Jeremias — Chapter 6

leopard watching ‘vpon their cities : eucrie one of them that (hal come forth,{hal be taken, becaufe their prenaricatis are multiplied,their reuoltings are ftrenzth- } ned. 7, Wherupon can be prapicious.to thee? thy children haue for- “faken me,and fweare by them,that.are not Gods: filled them, and they ‘committed aduoutrie , and did riotoufly in the harlots houfe. 8. They ate bccome as amarous horfes , and ftalions: euerie one neyed at his teighbours-wite: 9, Why, fhal I not vifite vpon thefe thines,faith our ‘Lord ? and on fuch anation fhal not my foule take reuenge? 1c. Scale the wals therof, and diffipate them, but make not a confumniation; take away the branches therof, bccaufe they are not the Lords, 11, For by preuarication hath the houte of Hrael preuaricated againft me, and the houfe of Juda, faithour Lord, 12. They haue denicd 4 our Lord , and fayd : Iris not he: neither fhal the euil.come vpon vs: we fhal not fee {word and famine, 13. The Prophets haue fpoker. into. the wind , and there was no an{wer inthem: thefe things therfore ihal happen tothem, 14, Thus faith our Lord the God of hoits: Becaufe you hauc fpokenthis word: behold,1 give my words.in thy mouthas fire,& » this people as fticks,& it fal deuour them. 15.Behold I wil bring vpon yona nation from afar,o houfe of Ifraci, faith our Lord za flrong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whofe tonguesthou dhalt sot krew. nor , therof,whether you can finde a man that doth - i Wag omess< <=! forie : thouhaft broken them, and they haue- tefufed to receiue difcipline ; they haue hardned their faces more then - the rocke, and they would not returne. 4, But faid: Perhapsthey ~~ Exe 22. {fa 1. Zach.7. the: timely and Lateward rayne in due feafon : who pecterueti the ful- Jiazer. end thercok, OF IEREMIE. 542 nor vnderftand what it fpeaketh. 16. The quiuer thereof is as an open fepulcher , they are al Rtrong. 17. Andic thal eate thy corne , and chy bread :itthal deuour thy fonnes, and thy daughters: it fhal eate thy flocke, and thy heards ; it fhal eatethy vineyard , and thy figge: and it ‘thal deftroy thy fenced cities , wheria thou haft confidence, with the fword. 18. But yet in thofe daies, faith our Lord ,1 ( ¢) wil not bring you into confummation, 19, And if you fhal fay ; Why hath the Lord our God done al thefe things to-vs? thoa fhale fay. to them : As-you haue forfaken me, and fetyed a ftrange God in y our owne iand., fo ihal you ferue ftrange ones in a'land not your owne. 20. Declare ye this to pthe haufe of lacob, and make it heard in Juda , faying : 21. Heare thor. ‘fooli-h people , that haft‘no hart, whichhauing cics, feeltnot : and ‘cares, and-heareft not. 22. Methen wil you notfeare, faith-our Lord: and.at my peefence wilye not be forte. ? Who haue fer the. fand a limice forthe fea., areucrlaftmg precept , that ihal not paffc, and they fhai be tnoued,; and (hal not prewaile : and che waues therot hal fwel, and fhai notyrafie ouer it..z3. But co this people their hart is become icreduteus. and exafperating , they arercuolued and departed, 2 4.. And. they. haue not faid-intheir hare: Let vs teare tle. LordourGod, wito giueth.vs nes of che-yearely harueft.vnto-vs,25.Your iniquities haue turned away there are found impious meniamy people , that lye ia watie as foulers fetting fnares &.traps. to take. men .27 As anet tul of birds ,.fo.cheir honfes are-ful of guile : therfore are they.magnified , and enriabed.

of Mrael ,ewtne back chy hand, 23 the grape gatherer roshe basker, 10. To whom fhal 1 fpeake? and- whom thal] contelt, that he may-heare 2? behold, their cares are-vnerrcumcifed, and: they can not heare : bcheld the word of our Lord is-become vnto them -as a reproch: andthey wil not receive it. 11, Therfore am-]-iulof-the furte of our Lord, haue laboured fuftayning : powre out vpon the litle one without, and vpon the counfel of the yong men together : for man with woman fhal be taken , the ancient with him that is ful cf daies, 12, And their houfes {hal paffe to others, their lands ard wiuestoge- aher : becaufe I wil extend my hand vpon the inhabitants of the land, faith our Lord, 33. For from theJefler cuen to the greater, al fiudie auarice : and from the Prophets even to the Pricft, al ccm mit guilesra, And they cured the defiruction of the daughter of my people with ignominie , faying : Peace, peace: and there was not fozec. 35. The Avere confounded , becaufe they did akcmiration : yea rather the, were not ccnfounded with contufion , and they krcw not hew 2 biutis , AKE -coutage -ye children of Beniamin in the middes { Ifa. $6, A6ai.31, fa. 3, ttheieof fhal found as the fea: and they fhal mount vpon horfes , pre~ The bellowes haue failed , the head iscanfumed inthe fire , the founder. hath meleedin vaine: for their malices arc mor confunied, 30. ‘Cal ye! them reprobate filuer, becaufe our Leed hath reiected them, OF ITEREMIE, 343 bfuth , for the which thing, they fhal fal among them that fal: in the time of theit vifitation , they thal fal downe , faith our Lotd. 16. Thus faith our Lord : Stand ye vpomthe waies , and fee, and aske of the old pathes, which is the good way , and walke ye in it: and you thal find refre(hing for your foules, And they faid : We wilnot walke. 13. And } appointed watchmen ouer you. Heare yee the voice ot the trumpet. And they faid : We wil not heare, 18. (6) Therfore heare ye ,o Gen- tiles ,and thou congregation know , what great things I wil doe to them. 19.Heare o earth ; Behold I wil bring euils vpon this people, the fruits of their cogitations : becaufe they hauc not heard my words,and they hawe caft aff my law. 20. To what purpofe bring you me frankin- cenfe from Saba, and the fweet fmelling camre from a farre countrie? your holocaufts are not acceptable , and your victimes haue-not pleafed this people,and the fathers with the children thal fal in them together, neighbour and neighbour, and they fhal perifh. 22. Thus faith our Lord ; Behold there commetha people from the land of the {¢) North, and a great nation fhal arife vp from the ends of theearth. 23, It fhal stake arrow and thield : it is cruel, and wil haue no mercie, The voice pared as a man to battel, againft thee, o daughter of Ston.24. We haue. heard thé fame thereof , our hands are diffolued : tribulation hath caught vs, forowesas 2 woman intrauel, 25. Goe not out to the fields, -and walke not in the way : becaufe the fword of the enemic is feare round abont. 26. Be girded with fackcloth, o daughter of my people, and be fprinkled with afhes: make thee a bitter lamentation as the meurning of the only-begotten , becaufe the deftroyer shal fodainly come vpon vs. 27. I haue fette thee a ftrong prouerin my people : and thou fhalt know , and proue their way. 28. Al trefe Princes are decly- ning , walking deceitfully , brafle and yron.: they areal corrupted, 29, me. x2, Therefore thus faith our Lord : Behold I wil bring ruine vpos (6) After al the Prophets of the eld re*a- ment, Chrift himfelf, and - ‘aftly his Apo- Iftles , called ithe lewes, who iftil contem- Ining the Gen- tils are called, j& they heare &:. obey, Maz. 10. re: S$. A313, v. 46, ¢) That is from Babylon, whichis north- ward from lerufaterm, ‘2 ) The lewes prefumed thar - sod would neucr fuffer his Templeto be deftroied ; they trough alfo tha- external facrifices with Ou Internal tepentrance, ;;. fheuldrake_;. away their fin- Res ; but for 544 THE PRO?PHECIE

And it fhalbein thar day., faith our Lord: The hart of the King shal perish, & the hart ofthe Princes: and the Priefts shal be aftonished , and the Prophets.shal be amazed,.10.And I faid: Alas,alas,alas, o Lord God,. haft thou then deceived this people & Ierufalem, laying: You shal hauc peace: and behold the fword hath-come evento the foule211,At thar time it shal be faid to this people, & toleruialemn:A burning wind inthe waies, thar are in the defert of the way ofthe daughter ot my people , not to fanne and to purge. 12. Aful{pirit from chefe fhal come to me : and now I wil fpeake my iudgement with them. 13, Behold he fhal come in a {cloude,, and his chariots asa tépeft:his horfes are {wifter then cagles:woe vnto vs,becaufe we are.deftroyed 14.Washthy hart from malice ,o leru- falé,that thou maift be faued:how long shal hurtful cogitations abide in thee? 15. For a voice of one declaring trom Dan, and notitying the idol trom mount Ephraim,16.Say yeto the Gétils: loeit is heard inJerufalem, - thar ‘Gree.to, --- PAGE 1556 --- Sap. 1. av OF IERE MI, 539 that chere come keepers from a farre countrie , and found their voice vpon the cities of luda, 17. Taney are fet vpon her round abour, as the keepers of fields : becaufe fhe hath prouoked me to wrath, faith our Lord, 18. Thy wayes and thy cogitations haue done thefe things to thee: this thy malice, becaufe itis bitter, becaufe it hath touched thy hart. 1g. My bellie, my belly aketh, the fenfes of my hart are trou- bledin me , I wil not hold my peace , becaufe my foule hath heard the voice ofthe trumpet, the cre of battel. 20, Deftruction is called vpon deftruction, and al the earth is wafted : my tentes are walted quickly, + fodainly my skinnes, 21. How long thal fee one'that flyeth. away, thal I heare the voice of the trumpet ? 22. Becaufe my foolith people haue- not knowen me: they are vnwile children, and without wit: they are (4) wile co doecuils , buttodoe wel they Kaue not knowen,. 23.. 1 beneld the earth, and loe it was voide, and a thing of nothing: and ‘the heauens, & there wasno light inthem. 24. 1 {aw the mountaines,and loethey were mroued: and al the little hils were troubled, 25,.1 beheld, and there was netaman: and enerte foule of the atre was departed,

haue tranfgreficd. my. wards moft wickedly, ‘The caufe of she widow they haue not iudged:, the caufe of the pupil they haue not-direGted, and the indgement.of the faith our.Lord:or vpon {uch a nation fhal not my foule take reuenge?

in the thefe-things ,. and .your finnss baue flayed good from pou. 25, Becaute : poore they haue notiudged.29W( f) Shal J not vilite vpon thefe things: - Prophets prophecied a ly¢, and the Pricits daped withtheir hands:and ( ¢) As before 1¥,10 K-6h,4, Ve 27. f) Ttis again Gods iat iudgement to omit fuch...° ‘bings vnpu- Mshoka 5, & th.-9. v.3 { Vuu 2 CHAP. b> \ (a) Captaines are called Pa- they feed and gouerne their foldiers, iftours, becaufe} e42 THE PROPHECIE