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brakeit. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of citie, whither I haue caused you to be caried away
all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Euen captiues, and pray vnto the Lord for it: for in
so will I breake the yoke of Nebuchad-nezzar King the peace thereof shall you haue peace. 8 For
of Babel, from the necke of al nations within the thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel,
space of two yeres: and the Prophet Ieremiah Let not your prophets, and your southsayers that
went his way. 12 Then the word of the Lord came bee among you, deceiue you, neither giue eare
vnto Ieremiah the Prophet, (after that Hananiah to your dreames, which you dreame. 9 For they
the Prophet had broken the yoke from the necke prophecie you a lie in my Name: I haue not sent
of the Prophet Ieremiah) saying, 13 Go, and tell them, saith the Lord. 10 But thus saith the Lord,
Hananiah, saying, Thus sayth the Lord, Thou hast That after seuentie yeeres be accomplished at
broken the yokes of wood, but thou shalt make Babel, I will visite you, and performe my good
for them yokes of yron. 14 For thus saith the Lord promise toward you, and cause you to returne to
of hostes the God of Israel, I haue put a yoke of this place. 11 For I knowe the thoughtes, that I
yron vpon the necke of all these nations, that haue thought towards you, saith the Lord, euen
they may serue Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel: the thoughtes of peace, and not of trouble, to
for they shall serue him, and I haue giuen him giue you an ende, and your hope. 12 Then shall
the beasts of the fielde also. 15 Then sayd the you crie vnto mee, and ye shall go and pray
Prophet Ieremiah vnto the Prophet Hananiah, vnto me, and I will heare you, 13 And ye shall
Heare nowe Hananiah, the Lord hath not sent seeke mee and finde mee, because ye shall seeke
thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a mee with all your heart. 14 And I wil be found
lye. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I of you, saith the Lord, and I will turne away
will cast thee from of the earth: this yeere thou your captiuitie, and I will gather you from all
shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebelliously the nations, and from all the places, whither
against the Lord. 17 So Hananiah the Prophet died I haue cast you, saith the Lord, and will bring
the same yeere in the seuenth moneth. you againe vnto the place, whence I caused you
to be caryed away captiue. 15 Because ye haue
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1 Now these are the wordes of the booke that Babel, 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the
Ieremiah the Prophet sent from Ierusalem vnto King, that sitteth vpon the throne of Dauid, and
the residue of the Elders which were caryed away of all the people, that dwell in this citie, your
captiues, and to the Priestes, and to the Prophets, brethren that are not gone forth with you into
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and to all the people whome Nebuchad-nezzar captiuitie: Euen thus sayth the Lord of hostes,
had caried away captiue from Ierusalem to Babel: Beholde, I will sende vpon them the sworde, the
2 (After that Ieconiah the King, and the Queene, famine, and the pestilence, and will make them
and the eunuches, the princes of Iudah, and of like vile figges, that cannot bee eaten, they are so
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Ierusalem, and the workemen, and cunning men naughtie. And I will persecute them with the
were departed from Ierusalem) By the hand of sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence:
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Elasah the sonne of Shaphan and Gemariah the and I will make them a terror to all kingdomes
sonne of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah King of Iudah of the earth, and a curse, and astonishment and
an hissing, and a reproche among all the nations
sent vnto Babel to Nebuchad-nezzar King of Ba- whither I haue cast them, 19 Because they haue
bel) saying, Thus hath the Lord of hostes the not hearde my words, saith the Lord, which I sent
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God of Israel spoken vnto all that are caryed away vnto them by my seruantes the Prophetes, rising
captiues, whome I haue caused to be caryed away vp earely, and sending them, but yee woulde not
captiues from Ierusalem vnto Babel: Buylde you heare, saith the Lord. 20 Heare ye therefore the
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houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and word of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome
eate the fruites of them. 6 Take you wiues, and I haue sent from Ierusalem to Babel. 21 Thus
beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, of
your sonnes, and giue your daughters to hus- Ahab the sonne of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the
bands, that they may beare sonnes and daugh- sonne of Maaseiah, which prophecie lyes vnto
ters, that ye may bee increased there, and not you in my Name, Beholde, I will deliuer them
diminished. 7 And seeke the prosperitie of the into the hande of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel,