Jeremias — Chapter 13

hole of the rocke. 5, And Vl wert, and hidde it in Euphrates , as our Lord had commanded me.6,And itcame to paffe after manie daies, our Lordfaid to me:Arife, goe to Euphrates:and take from thence the girdle, which I-commanded thee that thou shouldft hide it there. 7. AndI went to Euphrates , and digged, and tooke the girdle out of the place, where Thad hid it: and behoid the girdie was rotten, fothat ic was fit for no vfe. 8. And the word of our Lord was madeto me, faying : 9.Thus faith our Lord : fo wil -make the pride of luda , and the greacpride of lerufalem, 10-This mof wicked people, which wil not heare my words, and walke inthe peruerfitic of their hart : & haue gone-after ftrange Gods to ferue them andto adorethem : and they fhal be as this girdle , which is fitte for no vie, 11. For asthe girdle cleaueth to the loynes of aman,fo haue I faft loyned to me al the houfe of Iftael , and al che houfe of luda , faith our ; fecuting the The 2. part. Tie peoples ingratitude finning againft Goud, and Der- Prophet. ‘ajProphecies! vttered in fats= haue more forceto per. fw ade,then only words. And therfore . the Prophets by Gods com- mandment vfe beth thefe Wayes, Hebi, (6) Another Lord:that they mizht be my people,and name,andpray%, and glorie:& they heard not. 12. Thou tivalt fay therfore vntothem this word : Thus faith our Lord the God of I frael:() Euerie bottle fhalbe-filled withwine, And they thal fay tothee : Why , are weignorantthat euerie bortlefhal be filled with wine? 13, And thou thale fay tothem: Thus faith our Lord: Behold I wil filai the inhabitats of this lad ,& the Kings that of the ftock of Dawid fitvpon his throne, & the Priefts,& the Prophets, & al the in- habitants oflerufalem, with drunkennes. 14. And 1 wil difperfe them ‘lewes fal be pophetical fimilitude, to henifie thar the perplexe, nes knowing what to doc in cx. treme diltreffe:, as fenfles-men : ouerceme w ih: euerie much wine, = q Pe) Cuftome is Pas it were arr. jocher nature, thard tebe atre- red:yet Gods grace raiferh flome stnuece- Pate finners ra. ‘rue repentace, pout thes is: rare, ¢And of them- Helues without - grace no fin- ners can rife nor repent, {. ‘a> The Tewes tHuffered famine f& thir by rea- fon of drought, for their fin- nes: which alfo fignificth de- orivation. of Gods grace. tortheir for mer wickednes, , 7 es lavie shal.be- affidted wih drought and famine. 11. Neither shal the Prophets ° 554 THE PROPHECIE Cuerie man from-his brother, andthe fathers and fonnes together, faith Our Lord : I wil.not-fpare, and 1 wilnot yeald: neither wil 1 have mercic not to deftroy them, 15. Heare ye, and giue care, Be notele-. ruated , becaufe our Lord hath fpoken. 16... Gite ye ghorie-to-our Lord your God , before it waxe darke , and ‘before yonr feet {tumble ar the darke mountaives : you fhal looke for light, and. he wil turne it into the + fhadow of death , &: into: darknes.17.But if you wil not heare this, in ‘feeret my foule {hal weep becaufe ofthe pride : weeping it {hal weep, and mine etefhal dropteares., becaufe the flock.of our Lord is taken, i8.Sayto the King , and to herthat rnteth-s Be hambled, -fitte downe : becaufe the crowne of your glarie ts come downe from your head. 19, The cities.of the South are fhut, andthere is none that may open them; al tuda is tranfportedwith a perfect.tran{migration. 20. Lift vp your eies.and fee, :-youthat come from the North, where is.the flock that is gtuenthee, chynoble catrel?-21, What wilt thou fay when he fhal vifite thee > forthou hafteaughtthem againft thee and inftructed thein ag ainft thyne owne head: fhal nor forowes apprehend thee , as a woman in trauel 222. And if chou fhalt fay in thy hart : why are thefe things come vato me? For the multitude of thine tniquitic , thy mere fhamelie parts. are difcouered; the-foles-of thy feet are polluted. 23. (¢) Ifthe Aicthio- pran can change his skinne , or the leopard his {pots : you alfo can doe wel , when you haue learned. euil. 2.4, And. I wil {carter them as ftub- ble , whichis violent!y.taken with the wind in the defert, 25. This is thy for, and-portion of thy meafure from me , faith our Lord’, be- caufe theu hat forgotten me, and‘haft erufted:in lying. 26. Wherefore I haue alfo.madé-bare thy thighs againft thy face , and thine t2nominie ‘hath-appeared ,.27. thine aduleeries., and thy neying,the wickedneffe af thy. fornication : vpon the litle hils in the field I hane feen thine abo-. Minations. Woe ro thee lerufalem , thou wilt net.be made cleane after ‘m¢:.how-long yet? CHAP XIIIL } prayer ,nor their fafts,nor facrifices auasle them.14.Falfe-Prophess shal perish } with the feduced people.17 Lezemic lamenting exborteth them soxepentance, ee HE: wordofour Lord that was made to leremie concer-.-1 G9 ning the words (4).of thedrought. 2. lurie hath mourned, Ke andthe gates thereofare fallen downe , and areobf{cured. Rey on thecarth , andthe cricof leruialem is come vp, 3. The { ONS oreater mien haue fent theitinfetiours to the water : they came todraw., they found no water, they caried backe cheir veflels emptte: ee 2 eat eg re 2. Lane:x, OF IEREMIE, S55 emptie : : they were confounded and affli@ed , and couered their heads. . For the watt of the land , becaufe there came mo rayne vpon the carth , the hufbandmen were confounded , they couered their heads.

