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

Isaiah 65-66The Righteousness of God’s Judgment65 “I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;I was found by those who did not seek Me.I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’To a nation that was not called by My name.2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,Who walk in a way that is not good,According to their own thoughts;3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My f...  Read More

Isaiah 62-64Assurance of Zion’s Salvation62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,And her salvation as a lamp that burns.2 The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,And all kings your glory.You shall be called by a new name,Which the mouth of the Lord will name.3 You shall also be a crown of gloryIn the...  Read More

Isaiah 59-61Separated from God59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,That it cannot save;Nor His ear heavy,That it cannot hear.2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;And your sins have hidden His face from you,So that He will not hear.3 For your hands are defiled with [a]blood,And your fingers with iniquity;Your lips have spoken lies,Your tongue has muttered perversity.4 No on...  Read More