Monthly Archives: July 2019

1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. 2 Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for […]

God and Idols 1 Hear what theLordsays to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what theLordsays: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of […]

Jeremiah’s Complaint 1 You are always righteous,Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You […]

A Linen Belt 1 This is what theLordsaid to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as theLorddirected, and put it around my waist. 3 Then the word of theLordcame to me a second time: 4 […]

Drought, Famine, Sword 1 This is the word of theLordthat came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 “Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. 3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their […]

1 Then theLordsaid to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go! 2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what theLordsays: “ ‘Those destined for death, to death; […]

Day of Disaster 1 Then the word of theLordcame to me: 2 “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what theLordsays about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: 4 […]

1 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. 2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles beside the spreading trees and on the high hills. 3 My mountain in the land and yourwealth and […]

At the Potter’s House 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from theLord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from […]