Jeremiah 37 Cross References - Thomson

¹ When Sedekias son of Josias, whom Nabuchodonosar had made king over Juda, reigned in the room of Joakim, ² and neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land hearkened to the words which the Lord spoke by the ministry of Jeremias and king Sedekias: ³ sent Joachel son of Selemias and Sophonias son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias saying, Pray now to the Lord for us. ⁴ [Now Jeremias went out and came in through the midst of the city and they had not committed him to prison, ⁵ and the army of Pharao had come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans had heard the news of them when they came up against Jerusalem.] ⁶ Then a word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying, ⁷ Thus said the Lord, Thus shalt thou say to the king of Juda who hath sent to thee to inquire of me, Behold the army of Pharao which is coming to your assistance shall turn back to the land of Egypt, ⁸ and the Chaldeans shall return and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire. ⁹ For thus said the Lord, Flatter not yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans are retreating; they will depart from us." For they shall not depart. ¹⁰ Nay, though you should smite all the army of the Chaldeans who are warring against you and only some wounded men should be left, every one in his place; these shall rise up and burn this city with fire. ¹¹ Now when the army of the Chaldeans left Jerusalem, on account of the army of Pharao, ¹² Jeremias was going out of Jerusalem among the people with a design to go to the land of Benjamin, to make thence some purchase; ¹³ but when he was at the gate of Benjamin, a man there at whose house he stopped namely Sarouia son of Selemias, son of Ananias, took hold of Jeremias, saying, Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans. ¹⁴ To which he replied, It is false. I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. But Sarouia hearkened not to him, but took hold of Jeremias and brought him to the chiefs. ¹⁵ And the chiefs were enraged at Jeremias and smote him and committed him to the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that a prison. ¹⁶ And when Jeremias had gone into the lowest apartment, even into the Chereth, and had been there many days, Sedekias sent for him. ¹⁷ And the king asked him privately to tell him whether there was a message from the Lord. And Jeremias said, There is. Thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. ¹⁸ Then Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I offended thee and thy servants and this people, that thou hast committed me to prison? ¹⁹ Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, "The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?" ²⁰ Now therefore, my Lord the king, let me find favour in thy sight. Why art thou sending me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? Must I not die there? ²¹ Thereupon the king gave orders and they committed him to the guard house and gave him a loaf of bread a day from the bake house until all the bread in the city was spent. So Jeremias remained in the court of the prison.

³⁶ Jacob was inflamed with resentment and remonstrated against Laban. And Jacob addressing Laban said, What is my crime, and what my offence that thou hast pursued me?

²⁰ So Joseph's master took and cast him into prison; into the place where the king's prisoners were confined.

¹⁵ For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here I have done nothing, yet they have thrown me into this dungeon.

¹³ Then Moses said, Lord, provide another capable person whom thou wilt send.

⁸ yet Pharao called Moses and Aaron and said, Pray for me to the Lord, and let him take away the frogs from me and my people; and I will let them go that they may sacrifice to the Lord.

²⁸ Then Pharao said, I give you leave to go, that you may sacrifice to your God in the wilderness; but you must not extend your journey to a great distance. Therefore pray to the Lord for me.

²⁸ Pray therefore for me to the Lord; and let the voices of God and the hail and fire cease and I will send you away and you shall stay no longer.

¹⁷ therefore forgive this offence of mine this once more, and pray to the Lord your God; and let him remove from me this pestilence.

³⁶ And when Aaron and his sons had done all that the Lord commanded Moses,

³⁶ And upon those of you who are left, I will bring a slavery, which shall reach their very hearts, in the land of their enemies. The sound of a leaf driven by the wind will scare them; and they shall flee like those who flee from a battle, and shall fall when none pursueth. ³⁷ And brother shall overlook brother as in a battle, though none attacketh; and you shall not be able to withstand your enemies. ³⁸ And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall devour you.

⁷ the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray therefore to the Lord? and let him take away the serpents from us.

⁵² and wasted thee in thy cities; until they have demolished thy high, and strong walls, in which thou hast placed thy confidence, throughout thy whole land. And when he shall afflict thee in thy cities which he hath given thee; ⁵³ in thy siege, and in the affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee, thou shalt eat the offspring of thy body; the flesh of thy sons, and thy daughters, whom he gave thee. ⁵⁴ The tender, and very delicate man who is with thee, will look with an evil eye on his brother, and on the wife in his bosom, and the remaining children which may be left him, ⁵⁵ so as not to give one of them any of the flesh of his sons, which he may be eating, because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in that affliction of thine with which thine enemies will afflict thee, in all thy cities. ⁵⁶ And the tender, and very delicate woman among you, whose foot never ventured to tread the ground because of her delicateness, and effeminacy will look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and on her son, and her daughter, ⁵⁷ even the female infant she bore, or the male child which she may have brought forth; for on the account of the want of all things, she will eat these secretly in thy siege, and in that affliction of thine with which thine enemy will afflict thee in thy cities.

³⁶ Because the Lord will judge his people; When he shall be appeased for his servants, [For he saw that they were enfeebled, Made faint by hostile invasions and dejected] ³⁷ Then the Lord said, where are their gods; The gods in which they placed their confidence?

¹⁷ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs, ¹⁸ and Anathoth with its suburbs, and Gamala with its suburbs, four cities.

¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, because we have added evil to all our sins, in asking for ourselves a king.

⁹ Then David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people who say, Behold David seeketh thy life? ¹⁰ Behold this very day thine eyes have seen, how the Lord delivered thee to-day into my hands, in the cave, and I would not kill thee, but spared thee, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed. ¹¹ Now behold here is the skirt of thy cloak in my hand. I cut off the skirt, but did not kill thee. Know, therefore, and see now that there is no wickedness in my hand; no impiety or disloyalty; nor have I sinned against thee, though thou huntest my life to take it. ¹² The Lord judge between me and thee. And the Lord avenge thee on thyself. Let not my hand be upon thee. ¹³ According to the old proverb, From the wicked will proceed transgression. So let not my hand be upon thee. ¹⁴ And now, after whom art thou coming out, king of Israel? And after whom art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog? Or after a flea? ¹⁵ The Lord be a judge, and a discerner of right, between me and thee. May the Lord see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand!

¹⁸ Moreover he said, Why doth my lord pursue after his servant? For wherein have I offended, or what iniquity is there found in me? ¹⁹ Now therefore let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirreth thee up against me, let thy sacrifice be fragrant: bat if the sons of men; cursed be they before the Lord; for they have now driven me out from abiding securely in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. ²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall on the land before the face of the Lord, because the king of Israel is come out to seek my life, as the night hawk pursueth on the mountains. ²¹ Then Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm; because my life hath been precious in thy sight, at the very time when I was led astray by folly, and egregiously mistaken.

² Whereupon David said, I will shew kindness to Annon, son of Naas, as his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But when David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites,

²⁵ and sent by the ministry of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, For the sake of the Lord.

⁶ Then king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Entreat the favour of the Lord thy God and let my hand be restored to me. So the man of God entreated the favour of the Lord, and he restored the king's hand to him; and it was as it had been before.

¹ And when his son fell sick of a grievous sickness Jeroboam went to inquire about his son, ² and he said to his wife Ano, Arise, go and inquire of God concerning the child whether he will recover of his sickness. Now there was a man at Selom whose name was Achia. He was sixty years of age and the word of the Lord was with him. So when Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise ³ and take in thy hand for the man of God some loaves and some cakes for his children, and grapes and a pot of honey, ⁴ the woman arose and took in her hand loaves and two sweet cakes and grapes and a pot of honey for Achia. Now the man was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see.

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⁷ Now by the ministry of Iou son of Anani, the Lord had spoken against Baasa, and against his house, on account of all the wickedness which he had committed in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to wrath by the works of his hands, that he should be treated like the house of Jeroboam, and that he would smite him.

⁴ and thou shalt have water from the brook to drink and I will command the ravens to feed thee there. ⁵ So Elias did according to the word of the Lord, and took up his abode by the brook Chorrath, fronting the Jordan. ⁶ And the ravens brought him bread in the morning and flesh in the evening, and he drank water from the brook.

³ At this Elias was terrified, and arose and went where his inclination led him, and coming to Bersabee, in the land of Juda, he left his servant there,

⁹ and having there gone into the cave and taken up his lodging there, behold a word of the Lord came to him and said, Why art thou come hither Elias?

¹⁶ Then the king said to him, How often must I adjure thee that thou shouldst speak truth to me in the name of the Lord?

¹¹ Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? Whereupon one of the king of Israel's servants in reply, said, Elisha son of Saphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elias. ¹² And Josaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel, with Josaphat king of Juda and the king of Edom, went down to him. ¹³ And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What hast thou to do with me? Go to the prophets of thy father and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, I am fearful that the Lord hath called these three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab.

¹³ And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What hast thou to do with me? Go to the prophets of thy father and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, I am fearful that the Lord hath called these three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab.

¹⁸ But to the king of Juda who hath sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, With respect to the words which thou hast heard,

⁷ And the king of Egypt never came any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon took all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the brook of Egypt to the river of Euphrates.

¹² Joachim king of Juda, went out to the king of Babylon, he and his servants and his mother and his chiefs and his officers; and the king of Babylon in the eighth year of his reign, took him,

¹⁷ And the king of Babylon made Batthainas king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias.

¹⁹ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord according to all that Joachim had done. ²⁰ Because the anger of the Lord was against Jerusalem and Juda until he cast them out from his presence; therefore when Sedekias rebelled against the king of Babylon,

³ On the ninth of that month when the famine prevailed in the city so that there was not bread for the people of the land,

¹⁵ and the sons of Josias were Joanan his first born, his second Joakim, his third Sedekias, his fourth Salum; ¹⁶ and the sons of Joakim were Jechonias his son, Sedekias his son,

⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabai with its suburbs, and Galemath with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities were thirteen according to their families.

¹⁰ Upon this Asa was enraged at the prophet, and committed him to prison. Because this gave offence, Asa proceeded to outrage against the people at the same time.

²⁶ and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in prison, and let him be fed with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.

⁹ Jechonias was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, ¹⁰ and at the return of the year, Nabuchodonosar sent and brought him to Babylon, together with the most precious utensils of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias, his father's brother, king over Juda and Jerusalem.

¹² and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and was not brought to a sense of shame by Jeremias, the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the Lord, ¹³ when he violated his engagements with Nabuchodonosar, to the performance of which he had caused him to swear by God; but hardened his neck, and strengthened his heart, not to return to the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁴ Now all the nobles of Juda, and the priests, and the people of the land abounded in the commission of the wicked abominations of the Gentiles, and had polluted the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And the Lord the God of their fathers had sent to them by the ministry of his prophets, rising early, and sending his messengers, because he compassionated his people and his sanctuary. ¹⁶ But they continued to deride his messengers, and to despise his words, and insult his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord ascended against his people; until there was no remedy.

⁸ In reply to which I sent to him saying, There is no foundation for the reports as thou mentionest them, for thou thyself feignest them out of thine own heart.

¹¹ But I said, What sort of a man must he be who would go into the house of God to save his life!

²⁰ In famine he will deliver thee from death, and in battle save thee from the edge of the sword.

¹² Deliver me not up to the will of them who are afflicting me. Because false witnesses have risen up against me and injustice hath belied itself;

¹⁸ Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them who fear him; on them who confide in his mercy; ¹⁹ to deliver their souls from death; and to nourish them in a famine.

⁹ fear the Lord all ye his saints! for they who fear him have no want. ¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

¹¹ False witnesses having risen up against me, laid to my charge things which I knew not;

³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof.

¹⁹ In time of troubles they shall not be shamed, and in days of famine they shall be plentifully fed.

¹ For the conclusion. On understanding. By David, when Dock the Idumean came and told Saul and said to him, David went to Abimelech's house. Why boastest thou in mischief, mighty man of iniquity? All the day long he devised injustice. ² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit.

⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices.

¹³ Whosoever returneth evil for good; from his house evils shall not depart.

²⁶ To fine a righteous man is not good: nor is it consistent with piety to plot against righteous rulers.

¹ The heart of a king is in the hand of God; like a canal of water, he turneth it whithersoever he pleaseth.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no fortitude, no counsel in the wicked.

⁶ He who sendeth a message by a foolish messenger; by his own ways procureth disgrace.

¹² When a king hearkeneth to falsehood, all under him are transgressors.

⁴ that you may not fall into the captive band? For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is lifted high.

¹⁵ For whoever is overtaken shall be thrust through and those collected in a body shall fall by the sword.

¹⁹ But thou shalt be cast out on the mountains, like an abominable corse, with dying crouds, pierced with the sword, descending down to the mansion of the dead.

¹ "AH rebellious children! saith the Lord, you have formed a design, but not by me: and thou hast made convenants, but not by my spirit, that you may add sins to sins. ² They are setting out to go down to Egypt, without having consulted me; to be assisted by Pharao and protected by the Egyptians. ³ For the protection of Pharao will be your shame, and a disgrace to them who have trusted in Egypt. ⁴ Because generals are unwelcome messengers at Tanis, ⁵ they shall labour in vain with a people who will be of no service for assistance; but for a shame and disgrace. ⁶ This is the vision of the four footed beasts in the desert; A lion and a lion's whelp were in distress and difficulty; and from them went the asps and the brood of flying serpents, who carried their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which could not profit them.

¹⁷ A thousand shall flee at the voice of one; and at the voice of five, many thousands shall flee: until you be left like a beacon on a mountain, and like a flag staff upon a hill.

¹ ALAS! They went down to Egypt for help! They trusted in horses and chariots; for they have many and their cavalry is very numerous; and did not rely on the Holy One of Israel, nor did they ask counsel of the Lord. ² Therefore he in his wisdom brought evils on them: and that his word may not be slighted, he will rise up against the houses of wicked men and against this hope of theirs which is vain ³ against an Egyptian; a man, not a god; against the flesh of horses in which there is no help. When the Lord shall lay his hand upon them, then shall these helpers fail and be all destroyed together.

¹⁶ he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail.

¹ The word of God which came to Jeremias the son of Chelkias, one of the priests who dwelt at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin;

²⁷ said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me. And turned their backs to me and not their faces: yet in the time of their troubles they will say, Arise and save us. ²⁸ Where now are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Will they arise and save in the time of thy trouble? Since according to the number of thy cities were thy gods Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they burned incense to Baal;

³⁶ Because thou hast made very light of repeating thy journies, therefore thou shalt be made ashamed of Egypt, as thou hast been, of Assyria:

¹⁴ and healed the hurt of my people by underrating it and saying Peace, Peace; but where is there peace?

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¹³ Thereupon I said, O self-existent Lord! Behold their prophets prophesy and say, You shall not see the sword; nor shall there be famine among you. For I will give truth and peace in this land and in this very place. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me: These prophets prophesy falsehood in My name; I did not send them, nor command them, nor did I speak to them. Because they prophesy to you lying visions and divinations, and auguries, and the devices of their own hearts; ¹⁵ therefore thus saith the Lord concerning those prophets: Those who prophesy falsehoods in My name, and who say [though I did not send them], "There shall be no sword nor famine in this land," they shall die a direful death; and by famine these prophets shall be consumed.

¹¹ Be it so; O Lord, while they enjoy prosperity.[J] Did I not stand by thee, in the time of their calamities and in the time of their affliction, for good with the enemy?

⁵ Cursed is the man whose hope is on man; who shall fix the flesh of his arm on him, and whose heart hath departed from the Lord. ⁶ He shall be like the wild myrtle in the desert. He shall not see when good cometh; but shall dwell in parched places and in a desert-in a salt land which is uninhabited.

¹⁸ Upon this they said, "Come let us settle on account with Jeremias. Because law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a word from the prophet, Come and that we may smite him with the tongue, let us hear all his words."

¹ Whereupon Paschor son of Emmer, the priest who was appointed ruler of the house of the Lord, when he heard Jeremias prophesying these words, ² smote him and committed him to the prison which was in the upper story of the gate to the house of the Lord. ³ And when Paschor took Jeremias out of prison, Jeremias said to him, He hath not called thy name Paschor, but Exile.

¹⁰ Because I heard the whisper of many collected from all around saying, "Join in conspiracy and let us all conspire against him; ye men who are his friends watch his thoughts; if he can be deceived, we shall then prevail over him and take our revenge on him."

¹ The word which came from the Lord to Jeremias when king Sedekias sent to him Paschor son of Melchias, and Sophonias son of Basaias the priest saying, ² Inquire of the Lord concerning us for the king of Babylon is come against us. Will the Lord do according to all his wonderous works that he may depart from us.

