Jeremiah 50
A message about Babylon 1 This is the word the Lordspoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: 2 ‘Announce and proclaim among the nations,…
Jeremiah 51
1 This is what the Lordsays: ‘See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai. 2 I will send foreigners to…
Jeremiah 52
The fall of Jerusalem 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah;…
Lamentations 1
1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the…
Lamentations 2
1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendour of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered…
Lamentations 3
1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than…
Lamentations 4
1 How the gold has lost its lustre, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner. 2 How the precious children of Zion, once…
Lamentations 5
1 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. 3 We have become…
Ezekiel 1
Ezekiel’s inaugural vision 1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens were opened…
Ezekiel 2
Ezekiel’s call to be a prophet 1 He said to me, ‘Son of man,stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.’ 2 As he spoke, the Spirit…