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¶ The word that Ieremiah the Prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, when he had written these words in a booke at the mouth of Ieremiah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, saying,

So Ieremiah wrote in a booke all the euill that should come vpon Babylon: euen all these wordes that are written against Babylon.

And he spread it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

And mine hand shall be vpon the Prophets that see vanitie, and that diuine lyes: they shall not bee in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel, and ye shall know that I am the LORD God.

1611 marginal noteOr, secret or counsell.

Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written.

¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL VPHARSIN.

Yea, all Israel haue transgressed thy Law, euen by departing, that they might not obey thy voice, therefore the curse is powred vpon vs, and the othe that is written in the Law of Moses the seruant of God, because we haue sinned against him.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.14. &c. deu. 28.15. &c. and 29.29. &c. and 30.17, 18. and 31.17. &c. and 32.19. &c.

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this euill is come vpon vs: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turne from our iniquities, and vnderstand thy trueth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. intreated the face.

1611 marginal noteLeuit.26.14. deu.28.15. lament. 2.17.

¶ And at that time shall Michael stand vp, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people, and there shalbe a time of trouble, such as neuer was since there was a nation, euen to that same time: and at that time thy people shalbe deliuered, euery one that shalbe found written in the booke.

I haue written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted as a strange thing.