Jeremiah 45 Cross References - Bishops

¹ These are the wordes that Ieremie the prophete spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, after that he had written these sermons in a booke at the mouth of Ieremie, in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda, saying ² Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel vnto thee, O Baruch ³ Insomuch as thou thoughtest thus [when thou wast wrytyng] wo is me, the Lorde hath geuen me payne for my trauayle, I haue weeried my selfe with sighing, and haue founde no rest ⁴ Therefore tell hym O Ieremie, that the Lord saith thus: Beholde, the thing that I haue buylded, wyll I breake downe agayne, and roote out the thing that I haue planted, yea this whole lande ⁵ And seekest thou yet promotion [looke not for it, and] desire it not, for I wyll bryng a miserable plague vpon all flesh saith the Lorde: but thy lyfe wyll I geue thee for a pray in all places whythersoeuer thou goest

⁶ And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth, & he was touched with sorowe in his heart ⁷ And the Lorde sayde: I wyll from the vpper face of the earth, destroy man whom I haue created, from man vnto cattell, vnto worme, and vnto foules of the ayre: For it repenteth me that I haue made them

¹² And God loked vpon the earth, and beholde it was corrupt: for all fleshe had corrupt his way vpon earth

³⁴ And Iacob rent his clothes, & put sackcloth about his loynes, and mourned for his sonne a long season ³⁵ But all his sonnes & all his daughters rose vp to comfort hym: neuerthelesse he woulde not be comforted, but sayde, I wyll go downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mournyng: And thus his father wept for hym

³⁶ And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me ³⁷ Ruben said vnto his father: slay my two sonnes, yf I bring hym not to thee agayne: deliuer him to my hande, and I will bring him to thee agayne ³⁸ And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue

¹¹ And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde: Wherefore hast thou dealt cruelly with thy seruaunt? And wherefore haue I not founde fauour in thy sight, seyng that thou puttest the wayght of all this people vpon me ¹² Haue I conceaued all this people? Or haue I begotten them, that thou shouldest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckyng chylde, vnto the lande which thou swarest vnto their fathers ¹³ Where shoulde I haue fleshe to geue vnto all this people, whiche weepe before me, saying: Geue vs fleshe that we may eate ¹⁴ I am not able to beare all this people alone, seyng it is to heauie for me ¹⁵ If thou deale thus with me, kyll me I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, yt I see not my wretchednesse

⁷ And Iosuah sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, wherfore hast thou brought this people ouer Iordane, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, & to destroye vs? Would to God we had ben content, and dwelt on the other side Iordane ⁸ Oh Lorde what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies ⁹ Surely the Chanaanites, and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it, and shall conspire against vs, and destroy the name of vs out of the worlde: And what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie name

²⁶ But he saide vnto him: went not myne heart [with thee] when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is it now a tyme to receaue money, to receaue garmentes, olyue trees, vnieyardes, sheepe, and oxen, men seruauntes, and mayde seruauntes

⁵ Iehoiacim was twentie and fiue yeres old when he began to raigne, & he raigned aleuen yeres in Hierusalem, and he did euil in the sight of the Lord his God

¹¹ God hath shut me vp with the vngodly, and deliuered me into the handes of the wicked ¹² I was in wealth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, he hath all to shaken me, and set me as a marke for him selfe ¹³ His archers compasse me rounde about, he woundeth my raines, and doth not spare, my bowels hath he powred vpon the grounde

² Though my talke be this day in bitternesse, and my plague greater then my groning

⁶ I am weerie of my groning: I washe my bed euery nyght, and I water my coutche with my teares

¹³ If I had not beleued [veryly] to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing: [their spite had kylled me.

⁷ One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes: all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me

³ I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde

³ I called to remembraunce God, and I was disquieted: I conferred with my selfe, and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse. Selah ⁴ Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies: I was amased & coulde not speake

⁸ Thou dydst translate a vine out of Egypt: thou didst cast out the Heathen, and planted it ⁹ Thou madst roome before it: thou causedst it to take roote, and it hath filled the lande ¹⁰ The hilles were couered with her shadowe: and goodly high Cedar trees with her bowes ¹¹ She stretched out her braunches vnto the sea: and her bowes vnto the riuer ¹² Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge: that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes ¹³ The wylde bore out of the wood rooteth it vp: and the wylde beast of the fielde deuoureth it ¹⁴ (80:14a) Turne thee agayne thou God of hoastes I pray thee: loke downe from heauen, beholde and visite this vin ¹⁵ (80:14b) and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted, and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe ¹⁶ (80:15) It is brent with fire and cut downe: they shall perishe at the rebuke of thy countenaunce

⁵ Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech: and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar

¹⁰ If thou be faynt in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small

² This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes ³ Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem, and man of Iuda, iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde ⁴ What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it ⁵ Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote ⁶ I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it ⁷ As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying

⁹ In their troubles, he was also troubled with them, and the angell that went foorth from his presence deliuered them: of very loue and kindnesse that he had vnto them, he redeemed them, he hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the worlde began

¹⁶ For the Lorde shall iudge all fleshe with the fire and with his sworde, and there shalbe a great number slayne of the Lorde

¹⁰ And beholde, this day do I set thee ouer the people and kyngdomes, that thou mayest roote out, breake of, destroy, and make waste, and that thou mayest builde vp and plant

¹⁸ I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe: but sorowe is come vpon me, and heauinesse vexeth my heart

¹ O who wyll geue my head water inough, and a wel of teares for mine eyes, that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people

¹⁷ For the Lorde of hoastes that planted thee, hath deuised a plague for thee (O thou house of Israel and Iuda) for the euyll that ye haue done to prouoke hym to wrath, in that ye dyd seruice to Baal

¹⁰ O mother, alas that thou euer didst beare me, a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande: though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie, yet all men speake euyll vpon me ¹¹ And the Lord aunswered me, Ueryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth: Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble, & helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee ¹² Doth one iron hurt another? or one metall that commeth from the north another ¹³ As for thy riches and treasure, I will geue them out into a pray: not for money, but because of all thy sinnes that thou hast done in all thy coastes ¹⁴ And I wyll bryng thee with thine enemies into a lande that thou knowest not: for the fire that is kindled in myne indignation shall burne you vp ¹⁵ O Lorde thou knowest, therfore remember me, and visite me, reuenge me of my persecutours: take me not from this life in the tyme of thine anger, thou knowest that for thy sake I suffer rebuke ¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes ¹⁷ I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse ¹⁸ Shall my heauinesse endure for euer? Are my plagues then so great that they may neuer be healed? Wylt thou be as one that is false, and as a water that falleth, and can not continue ¹⁹ Upon these wordes, thus sayde the Lorde vnto me, If thou wylt turne agayne, I shall set thee in my seruice, and yf thou wylt take out the thynges that is precious from the vile, thou shalt be euen as myne owne mouth: they shall conuert vnto thee, but turne not thou vnto them ²⁰ And so shall I make thee a strong brasen wall agaynst this people, they shall fyght agaynst thee, but they shall not preuayle: for I my selfe wyll be with thee, to helpe thee and deliuer thee, saith the Lorde ²¹ And I will rid thee out of the handes of the wicked, and deliuer thee out of the handes of tirauntes

⁷ When I take in hande to roote out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kyngdome ⁸ If that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuised, conuert from their wickednesse, I repent of the plague that I deuised to bryng vpon them ⁹ Agayne, when I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kyngdome ¹⁰ If the same people do euyll before me and heare not my voyce, I repent of the good that I haue deuised for them

