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¶ Now it came to passe when Ieremiah had made an ende of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speake vnto all the people, that the priests and the prophets, and all the people tooke him, saying; Thou shalt surely die.

For I knowe the thoughts that I thinke towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of euill, to giue you an expected end.

1611 marginal noteHebr ende and expectation.

For I am with thee, sayeth the LORD, to saue thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I haue scattered thee, yet will I not make a full ende of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished.

1611 marginal notePsal.6.1. Chap.10.24. and 46.28.

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come againe to their owne border.

At the end of seuen yeeres, let ye go euery man his brother an Hebrew which hath bene sold vnto thee: and when he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, thou shalt let him goe free from thee, but your fathers hearkened not vnto me, neither inclined their eare.

1611 marginal noteOr, hath sold himselfe.

1611 marginal noteExo.21.2 deut. 15.12

¶ And it came to passe that whē Ieremiah had made an end of speaking vnto all the people, al the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, euen all these words;

Behold, I will watch ouer them for euill, and not for good, and all the men of Iudah that are in the land of Egypt shalbe consumed by the sword, & by the famin, vntil there be an end of them.

Feare thou not, O Iacob my seruant, saith the LORD, for I am with thee, for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I haue driuen thee, but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure, yet will I not leaue thee wholly vnpunished.

1611 marginal noteOr, not vtterly cut thee off.

1611 marginal noteChap. 30.11. and 10.24.

O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures; thine end is come, and the measure of thy couetousnesse.

One poste shall runne to meet another, and one messenger to meete another, to shew the king of Babylon that his citie is taken at one end,