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…

The covenant is broken 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people…

Jeremiah’s complaint 1 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…

A linen belt 1 This is what the Lordsaid to me: ‘Go and buy a linen belt and put it round your waist, but do not let it touch water.’…

Drought, famine, sword 1 This is the word of the Lordthat came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 ‘Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a…

1 Then the Lordsaid 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…

Day of disaster 1 Then the word of the Lordcame to me: 2 ‘You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.’ 3 For this is what…

1 ‘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…

At the potter’s house 1 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…

1 This is what the Lordsays: ‘Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and…