah, and all the rem-
land a "desolation, and an as-nant of Ju'dah, that are gone
tonishment, and a curse, with- into the land of Egypt to so-
out an inhabitant, as at this journ there, shall know whose
day.
words shall stand, mine, or
their's.

23 Because ye have "burned
'incense, and because ye have
sinned against the LORD, and
have 'not obeyed the voice of the
LORD, nor walked in his law,
nor in his statutes, nor in his
testimonies; therefore this "evil for evil:

29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that 'I will "punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you

B.C. 589?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

30

See footnote, Time,

B.C. 607?

e

Rev. 10:6.

Or. Pharaoh

nechoh, 2 Kin, 23:29.

30 Thus saith the LORD; Be- army of Pha'raōh-nē'chô king hold, I will give Pha'raōh- of Egypt, which was by the river hoph'rå king of Egypt into the 'Eu-phra'tes in "Car'che-mish, hand of his enemies, and into the which "Neb-u-chad-rězʼzar king y Zedekiah, 2 Kin. hand of them that seek his life; of 'Băb'y-lon smote in the fourth as I gave "Zed-e-ki'ah king of year of Je-hoi'a-kim the son of 9 Isa. 10:9: 2 Chr. Jū'dah into the hand of "Něb-u-| *Jô-si'ah king of 'Jū’dah. chad-rez'zar king of Băb'y-lon 3 Order ye the "buckler and Babylon, empire

25:2.

z Or. Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 2:1.

B.C. 607?
See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

his enemy, and that sought hism."shield, and draw near to
battle.

life.

CHAPTER 45

The prophet comforts Baruch.

4 Harness the "horses; and get up, ye Phorsemen, and stand HE word that Jer-e-mi'ah bish the m.spears, and put on forth with your *helmets; furTHE the prophet spake unto the brigandines. "Baruch the son of Ne-ri'ah, 5 Wherefore have I seen them when he had written these words dismayed and turned away back? in a 'book at the mouth of Jer-e- and their mighty ones are beaten mi'ah, in the fourth year of "Jedown, and are fled apace, and written in, Num. hoi'a-kim the son of Jo-si'ah look not back: for fear was round king of Jū'dah, saying, about, saith the LORD.

1

a Jeremiah, Jer. 1:1.

b Jer. 32:12-16;

36:4-32; 43:3-6.

c Book, prophecies

5:23.

d Jehoiakim, Jer. 26:1.

e Josiah, 1 Kin. 13.2.

2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Is'ra-el, unto thee, O Ba'ruch;

3 Thou didst say, Woe is me

now! for the LORD hath added
grief to my sorrow; I fainted
in my sighing, and I find no

rest.

4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

5 And 'seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

CHAPTER 46

Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Phara

oh-necho's army at the Euphrates, 13 and

the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar.

27 He comforts Jacob.

THE

HE "word of the LORD which 'came to Jĕr-e-mi'ah the Egypt, prophecies prophet 'against the Gen'tiles; 1-26; Gen. 41:8. 2 Against Egypt, against the

concerning, v8.

✦ PHARAOH-HOPHRA, Jer. 37:5-7; 44; Ezek. 17:1511. Prophecies concerning, Jer. 44:30; 46:25, 26; Ezek. 29; 53:21-26.

concerning, Isa. 19:13.

14 Declare ye in 'E'gypt, and publish in 'Migʻdol, and publish

21

of mercenaries, Deut. 11:4.

21 Also her 'hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned Armies.composed back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for 'they shall march with an army, and come against her with 3axes, as hewers of wood.

23 "They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the 'grasshoppers, and are innumerable. 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; 'she shall

1 Noph, prophecies in Noph and in "Täh'pan-hes:
say ye, Stand fast, and prepare
thee; for 'the sword shall devour | be delivered into the hand of the
round about thee.
people of the north.

k Or, Tahapanes, Jer. 2:16.

