A NEW TRANSLATION HEBREW PROPHETS, WITH AN INTEODUCTION AND NOTES. GEORGE R. NOYES, D.D., BAKOOCE PBOFBSSOR OF HBBKEW, ETC., AND DEXTER LECTOREB IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY. VOLU.ME 11. CONTAININO JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, HAGGAI, ZECHAEIAH, MALACHI, JONAH, AND DANIEL. FIFTH EDITION, BOSTON: AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION. 18 74. Kntered accordmg to Act of CoDgrcas, in the year 1860, hy THE AMERICAN UNITAEIAN ASSOCIATION, bl the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachuaetb University Press : Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. Pagb Jeremias ,..••••• ^ Lamentations • ¦ ^^" Ezekiel 155 Haggai ^^'^ Zechaeiah ...•••••¦*" Malachi ^^^ Jonah ^^^ Daniel ^^"^ XT .... 327 JiiOTES ..•••**• JEEEMIAH. The prophecies and historical notices of Jeremiah, preceding the destnio tion of Jerusalem. — Ch. I. — XXXIX. INSCSIPTION. The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin ; to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign ; to whom it also came in the days of Jehoia kim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem into captivity in the fifth month. The call of Jeremiah to his office; two visions. — Ch. I. 4-19. 4> 5 The word of Jehovah came to me, saying : Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee ; and before thou eamest into the world, I chose thee ; I appointed thee to be a prophet to the nations. 6 Then said I, Alas, 0 Lord Jehovah ! Behold, I am not 7 able to speak ; for I am a child. But Jehovah said to me, Say not, I am a child ; but go to whomever I send thee, 8 and speak whatever I command thee ! Be not afraid of them ! For I am with thee to help thee, saith Jeho- 9 vah. Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my 10 mouth. Jehovah also said to me. Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Behold, I have set thee this VOL. H. I 2 jeeemiah. [ch. II. day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to overthrow; and to build, and to plant. 11 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying. What seest' thou, Jeremiah ? And I said, I see a rod of almond- 12 wood. And Jehovah said to me. Thou hast seen right; for I am watchful over my word to perform it. 13 And the word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying, "What seest thou ? And I said, I see a boiling pot, 14 whose face is turned from the north. And Jehovah said to me. From the north shall evil break forth upon all the 15 inhabitants of the land. For, behold, I will call all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all her 16 walls around, and against all the cities of Judah. And I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the work 17 of their own hands. Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee ; be not afraid of them, lest I confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I make thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass against all this land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the 19 land. They shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee ; for I will be with thee, saith Jeho vah, to help thee. • n. God's expostulation -with Israel on account of their disobedience and idola try. — Ch. II. — III. 5. 1 The word of Jehovah came to me, saying : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, Thus saith Jehovah : ca. II.] JEREMIAH. £ I remember the kindness shown thee in thy youth, The love with which I espoused thee. When thou wast led by me through the wilderness, Through a land that was not sown. S Israel waa a sacred thing to Jehovah, His first ripe fruit. All that devoured him were held guilty ; Evil came upon them, saith Jehovah. 4 Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all the families of the house of Israel ! 6 Thus saith Jehovah : What fault did your fathers find in me. That they went far from me, And walked after vanity, and practised folly ? 6 They said not. Where is Jehovah, Who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness. Through a land of deserts and pits. Through a land of drought and deathlike gloom. Through a land which no man passed through. And where no man dwelt ? 7 I brought you to a land of fruitful fields. To eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof; But when ye had come in, ye defiled my land. And made my inheritance an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where is Jehovah ? And the teachers of the law knew me not ; The rulers also rebelled against me ; The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal, And waflsed after things that could not profit. 9 Therefore I wUl yet contend with you, saith Jeho vah ; Yea, with your children's children will I contend. 10 For pass over to the islands of the Chittseans, and see ; Send ye to Kedar, and inform yourselves well ; And see if such a thing hath been done ! 11 Hath any nation changed their gods, even those that are no gods ? But my people have changed their glory for that whidi cannot profit. 4 JEEEMIAH. [cH. n, 12 Be astonished, 0 ye heavens, at this ! Shudder, and be amazed ! saith Jehovah. 13 For my people have committed two evils ; Me have they forsaken, the fountain of living water. And they have hewn out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 14 Is Israel a slave ? Is he a home-born servant ? Why then hath he become a spoil ? 15 The young lions roar over hitn ; They lift up their voice ; They have made his land a desolation ; His cities are burned so as to be without an inhabitant. 16 Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have consumed the crown of thy head. 17 Hath not this come upon thee. Because thou didst forsake Jehovah thy God, When he would have led thee in the way ? 18 And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile ? Or what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates ? 19 Thy wickedness shall chasten thee. And thy transgressions reprove thee ; And thou shalt know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, And that the fear of me is not with thee, Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. 20 Of old hast thou broken thy yoke. And burst thy bands, And said, " I will not be in subjection ! " For upon every high hill. And under every green tree. Hast thou reclined, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine. Wholly a genuine seed ; How then art thou changed to the degenerate shoot of a strange vine ? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, OH. II.] JEREMIAH. 5 And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah. 23 How canst thou say, " I am not polluted," " I have not gone after Baals " ? Behold thy way in the valley ! Know what thou hast done, A swift young camel, traversing her w^ays. 24 A wild ass, used to the wilderness, That in her desire snuffcth up the wind. In her occasion, who can turn her aside ? All that seek her do not weary themselves; In her month they will find her. 25 Withhold thy feet from being unshod. And thy throat from thirst ! But thou sayest, There is no remedy ! No ! For I love strangers. And after them I will go. 26 As a thief is ashamed when he is taken, So is the house of Israel ashamed. They, their kings, and their princes, And their priests, and their prophets ; 27 That say to a stock. Thou art my father, And to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth ! For they turn the back to me, and not the face. Yet in the time of their trouble they say. Arise and save us ! 28 But where are thy gods, which thou hast made thee ? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble ! For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah ! 23 Why do ye enter into controversy with me ? Ye have all rebelled against me, saith Jehovah. 30 In vain have I smitten your children ; They would receive no correction ; Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion. 31 O generation ! Behold ye the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness to Israel ? (5 JEREMIAH.- [oh. IU Or a land of darkness ? Why then say my people, " We will rove at pleasure. We will come no more to thee"? 32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her belt ? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number ! 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wick edness. 34 Upon thy skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. Whom thou didst not find committing violence. 35 But notwithstanding all this, thou sayest, I am inno cent; Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest, " I have not sinned." 36 Why dost thou run so eagerly, changing thy way ? By Egypt also shalt thou be put to shame, Even as thou hast been put to shame by Assyria. 37 From Egypt also shalt thou go forth With thy hands upon thy head. For Jehovah hath rejected the objects of thy confidence, Therefore shalt thou not prosper in them. 1 It is said, if a man put away his wife. And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again ? Shall not that land be polluted ? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers ; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah? 2 Lift up thine eyes to the high places, and see ! Where hast thou not been defiled ? In the ways hast thou sat waiting. As the Arabian in the desert. And hast polluted the land by thy lewdness and thy wick edness. S And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot's forehead ; cn. III.] JEREMIAH. Thou hast refused to be ashamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry to me. Thou art my father, Yea, the friend of my youth art thou ? 5 Will he retain his anger forever ? Will he keep it forevermore ? Behold, thus dost thou speak. But thou doest evil with all thy might. UI. Reformation enjoined and punishment denounced. — Ch. ID. 6 — VI. 6 Jehovah said to me, in the time of King Josiah, Hast thou heard what rebellious Israel hath done ? She hath gone upon every high mountain and under every green 7 tree, and there hath played the harlot. And I said, after she had done all these things. Return thou to me ! But she returned not. And her faithless sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw, when, for all the adulteries which rebellious Israel had committed, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, that her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, 9 but went and played the harlot also herself. And when by the fame of her lewdness she had polluted the land, 10 committing adultery with stone and wood, yet for all this did not her faithless sister Judah return to me with her U whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah. Then said Jehovah to me. Rebellious Israel is less guilty than faith- 12 less Judah. Go and proclaim these words toward the north : — Return, O rebellious Israel, saith Jehovah I I will not tum a frowning face upon you ; For I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I retain not anger forever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity. That thou hast rebelled against Jehovah thy God, And hast roved about to strangers Under every green tree. And hast not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. 8 JEREMIAH. [CH. III. 14 Return, ye rebellions children ! saith Jehovah ; Though I have rejected you. Yet will I receive you again. One from a city, and two from a nation, And I will bring you to Zion. 15 And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, Who shall feed you with wisdom and discretion. 16 And when ye shall have multiplied and increased in the land, saith Jehovah, Then shall ye no more speak of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Nor shall it come into your mind. None shall remember it ; None shall care for it ; It shall not be made any more. 17 For then shall Jerusalem be called the throne of Jehovah, And all the nations shall resort to it ; They shall resort to Jehovah, to Jerusalem, And shall no more walk after the perverseness of their evil hearts. 18 In those days shall the house of Judah unite themselves with the house of Israel, -" And they shall come together from the north country, To the land which I caused your fathers to inherit. 19 Then I said, how will I place thee among my children, And give thee a pleasant land, A goodly inheritance among the hosts of nations ! And I said. Thou wilt call me thy father ; Thou wilt not turn aside frora following me. 20 Yet as a woman is faithless to her husband. So have ye been faithless to me, O house of Israel ! saith Jehovah. 21 A voice is heard upon the hills, The weeping and supplications of the children of Israel I For they have perverted their way ; They have forgotten Jehovah their God. JAovah. 22 Return, O revolted children ! I wUl heal your rebetlion. CH. iv.j JEEEMIAH. 9 Tlie People. Behold, we come to thee. For thou art Jehovah our God ! 23 Truly in vain from the hills. In vain from the mountains do we seek abundance ; Only from Jehovah our God cometh salvation for Israel. 24 For the things of shame have devoured the, substance of our fathers from our youth. Their sheep and their oxen. Their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame. And our ignominy covereth us ; For we have sinned against Jehovah our God, We and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, 1 If thou wilt return to me, O Israel, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt return [to thy landj ; If thou wilt put away thy abominations from my sight, Thou shalt no more be a wanderer [in a foreign landj. 2 If thou wilt swear. As Jehovah liveth ! In truth, in justice, and in righteousness. Then shall the nations bless themselves by thee, And in thee shall they glory. 3 Thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem t Break up your fallow ground. And sow not among thorns ! 4 Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah ; Yea, circumcise your hearts. Ye men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem 1 Lest, for the evil of your doings. My fury break forth like fire. And burn so that none can quench it. 5 Declare ye in Judah, And proclaim in Jerusalem, and say. Blow ye the trumpet in the land ; Cry ye aloud, and say. Gather yourselves together. And let us go into the fortified cities 6 Set up a standard toward Zion, 1* 10 JEEEMIAH. [CH. ly Flee, make no stand ! For I am about to bring evil from the north. Even great destruction. 7 The lion goeth up from his thicket, The destroyer of nations is on his way ; He goeth forth from his place to make thy land desolate ; Thy cities shall be laid waste so as to be without an in habitant. 8 For this cause gird on sackcloth. Lament and howl 1 For the fierce anger of Jehovah is not tumed away from us. 9 In that day, saith Jehovah, Shall the heart of the king perish. And the heart of the princes ; The priests shall be amazed. And the prophets confounded. 