Jeremiah 37:1-21 The Chaldeans are Going to Come Again, to Attack & Burn the City

 

The Chaldeans are Going to Come Again, to Attack & Burn the City

Jeremiah 37:1-21                              The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

And king Zedekiah, [Josiah's] son, [ruled] instead of  Coniah, [Jehoiakim's] son, whom Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, made king in the land of Judah. But neither [did Zedekiah,] his servants nor his people of the land, [paid attention] to the Words of the Lord, [that] He [spoke] by the prophet, Jeremiah.

[2 Kings 24:19-20 And [Zedekiah] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the [Lord's] anger, it [happened] in Jerusalem & Judah, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon, until He cast them out from His presence.]

And king Zedekiah sent Jehucal, [Shelemiah's] son & Zephaniah, [Maaseiah's] son, the priest to the prophet, Jeremiah, saying, Now pray for us to the Lord our God. Now, Jeremiah came in & went out among the people: for they hadn't put him into prison, [yet.]

Then, Pharaoh's army [had] come out of Egypt & when the Chaldeans that [also attacked] Jerusalem, heard [news] of them, they [left] from Jerusalem. Then, the Word of the Lord came to the prophet, Jeremiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel of Israel says [this;] You shall say [this] to [Judah's] king, [who] sent you to Me to [inquire by] Me, [See,] Pharaoh's army, [that has] come [out] to help you, shall return [back] to Egypt into their own land.

And the Chaldeans shall come again & fight against this city, [capture] it & burn it with fire. [Jeremiah 32:21-23 And [You, Lord God] have brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with signs & wonders, [a.k.a. miracles,] & with a strong hand & [an outstretched] arm, with great terror.

And [You have given them this land, [that] You [swore] to their [forefathers] to give them, a land flowing with milk & honey. And they came in & possessed it; but they [didn't obey] Your Law, that You commanded them to do. Therefore, You have caused all this [calamity] to come upon them.]

The Lord says [this; Don't] deceive yourselves, saying, Surely, the Chaldeans shall depart from us: for they [won't] depart. For [if] you had [killed] the whole [Chaldean] army, [who] fight against you & there [only] remained wounded men among them, [still] every man in his tent, would rise up & burn this city with fire.

And it [happened,] that when the [Chaldean] army [had] broken up from Jerusalem, for fear of Pharaoh's army, then, Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to [take a portion of land there for] himself, [among] the midst of the people.

And when [Jeremiah] was in [Benjamin's] gate, a captain of the [division] was there, whose name was Irijah, [Shelemiah's] son, [who was] the son of Hananiah. And he [seized] Jeremiah, the prophet, saying, You [are deserting] to the Chaldeans. Then, Jeremiah said, It is false. [I'm not defecting] to the Chaldeans.

But [Irijah didn't pay attention to] him. So, Irijah took Jermiah & brought him to the princes. The princes were [furious] with Jeremiah [for this reason] & [struck] him & put him in prison in the house of Johnathan, the scribe. For they had made [it] the prison.

When Jeremiah [had] entered into the dungeon & into the [cell,] Jeremiah remained there many days. Then, king Zedekiah sent & took [Jeremiah] out. And the king secretly asked him in his house & said, Is there any Word from the Lord?

And Jeremiah said, There is. For He said, you shall be delivered into the hand of [Babylon's] king. [Also,] Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, What have I [done to offend] you, or against your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison?

Where are your prophets now, [who] prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? Therefore, I pray [that] you now hear, O my lord, the king: let my [petition] be accepted before you, [so] that you [don't make] me return to the house of Johnathan, the scribe, lest I die there.

Then, king Zedekiah commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the [courtyard] of the prison. And that they should give [Jeremiah] a daily piece of bread [from] the baker's street, until all the bread in the city [was used up.] Jeremiah remained [like this] in the courtyard of the prison.

Jeremiah 36:1-32 The Lord Tells Jeremiah to Write Down on a Scroll, All He's Said

 

The Lord Tells Jeremiah to Write Down on a Scroll, All He's Said

Jeremiah 36:1-32                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened] in the 4th year Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah's] king, [ruled,] that this Word from the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, You, take a [scroll from] a book & write in [it] all the Words that I have spoken to you, against Israel, Judah & all the nations, from the day I [spoke] to you, [during] the days of Josiah, even [until] this day.

It may be, that the house of Judah will hear all the [disaster that] I plan to do to them, [so] that every man may return from his evil [ways.] [So,] that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. [Jeremiah 26:3 If they will [pay attention] & every man [turns] from evil [ways,] that I may [withdraw] the [disaster] I [intended] to do to them, because of the evil of their [actions.]

Then, Jeremiah called Baruch, [Neriah's] son. And from the mouth of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote [on a scroll] of a book, all the Words of the Lord, had spoken to [Jeremiah.] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am [confined] & I can't go into the [Lord's] house.

[Jeremiah 32:2 For then, the army of [Babylon's] king [attacked] Jerusalem. And Jeremiah, the prophet was shut up in the [courtyard] of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.]

Therefore, on the day of fasting, you go & read in the ears of the people in the Lord's house, the [scroll, that] you have written [of] the Words of the Lord from my mouth. And you shall also read them in the ears of all Judah, [who] come out of their cities.

It may be [that] they will present their [requests] before the Lord & everyone will return from his evil [ways.] For the anger & the fury that Lord has [declared] against this people is [large.]

And Baruch, [Neriah's] son, did according to all that Jeremiah, the prophet, commanded him, [by] reading [from] the book, the Words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

And it [happened during the rule] of Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, [Judah's King, in the 9th month of the 5th year, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people In Jerusalem & all the people, [who] came from [Judah's] cities to Jerusalem.

Then Baruch, read the book [with the Lord's] Words [from] Jeremiah, in the [Lord's] house, in the [room] of Gemariah, [Shaphan's] son, the scribe, in the higher court & in the ears of all the people, at the new [gate's entrance.]

When Michaiah, [Gemariah's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, had heard all the Words of the Lord [from] the book, he then went down into the king's house, into the scribe's [room.] And [saw] all the princes sat there, even Elishama, the scribe; Delaiah, [Shemaiah's] son; Elnathan, [Achbor's] son; Gemariah, [Shaphan's] son; Zedekiah, [Hananiah's] son & all the princes.

Then, Michaiah declared to them all the Words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. Therefore, all the princes sent Jehudi, [Nethaniah's] son, [who was] the son of Shelemiah, [Cushi's] son, to Baruch, saying, Take the [scroll] in your hand [that] you read in the ears of the people & come. So, Baruch, [Neriah's] soon, took the [scroll] in his hand & came to them.

And they said to him, Sit down now & read it in our ears. So, Baruch read it in their ears. Now, it [happened,] when they had heard all the Words, they were afraid & [looked in fear to] one [another] & said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king [about] all these Words.

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us, How did you write all these Words [from Jeremiah's] mouth? Then, Baruch answered them. [Jeremiah declared] all these Words to me with his mouth & I wrote them with ink in the book. Then, the princes said to Baruch, You, go & hide Jeremiah & [don't] let [any] man know where you [are.]

And they went into the [courtyard,] to the king, but they [had put] up the [scroll] in the [room] of Elishama, the scribe & told all these Words in the ears of the king. So, the king sent Jehudi to [get] the [scroll] & he took it out of the [room] of Elishama, the scribe.

And Jehudi read it in the [king's] ears & in the ears of all the princes, [who] stood [next to] the king. Now, the king sat in the winter house in the 9th month & there was a fire on the [fireplace's] hearth, burning [in front of] him.

And it [happened,] that when Jehudi had read 3 or 4 leaves [of the scroll,] [the king] cut it with a penknife & [threw] it into the fire, that was on the hearth, until all the [scroll] was consumed in the fire. [Still,] they weren't afraid & [didn't tear] their garments & neither [did] the king, nor any of his servants, [who] heard all these Words.

[However,] Elnathan, Delaiah & Gemariah had [requested of] the king that he wouldn't burn the [scroll,] but he wouldn't [listen] to them. But the king commanded Jerahmeel, [Hammelech's] son; Seraiah, [Azriels'] son, & Shelemiah, [Abdeel's] son, to take Baruch, the scribe & Jeremiah, the prophet; but the Lord hid them.

After the king had burned the [scroll] & the Words [that] Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, then, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Take [yourself,] another [scroll] & write in it all the [previous] Words that were in the first [scroll that] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, has burned.

And you shall say to Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, The Lord says [this,] You have burned this [scroll,] saying, Why have you written [in it] saying, [Babylon's] king, shall certainly come & destroy this land & shall cause man & [animals] to cease from [there?]

Therefore, the Lord says [this about] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, He shall have [no one] to sit upon the throne of David. And [Jehoiakim's] dead body shall be [thrown] out [& be in] the heat, in the day & frost, in the night. And I will punish him & his [descendants] & his servants for their [sinfulness.]

And I will bring upon them & the [residents] of Jerusalem & the men of Judah, all the [disaster] I have [declared] against them. But they [didn't pay attention.]

Then, Jeremiah, took another [scroll] & gave it to Baruch, the scribe, [Neriah's] son; who wrote [in it] from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the Words of the book [that] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, had burned in the fire. And many [similar] Words were added [in addition] to them.

Jeremiah 34:1-22 The Lord Has Jeremiah Tell King Zedekiah, He Will Die in Peace

 

The Lord Has Jeremiah Tell King Zedekiah, He Will Die in Peace

Jeremiah 34:1-22                       The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[This is] The Word [that] came from the Lord to Jeremiah, when Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, & all his army & all the people & the kingdoms of the earth [in] his [empire,] fought against Jerusalem & all [its] cities, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says [this;] Go & speak to Zedekiah, [Judah's] king & tell him, The Lord says, [this; Look,] I will give this city into the hand, [a.k.a. control] of [Babylon's] king, & he shall burn it with fire.

[2 Chronicles 36:11-14 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And he did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord his God & [didn't] humble himself before Jeremiah, the prophet, speaking from the mouth of God.

And [Zedekiah,] also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who made him swear by God. But [Zedekiah stubbornly] stiffened his neck & hardened his heart from turning to the Lord God of Israel. [Also,] all the chief priests & people, [sinned] very much, [according] to all the abominations of the heathen & [defiled] the [Lord's] house, which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.]

And you shall not escape out of [Nebuchadnezzar's] hand, but shall surely be [captured] & delivered into his [control.] And your eyes shall [see Babylon's king's] eyes & he shall speak to you, [face to face] & you shall go to Babylon. [Still,] hear the Word of the Lord, O Zedekian, [Judah's] king.

The Lord says [this about] you, You shall not die by the sword, but you shall die in peace & with the burnings of your [forefathers,] the [previous] kings, [who] were before you. [Like this,] they shall burn [incense] for you. And they shall [mourn for] you, saying, Ah, lord! For I have [declared] the Word, says the Lord. Then, Jeremiah, the prophet, [spoke] all these words in Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, [Judah's] king.

When the king of Babylon's army fought against: Jerusalem & against all of [Judah's] cities that were left. For these [fortified] cities: Lachish & Azekah,] remained of [Judah's] cities. This is the Word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant [contract] with all the people, [who] were [in] Jerusalem, to [declare freedom] to them.

[So,] that every man should let his [male & female servants, who were] Hebrew, go free, [so] that none should [themselves, be served by] them, [that is, by] a Jew, his brother, [a.k.a. brethren.] Now, when all the princes & people, [who] entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should let his [male & female servants,] go free, [so] that none [kept them in bondage] to serve them, anymore, then they obeyed & let them go.

But afterward, they [changed their minds] & [made] the servants & handmaids return, whom they had let go free. And brought them [again under their control as:] servants & handmaids. Therefore, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, from the Lord, saying, The Lord, The God of Israel, says [this;] I made a covenant [contract] with your [forefathers on] the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [bondage,] saying, At the end of 7 years, every man let his brother, a Hebrew, go, [who] has been sold to you.

And [after] he has served you 6 years, you shall let him go free from you. But your [forefathers didn't pay attention] to Me & neither [did] they [lean] their ear [to hear.]

[Deuteronomy 15:11-15 For the poor shall never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to the poor & to the needy, in your land. And if your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, [is] sold to you & serves you 6 years, then in the 7th year, you shall let him go free from you. And when you [send] him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty [handed.]

You shall liberally furnish him [from] your flock, your [grain] floor & your winepress, [of which] the Lord your God has blessed you & you shall give [some] to him. And you shall remember that you were a [slave] in the land of Egypt. And the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore, I command you this thing today.]

And you [had] now [returned] & had done [what was] right in My sight, [by] every man [declaring] liberty to his neighbor. And you had made a covenant [contract in front of] Me, in the house which is called by My Name. But you turned [away] & [defiled] My Name & every man [made] his [servants & handmaids] return, whom he had set [free for] their pleasure. And [now] have brought them [under your control] for servants & handmaids.

Therefore, the Lord says [this;] You haven't [paid attention] to Me, [by] every man [declaring freedom] to his brother & neighbor. The Lord says, [Watch,] I [declare] liberty to you, [by the:] sword, pestilence & famine.

And I will [remove] you into all the kingdoms of the earth. And I will give the men, [who sinned against] My covenant [contract, who] haven't [carried out] the Words of the covenant, [that] he made [in front of] Me, when they cut the calf in 1/2 & passed between [its] parts.

I will even give: the princes of Judah & Jerusalem, the eunuchs, [a.k.a. officers,] priests & all the people of the land, [who] passed between the parts of the calf, [into] the hand of: their enemies & those [who] seek their [lives.] And their dead bodies shall be for meat to the [birds] of the heaven & to the [animals] of the earth.

And I will give Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, & his princes into the hand of their enemies & [those who] seek their life & [also] into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, [that have] gone away from you.

[Jeremiah 39:4-7 And it [happened,] that when Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, saw them & all the men of war, then they fled & went out of the city [at] night, by the [road] of the King's Garden, by the gate [between] the 2 walls. And [Zedekiah] went out the [road] of the plain, [a.k.a. the Jordan Valley.] But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them & [captured] Zedekiah in the Plains of Jericho.

And when they had [seizedZedekiah,] they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, [in] Riblah, in the land of Hamath, where he [pronounced] judgment upon [Zedekiah.] Then, [Babylon's] king, [killed] [Zedekiah's] sons, [in front of] his eyes [in] Riblah. Also, [Babylon's] king, [killed] all [Judah's] nobles. [Additionally,] he put out Zedekiah's eyes & bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.]

The Lord says, [Watch,] I will command [Babylon's army] to return to this city. And they shall fight against it & [capture] it & burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without [inhabitants.]

[Jeremiah 37:10 For [if] you had [killed] the whole [Chaldean, a.k.a. Babylon,] army, [who] fight against you & there [only] remained  wounded men, among them & every [wounded] man [who is] in his tent, [still would] rise up & burn this city with fire.]

Jeremiah 33:1-26 The Voices of Joy & Gladness Shall Again be Heard

 

The Voices of Joy & Gladness Shall Again be Heard

Jeremiah 33:1-26                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word of the Lord [also] came to Jeremiah the 2nd time, while he was [still confined] in the [courtyard] of the prison, saying, The Lord says [this,] The Maker [of it, Who] formed it, to establish it; the Lord is His Name. [Isaiah 37:26 Haven't you heard long ago, how I have done it & of ancient times,  that I have formed it? Now I have [caused] it to [happen, so] that you [could destroy fortified] cities into ruinous heaps.]

Call to Me & I will answer you & [declare to] you great & mighty things, [that] you [don't] know. For the Lord, the God of Israel says [this about] the houses of this city & the houses of the kings of Judah, [that] are thrown down by the sword, [near] the [embankments.]

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to [satisfy themselves] with dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in [My] anger & My fury. And for all [those for] whom, I have [hidden] My face from this city, [because of their] wickedness. [Look,] I will bring it health & [a remedy.]

And I will cure them & reveal to them [an] abundance of peace & truth. [John 14:27 Peace, I leave with you & My peace, I give to you. Not [like] the world gives, I give [it] to you. [Don't] let your heart be troubled, & neither let it be afraid.]

And I will cause [those] of Judah & Israel, [who have been in] captivity, to return & will [rebuild] them, [like] at the [beginning.] [Isaiah 1:26-2 And I will restore your judges & [advisors like] at the [beginning.] Afterward, you shall be called, The City of Righteousness, the Faithful City. Zion shall be redeemed with [justice] & her converts [redeemed] with righteousness.]

And I will cleanse them from all their [sin, with which,] they have sinned against Me. And I will pardon all their iniquities, [with which] they have sinned & [in which] they have transgressed against Me. [Zechariah 13:1-2 [On] that day, there shall be a fountain for sin & for uncleanness, opened to the house of David & the [residents] of Jerusalem.

The Lord says, And it shall [happen on] that day, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land & they shall no [longer] be remembered. And I will also cause the prophets & the unclean spirit, to pass out of the land.]

And it shall be to Me a Name of Joy, a praise & an honor before all the nations of the earth, [that] shall hear all the good that  I do to them. And they shall fear [respect] & tremble, for the goodness & all the prosperity that I [provide for] it. The Lord says [this,] Again, the voice of joy & gladness & the voice of the bridegroom & the bride, shall be heard in this place, [that] you say shall be desolate, without man & [animal.]

Even the cities of Judah & the streets of Jerusalem, are desolate without: man, [inhabitants] & [animal.] The voice of [those who] shall say, Praise the Lord of Hosts: for the Lord is good. For His mercy endures forever. And [for those who] shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the [Lord's] house.

For I will cause [those] of the land [who were captive,] to return, [like] at the [beginning,] says the Lord. The Lord of Hosts says [this;] Again in this place & all [its] cities, which is desolate without man & [animal,] shall be a [place to live for] shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

In the cities of the: mountains, valleys, the South, the land of Benjamin & the places [around] Jerusalem & in cities of Judah, the flocks shall [cross] again under the [control] of him, [who counts] them, says the Lord. [Look,] the days come, says the Lord, that I will [accomplish] that good thing, [that] I have promised to the house of Israel & Judah.

*At that time, in those days, I will cause the Branch of Righteousness to grow up to David & He shall [deliver justice] & righteousness in the land. [Isaiah 11:1-2 *And there shall come [forward] a Rod out of the stem of Jesse & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. *And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom & understanding, the Spirit of [advice & strength] & the Spirit of knowledge & the fear [respect] of the Lord.]

In those days, Judah shall be saved & Jerusalem shall [live] safely. And this is the Name [with which] she shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness. For the Lord says [this;] David shall never [lack] a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

[Luke 1:31-33 *[Look,] you shall conceive in your womb & bring forth a Son & shall call His Name JESUS. He shall be great & shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give to Him the throne of His [forefather,] David. *And He shall [rule] over the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] forever. And there shall be no end of His kingdom.]

Neither shall the priests, the Levites, [lack] a man before Me to: offer burnt offerings & to [start] meat offerings & to [make sacrifices] continually. And the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, The Lord says [this,] If you can break My covenant [for] the day & My covenant [for] the night, [so] that there should [no longer] be day & night in their season.

Then, My Covenant may also be broken with David, My servant, that he shouldn't have son to [rule] upon his throne, with the Levites, the priests, My ministers. [Psalm 89:33-36 [However,] I [won't totally] take My loving kindness from him, nor [allow] My faithfulness to [cease.]

I will not break My covenant [contract,] nor [change] the [things] that [have] gone out of My lips. I won't lie to David, once I have sworn by My holiness. His seed, [a.k.a. descendants] shall endure forever & his throne, [shall endure] [like] the sun before Me.]

[Like] the [stars] of heaven can't be numbered, neither [can] the sand of the sea [be] measured. I will [also] multiply the seed of David, My servant & the Levites, [who] minister to Me. [Additionally,] the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, [Don't] you [consider] what this people have spoken, saying,

[Hasn't] the Lord [also] cast  off the 2 families [that] He has chosen? [Like this,] they have despised My people, [so] that they should no [longer] be a nation before them. [Esther 3:5-6 And when Haman saw that Mordecai [didn't] bow, nor did [he pay him honor,] then Haman was full of [fury.] And he [scornfully] thought to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had [revealed to] him [Mordecai's] people. [For this reason,] Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, [who] were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [a.k.a. Xerxes,] even the people of Mordecai.]

The Lord says [this;] If My covenant [isn't] [also] with day & night & if I haven't appointed the [orbits] of heaven & the earth, then, I will cast away the seed of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & David, My servant, so that I won't take any of his [offspring] to be rulers over the [descendants] of: Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. [Matthew 5:18 For [truly] I say to you, Till heaven & earth pass [away,] in no [ways] will one jot or one tittle pass from the Law, till all [is] fulfilled.]

For I will cause [those who were in] captivity to return & have mercy on them