1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lordcame to him in the thirteenth…

Israel forsakes God 1 The word of the Lordcame to me: 2 ‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lordsays: ‘ “I remember the devotion…

1 ‘If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you…

1 ‘If you, Israel, will return, then return to me,’ declares the Lord. ‘If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray, 2 and…

Not one is upright 1 ‘Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals…

Jerusalem under siege 1 ‘Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the…

False religion worthless 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 ‘Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message: ‘…

1 ‘ “At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people…

1 1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people….

God and idols 1 Hear what the Lordsays to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the Lordsays: ‘Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified…