Monthly Archives: July 2017

A Letter to the Exiles 1 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This was after King Jehoiachinand the queen […]

Restoration of Israel 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from theLord: 2 “This is what theLord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,’ declares theLord, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivityand […]

1 “At that time,” declares theLord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” 2 This is what theLordsays: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.” 3 TheLordappeared to us in the past,saying: […]

Jeremiah Buys a Field 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from theLordin the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in […]

Promise of Restoration 1 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of theLordcame to him a second time: 2 “This is what theLordsays, he who made the earth, theLordwho formed it and established it—theLordis his name: 3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great […]

Warning to Zedekiah 1 While Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms and peoples in the empire he ruled were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding towns, this word came to Jeremiah from theLord: 2 “This is what theLord, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of […]

The Rekabites 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from theLordduring the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 2 “Go to the Rekabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of theLordand give them wine to drink.” 3 So I went to […]

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll 1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from theLord: 2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to […]

Jeremiah in Prison 1 Zedekiah son of Josiah was made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachinson of Jehoiakim. 2 Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words theLordhad spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. 3 King Zedekiah, however, sent […]

Jeremiah Thrown Into a Cistern 1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukalson of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, 2 “This is what theLordsays: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over […]