tiereſule to have hear kened, as unto me, but you have not done Jt hicherto, 2 Chron, 36. 12, 16. 6 then will I makethis houſe b : 1] make this city a curſe toall the Nations of the, earth £ | h Shiloh was the City where the Tabernacle was pitched, and the Ark, the Symbol of God's prelence, was 3 Judg. 18. 31. and 21.19. I S{4n. 1. 3,9, 24+ and J-21, Out of it the Ark was car-| vicd, 1 $47.4, When itv.astaken by the Philijtin s,and was Care , ited no moe thither, bur reſted in Kirjcth-jearim, 1 Sam, 7. 2. where it reited 25 Years. David fetched 1t from thence, 2 Sam. ©. 2. So that as the Plaimiſt tells us, P{al. 78. 60, 61.. God fOr-; look the Tabernacle of Shiloh; here he threatneth to do the like as| tothe Vemple, becauſe of which they had ſuch a confidence. Fe- | er: 9ith, Chap. 7.12. had ſpoken much the ſame thing; 1tis a th: eatning that God would deprive them of his Ordinances. ! To ich he addeth a threatning of deſtruction tothe City, to that; (6,66, that when Men ſhould curle any place, they ſhould fay,| (04 Zo unto thee as he did ro Feru/alem. We had the 11ke Phrale, Chip, 2.4. 9. and have it again, Chap. 29. 18, 22, GC. = So the prieſts, and the prophets and all the peo-| vlo heardeJoremiah ſpeaking theſe words in the houſe of the LORD mm, r2 All the People preſent at that time heard tne Prophet, who a-cording to the Commard of God, came into the Court of the Lord's Houle, aad ditcharged his Otfhce, 1peaking thele V OI'S. $ & Now it came to pals, that when Jeremiah bad madean end of ſpeaking all that the LORD had commanded hi: to ſpeak z unto all the people, that: the prieſts, and the prophets, and all the people took bm, faying, Thou ſhalt ſurely die o. | n Either they had a reverence for the Prophet,or the terror of God teli upon them, fo as they did not interrupt him til] he had tuliy diſpatched his Errand. o Then the chief of the Prieſts with tne eſhiſtance of the People apprehended him, and tell him he Lziculd be pur to Death. 9 Why haſt thou propheſied inthe name of the T ORD p, favinz, This houſe ſhall be like Shiloh,and 411: city ſhall he defolate withour an inhabitant ? and z} the people were gathercd againſt Jeremiah in the houſe of the LORD q. p They charze him with being a falſe Prophet, ſpeaking falſe '"4ogs 11 the Name of God ; their pretence feemeth to have been
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f from the Promiles of God; ſuch as that, Pſal. 132. 13, 14. For !
he Lord bath choſen Ziom, he hath defired is for his habitation. This my reſt for ever, here will T 4well, for I hae defired at; which they mterpretcd into fuch a fence, as if they couid not by their ſin drive God away from them, and therefore Feremzzh muſt p: opheſie falily againſt the will of God before reveaied. p This cauted aleditious 1umult of the People in the Temple, wliich larmed the Civil Magiitrates. io When the princes of Judah heard theſe things 7, then they came up from the kinzs houſe, un- 9 the houſe of the LORD /, and fat down |! atthe elitry of the new gateof the LORD's horſe t. - When the Nobles, and other Civil Magiſtrates heard of the Tumnit, occaſioned by Jeremiah's unpleaſing prophecy. { They
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to propheſie againſt this liouſe, and againſt this city all the words that you have heard z.
3 The Prieſts havirg given Jeremiah his Charge, he makes his Deterce, 3 The ſum of which was, he acknowledgeth that he had propkefied agairſt the Temple, and againſt the City, and ra- citly acknow ledgeth their power to take cognjzance of fſediticus Pertons, and falſe Prophets, and doth not deny bur {uch Per fons Geterved to die ;' but denieth that he was a falſe prophet, or oulity of any defign ro {tir up edition, for he had ſaid nothing but wha: God had fent him to ſpeak ; and therefore could not prophefie what was falſe, nor was to be charged with any ſeditious de-
13 Therefore now * amend your ways and your
God b, and the LORD will * repent him c of the evil
chat he hath pronounced againſt you-
2 It 1s not I that have pronounced Evil againſt you, but the Lord who hath made both you and me : You rage againſt me, who am but Gods Inſtrument, by whom he lets you know his Mind and Will ; it were more m— for you to re/orm cur wicked Lives and Practices. b And that by a full obedience co what the Lord hath commanded you in this Law, and by me ſpeaketh to you. c It you will do his, the Lord will change the courte of his Providence, and do that which in Men is calleda re- penting, and not bring thole evi] things upon you, which he. by me his Servant, hath pronounced againſt you. |
14. As for me, behold, Iam in your hand 4: do+ yeb, 4; 2t is g60d and a That is, Iam in your power (as hands often ſignifieth in right in
Scripture.) Feremiah doth not by this acknowledge any power yur eyes.
with me -| as ſeemeth good and meet unto you e.
they had juſtly, thus toreſtrain and queſtion him. e Nor doth he Care them, to do what they had a natural power to do, by ſay- ing, do with me what ſeemeth good unto you ; the phraſe imports no more than that he could not hinder their doing with him what they pleated. The hands in which he was, were the hands of Vio- lence, not of Juſtice, for though they had a juſt power againſt falſe Prophets, yet they had no ſuch power againſt any Prophet ſent by God, let the matter of his Prophecy be never ſo threaten- ing and ungrateful to them. Therefore he addeth.
15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye ſhall ſurely bring innocent blood upon your ſelves, and upon this city, and upon the inha- bitants thereof .*. : for.of a truth the LORD hath
ſent me unto you, to ſpeak all theſe words in your ears f.
*. If you make this to be Sedition, and put metoDeath for ic, you have a natural power to do it, but you will get nothing by it, but further bring down the Vengeance of God upon you by ſhedding my Blood without a cauſe, the guilt of which will be ad- ded to your other guilt, and lieupon you, and upon your City. f For you may think,and talk what you pleaſe, it isa certain truth, that i ſpake nothing out of any evil deſign, nor of my own head; but only what the Lord ſent me to ſpeak.
16 E Then faid the princes, and all the people unto the prieſts, and to the prophets g, This man zs not worthy to die : for he hath ſpoken to us in the
name of the LORD our God h.