10 Then said I, Alas, O Lord Jehovah ! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusa lem; Thou hast said, " Ye shall have peace " ; And the sword reacheth to the very life I 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jeru salem : A dry wind cometh from the hiUs of the desert. It cometh toward my people, Not to fan, nor to cleanse. 12 Yea, a wind stronger than this shall come ; Now will 1 myself give sentence against them. 13 Behold, he cometh up like clouds, And his chariots are hke a whirlwind ; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us ! for we are laid waste ! 14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, 0 Jerusalem, That thou mayst be saved ! How long shall thy evil devices lodge within thee ? J 5 For a voice proclaimeth tidings from Dan, And announceth calamity from mount Ephraim. 16 Proclaim ye to the nations, Behold, publish ye to Jerusalem, CH. IV.J JEEEMIAH. 11 *' Watchmen are coming from a far country. And lift their voice against the cities of Judah." 17 Like keepers of fields are they round about her Because she hath rebelled against me, saith Jehovah. 18 Thy way and thy doings have brought this upon thee ; This is the fruit of thy wickedness ; It is bitter ; it reacheth to thy heart. 19 0 my breast, my breast ! I ara pained in the walls of my heart ; My heart trembleth within me ; I cannot be silent ; For thou hearest, 0 my soul, the sound of the trumpet, The alarra of war ! 20 There is a cry of destruction upon destruction ; Yea, the whole land is laid waste ; Suddenly are my tents destroyed. And my canopies in an instant. 21 How long shall I see the standard. Hear the sound of the trumpet ? Jehmak. 22 My people is foolish, They have no regard to me ; Stupid children are they. And have no understanding ; They are wise to do evil, But for doing good they have no knowledge. The PropM. 23 I look to the earth, and lo! emptiness and desolation; To the heavens, and there is no light. 24 I look to the mountains, and lo ! they tremble. And all the hills shake. 25 I look, and lo ! there is not a man, And all the birds of heaven are fled. 26 I look, and lo ! Carmel is a desert. And all its cities are thrown down, Before the presence of Jehovah, Before the heat of his anger. 27 For thus saith Jehovah : The whole land shall be desolate, 12 JEEEMIAH. [OH. r. Yet will I not make a full end. 28 Therefore shall the earth mourn. And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken, and I will not repent ; I have purposed, and I will not recede from it. 29 At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen every city fleeth ; They go into thickets, And climb up upon the rocks ; All the cities are forsaken. And not a man dwelleth in them. 80 And thou, destined to perish, what wilt thou do ? Though thou clothe thyself in scarlet. And deck thyself with ornaments of gold, And rend thine eyes with paint. In vain dost thou adorn thyself; Thy lovers despise thee ; They seek thy life.~ 31 I hear a cry, as of a woman in travail. Anguish, as of her that bringeth forth her first chUd, The voice of the daughter of Zion. She sobbeth, she spreadeth out her hands, " Ah ! woe is me ! I am dying by murderers ! " 1 Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, [saith Jeho vah,] And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice. That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her. 2 Yea, though they say, " As Jehovah liveth ! " Yet do they swear falsely. 3 Are not thine eyes upon the truth, O Jehovah f Thou hast smitten them, but they have not grieved ; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to re ceive correction ; They have made their faces harder than a rock ; They have refused to return. 4 Then I said. These are only the poor ; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jeho vah, CH. v.] JEEEMIAH. 13 The law of their God. 5 I will get me to the great ones. And I will speak to them ; For they know the way of Jehovah, The law of their God. But these also have together broken the yoke ; They have burst the bands. 6 Therefore the lion out of the forest shall slay them, And the evening wolf shall destroy them. The leopard shall keep watch upon their cities ; Every one that goeth out from them shall be torn in pieces ; Because their transgressions are multiplied. Their rebellions are increased. 7 How can I pardon thee for this ? [saith Jehovah ;] Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery. And assemble theraselves in crowds in the house of the harlot. 8 They are as well-fed horses in the morning ; Every one neigheth after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shall I not punish for the.=e things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? 10 Go ye up upon her walls and destroy! Yet make ye not a full end ! Take ye away her branches. For they belong not to Jehovah ! 1 1 For they have proved false to me. The house of Israel and the house of Judah, saith Jehovah 12 They have denied Jehovah, And have said, " It is not He ; Evil shall not come upon us. Nor shall we see sword or famine. 13 The prophets are but wind. And the word is not in them ; Thus may it happen to them ! " 14 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, God of hosts* Because ye say such things. 14 JEEEMIAH. [CH. V. Behold, I will make thy words in thy mouth fire. And this people wood, And it shall devour them. 15 Behold, I will bring against yon a nation from afar, 0 house of Israel, saith Jehovah ; It is a mighty nation ; It is an ancient nation ; A nation whose language thou dost not know. And whose words thou canst not understand. 16 Their quiver is like an open sepulchre ; They are all mighty men. 17 They shall consume thy harvest and thy bread ; They shall consume thy sons and thy daughters ; They shall consume thy sheep and thy oxen ; They shall consume thy vine and thy fig-tree ; They shall destroy with the sword thy fortified cities. In which thou placest thy trust. 18 Yet even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you. 19 And when they shall say. Wherefore bath Jehovah our God brought all these things upon us ? Then shalt thou say to them, " As ye have forsaken me. And served strange gods in your land. So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours." 20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And publish it in Judah, saying : 21 Hear ye now this, O foolish people and without understanding. Who have eyes and see not, Who have ears and hear not ! 22 Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah ? Will ye not tremble before me. Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass ? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, . Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they not pass over it. 23 But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart ; "n. VI.] JEEEMIAH. 15 They revolt continually. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things. And your sins have withholden that which is good from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men, . Who lie on the watch like fowlers ; They set a trap that they may catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of fraud. Therefore are they grown great and rich ; 26 ' They have become fat and shine ; Yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked ; They maintain no cause. No cause of the fatherless, and they prosper ; And the right of the needy do they not defend. 29 Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah ? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this ? 30 Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land ; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely. And the priests rule under their guidance. And my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end of it ? 1 Flee, O ye sons of Benjamin, from Jerusalem, And blow ye the trumpet in Tekoa, And lift up the banner in Beth-haccerem ! For evil threateneth from the North ; Yea, great destruction. 2 O daughter of Zion, the comely and delicate, Thee have I dooraed to destruction ! 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her ; They shall pitch their tents against her round about ; They shall feed each one in his place. 4 " Prepare ye war against her, [shall they say Q Arise, and let us go up at noonday ; 16 JEEEMIAH. [OH. TI. Alas for us ! for the day goeth away. For the shadows of evening are lengthened. 6 Arise, and let us go up by night, And let us destroy her palaces ! " 6 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Hew ye down trees. And raise a mound against Jerusalem ! She is a city to be punished ; She is full of oppression. 7 As a fountain sendeth forth its waters. So she sendeth forth her wickedness. Violence and rapine are heard within her ; Before me continually are bruises and wounds. 8 Receive correction, 0 Jerusalem, Lest my soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, A land not inhabited ! 9 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine ; Turn thy hand like a grape-gatherer again to the baskets ! The Prophet. 10 To whom shall I speak ? To whom give warning, so that they shall hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, so that they cannot hearken ; Behold, the word of Jehovah is to them a derision ; They have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of Jehovah ; I am weary of holding it ; I will pour it out alike upon the children in the street, And upon the assembly of the young men. Yea, also the husband with the wife shall be taken. The old man, and he that is full of days. 12 Their houses also shall be transferred to others, Their fields and their wives together, For I will stretch out my hand over the inhabitants of tho land, saith Jehovah. 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest. CH. VI.] JEEEMIAH. 17 Every one is greedy of gain ; Prophet and priest alike, Every one of them practiseth deceit. 14 They heal the wound of my people slightly. Saying, Peace ! peace ! when there is no peace. 15 Are they ashamed that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed ; ^ They know not how to blush ; Therefore shall they fall with them that fall ; At the time when I punish them. They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. 16 Thus saith Jehovah : Stand ye upon the ways and look ; And ask for the old paths, " Where is the good way?" Walk ye in it, and ye shall find for yourselves rest. But they say, We will not walk in it. 17 I have also set watchmen over you, [saying,] Hearken to the sound of the trumpet ! Bnt they say, We will not hearken. 18 Therefore hear, O ye nations. And know, ye assembled multitude, What shall come upon them I 19 Hear thou, O earth ! Behold, I bring evil upon this people. The fruit of their devices ; Because they have not hearkened to my words. And have even rejected my law. 20 To what purpose is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet-smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt-ofierings are not acceptable. Nor are your sacrifices sweet to me. 21 Therefore thus saith Jehovah : Behold, I lay stumbling-blocks before this people. Upon which fathers and sons shall stumble together. The neighbor and his friend, and shall perish. 22 Thus saith Jehovah : Behold, a people cometh from the land of the North ; A great nation riseth up from the extremities of the earth. 18 JEEEMIAH. [CH. VI 23 They bear the bow and the spear ; They are cruel and show no mercy ; Their voice roareth like the sea; And upon horses do they ride. Arrayed as a warrior against thee, 0 daughter of Zion. The Prophet. 24 We have heard the report thereof; Our hands lose their strength ; Anguish hath taken hold of us. Pain, as of a woman in travail. 25 Go not forth into the field. Nor walk ye in the highway ! For the sword of the enemy And terror are on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, And roll thyself in ashes ! Make thee mourning as for an only son,. Most bitter lamentation ! For suddenly shall the spoiler come upon us. Jehovah. 27 I have set thee, like a tower, for an assayer among my 'people. That thou mayst know and try their way. 28 They are all stubborn revolters. Slanderers are they, brass and iron ; They are all corrupt. 29 The bellows bum ; The lead is consumed by the fire ; The refiner hath melted in vain. For the bad are not separated. 30 Rejected silver shall men call them. Because Jehovah hath rejected them. CH. vn.] JEREMIAH. 19 IV. Wickedness of the Jews reproved, and punishment denounced against them. — Ch. VII. — IX. 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, say- 2 ing : Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and pro claim these words, and say : — Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, Who enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah ! 8 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel : Amend your ways and your doings. And I will suffer you to dwell in this place ! 4 Trust ye not in lying words, when they say, " The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah are these." K Yet if ye will thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, And dispense justice between man and man, 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And shed not innocent blood in this place. And go not after other gods to your own hurt, 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place. In the land which I gave to your fathers. For ever and ever. 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words without profit. 9 Ye steal, and murder, and commit adultery. And swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, And go after strange gods, which ye know not, 10 And then come and stand before me in this house. Which is called by my name. And say, " We are delivered ! " Whilst ye practise all these abominations. 11 Is this house, which is called by my name. Become a den for robbers in your eyes ? Behold, I myself have seen it, saith Jehovah, 12 But go now to my place, which was in Shiloh, Where I caused my name to dwell at the first. And see what I have done to it On account of the wickedness of my people IsraeL 20 JEEEMIAH. [CH. VII. 13 And now because ye have done all these works, saith Je hovah, And I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, But ye hearkened not. And I have called to you, But ye answered not, 14 Therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name. In which ye place your confidence. And to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers. As I have done to Shiloh. 15 I will cast you out from my presence. As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole race of Ephraim. 