Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1 - Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in...

Jeremiah 2 - God Pleads with Israel to Repent

The word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of...

Jeremiah 3 - Unfaithful Israel, A Call to Repentance

If[a] a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not such a land be...

Jeremiah 4 - Invasion and Desolation of Judah Threatened, Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

If you return, O Israel, says the Lord, if you return to me, if you remove your abominations from my presence, and do not waver, 2 and if...

Jeremiah 5 - The Utter Corruption of God’s People

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who...

Jeremiah 6 - The Imminence and Horror of the Invasion

Flee for safety, O children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem;...

Jeremiah 7 - Jeremiah Proclaims God’s Judgment on the Nation, The People’s Disobedience

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the...

Jeremiah 8 - The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation, The Prophet Mourns for the People

At that time, says the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the...

Jeremiah 9 - The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation

[a] O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor...

Jeremiah 10 - Idolatry Has Brought Ruin on Israel, The Coming Exile

Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the nations, or be dismayed...

Jeremiah 11 - Israel and Judah Have Broken the Covenant, Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of...

Jeremiah 12 - Jeremiah Complains to God, God Replies to Jeremiah

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you; but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper?...

Jeremiah 13 - The Linen Loincloth, Symbol of the Wine-Jars, Exile Threatened

Thus said the Lord to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth, and put it on your loins, but do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a...

Jeremiah 14 - The Great Drought, Denunciation of Lying Prophets, The People Plead for Mercy

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 Judah mourns and her gates languish; they lie in gloom on the...

Jeremiah 15 - Punishment Is Inevitable, Jeremiah Complains Again and Is Reassured

Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my...

Jeremiah 16 - Jeremiah’s Celibacy and Message, God Will Restore Israel

The word of the Lord came to me: 2 You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus says the...

Jeremiah 17 - Judah’s Sin and Punishment, Jeremiah Prays for Vindication, Hallow the Sabbath Day

The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts, and on the horns of...

Jeremiah 18 - The Potter and the Clay, Israel’s Stubborn Idolatry, A Plot against Jeremiah

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” 3 So I...

Jeremiah 19 - The Broken Earthenware Jug

Thus said the Lord: Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jug. Take with you[a] some of the elders of the people and some of the senior...

Jeremiah 20 - Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur, Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors

Now the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then...

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