16 “As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. 17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah an...  Read More

8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come...  Read More

7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates t...  Read More

22          Thus says the Lord:                        “Behold, a people is coming from the north country,a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.            23          They l...  Read More

16          Thus says the Lord:                        “Stand by the roads, and look,and ask for the ancient paths,                        where the good way is; and walk in it,and find rest for your ...  Read More

9  Thus says the Lord of hosts:       “They shall glean thoroughly as a vinethe remnant of Israel;       like a grape gatherer pass your hand againover its branches.”10    To whom shall I speak and gi...  Read More

6           For thus says the Lord of hosts:                        “Cut down her trees;cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.                        This is the city that must be punished;there is ...  Read More

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 ou...  Read More

20          Declare this in the house of Jacob;proclaim it in Judah:            21          “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,who have eyes, but see not,who have ears, but hear not.          ...  Read More

18 “But even in those days, declares the Lord, I will not make a full end of you. 19 And when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you ha...  Read More

14 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:“Because you have spoken this word,behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire,and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.15 Behold, ...  Read More

10 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy,but make not a full end;strip away her branches,for they are not the Lord’s.11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judahhave been utterly treacherous t...  Read More