1 Nation, judgments denounced against, Isa. 2:4.

15

15 Why are thy valiant men m War, God inflicts swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

defeat in, Judg.

3:2.

17

n Pharaoh-hophra (probably), Jer. 44:30.

18

o God, sovereign, Gen. 2:2.

p Tabor, Judg. 8:18.

19

q Captivity, as a judgment, Isa. 5:13.

22

8 Ar, Deut. 19:5.

23

t Locust, Nah, 3:17.

25

ment of, Psa.
73:3.

Ezek, 30:14-16;
Nah. 3:8.

25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Iş'ra-el, saith; Behold, I will u Wicked, punish"punish the multitude of "Nō, and "Pha'raōh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pha'raōh, and all them that "trust in him:

26 And I will deliver 'them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of "Nĕb

16 "He made many to fall, yea,
one fell upon another: and they
said, Arise, and let us go again to
our own people, and to the land
of our nativity, from the op-
pressing sword.
17 They did cry there, "Pha'-u-chad-rězʼzar king of "Băb'y-
raōh king of Egypt is but a lon, and into the hand of his
noise; he hath passed the time servants: and afterward it shall
appointed.
be inhabited, as in the days of
old, saith the LORD.

18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as "Ta'bôr is among the mountains, and as 'Car'mel by the sea, so shall he come.

19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for 'Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

w False Confidence, Psa. 30:6.

27

Gen. 2:2.

27¶ But fear not thou, O my servant Ja'cob, and be not dismayed, O Is'ra-el: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, God, mercy of. and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

20 Egypt is like a very fair 28 Fear thou not, O Jā'cob my

↑ CARMEL (park, garden). A fertile and picturesque mountain in Palestine, Song 7:5; Isa. 33:9: 35:2; Jer. 46:18; 50:19; Amos 1:2. Caves of, Amos 9:3; Mic. 7:14. On the boundary of Asher, Josh. 19:26. An idolatrous high place

B.C. 600?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

1

a Prophecies, in

spired, Dan. 9:24.

am with thee; for I will make a
full end of all the nations whither
I have driven thee: but I will
not make a full end of thee, but

"correct thee in measure; yet will
I not leave thee wholly unpun-

ished.

CHAPTER 47

CHAPTER 48

Judgments upon Moab for their pride, 11

for their security, 14 for their carnal con-
fidence, 26 and for their contempt of God
and his people. 47 The restoration of
Moab foretold.

AGAINST "Mo'ab thus saith

the LORD of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Woe unto 'Ne'bo! for it is spoiled: "Kir-i-a

B.C. 600?
See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

1

a Moabites, prophecies concerning, vs. 1-47; Gen. 19:37.

b Nebo, prophecies concerning, Num. 32:3.

tha'im is confounded and taken: e Or, Kirjathaim,

The destruction of the Philistines foretold by Mis'găb is confounded and dis

Jeremiah.

mayed. at 2

HE "word of the LORD that

2 There shall be no more

b Jeremiah, Jer.

1:1.

c Philistines,

prophecies concerning, Gen. 26:14.

d Pharaoh-nechoh (probably),

2 Kin, 23:29.

prophecies concerning, Num. 32:37.

2

d Nation, judgments denounced against, Isa. 2:4.

e Heshbon, prophecies concerning, Isa. 16:8.

prophet against the Phi-lis'- they have devised evil against
tineş, before that "Pha'raōh it; come, and let us cut it off
smote Ga'zȧ.
from being a nation. Also thou 1 R. V. O Madmen,

2 Thus saith the LORD; Be-shalt be cut down, O Măd'-
men; the sword shall pursue
thee.

e Gaza, Gen. 10:19. hold, waters rise up out of the
north, and shall be an overflow-
ing flood, and shall overflow the
land, and all that is therein; the
city, and them that dwell there-
in: then the men shall cry, and
all the inhabitants of the land
shall howl.

3

Chariot, Josh. 11:4.

1 R. V. ones,

9 Or. Tyre, prophe

cies concerning, Josh. 19:29.

