Category Archives: Jeremiah

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lordcame in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came […]

Judah’s Apostasy 1 Now the word of the Lordcame to me saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown. 3 “Israel was […]

The Polluted Land 1 Godsays, “If a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you are a harlotwithmany lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord. 2 “Lift up your eyes to the […]

Judah Threatened with Invasion 1 “If you will return, O Israel,” declares the Lord, “Thenyou should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things from My presence, And will not waver, 2 And you will swear, ‘As the Lordlives,’ In truth, in justice and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless […]

Jerusalem’s Godlessness 1 “Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her. 2 “And although they say, ‘As the Lordlives,’ Surely they […]

Destruction of Jerusalem Impending 1 “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa # And raise a signal overBeth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction. 2 “The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off. 3 […]

Message at the Temple Gate 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord’shouse and proclaim there this word and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord!’” 3 Thus says the Lordof […]

The Sin and Treachery of Judah 1 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. 2 They […]

A Lament over Zion 1 Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers’ lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from […]

A Satire on Idolatry 1 Hear the word which the Lordspeaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord, “Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them; 3 For the customs of the peoples […]