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lies, and by their flatteries, and I sent them not, againe to this lande, and I will build them, and
nor commanded them: therefore they bring no not destroy them, and I will plant them, and not
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profite vnto this people, saith the Lord. 33 And roote them out, And I will giue them an heart
when this people, or the prophet, or a Priest shall to knowe me, that I am the Lord, and they shalbe
aske thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? my people, and I wil be their God: for they shall
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thou shalt then say vnto them, What burden? I returne vnto mee with their whole heart. And
will euen forsake you, saith the Lord. 34 And the as the naughtie figges which can not bee eaten,
prophet, or the Priest, or the people that shall they are so euill (surely thus saith the Lord) so wil
say, The burden of the Lord, I will euen visite I giue Zedekiah the King of Iudah, and his princes,
euerie such one, and his house. 35 Thus shall yee and the residue of Ierusalem, that remaine in this
say euery one to his neighbour, and euerie one to lande, and them that dwell in the lande of Egypt:
his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and 9 I will euen giue them for a terrible plague to all
what hath the Lord spoken? 36 And the burden of the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproche,
the Lord shall yee mention no more: for euery and for a prouerbe, for a common talke, and for a
mans worde shall bee his burden: for ye haue curse, in all places where I shall cast them. 10 And
peruerted the words of the liuing God, the Lord I will sende the sworde, the famine, and the
of hostes our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the pestilence among them, till they bee consumed
Prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and out of the land, that I gaue vnto them and to their
what hath the Lord spoken? 38 And if you say, fathers.
The burden of the Lord, Then thus saith the Lord,
Because yee say this word, The burden of the 25
Lord, and I haue sent vnto you, saying, Ye shall 1 The word that came to Ieremiah, concerning
not say, The burden of the Lord, 39 Therefore all the people of Iudah in the fourth yeere of
beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah that
will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and was in the first yeere of Nebuchad-nezzar King
your fathers, and cast you out of my presence, of Babel: 2 The which Ieremiah the Prophet
40 And will bring an euerlasting reproche vpon spake vnto all the people of Iudah, and to all
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you, and a perpetual shame which shall neuer be the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, From the
forgotten. thirteenth yeere of Iosiah the sonne of Amon
King of Iudah, euen vnto this day (that is the
24 three and twentieth yeere) the word of the Lord
1 The Lord shewed me, and beholde, two hath come vnto mee, and I haue spoken vnto
baskets of figges were set before the Temple of you rising earely and speaking, but ye woulde
the Lord, after that Nebuchad-nezzar King of not heare. 4 And the Lord hath sent vnto you
Babel had caryed away captiue Ieconiah ye sonne all his seruantes the Prophets, rising early and
of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, and the princes of sending them, but yee would not heare, nor
Iudah with the workemen, and cunning men of encline your eares to obey. 5 They sayde, Turne
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Ierusalem, and had brought them to Babel. One againe now euery one from his euill way, and
basket had verie good figges, euen like the figges from the wickednes of your inuentions, and ye
that are first ripe: and the other basket had verie shall dwell in the lande that the Lord hath giuen
naughtie figges, which could not be eaten, they vnto you, and to your fathers for euer and euer.
were so euill. 3 Then saide the Lord vnto mee, 6 And go not after other gods to serue them and
What seest thou, Ieremiah? And I said, Figges: to worshippe them, and prouoke me not to anger
ye good figges verie good, and the naughtie verie with the workes of your hands, and I will not pun-
naughtie, which cannot be eaten, they are so ish you. Neuerthelesse ye would not heare me,
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euill. 4 Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto saith the Lord, but haue prouoked mee to anger
me, saying, 5 Thus sayeth the Lord, the God of with the workes of your hands to your owne
Israel, Like these good figges, so will I knowe hurt. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes,
them that are caryed away captiue of Iudah to Because ye haue not heard my wordes, Beholde,
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bee good, whome I haue sent out of this place, I will send and take to mee all the families of the
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into the land of the Caldeans. For I wil set mine North, saith the Lord, and Nebuchad-nezzar the
eyes vpon them for good, and I will bring them King of Babel my seruant, and will bring them