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Jeremiah 21:1--23:40

21:1

The word
<01697>

which came unto Jeremiah
<03414>

from the LORD
<03068>_,

when king
<04428>

Zedekiah
<06667>

sent
<07971> (8800)

unto him Pashur
<06583>

the son
<01121>

of Melchiah
<04441>_,

and Zephaniah
<06846>

the son
<01121>

of Maaseiah
<04641>

the priest
<03548>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

21:2

Enquire
<01875> (8798)_,

I pray thee, of the LORD
<03068>

for us
<01157>_;

for Nebuchadrezzar
<05019>

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

maketh war
<03898> (8737)

against us; if so be that the LORD
<03068>

will deal
<06213> (8799)

with us according to all his wondrous works
<06381> (8737)_,

that he may go up
<05927> (8799)

from us.

21:3

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Jeremiah
<03414>

unto them, Thus shall ye say
<0559> (8799)

to Zedekiah
<06667>_:

21:4

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_;

Behold, I will turn back
<05437> (8688)

the weapons
<03627>

of war
<04421>

that [are] in your hands
<03027>_,

wherewith ye fight
<03898> (8737)

against the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

and [against] the Chaldeans
<03778>_,

which besiege
<06696> (8802)

you without
<02351>

the walls
<02346>_,

and I will assemble
<0622> (8804)

them into the midst
<08432>

of this city
<05892>_.

21:5

And I myself will fight
<03898> (8738)

against you with an outstretched
<05186> (8803)

hand
<03027>

and with a strong
<02389>

arm
<02220>_,

even in anger
<0639>_,

and in fury
<02534>_,

and in great
<01419>

wrath
<07110>_.

21:6

And I will smite
<05221> (8689)

the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of this city
<05892>_,

both man
<0120>

and beast
<0929>_:

they shall die
<04191> (8799)

of a great
<01419>

pestilence
<01698>_.

21:7

And afterward
<0310>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

I will deliver
<05414> (8799)

Zedekiah
<06667>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and his servants
<05650>_,

and the people
<05971>_,

and such as are left
<07604> (8737)

in this city
<05892>

from the pestilence
<01698>_,

from the sword
<02719>_,

and from the famine
<07458>_,

into the hand
<03027>

of Nebuchadrezzar
<05019>

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of those that seek
<01245> (8764)

their life
<05315>_:

and he shall smite
<05221> (8689)

them with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_;

he shall not spare
<02347> (8799)

them, neither have pity
<02550> (8799)_,

nor have mercy
<07355> (8762)_.

21:8

And unto this people
<05971>

thou shalt say
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Behold, I set
<05414> (8802)

before
<06440>

you the way
<01870>

of life
<02416>_,

and the way
<01870>

of death
<04194>_.

21:9

He that abideth
<03427> (8802)

in this city
<05892>

shall die
<04191> (8799)

by the sword
<02719>_,

and by the famine
<07458>_,

and by the pestilence
<01698>_:

but he that goeth out
<03318> (8802)_,

and falleth
<05307> (8804)

to the Chaldeans
<03778>

that besiege
<06696> (8802)

you, he shall live
<02421> (8804) (8675) <02421> (8799)_,

and his life
<05315>

shall be unto him for a prey
<07998>_.

21:10

For I have set
<07760> (8804)

my face
<06440>

against this city
<05892>

for evil
<07451>_,

and not for good
<02896>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_:

it shall be given
<05414> (8735)

into the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

and he shall burn
<08313> (8804)

it with fire
<0784>_.

21:11

And touching the house
<01004>

of the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

[say], Hear
<08085> (8798)

ye the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

21:12

O house
<01004>

of David
<01732>_,

thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Execute
<01777> (8798)

judgment
<04941>

in the morning
<01242>_,

and deliver
<05337> (8685)

[him that is] spoiled
<01497> (8803)

out of the hand
<03027>

of the oppressor
<06231> (8802)_,

lest my fury
<02534>

go out
<03318> (8799)

like fire
<0784>_,

and burn
<01197> (8804)

that none can quench
<03518> (8764)

[it], because
<06440>

of the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_.

{Execute: Heb. Judge}

21:13

Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant
<03427> (8802)

of the valley
<06010>_,

[and] rock
<06697>

of the plain
<04334>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

which say
<0559> (8802)_,

Who shall come down
<05181> (8799)

against us? or who shall enter
<0935> (8799)

into our habitations
<04585>_?

{inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress}

21:14

But I will punish
<06485> (8804)

you according to the fruit
<06529>

of your doings
<04611>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_:

and I will kindle
<03341> (8689)

a fire
<0784>

in the forest
<03293>

thereof, and it shall devour
<0398> (8804)

all things round about
<05439>

it. {punish: Heb. visit upon}

22:1

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Go down
<03381> (8798)

to the house
<01004>

of the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and speak
<01696> (8765)

there this word
<01697>_,

22:2

And say
<0559> (8804)_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

O king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

that sittest
<03427> (8802)

upon the throne
<03678>

of David
<01732>_,

thou, and thy servants
<05650>_,

and thy people
<05971>

that enter
<0935> (8802)

in by these gates
<08179>_:

22:3

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Execute
<06213> (8798)

ye judgment
<04941>

and righteousness
<06666>_,

and deliver
<05337> (8685)

the spoiled
<01497> (8803)

out of the hand
<03027>

of the oppressor
<06216>_:

and do no wrong
<03238> (8686)_,

do no violence
<02554> (8799)

to the stranger
<01616>_,

the fatherless
<03490>_,

nor the widow
<0490>_,

neither shed
<08210> (8799)

innocent
<05355>

blood
<01818>

in this place
<04725>_.

22:4

For if ye do
<06213> (8799)

this thing
<01697>

indeed
<06213> (8800)_,

then shall there enter in
<0935> (8804)

by the gates
<08179>

of this house
<01004>

kings
<04428>

sitting
<03427> (8802)

upon the throne
<03678>

of David
<01732>_,

riding
<07392> (8802)

in chariots
<07393>

and on horses
<05483>_,

he, and his servants
<05650>_,

and his people
<05971>_.

{upon...: Heb. for David upon his throne}

22:5

But if ye will not hear
<08085> (8799)

these words
<01697>_,

I swear
<07650> (8738)

by myself, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that this house
<01004>

shall become a desolation
<02723>_.

22:6

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>_;

Thou [art] Gilead
<01568>

unto me, [and] the head
<07218>

of Lebanon
<03844>_:

[yet] surely I will make
<07896> (8799)

thee a wilderness
<04057>_,

[and] cities
<05892>

[which] are not inhabited
<03427> (8738) (8675) <03427> (8737)_.

22:7

And I will prepare
<06942> (8765)

destroyers
<07843> (8688)

against thee, every one
<0376>

with his weapons
<03627>_:

and they shall cut down
<03772> (8804)

thy choice
<04005>

cedars
<0730>_,

and cast
<05307> (8689)

[them] into the fire
<0784>_.

22:8

And many
<07227>

nations
<01471>

shall pass
<05674> (8804)

by this city
<05892>_,

and they shall say
<0559> (8804)

every man
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_,

Wherefore hath the LORD
<03068>

done
<06213> (8804)

thus unto this great
<01419>

city
<05892>_?

22:9

Then they shall answer
<0559> (8804)_,

Because they have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the covenant
<01285>

of the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and worshipped
<07812> (8691)

other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

them.

22:10

Weep
<01058> (8799)

ye not for the dead
<04191> (8801)_,

neither bemoan
<05110> (8799)

him: [but] weep
<01058> (8798)

sore
<01058> (8800)

for him that goeth away
<01980> (8802)_:

for he shall return
<07725> (8799)

no more, nor see
<07200> (8804)

his native
<04138>

country
<0776>_.

22:11

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

touching
<0413>

Shallum
<07967>

the son
<01121>

of Josiah
<02977>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

which reigned
<04427> (8802)

instead of Josiah
<02977>

his father
<01>_,

which went forth
<03318> (8804)

out of this place
<04725>_;

He shall not return
<07725> (8799)

thither any more:

22:12

But he shall die
<04191> (8799)

in the place
<04725>

whither they have led him captive
<01540> (8689)_,

and shall see
<07200> (8799)

this land
<0776>

no more.

