XL. 12.

B.C. 588.
J. Jehovah,
5. 2 KIN, 25. 22.
p- present.
THE FORCES
GEDALIAH.
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GEDALIAH ENCOUR- AGES THEM. 9, 10. 2 KIN.
s. stand before.
w. wile, Heb. yayin.
THE DISPERSED JEWS RETURN TO HIM.
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JOHANAN
INFORMS GEDALIAH CONCERN- ING _ ISHMAEL. 14. See ch. 41. 10.
é. ish.
Gedaliah, unto ng a aad gathered w wine and summer_fruits very much.
13 Moreover Johanan the _ son - of Kareah, and all the_captains_of the forces that were in the -fields, came to Gedaliah to xMizpah,
14 And said unto him, “Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the_ king_of the Ammonites shath_sent -Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah to slay thee?” But Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam be- lieved them not.
15 Then Johanan the_son_of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in xMizpah secretly, saying, “Let me £0, I_pray_thee, and I will_slay -Ishmaél the_son_of Nethan- iah,and no ‘man shall_know if : where- fore should_he_slay thee, that all the Jews sshould_be_scattered, and the remnant
jin Judah perish ?”
ISHMAEL
SLAYS GEDALIAH. 1-3. BeBe 2. 2.
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g. gift_offer- ing and frankin-
cense. J. Jehovah.
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h. hidden_ stores.
9.1 Kin. 15. 2.
16 But Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam said unto Johanan the_son_of Kareah, “Thou shalt not do ~this *thing: for thon speakest falsely of Ishmaél.”
4 NOW it came_to_pass in the
seventh xmonth, that Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah the_son_of Eli- shama, of the seed royal, and the_ princes_of the king, even ten “men
-| with him, came unto Gedaliah the_son_
of Ahikam to xMizpah ; and there they did_eat bread together in xMizpah.
2 Then arose Ishmaél the _son _of Nethaniah, and the ten «xmen 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_gover- nor over the land.
3 Ishmaél also slew «all the Jews that were with him, even with -Gedaliah, at xMizpah, and +rthe Chaldeans that were_found there, and -the_men_of xwar.
+ And it came_to_pass the second xday after he had_slain -Gedaliah, and no ‘man knew it,
5 That there came certain from She- chem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore ‘men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having_cut_themselves, with 9 offer. ings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the_house_of /the Lorn.
6 And Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah went_forth from xMizpah 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.”
7 And it was so, when they came into the_midst_of the city, that Ishmaél the_ son_of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the_midst_of the pit, he, and the «men that were with him.
8 But ten «men were_found among them that said unto Ishmaél, “'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.
° Now the pit wherein Ishmaél had cast ~all the_dead_bodies_of the « men, whom he had_slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had_made
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for fear of Baasha king_of Israél : and Bae Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
10Then Ishmaél carried_away_captive rall the_residue_of the -people that were in xMi even the king's -daughters, ani
rall the people that remained in xMizpah, whom epuset
adan the. wore -of the ink eae committed to son _ of
Ahikam: and oe the _ son _ of Nethaniah carried_ them_away_captive, and departed to go_over to the Am- monites. 1 But when Johanan the_son_of Kareah, and all the_captains_of the forces that were with him, heard of! ¢, call the evil that Ishmaél the_son_of) 1). hd 0, Nethaniah had_done, 8, 13.
* 12 Then they took -all the « men, and |e. anah- went to fight with Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah, and found him by the great
waters that are in Gibeon.
13 Now it came_to_pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmaél saw *Johanan the_son_of Kareah, and call the_captains_of the forces that were with him, then they were_glad.
14 So all the people that Taunael had_ carried _away _ captive from *Mi: q ‘cast_about and returned, and went) ¢. turned. unto Johanan the_son_of Kareah. Tound.
15 But Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah| Isn escaped from Johanan with eight «men,| “5° and went to the Ammonites. : = ie rie Johan hearer A = :
areah, an e_captains_of the : forces that were with him, remnant_of the -people whom he had_ recovered from «Ishmaél the_son_of Nethaniah, from xMizpah, after that neteee slain er iah the_ gp of
ikam, even mighty «men_o and the women, and the children, a the eunuchs, whom he had_brought_ “Ei''and they departed, and dwelt, in|1Z, 26am e) and dwelt in| 17. 2Sam.1 the_! habitation_of Chimham, which is A: Ee : by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into} piace. Egypt, 4
18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were_afraid of them, because Ish- maél the_son_of Nethaniah had_slain -Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam, whom the_king_of Babylon made governor in the land.
