25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on
thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his
habitation desolate.
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem;
3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed bethe man that obeyeth
not the words of this covenant,
4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day thatI brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command
you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land
flowing with milk and honey, as it isthis day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day thatI brought them up out of the land
of Egypt, evenunto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their
evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded
themto do; but they did themnot.
9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words;
and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have
broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be
able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto
whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
13 For according tothe number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according tothe
number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to thatshameful thing, evenaltars to
burn incense unto Baal.
14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will
not hear themin the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeingshe hath wrought lewdness with many, and
the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, andof goodly fruit: with the noise of a
great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of
the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to
provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their
doings.
19 But I waslike a lamb oran ox thatis brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had
devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut
him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me
see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy

not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die
by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even
the year of their visitation.
1 Righteous artthou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy
judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? whereforeare all they happy that
deal very treacherously?
2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou
artnear in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them
out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of
them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not
see our last end.
5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend
with horses? and ifin the land of peace, whereinthou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how
wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with
thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair
words unto thee.
7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my
soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I
hated it.
9 Mine heritage isunto me asa speckled bird, the birds round about areagainst her; come ye,
assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they
have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it desolate, and beingdesolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made
desolate, because no man layeth itto heart.
12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the
LORD shall devour from the oneend of the land even to the otherend of the land: no flesh shall
have peace.
13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, butshall not
profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I
have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck
out the house of Judah from among them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have
compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his
land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by
my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in
the midst of my people.
17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put
it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put iton my loins.

3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which isupon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and
hide it there in a hole of the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and
take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it:
and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of
Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their
heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this
girdle, which is good for nothing.
11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the
whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me
for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every
bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that
every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of
this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the
LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble
upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and
make itgross darkness.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for yourpride; and mine eye
shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities
shall come down, eventhe crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried
away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where isthe flock thatwas
given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to becaptains, and
as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of
thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, andthy heels made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? thenmay ye also do good, that
are accustomed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the
wilderness.
25 This isthy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast
forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, andthine