22:13

Woe
<01945>

unto him that buildeth
<01129> (8802)

his house
<01004>

by
<03808>

unrighteousness
<06664>_,

and his chambers
<05944>

by wrong
<04941>_;

[that] useth his neighbour's
<07453>

service
<05647> (8799)

without wages
<02600>_,

and giveth
<05414> (8799)

him not for his work
<06467>_;

22:14

That saith
<0559> (8802)_,

I will build
<01129> (8799)

me a wide
<04060>

house
<01004>

and large
<07304> (8794)

chambers
<05944>_,

and cutteth him out
<07167> (8804)

windows
<02474>_;

and [it is] cieled
<05603> (8803)

with cedar
<0730>_,

and painted
<04886> (8800)

with vermilion
<08350>_.

{large: Heb. through-aired} {windows: or, my windows}

22:15

Shalt thou reign
<04427> (8799)_,

because thou closest
<08474> (8808)

[thyself] in cedar
<0730>_?

did not thy father
<01>

eat
<0398> (8804)

and drink
<08354> (8804)_,

and do
<06213> (8804)

judgment
<04941>

and justice
<06666>_,

[and] then [it was] well
<02896>

with him?

22:16

He judged
<01777> (8804)

the cause
<01779>

of the poor
<06041>

and needy
<034>_;

then [it was] well
<02896>

[with him: was] not this to know
<01847>

me? saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

22:17

But thine eyes
<05869>

and thine heart
<03820>

[are] not but for thy covetousness
<01215>_,

and for to shed
<08210> (8800)

innocent
<05355>

blood
<01818>_,

and for oppression
<06233>_,

and for violence
<04835>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

[it]. {violence: or, incursion}

22:18

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

concerning Jehoiakim
<03079>

the son
<01121>

of Josiah
<02977>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_;

They shall not lament
<05594> (8799)

for him, [saying], Ah
<01945>

my brother
<0251>_!

or, Ah
<01945>

sister
<0269>_!

they shall not lament
<05594> (8799)

for him, [saying], Ah
<01945>

lord
<0113>_!

or, Ah
<01945>

his glory
<01935>_!

22:19

He shall be buried
<06912> (8735)

with the burial
<06900>

of an ass
<02543>_,

drawn
<05498> (8800)

and cast forth
<07993> (8687)

beyond
<01973>

the gates
<08179>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

22:20

Go up
<05927> (8798)

to Lebanon
<03844>_,

and cry
<06817> (8798)_;

and lift up
<05414> (8798)

thy voice
<06963>

in Bashan
<01316>_,

and cry
<06817> (8798)

from the passages
<05676>_:

for all thy lovers
<0157> (8764)

are destroyed
<07665> (8738)_.

22:21

I spake
<01696> (8765)

unto thee in thy prosperity
<07962>_;

[but] thou saidst
<0559> (8804)_,

I will not hear
<08085> (8799)_.

This [hath been] thy manner
<01870>

from thy youth
<05271>_,

that thou obeyedst
<08085> (8804)

not my voice
<06963>_.

{prosperity: Heb. prosperities}

22:22

The wind
<07307>

shall eat up
<07462> (8799)

all thy pastors
<07462> (8802)_,

and thy lovers
<0157> (8764)

shall go
<03212> (8799)

into captivity
<07628>_:

surely then shalt thou be ashamed
<0954> (8799)

and confounded
<03637> (8738)

for all thy wickedness
<07451>_.

22:23

O inhabitant
<03427> (8802)

of Lebanon
<03844>_,

that makest thy nest
<07077> (8794)

in the cedars
<0730>_,

how gracious
<02603> (8738)

shalt thou be when pangs
<02256>

come
<0935> (8800)

upon thee, the pain
<02427>

as of a woman in travail
<03205> (8802)_!

{inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress}

22:24

[As] I live
<02416>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

though Coniah
<03659>

the son
<01121>

of Jehoiakim
<03079>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

were the signet
<02368>

upon my right
<03225>

hand
<03027>_,

yet would I pluck
<05423> (8799)

thee thence;

22:25

And I will give
<05414> (8804)

thee into the hand
<03027>

of them that seek
<01245> (8764)

thy life
<05315>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

[of them] whose face
<06440>

thou fearest
<03016> (8801)_,

even into the hand
<03027>

of Nebuchadrezzar
<05019>

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of the Chaldeans
<03778>_.

22:26

And I will cast thee out
<02904> (8689)_,

and thy mother
<0517>

that bare
<03205> (8804)

thee, into another
<0312>

country
<0776>_,

where ye were not born
<03205> (8795)_;

and there shall ye die
<04191> (8799)_.

22:27

But to the land
<0776>

whereunto they desire
<05375> (8764) (8676) <05315>

to return
<07725> (8800)_,

thither shall they not return
<07725> (8799)_.

{desire: Heb. lift up their mind}

22:28

[Is] this man
<0376>

Coniah
<03659>

a despised
<0959> (8737)

broken
<05310> (8803)

idol
<06089>_?

[is he] a vessel
<03627>

wherein [is] no pleasure
<02656>_?

wherefore are they cast out
<07993> (8717)_,

he and his seed
<02233>_,

and are cast
<02904> (8717)

into a land
<0776>

which they know
<03045> (8804)

not?

22:29

O earth
<0776>_,

earth
<0776>_,

hear
<08085> (8798)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

22:30

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Write
<03789> (8798)

ye this man
<0376>

childless
<06185>_,

a man
<01397>

[that] shall not prosper
<06743> (8799)

in his days
<03117>_:

for no man
<0376>

of his seed
<02233>

shall prosper
<06743> (8799)_,

sitting
<03427> (8802)

upon the throne
<03678>

of David
<01732>_,

and ruling
<04910> (8802)

any more in Judah
<03063>_.

23:1

Woe
<01945>

be unto the pastors
<07462> (8802)

that destroy
<06> (8764)

and scatter
<06327> (8688)

the sheep
<06629>

of my pasture
<04830>_!

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:2

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

against the pastors
<07462> (8802)

that feed
<07462> (8802)

my people
<05971>_;

Ye have scattered
<06327> (8689)

my flock
<06629>_,

and driven them away
<05080> (8686)_,

and have not visited
<06485> (8804)

them: behold, I will visit
<06485> (8802)

upon you the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:3

And I will gather
<06908> (8762)

the remnant
<07611>

of my flock
<06629>

out of all countries
<0776>

whither I have driven
<05080> (8689)

them, and will bring them again
<07725> (8689)

to their folds
<05116>_;

and they shall be fruitful
<06509> (8804)

and increase
<07235> (8804)_.

23:4

And I will set up
<06965> (8689)

shepherds
<07462> (8802)

over them which shall feed
<07462> (8804)

them: and they shall fear
<03372> (8799)

no more, nor be dismayed
<02865> (8735)_,

neither shall they be lacking
<06485> (8735)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:5

Behold, the days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8802)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that I will raise
<06965> (8689)

unto David
<01732>

a righteous
<06662>

Branch
<06780>_,

and a King
<04428>

shall reign
<04427> (8804)

and prosper
<07919> (8689)_,

and shall execute
<06213> (8804)

judgment
<04941>

and justice
<06666>

in the earth
<0776>_.

23:6

In his days
<03117>

Judah
<03063>

shall be saved
<03467> (8735)_,

and Israel
<03478>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

safely
<0983>_:

and this [is] his name
<08034>

whereby he shall be called
<07121> (8799)_,

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
<03072>_.

{THE LORD...: Heb. Jehovahtsidkenu}

23:7

Therefore, behold, the days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8802)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that they shall no more say
<0559> (8799)_,

The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

which brought up
<05927> (8689)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_;

23:8

But, The LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

which brought up
<05927> (8689)

and which led
<0935> (8689)

the seed
<02233>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

out of the north
<06828>

country
<0776>_,

and from all countries
<0776>

whither I had driven
<05080> (8689)

them; and they shall dwell
<03427> (8804)

in their own land
<0127>_.

23:9

Mine heart
<03820>

within
<07130>

me is broken
<07665> (8738)

because of the prophets
<05030>_;

all my bones
<06106>

shake
<07363> (8804)_;

I am like a drunken
<07910>

man
<0376>_,

and like a man
<01397>

whom wine
<03196>

hath overcome
<05674> (8804)_,

because
<06440>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and because of the words
<01697>

of his holiness
<06944>_.

