Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of...
Jeremiah 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD’s word came to me, saying,“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits...
Jeremiah 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and...
Jeremiah 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they...
Jeremiah 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justly, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her.Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”O LORD, don’t your eyes...
Jeremiah 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.Shepherds with their flocks will come to...
Jeremiah 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim this word there, and say, ‘Hear the LORD’s word, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.'”The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your...
Jeremiah 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“At that time,” says the LORD, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army...
Jeremiah 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go from them! For they are all...
Jeremiah 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel!The LORD says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the...
Jeremiah 11
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;and say to them, the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,which I commanded your fathers in...
Jeremiah 12
Last Updated: October 10, 2026You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in...
Jeremiah 13
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist.The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying,“Take the belt that you have bought, which...
Jeremiah 14
Last Updated: October 10, 2026This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are...
Jeremiah 15
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are...
Jeremiah 16
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,“You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”For the LORD says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in...
Jeremiah 17
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.My mountain in the field,...
Jeremiah 18
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the...
Jeremiah 19
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Thus said the LORD, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I will tell...
Jeremiah 20
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the LORD’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the LORD’s house.On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the...
Jeremiah 21
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,“Please inquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his...
Jeremiah 22
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there:‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne–you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the...
Jeremiah 23
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD.Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings,” says...
Jeremiah 24
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the LORD’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.One basket had very good...
Jeremiah 25
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:From the thirteenth year...
Jeremiah 26
Last Updated: October 10, 2026In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:“The LORD says: ‘Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command you to...
Jeremiah 27
Last Updated: October 10, 2026In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the...
Jeremiah 28
Last Updated: October 10, 2026That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,“The LORD of Armies,...
Jeremiah 29
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the...
Jeremiah 30
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,“The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.For, behold, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will reverse the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘I will cause them...
Jeremiah 31
Last Updated: October 10, 2026“At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I...
Jeremiah 32
Last Updated: October 10, 2026This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king...
Jeremiah 33
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Moreover the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard, saying,“The LORD who does it, the LORD who forms it to establish it–the LORD is his name, says:‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things,...
Jeremiah 34
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:“The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Go, and speak to Zedekiah king...
Jeremiah 35
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,“Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the LORD’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.”Then I took Jaazaniah the son...
Jeremiah 36
Last Updated: October 10, 2026In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to...
Jeremiah 37
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the LORD’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the...
Jeremiah 38
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,“The LORD says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who...
Jeremiah 39
Last Updated: October 10, 2026In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.All the princes of the king of...
Jeremiah 40
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to...
Jeremiah 41
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose,...
Jeremiah 42
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even...
Jeremiah 43
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, with which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. The...
Jeremiah 44
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and...
Jeremiah 45
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,“The LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:‘You said, “Woe is me now! For...
Jeremiah 46
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw...
Jeremiah 47
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.The LORD says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all...
Jeremiah 48
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Of Moab. The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a...
Jeremiah 49
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and...
Jeremiah 50
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.“Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’For a nation comes up...
Jeremiah 51
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.Against him who bends, let the archer bend his...
Jeremiah 52
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.For through the LORD’s anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he...