Jeremiah 23-24 The Righteous Branch 23 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, …

Jeremiah 21-22 Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar 21 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, 2 “Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar[a] king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw …

Jeremiah 18-20 The Potter and the Clay 18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear[a] my words.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another …

Jeremiah 15-17 The Lord Will Not Relent 15 Then the Lord said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! 2 And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,    and those who are for the sword, …

Jeremiah 13-14 The Ruined Loincloth 13 Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, 4 “Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is …

Jeremiah 10-12 Idols and the Living God 10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: “Learn not the way of the nations,    nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens    because the nations are dismayed at them,3 for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[a]A tree from the forest is cut down    and worked with an axe by …

Jeremiah 8-9 8 “At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs. 2 And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which …

Jeremiah 6-7 Impending Disaster for Jerusalem 6 Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin,    from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,    and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,for disaster looms out of the north,    and great destruction.2 The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy,    the daughter of Zion.[a]3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her;    they shall pitch their tents around her;    they shall pasture, each in his place.4 “Prepare war …

Jeremiah 2-3 Israel Forsakes the Lord 2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, “I remember the devotion of your youth,    your love as a bride,how you followed me in the wilderness,    in a land not sown.3 Israel was holy to the Lord,    the firstfruits of his harvest.All who ate of it incurred guilt;    disaster came upon them,declares the Lord.” 4 Hear …

Jeremiah 2-3 Israel Forsakes the Lord 2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, “I remember the devotion of your youth,    your love as a bride,how you followed me in the wilderness,    in a land not sown.3 Israel was holy to the Lord,    the firstfruits of his harvest.All who ate of it incurred guilt;    disaster came upon them,declares the Lord.” 4 Hear …