4 THEN all the_captains_of the) J forces, and Johanan the_son_of| 8
Kareah, and Jezaniah the_son_of Ho- shaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came_near,
2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, “tLet, we_beseech_thee, our supplica- tion be_aceepted before thee, and pray for us unto / the Lorp thy =God, even s.c. for all *this xremnant; (for we -are_left| ty but a few of xmany, aas thine eyes do_| q. behold us :) = 3 That / the Lorp thy =God ma; a us tthe way wherein we’ = the a that we may a
4 Then Jeremiah the Prophet s naid unto them, “I -have_heard vow ; beho! I +will_pray unto Jthe Lorp your = according_to your words; and it -shall_ come_to_pass, that whatsoever xthing
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EREMIAH XLII. 5.
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anah- him,
Accord- ng as.
HE CHARGES HEM WITH ISSIMULA-
TION,
‘the Lor shall_answer pou, I will_de- clare it unto you; I will_keep nothing back from you.”
5 Then then said to Jeremiah, “! The Lorp tbe a true and faithful witness be- tween us, if we do not eyen according_ to all xthings for the which 4 the Lorp thy =God’shall_send thee to us.
6 Whether zt be good, or whether it be evil, we will_obey the_voice_of/ the Lorp our =God, to whom tue 4send thee ; that it may_be_well with us, when we obey the_voice_of ! the Lorp our =God.”
7 And it came_to_pass after ten days, that the_word_of 4 the Lorp came unto Jeremiah.
S$ 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 great- est,
9 And said unto them, “Thus -saith Ithe Lorv, the_=God_of Israél, unto whom ye sent me to present your sup- plication before Him ;
10 Tf ye will_still abide in xthis then -will_I_build pou, and not pull_ you_down, and I -will_plant pon, and not pluck_you_up: for I ‘repent Me of the evil that I -have_done unto you. ~ 11 Be not afraid of the_king_of Baby- lon, of whom pe are_afraid; tbe not afraid of him, +saith J the Lorp* for am with you to save pou, and to deliver pou from his hand.
2 And I will_shew mercies unto you, that he -may_have_mercy_upon pou, and -cause pow to_return to your_own land.
13 But if pe ssay, ‘We will not dwell in «this of 'the Lorp your =God,’
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 :’ *
1 And now therefore -hear the_word_ of ‘the Lorn, ye remnant_of Judah; Thus «saith ‘the Lorp of_hosts, the_ =God_of Israél ; If pe wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and -go to so- journ there ;
16 Then it -shall_come_to_pass, that the sword, which pe feared, shall_over- take pow there in the_land_of Egypt, and the famine, whereof pe were_afraid, shall follow_close after you there in Egypt ; and there ye shall_die.
WY 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 pesti- lence: and none of them shall_remain or escape from the evil that ¥ -will_ bring upon them.
18 For thus «saith J the Lorp of_hosts, the_=God_of Israél; «As Mine anger and My fury shath_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 re-
proach ; and ye shall-see xthis place no more. JThe Lorn shath_said concerning
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you, O_ye remnant_of Judah; 'Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I shaye_admonished you this day.
20 For ye dissembled in your s hearts, when pe sent me unto !the Lorp your =God, saying, ‘*Pray for us unto / the Lorp our =God; and according_unto all that Jthe Lorp our =God shall_ say, so -declare unto us, and we -will_ do it.
21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the_ voice_of J the Lorp your =God, nor any thing for the which He shath_sent me. unto you.
2 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 so-
journ.” 4 AND it came_to_pass, that when
3 Jeremiah had_made_an_end of speaking unto all the people «all the_ words_of/the Lorp their =God, for which J the Lorp their =God had_sent him to them, even ~all xthese xwords,
2 Then spake Azariah the_son_of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the_son_of Ka- reah, and all the proud « xmen, saying unto Jeremiah, “Whou speakest falsely : 1 the Lorp our =God -hath not sent thee to say, ‘'Go not into Egypt to sojourn there :’” :
3 But Baruch the_son_of Neriah set- teth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the_hand_of the Chaldeans, that they might_put us to_death, o and carry 1s away_captives into Babylon.”
4 So Johanan the_son_of Kareah, and all the_captains_of the forces, and all the- -=people, obeyed not the_voice_of 4 che Lorp, to dwell in the_land_of Ju-
ah.
5 But Johanan the_son_of Kareah, and all the_eaptains_of the forces, took call the_remnant_of Judah, that were_ returned from all xnations, whither they had_been_driven, ‘to dwell in the_ land_of Judah ;
6 Even st*men, and xwomen, and xchildren, and the king’s «daughters, and revery sxperson that Nebuzar-adan 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.
7 So they came-_into the _land _ of Egypt: for they obeyed not the_voice_ of 'tha Lorp: thus came they even to Tahpanhes,
8 Then came the_word_of J the Lorp unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9“.Take great stones in thine hand, and -hide them in the ™clay in the vbrickkiln, which zs at the_entry-of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the_ sight_of the_¢ men_of Judah ;
10 And -say unto them, Thus :saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts, the_=God_of Is-
raél; Behold, I +will_send and -take| }
-Nebuchadrezzar the_king_of Babylon, My servant, and -will_set_his throne upon xthese xstones that I -have_hid ; and he -shall_spread his -royal_pa- vilion over them.
11 And when he -cometh, he -shall_
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8. souls,
J. Jehovah your Elohim,
REPLY OF AZARIAH.
J.G. Jehovah their Elo- him.
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0. or.
THEY GO TO EGYPT.
t. to sojourn.
st. strong- men.
s. soul.
588. ending. WORD OF JEHOVAH.
m. Or mortar, b, or brick- |
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a. according as.
8. standing- images, or pillars.
be. Beth-she- mesh, House-of the Sun.
587. WoRD OF JEHOVAH
TO THE JEWS IN EGYPT.
J. Jehovah of-Tséba- hoth, Elo- hee Israel.
4, 2 Chr. 36. 15.
EXPOSTULA- TION.
i. ish. at. the. midst_of
so. sojourn, Heb. gir.
10,11. Prov. 2. 14
¢. contrite.
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smite -the_land_of Egypt, and deliver such as are for xdeath to xdeath; and such as are for xcaptivity to xcaptivity ; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
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 xshepherd *putteth_on his -garment ; and he -shall_go_forth from thence in
peace.
18 He -shall_break also -the_s images_ of %e Beth-shemesh, that is in the_ land_of Egypt; and -the_houses -_ of the_gods_of the Egyptians shall_he_ burn with ~fire.
4. THE word that came to Jere-
miah concerning all the Jews xtwhich dwell in the_land_of Egypt, xtwhich dwell at Migdol, and at Tah- panhes, and at Noph, and in the_ country_of Pathros, saying,
2“Thus saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts, the_=God_of Israél ; He -have_seen the evil that I -have_brought upon =Jerusalem, and upon all the_cities_of Judah; and, behold, xthis xday they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
3 Because of their wickedness which they shavye_committed to provoke_Me_ to_anger, in that they_went to burn_ incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither thep, pe, nor your fathers.
4 Howbeit I sent unto you -all My servants the prophets, rising_early and sending them, saying, ‘ Oh, 'do not xthis xabominable thing that I -hate.’
5 But they hearkened not, nor in- clined their -ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
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 xday.
7 Therefore now thus -saith ‘the Lorp, the_=God_of hosts, the_=God_of Israel; Wherefore +commit pe 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 ;
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 pe +be_gone to sodwell, that ye might_cut your- selves off, and that ye might_be a curse and a reproach among all the_nations_ of the earth?
9 Have ye forgotten -the_=wicked- ness_of your fathers, and «the_=wicked- ness_of the_kings_of Judah, and -the_ =wickedness_of their wives, and your_ own +=wickedness, and +the_=wicked- ness_of your wives, which they -have_ committed in the_land_of Judah, and in the_streets_of =Jerusalem ?
10 They ‘are not c humbled even unto xthis xday, neither -have_they_feared, nor walked in My law, nor in My sta-
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tutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 Therefore thus «saith the Lorp of_ hosts, the_=God_of Israél; Behold, I +will_set My face against you for eyil, and to cut_off call Judah.
22 And I +will_take -the_remnant_of| 4
Judah, that -have_set their faces to go into the_land_of t to sojourn
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there, and they -shall all be_-consumed, fie
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: an
they shall_be an execration, and an as- tonishment, and a curse,and a reproach.
13 For I -will-punish x+them_that dwell in the_land_of Egypt, «as I -haye_ punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence :
14 So that none of the_remnant_of Judah, xwhich 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 thep +have_a_desire to return to dwell there: for none shall_return but such_as_ shall_escape,” 4
15 Then all the «men that their wives +had_burned_incense unto other gods, and all the women xithat stood_by, a great «s multitude, even all the -people «that dwelt in the_land_of Egypt, in Pathros, answer- ed “Jeremiah, saying,
16 “As for the word that thou shast_ spoken unto us in the_name_of / the LorD, we -will not hearken unto thee,
17 But we will_certainly do -what- soever xthing -goeth_forth out_of our_ own mouth, to burn_incense unto the_ queen_of x=heaven, and to pour_out drink_offerings unto her, «as we shave_ 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 eyil.
18 But since we left_off to burn_in- cense to the_queen_of x=heayven, and to pour_out drink_offerings unto her, we shave_wanted all things, and shaye_ been_consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned_incense to the_queen_of out drink_offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour_out drink _offerings unto her, without our «men? ”
20Then Jeremiah said unto all the -people, to the smen, and to the women, and to all the -people x+which had_given him that answer, saying,
21“eThe incense that ye burned in the_cities_of Judah, and in the_streets_ of Jerusalem, pe, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the_-peo- ple_of the land, did not Jthe Lorp remember them, and came it not einto His * mind? f
22 So that J the Lorp tcould 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,
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