Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu27
Jeremiah · Chapter 27
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Yirmeyahu from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), saying,
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Yerushalayim unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that
are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Bavel, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
And it shall come to pass,
that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Bavel, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Bavel, that nation will I punish, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Therefore hearken not ye to your nevi'im, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Bavel:
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Bavel, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Bavel, and serve him and his people, and live.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Bavel?
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the nevi'im that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Bavel: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
For I have not sent them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the nevi'im that prophesy unto you.
Also I spake to the kohanim and to all this people, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Hearken not to the words of your nevi'im that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S house shall now shortly be brought again from Bavel: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Bavel, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
But if they
be nevi'im, and if the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) be with them, let them now make intercession to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and
in the house of the king of Judah, and at Yerushalayim, go not to Bavel.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Yerushalayim to Bavel, and all the nobles of Judah and Yerushalayim;
Yea, thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, concerning the vessels that remain
in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and
in
the house of the king of Judah and of Yerushalayim;
They shall be carried to Bavel, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu28
Jeremiah · Chapter 28
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year,
and in the fifth month,
that Hananiah the son of Azur the navi, which
was
of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), in the presence of the kohanim and of all the people, saying,
Thus speaketh 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Bavel.
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel took away from this place, and carried them to Bavel:
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Bavel, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): for I will break the yoke of the king of Bavel.
Then the navi Yirmeyahu said unto the navi Hananiah in the presence of the kohanim, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
Even the navi Yirmeyahu said, Amen: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) do so: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Bavel into this place.
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
The nevi'im that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
The navi which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the navi shall come to pass,
then shall the navi be known, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath truly sent him.
Then Hananiah the navi took the yoke from off the navi Yirmeyahu’s neck, and brake it.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the navi Yirmeyahu went his way.
Then the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came unto Yirmeyahu
the navi,
after that Hananiah the navi had broken the yoke from off the neck of the navi Yirmeyahu, saying,
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
Then said the navi Yirmeyahu unto Hananiah the navi, Hear now, Hananiah; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
So Hananiah the navi died the same year in the seventh month.
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu29
Jeremiah · Chapter 29
Now these
are the words of the letter that Yirmeyahu the navi sent from Yerushalayim unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the kohanim, and to the nevi'im, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel;
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Yerushalayim, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Yerushalayim;)
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Bavel to Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel) saying,
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Yerushalayim unto Bavel;
Build ye houses, and dwell
in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; Let not your nevi'im and your diviners, that
be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), That after seventy years be accomplished at Bavel I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find
me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Because ye have said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath raised us up nevi'im in Bavel;
Know that thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of the king that sitteth upon the throne of Dawid, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city,
and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which I sent unto them by my servants the nevi'im, rising up early and sending
them; but ye would not hear, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Hear ye therefore the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Yerushalayim to Bavel:
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are in Bavel, saying, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Bavel roasted in the fire;
Because they have committed villany in Yisra'el, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and
am a witness, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Thus speaketh 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that
are at Yerushalayim, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the kohen, and to all the kohanim, saying,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath made thee kohen in the stead of Jehoiada the kohen, that ye should be officers in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), for every man
that is
mad, and maketh himself a navi, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Yirmeyahu of Anathoth, which maketh himself a navi to you?
For therefore he sent unto us
in Bavel, saying, This
captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell
in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And Zephaniah the kohen read this letter in the ears of Yirmeyahu the navi.
Then came the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto Yirmeyahu, saying,
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); because he hath taught rebellion against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).