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35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
35:2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring
 them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them
 wine to drink.
35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and
 his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the
 sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the
 chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son
 of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
35:5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of
 wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine:  for Jonadab the son of Rechab
 our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor
 your sons for ever:
35:7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor
 have any:  but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live
 many days in the land where ye be strangers.
35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father
 in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our
 wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
35:9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in:  neither have we vineyard, nor
 field, nor seed:
35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all
 that Jonadab our father commanded us.
35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into
 the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the
 army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians:  so we
 dwell at Jerusalem.
35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
35:13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men
 of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction
 to hearken to my words?  saith the LORD.
35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not
 to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey
 their father's commandment:  notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising
 early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up
 early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil
 way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and
 ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: 
 but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the
 commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath
 not hearkened unto me:
35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
 I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the
 evil that I have pronounced against them:  because I have spoken unto them,
 but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not
 answered.
35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the
 LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of
 Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all
 that he hath commanded you:
35:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the
 son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

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36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
 king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have
 spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the
 nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto
 this day.
36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I
 purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way;
 that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah:  and Baruch wrote from
 the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto
 him, upon a roll of a book.
36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into
 the house of the LORD:
36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from
 my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S
 house upon the fasting day:  and also thou shalt read them in the ears of
 all Judah that come out of their cities.
36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and
 will return every one from his evil way:  for great is the anger and the
 fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the
 prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the
 LORD'S house.
36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
 king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the
 LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from
 the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the
 LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the
 higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears
 of all the people.
36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out
 of the book all the words of the LORD,
36:12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: 
 and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah
 the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son
 of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when
 Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
 Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the
 roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come.  So Baruch
 the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.  So
 Baruch read it in their ears.
36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were
 afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the
 king of all these words.
36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all
 these words at his mouth?
36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with
 his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah;
 and let no man know where ye be.
36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll
 in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears
 of the king.
36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll:  and he took it out of
 Elishama the scribe's chamber.  And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king,
 and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month:  and there
 was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves,
 he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the
 hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the
 hearth.
36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king,
 nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession
 to the king that he would not burn the roll:  but he would not hear them.
36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the
 son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
 and Jeremiah the prophet:  but the LORD hid them.
36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had
 burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,
 saying,
36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words
 that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD;
 Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying,
 The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall
 cause to cease from thence man and beast?
36:30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall
 have none to sit upon the throne of David:  and his dead body shall be cast
 out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their
 iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of
 Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced
 against them; but they hearkened not.
36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the
 son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words
 of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire:  and
 there were added besides unto them many like words.

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37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son
 of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of
 Judah.
37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did
 hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah
 the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
 unto the LORD our God for us.
37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people:  for they had not
 put him into prison.
37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt:  and when the
 Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
 Jerusalem.
37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king
 of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army,
 which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
 take it, and burn it with fire.
37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
 shall surely depart from us:  for they shall not depart.
37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight
 against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should
 they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up
 from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
37:12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of
 Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was
 there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah;
 and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the
 Chaldeans.
37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. 
 But he hearkened not to him:  so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to
 the princes.
37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put
 him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe:  for they had made that
 the prison.
37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and
 Jeremiah had remained there many days;
37:17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out:  and the king asked him
 secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD?  And
 Jeremiah said, There is:  for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the
 hand of the king of Babylon.
37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended
 against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have
 put me in prison?
37:19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The
 king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king:  let my
 supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not
 to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into
 the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of
 bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were
 spent.  Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and
 Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words
 that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the
 sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:  but he that goeth forth to
 the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall
 live.
38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of
 the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man
 be put to death:  for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that
 remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such
 words unto them:  for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but
 the hurt.
38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand:  for the
 king is not he that can do any thing against you.
38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the
 son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison:  and they let down
 Jeremiah with cords.  And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: 
 so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the
 king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king
 then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
38:8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king,
 saying,
38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done
 to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is
 like to die for hunger in the place where he is:  for there is no more
 bread in the city.
38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from
 hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the
 dungeon, before he die.
38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the
 king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten
 rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old
 cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords.  And
 Jeremiah did so.
38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the
 dungeon:  and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him
 into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD:  and the king said
 unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt
 thou not surely put me to death?  and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not
 hearken unto me?
38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the
 LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither
 will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
 hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of
 Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be
 burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then
 shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall
 burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that
 are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they
 mock me.
38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee.  Obey, I beseech
 thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee:  so it shall be well
 unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath
 showed me:
38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house
 shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those
 women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against
 thee:  thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
 Chaldeans:  and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken
 by the hand of the king of Babylon:  and thou shalt cause this city to be
 burned with fire.
38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and
 thou shalt not die.
38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come
 unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto
 the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what
 the king said unto thee:
38:26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the
 king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die
 there.
38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him:  and he told
 them according to all these words that the king had commanded.  So they
 left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that
 Jerusalem was taken:  and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

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39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they
 besieged it.
39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth
 day of the month, the city was broken up.
39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the
 middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,
 Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of
 Babylon.
39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
 and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by
 night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: 
 and he went out the way of the plain.
39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in
 the plains of Jericho:  and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he
 gave judgment upon him.
39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his
 eyes:  also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to
 carry him to Babylon.
39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the
 people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
 Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that
 fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the
 people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards
 and fields at the same time.
39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to
 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him
 even as he shall say unto thee.
39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,
 Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's
 princes;
39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and
 committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he
 should carry him home:  so he dwelt among the people.
39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in
 the court of the prison, saying,
39:16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD
 of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city
 for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day
 before thee.
39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD:  and thou shalt
 not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
 but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee:  because thou hast put thy
 trust in me, saith the LORD.

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40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan
 the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him
 being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem
 and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD
 thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: 
 because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice,
 therefore this thing is come upon you.
40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were
 upon thine hand.  If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon,
 come; and I will look well unto thee:  but if it seem ill unto thee to come
 with me into Babylon, forbear:  behold, all the land is before thee: 
 whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah
 the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made
 governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people:  or
 go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go.  So the captain of
 the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt
 with him among the people that were left in the land.
40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,
 even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
 the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and
 women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not
 carried away captive to Babylon;
40:8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
 Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son
 of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son
 of a Maachathite, they and their men.
40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and
 to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans:  dwell in the land,
 and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans,
 which will come unto us:  but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and
 oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have
 taken.
40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the
 Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that
 the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over
 them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
40:12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven,
 and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine
 and summer fruits very much.
40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
 that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
40:14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of
 the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee?  But
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,
 saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
 Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:  wherefore should he slay thee, that
 all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the
 remnant in Judah perish?
40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
 Thou shalt not do this thing:  for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

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41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
 Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the
 king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to
 Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
 him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the
 sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the
 land.
41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
 Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men
 of war.
41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
 man knew it,
41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
 even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent,
 and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to
 bring them to the house of the LORD.
41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
 weeping all along as he went:  and it came to pass, as he met them, he said
 unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that
 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of
 the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: 
 for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil,
 and of honey.  So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
 whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made
 for fear of Baasha king of Israel:  and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
 filled it with them that were slain.
41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that
 were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that
 remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed
 to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam:  and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried
 them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
 that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of
 Nethaniah had done,
41:12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
 Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with
 Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
 that were with him, then they were glad.
41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
 cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
 and went to the Ammonites.
41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
 forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had
 recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he
 had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the
 women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from
 Gibeon:
41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by
 Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
41:18 Because of the Chaldeans:  for they were afraid of them, because
 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the
 king of Babylon made governor in the land.

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42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and
 Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto
 the greatest, came near,
42:2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
 supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy
 God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as
 thine eyes do behold us: )
42:3 That the LORD thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the
 thing that we may do.
42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
 will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come
 to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare
 it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
 between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the
 LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice
 of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us,
 when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto
 Jeremiah.
42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
 forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the
 greatest,
42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom
 ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
 pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up:  for I
 repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
 afraid of him, saith the LORD:  for I am with you to save you, and to
 deliver you from his hand.
42:12 And I will show mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
 cause you to return to your own land.
42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
 of the LORD your God,
42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
 no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and
 there will we dwell:
42:15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to
 enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
 overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
 afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall
 die.
42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt
 to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
 pestilence:  and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I
 will bring upon them.
42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and
 my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall
 my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt:  and ye
 shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;
 and ye shall see this place no more.
42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
 into Egypt:  know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your
 God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that
 the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed
 the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent
 me unto you.
42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
 famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and
 to sojourn.

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43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
 unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD
 their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
 and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely:  the
 LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver
 us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and
 carry us away captives into Babylon.
43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and
 all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of
 Judah.
43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took
 all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they
 had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and
 every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet,
 and Baruch the son of Neriah.
43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt:  for they obeyed not the voice of
 the LORD:  thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
 brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the
 sight of the men of Judah;
43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
 Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
 servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he
 shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver
 such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to
 captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he
 shall burn them, and carry them away captives:  and he shall array himself
 with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall
 go forth from thence in peace.
43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land
 of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with
 fire.

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44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
 the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph,
 and in the country of Pathros, saying,
44:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the
 evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
 and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
 anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom
 they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and
 sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
 wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in
 the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted
 and desolate, as at this day.
44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;
 Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from
 you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
 remain;
44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
 incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
 that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
 reproach among all the nations of the earth?
44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of
 the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
 wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in
 the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared,
 nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before
 your fathers.
44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
 will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
 into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed,
 and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword
 and by the famine:  they shall die, from the least even unto the
 greatest, by the sword and by the famine:  and they shall be an execration,
 and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
 punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
 Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return
 into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell
 there:  for none shall return but such as shall escape.
44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto
 other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all
 the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah,
 saying,
44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the
 LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own
 mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
 offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and
 our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem:  for
 then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
 pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have
 been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out
 drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour
 out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
44:20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,
 and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
44:21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
 of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the
 people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into
 his mind?
44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your
 doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed;
 therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse,
 without an inhabitant, as at this day.
44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the
 LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor
 in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened
 unto you, as at this day.
44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
 the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
 wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
 saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense
 to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her:  ye will
 surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
 land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that
 my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the
 land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good:  and all
 the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
 sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
 of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are
 gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall
 stand, mine, or theirs.
44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will
 punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand
 against you for evil:
44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt
 into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;
 as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
 Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

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45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
 when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the
 fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now!  for the LORD hath added grief to my
 sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which
 I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck
 up, even this whole land.
45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself?  seek them not:  for,
 behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD:  but thy life
 will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.