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990 Prophecy of Jeremias

towards the south: and in the land of Benjamin, my people, so that it is no more a nation before
and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of them?
Juda shall the flocks pass again under the hand 25 Thus saith the Lord. If I have not set my
of him that numbereth them, saith the Lord. covenant between day and night, and laws to
14 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that heaven and earth:
I will perform the good word that I have spoken 26 Surely I will also cast off the seed of Jacob,
to the house of Israel, and to the house of Juda. and of David my servant, so as not to take any
15 In those days, and at that time, I will make of his seed to be rulers of the seed of Abraham,
the bud of justice to spring forth unto David, and Isaac, and Jacob: for I will bring back their cap-
he shall do judgment and justice in the earth. tivity, and will have mercy on them.
16 In those days shall Juda be saved, and
Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and this is the
name that they shall call him, The Lord our just Chapter 34
one.
17 For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord,
cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all
of the house of Israel. his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth, that
18 Neither shall there be cut off from the were under the power of his hand, and all the
priests and Levites a man before my face to of- people fought against Jerusalem and against all
fer holocausts, and to burn sacrifices, and to kill the cities thereof, saying:
victims continually. 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Go,
19 And the word of the Lord came to and speak to Sedecias king of Juda, and say to
Jeremias, saying: him: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver
20 Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with this city into the hands of the king of Babylon,
the day can be made void, and my covenant with and he shall burn it with fire.
the night, that there should not be day and night 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand:
in their season: but thou shalt surely be taken, and thou shalt
21 Also my covenant with David my servant be delivered into his hand: and thy eyes shall see
may be made void, that he should not have a son the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth
to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites shall speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go
and priests my ministers. to Babylon.
22 As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, 4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Sedecias
nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord to thee: Thou
multiply the seed of David my servant, and the shalt not die by the sword.
Levites my ministers. 5 But thou shalt die in peace, and according to
23 And the word of the Lord came to the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that
Jeremias, saying: were before thee, so shall they burn thee: and
24 Hast thou not seen what this people hath they shall mourn for thee, saying: Alas, Lord:
spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord for I have spoken the word, saith the Lord.
had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised 6 And Jeremias the prophet spoke all these