² Inquire of the Lord concerning us for the king of Babylon is come against us. Will the Lord do according to all his wonderous works that he may depart from us.

⁴ Thus saith the Lord, Behold I turn back the weapons of war with which you fight against the Chaldeans who have besieged you without the wall. And I will bring them into this city. ⁵ I myself indeed will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, with wrath and with great indignation. ⁶ And I will smite all the inhabitants of this city, both men and beasts with a great pestilence, and they shall die. ⁷ And after that, saith the Lord, I will deliver Sedekias king of Juda and his servants and the people left in this city from the pestilence and from the famine and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, and they shall smite them with the edge of the sword. I will not spare them, nor will I have compassion on them.

⁷ And after that, saith the Lord, I will deliver Sedekias king of Juda and his servants and the people left in this city from the pestilence and from the famine and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, and they shall smite them with the edge of the sword. I will not spare them, nor will I have compassion on them.

⁹ He who abideth in this city, shall die by the sword and famine, but he who goeth out to the Chaldeans who have besieged you, he shall live. His life shall be given him for a spoil and he shall live.

²⁴ as I live saith the Lord though Jechonias may be made a son of Joakim, a king of Juda, a signet on my right hand I will drag thee out thence

²⁸ Jechonias is dishonoured like a vessel which is useless, because he is hurled away and cast into a land which he knew not.

¹⁷ They say to them who reject the word of the Lord, "You shall have peace." Even to all who are walking by their own desires, and to every one walking in the error of his own heart they say, "Evils shall not come upon thee."

¹ "Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, When they shall no more say, "As the Lord liveth who brought up the house of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, " but, "As the Lord liveth who gathered all the seed of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries whither he had driven them and reestablished them in their own land" the Lord shewed me two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosar the king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda and the chiefs and the artisans and the prisoners of war and the rich men from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.

⁸ But like those bad figs which for their badness cannot be eaten, thus saith the Lord, So will I deliver up Zedekias king of Juda and his nobles and the remnant of Jerusalem; them who are left in this land and them who dwell in Egypt.

¹⁵ But be assured that if you put me to death, you bring innocent blood on yourselves and upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof. For in truth, the Lord hath sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing. ¹⁶ Then the chiefs and all the people said to the priests and the false prophets, This man is not liable to death, for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord.

¹⁹ but did Ezekias and all Juda put him to death? No. Because they feared the Lord; and because they intreated the favour of the Lord: therefore the Lord refrained from the evils which he had denounced against them. Now as for us, we have committed great evils against our souls.

⁶ I have given this land to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon to serve him, and the beasts of the field to work for him.

¹² So I spoke to Sedekias king of Juda according to all these words, saying, Submit your neck to work for the king of Babylon. For these men prophesy falsehoods to you; ¹³ [Omitted] ¹⁴ [Omitted] ¹⁵ for I have not sent them, saith the Lord. They indeed prophesy in my name for falsehood to destroy you; therefore you shall be destroyed, both you and your prophets who prophesy to you for unjust falsehood. ¹⁶ To you and to all this people and to the priests I have spoken, saying, Thus said the Lord, ¹⁷ Hearken not to the words of those prophets who prophesy to you saying, "Behold the vessels of the house of the Lord shall be brought back from Babylon." For they prophesy falsities to you. I have not sent them. ¹⁸ If they are prophets; if the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet me. For thus saith the Lord, Even the residue of the vessels which the king of Babylon did not take when he carried away Jechonias from Jerusalem, shall go to Babylon, saith the Lord.

¹ Again it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, that Ananias son of Azor, the false prophet from Gabaon spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, ² Thus said the Lord, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon; ³ yet two years of days ⁴ and I will bring back to this place the vessels of the house of the Lord, and Jechonias and the captives of Juda; for I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. ⁵ Thereupon Jeremias said to Ananias in the presence of all the people and in the presence of the priests who were standing in the house of the Lord,

¹⁰ Then in the presence of all the people, Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias and broke them. ¹¹ And Ananias spoke before all the people, saying, "Thus said the Lord, So will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations." So Jeremias went his way. ¹² And there came a word of the Lord to Jeremias, after Ananias had broken the yokes from his neck, saying, ¹³ "Go and speak to Ananias and say, Thus said the Lord, Thou hast broken wooden yokes; but instead of them I will make yokes of iron. ¹⁴ For thus said the Lord, I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all the nations, that they may work for the king of Babylon."

¹⁴ For thus said the Lord, I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all the nations, that they may work for the king of Babylon." ¹⁵ Then Jeremias said to Ananias, the Lord hath not sent thee; and thou hast made this people trust in a lie. ¹⁶ For this cause thus saith the Lord, "Behold I send thee from the face of the earth. This very year thou shalt die." So he died in the seventh month.

⁸ For thus said the Lord,

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²¹ thus said the Lord against Achiab and against Sedekias, behold I deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon and he will smite them before your eyes.

²⁵ I did not send thee: yet in my name he said to Sophonias son of Maasias, the priest,

³¹ Send to the captives, and say, Thus said the Lord, against Samaias the Ailamite, Because Samaias hath prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he hath made you trust in falsehoods,

² When the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremias was confined in the court of the prison which is in the king's house,

² When the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremias was confined in the court of the prison which is in the king's house, ³ to which king Sedekias had confined him, saying, "Why dost thou prophesy and say, thus said the Lord, Behold I deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon and he shall take it;

³ to which king Sedekias had confined him, saying, "Why dost thou prophesy and say, thus said the Lord, Behold I deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon and he shall take it; ⁴ and Sedekias shall not escape out of the hands of the Chaldeans, for he shall assuredly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon who shall speak to him mouth to mouth and his eyes shall see his eyes: ⁵ and Sedekias shall go to Babylon."

⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord,

⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord, ⁹ so I bought the field of Anameel, my father' s brother's son and paid him seventeen shekels of silver.

²⁹ And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and burn this city with fire; and they will burn those houses on the tops of which they have offered incense to Baal and poured out libations to strange gods, to provoke me.

²¹ and I will deliver Sedekias king of Judea, and their chiefs, into the hands of their enemies. And as for the army of the king of Babylon, even to them who are retreating,

²¹ and I will deliver Sedekias king of Judea, and their chiefs, into the hands of their enemies. And as for the army of the king of Babylon, even to them who are retreating, ²² behold I am about to issue orders, saith the Lord, and I will cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it, and take it and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without inhabitants.

⁷ Perhaps they may find favour in the sight of the Lord and turn from their evil way, for great is the wrath and the anger of the Lord which he hath denounced against this people.

¹² he went down to the king's house, to the house of the secretary; and lo! all the chiefs were there in council, namely, Elisama the secretary, and Dalias son of Selemias, and Jonathan son of Achobar and Gamarias son of Saphan and Sedekias son of Ananias and all the chiefs.

³ sent Joachel son of Selemias and Sophonias son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias saying, Pray now to the Lord for us.

⁵ and the army of Pharao had come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans had heard the news of them when they came up against Jerusalem.]

⁷ Thus said the Lord, Thus shalt thou say to the king of Juda who hath sent to thee to inquire of me, Behold the army of Pharao which is coming to your assistance shall turn back to the land of Egypt, ⁸ and the Chaldeans shall return and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.

¹¹ Now when the army of the Chaldeans left Jerusalem, on account of the army of Pharao,

¹⁵ And the chiefs were enraged at Jeremias and smote him and committed him to the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that a prison.

²⁰ Now therefore, my Lord the king, let me find favour in thy sight. Why art thou sending me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? Must I not die there?

¹ When Saphanias son of Nathan and Godolias son of Paschor and Joachal son of Semelias, heard the words which Jeremias spoke concerning the people saying,

⁴ "they said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put out of the way; for he weakeneth the hands of the warriors who are left in the city and the hands of all the people by making such speeches to them. For this man prophesieth not peace to the people, but only evils. ⁵ And the king said, Behold he is in your hands. For the king could not withstand them. ⁶ So they threw him into the dungeon of Melchias the king's son which was in the court of the prison. And when they had lowered him down into the dungeon, there was no water in the dungeon, but there was mire; and he was in the mire.

⁶ So they threw him into the dungeon of Melchias the king's son which was in the court of the prison. And when they had lowered him down into the dungeon, there was no water in the dungeon, but there was mire; and he was in the mire. ⁷ But when Abdemelech, the Ethiopian, who was in the king's family, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon, as the king was at the gate of Benjamin,

⁷ But when Abdemelech, the Ethiopian, who was in the king's family, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon, as the king was at the gate of Benjamin, ⁸ he went out to him and spoke to the king, and said, ⁹ Thou hast done wrong in ordering this man to be put to death out of the way of the famine, for there is no bread in the city.

⁹ Thou hast done wrong in ordering this man to be put to death out of the way of the famine, for there is no bread in the city. ¹⁰ Thereupon the king gave orders to Abdemelech, saying, Take hence with thee thirty men and draw him up out of the dungeon, that he may not die.

¹⁰ Thereupon the king gave orders to Abdemelech, saying, Take hence with thee thirty men and draw him up out of the dungeon, that he may not die. ¹¹ So Abdemelech took the men and went to the king's house, into the cellar, and took thence old rags and old ropes and threw them down to Jeremias into the dungeon,

¹¹ So Abdemelech took the men and went to the king's house, into the cellar, and took thence old rags and old ropes and threw them down to Jeremias into the dungeon, ¹² and said, Put those under the ropes. And when Jeremias had done so,

¹² and said, Put those under the ropes. And when Jeremias had done so, ¹³ they drew him up with the ropes out of the dungeon. And Jeremias abode in the court of the prison.

¹³ they drew him up with the ropes out of the dungeon. And Jeremias abode in the court of the prison.

¹³ they drew him up with the ropes out of the dungeon. And Jeremias abode in the court of the prison. ¹⁴ And the king sent and ordered him to come to him to the house Aseleisel which is in the house of the Lord. And the king said to him, I will ask thee a word and thou must not conceal any thing from me.

¹⁴ And the king sent and ordered him to come to him to the house Aseleisel which is in the house of the Lord. And the king said to him, I will ask thee a word and thou must not conceal any thing from me. ¹⁵ And Jeremias said to the king, If I tell thee, wilt thou not put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, perhaps thou wilt not hearken to me.

¹⁵ And Jeremias said to the king, If I tell thee, wilt thou not put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, perhaps thou wilt not hearken to me. ¹⁶ Then the king sword to him, saying, As the Lord liveth who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of those men.

¹⁶ Then the king sword to him, saying, As the Lord liveth who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of those men. ¹⁷ And Jeremias said, Thus said the Lord, if thou wilt go out to the generals of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live and this city will not be burned with fire. Both thou and thy family shall live.

²³ And thy wives and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans. And thou shalt not escape. For by the hand of the king of Babylon thou shalt be taken and this city shall be burned." ²⁴ Then the king said to him, Let no man know any of these words, and thou shalt not be put to death. ²⁵ And if the chiefs hear that I have spoken to thee and come to thee and say, Tell us, What did the king say to thee? ²⁶ Hide it not from us and we will not put thee to death. What did the king say to thee? Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.

²⁶ Hide it not from us and we will not put thee to death. What did the king say to thee? Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there. ²⁷ So when all the chiefs came to Jeremias and questioned him, he answered them according to all the words which the king commanded and they were silent; for the word of the Lord was not heard. ²⁸ So Jeremias remained in the court of the prison until Jerusalem was taken.

² And in the eleventh year of Sedekias in the fourth month on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made into the city; ³ and all the generals of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the middle gate, namely, Marganasar, and Samagoth and Nabusachar and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the generals of the king of Babylon; ⁴ [Omitted] ⁵ [Omitted] ⁶ [Omitted]

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¹⁴ and they sent and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison and committed him to Godolias son of Achikam son of Saphan. And when they brought him out he sat down among the people. ¹⁵ Now there had come to Jeremias in the court of the prison a word of the Lord, saying,

⁴ Behold I have loosed thee from the chains which were on thy hands. If it seemeth good to thee to go with me to Babylon, I will have an eye over thee. But if not, Go thy way. ⁵ Return to Godolias son of Achikam son of Saphan whom the king of Babylon hath set over the land of Juda and dwell with him among the people in the land of Juda. Go whithersoever it seemeth best in thine eyes to go. So the chief cook gave him gifts and dismissed him; ⁶ and he went to Godolias to Massepha and dwelt among his people who were left in the land.

² came to Jeremias the prophet and said to him, Have compassion on us, we beseech thee and pray to the Lord thy God for this remnant; for we are left only few of many as thine eyes see. ³ Now let the Lord thy God point out to us the way which we should go and what we are to do. ⁴ Whereupon Jeremias said to them, I have heard. Behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God according to your words and whatever answer the Lord our God shall give that I will declare to you. I will not hide anything from you.

²⁰ For now you must be sensible that you did evil in your hearts when you sent me saying, Pray for us to the Lord, and we will act conformably to all that the Lord shall say to thee.

²⁰ Because who is like me? Or who can withstand me? And who is the shepherd who can stand before me? Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which he hath taken against Idumea, and the determination he hath come to against the inhabitants of Thaiman: Let all but the tenderest of the flock be destroyed; let all but a resting place for them be made a desolation.

⁴⁵ Therefore hear the counsel which the Lord hath taken against Babylon; and the determination he is come to against the Chaldean inhabitants, let all but the lambs of the flock to destroyed; let all but a pasture for them be made a desolation.

⁴ And let the wounded fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and those who are pierced through, fall in her streets.

⁶ On the ninth day of the; month there was a grievous famine in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land.

²⁴ And the chief cook took the chief priest, and the priest who was second to him, and the three who guarded the way;

³¹ And it came to pass in the thirty seventh year of the captivity of Jechonias king of Juda, in the twelfth month, on the twenty fourth of the month, Oulaimadachar king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took and raised up the head of Jechonias king of Juda, and caused him to be shaven and released him from the prison, in which he was confined,

¹¹ Mine eyes failed with tears; my heart was astounded. My glory was poured on the ground for the distress of the daughter of my people when the infant and suckling expired in the streets of the city. ¹² To their mothers they said, "Where is corn and wine, "when they were fainting like wounded men in the streets of the city; when they were pouring out their souls in their mothers' bosom.

¹⁴ Thy prophets saw vanities and follies for thee; they made no revelations against thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity, but saw for thee false burdens and expellings.

¹⁹ Arise, chant praise in the night at setting thy watch. Pour out thy heart like water before the Lord; lift up thy hands to him for the life of thine infants, who are perishing with hunger at the head of every street. ²⁰ Look, O Lord, and see. For whom hast thou caused such a search to be made? Shall women eat the fruit of their womb! The cook hath made search! Shall infants at the breast be butchered? Wilt thou slay in the sanctuary of the Lord, priest and prophet?

⁵³ without cause they have condemned me to die in a dungeon, and placed a stone over me.

⁵⁵ I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the deepest dungeon.

⁴ The tongue of a sucking babe cleaved to the roof of its mouth for thirst: infants asked for bread, there is none who breaketh it for them. ⁵ They who had fed upon dainties perished in the highways; they who had been nursed in scarlet were covered with dung.

⁹ The victims of the sword are more beautiful than those slain by famine. These stalked about pierced through for want of the fruits of the field. ¹⁰ The hands of tender hearted women boiled their own children; these were food for them in the extreme distress of the daughter of my people.

¹⁷ While we yet existed our eyes failed looking in vain for our help. when we looked out, we looked to a nation that could not save.

¹⁰ Our skin is black as an oven. They are shrivelled up by storms of famine.

¹² And the chief in the midst of them shall be carried upon shoulders. He will go out in a secret manner through the wall; and a breach will be made for him to go out through it. He will cover his face that he may not be seen and he himself shall not see the ground. ¹³ But I will spread my net over him and he shall be caught in my enclosure. And I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it and he shall die there.

¹⁰ Because they have led my people astray, saying "Peace" when there was no peace." And when one buildeth a wall they anoint it; it shall fall. ¹¹ Say to these anointers, It shall fall. For there shall be an overwhelming rain, and I will send hail stones against their buttresses; and they shall fall; and a tempestuous wind; and it shall be broken down. ¹² Now when the wall is fallen, will they not say to you, "Where is the anointing with which you anointed it?" ¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will cause a furious tempest to break it down; and there shall be an overwhelming rain in mine anger; And I will bring the hail stones against it with fury for destruction; ¹⁴ and demolish the wall which you anointed; and it shall fall: and lay it flat on the ground and its foundations shall be discovered; and when it shall fall, you shall be consumed with rebukes; and you shall know that I am the Lord. ¹⁵ When I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on them who anoint it; it shall fall. I have indeed said to you, the wall is no more, nor do they exist who anointed it, ¹⁶ namely, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and who see peace for her when there is no peace, saith the Lord.

¹² Say, When the king of Babylon hath come to Jerusalem, and shall take the king thereof and the chiefs thereof, and hath caused them to be brought to him to Babylon; ¹³ and shall take one of the royal seed and make a covenant with him, and shall lay him under an oath and comprehend the generals of the land, ¹⁴ that it shall be a weak kingdom and never be independent; that he will keep this covenant with him and that it shall stand. ¹⁵ Now should he revolt from him so as to send his ambassadors to Egypt, that it may furnish him with horses and a great army, shall he prosper? Shall he who is perfidious escape? And shall he who breaketh a covenant be delivered?

¹⁵ Now should he revolt from him so as to send his ambassadors to Egypt, that it may furnish him with horses and a great army, shall he prosper? Shall he who is perfidious escape? And shall he who breaketh a covenant be delivered? ¹⁶ As I live saith the Lord, in the place where the king liveth, who made him king; even with him in Babylon shall he die who hath dishonoured my oath and broken my covenant: and neither with a great army nor with much people, ¹⁷ shall Pharao support him in the war, when ramparts are a raising, and towers a building to destroy lives.

¹⁷ shall Pharao support him in the war, when ramparts are a raising, and towers a building to destroy lives. ¹⁸ As he hath dishonoured an oath, by breaking a covenant, [when lo! he had given his hand] and hath done all these things to him, he shall not escape. ¹⁹ Therefore say, As I live saith the Lord, The oath which he hath dishonoured, and the covenant which he hath broken, even this I will requite upon his head. ²⁰ And I will spread my net for him and he shall be taken in my enclosure. ²¹ In every engagement his men shall fall by the sword; and them who are left I will scatter to every wind; and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken.

²⁵ And as for thee, thou profane wicked ruler of Israel, whose day is coming at the appointed season, there is an end to thy usurpation.

²⁵ And as for thee, thou profane wicked ruler of Israel, whose day is coming at the appointed season, there is an end to thy usurpation. ²⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast pulled off the coronet, and put on the imperial diadem. It shall not be such. Thou hast debased what was high and exalted what was low. ²⁷ To usurpation, usurpation, usurpation I will expose it; alas for it! Such it shall be till He come, to whom it of right belongeth; and I will give it to him.

⁶ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. Because thou hast been a staff of reed to the house of Israel; ⁷ when they took hold of thee with their hand thou didst break: even when every hand was clapping against them, and when they leaned on thee thou didst break and disjoint all their loin;

¹⁶ And they shall no more be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity into remembrance by their going after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

²² My God sent his angel and shut the mouths of the lions and they have not hurt me. For before him rectitude was found in me; and even in thy sight, king, I have committed no offence.

¹⁰ Shall I speak to prophets? Though I have multiplied visions, and by the ministry of prophets made comparisons,

¹¹ and the Lord will utter his voice before his army. Because the circuit of his camp is very large; because the operation of his words is irresistible; because the day of the Lord is great, extremely awful; who therefore shall be able to abide it?

¹⁰ Then Amasias the priest of Baithel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is raising insurrections against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.

³ Behold I have made thee very small among the nations: thou art dishonoured in a high degree. The pride of thy heart puffed thee up, dwelling in the clefts of rocks. [Having made his habitation high he said in his heart, Who can bring me down to the ground?]

¹⁰ enclosing for Jerusalem all the land and the desert around, from Gabea to Remmon southward. As for Rama, it shall continue in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, on to the gate of the corners and to the tower of Anameel, on to the king's wine presses

¹¹ Happy are ye when men will revile and persecute you, and accuse you falsely of every evil thing on my account. ¹² Rejoice and exult triumphantly; for great will be your reward in heaven: for thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

²³ Now when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For, verily I say to you, before you shall have gone through all the cities of Israel, the son of man will come.

³⁵ But the tenants seizing his servants, beat one and killed another, and stoned another.

³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

⁴ Thereupon Jesus answering, said to them, Take heed that no one seduce you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ and will seduce many.

⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists,68 and smote him with staves, saying, ⁶⁸ Prophesy to us Christ. Who is he that smote thee?

²⁰ for Herod revered John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man; and he protected him, and did many things by his advice, and heard him with pleasure:

²² Happy are you, when men will hate you; even when they will discard and reproach you, and expose your name as infamous on the account of the son of man; ²³ rejoice on that day and leap for joy; for behold your reward in heaven is great; for thus their fathers treated the prophets.

²⁶ Alas for you, when all men speak well of you; for thus their fathers did to the false prophets.

¹⁰ And at one season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they might give him some of the product of the vineyard. But the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty. ¹¹ Again he sent another servant; and him also they beat, and abused shamefully, and sent away empty.

⁶⁴ Having covered his eyes they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy. Who is he who smote thee?

² and began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

³² Jesus addressed them, I have shewn you many good works from my father, for which of those works would you stone me?"

²² Upon his saying this, one of the under officers who stood by, gave Jesus a slap on the cheek, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

¹⁸ and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

²⁸ saying, Did we not strictly charge you not to teach for this name"? Yet behold you have filled Jerusalem with this doctrine of yours and wish to bring that man's blood upon us.

⁴⁰ So to him they agreed: and having called in the apostles and scourged them, they charged them not to speak about the name of Jesus and dismissed them.

¹¹ they suborned men to say, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

²⁴ In reply to which Simon said, Pray ye to the Lord for me that none of these things which you have mentioned may come upon me.

⁴ But as this was during the days of unleavened bread, when he had apprehended him he put him in prison, committing him to the custody of four quaternions of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the passover. ⁵ So Peter was kept in prison; and there was earnest prayer to God made for him by the congregation.

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison; and there was earnest prayer to God made for him by the congregation. ⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, as Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, being bound with two chains; and the guards before the door were keeping watch,

²² Upon this the populace rose up together against them; and the generals ordered them to be stript and beaten with rods. ²³ And having inflicted on them many stripe's, they committed them to prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely. ²⁴ He having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

¹ Then Paul having fixed his eyes on the Sanhedrim said, Men, brethren, I have conducted myself with an entire good conscience as a subject of God even to this day. ² Upon which the chief priest Ananias ordered them who stood by him to smite him on the mouth. ³ Whereupon Paul said to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whited wall! Dost thou sit to judge according to the law, and in defiance of the law order me to be smitten?

¹⁶ But Paul's sister's son hearing of the plot, went to the castle and being admitted told Paul. ¹⁷ Whereupon Paul called one of the centurions and said, Introduce this young man to the commander, for he hath something to tell him. ¹⁸ He therefore took him along and conducting him to the commander said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and desired me to introduce to thee this young man who hath something to tell thee. ¹⁹ Thereupon the commander took him by the hand, and retiring to a private place asked, What is it that thou hast to tell me? ²⁰ And he said, The Jews have agreed to request thee to bring down Paul to morrow to the Sanhedrim, under a pretence of making some more minute inquiry concerning him; ²¹ but be not prevailed on by them; for there are more than forty men of them in ambush, who have bound themselves by a solemn anathema not to eat nor drink, till they have killed him, and they are now ready, expecting this promise from thee. ²² Upon this the commander dismissed the young man with this charge, Tell no one that thou hast given me this information.

⁵ For having found this man to be a pest and a mover of sedition, among all the Jews, through the whole empire, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶ and who attempted to profane even the temple, we apprehended him, and would have judged him according to our law; ⁷ but Lysias the commander coming with a strong force, took him out of our hands ⁸ and ordered his accusers to come to thee. By examining the man himself thou canst gain a full knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews gave assent, affirming that these things were so.

¹³ nor can they prove any of the things which they now lay to my charge.

¹⁶ and with this I exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence before God and men continually.

²⁷ After two years however Felix was succeeded by Portius Festus, and being desirous to ingratiate himself with the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

⁸ To which when Paul replied, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I committed any offence,

¹⁰ Upon which Paul said, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as thou thyself well knowest. ¹¹ If indeed I am guilty, or have committed any capital crime, I do not deprecate death: but if the charges which they bring against me be groundless, no man can give me up to gratify them. I appeal to Caesar.

¹¹ If indeed I am guilty, or have committed any capital crime, I do not deprecate death: but if the charges which they bring against me be groundless, no man can give me up to gratify them. I appeal to Caesar.

²⁵ But as for me, finding that he had done nothing which deserved death, and he himself having appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

³¹ And as they were withdrawing, they conferred with each other, saying, This man hath done nothing that deserveth death or chains.

¹⁶ And when we arrived at Rome the centurion delivered the prisoners to the prefect. But Paul was permitted to be at a private lodging, with the soldier who guarded him.

¹⁸ These when they examined me, would have set me at liberty, because I had done nothing that deserved death. ¹⁹ But the Jews opposing this, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I have any thing to lay to the charge of my nation.

³⁰ And Paul continued two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came to him,

⁸ in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers, though we are true;

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? [I speak with an excess of folly] I am more so; more abundant in labours; far surpassing in stripes; more frequent in imprisonments, often in deaths. ²⁴ Of the Jews I five times received forty stripes save one. ²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Thrice I have been shipwrecked. In the deep I spent a whole night and day. ²⁶ On journeys I have been frequently in dangers from rivers; in dangers from robbers; in dangers from my country men; in dangers from foreign nations; in dangers in cities; in dangers in a wilderness; in dangers at sea; in dangers among false brethren: ²⁷ In toil and fatigue, in watchings many a time, with hunger and thirst; in fastings many a time, with cold and nakedness.

¹⁶ Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you truth?

³ For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

⁷ Be not deceived. God is not to be imposed on; for whatever a man soweth, that he shall reap.

¹ I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the call with which you have been called,

⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain discourses; for on the account of these things the wrath of God is coining on these children of disobedience,

²⁰ for which I am performing the office of an ambassador in a chain, that in this situation I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

⁸ He therefore who rejecteth [these instructions] rejecteth not man, but God, even him who hath given us his holy spirit.

²² Abstain from every appearance of evil.

³ Let no one by any means deceive you that it is, until the apostacy hath first come, and the man of sin hath been revealed: that son of perdition

⁸ Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner on his account; but share with me in affliction for the glad tidings, according to the power of God,

⁹ for which I suffer even to bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

³⁶ and others received the trial of mockings, and scourgings, besides bonds and imprisonments. ³⁷ They were stoned; they were sawn asunder; they were tempted; they were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheep skins, in goats skins, destitute, afflicted, tormented, ³⁸ [of whom the world was not worthy] wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

²² and be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame.

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or a malefactor, or as a usurper of authority; ¹⁶ and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this respect.

¹⁰ Be not terrified at what thou art about to suffer. Behold the devil will soon cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.