⁷ O Lord, if I am deceaued, then hast thou deceaued me, thou enforcedst me, and hast preuayled: dayly am I despised and laughed to scorne of euery man ⁸ For since I began to preache, I cryed out against violencie, and exclamed against oppression: for the whiche cause they cast the worde of the Lorde in my teeth, to my reproche continually ⁹ Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym, nor to preache any more in his name: but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, whiche when I woulde haue stopped, I might not ¹⁰ Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym ¹¹ But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt, therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing: they shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwisely, they shall haue an euerlasting shame, which shall neuer be forgotten ¹² And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous, which knowest the raynes and the very heartes, let me see them punished: for vnto thee I haue declared my cause ¹³ Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hym, for he hath deliuered the soule of the oppressed from the hande of the violent ¹⁴ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne, vnhappy be the day wherein my mother brought me foorth ¹⁵ Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make hym gald, saying, Thou hast begotten a sonne ¹⁶ Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities whiche the Lorde turned vpsidedowne and repented not: Let hym heare crying in the morning, and at noone day lamentable howling ¹⁷ Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe? or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her ¹⁸ Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe? to haue experience of labour and sorowe, and to leade my lyfe with shame

⁹ Whoso abideth in the citie, shall perishe, either with the sworde, with hunger, or pestilence: but whoso goeth out to holde on the Chaldees part that besiege it, he shall saue his lyfe, and shall winne his soule for a pray

¹ A Sermon that was geuen vnto Ieremie vppon all the people of Iuda, in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda (that was in the first yere of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon.

²⁶ All the kinges towarde the north, whether they be farre or nye, euery one against his neighbour, yea and all the kyngdomes that are vpon the whole earth: and the kyng of Sesach shall drinke also after them

¹ In the begynnyng of the raigne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda, came this worde from the Lorde, saying

²⁸ Yea it shall come therto, that like as I haue gone about in tymes past to roote them out, to scatter them, to breake them downe, to destroy them, & chasten them: euen so wyll I also go diligently about to builde them vp agayne, and to plant them, saith the Lorde

¹² And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maasiah, in the sight of Hananeel my cosin, and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence, and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson

¹⁶ Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, I besought the Lorde, saying

¹ In the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias the kyng of Iuda, came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie, saying

⁴ Then dyd Ieremie call Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote in the booke at the mouth of Ieremie, all the wordes of the Lorde whiche he had spoken vnto hym

⁸ So Baruch the sonne of Neriah, dyd according to all that Ieremie the prophete commaunded hym, reading the wordes of the Lorde out of the booke in the Lordes house ⁹ And this was done in the fifth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda, in the ninth moneth, when it was commaunded that all the people of Hierusalem shoulde fast before the Lorde, and they also that were come fro the cities of Iuda vnto Hierusalem

¹⁴ Then all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nathaniah the sonne of Selemiah, the sonne of Chusi, vnto Baruch, saying: Take in thine hande the booke whereout thou hast read before all the people, & come. So Baruch the sonne of Neriah toke the booke in his hande, and came vnto them ¹⁵ And they sayd vnto him: Sit downe and reade the booke, that we may heare also: So Baruch read that they might heare ¹⁶ Nowe when they had hearde all the wordes, they were abashed one vpon another, and sayde vnto Baruch: We will certifie the king of al these wordes ¹⁷ And they examined Baruch, saying: Tell vs, howe diddest thou write all these wordes out of his mouth ¹⁸ Then Baruch aunswered them: He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them in the booke

²⁶ But commaunded Ierahmel the sonne of Amelech, Saraiah the sonne of Ezriel, and Selemiah the sonne of Abdeel, to lay handes vpon Baruch the scribe, and vpon Ieremie the prophete: but the Lorde kept them out of sight

³² Then toke Ieremie another booke and gaue it Baruch the scribe the sonne of Neriah, which wrote therin out of the mouth of Hieremie, all the sermons that were in the first booke which Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda did burne: and there were added vnto them many mo sermons, lyke vnto the former

² Thus saith the Lorde, Who so remayneth in this citie, shall perishe either with the sworde, with hunger, or with pestilence: but who so falleth vnto the Chaldees shal escape, winning his soule for a pray, and shall lyue