For the hind alfo brought forth in the field and left it : becaufctherc was no grafie. 6, And the wild affes ftood vpon the rocks, they drew wind as “dragons, their ejes tailed , becaufe there was no crafie, Jif our iniquities nave anfwered vs: Lord doefer thy names face, bees sale our rcuolrings are manie, to thee We haue finncd. 8, O expectation of Irae] , the fauiour thereof in the time of tribulation: why wilt thou be asa feiourner inthe land , and asa waytaring man turning in tolodze?

wearic dead into cap- linitie, as God ath feuerally' rdayned, (e) There ean thardly be con- cord berween potent King- tomes, (4) The weaker is eafily affi- Ged by che in-praying thee. 7. And 1 wil {cater them witha fanne in the gates of the Jand : I-haue tlayne and deftroyed-my people , and yet they are not returned¥orm their svaies. 8. Their widowes are muluphied vnto me aboue the fand-of the fea; I shaue brought into them vpon eheamother of the yong man a waiter at noone day : 1] haue-caft terrour fuderly vpon theeities. 9. She is weakned that bare feuen , her foule hath. fainted :the funne went downeto her, when itwasyet day <Jhe is con- founded , and,athamed : and the refidue of them 1 wil cine vnto the {word in the fight of their enemies , faith our Lord. 10, Woe is me, my mother : why haftthou borne me a tnan of brawling ,.a man of difcord inal the earth? I haue-notient to vurie, nexher hatha. ic maitent voto ™me-to vfurie: al curfe me, u1.Our Lord faith : 1f thy remrart thal rot -beto geod , if I have not holpen thee in-the time of affliction , and in the time of tribulation againft the enemie. 72, Why , fhal (c} yron-be confederate avith the yronfrom the North, ard alfo (4) braffe: 13.Thy » > and inal thy borders.14. And I wil bring thine enemies out ot a land riches & thy treafures I wil giueinto{poile for naught for al thy fines. Ass 8.) which gftronger. Pfal. 1. 35. i ful waters.-9.For this caufe thus faith our Lord: If thou wilt be conver-- aherfore this text fpeaketh not.of.others like vnto. them ;but-as-5-lerem (-in’ OF IEREMIE, 557 which thou Knoweft not : becaufe a fireis kindled in my furie, itihal burne-¥pon you, 15.(¢) Thou knoweft o Lord , be mindful of me, and vifite me, and defend me from them,that perfecute me: doe not receiue me in ( f) thy patience, know that I hauc fuftayned reproch for thee,.

ftrong y that can not fauc: but thou 6 Lord arvin vs, and thy name is isuccaied vpon vs,for- , fake vs nor. to. Thus faith our Lord to his people , wrich hath ioued to ‘ moue their feer ,.and-hane not refted , and hath nor pleafed. ous Lard : "Now wil he remember t) heir miquities, and viltetheir dinnes, 1. Asd ~ Wren cite cy wna ta ~f our Lord faid to me + Pray: nox tor this people to good. 12 nal falt wilnot he are their prayer and viciimes, I witnotreceiuc them: becaufe wich fword, and famin:, and peftilence I wilconfume them. 13, And I faid: Aaa, Lord Ged (c) the Prophets fay tothem:Y ou fhal nor fee the fword, and there tna! be no famine among you , but he wilgiue you true Peace in this place.

The Prophet lamenting their ebftina- cic, .2.sheweth that thei fume is the caufe of their miferte. My HV S faich our Lord to me: Goe,and get thee(a)a girdle >94 of linnen, and thou fhalt put it about thy loynes,'and fhale not putitinto water.z. And I gota girdle according to the word of our Lord, and putit about my loynes. 3, And the rH word of our Lord was madeto me the fecdd time,faying :

And.our Lord faid tome: The Prophets prophccic falfely a my name :1 fent chemnot , aid 1 commanded them not , neither haue I fpoken vato them: lying Villon , and-deceitful diuiaation,guilctulces, and ‘the feduction of their owne hart they prophecie vato.you,

