Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hid from Mine eyes. 17For, behold, I create new heavens And a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered, Nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever In that which I create; For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, Nor the voice of crying. 20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, That hath not filled his days; For the youngest shall die a hundred years old, And the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22They shall not build, and another inhabit, They shall not plant, and another eat; For as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, And Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, And their offspring with them. 24And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, 2For all these things hath My hand made, And so all these things came to be, Saith the LORD; But on this man will I look, Even on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at My word. He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; He that offereth a meal-offering, as if he offered swine's blood; He that maketh a memorial-offering of frankincense, as if he blessed an idol; According as they have chosen their But they did that which was evil in Mine eyes, And chose that in which I delighted not. $Hear the word of the LORD, Ye that tremble at His word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for My name's sake, have said: 'Let the LORD be glorified, That we may gaze upon your joy', But they shall be ashamed. "Hark! an uproar from the city, Hark! it cometh from the temple, Hark! the LORD rendereth recompense to His enemies. "Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, She was delivered of a man-child. Is a nation brought forth at once? Shall I that cause to bring forth 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all ye that love her; Rejoice for joy with her, All ye that mourn for her; "That ye may suck, and be satisfied With the breast of her consolations; That ye may drink deeply with delight Of the abundance of her glory. 12For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will extend peace to like a river, her And the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, And ye shall suck thereof; Ye shall be borne upon the side, And shall be dandled upon the knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, So will I comfort you; And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like young grass; And the hand of the LORD shall be known toward His servants, And He will have indignation against His enemies. 15 For, behold, the LORD will come in fire, And His chariots shall be like the whirlwind; To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will the LORD contend, And by His sword with all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves To go unto the gardens, Behind one in the midst, Eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, Shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. 18 For I [know] their works and their thoughts; [the time] cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see My glory. 19And I will work a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard My fame, neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My glory among the nations. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an offering unto the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And of them also will I take for the priests and for the Levites, saith the LORD. 22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. ירמיה JEREMIAH THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were n Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came n the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying way of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: Before I formed thee in the belly I And before thou camest forth out Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I To root out and to pull down, "Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.' 12Then said the LORD unto me: 'Thou hast well seen; for I watch over My word to perform it.' 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.' Then the LORD said unto me: 'Out of the north the evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all For to whomsoever I shall send thee the cities of Judah. 16And I will utter thou shalt go, And whatsoever I shall command For I am with thee to deliver thee, Then the LORD put forth His hand, Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth; 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, Heb. shaked. my judgments against them touching all their wickedness; in that they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands. "Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee; be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them. 18For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes b Heb. shoked. "And I brought you into a land of fruitful fields, To eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; But when ye entered, ye defiled My land, And made My heritage an abomination. "The priests said not: 'Where is the LORD?' And they that handle the law knew Me not, And the rulers transgressed against Me; The prophets also prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit. "Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, And with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over to the isles of the Kittites, and see, And send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, And see if there hath been such a thing. "Hath a nation changed its gods, Which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory For that which doth not profit. 12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, Saith the LORD. 13 For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, That can hold no water. 14Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey? |