¹⁸ For doubtlesse I wyll saue thee, so that thou shalt not perishe with the sworde: but thy lyfe shalbe saued, and that because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lorde

³ But Baruch the sonne of Neriah prouoketh thee agaynst vs, that he myght bryng vs into the captiuitie of the Chaldees, that they myght slay vs, and cary vs away prisoners vnto Babylon ⁴ So Iohanan the sonne of Careah, and all the captaynes of the hoast, and all the people, folowed not the commaundement of the Lorde, [namely] to dwell in the lande of Iuda ⁵ But Iohanan the sonne of Cariah, and all the captaines of the hoast, caried away all the remnaunt of Iuda, that were come together agayne from all the heathen, among whom they had ben scattered, to dwell in the lande of Iuda ⁶ Men, women, children, the kynges daughters, all those that Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne had left with Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Saphan: they caryed away also the prophete Ieremie, Baruch the sonne of Neriah

¹³ From aboue hath he sent downe a fire into my bones, and it burneth them cruelly: he hath layde a net for my feete, and throwen me wyde open, he hath made me desolate, so that I must euer be mournyng

²² Let all their wickednesse come before thee, and do thou to them as thou hast done vnto me for all my trespasses: for my sorowe is very great, and my heart is heauy

¹ I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie ² He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light ³ Against me is he turned, he turneth his hande dayly against me ⁴ My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised ⁵ He hath buylded rounde about me, and closed me in with gall and trauaile ⁶ He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer ⁷ He hath so hedged me in, that I can not get out, and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me ⁸ Though I crye and call pitiously, yet heareth he not my prayer ⁹ He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked ¹⁰ He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole ¹¹ He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether ¹² He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marke to shoote at ¹³ The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes ¹⁴ I am laughed to scorne of all my people, they make songues vpon me all the day long ¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke ¹⁶ He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust ¹⁷ He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges ¹⁸ I thought in my selfe, I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde ¹⁹ O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall

³² But though he punishe, yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne

⁸ Therfore wayte ye vpon me, sayth the Lorde, vntill the time that I ryse vp to the pray: for I am determined to gather the people, & to bring the kingdomes together, that I may poure out myne anger, yea all my wrathfull displeasure vpon them: For all the earth shalbe consumed with the fire of my ielousie

²⁵ Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment ²⁶ Beholde the fowles of the ayre: For they sowe not, neither do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they ²⁷ Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature ²⁸ And why care ye for rayment? Learne of the Lylies of the fielde, howe they growe. They weery not [them selues] with labour, neither [do they] spinne ²⁹ And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these ³⁰ Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more [do] the same for you, O ye of litle fayth ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed ³² (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges

⁷ But go your way, & tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see hym, as he saide vnto you

¹⁶ Beyng of lyke affection one towardes another, beyng not hye mynded: but makyng your selues equall to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your owne opinions

²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be ²⁷ Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe ²⁸ But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you ²⁹ But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none ³⁰ And they that wepe, as though they wept not: & they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not ³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away ³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde

⁴ Which comforted vs in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble, with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God

¹ Therfore, seyng that we haue such a ministerie, as we haue receaued mercie, we faynt not

¹⁶ Wherefore we are not weryed: But though our outwarde man perishe, yet the inwarde man is renued day by day

⁶ Neuerthelesse, God that comforteth the humble, comforted vs by the commyng of Titus

⁹ Let vs not be weery in well doyng: for in due season we shall reape, yf we faynt not

¹³ And ye brethren, be not weery in well doyng

⁶ Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath ⁷ For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away ⁸ But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content ⁹ For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction

¹⁸ For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted

¹⁵ For we haue not an hye priest whiche can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are, and [yet] without sinne

³ Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes ⁴ Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, stryuyng agaynst sinne ⁵ And ye haue forgotten the exhortatio, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym

⁵ Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee