Judgments upon Edom, B. C. about 600. p Mal. 1. 3. q Is. 17. 14. r ch. 25. 29. Obad. 16. 9 Gen. 22. 16. Is. 45. 23. Am. 6. 8. t Is. 34. 6. & 63. 1. u Obad. 1, 2, 3. x Obad. 4. JEREMIAH. sea. and upon Damascus. 10 P But I have made Esau bare, noise thereof was heard in the Red t B. C. about 600. sea. i ch. 4. 13, & 48, 40, 41. 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings + Heb. Weedy over Bozrah and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. k Is. 17. 1. & 57. 13. Am. 1.3. Zech 9. 1, 2. † Heb. melted | Or, as on the sea. 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings: they 118. 57. 20. are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: "anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in trav 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 13 For I have sworn by myself, 15 For, lo, I will make thee small 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: a ch. 18. 16. & every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 50. 13. b Gen. 19. 25. Deut. 29. 23. ch. 50. 40. Am. 4. 11. e ch. 50. 44, &C. d ch. 12. 5. e Ex. 15. 11. f Job 41. 10. h ch. 50. 46, 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. m Is. 13. 8. ch 4. 31. & 6. 24. & 30, 6. & 48. 41. ver. 22. a ch. 33. 9. & 51. 41. o Ch. 51. on & 51. 4. JEREMIAH. Behold, I will break the bow of г and Israel's restoration. B. C. 595. 8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats Is. 48. 20. before the flocks. ch. 51. 6, 45, Zech. 2. 6, 7. Rev. 18. 4. ch. 15. 14. & 51. 27. ver. 3, 41. t ver. 14, 29. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country and they shall set them37 For I will cause Elam to be dis-selves in array against her; from mayed before their enemies, and be- thence she shall be taken their arfore them that seek their life: and I rows shall be as of a mighty expert Or, dewill bring evil upon them, even my man; "none shall return in vain. fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: will send the sword after them, till I all that spoil her shall be satisfied, Rev. 17. 16. have consumed them; saith the LORD. 3d For out of the north there comI. 15. 17, 18, eth up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weep5.6 ch. 31.9.ing: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. ! Hos. 1. 11. Zech 12 10. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the ch. 31. 31, &c. LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. & 32.40. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat 'as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. stroyer. u 2 Sam. 1. 22. y 18. 47. 6. +Heb. big, or, corpulent. z Hos. 10. 11. b ch. 49. 17. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, a but a ch. 25. 12. it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. с d c ver. 9. ch. 51. 2. d ch. 49. 35. ver. 29. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in Or, scythe. the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this "Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to Is. 65. 10. his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel P ch. 31. 34. shall be sought for, and there shall be Babylon's destruction, B. C. 595. q Is. 1. 9. * Or, of the rebels. || Or, Visitation. r Ez. 23. 23. See 2 Sam. 16. 11. 2 Kings 18. 25. 2 Chr. 36. JEREMIAH. none; and the sins of Judah, and 22 A sound of battle is in the land, 23. Is. 10. 6. and of great destruction. & 44. 28. & 48. 14. ch. 34. 22. tch. 51. 54. 23 How is "the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is u Is. 14. 6. ch. Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 51. 20. 25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GoD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her 2 bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou + most proud, saith the Lord Gon of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. and Israel's restoration. B. C. 595. i Rev. 18. 8. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; *The LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and dis- Is. 47. 4. quiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 ¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the in- 1Dan. 5. 30. habitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; Or, chief and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. m n 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. m Is. 47. 13. n Is. 44. 25. ch. 48. 30. stays. Heb, bars. • ch. 25. 20, 24. Ez. 30. 5. P ch. 51. 30. Nah. 3. 13. q Is. 44. 27. ch. 51, 52, 5. Rev. 16. 12 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up for it is the land of graven images, and they rver. 2 ch. are mad upon their idols. 51. 44, 47, 52. Is. 13. 21, 22. & 34. 14. ch. 51. 37. Rev. 18. 2. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein and it shall be Is. 13. 20 no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. ch. 25. 12. ☐ Gen. 19. 2 Is. 1S. 19, ch. 49. 18. & 51. 26. I ver. 9. cha 22 & 25. 14. & 51. 27. Rev. 17. 16. z Is. 1S. 18. 42 They shall hold the bow and y ch. 6. 23. the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: a their voice shall a Is. 5. 30. roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 44 Behold, he shall come up like ch. 49. 19, a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the Or, concent me to plead ? d Job 41. 10. ch. 49. 19. • Is. 14. 24, Utter destruction to B. C. 595. ! Rev. 18. 9. JEREMIAH. least of the flock shall draw them out surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. CHAPTER LI. Utter destruction to come upon Babylon for her cruel ties to Israel, 59 Her perpetual desolation typified by the book cast into the Euphrates. THUS saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the + midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. e ch. 50. 8. Rev. 18. 4. ch. 50. 15, 3. ch. 25. 14. Rev. 17. 4. Rev. 14. 8. mch. 25. 16. ■ Is. 21. 9. 13.2. 5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. 7 * Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly "fallen and Rev. 14.8.& destroyed: howl for her; Ptake balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 2 ch 48. 20. Rev. 18. 9, 11, 19. P Ch. 45. 11. q la. 13. 14. ch, 50, 16. r Rev. 18. 5. 'Pa. 37. 6. tel. 50. 23. ch. 46. 4. ↑ Heb. pure. t Is. 13. 17. ver. 23. 7 ch. 50, 45, 2 ch. 50, 28. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us 'declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 11 "Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: y for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance Nah. 2. 1. & of his temple. come upon Babylon. B. C. 595. walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath + Heb. liers in both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. 130 thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. c 14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, das with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. с wait. b Rev. 17. 1, 15. 1 e ch. 49. 13. Am. 6. 8. k ch. 10. 14. Or, is more brutish than to know. ch. 50. 2 18 They are vanity, the work of m ch. 10. 15. errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things : and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; The LORD of hosts is his name. 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; Utter destruction to B. C. 595. $ Rev. 8. 8. t ch. 50. 40. + Heb. everlasting desolations. u Is. 13. 2. x ch. 25. 14. y ch. 50. 41. I ver. 11. a ch. 50. 13, 39, 40. ver. 43. b [s, 19. 16. ch. 48. 41. & 30. 37. c Lam. 2. 9. Am. 1. 5. Nah. 3. 13. d ch. 50. 24. e ch. 50. 38. f Is. 21. 10. Am. 1. 3. Mic. 4. 13. gls. 41. 15. Hab. 3. 12. Or, in the time that he thresheth her. JEREMIAH. and roll thee down from the rocks, 'and will make thee a burnt mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; 'but thou shalt be † desolate for ever, saith the LORD. 27 "Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, a to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. b is time to thresh her: yet a little hfs. 17. 5, &c. while, and the time of her harvest Hos. 6. 11. Joel 3. 13. Rev. 14. 15, 18. i ch. 50. 17. † Heb. My riolence. Or, remainder. shall come. 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 + The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the †inhabitant of Zion say; and My blood + Heb. inhab- upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. itress, come upon Babylon. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 41 How is P Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an i astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 50. 2. u ver. 58. I ver. 6. ch 50. 8. Rev. 18. 4. 48 Then the heaven and the earth, a Ts. 44. 29. & and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. b ch. 50, 3, 41. 16. & 79. 4. 51 We are confounded, because Ps. 44. 15, we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces; for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. e ver. 17. 53 Though Babylon should mount fch. 49. 16. up to heaven, and though she should Am. 9. 2 Obad. 4. |