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Jeremiah 38:22

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda shall be brought out to the princes of the king of Babylon. And they shall say: Thy men of peace have deceived thee and have prevailed against thee. They have plunged thy feet in the mire and in a slippery place, and they have departed from thee.

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They oppressed the women in Sion and the virgins in the cities of Juda.

Beth. Weeping she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her and are become her enemies.

Men and women and children and the king's daughters and every soul which Nabuzardan the general had left with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.

Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.

Then Ismahel carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Masphath: the king's daughters and all the people that remained in Masphath, whom Nabuzardan the general of the army had committed to Godolias the son of Ahicam. And Ismahel the son of Nathanias took them: and he departed, to go over to the children of Ammon.

And king Sedecias said to Jeremias: I am afraid because of the Jews that are fled over to the Chaldeans: lest I should be delivered into their hands and they should abuse me.

For I heard the reproaches of many, and terror on every side: Persecute him, and, let us persecute him: from all the men that were my familiars and continued at my side: if by any means he may be deceived and we may prevail against him and be revenged on him.

And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch for my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

They are turned back. Let them be greatly confounded that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.

O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a canticle to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God of my life.

Her hirelings also that lived in the midst of her, like fatted calves are turned back, and are fled away together. And they could not stand: for the day of their slaughter is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

What then? I have seen them dismayed and turning their backs, their valiant ones slain. They fled apace and they looked not back: terror was round about, saith the Lord.

Therefore I will give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.

What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? For thou hast taught them against thee and instructed them against thy own head. Shall not sorrows lay hold on thee, as a woman in labour?

But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon. For they tell you a lie.

For I have not sent them, saith the Lord: and they prophesy in my name falsely: to drive you out, and that you may perish, both you and the prophets that prophesy to you.




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