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and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And wee haue heard a terrible voyce, of feare and not
al they of the captiuitie of Iudah, that are in of peace. 6 Demand now and beholde, if man
Babel, shall take vp this curse against them, and trauayle with childe? wherefore doe I beholde
say, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like euery man with his hands on his loynes as a
Ahab, whome the King of Babel burnt in the fire, woman in trauaile, and all faces are turned into
23 Because they haue committed vilenie in Israel, a palenesse? 7 Alas, for this day is great: none
and haue committed adulterie with their neigh- hath bene like it: it is euen the time of Iaakobs
bours wiues, and haue spoken lying words in my trouble, yet shall he be deliuered from it. 8 For
Name, which I haue not commanded them, euen in that day, sayth the Lord of hostes, I will
I knowe it, and testifie it, saith the Lord. 24 Thou breake his yoke from off thy necke, and breake
shalt also speake to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, thy bondes, and strangers shall no more serue
saying, 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, the themselues of him. 9 But they shall serue the
God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent Lord their God, and Dauid their King, whom I
letters in thy Name vnto all the people, that will raise vp vnto them. 10 Therefore feare not,
are at Ierusalem, and to Zephaniah the sonne of O my seruant Iaakob, saith the Lord, neither be
Maaseiah the Priest, and to all the Priests, saying, afrayde, O Israel: for loe, I will deliuer thee from
26 The Lord hath made thee Priest for Iehoiada a farre countrey, and thy seede from the lande
the Priest, that yee should bee officers in the of their captiuitie, and Iaakob shall turne againe,
House of the Lord, for euery man that raueth and shalbe in rest and prosperitie and none shall
and maketh himselfe a Prophet, to put him in make him afraide. 11 For I am with thee, sayth
prison and in the stockes. 27 Nowe therefore why the Lord, to saue thee: though I vtterly destroy
hast not thou reproued Ieremiah of Anathoth, all the nations where I haue scattered thee, yet
whichpropheciethvntoyou? 28 For, forthiscause will I not vtterly destroy thee, but I will correct
hee sent vnto vs in Babel, saying, This captiuitie thee by iudgement, and not vtterly cut thee
is long: buyld houses to dwell in, and plant off. 12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruising is
gardens, and eate the fruites of them. 29 And incurable, and thy wound is dolorous. 13 There
Zephaniah the Priest red this letter in the eares is none to iudge thy cause, or to lay a plaister:
of Ieremiah the Prophet. 30 Then came the worde there are no medicines, nor help for thee. 14 All
of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying, 31 Send to all thy louers haue forgotten thee: they seeke thee
them of the captiuitie, saying, Thus saith the not: for I haue striken thee with the wound
Lord of Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that of an enemie, and with a sharpe chastisement
Shemaiah hath prophecied vnto you, and I sent for ye multitude of thine iniquities, because thy
him not, and hee caused you to trust in a lye, sinnes were increased. 15 Why cryest thou for
32 Therefore thus saieth the Lord, Behold, I wil thine affliction? thy sorowe is incurable, for the
visite Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seede: multitude of thine iniquities: because thy sinnes
hee shall not haue a man to dwell among this
people, neither shall he beholde the good, that were increased, I haue done these things vnto
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I will doe for my people, sayth the Lord, because thee. Therefore all they that deuoure thee,
he hath spoken rebelliously against the Lord. shall be deuoured, and all thine enemies euery
one shall goe into captiuitie: and they that spoyle
30 thee, shalbe spoyled, and all they that robbe thee,
For I will restore health
wil I giue to be robbed.
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1 The worde, that came to Ieremiah from the vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy woundes,
Lord, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of saith the Lord, because they called thee, The cast
Israel, saying, Write thee all the wordes, that I away, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh
haue spoken vnto thee in a booke. 3 For loe, after. 18 Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will
the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I wil bring bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakobs tentes, and
againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and haue compassion on his dwelling places: and the
Iudah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them citie shalbe builded vpon her owne heape, and
vnto the lande, that I gaue to their fathers, and the palace shall remaine after the maner thereof.
they shall possesse it. 4 Againe, these are the 19 And out of them shall proceede thankesgiuing,
wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and the voyce of them that are ioyous, and
and concerning Iudah. For thus saith the Lord,
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