16 And as for thee, pray not for this people. Nor lift up a cry or a prayer for them. Nor make intercession to me for them ; For I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do In the cities of- Judah, and the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The sons gather the wood. And the fathers kindle the fire. And the women knead dough, To make cakes for the queen of heaven. And to pour out libations to strange gods, That they may vex me. 19 But do they vex me, saith Jehovah ? Do they not rather vex themselves, to the confusion of theif own faces ? 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold my anger and my fury shall be poured out on this place. Upon man and upon beast ; Upon the trees of the field, And upon the fruit of the ground ; It shall burn and not be quenched. 21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel : Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices. And eat ye the flesh. 22 For I spake not to your fathers, nor commanded them CH. Vll.] JEREMIAH. 21 Concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices. At the time when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; 23 But this command gave I to them : "Hearken," said I, "to my voice. And I will be your God, And ye shall be my people. And walk ye in all the ways which I command you. That it may go well with you." 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But walked in the devices and obstinacy of their evil heart, Turning their backs and not their faces toward me. 25 From the day when your fathers came forth from the land of Egypt, Even to this day, I have also sent to you all my servants, the prophets. Daily rising early and sending. 26 But they have not hearkened to me, - Nor have they inclined their ear ; But they have hardened their neck. And acted more wickedly than their fathers. 27 And when thou shalt speak all these things to them. They will not hearken to thee ; And when thou shalt call to them. They will make thee no answer. 28 Therefore shalt thou say to them. This is the nation that hearkeneth not to the voice of Je hovah their God, And taketh no correction;. Truth hath failed, and is cut off from their mouth. 29 Cut off thy locks, O Jerusalem, and cast them away ! Set up a lamentation upon the high places ! For Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the children Against which his wrath hath been kindled. SO For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house Which is called by my name, to pollute it. SI They have built the high places of Tophet, Which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To bum their sons and their daughters in the fire, 22 JEEEMIAH. [cH. vm. Which I commanded not, Which even came not into my mind. 32 Therefore behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That it shall no more be called Tophet, Or the valley of the son of Hinnom, But the Valley of Slaughter ; For they shall bury in Tophet till there be no room left. S3 And the dead bodies of this people shall be for meat To the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth ; And none shall scare them away. 34 And I will cause to cease frora the cities of Judah, And from the streets of Jerusalem, The voice of mirth and the voice of gladness. The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ; For the land shall be desolate. 1 At that time, saith Jehovah, Shall the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of the princes. The bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, And the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Be cast forth from their graves ; 2 And they shall be spread before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, Which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked ; Which they have consulted and have worshipped ; They shall not be gathered, nor be buried ; They shall be as dung upon the face of the ground. 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life By all the residue of thera that remain of this evil I9se, Which remain in all the places whither I have drive*-' them,. Saith Jehovah of hosts. 4 Thon shalt also say to them. Thus saith Jehova) Doth a man fall, and not rise again ? Doth one turn aside from the way, and not returi: 5 Why then hath this people. Why hath Jerusalem, completely revolted ? They hold fast deceit ; They refuse to return. 6 I have listened and heard. CH. VIU.] JEREMIAH. 23 But they speak not aright ; No one repenteth of his wickedness. Saying, " What have I done ? " Every one runneth at full speed in his rebellion. As a horse rusheth to the battle. 7 Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her times. And the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the season of their coming. But my people regard not the laws of Jehovah. . 8 How is it that ye say, " We are wise. We possess the law of Jehovah " ? Behold, the false pen of the scribes Hath tumed it into falsehood. 9 The wise men shall bp confounded ; They shall be dismayed and ensnared; Behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah, And what wisdora is there in them ? 10 Therefore will I give their wives to others. And their fields to plunderers. For from the least of them even to the greatest. Every one is greedy of gain. Prophet and priest alike. Every one of them practiseth deceit. 11 They heal the wound of my people slightly. Saying, Peace ! peace ! when there is no peace. 12 Are they ashamed, that they have done abominable things ? Nay, they are not at all ashamed ; They know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall with them that fall : At the time when I punish thera. They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. 13 I wiU utterly consume them, saith Jehovah ; There shall be no grapes on the vine. Nor shall there be figs on the fig-tree ; Even the leaf shall be withered ; For I wiU send those that shall overrun them. 14 " Why do we remain here ? " [shall they say.] " Assemble yourselves and let us go into the fortified cities. And let us there wait in silence ! For Jehovah our God hath put us to silence. 24 JEEEMIAH. [oH. IX. And given us the water of hemlock to drink, Because we have sinned against Jehovah. 15 We look for peace, but no good coraeth ; For a time of deliverance, and behold, terror ! " 16 From Dan is heard the snorting of their horses. At the sound of the neighing of their steeds the whole land trembleth ; They come and devour the land, and all that is in it ; The city, and them that dwell therein. 17 Behold I send against you serpents, Basilisks, which cannot be charmed. And they shall bite you, saith Jehovah. TTie Prophet. 18 0 where is consolation for my sorrow ! My heart is faint within me. 19 Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from a far _ country ! " Is not Jehovah in Zion ? Is her King there no more ? " Jehovah. Why then have they provoked me by their graven im ages. And their foreign vanities ? The People. 20 The harvest is passed, the summer is ended, And we are not delivered. The Prophet. 21 For the wound of the daughter of my people am 1 wounded ; I mourn ; amazement hath taken hold of me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead ? Is there no physician there ? Why then are not the wounds of my people healed ? 1 O that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears. That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people ! on. IX.] JEEEMIAH. 2o 2 0 that I had a traveller's lodge in the wilderness. That I might leave my people, and go from them ! For they are all adulterers ; An assembly of revolters. S They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth ; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness. And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah. 4 Be on your guard each one against his neighbor. And trust ye not in any brother ; For every brother will supplant. And every neighbor will slander. 6 They deceive every one his neighbor. And do not speak the truth ; They have accustomed their tongues to speak lies ; They weary themselves in doing iniquity. 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit, [0 prophet !] Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. 7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Behold I will melt them and try them ; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people ? 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow ; Every one of them speaketh treachery ; With their mouth they speak peace to their neighbor. But in their heart they lay snares for him. 9 Shall I not punish them for these things ? saith Jehovah ; Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this ? 10 For the mountains will I lift up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the plains a lamentation. For they are burned up, so that none can pass through them ; No more is heard the voice of the cattle ; Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled, and are gone. 11 I wiU make Jerusalem heaps of stones. The dwelling-place of jackals ; And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. 26 JEEEMIAH. [CH lx. 12 Who is the wise man, that he may understand this. And he to whom the mouth ofthe Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it ? Why is it that the land perisheth, . That it is burned up like a desert, which none passeth through ? 13 Jehovah hitnself hath said : It is because they have forsaken my law. Which I set before them. And have not hearkened to my voice. Nor walked according to it ; 14 But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart. And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel : Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood. And give them water of hemlock to drink. 16 I will also scatter thera araong nations Which neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send after them the sword. Till I have made an end of them. 17 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. And send to the skilful ones, that they may come ; 18 Let them make haste, and lift up a wailing for us. That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush forth with waters. 19 Behold, a voice of wailing is heard from Zion : " How are we spoiled ! How are we put to shame ! We must leave our native land ; They have cast down our habitations." 20 Hear, O ye women, the word of Jehovah ! Let your ear receive the word of his mouth ! Te^ch your daughters a lamentation. And every one her companion a mournful dirge 1 21 For death cometh in through our windows It entereth our palaces ; It cutteth off the children frora the street And the young men from the public places. CH. X.] JEREMIAH. 27 22 Declare it, saith Jehovah ! The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open fleld. And as the handful behind the reaper. Which none gathereth up. 23 Thus saith Jehovah : Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom. Nor let the mighty glory in his might. Nor let the rich glory in his riches ! 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this. That he hath regard to me, and knoweth me. That I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, Justice, and righteousness upon the earth ; For in these do I delight, saith Jehovah. 25 Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will punish all the circumcised with the uncircum cised, 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, And the sons of Ammon and Moab, And all with shaven cheeks, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircuracised. And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart. The folly of idolatry. — Ch. X. 1 - 16. 1 Heak ye the word which Jehovah speaketh to you, O house of Israel ! 2 Thus saith Jehovah : Conform ye not to the way of the heathen. And be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens. Because the heathen are dismayed at them ! 3 The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down. It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe, 4 It is decked with silver and gold. And with nails and with hammers is it fastened. 28 JEREMIAH. [ch. X. That it may not totter. , 5 They are like a turned palm-tree pillar, and cannot speak They must be borne by men, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot hart. Nor is it in their power to do good. 6 There is none like thee, O Jehovah ! Thou art great, And great is thy name by mighty deeds. 7 Who shall not fear thee, O kmg of nations. For to thee doth it belong ! For among all the wise men of the nations. And in all their kingdoms, there is none like thee. 6 They are all brutish and without understanding ; A doctrine of vanities is the stock. ¦ 9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the artificer and the founder ; Blue and purple is their clothing ; The work of the skilful is it all. 10 But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting king ; At his wrath the earth trembleth. And the nations are not able to abide his indignation. 11 [Thus shall ye say to them: The gods, that have not made the heavens and the earth, Shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.] 12 He made the earth by his power ; He established the world by his wisdom. And by his understanding he spread out the heavens. 13 When he uttereth his voice there is an abundance of wa ter in the heavens ; He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth ; He maketh lightnings with rain ; He bringeth the wind frora his storehouses. 14 Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge ; By his image is every founder put to shame. For his molten-work is deceit ; There is no breath in it. 15 They are vanity, deceptive work ; In the time of their punishment shall they perish. CH. X.] JEREMIAH. 29 16 Not like thera is He who is the portion of Jacob ; He is the former of all things. And Israel is his allotted inheritance ; Jehovah of hosts is his name. VI. The destruction of Jerusalem threatened. — Ch. X. 17 - 26. 17 Gather up thy goods out of the land, 0 inhabitant of the fortress ! 18 For thus saith Jehovah : Behold, I will sling forth the inhabitants of the land at this time ; I will distress them, so that they shall be taken. 19 "Ah me! my wound!" [saith the daughter of Zion ;] " My bruise is deadly ; Yet I say. This is my afBiction, and I must bear it ! 20 My tent is torn down, And all my cords broken. My children are gone forth from me, and are no more ; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more. Or to set up my curtains. 21 For the shepherds have become brutish ; They have not sought Jehovah ; Therefore have they not prospered. And all their flock is dispersed." 22 [Hark !] the sound of tidings ! Behold it cometh, And a great tumult frora the land of the North, To make the cities of Judah desolate, A dwelling-place for jackals. 23 "I know, O Jehovah, that the way of a man is not within his power, That it is not within the power of a man that walketh to establish his steps. 24 Chasten me, O Jehovah, but in measure; Not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing ! 25 Pour out thy wrath on the nations which acknowledge the© not. so JEREMIAH. [ch. XI. And on the kingdoms which call not on thy name ! For they have devoured Jacob ; They have devoured and consumed him. And laid waste his dwelling-place." vn. Punishment threatened for idolatry. — Ch. XI. 1- IT. 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, say ing:— 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant. And speak ye to the men of Judah, And the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 3 And say thou to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel : Cursed is the man who will not obey the words of this covenant, 4 Which I commanded your fathers, When I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, From the iron furnace, saying, " Obey ye my voice, ' And do all which I command you ; So shall ye be my people. And I will be your God ; 5 So that I may perform the oath. Which I made to your fathers, To give them a land flowing with mUk and honey, as it is this day." Then answered I, and said. So may it be, O Jehovah ! 6 Then said Jehovah to rae. Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, And the streets of Jerusalem, saying : Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them ! 7 For I have earnestly admonished your fathers. From the time when I brought them up from the land of Egypt to' this day. OH. xi.j JEEEMIAH. 31 Rising early and admonishing them, saying, " Obey ye my voice ! " 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear. But walked every one in the obstinacy of his evil heart ; Therefore have 1 brought upon them all the words of this covenant, Which I commanded them to obey. And they obeyed not. 9 Jehovah also said to me : A conspiracy hath been found among the men of Judah, And the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They turn back to the iniquities of their forefathers. Who refused to hearken to my words ; They go after strange gods and serve them ; The house of Israel and the house of Judah have brokea the covenant Which I made with their fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah : Behold I bring upon them a calamity, From which they shall not be able to escape ; And though they cry to me, I will not hear them. 12 Then may the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru salem go, And cry to the gods to whom they burn incense ; But they shall not save them at all in the time of their calamity. 13 For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, 0 Judah ! According to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to a thing of shame. Altars for burning incense to Baal. 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people. Nor lift up a cry or a prayer for thera ; For I will not hear when they cry to me On account of their calamity. 15 What hath my beloved to do in my house, While many pollute it with wickedness ? The holy flesh shall pass away from thee. For when thou doest evil, thou rejoicest. 16 Jehovah hath called thee an olive-tree, §2 JEREMIAH. [CH. XI. Green, fair, and of goodly fruit ; With the noise of a great crackling doth he kindle a fire upon it, And the branches of it shall be broken. 17 For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, Hath pronounced evil against thee. On account of the wickedness of the house of Israel and of Judah, which they have committed In provoking me to anger by burning incense io Baal. Vin. Machinations against Jeremiah, and their punishment. — Ch. XI. 18 — XII. 13. 18 Jehovah made it known to me, and I knew it ; Thou didst show me their machinations ! 19 For I was like a tame lamb, that is led to the slaughter. And knew not that they had formed plots against me, [saying,] " Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living. That his name may no more be remembered ! " 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, the righteous judge. Who triest the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance on them. For to thee have I revealed my cause ! 21 Therefore thus saith Jehovah against the men of Ana thoth, Who seek thy life, and say, " Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, Lest thou die by our hand ! " 22 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Behold, I will punish them ; Their young men shall die by the sword; Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine j 23 There shall be none of them left ; For I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, At the time of their punishment. ch. XII.] JEEEMIAH. 33 1 Righteous art thou, 0 Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper ? Why are all the men of treachery at ease ? 2 Thou hast planted them ; yea, they have taken root ; They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit ; Thou art near to their mouth. But far from their hearts. S But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me ; Thou hast seen me, and tried my heart, Whether it be devoted to' thee. Tear them away, as sheep for slaughter ; Separate them for the day of slaughter I 4 How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither ? For the wickedness of thera that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds ; For they say, " He will not see our latter end." Answer qf Jehovah. 5 If thou hast run with footmen, and they have weai-ied thee, Then how canst thon contend with horses ? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the gloiy of Jordan ? 6 For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even these are treacherous toward thee. And raise a full cry after thee ; Trust them not, though they speak fair words to thee 1 7 I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the darling of my soul into the hand of het eneraies. 8 My inheritance is become to me like a lion of the forest ; She lifteth up her voice against me ; Therefore do I hate her. 9 A rapacious beast, an hyena, is my inheritance become to me ; . Therefore shall the rapacious beasts rush upon her on all sides. 34 JEREMIAH. [CH. XII. Come, gather all the beasts of the field. Bring them to devour ! 10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard ; They have trodden my portion under foot ; My pleasant portion have they made a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it a desolation ; Desolate it mourneth on account of me ; The whole land is desolate, Because no man layeth my word to heart. 12 Upon all the high places in the desert do the plunderers come ; Behold, the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land to the other ; No man hath peace. 13 They sow wheat, but they reap thorns ; They weary themselves, and are not profited ; They shall be ashamed of their harvest. Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah, IX. Promises and threatenings to the nations in the neighborhood ofthe Jews. — Ch. XII. 14-17. 14 Thus saith Jehovah against all my evil neighbors. Who seize the inheritance which I gave my people, Israel Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, And the house of Judah will I pluck out froni among them. 15 Yet after I have plucked them out of their land, I will again have compassion on them, and bring them back. Every one to his own possession. And every one to his own land. 16 And if they will indeed learn the ways of my people. And swear by my name, saying, As Jehovah liveth ! As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built up in the midst of my people ; 17 But if they will not hearken, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jeho« vah. CH. XIII.] JEREMIAH. 35 X. The captivity of Judah threatened. — Ch. XIIL 1 Thus saith Jehovah to me : Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it on thy loins, and put it not into water ! 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and 3 put it on my loins. Then the word of Jehovah came to' 4 me the second time, saying. Take the girdle whieh thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the 5 Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. So I went and hid it near the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded 6 me. And after many days Jehovah said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle which I com- 7 manded thee to hide there. Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, so that 8 it was good for nothing. Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying: — 9 Thus saith Jehovah : After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, And the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people. Who refuse to hearken to my words, Who walk after the obstinacy of their heart. And walk after strange gods. To serve them and to worship them. Shall be like this girdle, Which is good for nothing. 1 1 For as a girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, So have I caused to cleave to me the whole house of Israeli And the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah, That they might be to me a people, And a name, and a praise, and a glory ; But they hearkened not to me. « 12 Then shalt thou speak to them in this manner. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel : Every flagon shall be filled with wine. And they will say to thee, 36 JEREMIAH. [OH. Xlll. " Do we not know that every flagon shall be filled with wine ? " 13 Then shalt thou say to them. Thus saith Jehovah : Behold, 1 will fill all the inhabitants of this land. And the kings that sit npon David's throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drmJsenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another. Even fathers and children together, saith Jehovah ; I will not pity, nor spare. Nor show mercy, so as not to destroy them. 15 Hear ye, and attend I be not lifted up I For Jehovah speaketh. 16 Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness. And yonr feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light. He turn it into deathlike shade. And make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear, I will mourn in secret places for your pride, I will weep continually. And my eyes shall run down with tears. Because the flock of Jehovah is carried away captive. 18 Say to the king and to the queen. Sit ye down upon the ground, For your beautiful crown shall fall from your heads. 19 The cities of the South are shut up, and none openeth them ; Judiih is carried away captive, all of it, Every man of it is carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the North ! Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? For thou thyself hast taught them to be lords over theC. Shall not sorrows seize thee, as a woraan in travail ? 22 And if thou say in thine heart, " Wherefore are these things coming upon me ? " For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, Aud thy heels made bare. CH. XIV.] JEREMIAH. 37 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin. Or the leopard his spots ? Then may ye also do good, Who have been accustomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I scatter you like stubble, Which passeth away before the wind of the desert. 25 This is thy lot, The portion measured out for thee by me, saith Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 26 Therefore will I lift up thy skirts over thy head. So that thy shame shall be seen. 27 Thine adulteries, thy neighings, The lewdness of thy whoredom on the hUls, in the fields. All thy abominations, have I seen. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem ! How long ere thou wilt become pure ! XI. Punishment by drought, aud other calamities. The prophet encouraged. — Oh. XIV., XV. 1 The word of Jehovah, which came to Jeremiah con cerning a drought. 2 Judah mourneth, And the gates thereof languish ; They are in deep mourning upon the ground. And the cry of Jerusalem goeth up. 3 The nobles send their younger ones for water; They come to the wells, they flnd none ; They return with their vessels empty ; They are ashamed and confounded ; They cover their heads. 4 Because of the ground, which is in consternation. No rain falling Upon the earth, The husbandmen are ashamed. They hide their heads. 5 Even the hind in the field is delivered. And deserteth her young. 38 JEREMIAH. [oh. XIV. Because there is no grass. 6 The wild asses stand upon the hills. They snuff up the wind like jackals ; Their eyes fail. Because there is no grass. 7 Though our iniquities testify against us. Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many ; We have sinned against thee. 8 O thou hope of Israel, His saviour in the time of trouble. Why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land. As a traveller who spreadeth his tent to pass the night? 9 Why wilt thou be as a man that is amazed, As a hero that cannot save ? Thou art in the midst of us, O Jehovah, And we are called by thy name ; * Do not forsake us ! Jehavdh. 10 Thus saith Jehovah concerning this people : Thus they love to wander. They restrain not their feet ; Therefore Jehovah doth not accept them ; Now will he remember their iniquities. And punish their sins. 1 1 Then said Jehovah to rae : Pray not for this people for their good ! 12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry Though they offer burnt-offerings and flour-offerings, I will not accept them ; But by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, I will make an end of thera. The Prophet. 13 Then said I, Alas ! O Lord Jehovah ! Behold, the prophets say to them, " Ye shall not see the sword. Nor shall famine come upon you ; But Jehovah will give you lasting peace in this place." OH. XIV.] JEREMIAH. 39 Jehovah. 14 Then said Jehovah to me : The prophets prophesy lies in my name ; I have not sent them, nor commissioned them, nor spoken to them ; A false vision, and divination, and vanity. And the fraud of their hearts, do they prophesy to you. 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah conceming the prophets Who prophesy in my name, though I sent them not. But who themselves say, " The sword and famine shall not be in this land " : By the sword and by famine shall those prophets be con sumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy Shall be cast forth in the streets of Jerusalem By means of famine and the sword ; And they sball have none to bury them, — They, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters ; For I will pour their wickedness upon them. 17 Thus also shalt thou speak to them : My eyes shall run down with tears night and day;' They shall not cea