The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. VII.

2 Ieremiáh is commanded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God, which trusteth in the outward seruice of the Temple 13. The euils that shal come to the Iewes for the despising of their Prophetes. 21, Sacrifices doeth not the Lord chiefly require of the Iewes, but that they shulde obeye his worde.

1 THe wordes that came to Ieremiáh from* 1.1 the Lord saying,

2 Stand in the gate of the Lords House and cry this worde there, and saie, He are the worde of the Lord, all ye of Iudah that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in at these gates to worship the Lord.

3 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God of Israél, * Amend your 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and your wor∣kes, and I wil let you 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in this place.

4 Trust not ina 1.2 lying wordes, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Tēple of the Lord this is the Temple of the Lord.

5 For if you amend (and) redresse your waies and your workes: if you execute iudgemēt betwen ea man and his neighbour,

6 (And) oppresse not the strāger, the father les and the widowe and shed no innocent blood in this place, nether walke after o∣ther gods to your destruction,

7 Thenb 1.3 wil I let you dwell in this place in the land that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.

8 Beholde, you truste in lying wordes, that can not profite.

9 Wil you steale, murder, and commit adul∣terie and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Báal, & walke after other gods who me ye knowe not?

10 And come & stand before me in this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 se, whereup on my Name is called, and saie, We are deliuered, thogh we haue done all these a bominations?

11 Is this House becomec 1.4 a denne of theues whereupō my Name is called before your eies? beholde, euen I see it, saith the Lord.

12 But go ye now vnto my place which was in Shilō,d 1.5 where I set my Name at the be∣ginning, and beholde, what I did to it for the wickednes of my people Israél,

13 Therefore now because ye haue done all these workes, saith the Lord, [and Ic 1.6 rose vp earely and spake vnto you: but when I spake, ye wolde not heare me, nether when I called, woldef 1.7 ye answer]

14 Therefore wil I do vnto this House, whe∣reupon my Name is called, where in also ye trust, euen vnto the place that I gaue to* 1.8 you and to your fathers, as I haue done vn to Shilō.

15 And I wil caste you out of my sight, as I ha ue cast out all your brethren, (euē) the who le sede of Ephráim.

16 Therefore thou shalt noth 1.9 praie for this people, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 liftvp crie or praier for thē nether: in treat me, for I wil not heare thee

17 Seest thou not what thei do in the cities of Iudáh and in the stretes of lerusalém?

18 The children gather wood, and the fa∣thers kinde the fyre, & the women knede the dough to make cakes toi 1.10 the Queene of heauen & to powre out drinke offrings vnto ether gods, that thei maie prouoke me vnto angre.

19 Do thei prouoke me to angre, saith the Lord, and not them selues to the confusion of their owne faces?

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Be∣holde, mine angre & my wrath shalbe pow red vpon this place, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon the tre of the field & vpon the frute of the grounde, and it shal burne and not be quenched.

21 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israél, Put your burnt offrings vnto your sa crifices, and eat the flesh.

22 Fork 1.11 I spake not vnto your fathers, nor cōmanded them, when I broght them out of the land of Egypt, cōcerning burnt of∣frings and sacrifices.

23 But this thing commanded I them, say∣ing,

Obey my voice, & I wil be your God, and ye shal be my people: and walke yein all the waies which I haue cōmanded you, that it maie be wel vnto you.

24 But thei wolde not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels (and) the stubbernes of their wicked heart, & went backewarde and not forwarde.

25 Since the daie that your fathers came vp out of the Land of Egypt, vntol 1.12 this day, I haue euen sent vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes,m 1.13 rising vp early eueriedaie and sending them.

26 Yet wolde thei not heare me nor incline their eare, but hardened their necke (and) did worse then their fathers.

27 Therefore shalt thou speake all these wordes vnto them, but thein 1.14 wil not heare thee: thou shalt also crye vnto them, but thei wil not answer thee.

28 But thou shalt saie vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God not receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

29 Cut of thineo 1.15 heere, ô Ierusalém, and cast it a waie, and take vp a cōplaint on the hie places: for the Lord hathe reiected & for∣saken the generation of hisp 1.16 wrath.

30 For the children of Iudàh haue done euil in my sight, saith the Lord: thei haue set their abominations in the House, where∣vpon my Name is called, to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it.

31 And thei haue buylt the hie place ofq 1.17 To pheth, which is in the vallei of Ben-Hin∣nom to burne their sonnes & their daugh∣ters in the fyre, which Ir 1.18 commanded them not, nether came it in mine heart.

32 Therefore beholde, the daies come, saith the Lord, that it shal no more be called Tō pheth, nor the vallei of Ben-Hinnóm, but the valley of slaughter: for thei shal burye in Topheth til there be no place.

33 And the carkeises of this people shalbe meat for the foules of the heauen and for the beastes of the earth, and none shal fray them awaie.

34 * Then I wil cause to cease from the ci∣ties* 1.19 of Iudàh and from the stretes of Ieru∣salém the voyce of mirth and the voice of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride: for the land shalbe desolate.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chap. 26. 13.
• a 1.2

  Beleue not the false 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which say that for the Temples sake, & the sacrifices the re, the Lord wil preserue you, and so nourish you in you sinne, & vai∣ne confidence.
• b 1.3

  God sheweth on what cōdition he made his promes to this Tēple: that they shulde be an holie people vnto him, as he wolde be a faithful God to them.
• c 1.4

  As 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in holes, and dennes thinke them selues 〈◊〉〈◊〉, so when you are in my Temple you thinke to be couered which the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 nes thereof, & that I can not se your wickednes, Mat. 21. 12
• d 1.5

  Because thei de∣pended so muche on the Temple, Which was for his promes, that he wolde be present, and defend them Where the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was: he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē to Gods iudge∣ments against 〈◊〉〈◊〉 lo, Where the Ar ke had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 about 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yeres & after was taken, the Priests 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 serably disconfired 1. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 4. 11. Cha. 26 6.
• c 1.6

  That is, I neuer ceased to warne you, as Isa. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 2. pro uer. 1. 23.
• f 1.7

  He sheweth what is the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to redresse our 〈◊〉〈◊〉: to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vs in∣to the Way, and to obey his calling. Isa. 66 4.
• * 1.8

  g I wil send you into 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as I haue done Ephrim, that is, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• h 1.9

  To assure 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God had determi∣ned with him self to punish their wickednes, he she weth that the prayers of the go∣lie can nothing 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they remaine in their obstin cie against God, & wil not vse the mea∣nes that he vseth to call thē to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tance, Chap. 11. 14. & 14 11.
• i 1.10

  That is, thei 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fice to the funne, mone and starres, which thei 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Quene of hea∣uen, Chap. 44, 17. 2 king. 23. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• k 1.11

  Shewing that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was not his chief purpose and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that thei shulde of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sacrifices: but that thei shuld re∣garde, wherefore thei were ordei∣ned: to wit, to be ioyned to the wor de as seales & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 firmatiōs of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ofsins in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for without 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Worde thei 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vaine and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 table.
• l 1.12

  which was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hun dreth yeres.
• m 1.13

  Read vers. 13.
• n 1.14

  VVhereby he sheweth that the pastours oght not to leaue their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 kes in their 〈◊〉〈◊〉: for the Lord wil vse the mea∣nes of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to make the wic∣ked more 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and to proue his.
• o 1.15

  In signe of mour ning, as Iob. 1, 20. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1. 16.
• p 1.16

  Against whome he had iuste occa∣siō to powre out his wrath.
• q 1.17

  Of Topheth Read 2, King 23. 0.
• r 1.18

  But commanded the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, as 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 20. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. deu. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 20.
• * 1.19

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 26. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.