Zidon, prophecies

concerning, Ezek. 28:21.

5

3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his 'chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Phi-lis'tines, and to cut off from "Ty'rus and "Zi'don every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Phi-lis'tines, the remnant of the country of Căph'tôr.

5 Baldness is come upon Ga'Ashkelon, proph-za; 'Ash'ke-lon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

5 For in the going up of 'Lu'-
hith continual weeping shall go
up; for in the going down of 2 R. V. they have
'Hor-o-na'im the enemies have
heard a cry of destruction.

6¶ Flee, save your lives, and be
like the heath in the wilderness.
7 For because thou hast 'trust-
ed in thy works and in thy treas-
ures, thou shalt also be taken:
and "Che'mosh shall go forth
into 'captivity with his priests
and his princes together.
8 And the spoiler shall come
upon every city, and no city shall
escape: the valley also shall
perish, and the plain shall be
destroyed, as the LORD hath
spoken.

9 Give wings unto "Mo'ab, that
it may flee and get away: for the
cities thereof shall be desolate,
without any to dwell therein.
10 Cursed be he that doeth the
work of the LORD deceitfully,
and cursed be he that keepeth
back his 'sword from blood.

B.C. 600?

See footnote, Time,

Rev. 10:6.

11

k Psa. 75:8; Isa.

B.C. 600? See footnote, Time, Rev. 10:6.

11:20.

11 ¶ "Mō'ab hath been at case lon, and upon 'Ja-haʼzah, and from his youth, and he hath set-upon 'Měph'a-ǎth, tled on his lees, and hath not 25:6; Zeph. 1:12. been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

22 And upon "Di'bon, and up-r Or. Jahaz, Judg. on 'Ne'bo, and upon 'Bĕth-dĭbla-tha'im,

13

Bethel, idolatry at, Josh, 18:13.

15

m God, sovereign, Gen. 2:2.

18

n Dibon, Num. 21:30.

o Fortification, Ezek. 17:17.

19

p Aroer, Deut. 4:48.

21

g Judgments, Ex. 6:6.

13 And Mo'abshall be ashamed of "Che'mosh, as the house of İş'ra-el was ashamed of 'Beth'-el their 'confidence.

14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

15 "Mō'ab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the mKing, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

16 The calamity of a.dMo'ab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit "Di'bon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of "Mō'ab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy 'strong holds.

19 O inhabitant of "Aro-er, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

20 "Mō'ab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Är'non, that Mo'ab is spoiled,

23 And upon Kir-i-a-tha'im, and upon Beth-ga'mul, and upon "Beth-me'on,

24 And upon "Kē'rĭ-ŏth, and upon "Boz'rah, and upon all the cities of the land of Mō'ab, far or near.

25 The horn of Mō'ab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: "Mō'ab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

8 Mephaath, Josh. 13:18.

22

Probably identical with Almondiblathaim, Num. 33:46, 47: or. Diblath, Ezek 6:14.

23

u Or, Baal-meon, Num, 32:38.

24

v Amos 2:2.
w Bozrah, prophe-
cies concerning,
Gen. 36:33.

26

x Drunkenness, figurative, Luke 21:34.

27

27 For was not İş'ra-el a derision unto thee? was he found 5 R. V. as often as among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

28 O ye that dwell in "Mō'ab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the "dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

29 We have heard the 'pride of "Mō'ab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

31 Therefore will I howl for "Mo'ab, and I will cry out for all Mo'ab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of 'Kir-he'rēs. 32 O vine of Sib'mah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Ja'zer: thy plants are goned Jazer, Josh. over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Ja'zer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

33 And joy and gladness is 21 And judgment is come up- taken from the plentiful field, on the plain country; upon Hō'-|and from the land of Mō'ab; and

c Sibmah, Josh. 13:19.

13:25.

e Summer, fruüs 01, Isa. 28:4.

33 Famine, as a judgment, 2 Ki 8:1.

Harvest, celer 34:21

ed with joy. E