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CHAPTER 17
Jeremiah 17:1
1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a
diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of
your altars;
Jeremiah 17:2
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green
trees upon the high hills.
Jeremiah 17:3
3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy
treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy
borders.
Jeremiah 17:4
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave
thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou
knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for
ever.
Jeremiah 17:5
5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. Jeremiah 17:6
6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good
cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt
land and not inhabited.
Jeremiah 17:7
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17:8
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out
her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf
shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year  of drought,  neither
shall cease  from yielding  fruit.
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:10
10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah
17:11
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that
getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his
days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah 17:12
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Jeremiah 17:13
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and
they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have
forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living  waters. Jeremiah 17:14
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 17:15
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come
now. Jeremiah 17:16
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of
my lips was right before thee.
Jeremiah 17:17
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. Jeremiah 17:18
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded:
let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day
of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. Jeremiah 17:19
19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of
the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go
out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Jeremiah 17:20
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and
all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these
gates:
Jeremiah 17:21
21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the
sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Jeremiah 17:22
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day,
neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your
fathers.
Jeremiah 17:23
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck
stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Jeremiah 17:24
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the
LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath
day, but hallow the sabbath day,  to do  no  work  therein; Jeremiah 17:25
25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they,
and their princes, the men  of Judah,  and the inhabitants  of Jerusalem:
and this city  shall remain  for ever. Jeremiah 17:26
26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the
mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices,
and meat offerings,  and incense,  and bringing  sacrifices of praise, 
unto the house  of the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:27
27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to
bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire  in the gates  thereof, and it shall devour
the palaces  of Jerusalem,  and it shall not be quenched. CHAPTER 18
Jeremiah 18:1
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jeremiah 18:2
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to
hear my words.
Jeremiah 18:3
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on
the wheels.
Jeremiah 18:4
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter:
so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter  to make
it.
Jeremiah 18:5
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah 18:6
6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD.
Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O
house of Israel.
Jeremiah 18:7
7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; Jeremiah 18:8
8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I
will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. Jeremiah 18:9
9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Jeremiah 18:10
10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent
of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jeremiah 18:11
11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against
you, and devise a device against you: return  ye now every one  from his
evil way,  and make your ways  and your doings  good. Jeremiah 18:12
12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices,
and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. Jeremiah 18:13
13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath
heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Jeremiah 18:14
14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the
field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be
forsaken?
Jeremiah 18:15
15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity,
and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths,
to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; Jeremiah 18:16
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. Jeremiah 18:17
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew
them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. Jeremiah
18:18
18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for
the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor
the word from the prophet. Come,  and let us smite  him with the tongue, 
and let us not give heed  to any of his words. Jeremiah 18:19
19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Jeremiah 18:20
20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my
soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn
away thy wrath  from them.
Jeremiah 18:21
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their
blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their
children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young
men  be slain  by the sword  in battle. Jeremiah 18:22
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop
suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares
for my feet.
Jeremiah 18:23
23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive
not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them
be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time  of thine anger.
CHAPTER 19
Jeremiah 19:1
1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of
the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; Jeremiah
19:2
2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry
of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
Jeremiah 19:3
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants
of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;  Behold, I
will bring  evil  upon this place,  the which whosoever heareth,  his ears
shall tingle.
Jeremiah 19:4
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the
blood  of innocents;
Jeremiah 19:5
5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it,
neither came it into my mind:
Jeremiah 19:6
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall
no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The
valley of slaughter.
Jeremiah 19:7
7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place;
and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the
hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases  will I give  to be
meat  for the fowls  of the heaven,  and for the beasts  of the earth.
Jeremiah 19:8
8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues
thereof. Jeremiah 19:9
9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of
their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in
the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek 
their lives,  shall straiten  them.
Jeremiah 19:10
10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
Jeremiah 19:11
11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I
break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that
cannot be made whole again:  and they shall bury  them in Tophet,  till
there be no place  to bury.
Jeremiah 19:12
12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants
thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: Jeremiah 19:13
13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall
be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose
roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven,  and have
poured out  drink offerings  unto other  gods. Jeremiah 19:14
14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to
prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all
the people,
Jeremiah 19:15
15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced
against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not
hear my words.
CHAPTER 20
Jeremiah 20:1
1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in
the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Jeremiah 20:2
2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 20:3
3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out
of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy
name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
Jeremiah 20:4
4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself,
and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies,
and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand  of
the king  of Babylon,  and he shall carry them captive  into Babylon,  and
shall slay  them with the sword.
Jeremiah 20:5
5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the
labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures
of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which
shall spoil them, and take  them, and carry  them to Babylon. Jeremiah 20:6
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into
captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and
shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast
prophesied lies.
Jeremiah 20:7
7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than
I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Jeremiah 20:8
8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Jeremiah 20:9
9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his
name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. Jeremiah 20:10
10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they,
and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we
shall take  our revenge  on him.
Jeremiah 20:11
11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion
shall never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 20:12
12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and
the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my
cause.
Jeremiah 20:13
13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul
of the poor from the hand of evildoers. Jeremiah 20:14
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother
bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah 20:15
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child
is born unto thee; making him very glad. Jeremiah 20:16
16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented
not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Jeremiah 20:17
17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been
my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. Jeremiah 20:18
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my
days should be consumed with shame?


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