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Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
