Read Jeremiah 21 God Rejects Zedekiah’s Request 21 The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said: 2 “Inquire now of the Lord for us because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will perform wonders …
Read Jeremiah 20 Jeremiah and Pashhur 20 When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released …
Read Jeremiah 19 19 This is what the Lord says: “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 …
Read Jeremiah 18 At the Potter’s House 18 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 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 …
Read Jeremiah 17 17 “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 polesbeside the spreading trees and on the high hills.3 My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasuresI will give away as plunder, together …
Read Jeremiah 16 Day of Disaster 16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who …
Read Jeremiah 15 15 Then the Lord said 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 the Lord says: “‘Those …
Read Jeremiah 14 Drought, Famine, Sword 14 This is the word of the Lord that 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 jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover …
Read Jeremiah 13 A Linen Belt 13 This is what the Lord said 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 the Lord directed, and put it around my waist. 3 Then the word of the Lord came …
Read Jeremiah 12 Jeremiah’s Complaint 12 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 are always on their lips but …
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