Therefore thus faith our Lord of the Prophets thar prophecis in my name, whom] fent not , that fay : There thal nos be ford , and ‘faiunine in this land: In {word and tamine thal thofe Prophets o¢ cond med. 16, Andthe peoples to whom they prophccie,fhal be caft fort i in the waies of bernfaie:n through famine and {word , and there thal be none to buriethem;they & their wiuts, their foanes & their daughters , and I wil power out their cuil vpon them. 17. And thou thale fay this word vnto them ; Let mine cies fhede teares night & day, & norceafe, becaufe the (4) virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with great af. fliction, with a verie e fore plague excecdingly. 18, If] fal goe out to the fields , loe the flaine with the {word : and if ] enter isto the. Citic, loe the pyned away with famine, For the Propiict & the Prieft are. gone mtoaland which they knew-tiot. 19. Why, cafting of haft thou Coit awa ay Tada, or hath thy foule abhorred Sion ? why then haft thou iriken vs, fo that there ts rot health? we hauc expected peace, & there iso goad : and atime of curing , and behold trouble, 20. We haue knowen 6 Lord our impietics, the iziquities of our fathers,becaufe we haue tuned to thee, 21. Giue vs not into reproche for thy names fake, nciher mai.e vs to bauc the contumelie of the throne of thy gloric: re- meinber , make not thy coucnantwith ys voide. 22, Why, are there __ ¥ VV f : : and if tiey thal. otter holacanits mong - fbi As one tha* ibe aoverh.and ten cometh hime! ifckt ftrong. ; (¢.Falfe Pro- 4 prets feducing the people, car no:excufe ckhé from finne: For whenthe biind deaderh the blind, bork! fal into the pit. Cd; Norw ith- ftanding there were ver v ima- ‘Me Sricuons inners, yctin refpeé of the iuft the C hurch 138 2 Wires in, : : 1 --- PAGE 1573 --- je) The Geneua Bible is cor- ted contrarie and Greek: Though A eyfes and Samuel fteod bofore me, (b) This #e- brew phrafe Mio nifieth., that fome shal dye by ficknes , fome by the {word,fome by famine, fome shal be ruptly tranfla- @ / to the Hebrew becaufe of Manaffes the fonneof Ezechiasthe Kin 556 THE PROPHECIE among the {culpiils ot che Gentils that can raine?or can tie heauers = tue “fhowers ? artnort thouthe Lord our Gad., whom.we haue expeded?. tor thou haft madeal thefe things. CHAP xv. Though Moyfes and Samuel should pray for this people , yet Ged-batb-determi- -ned to punish them with plague , warre, famine, abd captinitie , ©. for their impenitencie. 10.The Propbet Lamenteth that for his-preaching the people & become worfe ,15. and perfecutesh.bim.: 19. but Ged promifeth ro deliner and totemard bun. M N-D ourLord faidto me :” If Moyfes& Samuel (4) thal « ftand before me , my foule is not toward this. people : caft M4), them out from-my face, and letthem goe forth, 2. Andif (they thal fay vnto thee :-Whither fhal we goe forth ? thou “eS fhalt fay to them ¢ Thus faith our-Lord: (+) They.tharse death ,todcath,8cthey that to fword to {word :-& they that to famine, to famine:& they that tocaptiuitie;to captinitie.3 And Ewil vifite vpon them foure kinds, faith our.Lord; The {word tokil,and-dogs to teare, and the foules of the 2yre,and beafts-of the earth to deuour and to dee ftroy. 4. AndI wil give tré into rageto al the Kingdomes of the earth: g of Fuda,for al things a ZAC. 4 Reg. that he did in lerufalem. 5. For who thal haue pitie-on thee lerufalem> 24 or.who thal'be forie forthee-? or who thal goeto pray for thy peace?

Thy words were found, and I did eate them ,& thy word was made to-me a roy & gladnes of my hart : becaufe thy name is inuocated vpon me,o Lord God of hoftes.17.1 fate not in the couneel of iefters;& 1 hraue gloricd a: the face of thy hand : I fate alone , becaufethou hatft filleft me. with threaning. 18, Why is my forow made perpetual,and my defperate plague refufeth to be curediit is.become-vnto me as ale of (g )vnfayth- (e) The Pro- phet fearing his owneweak- nes prayeth to be deliuered from perfecu- tion. (f)Deferre nor to deliuer mez As Pfal.12.v, 254 ig) Vainehopd ted, I vil conuert thee, & thou thaleftand before my face:& if thou wilt feparate the pretious thing.from. the.vile, thou fhaic be-asamy-mouth : they-fhal beturned to thee, & (b) thou shale not be turned ro rhem,20. And T wil giue thee vatothis people as-abrafen wal, ftrong: aad they- fhal fight againft chee, and fival-not- premaile : becaufe ‘am. with thee to faue thee,and tordcliuer thee, fatth our Lord, 21. And I -wildeliuer thee out of the hand of the moft wicked, and 1 wil-ccdeem:thee out-af the hand of ftrong, . ANNOTATIONS,