Jeremiah 44:1-30 After Being Warned by the Prophets, They Continued to Worship false gods

 

After Being Warned by the Prophets, They Continued to Worship false gods

Jeremiah 44:1-30                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word that came to Jeremiah [about] all the Jews, [who] dwell in the land of Egypt, [who live] in the land of: Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph & the country of Pathros, saying, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this:] You have seen all the [calamity] that I have brought upon Jerusalem & all the cities of Judah.

And [see,] this day they are a desolation & no man [lives in them.] Because of their wickedness, in that they: went to burn incense & to serve other gods, whom they, [nor their forefathers] knew, which they have committed to provoke Me to anger.

[Jeremiah 19:4-5 Because they have [abandoned] Me & have [destroyed the affections] of this place & have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they, nor their [forefathers,] nor [Judah's] kings have known & have filled this place with the [bloodshed] of innocents.

They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire, for burnt offerings to Baal, [that] I [didn't] command, nor [spoke] it, & neither [did] it come into My mind.]

[However,] I sent all My servants, the prophets, to you, rising early [to warn] & sending them, saying, Oh, don't [do] this abominable thing that I hate. But they [didn't pay attention,] nor [did they lean] their ear [to hear] & to turn [away] from their wickedness & to [not] burn incense to other gods.

[For this reason,] My fury & [My] anger was poured [out] & [grew] in [Judah's] cities & in the streets of Jerusalem. And they are [ruined] & desolate, [like it is] this day.

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this] now; [Why did] you commit this great [sin] against your [lives,] to cut [yourselves] off from: man, woman, child & [nursing infants, from] Judah, to leave you none to remain?

In that, you provoke Me to [anger] with the works [made by] your hands & pouring incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, [where] you [have] gone to [live, so] that you might cut yourselves off & you might be a curse & a [disgrace] among the nations of the earth?

Have you forgotten the wickedness of: your [forefathers; Judah's] kings & their wives. And your own wickedness & the wickedness of your wives [that] they have committed in the land of Judah & in the streets of Jerusalem? They aren't humbled, even [until] this day.

Neither have they feared [respected,] nor [followed] in My Law, nor in My [mandates,] that I have [put] before you & your [forefathers.] Therefore, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this; Watch,] I will [put] My face against you for [catastrophe] & to cut off all Judah.

And I will take [those who remain from] Judah, [who] have [focused] their faces to go into the land of Egypt to [stay] there & they all shall be consumed & fall in the land of Egypt. They shall even be consumed by: the sword; famine & they shall die, from the [powerless] to the [powerful,] by the sword & famine.

And they shall be [detestable;] an astonishment; a curse & a [disgrace.] For I will punish [those who live] in the land of Egypt, [like] I have punished Jerusalem, by the: sword, famine & pestilence.

So, that none of [those remaining from] Judah, [who have] gone into the land of Egypt to [stay] there, shall escape or remain. [Except for those who want to] return into the land of Judah & [those who] have a desire to return & [live] there. For none shall return, but [those who] shall escape.

Then, all the men, [who] knew: that their wives had burned incense to other gods & all the [large] multitude of women, [who] stood by [& watched this,] even all the people, [who lived] in Pathros, in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the Name of the Lord, we won't [pay attention] to you.

But we will [definitely] do, [whatever we say,] [whether] to burn incense to the queen of heaven [or] to pour out drink offerings to her, [like] we, our [forefathers,] kings & our princes have done in the cities of Judah & in the streets of Jerusalem.

For then, we had plenty of [food] & were well & saw no [disaster.] But since we [stopped burning] incense to the queen of heaven & [pouring] out drink offerings to her, we have [lacked] all things & have been consumed by: the sword & famine.

And without [the approval of] our men, we burned incense to the queen of heaven; poured out drink offerings to her; & we [made] her cakes & [poured] out drink offerings to worship her.

[Jeremiah 7:18-20 The children gather wood & the fathers [start] the fire & the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven & to pour out drink offerings to other gods, [so] that they may provoke Me to anger. The Lord says; Do they provoke Me to anger?

