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Jeremiah 29

1 Ieremiah writeth vnto them that were in captiuitie in Babylon. 10 He prophecieth their returne after ſeuentie yeres. 16 He prophecieth the deſtruction of the King and of the people that remaine in Ieruſalem. 21 He threateneth the prophetes that ſeduce the people 25 The death of Semaiah is prophecied.
1.NOw theſe are ye wordes of the boke that Ieremiáh the Prophet ſent fro Ieruſalém vnto the reſidue of the Elders which were caryed away captiues, and to the Prieſts, and to the Prophetes, and to all the people whome Nebuchad-nezzár had caryed away captiue from Ieruſalém to Babél.
2.(After that Ieconiáh the King, and the Quene, and the eunuches, the princes of Iudáh, and of Ieruſalém, and the worke men, and cúning men were departed from Ieruſalém)
3.By the hand of Elaſáh the ſonne of Shaphán and Gemariáh the ſonne of Hilkiáh (whome Zedekiáh King of Iudáh ſent vnto Babél to Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél) ſaying,
4.Thus hathe the Lord of hoſtes the God of Iſraél ſpoken vnto all that are caryed away captiues, whome I haue cauſed to be caried away captiues from Ieruſalém vnto Babél.
5.Buylde you houſes to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eat the frutes of them.
6.Take you wiues, and beget ſonnes, and daughters, and take wiues for your ſonnes, and giue your daughters to houſbands, that they may beare ſonnes & daughters, that ye may be increaſed there, and not diminiſhed.
7.And ſeke the proſperitie of the citie, whether I haue cauſed you to be caryed away captiues, and pray vnto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof ſhal you haue peace.
8.For thus ſaith ye Lord of hoſtes the God of Iſraél, Let not your prophetes, & your ſotheſayers that be amóg you, deceiue you, nether giue eare to your dreames, which you dreame.
9.For they prophecie you a lye in my Name: I haue not ſent them, ſaith the Lord.
10.But thus ſaith the Lord, That after ſeuentie yeres be accompliſhed at Babél, I wil viſit you, and performe my good promes toward you, and cauſe you to returne to this place.
11.For I knowe ye thoghts, that I haue thoght towardes you, ſaith the Lord, euen the thoghts of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an end, and your hope.
12.Then ſhal you crye vnto me, and ye ſhal go and pray vnto me, and I wil heare you,
13.And ye ſhal ſeke me and finde me, becauſe ye ſhal ſeke me with all your heart.
14.And I wil be founde of you, ſaith ye Lord, and I wil turne away your captiuitie, and I wil gather you from all the nations and from all the places, whether I haue caſt you, ſaith the Lord, and wil bring you againe vnto the place, whence I cauſed you to be caryed away captiue.
15.Becauſe ye haue ſaid, The Lord hathe raiſed vs vp Prophetes in Babél,
16.Therefore thus ſaieth the Lord of the King, that ſitteth vpon the throne of Dauid, & of all the people, that dwell in this citie, your brethren that are not gone forthe with you into captiuitie:
17.Euen thus ſaith the Lord of hoſtes, Beholde, I wil ſend vpon them the ſworde, the famine, and the peſtilence, & wil make them like vile figges, that can not be eatẽ, they are ſo noghtie.
18.And I wil perſecute them with the ſworde, with the famine, & with the peſtilẽce: & I wil make them a terror to all kingdomes of the earth, & a curſſe, and aſtoniſhmẽt and an hiſſing, and a reproche among all the nations whether I haue caſt them,
19.Becauſe thei haue not heard my wordes, ſaith the Lord, which I ſent vnto them by my ſeruãts the Prophetes, riſing vp earely, & ſending them, but ye wolde not heare, ſaith the Lord.
20.Heare ye therefore the worde of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue ſent from Ieruſalém to Babél.
21.Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſtes, the God of Iſraél, of Aháb the ſonne of Kolaiáh, & of Zedekiáh the ſonne of Maaſeiáh, which prophecie lies vnto you in my Name, Beholde, I wil deliuer them into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzár Kĩg of Babél & he ſhal ſlaye them before your eyes.
22.And all they of the captiuitie of Iudáh, that are in Babél, ſhal take vp this curſſe againſt them & ſay, The Lord make thee like Zedekiáh and like Aháb, whome the King of Babél burnt in the fyre,
23.Becauſe they haue cõmitted vilenie in Iſraél, and haue committed adulterie with their neighbours wiues, and haue ſpoken lying wordes in my Name, which I haue not commanded them, euen I knowe it, & teſtifie it, ſaith the Lord.
24.Thou ſhalt alſo ſpeake to Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, ſaying,
25.Thus ſpeaketh ye Lord of hoſtes, the God of Iſraél, ſaying, Becauſe thou haſt ſẽt letters in thy name vnto all the people, that are at Ieruſalém, & to Zephaniáh the ſonne of Maaſeiáh the Prieſt, and to all the Prieſts, ſaying,
26.The Lord hathe made thee Prieſt, for Iehoiadá the Prieſt, that ye ſhulde be officers in the Houſe of ye Lord, for euery mã that raueth & maketh him ſelf a Prophet, to put him in priſon and in the ſtockes.
27.Now therefore why haſt not thou reproued Ieremiáh of Anathóth, which prophecieth vnto you?
28.For, for this cauſe he ſent vnto vs in Babél, ſaying, This captiuitie is long: buylde houſes to dwell in, and plant gardens, and eat the frutes of them.
29.And Zephaniáh the Prieſt red this lettre in the eares of Ieremiáh the Prophet.
30.Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh, ſaying,
31.Send to all the of the captiuitie, ſaying, Thus ſaith the Lord of Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, Becauſe that Shemaiáh hathe prophecied vnto you, & I ſent him not, & he cauſed you to truſt in a lye,
32.Therefore thus ſaith the Lord, Beholde, I wil viſite Shemaiáh the Nehelamite, and his ſede: he ſhal not haue a man to dwell among this people, nether ſhal he beholde the good, that I wil do for my people, ſaith ye Lord, becauſe he hathe ſpoken rebelliouſly againſt the Lord.

Notes

1:a.
For ſome dyed in the way.
2:b.
Meaning, Ieconiahs mother Chap 24.1.
3:c.
To intreat of ſome equal cõditions.
4:d.
To wit, the Lord, whoſe worke this was.
7:e.
The Prophet ſpeaketh not this for the affection that he bare to the tyrant, but that they ſhulde pray for the communeweſt, and quietnes, yt their troubles might not be increaſed, and that they might with more pacience and leſſe grief waite for the time of their deliuerance, which God had appointed: els not onely the Iſraelites, but all the worlde, yea, & the inſenſible creatures ſhulde reioyce when theſe tyrants ſhulde be deſtroyed, as Iſa. 14.4
13:f.
When your oppreſsion ſhal be great, & your afflictions cauſe you to repent your diſobedience, & alſo whé ye ſeuentie yeres of your captiuitie ſhalbe expired, 2 Chro 36, 22 ezrá 1,1. chap 25 10. dan 9,2.
15:g.
As Aháb, Zedekiáh, and Shemaiáh.
17:h.
Whereby he aſſureth them, yt there ſhalbe no hope of returning before the time appointed
18:*.
According to ye compariſon, Chap. 24,1
18:*.
Read Chap. 26,6.
19:*.
Read Chap. 7,13 & 25,3 & 26,5.
22:m.
Becauſe thei gaue the people hope of ſpedy returning.
23:n.
Which was adulterie, and falſifying the worde of God.
24:".
Or, letter.
24:".
Or, dreamer
25:o.
Shemaiáh ye falſe prophet flattereth Zephaniáh the chief Prieſt, as thogh God had giuen him the ſpirit and zeale of Iehoiadá to puniſh whoſoeuer treſpaced againſt the worde of God, of the wc he wolde haue made Ieremiáh one, calling him a rauer & a falſe pphet
32:p.
He & his ſede ſhalbe deſtroyed, ſo that none of the ſhulde ſe the benefite of this deliuerance.