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GEORGE R. NOYES, D. D.,

HANCOCK PROFESSOR OF HEBREW, ETC., AND DEXTER LECTURER IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

VOLUME II.

CONTAINING

JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, HAGGAI,
ZECHARIAH, MALACHI, JONAH, AND DANIEL.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

THE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON,

CAMBRIDGE.

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JEREMIAH.

The prophecies and historical notices of Jeremiah, preceding the destruc tion of Jerusalem. - CH. I.-XXXIX.

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1 THE words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin; to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign; to whom it also came in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem into captivity in the fifth month.

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The call of Jeremiah to his office; two visions. CH. I. 4-19.

4, 5 THE word of Jehovah came to me, saying: Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou camest into the world, I chose thee; I appointed thee to be a prophet to the nations.

Then said I, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! Behold, I am not 7 able to speak; for I am a child. But Jehovah said to me, Say not, I am a child; but go to whomever I send thee, 8 and speak whatever I command thee! Be not afraid of

them! For I am with thee to help thee, saith Jeho9 vah. Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my 10 mouth. Jehovah also said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Behold, I have set thee this

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