Don't they provoke themselves to [shame] on their own faces? The Lord God says [this;] Therefore, [watch, My] anger & My fury shall be poured out upon this: place; man; [animals;] trees of the field; & the fruit [produced by] the ground & it shall burn & shall not be [put out.]

Then, Jeremiah said to: all the people: to the men; women; & to all the people [who] had given him an answer, [Jeremiah said,] [Doesn't] the Lord remember the incense that you, your [forefathers,] your kings & your princes & the people of the land burned in [Judah's] cities & in the streets of Jerusalem? [Doesn't] it come to His mind?

[To the point] that the Lord could no longer [put up with it,] because of the evil of your [actions] & the abominations [that] you have committed. Therefore, your land is a desolation, an astonishment, & a curse, without an inhabitant, [like it is] this day.

Therefore, this [calamity has] happened to you, [like it is] this day, because you have burned incense & you have sinned against the Lord & haven't obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor [followed] in; His Law, His [mandates,] nor His Testimonies.

[Also,] Jeremiah said to all the people; to all the women, Hear the Word of the Lord, all Judah, [who] are in the land of Egypt. The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this;] You & your wives have both spoken with your mouths & fulfilled [your vows] with your [hands,] saying, We will surely [carry out] our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven & to pour out drink offerings to her.

You will surely accomplish & [carry out] your vows. Therefore, all Judah, [who live] in the land of Egypt, hear the Word of the Lord; [Look,] I have sworn by My Great Name, says the Lord, that My Name shall no [longer] be [sworn by] the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God lives.

[Hebrews 6:13-14 When God promised to Abraham, because [God] couldn't swear by [anything] greater, He [swore] by Himself, saying, Surely, in blessing, I will bless you & in multiplying, I will multiply you.]

[See,] I will watch over them for [adversity] & not for good. And all the men of Judah, [who] are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword & by famine, until there [is] an end of them. [Still,] a small number, [who shall] escape the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt, into the land of Judah.

And all [those remaining from] Judah, [who have] gone into the land of Egypt to [stay] there, shall know Whose Words shall stand, Mine, or theirs. [Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have familiar spirits, [a.k.a. talking to the dead,] & to wizards, [who whisper] & mutter, shouldn't a people seek to their God? For the Living [not] to the dead?]

And the Lord says, This shall be a sign to you, that I will punish you in this place, [so] that you may know that My Words shall surely stand against you for [adversity.] [Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of His heart, to all generations.]

The Lord says [this; Look,] I will give Pharaoh Hophra, [Egypt's] king, into the hand of, [a.k.a. into the control of:] his enemies & into the hand of [those who] seek his life. [Like] I gave Zedekiah, [Judah's] king into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, his enemy, [who] sought his life.

[2 Kings 25:5-7 And the army of the Chaldees, [a.k.a. Chaldeans & Babylonians,] pursued after king [Zedekiah] & overtook him in the Plains of Jericho. And all his army were scattered from him. So, they [captured] the king & brought him to [Babylon's] king, [in] Riblah. And they [pronounced] judgment upon him. And they [killed] [Zedekiah's] sons [in front of] his eyes & they put out [Zedekiah's] eyes & bought him with brass [chains] & carried him to Babylon.]

Jeremiah 43:1-13 The Proud Men of Judah Tell Jeremiah He's Speaking Falsely

 

The Proud Men of Judah Tell Jeremiah He's Speaking Falsely

Jeremiah 43:1-13                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened] when Jeremiah had [finished] speaking, all the Words of the Lord their God, to all the people, even all these Words, for which the Lord their God had sent [Jeremiah] to them.

Then, Azariah, [Hoshaiah's] son; Johanan, [Kareah's] son & all the proud men [spoke] to Jeremiah, saying, You speak falsely. The Lord our God hasn't sent you to say, [Don't] fo into Egypt to [stay] there.

But Baruch, [Neriah's] son, [puts] you against us, [in order] to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, [so] that they might carry us away [captive] into Babylon & put us to death.

So, Johanan, [Kareah's] son, & all the captains of the [troops] & all the people [didn't obey] the voice of the Lord, to [remain] in the land of Judah.

But, Johanan, [Kareah's] son & all the captains of the [troops,] took all [those remaining] of Judah, [who had] returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations, [where] they had been driven.

Even: men; women; children; the king's daughters; & every person, [whom] Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan; [plus] Jeremiah, the prophet; & Baruch, [Neriah's] son. So they came into the land of Egypt, for they [didn't obey] the voice of the Lord.

They even came [like this] to Tahpanhes, [a city in Egypt.] Then, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, Take [large rocks] in your hand, in the sight of the men of Judah & hide them in the clay [by the oven to make bricks, that] is at the [entrance] of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes.

And say to them, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this; Watch,] I will send & take Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, My servant & will [put] his throne upon these [rocks] that I have [hidden] & he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

[Jeremiah 25:9 The Lord of Hosts says, [Watch,] I will send & take all the families of the North & [Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, My servant & will bring them against: this land & the [residents of it] & the nations [around them] & will [totally] destroy them & make them an astonishment, [hissed at,] & [continually desolate.]

And when he comes, he shall [strike] the land of Egypt & deliver such as are [determined] for death, to death; and such as are [determined] for captivity, to captivity; and such as are [determined] for the sword, to the sword.

[Revelation 13:10 Here is the patience & the faith of the saints: He, [who] leads [others] into captivity, shall go into captivity. He, [who] kills with the sword, must be killed with the sword.]

And I will [start] a fire in the houses of [Egypt's] gods & he shall burn [the idols] & carry them away [captive.] And he shall [clothe] himself with the land of Egypt, [like] a shepherd puts on his [clothing.]

And he shall go [out] from [there] in peace. He shall also break the images of images of Beth Shemesh, that [are] in the land of Egypt & shall burn with fire the houses of the [Egyptian's] gods.

Jeremiah 42:1-22 Those Remaining in Judah Ask Jeremiah to Pray to the Lord God for Them

 

Those Remaining in Judah Ask Jeremiah to Pray to the Lord God for Them

Jeremiah 42:1-22                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Then, all the captains of the [troops;] Johanan, [Kareah's] son; Jezaniah, [Hoshaiah's] son; & all the people form the [powerless] to the [powerful] came near & said to Jeremiah, the prophet, We [beg that] you let our [request] be accepted before you & pray to the Lord your God for us, even for all [those remaining.]

For we are [only] but a few of many [left,] as your eyes do [see] us. [So,] that the Lord your God may [declare to] us the way [in which] we may [follow] & the thing that we may do.

Then, Jeremiah, the prophet, said to them, I have heard you. [See,] I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words. And it shall [happen,] that I will declare [to] you [whatever] the Lord shall answer you. I will keep nothing back from you.

Then, they said to Jeremiah, The Lord [is] a True & Faithful Witness between us. If we don't even [do] according to all [the] things [that] the Lord your God shall send to us [through] you, whether it's good or [bad,] we will obey the voice of the Lord our God.

And it [happened] after 10 days, that the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. Then, [Jeremiah] called Johanan, [Kareah's] son; all the captains of the [troops] with him; & all the people from the [powerless] to the [powerful.]

And [Jeremiah] said to them, the Lord, the God of Israel, to Whom you sent me to present your [request] before Him, says [this;] If you will still [stay] in this land, then I will build you [up] & not [tear] you down. And I will plant you & not pluck you up. For I [will withdraw from] the evil that I have done to you.

[Jeremiah 18:7-8 At what instant I should speak [about] a nation & a kingdom, to pluck [it] up & to [tear] it down & destroy it, if that nation, against whom I have announced [this,] turns from their evil, I will [withdraw from] the evil that I have thought to do to them.]

[Don't] be afraid of [Babylon's] king, of whom you are afraid. The Lord says, [Don't] be afraid of him, for I Am with you to save & deliver you from his hand. And I will [show] mercies to you, [so] that he may have mercy upon you & [have] you return to your own land.

But if you say, We won't dwell in this land & neither obey the voice of the Lord your God, [by] saying, No, we will go into the land of Egypt & we will dwell there, where we shall see nor war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger for [food.]

Therefore, now hear the Word of the Lord, you [remaining] of Judah, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] If you [totally focus] your faces on [entering] into Egypt & to go to [stay] there; then it shall [happen,] that the sword, [that] you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt.

And the famine, [of which] you were afraid, shall follow close after you, there in Egypt & you shall die there. So, it shall be with all the men, [who focus] their faces to go into Egypt to [stay] there. They shall die by the sword, famine & by pestilence.

And none of them shall remain or escape from the [disaster] that I will bring upon them. For the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] As [My] anger & My fury has been poured [out] upon the [residents] of Jerusalem, so shall My fury be poured [out] upon you.

When you shall enter Egypt, you shall be [detestable,] an astonishment, a curse & a [disgrace] & you shall no [longer] see this place. The Lord has said [about] you, O you [remaining] of Judah; [Don't] you go into Egypt. Know [for certain] that I have [warned] you this day.

For you [pretended within] your hearts, when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God & declare [it] to us & we will do, according to all that the Lord our God shall say.

And now I have declared it this day to you; but you haven't obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor anything which He has sent me to [tell] you. Therefore, now know [for certain] that you shall die by the sword, famine & pestilence, in the place [where] you desire to go & to [stay.]

Jeremiah 41:1-18 Although Forewarned, Gedaliah is Killed by Ishmael

 

Although Forewarned, Gedaliah is Killed by Ishmael

Jeremiah 41:1-18                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Now, it [happened during] the 7th month, that Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, [who was] the son of Elishama, [from] the royal seed & the [king's] princes & even 10 men came with [Ishmael] to Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [in] Mizpah. And they [ate] bread together there in Mizpah.

Then, Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, & the 10 men, [who] were with him, arose & with [swords, struck down] Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, & killed [Gedaliah,] whom [Babylon's] king had made governor over the land. Also, Ishamel [killed] all the Jews, [who] were with [Gedaliah in] Mizpah & the Chaldeans & the men of war found there.

And it [happened on] the 2nd day, after he had [killed] Gedaliah & no man knew [about] it, that [some] 80 men came there from Shechem, Shiloh & Samaria, [with] their beards [shaved,] their clothes [torn] & [had] cut themselves & [had] offerings & incense in their [hands] to bring them to the [Lord's] house.

[Isaiah 22:12 And [on] that day, the Lord of Hosts, [called] to: weeping, mourning, baldness & [wearing] sackcloth.] And Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, went [out] from Mizpah, to meet them, weeping all along as he went.

And it [happened,] as he met them, [Ishmael] said to them, Come to Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son. And when they came into the [middle] of the city, it [happened] that Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, & the men, [who] were with him, [killed] them & [threw] them into the midst of the pit.

But [there] were 10 men found among them, who said to Ishmael, [Don't kill] us: [because] we have treasures in the field of: wheat, barley, oil & honey. So, [Gedaliah didn't kill] them among their brethren.

Now, the pit, [a.k.a. cistern, in which] Ishmael had [thrown] all the dead bodies of the men, whom [Ishmael] had [killed,] because of Gedaliah, was [the same one that] king Asa had made for fear of Baasha, [Israel's] king. And Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, filled it with [those who] were [killed.]

Then, Ishmael carried away captive: all the [rest] of the people, [who] were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters & all the people, [who] remained, [who were put under the control of] Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [by] Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard.

And Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, carried them away captive & [left] to go over to the Ammonites.

But when Johanan, [Kareah's] son & all the captains of the [troops] with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, had done, they then took all the men & went to fight [against] Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son & found [Ishmael] by the great waters, [a.k.a. The Pool of Gibeon,] that [is] in Gibeon.

Now, it [happened,] that when all the [captive] people, [who] were with Ishmael saw Johanan, [Kareah's] son, & all the captains of the [troops] with him, then they were all glad.

So, all the people, [whom] Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah, [turned around] & went to Johanan, [Kareah's] son. But Ismael, [Nethaniah's] son, with 8 men, escaped from Johanan & went to the Ammonites.

Then, Johanan, [Kareah's] son, took all the captains of the [troops] with him & all the [rest] of the people from Mizpah, whom [Johanan had rescued] from Ishmael, [who had killed] Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son.

