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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 […]

1 This is what theLordsays: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3 and say, ‘Hear […]

Jeremiah and Pashhur 1 When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of theLord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at theLord’s temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released him from […]

God Rejects Zedekiah’s Request 1 The word came to Jeremiah from theLordwhen King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said: 2 “Inquire now of theLordfor us because Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps theLordwill perform wonders for us as in times past so that […]

Judgment Against Wicked Kings 1 This is what theLordsays: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there: 2 ‘Hear the word of theLordto you, king of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne—you, your officials and your people who come through these gates. 3 This is what theLordsays: […]

The Righteous Branch 1 “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares theLord. 2 Therefore this is what theLord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, […]

Two Baskets of Figs 1 After Jehoiachinson of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, theLordshowed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of theLord. 2 One basket had very […]

Seventy Years of Captivity 1 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living […]

Jeremiah Threatened With Death 1 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from theLord: 2 “This is what theLordsays: Stand in the courtyard of theLord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of theLord. Tell […]