23:10

For the land
<0776>

is full
<04390> (8804)

of adulterers
<05003> (8764)_;

for because
<06440>

of swearing
<0423>

the land
<0776>

mourneth
<056> (8804)_;

the pleasant places
<04999>

of the wilderness
<04057>

are dried up
<03001> (8804)_,

and their course
<04794>

is evil
<07451>_,

and their force
<01369>

[is] not right. {swearing: or, cursing} {course: or, violence}

23:11

For both prophet
<05030>

and priest
<03548>

are profane
<02610> (8804)_;

yea, in my house
<01004>

have I found
<04672> (8804)

their wickedness
<07451>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:12

Wherefore their way
<01870>

shall be unto them as slippery
<02519>

[ways] in the darkness
<0653>_:

they shall be driven on
<01760> (8735)_,

and fall
<05307> (8804)

therein: for I will bring
<0935> (8686)

evil
<07451>

upon them, [even] the year
<08141>

of their visitation
<06486>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:13

And I have seen
<07200> (8804)

folly
<08604>

in the prophets
<05030>

of Samaria
<08111>_;

they prophesied
<05012> (8694)

in Baal
<01168>_,

and caused my people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>

to err
<08582> (8686)_.

{folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury}

23:14

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

also in the prophets
<05030>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

an horrible thing
<08186>_:

they commit adultery
<05003> (8800)_,

and walk
<01980> (8800)

in lies
<08267>_:

they strengthen
<02388> (8765)

also the hands
<03027>

of evildoers
<07489> (8688)_,

that none
<0376>

doth return
<07725> (8804)

from his wickedness
<07451>_:

they are all of them unto me as Sodom
<05467>_,

and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

thereof as Gomorrah
<06017>_.

{an...: or, filthiness}

23:15

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

concerning the prophets
<05030>_;

Behold, I will feed
<0398> (8688)

them with wormwood
<03939>_,

and make them drink
<08248> (8689)

the water
<04325>

of gall
<07219>_:

for from the prophets
<05030>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

is profaneness
<02613>

gone forth
<03318> (8804)

into all the land
<0776>_.

{profaneness: or, hypocrisy}

23:16

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_,

Hearken
<08085> (8799)

not unto the words
<01697>

of the prophets
<05030>

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

unto you: they make you vain
<01891> (8688)_:

they speak
<01696> (8762)

a vision
<02377>

of their own heart
<03820>_,

[and] not out of the mouth
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

23:17

They say
<0559> (8802)

still
<0559> (8800)

unto them that despise
<05006> (8764)

me, The LORD
<03068>

hath said
<01696> (8765)_,

Ye shall have peace
<07965>_;

and they say
<0559> (8804)

unto every one that walketh
<01980> (8802)

after the imagination
<08307>

of his own heart
<03820>_,

No evil
<07451>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon you. {imagination: or, stubbornness}

23:18

For who hath stood
<05975> (8804)

in the counsel
<05475>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and hath perceived
<07200> (8799)

and heard
<08085> (8799)

his word
<01697>_?

who hath marked
<07181> (8689)

his word
<01697>_,

and heard
<08085> (8799)

[it]? {counsel: or, secret}

23:19

Behold, a whirlwind
<05591>

of the LORD
<03068>

is gone forth
<03318> (8804)

in fury
<02534>_,

even a grievous
<02342> (8711)

whirlwind
<05591>_:

it shall fall grievously
<02342> (8799)

upon the head
<07218>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

23:20

The anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

shall not return
<07725> (8799)_,

until he have executed
<06213> (8800)_,

and till he have performed
<06965> (8687)

the thoughts
<04209>

of his heart
<03820>_:

in the latter
<0319>

days
<03117>

ye shall consider
<0995> (8709)

it perfectly
<0998>_.

23:21

I have not sent
<07971> (8804)

these prophets
<05030>_,

yet they ran
<07323> (8804)_:

I have not spoken
<01696> (8765)

to them, yet they prophesied
<05012> (8738)_.

23:22

But if they had stood
<05975> (8804)

in my counsel
<05475>_,

and had caused my people
<05971>

to hear
<08085> (8686)

my words
<01697>_,

then they should have turned
<07725> (8686)

them from their evil
<07451>

way
<01870>_,

and from the evil
<07455>

of their doings
<04611>_.

