Jeremias — Chapter 9

them water of gauleto drinke, 16. And J wil difperfe them inthe Nations, which they & heir fathers.haue notknowenn& wilfend the fword atrerthem,( ) til they be confumed..17. Thus faith the Lord of hofts the God of Ifracl: Con- lider &ca) ye lamenting women ,& let themcome : & fendro thé thar are wifc,and ler them make halte ; 18, Jet them haften .& take vpa la- mentation vpon vs:let our eies fhedeteares, & our eic-lids runne downe with waters.1g. Becaufe a voice of lamatationis heard from Sion: How. are we wafted and confounded exceedingly ? becaufe we haue left the land , becaufe our-tabernacles are caft downe, 20. Heare thercfore ye ‘women.the word of our Lord : and Jet-your cares take the word of his mouth : and teach your daughters lamentation : & euerie onc her neizh- bour, mourning : 21.becaufe death iscome vp through our windowes, itis. entred into our houfes , to deftroy the children trom without, the yong.men out of the fireets, 22, Speak : Thus faith our Lord: and the carcafle of.man fhal fal as dung vpon.the face of the countrie., and as a. grafle behindthe backe of the mower , and thereis none to gather it.

my peo- ‘ple... Who wil giue me-in the. wildeenes an inne > of wayfaring men , and 1 wil forfake my people, 4) and depart from them 2 becaufe they are al adulte- recs , an affemblic-of tranfereffours. 3, And they ongué., asa bow. of ‘lying and nor of truth : they haue taken courage in theland, becau(e they haue proceeded fromeui) nran take heede to himfelfe of his neighbour , and.in euerie bro- ther of his ler. him: not-haue.afhiance; becaufe euerie brother fup- man fhalfcorne his brother, and they wil-not -{peake truth : for they Xxx. haue +H Ov wil giwe water tomy head , and tomine day { to-euil, and methey haue not knowen , faith our Lord. 4, Let euerie. planting wil fupplant , and cuerie freind wil walke deceitfully.s. And _ ‘(Ce )As ferpents}- cannot be hin- dered by in- chanrments fro: hurting men, n> more can the furious Chaldees be diilwaded by any foeach from killing, fpoyling, and - jranfaking the g Ifraclites, “bs After the deftruction of. lerufalé, mof of the people, efpecially the richerfort, Jwere caried Into Captinitie;. others were fpertecuted ril they were con- (ssmed, that is, euen ro death & deftruction, Bur not al the ‘ nation cenfu- med.for he prophecied the Jcontrarie,ch.4, v.27, &ch. §.¥. fto.& 18. And ‘Jafter.70. yeares the relikes were releafed, and returned into lewrie, maniealfo re- mained ftil there.As ts eni- ient.in the d00ks of Ef. dras, 448 THE PROYPHECIE haue tau the their tongue to {peaketies ; they -haue laboured to doe vniuftly. 6. Thine inhabiration is inthe middes ofdeccipt: in deceipt they haue refufed to know me, faith eur Lord, 7. Theretore thusfaith ' the Lord of hofts; Behold wil mele , and wiltsie them : for what eis. ial 1 doeat che face.ot the daughter of my people ? 8. Their tongue ts a wandring arrow., it hath {poken guile :in his mouth he hath {poken peace with his freind , and {ecretly he Jayeth waite for him. g. Shall not vitite vpon thefe things , faith.our Lord ? or vpon fucha nation fhal not my foule be renenged? 10. Vpon the mountaines I wil take vp wee- ping and lamentation , & vpon the beautiful places of the defert, mour- ning : becaufe they are burnt, for that there is not a man that pafleth. through : and. they haue not heardthe voice ef the owner : from the foule of the ayre vnto the beafts they are gone away & departed.11.And -T wil make ferufalem to be heaps.of {and , and dennes ot dragons: and. 1 wil giue the cities of luda into defolation , becaufe there.is not amin- ‘habiter. 12. Who is a wife man, that can vnderftand this , & to whom the word af the mauth of our Lord may be made., that he may declare this, why the earth hath perifhed , and is burnt. asa defert, becaufe there is none thar paffeth through ? 13. And our Lord faid : Becaufe they haue forfaken my law,, which 1 gaue thea) , and hane not heard my voice,& haue not walked in it. 14, And they haue gone after the peruerfirie of their owne hart , and after Baalim, which they learned of their fathers.