The One Year Bible KJV (289 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have
free
course, and be glorified, even as
it is
with you:
2
 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all
men
have not faith.
3
 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep
you
from evil.
4
 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5
 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6
 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7
 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8
 neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9
 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10
 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11
 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12
 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13
 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14
 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15
 Yet count
him
not as an enemy, but admonish
him
as a brother.
16
 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord
be
with you all.
17
 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
18
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be
with you all. Amen.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1
 L
ORD
, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2
 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3
 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned
thyself
from the fierceness of thine anger.
4
 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
5
 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
6
 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7
 Shew us thy mercy, O L
ORD
, and grant us thy salvation.
8
 I will hear what God the L
ORD
will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
9
 Surely his salvation
is
nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
10
 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed
each other.
11
 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12
 Yea, the L
ORD
shall give
that which is
good; and our land shall yield her increase.
13
 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set
us
in the way of his steps.
16
 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
1
 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year,
and
in the fifth month,
that
Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which
was
of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the L
ORD
, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2
 Thus speaketh the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3
 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the L
ORD
's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
4
 and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the L
ORD
: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5
 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the L
ORD
,
6
 even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the L
ORD
do so: the L
ORD
perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the L
ORD
's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7
 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
8
 the prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
9
 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass,
then
shall the prophet be known, that the L
ORD
hath truly sent him.
10
 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
11
 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12
 Then the word of the L
ORD
came unto Jeremiah
the prophet,
after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13
 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
14
 For thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15
 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The L
ORD
hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
16
 Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the L
ORD
.
17
 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
29:
1
 Now these
are
the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2
 (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
3
 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
4
 Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
5
 Build ye houses, and dwell
in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6
 take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
7
 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the L
ORD
for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8
 For thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that
be
in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
9
 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the L
ORD
.
10
 For thus saith the L
ORD
, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11
 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the L
ORD
, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12
 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13
 And ye shall seek me, and find
me,
when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14
 And I will be found of you, saith the L
ORD
: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the L
ORD
; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15
 Because ye have said, The L
ORD
hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16
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know
that thus saith the L
ORD
of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city,
and
of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17
 thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18
 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
19
 because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the L
ORD
, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them;
but ye would not hear, saith the L
ORD
.
20
 Hear ye therefore the word of the L
ORD
, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21
 thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
22
 and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are
in Babylon, saying, The L
ORD
make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23
 because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and
am
a witness, saith the L
ORD
.
24
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Thus
shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25
 Thus speaketh the L
ORD
of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that
are
at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26
 The L
ORD
hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the L
ORD
, for every man
that is
mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
27
 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
28
 For therefore he sent unto us
in
Babylon, saying, This
captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell
in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29
 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30
 Then came the word of the L
ORD
unto Jeremiah, saying,
31
 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
32
 therefore thus saith the L
ORD
; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the L
ORD
; because he hath taught rebellion against the L
ORD
.