[Johanan rescued in] Gibeon: even mighty men of war, women, children & eunuchs, [a.k.a. officers.] And they [left] & [temporarily stayed] in the habitation of Chimham, by Bethlehem, to go [on their way to] enter into Egypt.

[Since] they were afraid of the Chadeans, because Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, had [killed] Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, whom [Babylon's] king [had] made governor in the land.

Jeremiah 40:1-16 The Captain of the Guard Released Jeremiah from Prison

 

The Captain of the Guard Released Jeremiah from Prison

Jeremiah 40:1-16                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, had let [Jeremiah] go from Ramah, when he had taken [Jeremiah] bound in chains, among all [who] were carried away captive [from] Jerusalem & Judah, to Babylon.

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah & said to him, The Lord your God has [declared disaster] on this place. Now, the Lord has brought it [about] & done [it] [like] He has said: because you have sinned against the Lord & haven't obeyed His voice. [That's why,] this thing [has happened] to you.

[Jeremiah 7:30-31 For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight, says the Lord. They have [put] their abominations in the house, which is called by My Name, to [defile] it. And they have built the high places of Tophet, [that] is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons & daughters in the fire, [that] I didn't command them, neither [did] it come into My heart.]

And now, [look,] I [loosen] you this day from the chains [that] were upon your [hands.] If it [seems] good to you to come with me into Babylon, come & I will look [after] you well.

But if it [seems bad] to you to come with me into Babylon, [don't go.] [See,] all the land is before you. [Where] it seems good & convenient for you to go, go [there.]

Now, while he [had] not gone back yet, [Nebuzar Adan] said, Also, [you could] go back to Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shapahn, whom [Babylon's] king, has made governor over [Judah's] cities & dwell with him among the people. Or go [wherever] it seems convenient to you to go.

So, the captain of the guard, gave [Jeremiah food] & [repayment] & let him go. Then, Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [in] Mizpah & dwelt with him, among the people [who] were left in the land.

Now, when all the captains of the [troops] in the fields, even they & their men heard that [Babylon's] king had made Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, the governor in the land & had [put in his control:] men, women, children & the poor of the land, of [those who] weren't carried away captive to Babylon.

Then, in Mizpah, [these] & all their men came to Gedaliah: even Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son; Johanan & Jonathan, [Kareah's] sons; Seraiah, [Tanhumeth's] son; & the sons of Ephai, the Netophathite & Jezaniah, the son of a Maachathite.

And Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, [swore] to them & their men, saying, [Don't be afraid] to serve the Chaldeans & dwell in the land & serve [Babylon's] king. It shall be well with you. [Look,] as for me, I will dwell [in] Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, [who] will come to us.

But you, gather [yourselves:] wine, summer fruits & oil & put them in your vessels & [live] in your cities that you have [captured.] [Also,] when all the Jews, [who] were in: Moab; among the Ammonites; & in Edom & were in all the countries, [that] heard [Babylon's] king had left [some remaining from] Judah & had put Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, over them & all the Jews returned, even out of all [the] places, [where] they were driven.

And [they] came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, [in] Mizpah & gathered very much: wine & summer fruits. [Additionally,] Johanan, [Koreah's] son, & all the captains of the [troops] that were in the fields, [also] came to Gedaliah, [in] Mizpah.

And [they] said to him, [Don't] you certainly know that Baalis, the [Ammonite's] king, has sent Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, to [kill] you? But Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [didn't] believe them.

Then, Johanan, [Kareah's] son, secretly [spoke] to Gedaliah, in Mizpah, saying, I pray [that] you let me go & I will [kill] Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, & no man shall know it.

[Why] should he [kill] you, [so] that all the Jews [who] are gathered to you, should be scattered & the [rest] in Judah, perish? But Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, said to Johanan, [Kareah's] son, You [shouldn't] do this thing: for you speak falsely of Ishmael.

[Jeremiah 41:2 Then, Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son & the 10 men, [who] were with him, arose & with a sword [struck] Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, & [killed] him, whom [Babylon's] king had made governor over the land.