23:23

[Am] I a God
<0430>

at hand
<07138>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and not a God
<0430>

afar off
<07350>_?

23:24

Can any
<0376>

hide
<05641> (8735)

himself in secret places
<04565>

that I shall not see
<07200> (8799)

him? saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

Do not I fill
<04392>

heaven
<08064>

and earth
<0776>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:25

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

what the prophets
<05030>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

lies
<08267>

in my name
<08034>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)_,

I have dreamed
<02492> (8804)_.

23:26

How long shall [this] be
<03426>

in the heart
<03820>

of the prophets
<05030>

that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

lies
<08267>_?

yea, [they are] prophets
<05030>

of the deceit
<08649>

of their own heart
<03820>_;

23:27

Which think
<02803> (8802)

to cause my people
<05971>

to forget
<07911> (8687)

my name
<08034>

by their dreams
<02472>

which they tell
<05608> (8762)

every man
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_,

as their fathers
<01>

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

my name
<08034>

for Baal
<01168>_.

23:28

The prophet
<05030>

that hath a dream
<02472>_,

let him tell
<05608> (8762)

a dream
<02472>_;

and he that hath my word
<01697>_,

let him speak
<01696> (8762)

my word
<01697>

faithfully
<0571>_.

What [is] the chaff
<08401>

to the wheat
<01250>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc}

23:29

[Is] not my word
<01697>

like
<03541>

as a fire
<0784>_?

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_;

and like a hammer
<06360>

[that] breaketh
<06327> (0)

the rock
<05553>

in pieces
<06327> (8787)_?

23:30

Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets
<05030>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that steal
<01589> (8764)

my words
<01697>

every one
<0376>

from his neighbour
<07453>_.

23:31

Behold, I [am] against the prophets
<05030>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

that use
<03947> (8802)

their tongues
<03956>_,

and say
<05001> (8799)_,

He saith
<05002> (8803)_.

{that...: or, that smooth their tongues}

23:32

Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy
<05012> (8737)

false
<08267>

dreams
<02472>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and do tell
<05608> (8762)

them, and cause my people
<05971>

to err
<08582> (8686)

by their lies
<08267>_,

and by their lightness
<06350>_;

yet I sent
<07971> (8804)

them not, nor commanded
<06680> (8765)

them: therefore they shall not profit
<03276> (8686)

this people
<05971>

at all
<03276> (8687)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:33

And when this people
<05971>_,

or the prophet
<05030>_,

or a priest
<03548>_,

shall ask
<07592> (8799)

thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What [is] the burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

thou shalt then say
<0559> (8804)

unto them, What burden
<04853>_?

I will even forsake
<05203> (8804)

you, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

23:34

And [as for] the prophet
<05030>_,

and the priest
<03548>_,

and the people
<05971>_,

that shall say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

I will even punish
<06485> (8804)

that man
<0376>

and his house
<01004>_.

{punish: Heb. visit upon}

23:35

Thus shall ye say
<0559> (8799)

every one
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_,

and every one
<0376>

to his brother
<0251>_,

What hath the LORD
<03068>

answered
<06030> (8804)_?

and, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:36

And the burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>

shall ye mention
<02142> (8799)

no more: for every man's
<0376>

word
<01697>

shall be his burden
<04853>_;

for ye have perverted
<02015> (8804)

the words
<01697>

of the living
<02416>

God
<0430>_,

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

our God
<0430>_.

23:37

Thus shalt thou say
<0559> (8799)

to the prophet
<05030>_,

What hath the LORD
<03068>

answered
<06030> (8804)

thee? and, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:38

But
<0518>

since ye say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Because ye say
<0559> (8800)

this word
<01697>_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and I have sent
<07971> (8799)

unto you, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Ye shall not say
<0559> (8799)_,

The burden
<04853>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

23:39

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly
<05377> (8800)

forget
<05382> (8804)

you, and I will forsake
<05203> (8804)

you, and the city
<05892>

that I gave
<05414> (8804)

you and your fathers
<01>_,

[and cast you] out of my presence
<06440>_:

23:40

And I will bring
<05414> (8804)

an everlasting
<05769>

reproach
<02781>

upon you, and a perpetual
<05769>

shame
<03640>_,

which shall not be forgotten
<07911> (8735)_.