11 The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Bu...  Read More

7           “Though our iniquities testify against us,act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;                        for our backslidings are many;we have sinned against you.            8           O you h...  Read More

14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:            2           “Judah mourns,and her gates languish;                        her people lament on the ground,and the cry of...  Read More

12 “You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled wi...  Read More

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 ...  Read More

14 Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the hous...  Read More

7 “I have forsaken my house;I have abandoned my heritage;I have given the beloved of my soulinto the hands of her enemies.8 My heritage has become to melike a lion in the forest;she has lifted up her ...  Read More

5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,how will you compete with horses?And if in a safe land you are so trusting,what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?6 For even you...  Read More

12 Righteous are you, O Lord,when I complain to you;yet I would plead my case before you.                        Why does the way of the wicked prosper?Why do all who are treacherous thrive?          ...  Read More

21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, and say, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”— 22 therefore thus says the Lord of ...  Read More

18          The Lord made it known to me and I knew;then you showed me their deeds.            19          But I was like a gentle lambled to the slaughter.                        I did not know it wa...  Read More

9 Again the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy exists among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words...  Read More