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The Deceitful Heart 1 The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars, 2 As they remember their children, So theyremembertheir altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills. 3 […]

The Potter and the Clay 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lordsaying, 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. 4 But the vessel […]

The Broken Jar 1 Thus says the Lord, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, andtakesome of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests. 2 Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you, […]

Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah 1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord. […]

Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lordwhen King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, 2 “Please inquire of the Lordon our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us; perhaps the Lordwill deal with […]

Warning of Jerusalem’s Fall 1 Thus says the Lord, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word 2 and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates. 3 Thus […]

The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch 1 “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the LordGod of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; […]

Baskets of Figs and the Returnees 1 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lordshowed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of […]

Prophecy of the Captivity 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), 2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all […]

Cities of Judah Warned 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord, ‘Stand in the court of the Lord’shouse, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worshipinthe Lord’shouse all the […]