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¶ Now therefore goe to, speake to the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame euill against you, and deuise a deuice against you: returne ye now euery one from his euill way, and make your waies and your doings good.

1611 marginal note2.Kin. 17.13. chap. 7.3. and 25.5. and 35.15.

¶ Weepe ye not for the dead, neither bemoane him, but weepe sore for him that goeth away: for he shall returne no more, nor see his natiue countrey.

For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum, the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah which reigned in stead of Iosiah his father, which went forth out of this place, He shall not returne thither any more.

But to the land whereunto they desire to returne, thither shall they not returne.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lift vp their minde.

I haue seene also in the prophets of Ierusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walke in lies: they strengthen also the hands of euill doers, that none doeth returne from his wickednesse: they are all of them vnto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

1611 marginal noteOr, filthinesse.

1611 marginal noteIsa. 1.9.

The anger of the LORD shall not returne, vntill hee haue executed, and til he haue performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall consider it perfectly.

1611 marginal noteChap.30.24.

And I will giue them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall returne vnto me with their whole heart.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 30.60. chap. 32 39. ezech. 11.19. and 36.26.27.

1611 marginal noteChap. 30.22. and 31.33. and 32.38.

¶ For thus saith the LORD, That after seuentie yeeres be accomplished at Babylon, I will visite you, and performe my good word towards you, in causing you to returne to this place.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 36.22, ezra 1.1. Chap. 25.12. and 27.22. dan. 9.2.

For loe, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and Iudah, saith the LORD, and I wil cause them to returne to the land, that I gaue to their fathers, and they shall possesse it.

¶ Therefore feare thou not, O my seruant Iacob, saith the LORD, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for loe, I will saue thee from afarre, and thy seede from the land of their captiuitie, and Iacob shall returne, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

1611 marginal noteIsa.41.13. and 43.5. and 44.1. Cha. 46.28.