Jeremiah 15-17The Lord Will Not Relent15 Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My [a]mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:“Such as are for death, to death;And such as are for the sword, to the sword;An...  Read More

Jeremiah 12-14Jeremiah’s Question12 Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.Why does the way of the wicked prosper?Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;They grow, yes, they bear fruit.You are near in their mouthBut far from their [a]mind.3 But You, O Lord, know me;You have seen me,And...  Read More

Jeremiah 9-11Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment9 Oh, that my head were waters,And my eyes a fountain of tears,That I might weep day and nightFor the slain of the daughter of my people!2 Oh, that I had in the wildernessA lodging place for travelers;That I might leave my people,And go from them!For they are all adulterers,An assembly of treacherous men.3 “And like their bow they have bent their tong...  Read More

Jeremiah 6-8Impending Destruction from the North6 “O you children of Benjamin,Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem;For disaster appears out of the north,And great destruction.2 I have likened the daughter of ZionTo a lovely and delicate woman.3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her.They shall pitch the...  Read More

Jeremiah 3-5Israel Is Shameless3 “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife,And she goes from himAnd becomes another man’s,May he return to her again?’Would not that land be greatly polluted?But you have played the harlot with many lovers;Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.2 “Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see:Where have you not [a]lain with men?By the road you have sat for themLike an Ar...  Read More

Jeremiah 1-2Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest1 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 Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the s...  Read More